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<em>The Ticket</em>:<em> </em>Mayor Nan Whaley

The mayor of Dayton, Ohio, on how badly America’s cities need a bailout, and how painful the impact could be if they don’t get one.
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Mayor Nan Whaley of Dayton, Ohio, joins the staff writer Edward-Isaac Dovere on an episode of The Ticket: Politics From The Atlantic. She details how dire the fiscal situation is for many of America’s cities—and what the impact could be if they don’t get more help from the federal government.

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Edward-Isaac Dovere: Is it already clear in Dayton that there has been a big impact from this?

The homicide rates are up like 50 percent in the city, and in cities across the state. I run a call every day with mayors across the state of Ohio and Cincinnati’s

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