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  The ‘Other’ Candidates’ Take on Cities

  Mike Muller | Wed, Apr 23rd, 2008 | Category: Report | Tags: mike muller, president, presidential campaign, presidential candidates, presidential urban agenda, 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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  Clamor for More Talk on Cities Overblown, Some Critics Say

  Mike Muller | Wed, Jan 23rd, 2008 | Category: Report | Tags: mike muller, urban agenda, presidential debate, manhattan institute, los angeles times, association of bay-area governments | 0

  A recent discussion on what an urban agenda is and whether candidates are talking about it gave the rare opportunity for some contrarian viewpoints on the topic. (Click here for the podcast.) On The Forum, a talk radio show from the Bay Area on KQED, a public broadcasting station, one guest took to task the idea that urban issues are not being addressed. Mark Barabak, from the Los Angeles Times, said, “It’s an urban legend, the idea that the candidates are not talking about urban…

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  Edwards’ Overlooked Urban Agenda

  Mike Muller | Wed, Dec 19th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: mike muller, education, election 2008, urban agenda, john edwards, urban lobby | 0

  On the eve of the Brown & Black Presidential Forum in Iowa at the beginning of the month, John Edwards unveiled his urban agenda called ”Cities Rising.” The plan reframes his various platforms into an urban strategy, showcasing what he could do for American cities. Since the plan is mostly a repackaging of ideas his campaign has already proposed, issues such as trade and stem cell research work their way into it, but the general themes encompass jobs, education, affordable housing,…

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

  Mike Muller | Wed, Oct 31st, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: mike muller, presidential urban agenda, democrat, 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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