“The big city mayor (in a high-income country) has become the high priest of a new, weightless, post-national cosmopolitan capitalism – Boris Johnson and Michael Bloomberg have been its prime embodiments.” – How to build a fairer city
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“Former Mayor Tom Menino—who once said, “Visionaries don’t get things done”—earned the nickname “the urban mechanic” early on in his 20-year tenure as mayor of Boston for his obsessive focus on the nuts and bolts of urban management. He was the most prolific user of his own mayor’s hotline, calling in several service requests a day.” – Boston: There’s an App for That