Former Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson has spent the last 20 months working in the West Wing of the White House. He says once the Obama administration exits, he doesn’t know what he will do, but says he’s coming home.
In Washington, he is the president’s chief liaison with states, counties and cities. It’s a big title: Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs.
The long workdays and being away from family has the popular former mayor longing for Louisville.
He served as mayor of Louisville from 1986 to 1999 and again under the new merged government from 2002 to 2010, when he was tapped to be former Governor Steve Beshear’s lieutenant governor.
In Washington, Abramson often meets with Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to Obama. Most of his work is done in the shadows, unlike during his time as mayor, when he was seen as someone who craved the spotlight and excelled in it.
Source: AP
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