(35 quotes found)
“Neville Chamberlain looked at foreign affairs through the wrong end of a municipal drainpipe”
Winston Churchill
“No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace, is going to shoot Santa Claus just before a hard Christmas.”
Alfred E. Smith
“Essentially, the BID creates a budget and asks the municipal council to collect an assessment from commercial property owners. The municipal government doesn't have the authority to dictate what the budget is, all they do is make sure everything is legal and then collect the assessment from property owners that is asked for.”
Art Gallagher
“This 'master plan' was flawed -- it could not forecast which areas would be annexed and received municipal sewer and water.”
Carl Roehl
“A municipal-owned conduit network produces a win-win situation for the city and for its stakeholders. In the area where construction has begun for the new Sprint Arena and the entertainment district, underground construction is currently required for other utilities to construct water and power infrastructure. Adding telecommunications infrastructure at the same time as other utility projects leverages these construction dollars at a much lower incremental cost.”
Charles Hill
“It is a splendid year for the municipal industry.”
Chris Hamel
“The Beijing municipal government and institutions in charge of tourism development will jointly establish and fund special teams to safeguard all sections of the Great Wall in Beijing.”
Yu Ping
“I haven't seen a lot of what I would consider real successes yet [with municipal wireless]. I'm watching the hype. More and more cities are announcing they're going to do it, and I get concerned because I'm hearing more and more rhetoric that isn't consistent with the underlying technology.”
Derek Kerton
“The king has only one choice -- accept the reality and postpone the municipal elections as it alone would create a minimum ground for a dialogue with political parties.”
Yubaraj Ghimire
“The municipal police bureau sent policemen to help maintain traffic order that night, who then were attacked by villagers.”
Xinhua News Agency
