This was supposed to be the election where the city rebelled against years of tech-fueled growth. It’s not turning out that way. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b18217bd09a372e164ce8ec/master/pass/MarkLeno-AP_18157167391636.jpg
Tag: mayors
‘Yeah, it’s funny to make us think there are jobs’: French mayor’s joke about IKEA opening backfires
The Mayor of the French city of Beauvais, Caroline Cayeux, has apologized for a “communication error” after an ill-judged April Fools’ Day joke announcing the construction of new IKEA superstore. “This is excellent news for the dynamism and employment prospects of Beauvais,” wrote the center-right mayor of the commune, which is located 50 kilometers north […]
‘Arrest him’: Pro-Trump protesters storm London Mayor’s speech (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Pro-Trump protesters stormed a speech being made by Sadiq Khan, shouting pro-Brexit slogans and calling for the London Mayor’s arrest. The disruption led to the temporary suspension of the speech. READ MORE: Britain’s hilarious reaction as Trump shuns London… including a lookalike statue Khan had just begun his address at a conference for the Fabian […]
Kansas City’s Sly James joins chorus of nearly 60 mayors who support net neutrality
As high profile tech executives, companies, and investors continue to speak out against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s upcoming vote to repeal existing net neutrality rules, mayors across the U.S. are also increasingly joining the conversation. Today, Kansas City Mayor Sly James published an op-ed in Startland News, a blog that covers Kansas City tech […]
‘Don’t underestimate Catalan strength’: Mayors march in defiance of Madrid (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Hundreds of mayors from the Spanish region of Catalonia marched through the streets of Barcelona in an act of defiance to the central government’s crackdown on the upcoming separatist referendum. Read Full Article at RT.com RT – Daily news
Spain's state prosecutor orders probe into 700+ Catalan mayors for cooperating with referendum
Published time: 13 Sep, 2017 11:44 Edited time: 13 Sep, 2017 12:08 Spain’s state prosecutor has ordered a criminal investigation of 712 Catalan mayors for cooperating with an independence referendum planned for next month, which is not recognized by the country’s central government. The referendum has also been denounced by the Spanish judiciary, who held […]
Are America's Big-City Black Mayors a Thing of the Past?
Welcome to The Wilderness, an OZY original series charting how Democrats are trying to climb out of their historic hole.Read more. Ceasar Mitchell can’t remember an Atlanta without a Black mayor. He was only 5 years old in 1974 when Maynard Jackson was sworn in as the city’s first in a string of Black chief […]
Italian mayors protest arrival of migrants into towns, demand fair distribution of asylum seekers
Desperate mayors across Italy are staging rallies and embarking on hunger strikes to protest what they say is an unequitable number of predominantly North African migrants being settled in their towns. Vincenzo Lionetto Civa, the mayor of Castell’Umberto, a small town on the isle of Sicily, launched his protest Saturday after receiving a call informing […]
Mayor’s office denies NYPD officers turned their backs on de Blasio at police funeral
Thousands of New York City cops attended a fellow officer’s funeral in the Bronx, but reports of hundreds turning their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio are being denied by the mayor’s office. De Blasio has faced this form of protest from the NYPD before. Mayor de Blasio (D) apparently irked some in the police […]
Italy secures backing of Libyan mayors to curb human trafficking
Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti has met with the mayors of ten towns in Libya’s southern desert region to convince them to overcome differences and back the struggle against migrant smuggling through Libyan territory into Europe. “The meeting took place in Rome,” the Interior Ministry’s chief communications officer, Felice Colombrino, told RT, confirming reports about […]
