MITT ROMNEY ANNOUNCES
SUPPORT OF FORMER ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA MAYOR RICK BAKER
Boston, MA –
Mitt Romney today announced the support of former St. Petersburg,
Florida Mayor Rick Baker. Baker will serve as a Senior Adviser on Urban
Policy for the National Campaign.
“Rick
Baker has been a successful mayor and a strong advocate for fiscally
conservative principles,” said Mitt Romney. “Rick understands that in
order to turn around our economy and create jobs we need to cut
government regulations, reduce spending and lower taxes. I am proud to
have his support and gratified that he has decided to join my campaign
to undo the damage caused by President Obama’s reckless fiscal
policies.”
Announcing
his support, former Mayor Baker said, “Mitt Romney is the strongest
Republican candidate and he is the only person capable of defeating
Barack Obama in 2012. Mitt Romney has the experience, the vision and
the commitment to conservative values that our Republican nominee will
need to draw bold contrasts with the President’s failed, big government
agenda. It is an honor to join his team and I look forward to working
to ensure that he is elected the next President of the United States.”
Background
On Former Mayor Rick Baker:
Mayor
Baker, a nationally recognized urban leader, was named America’s 2008
Mayor/Public Official of the year by Governing Magazine and, in 2011,
was noted as “America’s Greatest Mayor of the Decade” by Senior
Political Columnist John Avlon in Newsweek Magazine/The Daily
Beast.
First elected in 2001, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker was re-elected
by an unprecedented 70 percent margin in 2005, carrying every precinct
in the city. He led the city through an historic renaissance. Baker
chaired Governor Jeb Bush’s Municipal Mentoring Initiative and
presently serves as an Adjunct Fellow at the Manhattan Institute Center
for State and Local Leadership. His 2011 book “A Seamless City”
describes city leadership and a conservative approach to urban
revitalization in America.
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