Mayor Quotes

"No sitting mayor and no sitting council member should adopt an ordinance that provides a competitive advantage to a competing business in an adjacent city."
-Patrick O'neill

"I'm the elected sheriff, ... I serve the people. I don't serve the mayor. I don't serve some politicians."
-Joe Arpaio

"I feel right now, here in Palatka, the average person really has no say-so. The commission, mayor and city manager basically run everything. They always say you can come forward with your ideas, but nobody really listens. I've become very frustrated."
-Norman Peacock

"I'm battling a Republican mayor who has no vision of where he wants to take this city, doesn't have any new ideas."
-Gifford Miller

"The way you deal with us is not to bully and not to threaten, and the mayor is smart enough to know that. And the mayor is also smart enough to know that bullies end up getting bloody noses."
-Joe Bruno

"The mayor lobbied me. From our discussions, I knew that going into the compromise was very important to the mayor. He made that clear."
-Todd Apo

"How can the Mayor expect people to leave their cars at home when bus and Tube tickets are spiralling out of control?"
-Roger Evans

"A system with proper margin and maintenance should not have this bad luck. The mayor is absolutely right. I'm at least as angry as he is."
-John W. Rowe

"I like the mayor, but it doesn't mean I'll endorse his candidacy, ... fine Democratic nominee."
-David N. Dinkins

"We would basically be dropping one council position. Most of the other cities in the county have a mayor who votes on issues."
-Curtis Crews

"[The mayor] wants to put it under the cemetery board, which is basically an independent board. The council does not want it under the cemetery board."
-Frank Fisher

"It's not so far-fetched that we could have a Latino mayor."
-Roberto Martinez

"In the transit strike and even before that, he's come across as a feisty fighter, a real mayor of the people."
-Doug Muzzio

"We want to be able to go to the legislators, the mayor and the governor knowing that we did everything humanly possible to make it happen in the state of the Louisiana."
-Paul Hoolahan

"I like Chicago and Mayor Daley, ... But I love Atlanta. And, in this case, we are the big fish."
-Shirley Franklin

"Obviously, he said he would look forward to his support. The mayor is very thrilled with the bipartisan support."
-Janelle Erickson

"I am confident that, by now, you understand many of the consequences that spring from an invitation having been extended to former Mayor Giuliani."
-William Keeler

"I need [the mayor] to give us the permits."
-James Dolan

"We've had conversations with the mayor for a room for veterans to meet and it's been very positive."
-John Boland

"Quite honestly, it takes a mayor a lot of guts to sit down and do this kind of show. But it's the old get-out-of-the-kitchen-if-you- can't-take-the-heat kind of thing."
-John Forsythe

"Mayor Bloomberg has been a great supporter of the Republican Party and, more than that, he's been a great leader for New York City."
-Ryan Moses

"My immediate reaction is that Charles Box was a fine mayor and represents a very good appointment on the part of the governor. I hope he brings an impartial, collaborative approach to this new role."
-Doug Whitley

"You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator."
-Dick Murphy

"You'll be the first kids on your block with an Anthony Weiner for mayor sticker. Would you like one sir?"
-Anthony Weiner

"We've heard from caterers with concerns. [The mayor and council] are concerned that not all the caterers in town have been fully briefed or fully understand it."
-Michael Zuzel

"Mayor Bloomberg gave the teachers the largest raise in history and is optimistic that we can agree to another one."
-Jordan Barowitz

"[Mayor Ortega said,] Nobody here is against the dispatch center. ... We've whittled it down."
-Carlos Montoya

"You served the people shamefully. The people thought they were electing a mayor."
-Harold A. Ackerman