{"id":1868,"date":"2011-06-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-23T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/this-is-what-a-mayor-with-vision-sounds-like.html"},"modified":"2011-06-23T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-23T14:00:00","slug":"this-is-what-a-mayor-with-vision-sounds-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/this-is-what-a-mayor-with-vision-sounds-like.html","title":{"rendered":"This is what a mayor with vision sounds like"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mayor Julian Castro of San Antonio
\n
\nspeaks at 44:25<\/a>
\nabout<\/p>\n

\n
\n<\/a>
\n…the nexus between sustainability and job creation.
\nEvery now and then, perhaps once in a generation,
\nthere presents itself a moment, an opportunity,
\nfor those cities that are willing to seize it,
\nto truly benefit the region for generations to come.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s
\nthe video:<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/object><\/p>\n

\nHe doesn’t take all the credit;
\nhe has the city council stand up and he recognizes the city manager,
\nalong with the previous mayor and a long list of other people.
\nHe credits former mayor Henry Cisneros with starting thinking about:<\/p>\n

\nLinking our inherent assets with job creation and the creation of opportunity.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kind of like what
\nBen Copeland recommended for our area.<\/a><\/p>\n

\nAs Mayor Castro said:<\/p>\n

\nOur dreams for or city can no longer be small.
\nThey must be big.
\nBut not just big dreams in terms of job creation.
\nBut also in that component that has
\nhas been so lacking over the generations…
\nhigh end research.
\nAnd as well we’ll see a tremendous benefit to our environment.
\nIt’s the combination of those things that truly makes this special and unique.
\nSan Antonio it can be said today is not a follower, but a leader.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then he thanked both nonprofits and the business community
\nand still more people.<\/p>\n

\nThe opportunity presents itself for Valdosta and Lowndes County
\nto truly benefit south Georgia for generations to come,
\nby turning away from fossil fuels and towards solar and wind,
\nproducing jobs, improving health, and a sustainable economy.
\nWho will help seize this opportunity?<\/p>\n

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Mayor Julian Castro of San Antonio speaks at 44:25 about …the nexus between sustainability and job creation. Every now and then, perhaps once in a generation, there presents itself a moment, an opportunity, for those cities that are willing to seize it, to truly benefit the region for generations to come. Here’s the video:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,47,141,40,14,15,16,50,2,19,88,21,22,32,23,24,54,178,55],"tags":[2554,3788,8753,3255,623,8704,801,876,847,3862,797,7,799,795,8714,237,6,8716],"class_list":["post-1868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-climate-change","category-co2","category-community","category-economy","category-education","category-environment","category-epa","category-government","category-history","category-lowndes-county-commission","category-planning","category-politics","category-pollution","category-renewable-energy","category-solar","category-valdosta-city-council","category-vlcia","category-water","tag-ben-copeland","tag-clean-energy","tag-coal","tag-county-commission","tag-crawford-powell","tag-economy","tag-generations","tag-health","tag-jobs","tag-john-fretti","tag-julian-castro","tag-lowndes-county","tag-opportunity","tag-san-antonio","tag-solar","tag-texas","tag-valdosta","tag-wind"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}