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Brad Holyman-Sigal
stated on February 26, 2024 in a press release:

“Nearly a quarter million birds in New York City, and more than one billion across the country, die each year from collisions with buildings.”

By Jefrey Canova • March 24, 2024
Tim McGinty
stated on March 4, 2016 in his campaign website:

Says he "tore down hundreds of abandoned homes that served as havens for crime and reduce(d) the value of our neighborhoods."

By Nadia Pflaum • March 4, 2016
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 11, 2016 in a debate:

Says Dontre Hamilton, who was killed during a confrontation with a Milwaukee police officer, was "unarmed."

By Tom Kertscher • February 18, 2016
Michael Bloomberg
stated on August 18, 2013 in an op-ed in the "Washington Post":

"New York is the safest big city in the nation, and our crime reductions have been steeper than any other big city’s."

By Louis Jacobson • August 26, 2013
Michael Julian Bond
stated on September 17, 2012 in Atlanta City Council meeting:

Almost 400 arrests in the city last year for panhandling-related offenses involved just 78 suspects, an indication that the same people are panhandling over and over.

By Janel Davis • October 2, 2012
Tom Hughes
stated on November 2, 2011 in a guest column:

Twenty percent of housing in Portland’s Pearl District is ‘affordable.’

By Janie Har • November 18, 2011
Tom Barrett
stated on March 11, 2011 in a newspaper interview:

"Eleven years ago, the city of Detroit lifted the residency requirement for police officers and today, 53 percent of officers live outside of the city. If we want the tax base of Milwaukee to resemble the tax base of Detroit, this is the way to go."

By Dave Umhoefer • March 22, 2011
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit
stated on June 18, 2010 in a brochure :

The addition of a 1 percent sales tax would cost a typical household in Hillsborough County approximately $12 a month.

By Janet Zink • June 18, 2010