“When the mayor was elected, the administrative assistant was a position he requested be added. Because he was the first black mayor in Selma - something that got attention worldwide - he felt he needed someone skilled in administrative work. If you go into his office, he's rarely ever sitting there by himself. Calls came in all the time requesting him to speak and still do.”
Jean T. Martin
“Like to be in 2nd always to chase 1st”
Niyaz
“When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.”
Iris Chang
“Even in the first three nights of polling, when Mayor Bloomberg was being hammered for not participating in the Harlem debate, he was cruising along with a 19-point lead, ”
Maurice Carroll
“It is like what (Oakland Mayor) Jerry Brown said, 'You can't go this far with mayors,' ... It is like telling us to get out of town.”
Allen Settle
“I don't know what we're going to do yet. We should know Monday after (noon) dinner when the mayor and I are supposed to talk with Byron Pierce and John Bryant. Right now, they have only two teams, so I'm not going to tie up with them if they're not going to have a league in '06.”
Jodie White
“We have worked very hard to accommodate the requests from the Mayor and the Council that changed the terms of the agreement that brought the Montreal Expos to Washington. Because we believe in the future of Baseball in the nation's capital, we have signed a lease that honors the 2004 agreement, while conforming to the emergency legislation that the Council passed last month.”
Bob DuPuy
