    {"id":7038,"date":"2020-02-06T10:04:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T14:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=7038"},"modified":"2020-02-06T10:04:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T14:04:23","slug":"league-president-brenda-f-moore-in-d-c-fighting-for-michigan-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2020\/02\/06\/league-president-brenda-f-moore-in-d-c-fighting-for-michigan-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"League President Brenda F. Moore in D.C. Fighting for Michigan Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7039\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/inside208\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/Brenda-Moore-edited-cropped-small-for-web.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7039\" class=\"lazyload size-medium wp-image-7039\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27199%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20300%20199%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27199%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"\/inside208\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/Brenda-Moore-edited-cropped-small-for-web-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MML President Brenda F. Moore is in D.C. this week fighting on behalf of Michigan\u2019s communities.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Michigan Municipal League <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mml.org\/about\/mmlboard.htm\">President Brenda F. Moore<\/a> is in Washington D.C. this week for the National League of Cities&#8217; 2020 State Municipal League Executive Directors and Presidents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlc.org\/event\/2020-state-municipal-league-executive-directors-and-presidents-fly-in\">Fly-In<\/a>. The Saginaw Mayor Pro Tem is being accompanied by the League&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mml.org\/newsroom\/about_bios.html#minghine\">Anthony Minghine<\/a>, COO and Deputy Executive Director.<\/p>\n<p>This annual event, which started yesterday and continues today, provides State Municipal League leaders an important opportunity to advocate for city priorities with the 116th Congress and network with peers from across the country.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7041\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/inside208\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/Brenda-and-Tony-cropped-and-edited-small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7041\" class=\"lazyload size-medium wp-image-7041\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27269%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20300%20269%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27269%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"\/inside208\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/Brenda-and-Tony-cropped-and-edited-small-300x269.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The League&#8217;s Anthony Minghine and Brenda F. Moore at the office of Senator Gary Peters in D.C.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On Wednesday, NLC\u2019s Federal Advocacy staff had a briefing to provide an update on the top issues facing cities in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Moore has a full day of meetings with Members of Congress, as well as key Committee leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan Municipal League President Brenda F. Moore is in Washington D.C. this week for the National League of Cities&#8217; 2020 State Municipal League Executive Directors and Presidents Fly-In. The Saginaw Mayor Pro Tem is being accompanied by the League&#8217;s Anthony Minghine, COO and Deputy Executive Director. 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