Democratic Municipal Officials Digest
Week of 10/12/2020

DMO Update

• Join DMO and My Brother’s Keeper Alliance for our Municipal Mondays webinar, now on October 19th.

• Register today for our “Oh So Blue” Celebration on Monday, November 16th. Don’t miss this chance to interact with other DMOs and hear from our guest speakers!

• Help DMO bring you more events like our National Breakfasts, DNC coverage, and Virtual Retreat. Support our work with a monthly contribution of any amount at NationalDMO.org/donate.

Quick Links

• The world set a 2020 deadline to save nature but not a single target was met, UN report says

• No More Rush Hour? A Look at the Pandemic’s Impact on Traffic

• Trash is Piling Up. Sanitation Workers Are Feeling the Strain.

Ideas for Cities

• Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces Leave Option for City of Atlanta Employees to Serve as Election Poll Workers

• ICAP has created fact sheets for all 50 states explaining the laws barring unauthorized private militia groups and what to do if groups of armed individuals are near a polling place or voter registration drive.

• Join the onboarding session to become a My Brother’s Keeper community – Background Information

News for Democrats 

• ‘We Need to Take Away Children,’ No Matter How Young, Justice Dept. Officials Said

• ‘They’re domestic terrorists’: Michigan governor objects to calling men charged in kidnapping plot ‘militias’

• With town hall debate canceled, Biden and Trump seek out their own town halls