Democratic Municipal Officials Digest
Week of 3/1/2021

DMO Update

• One Week Left – Join DMO on March 8th at 6:30pm ET for our Spring “Oh So Blue” Celebration, featuring DNC Chair Jaime Harrison.

• Help the Biden Administration pass the American Rescue Plan to bring financial assistance to local government. View the Progressive Fact Sheet on the American Rescue Plan.

• Watch our Municipal Monday on the 2021 Preemption Landscape, featuring Mark Pertschuk.

Quick Links

• How Black Cartographers Put Racism on the Map

• Cities Are Sinking Under the Weight of Urban Development

• Public Employees’ Use of Personal Phones, Tablets Puts Local Governments at Risk

Ideas for Cities

• Cyber Risk: The Time Is Now To Understand Insurance and Risk

• Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program

• Reform/Transform: A Policing Policy Toolkit – From our friends at Local Progress

Advisory Board Updates

• Comcast – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Our Impact

• Verra Mobility acquires Redflex for US $112 million

• Ironworkers – Legislation to strengthen representation on the Apprenticeship and Training Council.

News for Democrats 

• Bill requiring ID for absentee voting passes Georgia Senate

• Progressives push to squash Senate filibuster after minimum wage defeat

• Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on Introduction of the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 – What’s in the act.