Politics Northwest Nickels to host 60 U.S. mayors next week Seattle Times Newspaper:
"The event also will bring back some Seattle luminaries who have left for jobs in the Obama administration. Among those scheduled to speak are former King County Executive Ron Sims, now deputy secretary of HUD, and former Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske, now U.S. Drug Czar.
Energy Secretary Steven Chu and HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan also are scheduled to address the mayors' group.
Among the 60-plus mayors who plan to show up: Oklahoma City's Mick Cornett, Los Angeles' Antonio Villaraigosa, Sacramento's Kevin Johnson, New Orleans' Ray Nagin, Denver's John Hickenlooper, Philadelphia's Michael Nutter, and Thomas Leppert of Dallas."
"The event also will bring back some Seattle luminaries who have left for jobs in the Obama administration. Among those scheduled to speak are former King County Executive Ron Sims, now deputy secretary of HUD, and former Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske, now U.S. Drug Czar.
Energy Secretary Steven Chu and HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan also are scheduled to address the mayors' group.
Among the 60-plus mayors who plan to show up: Oklahoma City's Mick Cornett, Los Angeles' Antonio Villaraigosa, Sacramento's Kevin Johnson, New Orleans' Ray Nagin, Denver's John Hickenlooper, Philadelphia's Michael Nutter, and Thomas Leppert of Dallas."