Little more than a month after being sworn in as mayor of Waterbury, Neil O’Leary has followed up on a campaign promise to be more aggressive in representing the city on the national stage. O’Leary is attending the 80th Winter Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington D.C., January 18th through January 20th.
Former mayor Mike Jarjura was reluctant to attend conferences outside of Connecticut, a position O’Leary exploited during the grueling 2011 mayoral campaign. And when the first opportunity arose for O’Leary to plunge into a national conference – he seize it.
During the conference O’Leary will bump elbows with big city mayors from Los Angeles, Boston and Chicago, as well as the mayors of Connecticut cities of Bridgeport, Hartford, Stamford, New Haven, Stamford and Torrington.
There were 247 mayors registered for the conference…..
Alabama
Birmingham
William Bell
Arizona
Goodyear
Georgia Lord
Mesa
Scott Smith
Phoenix
Greg Stanton
Surprise
Sharon Wolcott
Tucson
Jonathan Rothschild
Arkansas
Fayetteville
Lioneld Jordan
Little Rock
Mark Stodola
North Little Rock
Patrick Hays
Pine Bluff
Carl Redus
California
Alameda
Marie Robinson
Anaheim
Tom Tait
Beverly Hills
Barry Brucker
Cerritos
Carol Chen
Claremont
Sam Pedroza
Corona
Eugene Montanez
Culver City
Micheal O”Leary
Danville
Candace Andersen
Diamond Bar
Ling-Ling Chang
Dublin
Tim Sbranti
Fremont
Anu Natarajan
Fresno
Ashley Swearengin
Glendale
Laura Friedman
Glendora
Douglas Tessitor
Hermosa Beach
Howard Fishman
Irvine
Sukhee Kang
La Puente
John Solis
Livermore
John Marchand
Los Angeles
Antonio Villaraigosa
Modesto
Jim Ridenour
Monrovia
Mary Ann Lutz
Newark
Alan Nagy
Oakland
Jean Quan
Pleasanton
Jennifer Hosterman
Rosemead
Steven Ly
Sacramento
Kevin Johnson
San Francisco
Edwin Lee
San Jacinto
Andrew Kotyuk
San Leandro
Stephen Cassidy
Santa Ana
Miguel Pulido
Santa Barbara
Helene Schneider
Sunnyvale
Anthony Spitaleri
Turlock
John Lazar
Vallejo
Osby Davis
West Sacramento
Christopher Cabaldon
Colorado
Aurora
Steve Hogan
Denver
Michael B. Hancock
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Bill Finch
Hartford
Pedro Segarra
New Haven
John DeStefano, Jr.
Norwalk
Richard Moccia
Shelton
Mark Lauretti
Stratford
John A. Harkins
Torrington
Ryan J. Bingham
Trumbull
Timothy Herbst
Waterbury
Neil OLeary
Delaware
Wilmington
James Baker
District of Columbia
Washington
Vincent Gray
Florida
Clearwater
Frank Hibbard
Coral Springs
Roy Gold
Deerfield Beach
Peggy Noland
Doral
Juan Carlos Bermudez
Fort Myers
Randall Henderson
Gainesville
Stewart Lowe
Hallandale Beach
Joy Cooper
Jacksonville
Alvin Brown
Key West
Craig Cates
Miami Beach
Matti Bower
Miramar
Lori Moseley
North Miami
Andre Pierre
Orlando
Buddy Dyer
Pembroke Pines
Frank Ortis
Tallahassee
John Marks
Tampa
Bob Buckhorn
Georgia
Hinesville
James Thomas
Macon
Robert Reichert
Hawaii
Hilo
William “Billy” Kenoi
Honolulu
Peter Carlisle
Idaho
Boise
David Bieter
Illinois
Burr-Ridge
Gary Grasso
Chicago
Rahm Emanuel
Danville
Scott Eisenhauer
Evanston
Elizabeth Tisdahl
Freeport
George Gaulrapp
Galesburg
Salvador Garza
Hanover Park
Rodney Craig
Hoffman Estates
William McLeod
Lake Barrington
Kevin Richardson
Macomb
Michael J Inman
Normal
Chris Koos
North Chicago
Leon Rockingham
Oak Park
David Pope
Pecatonica
Shawn Connors
Schaumburg
Al Larson
Urbana
Laurel Prussing
Indiana
Bluffton
Ted Ellis
Carmel
James Brainard
Indianapolis
Greg Ballard
Iowa
Davenport
William Gluba
Des Moines
T.M. Franklin Cownie
Dubuque
Roy Buol
Kansas
Kansas City
Joe Reardon
Kentucky
Louisville
Greg Fischer
Louisiana
Alexandria
Jacques Roy
Baton Rouge
Melvin Holden
New Orleans
Mitchell Landrieu
Patterson
Rodney Grogan
Shreveport
Cedric Glover
Simmesport
Eric Rusk
Maryland
Baltimore
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
Massachusetts
Boston
Thomas Menino
Chicopee
Michael Bissonnette
Gloucester
Carolyn Kirk
Haverhill
James Fiorentini
Holyoke
Alex Morse
New Bedford
Jon Mitchell
Newton
Setti Warren
Quincy
Thomas Koch
Michigan
Detroit
Dave Bing
Flint
Dayne Walling
Garden City
Randy Walker
Holland
Kurt Dykstra
Inkster
Hilliard Hampton
Rochester Hills
Bryan Barnett
Southfield
Brenda Lawrence
Westland
William Wild
Minnesota
Burnsville
Elizabeth B. Kautz
Minneapolis
RT Rybak
Rochester
Ardell Brede
St. Paul
Christopher Coleman
Mississippi
Hattiesburg
Johnny L. DuPree
Jackson
Harvey Johnson, Jr.
Missouri
Kansas City
Sylvester James, Jr.
St. Louis
Francis Slay
University City
Shelley Welsch
Nebraska
Omaha
Jim Suttle
Nevada
Henderson
Andy Hafen
Las Vegas
Carolyn Goodman
New Hampshire
Nashua
Donnalee Lozeau
New Jersey
East Orange
Robert L. Bowser
Edison
Antonia Ricigliano
Elizabeth
J. Christian Bollwage
Hamilton
John Bencivengo
Hope
Timothy McDonough
Kearny
Alberto Santos
Lambertville
David DelVecchio
Piscataway
Brian Wahler
Teaneck
Mohammed Hameeduddin
Trenton
Tony Mack
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Richard Berry
Las Cruces
Ken Miyagishima
New York
Freeport
Andrew Hardwick
Hempstead
Wayne Hall
New York
Michael Bloomberg
Niagara Falls
Paul A. Dyster
Rockville Centre
Francis Murray
Spring Valley
Noramie Jasmin
North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Mark Kleinschmidt
Charlotte
Anthony Foxx
Concord
Scott Padgett
Durham
William Bell
Raleigh
Nancy McFarlane
Rocky Mount
David W. Combs
Salisbury
Paul B. Woodson, Jr.
Waxhaw
Daune Gardner
Wilmington
Bill Saffo
Winston-Salem
James A. Joines
North Dakota
Grand Forks
Michael Brown
Ohio
Akron
Donald Plusquellic
Columbus
Michael Coleman
Dayton
Gary Leitzell
Kettering
Donald Patterson
Lima
David Berger
Oregon
Eugene
Kitty Piercy
Gresham
Shane Bemis
Portland
Sam Adams
Tualatin
Lou Ogden
Pennsylvania
Allentown
Edward Pawlowski
Bethlehem
John B. Callahan
Easton
Salvatore Panto Jr.
Harrisburg
Linda Thompson
Lancaster
J. Richard Gray
Philadelphia
Michael Nutter
Scranton
Chris Doherty
Wilkes-Barre
Tom Leighton
Puerto Rico
Barranquitas
Francisco López
Cabo Rojo
Perza Rodriguez
Camuy
Edwin Garcia
Cataño
Jose Rosario
Cayey
Rolando Ortiz
Comerío
Jose A. Santiago
Corozal
Roberto Hernandez Velez
Fajardo
Anibal Melendez Rivera
Hormigueros
Pedro Garcia
Jayuya
Jorge L. Gonzalez
Naranjito
Orlando Ortiz
Peñuelas
Walter Torres
Rincon
Carlos Lopez Bonilla
Sabana Grande
Miguel G. Ortiz
San Germán
Isidro A. Negron
Villalba
Waldemar Rivera
Yauco
Abel Nazario
Rhode Island
Providence
Angel Taveras
South Carolina
Charleston
Joseph Riley
Columbia
Stephen Benjamin
Myrtle Beach
John Rhodes
North Myrtle Beach
Marilyn Hatley
Sumter
Joseph McElveen
Surfside Beach
Allen Deaton
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Ron Littlefield
Clarksville
Kim McMillan
Gallatin
Jo Ann Graves
Knoxville
Madeline Rogero
Memphis
A C Wharton
Texas
Amarillo
Paul Harpole
Brownsville
Tony Martinez
Carrollton
Matthew Marchant
College Station
Nancy Berry
Corpus Christi
Joe Adame
Dallas
Mike Rawlings
Deer Park
Wayne Riddle
Denton
Mark Burroughs
DeSoto
Carl Sherman
Fort Worth
Betsy Price
Frisco
Maher Maso
Garland
Ronald Jones
Houston
Annise Parker
Irving
Elizabeth Van Duyne
Kyle
Lucy Johnson
Laredo
Raul Salinas
Odessa
Larry Melton
Port Arthur
Deloris Prince
Utah
Salt Lake City
Ralph Becker
Vermont
Burlington
Robert Kiss
Virginia
Alexandria
William Euille
Petersburg
Brian Moore
Portsmouth
Kenneth Wright
Roanoke
David Bowers
Washington
Auburn
Pete Lewis
Seattle
Mike McGinn
Tacoma
Marilyn Strickland
West Virginia
Charleston
Danny Jones
Wisconsin
Brookfield
Steven Ponto
Green Bay
Jim Schmitt
Madison
Paul Soglin
Milwaukee
Thomas Barrett
Racine
John Dickert