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Statements from the 2012 NACo Large Urban County Caucus 'Fly-in'
On April 17th-19th, elected county officials gathered in Washington, D.C., for the National Association of Counties' (NACo) Large Urban County Caucus (LUCC) "fly-in" advocacy effort. LUCC is a bipartisan coalition of elected and appointed county officials from across the nation, representing about 130 million people.
This year's issues included preserving Medicaid--as well as funding priorities for various housing, community-development, law-enforcement, juvenile-justice, and workforce-development programs that are important to millions of Americans. In addition, LUCC members called for a multi-year reauthorization of the surface-transportation bill--as well as support for the collection of taxes on remote sales, to protect local businesses.
The "fly-in" also included White House briefings with key administration officials. More information on NACo and LUCC priority issues is available at naco.org.
We are offering soundbites from many of the county officials who participated in the "fly-in"; statements are available in mp3PRO only.
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Athens County,
Ohio, Commissioner and NACo President Lenny Eliason (two bites; 1:54 total)
Baltimore
(City), Md., Council Member and LUCC Chair Helen Holton (three bites; 1:46
total)
Broward
County, Fla., Commissioner Ilene Lieberman (two bites; :52
total)
Ramsey County,
Minn., Commissioner Jim McDonough (two bites; :50
total)
Franklin County,
Ohio, Commissioner John O'Grady (two bites; :56
total)
Maricopa County,
Ariz., Supervisor Don Stapley (three bites; :42
total)
Miami-Dade County,
Fla., Commissioner Sally Heyman (two bites; :32
total)
Clayton County,
Ga., Chairman Eldrin Bell (two bites; :50
total)
