Kanikau ʻo ʻAmelike Hui Pū ʻIa o US i ka make ʻana o Ed Koch

WASHINGTON, DC - Ua hoʻopuka ka Pelekikena Hui Pū ʻIa o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa (USCM) ʻo Philadelphia Mekia Michael A. Nutter a me USCM Luna Nui a me Luna Hoʻokele Tom Cochran i kēia lā i kēia mau ʻōlelo hui ma hope o ka make ʻana o Meia Koch:

"Ke kanikau nei ka US Conference of Mayors i ka make ʻana o New York City Mayor Ed Koch.

"He ʻāpana koʻikoʻi ʻo Mayor Koch i ka ʻohana USCM i lawelawe ma ke ʻano he kumu aʻoaʻo a he hoaaloha no nā mayors he nui a puni ka ʻāina.

“He kiʻi nui ʻo ia a me ke kamaʻāina mōʻaukala e ʻike ʻia e nā mayor o kēia manawa a me nā mea kahiko no kona ʻano ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ke ola.

"He alakaʻi koa ʻo ia - ʻo ia ke kuhina mua i lawe i ka pilikia o ka cocaine a me nā hewa pili e pahū ana ma nā alanui o ʻAmelika i nā kūkākūkā kulekele a me nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa ma nā hālāwai USCM.

"He mea pale ikaika ʻo Mayor Koch i kona kūlanakauhale - ua hana ʻo ia me ka USCM e hoʻihoʻi mai i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo New York mai ka ʻaoʻao o ka panakalupa a me ka pōʻino kālā.

"Ke kanikau nei ka ʻaha kūkā o nā Mayors i kēia lā i ka nalowale ʻana o kahi kanaka nunui i waena o nā mayors i ʻōlelo mau i kona manaʻo me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo loa e pili ana i nā pilikia o kona kūlanakauhale a me nā kūlanakauhale o nā lāhui."

ʻO ka US Conference of Mayors ka hui kūhelu nonpartisan o nā kūlanakauhale me ka nui o 30,000 a ʻoi aku paha. He 1,295 ia mau kūlanakauhale ma ka ʻāina i kēia lā, a ʻo kēlā me kēia kūlanakauhale ke pani ʻia i ka ʻaha kūkā e kona luna nui i koho ʻia, ʻo ka mayor.