450 Mayors Petition Obama To Adopt Broad Gun Reform (Gun Grabbers Inc.)

A new report from a national coalition of mayors urges President Obama to adopt dozens of reforms to help curb gun violence, including steps to crack down on problems at gun shows and the creation of a federal interstate firearms trafficking unit.

The "Blueprint for Federal Action on Illegal Guns," a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Post, presents 40 recommendations that "would dramatically improve law enforcement's ability to keep guns out of the hands of criminals -- and, in doing so, save innocent lives."

The strategies outlined by the Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a bipartisan group of about 450 mayors nationwide, focus on the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The agency, which has been sent a copy of the report, declined to comment.

The list of members:
http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/members/members.shtml

Mayor Larry P. Langford
Birmingham, AL

Mayor Thomas Henderson
Center Point, AL

Mayor Carroll L. ‘Lew’ Watson
Lincoln, AL

Mayor Samuel L. Jones
Mobile, AL

Mayor Ron Davis
Prichard, AL

Mayor Omar Neal
Tuskegee, AL
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Alaska:

Mayor Carolyn Floyd
Kodiak, AK
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Arkansas:

Mayor Patrick Hays
North Little Rock, AR

Mayor Carl A. Redus
Pine Bluff, AR
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California:

Mayor Jane P. Kennedy
Campbell, CA

Mayor Cheryl Cox
Chula Vista, CA

Mayor Robert Wasserman
Fremont, CA

Mayor Ashley Swearengin
Fresno, CA

Mayor Roosevelt F. Dorn
Inglewood, CA

Mayor Sukhee Kang
Irvine, CA

Mayor Larry Burrola
Irwindale, CA

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Los Angeles, CA

Mayor Rob Schroder
Martinez, CA

Mayor Paul Eaton
Montclair, CA

Mayor Ron Dellums
Oakland, CA

Mayor Sue Severson
Orinda, CA

Mayor Pamela Torliatt
Petaluma, CA

Mayor Jennifer Hosterman
Pleasanton, CA

Mayor Gayle McLaughlin
Richmond, CA

Mayor Dennis Donohue
Salinas, CA

Mayor Patrick J. Morris
San Bernardino, CA

Mayor Jerry Sanders
San Diego, CA

Mayor Gavin Newsom
San Francisco, CA

Mayor Chuck Reed
San Jose, CA

Mayor Miguel Pulido
Santa Ana, CA

Mayor Marty Blum
Santa Barbara, CA

Mayor Ken Genser
Santa Monica, CA

Mayor Susan Gorin
Santa Rosa, CA

Mayor Ann Johnston
Stockton, CA

Mayor Morris Vance
Vista, CA

Mayor Abbe Land
West Hollywood, CA

Mayor Christopher Cabaldon
West Sacramento, CA
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Colorado:

Mayor John Hickenlooper
Denver, CO
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Connecticut:

Mayor Bill Finch
Bridgeport, CT

Mayor April Capone-Almon
East Haven, CT

Mayor Eddie Perez
Hartford, CT

Mayor John DeStefano
New Haven, CT

Mayor Richard Moccia
Norwalk, CT

Mayor Dannel Malloy
Stamford, CT

Mayor Scott Slifka
West Hartford, CT
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Delaware:

Mayor James M. Baker
Wilmington, DE
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District of Columbia:

Mayor Adrian Fenty
Washington, DC
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Florida:

Mayor Manny Fernandez
Atlantis, FL

Mayor Susan Gottlieb
Aventura, FL

Mayor Perry Knight
Bowling Green, FL

Mayor Debby Eisinger
Cooper City, FL

Mayor Scott J. Brook
Coral Springs, FL

Mayor Juan Carlos Bermudez
Doral, FL

Mayor Joyce A. Davis
El Portal, FL

Mayor Bruce Malcolm
Fernandina Beach, FL

Mayor Jim Humphrey
Fort Myers, FL

Mayor Charles Sanders
Greenwood, FL

Mayor Joy Cooper
Hallandale Beach, FL

Mayor Peter Bober
Hollywood, FL

Mayor Kenneth Schultz
Hypoluxo, FL

Mayor John Peyton
Jacksonville, FL

Mayor Muriel H. Whitman
Kenneth City, FL

Mayor Mary Lou Hildreth
Keystone Heights, FL

Mayor Patricia Gerard
Largo, FL

Mayor Barrington Russell
Lauderdale Lakes, FL

Mayor Roseann Minnet
Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, FL

Mayor Richard J. Kaplan
Lauderhill, FL

Mayor Manuel Diaz
Miami, FL

Mayor Matti Herrera Bower
Miami Beach, FL

Mayor Carlos Alvarez
Miami-Dade County, FL

Mayor Bill Barnett
Naples, FL

Mayor Harriet Pruette
Neptune Beach, FL

Mayor Andre Pierre
North Miami, FL

Mayor Raymond Marin
North Miami Beach, FL

Mayor David B. Norris
North Palm Beach, FL

Mayor Darla Lauer
Oak Hill, FL

Mayor Joseph L. Kelley
Opa Locka, FL

Mayor Buddy Dyer
Orlando, FL

Mayor Fred Costello
Ormond Beach, FL

Mayor Emma Shoaff
Pembroke Park, FL

Mayor Frank C. Ortis
Pembroke Pines, FL

Mayor Patricia Christensen
Port St Lucie, FL

Mayor John Marks III
Tallahassee, FL

Mayor Beth Talabisco
Tamarac, FL

Mayor Pam Iorio
Tampa, FL

Mayor Lois Frankel
West Palm Beach, FL
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Georgia:

Mayor Heidi Davison
Athens-Clarke County, GA

Mayor Shirley Franklin
Atlanta, GA

Mayor Jere Wood
Roswell, GA

Mayor Otis S. Johnson
Savannah, GA

Mayor John Fretti
Valdosta, GA

Mayor Donnie Henriques
Woodstock, GA
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Hawaii:

Mayor Mufi Hannemann
Honolulu, HI
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Illinois:

Mayor Richard Daley
Chicago, IL

Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl
Evanston, IL

Mayor Henderson Yarbrough Sr.
Maywood, IL

Mayor Christopher Koos
Normal, IL

Mayor John A. Spring
Quincy, IL

Mayor Lawrence Morrissey
Rockford, IL
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Indiana:

Mayor Richard Hickman
Angola, IN

Mayor Fred Armstrong
Columbus, IN

Mayor Thomas C. Henry
Fort Wayne, IN

Mayor Allan Kauffman
Goshen, IN

Mayor Tom Jones
Linton, IN

Mayor Stephen Luecke
South Bend, IN
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Iowa:

Mayor Kay Halloran
Cedar Rapids, IA

Mayor T.M. Franklin Cownie
Des Moines, IA
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Kansas:

Mayor Clausie W. Smith
Bonner Springs City, KS

Mayor Joe Reardon
Kansas City, KS

Mayor Larry G. Meeker
Lake Quivira, KS

Mayor Kenneth W. Bernard
Lansing, KS
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Kentucky:

Mayor Elaine Walker
Bowling Green, KY

Mayor Jerry Abramson
Louisville, KY
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Louisiana:

Mayor Melvin ‘Kip’ Holden
Baton Rouge, LA

Mayor Ray Nagin
New Orleans, LA

Mayor Cedric B. Glover
Shreveport, LA
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Maine:

Mayor Laurent F. Gilbert Sr.
Lewiston, ME

Mayor Jill C Duson
Portland, ME
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Maryland:

Mayor Ellen Moyer
Annapolis, MD

Mayor Sheila Dixon
Baltimore, MD
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Massachusetts:

Mayor Thatcher W. Kezer III
Amesbury, MA

Mayor Tom Menino (Co-Chair)
Boston, MA

Mayor James E. Harrington
Brockton, MA

Mayor E. Denise Simmons
Cambridge, MA

Mayor Jim Fiorentini
Haverhill, MA

Mayor Michael J. Sullivan
Holyoke, MA

Mayor Michael Sullivan
Lawrence, MA

Mayor Edward C. Caulfield
Lowell, MA

Mayor Richard C. Howard
Malden, MA

Mayor Scott Lang
New Bedford, MA

Mayor John F. Moak
Newburyport, MA

Mayor Clare Higgins
Northampton, MA

Mayor Thomas G. Ambrosino
Revere, MA

Mayor Kimberley Driscoll
Salem, MA

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone
Somerville, MA

Mayor Domenic Sarno
Springfield, MA

Mayor Susan M. Kay
Weymouth, MA
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Michigan:

Mayor Brenda L. Lawrence
Southfield, MI
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Minnesota:

Mayor Steve Lampi
Brooklyn Park, MN

Mayor Elizabeth B. Kautz
Burnsville, MN

Mayor Don Ness
Duluth, MN

Mayor R.T. Rybak
Minneapolis, MN

Mayor Chris Coleman
St. Paul, MN
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Mississippi:

Mayor Johnny DuPree
Hattiesburg, MS
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Missouri:

Mayor Mark Funkhouser
Kansas City, MO

Mayor Francis Slay
St. Louis, MO
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Nebraska:

Mayor Chris Beutler
Lincoln, NE

Mayor Jim Suttle
Omaha, NE

Mayor Donald Groesser
Ralston, NE
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New Jersey:

Mayor Kevin G. Sanders
Asbury Park, NJ

Mayor Ronald Jones
Beachwood, NJ

Mayor Jason J. Varano
Berkeley Township, NJ

Mayor Sophie Heymann
Borough of Closter, NJ

Mayor James A. Gallos
Borough of Milford, NJ

Mayor Pasquale Menna
Borough of Red Bank, NJ

Mayor Emilia M. Siciliano
Borough of Shrewsbury, NJ

Mayor Betty Simmons
Borough of Victory Gardens, NJ

Mayor Gwendolyn Faison
Camden, NJ

Mayor Carol Foster
Corbin City, NJ

Mayor James Carroll
Demarest, NJ

Mayor Joseph R. Smith
East Newark, NJ

Mayor Robert L. Bowser
East Orange, NJ

Mayor Jun Choi
Edison, NJ

Mayor J. Christian Bollwage
Elizabeth, NJ

Mayor Steven Weinstein
Fair Lawn, NJ

Mayor John Bencivengo
Hamilton, NJ

Mayor Meryl Frank
Highland Park, NJ

Mayor Wayne Smith
Irvington, NJ

Mayor Jerramiah Healy
Jersey City, NJ

Mayor Frank W. Minor
Logan Township, NJ

Mayor Nicholas Russo
Longport, NJ

Mayor Michael Fressola
Manchester Township, NJ

Mayor Frank M. North
Merchantville, NJ

Mayor Donald Cresitello
Morristown, NJ

Mayor Cory Booker
Newark, NJ

Mayor Peter C. Massa
North Arlington, NJ

Mayor Francis M. Womack III
North Brunswick, NJ

Mayor Randy George
North Haledon, NJ

Mayor Eldridge Hawkins Jr.
Orange, NJ

Mayor Michael Luther
Parsipanny-Troy Hills, NJ

Mayor Jose Torres
Paterson, NJ

Mayor Harry L. Wyant
Phillipsburg, NJ

Mayor Gary Giberson
Port Republic, NJ

Mayor Earl Gage
Salem, NJ

Mayor Douglas Palmer
Trenton, NJ

Mayor Robert Romano
Vineland, NJ

Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh
West Windsor, NJ

Mayor John E. McCormac
Woodbridge, NJ
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New Mexico:

Mayor David Coss
Santa Fe, NM
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New York:

Mayor Gerald Jennings
Albany, NY

Mayor Ann M. Thane
Amsterdam, NY

Mayor Steve Gold
Beacon, NY

Mayor Matthew T. Ryan
Binghamton, NY

Mayor Byron Brown
Buffalo, NY

Mayor Robert Goering
Clinton, NY

Mayor Charles Weiss
Flower Hill, NY

Mayor Martin Natoli
Hagaman, NY

Mayor Wayne J. Hall Sr.
Hempstead, NY

Mayor Bernard Jackson
Hillburn, NY

Mayor Rick Scalera
Hudson, NY

Mayor Elizabeth Feld
Larchmont, NY

Mayor Carl Luft
Lima, NY

Mayor Marlinda Duncanson
Middletown, NY

Mayor Clinton Young
Mount Vernon, NY

Mayor Noam Bramson
New Rochelle, NY

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (Co-Chair)
New York, NY

Mayor Robert M. Maciol
New York Mills, NY

Mayor Nicholas Valentine
Newburgh, NY

Mayor Mary Foster
Peekskill, NY

Mayor John Tkazyik
Poughkeepsie, NY

Mayor Daniel J. Dwyer
Rensselaer, NY

Mayor Robert Duffy
Rochester, NY

Mayor Brian U. Stratton
Schenectady, NY

Mayor Carl Wright
Sloatsburg, NY

Mayor Matthew Driscoll
Syracuse, NY

Mayor David R. Roefaro
Utica, NY

Mayor Michael Manning
Watervliet, NY

Mayor Philip Amicone
Yonkers, NY
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North Carolina:

Mayor Terry Bellamy
Asheville, NC

Mayor Kevin Foy
Chapel Hill, NC

Mayor John R. Bost
Clemmons, NC

Mayor Bill Bell
Durham, NC

Mayor Yvonne Johnson
Greensboro, NC

Mayor Patricia C. Dunn
Greenville, NC

Mayor Charles Meeker
Raleigh, NC
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North Dakota:

Mayor Dennis Walaker
Fargo, ND
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Ohio:

Mayor Dan Pillow
Addyston, OH

Mayor Donald Plusquellic
Akron, OH

Mayor Merle Gorden
Beachwood, OH

Mayor Daniel Pocek
Bedford, OH

Mayor Fletcher Berger
Bedford Heights, OH

Mayor John Licastro
Bratenahl, OH

Mayor Samuel Alai
Broadview Heights, OH

Mayor Mark Mallory
Cincinnati, OH

Mayor Frank Jackson
Cleveland, OH

Mayor Edward Kelley
Cleveland Heights, OH

Mayor Michael Coleman
Columbus, OH

Mayor Rhine McLin
Dayton, OH

Mayor Marilee Chinnici-Zuercher
Dublin, OH

Mayor Bill Cervenik
Euclid, OH

Mayor Theodore Shannon
Fairfax, OH

Mayor Thomas J. Longo
Garfield Heights, OH

Mayor Joseph C. Hubbard
Glendale, OH

Mayor Alan Zaffiro
Golf Manor, OH

Mayor Deborah Neale
Lakeline, OH

Mayor Michael Kolomichuk
Lakemore, OH

Mayor Jo Ann Toczek
Linndale, OH

Mayor Donald Kuchta
Macedonia, OH

Mayor Gregory Costabile
Mayfield Heights, OH

Mayor Bruce Rinker
Mayfield Village, OH

Mayor Gary Starr
Middleburg Heights, OH

Mayor Susan Renda
Moreland Hills, OH

Mayor Thomas E. O’Grady
North Olmsted, OH

Mayor Kathy Mulcahy
Orange Village, OH

Mayor Martin Zanotti
Parma Heights, OH

Mayor Bruce Akers
Pepper Pike, OH

Mayor Daniel Ursu
Richmond Heights, OH

Mayor Earl M. Leiken
Shaker Heights, OH

Mayor John Smith
Silverton, OH

Mayor Kevin Patton
Solon, OH

Mayor Georgine Welo
South Euclid, OH

Mayor Matthew Brett
South Russell, OH

Mayor Carleton S. Finkbeiner
Toledo, OH

Mayor Darreyl D. Davis
Trotwood, OH

Mayor Beryl Rothschild
University Heights, OH

Mayor Michael J. O’Brien
Warren, OH

Mayor Barry Porter
Wyoming, OH

Mayor Jay Williams
Youngstown, OH
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Oregon:

Mayor Denny Doyle
Beaverton, OR

Mayor Kitty Piercy
Eugene, OR
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Pennsylvania:

Mayor Anthony Battalini
Aliquippa, PA

Mayor Ed Pawlowski
Allentown, PA

Mayor Charles T. “Bud” Wahl
Ambler, PA

Mayor Bernard Killian
Aspinwall, PA

Mayor Alexander Bennett
Baldwin, PA

Mayor Cloyd W. Wagner
Beavertown, PA

Mayor John Callahan
Bethlehem, PA

Mayor Robert Myers
Birdsboro, PA

Mayor Marianne V. Deery
Boyertown, PA

Mayor Kenneth Lockhart
Brentwood, PA

Mayor Margaret Stock
Butler, PA

Mayor Justin M. Taylor
Carbondale, PA

Mayor Kirk R. Wilson
Carlisle, PA

Mayor Donald Baumgarten
Castle Shannon, PA

Mayor Barbara Schlegel
Catasauqua, PA

Mayor Ronald Lockwood
Cherry Valley, PA

Mayor Wendell N. Butler
Chester, PA

Mayor Brian P. Fox
Christiana, PA

Mayor Paul McKenna
Churchill, PA

Mayor Jonathan J. Mack
Coopersburg, PA

Mayor Helen Thomas
Darby, PA

Mayor Mary Ann Fichthorn
Denver, PA

Mayor Thomas Lloyd
Dormont, PA

Mayor Heather Ann Bruno
Downingtown, PA

Mayor Libby White
Doylestown, PA

Mayor Betty M. Hays
Eagles Mere, PA

Mayor Salvatore J. Panto Jr.
Easton, PA

Mayor Wayne T. Murphy
Edgeworth Borough, PA

Mayor Robert H. Brain
Elizabethtown, PA

Mayor Joseph J. Cisco
Ellport City, PA

Mayor Winfield Iobst
Emmaus, PA

Mayor Joseph Sinnott
Erie, PA

Mayor Harry W. McLaughlin
Fox Chapel, PA

Mayor Robert E. Heller
Franklin, PA

Mayor Fred C. Moyer Jr.
Freeburg, PA

Mayor Gerald C. Yob
Freemansburg, PA

Mayor Karl Eisaman
Greensburg, PA

Mayor Stephen R. Reed
Harrisburg, PA

Mayor Norm Hawkes
Hatboro, PA

Mayor Joseph R. Dodson
Hollidaysburg, PA

Mayor Betty Esper
Homestead, PA

Mayor Nicholas Yanosich
Industry, PA

Mayor Sandra Green
Kutztown, PA

Mayor Rick Gray
Lancaster, PA

Mayor Jayne C. Young
Lansdowne, PA

Mayor Robert P. Carpenter
Laporte, PA

Mayor Fred Feltenberger
Laureldale, PA

Mayor Trish Ward
Lebanon, PA

Mayor John L. Mark
Liverpool, PA

Mayor Gerard McGlone
Malvern, PA

Mayor Russell LaRew
Marianna, PA

Mayor Oliver Overlander
Marietta, PA

Mayor Richard Friedberg
Meadville, PA

Mayor Angela Adkins
Midland, PA

Mayor Richard Trostle
Mohnton, PA

Mayor John P. Antoline
Monaca, PA

Mayor Jeffrey L. Repasky
Mount Oliver, PA

Mayor James F. Kinder
Mount Wolf, PA

Mayor Joyce K. Somers
Murrysville, PA

Mayor Betty Cain
New Alexandria, PA

Mayor Frank Link
New Kensington, PA

Mayor Raymond L. McDonough
North Braddock, PA

Mayor Thomas Reenock
Northampton, PA

Mayor Michele Petrini Avvisato
Old Forge, PA

Mayor Geoffrey L. Henry
Oxford, PA

Mayor Ardele R. Gordon
Parkside, PA

Mayor Michael Nutter
Philadelphia, PA

Mayor Morris S. Williams
Pine Grove, PA

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl
Pittsburgh, PA

Mayor John D. Reiley
Pottsville, PA

Mayor Tom McMahon
Reading, PA

Mayor James Kennedy
South Coatesville, PA

Mayor Charles Baugham
Stroudsburg, PA

Mayor Paul R. McArdle
Summit Hill, PA

Mayor Luke Duignam
Tatamy, PA

Mayor Jay Stover
Telford, PA

Mayor Pamela Murphy
Thompsontown, PA

Mayor Regina T. Beck
Trainer, PA

Mayor Adam Forgie
Turtle Creek, PA

Mayor Emerson Fazekas
Versailles, PA

Mayor Tina Hagenbuch
Weissport, PA

Mayor John Andzelik
West Mifflin, PA

Mayor Thomas M. Leighton
Wilkes-Barre, PA

Mayor John Thompson
Wilkinsburg, PA

Mayor Mitchell D. Mogilski
Wind Gap, PA

Mayor Larry Markel
Windsor, PA

Mayor Jacqueline B. Mosley
Yeadon, PA

Mayor John S. Brenner
York, PA
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Rhode Island:

Mayor David Cicilline
Providence, RI
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South Carolina:

Mayor Joseph Riley
Charleston, SC

Mayor Robert D. Coble
Columbia, SC

Mayor Joseph T. McElveen Jr.
Sumter, SC
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Tennessee:

Mayor Tom Beehan
Oak Ridge, TN

Mayor A C Wharton
Shelby County, TN
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Texas:

Mayor Richard Ward
Hurst, TX
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Vermont:

Mayor Bob Kiss
Burlington, VT

Mayor Christopher C. Louras
Rutland, VT
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Virginia:

Mayor William Euille
Alexandria, VA

Mayor Robin Gardner
Falls Church, VA

Mayor Brenda Pelham
Hopewell, VA

Mayor Paul D. Fraim
Norfolk, VA

Mayor Annie M. Mickens
Petersburg, VA

Mayor James W. Holley III
Portsmouth, VA

Mayor Dwight C. Jones
Richmond, VA
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Washington:

Mayor Peter B. Lewis
Auburn, WA

Mayor Greg Nickels
Seattle, WA

Mayor Bill Baarsma
Tacoma, WA

Mayor David Edler
Yakima, WA
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Wisconsin:

Mayor Edward Monroe
Ashland, WI

Mayor Dave Cieslewicz
Madison, WI

Mayor Tom Barrett
Milwaukee, WI

Mayor Thomas Ratzlaff
Park Falls, WI

Mayor Richard Johns
Rhinelander, WI

Mayor Al Richards
Saint Francis, WI

Mayor Larry Nelson
Waukesha, WI

Mayor Kristine M. Deiss
West Bend, WI

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