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City Hall Quotes

Do you think city hall would take battling dragons as a excuse to waive a fine?
- Sharon Ashwood

Believe me, I know what I'm talking about. I'm working class. Revolution or not, the working class will just keep on scraping a living in the same old shitholes. And what is a revolution? It sure as
hell isn't just changing the name on city hall. But those guys don't know that - those guys with their big words. Tell me, Watanabe, have you ever seen a taxman?
- Haruki Murakami

That's what they do in Europe. You go down to the city hall and you become legally connected. You have a civil union there. Then, if you're religious, you go down to the church, and the church blesses the union. That gets the problem solved.
- Tony Campolo

Too often, they play to whatever group is the loudest down at City Hall, and they buy them off, essentially.
- Steve Chabot

But let me tell you something, Harrigan - sooner or later City Hall is gonna catch up to your action, and they're gonna render unto your scofflaw holy-rollin' ass. I only hope I'm there when it happens
- Stephen King

And on election night I'd go down to city hall in El Paso, Texas and cover the election. In those days, of course, we didn't have exit polls. You didn't know who had won the election until they actually counted the votes. I thought that was exciting too.
- Sam Donaldson

Some day the workers will take possession of your city hall, and when we do, no child will be sacrificed on the altar of profit!
- Mother Jones

Never take an elevator in city hall.
- Harvey Milk

Others like City Hall the old way, when they could make deals behind closed doors with your tax money.
- Laura Miller

Now it's time to focus on basics for people in our neighborhoods... and real ethics reform at City Hall.
- Laura Miller

It's wasteful spending like this that not only forces tax increases and cuts in vital services... but also really make you wonder: who is City Hall looking out for?
- Laura Miller

In many ways, our campaign this year will be the same as last time: We're still going to focus on fixing up basics and cleaning up ethics at City Hall.
- Laura Miller

And we did it because it's time for City Hall to stop looking out for City Hall and start looking out for the people like you and me who are footing the bill.
- Laura Miller

There's still is a status-quo group at City Hall who likes things done the old way, behind closed doors.
- Laura Miller

In the year since we brought things into the open with a clean breath of fresh air at City Hall, we have learned about corrupt spending practices and unethical conflicts of interest that waste your money... and keep Dallas from being the great city of our dreams.
- Laura Miller

From my very first day in the Mayor's office, I have worked closely with the Council members who share our vision of a city hall that really protects taxpayers and cares... yes... about the little things that make a big difference in people's lives.
- Laura Miller

You didn't have to go on location if you could just shoot down City Hall, LA.
- Ann Robinson

The subject of criminal rehabilitation was debated recently in City Hall. It's an appropriate place for this kind of discussion because the city has always employed so many ex-cons and future cons.
- Mike Royko

What has been happening the last four years in City Hall is that they have been closing recreation centers, closing libraries. We have not looked after our children in City Hall.
- Carl Stokes

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