Other cities can raise minimum wage, too

GMW committee member Billy Jones commented in a thread below:

For those who may be dropping in from other cities I just wanted to add that almost every city in the United States of America has the legal right to set a minimum wage above that which is set by the state and Federal governments? Your local government probably doesn't want you to know that but you heard it here. If your city is granted "police powers" by the state in which you live then Federal Appeals Courts have already ruled that you have the right to raise minimum wage.

Looks like Sarasota, FL is one of those cities contemplating such a step. City Commissioners there are pushing for a minimum wage of $9.96. It looks a little different than the ordinance in Greensboro, but the arguments for it (and against it, I suppose) are basically the same.