Letter from the New Editor

There has been always a great tradition at the Urban Politics Section to publish its informative and scholarly newsletters. As the new editor of Urban News, I would like to express my thanks to Anirudh Ruhil and Melissa Marschall, the two previous editors. What a tremendous job they have done! To serve the current 416 members and those who will join our section in the near future, the first thing I will do is to continue the great work left by Ani, Melissa and other previous editors.

As mentioned in the Fall 2000 newsletter, Urban News has a mission to not only provide members and other readers with valuable and timely information, but also “expand the number of critical essays we publish and hope that the newsletter can eventually serve as a forum for discussing issues critical to both urban scholars and practitioners.”

I therefore, once again, encourage section members to submit not only news you would like to share with other members, as well as scholarly essays that address the important governance and organizational issues being discussed within and outside APSA.

I would also like to invite you to check out the Urban Politics Section’s website, which was just updated, at

http://www.apsanet.org/~urban/

Please also feel free to send your comments and suggestions directly to me at

liu@uwosh.edu

I look forward to seeing you at the upcoming APSA meeting, and especially at our Urban Politics Section business meeting on September 2, 2004.

Baodong Liu

Editor

Urban News

Department of Political Science

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Oshkosh, WI 54901