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–>Mayors told us what else was keeping them up at night.<!–>
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–>Governing a city feels different under President Trump, most mayors said.<!–>
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Mayor Chris Jensen (R)
Noblesville, Ind.
Mayor Donna Deegan (D)
Jacksonville, Fla.
Mayor Jerry Dyer (R)
Fresno, Calif.
Mayor Regina Romero (D)
Tucson, Ariz.
Mayor Kathy Sheehan (D)
Albany, N.Y.
Mayor Alyia Gaskins (D)
Alexandria, Va.
Mayor Mattie Parker (R)
Fort Worth
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[–><!–>With the Trump administration seeking to rapidly overhaul parts of the federal government, mayors from both parties described uncertainty over the fate of federal grants and other programs that Republicans in Washington have targeted.–><!–>
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[–><!–>And Mayor Indya Kincannon of Knoxville, a Democrat, said she had been inside a local church with her young daughters when a gunman opened fire in 2008, killing two people, in an attack linked to hatred of liberals and gay people. She remembered escaping with her daughters. “I picked them up and left as soon as the gunman was tackled,” she said.–><!–>
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Mayor Todd Gloria (D)
San Diego
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–>“It’s a difficult time for people in public office, and when we see the tragedy that just happened in Minnesota, you always have to wonder, you know, am I next?”<!–>
Mayor Brandon Johnson (D)
Chicago
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–>“No. But what I can say is with the political violence that has been promulgating, there’s no place for it.”<!–>
Mayor Alyia Gaskins (D)
Alexandria, Va.
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–>“I have. I would say in light of recent violence, I’m much more aware of my surroundings and also those of my family.”<!–>
Mayor Kathy Sheehan (D)
Albany, N.Y.
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–>“For those of us who are elected officials, it is an uneasy time.”<!–>
Mayor Jerry Dyer (R)
Fresno, Calif.
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–>“As a former police chief and spending 40 years in law enforcement, I’m keenly aware of the fact that there’s always a potential for a threat of violence against you, but it doesn’t mean that we’re always constantly aware of that threat. But I have become much more alert as of late in terms of my surroundings.”<!–>
Mayor Quentin Hart (D)
Waterloo, Iowa
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Mayor Brett Smiley (D)
Providence, R.I.
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Mayor D.C. Reeves (R)
Pensacola, Fla.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson (D)
Chicago
Mayor Acquanetta Warren (R)
Fontana, Calif.
Mayor Brett Smiley (D)
Providence, R.I.
Mayor D.C. Reeves (R)
Pensacola, Fla.
Mayor Quentin Hart (D)
Waterloo, Iowa
Mayor Jerry Dyer (R)
Fresno, Calif.
Mayor Regina Romero (D)
Tucson, Ariz.
Mayor Mattie Parker (R)
Fort Worth
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Mayor Chris Jensen (R)
Noblesville, Ind.
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–>“I had a local therapist approach me and ask, ‘Hey, would you go on Facebook and do a live therapy session to talk about what it’s like to be a leader during Covid?’ Of course, my initial answer was, ‘Absolutely not, I don’t want to go share my emotions with my community.’”
“But I ended up relenting and doing it. It was one of the best things I ever did. It was literally an hourlong therapy session talking about my feelings, about being a leader during such an uncertain time. That project has morphed into, now, a monthly program called ‘Mental Health Monday.’”
He added: “We have now comforted a community and a city and shown that it’s OK to not be OK.”<!–>
Mayor Acquanetta Warren (R)
Fontana, Calif.
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–>“Right now, the biggest challenge in our city is homelessness. That’s what our public is looking to see us resolve, so we’re on steroids doing that. We just bought a hotel last year, which allows us to put people off the street in an environment where they can get major assistance to transform their lives.”<!–>
Mayor Regina Romero (D)
Tucson, Ariz.
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–>“We’ve planted more than 150,000 trees in the last six years. We created a heat tree map where we take a look at the areas of our city that have less canopy. Because trees are a nature-based solution to heat and climate.”<!–>
Mayor Todd Gloria (D)
San Diego
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–>“Last year, despite high interest rates and high inflation, we permitted about 8,800 new homes in my city, more than double what we’ve been doing historically. The reforms that we’re putting in place to make it possible to build more homes for less and to build them faster is working.”<!–>
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[–><!–>We spoke to the mayors before Congress passed Mr. Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill. They told us they had spent months bracing for severe cuts to federal funding for local programs, though many of their worst-case fears had not materialized at that point.–><!–>
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Mayor Brandon Johnson (D)
Chicago
Mayor Todd Gloria (D)
San Diego
Mayor Alyia Gaskins (D)
Alexandria, Va.
Mayor Brett Smiley (D)
Providence, R.I.
Mayor Chris Jensen (R)
Noblesville, Ind.
Mayor D.C. Reeves (R)
Pensacola, Fla.
Mayor Cavalier Johnson (D)
Milwaukee
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–>And mayors told us what they had learned about the United States in the last year.<!–>
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Mayor Todd Gloria (D)
San Diego
Mayor Daniel Rickenmann (R)
Columbia, S.C.
Mayor Regina Romero (D)
Tucson, Ariz.
Mayor Jerry Dyer (R)
Fresno, Calif.
Mayor Brandon Johnson (D)
Chicago
Mayor D.C. Reeves (R)
Pensacola, Fla.
Mayor Indya Kincannon (D)
Knoxville, Tenn.
Mayor Alyia Gaskins (D)
Alexandria, Va.
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–>Their bookshelves are also as varied as their cities.<!–>
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Mayor Jerry Dyer (R)
Fresno, Calif.
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–>“One Blood” by John M. Perkins<!–>
Mayor Kathy Sheehan (D)
Albany, N.Y.
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–>“A Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor Towles<!–>
Mayor Donna Deegan (D)
Jacksonville, Fla.
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–>“The Wisdom Pattern” by Richard Rohr<!–>
Mayor D.C. Reeves (R)
Pensacola, Fla.
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–>“A Land Remembered” by Patrick D. Smith. “It’s a novel, but it’s kind of on the history of Florida.”<!–>
Mayor Brandon Johnson (D)
Chicago
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–>“Locking Up Our Own” by James Forman Jr. “I recommend that people across America take a look at it, particularly at a time in which the carceral state is something that’s being enacted, especially by this federal government.”<!–>
Mayor Daniel Rickenmann (R)
Columbia, S.C.
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–>“Rockets’ Red Glare” by William Webster and Dick Lochte<!–>
Mayor Quentin Hart (D)
Waterloo, Iowa
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–>“The 1619 Project” by Nikole Hannah-Jones, who is from Waterloo. Also “Anesa, No Skola Today” by Anesa Kajtazovic, a children’s book about growing up during the Bosnian War.<!–>
Mayor Chris Jensen (R)
Noblesville, Ind.
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–>“The Circle Maker” by Mark Batterson. “It’s all about big prayers, big bold ideas.”<!–>
Mayor Brett Smiley (D)
Providence, R.I.
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–>“A Little Life” by Hanya Yanagihara. “Probably the saddest book I’ve ever read, but it was really, really, really well written and wonderful.”<!–>
Mayor Regina Romero (D)
Tucson, Ariz.
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–>“The Teenage Brain” by Dr. Frances E. Jensen. “That really has helped me understand my teenagers and why they do the things they do.”<!–>
Mayor Mattie Parker (R)
Fort Worth
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–>“On Leadership” by Tony Blair. “It’s incredibly thought provoking as a leader. I probably should have read it at the beginning of my administration, but I’ve learned quite a bit.”<!–>
Mayor Cavalier Johnson (D)
Milwaukee
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Source: Television - nytimes.com
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