homeless statistics, debt, deficits, and other aspects concerning the quality of life in those cities.

I will grant you this, it's a huge can of worms and there are tons of other factors that come into play. Mayors are the leaders, but you still have plenty of other political figures that add to the misery index. Like prosecutors that don't prosecute. Like laws that enable and actually promote stealing.

Now! You go ahead and prove how wonderful things are in those cities since their mayors have been in office. How much things have improved under their leadership. Should be easy if things are going in the right direction. Maybe you can talk about how great the high speed rail is going or how many houses are being rebuilt from the massive fires that hit in recent times.

LA is going downhill, like much of California. If it wasn't for all the extreme wealth and business in that state and its cities, that started there when times were good and government wasn't so burdensome, they'd of sunk long ago. They are on their way down now and have been for a while. Much of big business and big industry is leaving California due to outlandish taxes and onerous government regulation. Even Hollywood! Brought about by stupid politicians that fail to realize that sooner or later you run out of other people's money. You can get away with a lot of terrible leadership for a long time when you are filthy rich. You can also fritter it away like a redneck fritters away his 100 million dollar lottery winnings.

Sad to say, the nation is seemingly headed the same direction. You've undoubtedly heard the quote:

“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”

The former "good times" have created weak men, and we're in the "hard times" period these days, and have been for many years now. Brought to us by weak politicians on both sides of the aisle. I'm looking for some "strong men and women". All I see these days are primarily weaklings in leadership positions. In both parties. The Democrats are really adrift with weaklings and direction. It's on all the news sites! Hating Trump is not much of a direction and takes little in the way of leadership skills. They need a better plan and better political leadership.