It's no coincidence that the mayor didn't put his company there.
In response to the federal inquiry, the campaign wrote to the commission, saying the mayor had put "the proper designation" on the checks.
But beyond appointments and relationships, several consultants and officials said, the new mayor should also put the city's money where his mouth is.
There lingered, as the mayor puts it, "a certain amount of resentment."
The mayor put me in touch with the head of the Historical Society.
The mayor held out the bag with one hand and put the other behind his back, as if to show he would not interfere.
"Why doesn't the mayor put those cops in front of the school?"
For the record, here is some of what the mayors put on the table.
The mayor has already put $2 billion into the trust fund, which was created last year.
The mayor put security measures on the area to prevent break-ins.