Official Publication of the National League of Cities OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES
NATION’S CITIES WEEKLY
Volume 34, Number 32 | August 22, 2011
IN THIS ISSUE
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Spirited Leader Receives 2011 Lynch
Scholarship
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Inspire, Change, Lead: The Art of
Possibility
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Cities Plan for 9/11 Day of Service,
Remembrance
Congress Will Need to Address Transportation
Legislation, Gas Tax After Recess
by Leslie Wollack
With Congressional leaders
at home for the August recess
and unemployment numbers
still high, advocates are step-
ping up the pressure for action
on a new transportation bill
that will put people back to
work and get the economy
moving.
see page 7, column 1
Moment of Remembrance Planned for 10-Year
Anniversary of 9/11
by Sandi Burtseva
Newspaper Handling
On July 22, the U.S. Senate voted
in favor of Senate Resolution 237
establishing a national Moment of
Remembrance of the 9/11 attacks.
The resolution calls for a nationwide
tribute to begin at 1:00 PM Eastern
time on September 11, 2011 — the
10-year anniversary of the attacks —
and last for one minute. The resolu-
tion recognizes the approaching date
“as a day of solemn commemoration
of the events of September 11, 2001,
and a day to come together as a
nation.”
Rather than a moment of silence,
see page 6, column 1
A Senate resolution calls on sounding police and firefighter sirens and bells to commemorate the
10th anniversary of 9/11.
