2010-2011 mayoral websites
| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Budget & Economy
Annise Parker: Close $205M budget gap by cuts & fee increases.
Antonio Villaraigosa: Cut city spending to balance budget; keep essentials.
Jerry Sanders: Cut city payroll; increase city agency efficiency.
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Education
Antonio Villaraigosa: Charter schools and competition to improve education.
Julian Castro: SERVE SA: 1,500 new volunteers to read in grade schools.
Mike Rawlings: Let families know they can depend on our public schools.
Mike Rawlings: Lobby for public school funding and initiatives.
Jerry Sanders: Implementing national standards in San Diego schools.
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Energy & Oil
Antonio Villaraigosa: GREEN LA: reach Kyoto targets and use renewables.
Jerry Sanders: Sustainable energy efficiency via CleanTECH San Diego.
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Environment
Jerry Sanders: Ensure water reliability via desalination and purchasing.
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Foreign Policy
Mike Bloomberg: Partner with World Bank: reduce traffic fatalities worldwide.
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Gun Control
Cory Booker: Insane to carry concealed loaded weapons cross-state.
Cory Booker: Coalition "Mayors Against Illegal Guns"; Keep state laws.
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Health Care
Rudy Giuliani: 96,000 NYC children insured via HealthStat initiative.
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The above quotations are from 2010-2011 mayoral websites.
Autobiographies and Biographies of Mayors:
- The Plan, by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (Jan. 2009)
- America's Mayor, America's President?, by Robert Polner, May 2007
- The Thumpin', by Naftali Bendavid (about Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, D-IL), May 2007
- Leadership, by former NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (R, NY), Oct. 2002
- Bloomberg by Bloomberg, by Mayor Mike Bloomberg (I, NY), Aug. 2001
- Mayor's Main Page, full coverage of numerous mayors
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