It was always considered a metropolitan paper and focused most of its coverage on city issues.

Garbage has always been one of those intractable city issues.

His views on city issues were often at odds with the majority in city government.

He said the city issues 70,000 to 72,000 licenses a year.

The city issues about 100 licenses for the summer, but most operators don't last long.

"He doesn't think that that's the way to deal with city issues substantively," she said.

We went for him because he had a history of serving the community on city issues.

Crime was never an issue when it was a city issues, but now it's coming out to the suburbs.

But his indignation is often refreshing, and he has a command of city issues.

His thoughtful views on city issues should make him a leader with a future in his party.