{"id":9199,"date":"2013-04-29T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/advocacy\/inside208\/post\/President-Obama-Nominates-Charlotte-Mayor-for-Transportation-Secretary.aspx"},"modified":"2013-04-29T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T10:30:00","slug":"president-obama-nominates-charlotte-nc-mayor-for-transportation-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2013\/04\/29\/president-obama-nominates-charlotte-nc-mayor-for-transportation-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"President Obama Nominates Charlotte, NC Mayor for Transportation Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, it emerged that the White House will&nbsp; be nominating Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Anthony Foxx for Secretary of the Department of Transportation. Foxx has been Mayor since 2009. Prior to being elected Mayor, he served on City Council beginniing in 2005, where he chaired the Transportation Committee.<\/p>\n<p><em>Summer Minnick is the Director of Policy Initiatives and Federal Affairs. She can be reached at 517-908-0301 or sminnick@mml.org.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, it emerged that the White House will&nbsp; be nominating Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Anthony Foxx for Secretary of the Department of Transportation. Foxx has been Mayor since 2009. Prior to being elected Mayor, he served on City Council beginniing in 2005, where he chaired the Transportation Committee. 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