Mayor interview series includes Newberry

Lexington Mayor Jim Newberry is one of several U.S. mayors interviewed about their concerns as part of a new online video project called MayorTV.

The interviews were organized by The Nation magazine and the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, a progressive think tank. The project seeks to focus more of the discussion in the 2008 presidential campaign on urban issues, saying 80 percent of Americans now live in urban areas.

In the six-minute interview, Newberry discusses the importance of cities and Lexington issues such as the EPA consent decree on sewer improvements, the Urban Services Boundary and the role of arts in urban economic development.

Watch Newberry’s interview below. To see interviews with other U.S. majors, go to MayorTV’s Web site.