When, at age 24, Svante Myrick became the mayor of Ithaca, there loomed the unavoidable comparison to that other oddly-named, biracial politician raised by a single white mother.Today, on the Washington Post’s website, Myrick was featured in an article entitled, “The future of urbanism according to the 27-year-old mayor of Ithaca”.- Click here to ready the full article at WashingtonPost.com.
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