Monday, April 29, 2013

A MAYOR NOMINATED AS THE NEXT SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION BY PRESIDENT OBAMA.............

From the East Room of the White House at he top of this hour President Obama announced his choice for the next Secretary of the Department of Transportation as a member of his second term Administration Cabinet.  To fill this role and carry the responsibility of leading D.O.T. through the next four years the President reached down to the local level of government and has chosen Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Anthony Foxx as Secretary of Transportation-designate.  Mayor Foxx, who will celebrate his 42nd birthday tomorrow was elected Mayor of Charlotte in 2009, and has shown strong leadership in addressing transportation needs in the North Carolina city.  The Foxx Nomination was praised and greeted with, "hopeful optimism", by national transportation officials and labor advocates, as well as the retiring Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, the former Republican Congressman from Illinois.  Secretary LaHood specifically said of Mayor Foxx in commending his selection as his successor blogging, "From runaway improvements at Charlotte Douglas International Airport and the expanded LYNX light rail system , to feight and passenger rail upgrades and redesigned intersections on Interstate 85, the city of Charlotte has been on the forefront of American transportation development", wrote Secretary LaHood.  "Since 2009, Charlotte has made its largest ever investments in transportation, including a new streetcar system".  LaHood proclaimed Foxx's nomination to the post as, "no surprise", given his transportation accomplishments as a Mayor.  President Obama at the roll-out of the nomination with both Mayor Foxx and Secretary LaHood, gave Anthony Foxx great credit for "investing in transportation to help turn Charlotte's economy around", as Mayor.  His nomination will be sent to the U.S. Senate for confirmation.  Two more Cabinet choices are expected to be nominated very soon by the President according to the New York Times.  They are : Penny Pritzker, "a hotel magnate, longtime friend, and fundraiser", to be Secretary of Commerce; and Michael Froman, who presently serves as President Obama's "international economic adviser", as the next U.S. Trade Representative.............Fr.  Troy

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