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  The ‘Other’ Candidates’ Take on Cities

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

  High-rises cause crime? Turning to Texas, lack of focus on urban issues, treehugging, fo

  David Anderson | Wed, Feb 20th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: david anderson, crime, election 2008, ohio, inflation, primaries, texas, urban issues, micro-uav, consumer prices, tree planting, high rises, miami, lunar eclipse, law enforcement | 0

  Knocking Down High Rises Stops Crime! Or not.

  “OK, so, you take away two-thirds of the people of Richard Allen (and in fact, probably take away more than 2/3rds of the original residents, given many projects become mixed income), and you lose.... 2/3rds of the crime. Not to be a jerk, but doesn’t that sort of imply that, at the end of the day, as absolutely crappy and terrible as these huge projects were, crime might not have been caused by architecture, but instead by the fact that…

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