Democratic Municipal Officials Digest
Week of 7/25/2022

DMO Update

• Have you made your annual contribution to DMO?

• SCOTUS Overturns Roe – DMOs Respond

• Get your council involved with DMO – NationalDMO.org/join

Quick Links

• Why Local Officials Are Facing Growing Harassment and Threats

• Campaigns may have lost their most effective — and annoying — outreach tool

• States and Localities Plan for Billions in ARPA Workforce Spending

Ideas for Cities

• City of Boise won’t prioritize or use resources to investigate abortions

• Councilman wants feds to review sales at gun shop in wake of officer’s death – Led by DMO President Emeritus Scott Benson

• One Thing You Can Do – Red Flag laws are widespread, and available for the public to use to stop gun violence.

News for Democrats

• FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Executive Actions on Climate to Address Extreme Heat and Boost Offshore Wind

• Trump didn’t act and didn’t want to, plus 4 other takeaways from the Jan. 6 hearings

• FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Safer America Plan

Pic of the Week

DMO President Derek Green (At-large Council Member, Philadelphia, PA), Board Member Junie Joseph (Mayor Pro Tem, Boulder, CO), and Board Member Jeffrey Slavin (Mayor, Somerset, MD) at last week’s NBC-LEO Summer Conference for the National League of Cities.