Mayor Phil Gordon talked by remote video from Phoenix, Arizona, about the city’s economic and political climate. Topics included the development of the city and the corresponding rise in urban heat, solar power, the growing infrastructure and the possibilities of light rail transportation, the burden of illegal immigration, and the problems with the new employer sanction law. He responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.

During the week the Washington Journal featured mayors from some of the major cities in the U.S., as well as some of the issues that shape those cities, including Dallas, Detroit, Miami, Atlanta, and Phoenix.