Presumably, most of us woke up this morning and took a shower. The water coming out of that tap was most likely supplied by a city. Many of the roads we traveled in our car were city roads. Our safety on those roads depended largely on the traffic management system provided by a city. And the safety and quality of the neighborhoods we traveled through is largely dependent on the planning and forethought of elected city officials.
City government has nothing to do with defending the rights of people in Kosovo.
But it has everything to do with protecting the rights of you and your neighbors. City government is also government of a scale you can actually get your arms around. In my race to become mayor of Salt Lake City, it will be possible for me to walk through every major neighborhood and talk to people on their doorsteps about their concerns. And as mayor, it will be possible to develop problem solving programs and initiatives which have a direct affect on the lives of my constituents, without having to be filtered through a lot of other layers of government. One area of concern where I think the mayor can have a significant impact is in the area of race and religious relations.