Open Thread: Should the President Do More to Help Cities?
Patch gives readers the chance to share their thoughts and solutions on issues impacting North Baltimore.
President Barack Obama won election to a second term last week due in large part to the support he received from voters in the nation’s cities. Obama dominated with younger and minority voters that tend to live in cities. Rep. Paul Ryan, who was the GOP’s vice presidential nominee, told a Wisconsin television station he feels the president won because of support in urban areas. "Well, he got turnout. The president should get credit for achieving record-breaking turnout numbers from urban areas for the most part, and that did win the election for him," Ryan told WISC-TV. Despite the president's popularity in places such as Baltimore, cities have acutely felt the sting of the recession and sluggish recovery. In September, Baltimore's …
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Sean Tully
4:57 pm on Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Actually, the suburbs are where it is at, politically speaking, in most areas of the country. A few exceptions may be L. A., NYC, and maybe Chicago. In the Baltimore region, for example, the city is not the most populated area when compared to all the counties. And, in at least our case, it is questionable if the city is even the economic engine of the region any longer. In any event, nothing is … more ›