Welcome to Citiwire.net! Bill Stafford, our Citistates Colleague who runs the Trade Alliance of Greater Seattle, is America’s maestro in propelling civic delegations to peer regions around the world, learning assiduously in the process. For a 12-year old assessment of his remarkable career, check here. Bill’s column this week focuses on the remarkable metropolises of the United Arab Emirates, recent target of the globe-trotting Seattleites. … My column deals with governmental incompetence and/or corruption–a massive problem around the world, especially damaging to the globe’s poor–and how the Internet (especially in the hands of Web-savvy youth) may be a powerful way to break its hold.
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