小汤米-达莱桑德罗生来就是要当巴尔的摩市长的

 

小汤米-达莱桑德罗生来就是要当巴尔的摩市长的，而且是在大城市蓬勃发展的时期。

这是一个他比国会议员更乐于担任的角色。

他不再是435名众议院议员中的一票，而是在委员会中努力提高自己的资历阶梯。

作为他家乡的市长，他有能力把事情办好。

大事情。

Tommy D’Alesandro Jr. was born to be mayor of Baltimore, and during a time when big cities were booming. It was a role he relished more than being a member of Congress. He was no longer one vote out of 435 House members, working his way up the seniority ladder in committees. As mayor of his hometown, he had the power to get things done. Big things.

 

他对巴尔的摩市情有独钟，南希-佩洛西说。

"他爱这个城市，他也爱当市长。

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“He had a love affair with the city of Baltimore,” Nancy Pelosi said. “He loved the city, and he loved being the mayor.”

他把大联盟棒球带回了这座城市--让圣路易斯布朗队成为巴尔的摩金莺队，这可不是一件容易的事，而且他想得很远。

在他担任市长的12年中，该市铺设了数百英里的街道，并开设了87所新学校，其中包括一些取代了在那些种族隔离的日子里分配给黑人学生的二流设施。

他开通了巴尔的摩港湾隧道，并将友谊国际机场投入使用。

他为这个新机场感到非常自豪，以至于他克服了自己的飞行恐惧症，以便能够陪同杜鲁门总统登上空军一号，参加机场的开幕式。

He brought back major-league baseball to the city—no easy task, getting the St. Louis Browns to become the Baltimore Orioles—and he thought big. During his twelve years as mayor, the city paved hundreds of miles of streets and opened eighty-seven new schools, including some that replaced second-rate facilities that had been assigned to Black students in those segregated days. He opened the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel and dedicated Friendship International Airport. He was so proud of the new airport that he overcame his phobia of flying so he could accompany President Truman aboard Air Force One for its inaugural arrival.

 

他事后说：我说了300个圣母玛利亚，50个我们的父亲和我一生中最好的忏悔行为。

“I said 300 Hail Marys, 50 Our Fathers and the best doggone Act of Contrition of my life,” he said afterward.