NATION IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Mayors Call for More Federal Aid
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
U.S. mayors called on the federal government to reverse a decade-long plunge in aid to cities despite the strain the Gulf War is putting on the nation’s finances. The mayors, concluding their winter meeting, released a 50-city survey that found the federal contribution to city budgets dropped 64% from 1980 to 1990. Philadelphia Mayor W. Wilson Goode told a House panel: “Give us the tools we need to fight the war on drugs, against AIDS.”
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