February 11, 2008 VOL. 75, ISSUE 2

Mayors Seek $2 Billion Appropriation for Energy Block Grant to Reduce Climate Change, Create Jobs Executive Director's Column Vermont Senator Sanders Applauds Mayors Work on Energy Block Grant Passage Mayors Debate Next Steps in Mortgage Crisis Mayors, Business Leaders Breakfast: 2008 Excellence in Public Private Partnership Awards Mayor’s Discuss Cradle to Prison Pipeline, At-Risk Youth Race for 2008 City Livability Awards Program Kicks Off USCM/Zogby Poll Shows Most Americans Believe “Going Green” Will Create Jobs, Improve Communities Congressional Urban Caucus Chair Fattah Pledges Partnership with Mayors Climate Protection, Green Jobs Take Center Stage During Luncheon Attorney General Mukasey to Nation’s Mayors: “We Learn From You” Dollar Wi$e Grants Awarded to Santa Fe, Caguas (PR), Jackson (MS) Mayors’ Workforce Directors Discuss Outlook for Workforce Programs in 2008 Mayors, Business Leaders Urge Next President to Promote Increased Tourism 2008 Mayors Business Council Members Women Mayors Convene Early During Winter Meeting Vacant Property Task Force Reviews Mortgage Crisis Impact Preventing Youth-Related Violence Arts, Tourism, and Presidential Politics Tops Agenda of TAPES Committee Democratic Mayors Elect New Officers Mayors Call for Restoration of 67 Percent Cut in Anti-Crime Funding Environment Committee Discusses Potential Solutions on the Issues of Brownfields, Water, Energy Efficiency, Recycling Report on Nation’s Brownfields Released at Winter Meeting Mayors Briefed on Intelligence Sharing, Homeland Security Grants Immigration Issues Are Main Focus for State Capital Mayors Mayors Demand Comprehensive Immigration Reform — Now! Palmer: Strong Cities, Strong Families, for a Strong America — The Work Continues Mayor’s Discuss Tree Recognition Programs Mayors Examine “Green Collar” Jobs as Pathway Out of Poverty Republican Mayors and Local Officials New Census Director Murdock Calls on Mayors to Help Ensure Accurate Census Count in 2010 New USCM/Clinton Climate Initiative Partnership Featured at Special Workshop International Affairs Committee Discusses U.S. Trade Initiatives, Sister Cities, Mayors for Peace, Beglobal.Net Task Force Meeting Explores Linkages Between Healthy Cities, Sustainability Homelessness Task Force Briefed on McKinney-Vento Reauthorization Anchorage Mayor Begich Convenes First Meeting of Community/Military Relations Task Force Transportation and Communications Committee: Pending Renewals for Rail, Air, Surface Transportation Dominate Panel’s Agenda Membership Committee Discuss 2010 Census Housing Committee Briefed on Efforts to Help Homebuyers Facing Mortgage Foreclosure Energy Committee Discuss Climate Change, Carbon Tax, Building Codes Mayors Climate Protection Task Force: Panel Assesses Progress on Mayors Climate Agenda The Mayors Water Council Identifies Renewed Water Priorities Cloutier Receives Small Business Leadership Award U.S. Communities Program Saves Cities Over $200 Million Cans for Cash Award Winners Former Treasury Secretary Rubin Tells Mayors Stimulus Is Needed to Boost Economy Bloomberg Receives Conference of Mayors President’s Award for Global Climate Protection Mayors Urge Colleagues to Support, Promote USCM Deferred Compensation Program Burnsville (MN) Mayor Kautz Urges Comprehensive Action Albuquerque Mayor Chávez Outlines City Water Supply, Infrastructure Denver Mayor Hickenlooper Tells Mayors New Surface Transportation Law Must Move Nation in New Direction The Integrated Water Resources Hierarchy Calendar of Events