And she said she found Linda Berkowitz, from the Philadelphia Mayor's Office of Management and Productivity, a breath of fresh air. The final afternoon session, which was on regionalism, drew leaders from the counties surrounding Baltimore, including council representatives from Harford, Howard, Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties. The panel featured Maj. Barnett made a case for regionalism based on the new global economy. The creation of the global economy means that business is structured differently.
Multinational corporations are in partnership with city regions.
It is our challenge to think bigger regionally and to think smaller to define our sense of place and community. That struck a chord with Barbara Samorajczyk, Anne Arundel County councilwoman. Handy represents a district that is the site of several open air drug markets targeted by the new mayor for clean-up. We haven't begun to look at the issue of substance abuse as a regional issue. Handy and other council members found David Altschuler especially helpful in thinking about the issue of drug policy, now on the front burner of city politics.