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...Hopefully they will learn about what to avoid in the transition process, and dangers and opportunities to be aware of," said Charles Royer, director of the Institute of Politics and former mayor of Seattle...
...participants will attend a series of workshops led by public policy experts and current and former mayors. But Royer said that participants will also learn from informal interactions...
...Royer said President Clinton's $16 billion stimulus plan, which was killed on the Senate floor, probably would have stimulated the economy by helping cities cope with the problems of housing, transportation and health care...
...plan--which the former may-or said would have addressed urban problems on a regional basis--was "what the mayors had been waiting for for 12 years," Royer said. With the defeat of the plan, "mayors have pretty much given up on spending, even on high priority issues," he said...
...Royer blamed politics on the failure of the plan. "There are no votes in talking about urban policy," he said...