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Kate Gallego: “Phoenix was the sixth largest city in the country at the…”

Featuring: Kate Gallego, Democrat | Mayor of Phoenix | Arizona

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Published | Video Starts at 02:28

I had a bunch of mba, student loan debt, and I was definitely not on the track for public service, but I really fell in love with the city and I also felt like Phoenix was the sixth largest city in the country at the time. Now we are the fifth largest. But sometimes we didn't go after the big game, changing deals and you know, we were trying to attract call centers or back office jobs that weren't maybe the greatest year round employment. (02:28–02:34)

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Asserts that Phoenix has moved from being the sixth to the fifth largest city in the U.S.

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