Military spending on the agenda as US mayors meet in Baltimore

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: June 17, 2011
Tags: Baltimore, baltimore mayors convention, chicago mayor rahm emanuel, infrastructure, mayors convention, military spending, nancy pelosi, resolution, sustainable energy, U.S. Conference of Mayors, u.s. mayors

Money spent on wars in Afghanistan and Iraq should be spent at home under a resolution proposed Friday by U.S. mayors who called on Congress to hasten the end of the wars. The resolution proposed at the opening of the U.S. Conference of Mayors annual meeting wants Congress to redirect the military spending to domestic [...]

Public safety unions send message to mayors

BY: Chelsea Feinstein
POSTED: June 16, 2011
Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore’s Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3, billboards, convention center, maryland, public safety, U.S. Conference of Mayors, unions

Baltimore’s police and fire labor unions used the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ arrival in Baltimore to publicly denounce Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s funding cuts by erecting a billboard Thursday directed toward the mayor and other conference attendees. The billboard, located on Interstate 83 at Orleans Street, reads, “Welcome to Baltimore, U.S. Conference of Mayors, remember public [...]

Upcoming conventions give Baltimore tourism a chance to shine

BY: Rachel Bernstein
POSTED: June 15, 2011
Tags: Baltimore, convention center, conventions, maryland, Thomas J. Noonan, Tourism, U.S. Conference of Mayors, visit baltimore

Tom Noonan, President and CEO of the Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association.

Two large conventions and more than 6,000 visitors will descend on Baltimore starting Friday, and officials say the week will be the city’s best chance ever to boost its tourism reputation. The U.S. Conference of Mayors begins Friday, and will draw mayors from all over the country. Then, an international meeting of convention planners starts [...]