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Mayors Face Off Over Urban Futures in Chicago
Houston Mayor Fred Hofheinz and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young clashed in Chicago on divergent paths for cities. Hofheinz praised Texas-style fiscal prudence and suburban growth while Young warned that federal policy and urban decline demand new investment to halt the exodus of people and industry from aging northern cities.
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Fred Hofheinz
Coleman Young
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U.S. Conference of Mayors
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