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Speech has crime focus

With a record number of homicides in the city of Cincinnati during 2006 - including one across the street from City Hall during a council meeting - Mayor Mark Mallory will spend most of his time during today's annual State of the City address talking about his plans for making the city safer in 2007.The mayor's approach includes economic development in neighborhoods and engaging young people's ideas for improving the city, along with retaining the city's creative class."There are a lot of components to public safety," Mallory said. "There is a lot to report on what we've Over the weekend, two people were shot to death, and a shooting erupted Monday at an Oakley IHOP..The annual speech is a chance for the mayor to outline his hopes and goals for the year, as well as talk about past accomplishments.A Survey USA News poll, which asked the same three questions of 500 randomly selected city residents for two straight years, suggests the mayor has a lot of convincing to do. Mallory's approval rating slipped 10 points this year, from 60 percent in 2006 to 50 percent. The poll has a 4.5 percentage-point margin of error.Those numbers are reflected by five active community members The Enquirer asked to answer five questions about the city. One was the poll question related to their opinion of how well Mallory is performing his job.Two said the mayor hasn't done anything during his two years in office, two said he's done a great job, and one said the mayor hasn't been "allowed" to do anything. The five people were selected because they are active on community councils or in neighborhood associations.done. And we still have more to do."


Mayor of Cincinnati, Mark Mallory, commemorating the 78th Anniversary of LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens), declared the week of Feb. 11-17, 2007, the National LULAC Week in Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati chapter will celebrate the 78th Anniversary of LULAC on Wed. Feb. 14, at 6:00 PM at Havana Martini Club. (read more)

With approximately 115,000 members throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, LULAC is the largest and oldest Hispanic Organization in the United States. LULAC advances the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, health and civil rights of Hispanic Americans through community-based programs operating at more than 700 LULAC councils nationwide. The organization involves and serves all Hispanic nationality groups.

Historically, LULAC has focused heavily on education, civil rights, and employment for Hispanics. LULAC councils provide more than a million dollars in scholarships to Hispanic students each year, conduct citizenship and voter registration drives, develop low income housing units, conduct youth leadership training programs, and seek to empower the Hispanic community at the local, state and national level.

In addition, the LULAC National Educational Service Centers, LULAC’s educational arm, provides counseling services to more than 18,000 Hispanic students per year at sixteen regional centers. SER Jobs for Progress, LULAC’s employment arm, provides job skills and literacy training to the Hispanic community through more than forty-eight employment training centers located throughout the United States. The LULAC Corporate Alliance, an advisory board of Fortune 500 companies, fosters stronger partnerships between Corporate America and the Hispanic community.

The Mission of the League of United Latin American Citizens is to advance the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, health and civil rights of the Hispanic population of the United States.