City Council Quotes

• It's time to start bringing the congregations down to City Hall and to ask the mayors, the city councils and the school boards, "What's the plan? What's the local government going to do for us?"

  Van Jones

  School, Government, Cities

  Source: aalbc.com

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• I know people want to run for public office, for mayor, for city council. These are people who now want to change the country. Now, getting from here to there, it's a lot of hard work. And I think that the political revolution has just started.

  Jonathan Tasini

  Running, Country, Hard Work

  "A Look At Where Bernie Sanders' Movement Goes From Here". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. July 30, 2016.

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• We are at a crossroads over how the federal government in Washington and state legislatures and city councils across the land allocate their financial resources. Which fork we take will say a lot about Americans and our values.

  George McGovern

  Government, Land, Cities

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• I've been talking to people all over the country, city council members, grassroots leaders, party leaders, members in Congress - and you know what? The truth is I'll have something to say real soon.

  Keith Ellison

  Country, Real, Party

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• In my native Boulder County, Colorado, the fracking fanatics are out in force. They are marching door-to-door, petitions and mythology in hand, and they are storming city council and county commissioner meetings.

  Bob Beauprez

  Doors, Hands, Cities

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• I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the mayor. I had never been a politician so it was fun - learning political maneuvering.

  Harold H. Greene

  Fun, Cities, Political

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• There were people whose only interest in life was writing letters. To the newspapers, to authors, to strangers, to City Councils, to the police. It did not much matter to whom; the satisfaction of writing seemed to be all.

  Josephine Tey

  Writing, Cities, People

  Josephine Tey, Robert Barnard (1996). “The Singing Sands”, p.110, Simon and Schuster

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• I haven't seen so much tippy-toeing around since the last time I went to the ballet. When members of the arts community were askedthis week about one of their biggest benefactors, Philip Morris, and its requests that they lobby the New York City Council on the company's behalf, the pas de deux of self- justification was so painstakingly choreographed that it constituted a performance all by itself.

  Anna Quindlen

  Art, New York, Self

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• I don't think I'll ever fully get over losing the city council seat. I don't know how that happened. But it was less than 1 percent out of 50,000 votes. I'd put in six or seven years into changing L.A.

  Tom Hayden

  Thinking, Years, Cities

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• You know, we had the elections earlier in the week, and a dead woman, in Pennsylvania, somehow was on the ballot and she was elected to city council. A dead woman actually elected! And I'm thinking, well, I guess there is still hope for Al Gore.

  David Letterman

  Thinking, Cities, Pennsylvania

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• It's so worth-while being a judge, because, if I make good, I can help prove that a woman's place is as much on the bench, in City Council, or in Congress, as in the home.

  Florence Ellinwood Allen

  Home, Umpires, Cities

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• According to DC's HIV/AIDS office, three percent of the local population has HIV or AIDS... The DC City Council, perhaps on the theory that serving up another glass of wine is the way to help a drunk, is scheduled to vote on December 1 to legalize same sex marriage in America's capital city.

  Star Parker

  Sex, Wine, Cities

  Star Parker (2010). “Uncle Sam's Plantation: How Big Government Enslaves America's Poor and What We Can Do About It”, p.210, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Open your mind up to things that have no connection with the problem you're trying to solve: subscribe to an unusual magazine; spend a morning at an elementary school; go to work two hours early; test drive an exotic car; attend a city council meeting; ...try an Indonesian recipe.

  Roger von Oech

  Inspirational, Morning, School

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• To Toronto City Council:
  The Sam The Record Man store and sign were important fixtures in Toronto's musical landscape as well as its Civic history. Sadly, all that remains now are our memories of the store and this magnificant neon sign. Ryerson and they City of Toronto should absolutely preserve what myself and many of its citizens consider to be an important symbol of our past and of that store's contributions to our culture.

  Geddy Lee

  Memories, Past, Men

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• The Houston Contractors Association is proud to endorse Council Member Oliver Pennington for re-election to Houston City Council. Council Member Pennington understands that infrastructure investment is crucial to protect the long-term economic vitality of our community. We strongly support his efforts on behalf of small businesses and the construction industry while demonstrating his commitment to sound management of the city's budget.

  Jeffrey Nielsen

  Commitment, Cities, Construction Industry

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• Rather than hearing from the city council president, you'd hear from sources all across the country.

  Jack Kelley

  Country, Cities, President

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• There is insufficient support for the police and safety and law enforcement, in general, in the city council.

  Steve Chabot

  Law, Cities, Safety

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• Especially in local elections, because hardly anybody pays attention to those - but it's really important who's mayor and who's on the city council, county commissioners, sheriffs, district attorney, and of course the school board.

  Jello Biafra

  School, Cities, Important

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• What's blinking red on my radar is the fact that for people who prioritize abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, or voting rights, those things are coming out of state legislatures, and some of the laws on reproduction stuff is coming out of city council, and so what's getting at me is the fact that there's just a fundamental lack of understanding that these laws are happening and being created by people who often won by ten votes in a midterm election.

  Lizz Winstead

  Law, Cities, Rights

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• People have got to show up, showing up at meetings, rallies, marches, City Council, courtrooms. You've got to show up.

  Ralph Nader

  Cities, People, Showing Up

  Source: www.cpa-connecticut.com

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• To strengthen the grassroots at the party - at the party unit, at the county level, at the precinct level, and then to help motivate and facilitate the local grassroots to get out there and turn out the vote and boost turn out. And then to help govern in places where we do hold city councils and state legislatures.

  Keith Ellison

  Party, Cities, Levels

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• I've known Carolyn [Maloney] for years, by the way. I knew her when she was on the City Council and knew her when she was - when she was running, and we endorsed her very early when she ran for Congress, yet I didn't know some of the stories in here of herself and her struggle, and - and she makes a very - you know, it's - it pulls your heart as well as - but it's very practical.

  Eleanor Smeal

  Running, Struggle, Heart

  Source: www.blogher.com

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• Well we didn't look at it like that. We looked at it: "Why Carolyn Maloney?" Of course, we didn't know about Caroline Kennedy, but we do know and have - this is not against somebody, this is for somebody who we know has had a proven record. It's 16 years in the House, 10 years on the City Council of New York City, that she has shown her determination to pass legislation. She is - she knows how a legislature works.

  Eleanor Smeal

  Determination, New York, Years

  Interview with Joanne Bamberger, www.blogher.com. December 22, 2008.

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• I want Christians to consider who they vote for. We look a lot at the presidential elections. And that's where so much of our focus is, especially from the media, but some of the most important elections are the local elections - the mayors, city council members, county commissioners, school boards. How important school boards are - and we need to get Christian men and women running for office. We need Christian men and women not only running for office, but voting and getting behind other Christians that are running for office.

  Franklin Graham

  Christian, Running, School

  "Inside The Nationwide Tour To Support 'Godly Leaders'". "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. January 17, 2016.

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• For every show that we do, anyone that rides public transit, bikes, or walk, we offer them a $5 voucher at the merch table. It gets people using the infrastructure in the area. Hopefully, the venues where we play will lobby city council and say, we need bike paths, sidewalk repair. That stuff affects so many people's lives.

  Ben Sollee

  Play, Cities, People

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