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This year, Americans are doing something that few other
people in the world can do. We are celebrating the 200th
anniversary of a Constitution that defined a new nation
and gave its people the power to choose and shape
its future as it grew.
We're still choosing our futures—as individuals,
At the 1987 Congress of Cities, you'll get a closeup
as communities, and as a nation—under that same
look at the 1988 presidential contenders and a firsthand
Constitution. And next year, as part of that process, we will
look at the choices we'll face in 1988 and beyond.
go to the polls to choose a president, a third of the Senate,
During the Congress of Cities, presidential candidates
the entire House of Representatives, several governors, and
will appear at special Candidates' Forums. They will present
a very large number of local government officials.
their positions and discuss issues raised by the League's
Election '88 project.
Every one of those choices involves more than
Making choices is something that municipal officials
choosing a leader or a representative. In each case, the
understand. After all, that's what you do every day.
choice includes a style of governing and a set of ideas.
In three well -tailored series of workshops, the 1987
We will be deciding which problems to tackle and how
Congress of Cities will give you the information—and the
to approach them.
inspiration—you need to keep on making those choices for
communities, for people, and for local government.
When you come right down to it, we'll be doing
nothing less than choosing futures—for our country, for
our people, and for our cities large and small.
As a municipal leader, you have a tremendous
64th Annual Congress of Cities and Exposition
opportunity to help shape these choices at the national
December 12-16,1987
level, just as you have the daily responsibility and challenge
Las Vegas, Nevada
of making them at the local level.
National League of Cities
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