Democratic Municipal Officials Digest
Week of 11/1/2021

DMO Update

• DMO Statement on President Biden’s Build Back Better Framework

• Meet our Washington state Blue Star Candidates

• DMO Welcomes Alejandro Chavez and a Launches New Political Program

Quick Links

• Ballot Initiatives to Watch, From Policing to the Environment

• Renters Now Majority in 100+ Suburbs

• Illegal Evictions Rising, but Landlords Rarely Face Consequences

Ideas for Cities

• Strategies for Combating the Opioid Crisis

• The Bus Should Be Free

• Cities’ Answer to Sprawl? Go Wild.

Advisory Board Updates 

• Comcast: Internet Essentials Partnership Program

• Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield: Vaccination campaign in partnership with NALEO Educational Fund and the Conference of National Black Churches 

• Ironworkers: Erie Strayer Ironworkers fight for a fair contract.

News for Democrats 

• White House Highlights Nationwide Impact of Build Back Better Framework

• What it’s like to be on the front lines of the school board culture war

• Lawmakers decry ‘alarming’ hunger in US military families