Where was Mayor John Giles yesterday? Apparently siding with a split in the Winter Meeting for the U.S. Conference of Mayor's where 120 out of 250 mayors took up an invitation to The White House that was "boycotted" by the other 130 city chief executives.
What's Giles' game when one day he says that we get everything from cities except mebbe an aircraft carrier and then the next - like yesterday talks out of the other side of his mouth?
Reporter Austen Bundy has the story:
The White House invited 120 of the more than 250 mayors who were in town for a meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, including Giles, Glendale Mayor Jerry Weiers and Yuma Mayor Doug Nicholls. Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and Tempe Mayor Mark Mitchell, who are in town for the conference, were among those not invited to the White House.
Still more mayors decided to boycott the meeting Wednesday after 23 cities that have identified themselves as sanctuary cities for undocumented immigrants received threatening letters from the Justice Department – a move that New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu called a “punch in the face.”
“The Trump administration’s decision to threaten mayors and demonize immigrants yet again – and use cities as political props in the process – has made this meeting untenable,” said Landrieu, president of the Conference of Mayors, in a statement from the organization. . . "
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What's Giles' game when one day he says that we get everything from cities except mebbe an aircraft carrier and then the next - like yesterday talks out of the other side of his mouth?
Reporter Austen Bundy has the story:
Despite few details, Arizona mayors like Trump’s infrastructure pledge
Blogger Note: That's only a few Arizona mayors, including John Giles
Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018
WASHINGTON – " Arizona mayors were among more than 100 who attended a White House meeting Wednesday where President Donald Trump touted his infrastructure plan before letting the mayors network with federal officials.
Trump released few details on his long-promised $1 trillion infrastructure plan that he said would be released sometime after his first State of the Union address next Tuesday, but Mesa Mayor John Giles said after the meeting that the plan “will be a huge blessing” for cities.The White House invited 120 of the more than 250 mayors who were in town for a meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, including Giles, Glendale Mayor Jerry Weiers and Yuma Mayor Doug Nicholls. Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and Tempe Mayor Mark Mitchell, who are in town for the conference, were among those not invited to the White House.
Still more mayors decided to boycott the meeting Wednesday after 23 cities that have identified themselves as sanctuary cities for undocumented immigrants received threatening letters from the Justice Department – a move that New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu called a “punch in the face.”
“The Trump administration’s decision to threaten mayors and demonize immigrants yet again – and use cities as political props in the process – has made this meeting untenable,” said Landrieu, president of the Conference of Mayors, in a statement from the organization. . . "
Read more > Cronkite News
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