Mayor Dixon on Her First 100 Days in Office

Mayor Dixon talked about why people elected her to office with 86 percent of the vote. She is the first African-American woman to serve as a mayor of a major U.S. city. She talked about the problems that faced the city of Washington, DC when she took office, such as crime, bureaucracy, crime, and a loss of hope in any real change. She said that now people are letting go of old habits and old assumptions. There are new administrators in every level of her administration. She said that she is living up to her promises, but a "new ethic and a new attitude" is more than a 100-day agenda. The city is investing in and moving toward long term reform.