That Mayor, He's A Busy Man

In case you were wondering, here's what Mayor Mark Mallory has been doing lately:

Last Thursday, he went to Hughes High School to remind students he wants them to recycle and that they're in a contest with five other schools. The winner gets $500 to use on an environmental program. His goal is 15,000 pounds of recyclables from the six schools by the end of the month.

Also Thursday, he spoke to inmates at the River City Correctional Facility in Camp Washington. He was impressed that the men and women there referred to each other as "Mr." and "Mrs." and with how supportive they seemed to be of each other.

Also Thursday (Thursday was a big mayoral kind of day), he spoke to officials from the Evansville, Ind., Chamber of Commerce. They gave him a box of chocolate.

Friday, he took the Cincinnati Southern Railway, which the city leases to Norfolk Southern Railway, to Chattanooga. "It was the most relaxing thing I've done in years, years." The ride helped inspire his idea to develop some kind of sense of railroad history here, what with the Cincinnati History Museum being a train terminal and all. He's putting together an advisory group to come up with some suggestions for him.

Monday, Mallory had lunch with Wang Chao, assistant minister of commerce for the People's Republic of China. Chao led a delegation here from China to talk trade and investment.

This morning, he was interviewed by a student at the Value, Learning and Teaching Academy charter school.

Now, for his future schedule.....

Thursday, he speaks at the police memorial ceremony. He doesn't "think we can do enough" to thank officers for keeping us safe.

Friday, he plans to go to the May Festival.

Sunday, he leaves for Las Vegas, where he plans to sell Cincinnati at an International Council of Shopping Centers convention.