Thursday, August 11, 2011

Looking at London - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com

Looking at London - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com

Leaders of American cities, facing fiscal crunches and the threat of diminishing federal support, were looking nervously across the Atlantic this week at the riots that shook one of the world’s premier metropolises.

But American mayors and big-city members of Congress who spoke to POLITICO — and several mayors declined to participate in a story that would include their cities’ name and the taboo word “riot” — said they thought the unrest in England was unlikely to be replicated in the United States.

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