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• The Daily Report

  The ‘Other’ Candidates’ Take on Cities

  Mike Muller | Wed, Apr 23rd, 2008 | Category: Report | Tags: mike muller, president, presidential campaign, presidential urban agenda, presidential candidates, urban issues, urban agenda, urban platform | 0

  From truck drivers and Mensa members, to Satanists and Druids, the “other" candidates for president list in the hundreds. Other, more prominent names flesh out these lists as well, such as Ralph Nader and Alan Keyes. And a number of smaller party activists from the likes of the Green and Libertarian Parties also fill its ranks. So, do any of these American citizens making use of their freedom to run for president have anything to say about the nation’s cities? 

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• The Daily Report

  ‘Green Collar Jobs” and the Democratic Candidates Bickering Over Them

  Mike Muller | Tue, Apr 8th, 2008 | Category: Report | Tags: mike muller, hillary clinton, obama, barack obama, election 2008, president, democrats, hillary, presidential campaign, presidential urban agenda, presidential candidates, democratic hopefuls, pittsburgh, green collar jobs, green jobs, democratic candidates, green collar, good jobs, green jobs conference | 0

  With the next Democratic primary being held in Pennsylvania on Earth day, we turn our attention today to “green collar jobs.” While there is certainly no one-size-fits-all panacea for the nation’s struggling industrial cities, proponents of the movement see wide ranging benefits from creating a new economy around environmental awareness.

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• The Daily Report

  The Presidential Urban Agenda: A national approach to the problems cities face

  Mike Muller | Wed, Oct 31st, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: mike muller, democrat, presidential urban agenda, urban agenda, brookings institute, national urban league, city mayors, us conference of mayors | 0

  Planning. Global warming. Infrastructure. “Urban” as a synonym for “black.”
  

  What, exactly, is an urban agenda? The issues of particular concern to urban dwellers also affect the nation as a whole. It can mean different things to different people in different election years. And individual cities face their own unique problems.

  To try and shape the definition of an urban platform and stress the importance of urban policy to the rest of the country, some individuals and organizations…

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