Mayors of Ohio's largest cities team up to voice concerns at the Statehouse

Cleveland.com: COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The mayors of Ohio's 30 largest cities are banding together to better voice their concerns and needs to a state legislature they say has become increasingly anti-city.

The Ohio Mayors Alliance wants to make sure Ohio's cities have a say in the next two-year state budget and that the next gubernatorial candidates consider urban issues as they're shaping their campaigns.

Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley said the rhetoric coming out of Columbus often suggests cities are welfare dependents and dependent on the state, but cities give more to the state than they receive.

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