• We will require a photo ID to go tanning, but we won’t require a photo ID to vote.
• Source: Bangor Daily News   |   Maine   |   April 5, 2013
• Maine state Sen. James Hamper, speaking out against a bill banning the use of tanning beds by anyone under 18. The bill awaits the governor's signature.
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• We thought it would be a really neat way to meet stay-at-home moms who aren’t getting information about what street drugs look like.
• Source: Governing   |   Kansas City, Mo.   |   April 4, 2013
• Kansas City, Mo., Police Department spokeswoman Sarah Boyd, on why the department created the nation's first crime-fighting Pinterest board.

• It's time for a new Republican party that talks like adults.
• Source: Governing   |   Louisiana   |   April 3, 2013
• Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, speaking in January to the Republican National Committee about the changes the party needs to make to be successful in future elections.

• I’m incredibly passionate about a well-made piece of equipment ... whether it’s an automobile or a weapon.
• Source: Governing   |   Texas   |   April 2, 2013
• Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who is actively trying to get gun manufacturers located in less gun-friendly states to relocate to Texas.
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• We could not wait for the federal government to come to the table with their share.
• Source: Stateline/Governing   |   Florida   |   April 1, 2013
• Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who wants the federal government to pay for its share of port improvement projects in Jacksonville and Miami, totaling $111 million.

• So just to be clear, you don't think there is a federalism problem with what Congress has done in DOMA?
• Source: Governing   |   March 29, 2013
• U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, questioning Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, in what could be a key moment in hearings on the Defense of Marriage Act.
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• It's sort of like we're at the Alamo. We're here, we're dug in and we're going to stay.
• Source: Governing   |   Mississippi   |   March 27, 2013
• Mississippi state Rep. Bobby Moak. Democrats in the state legislature are blocking votes to reauthorize the state's Medicaid program in an attempt to force Republicans to allow a debate on expanding it under the Affordable Care Act.
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• I served my country. I don’t want to feel like I’m reaching into someone else’s pockets to get benefits that, as a veteran, I should be entitled to.
• Source: Governing   |   Nation   |   March 27, 2013
• Anthony Palladino, U.S. Navy vet, on why the self-reliance learned in the military can make it hard for veterans to ask for help when federal benefits that should be available to them are difficult to obtain.

• Well, we don't view [pedestrian deaths] as accidents. We view these as avoidable casualties.
• Source: Governing   |   Chicago   |   March 26, 2013
• Chicago Transportation Commissioner Gabe Klein, explaining why he proposed a zero goal for pedestrian traffic deaths in the city within ten years.

• The food environment makes healthy eating like swimming upstream.
• Source: Boston Globe   |   Boston   |   March 25, 2013
• Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, who says that in order for the masses to lose weight, places serving food must adopt smaller portions, healthier options and calorie labeling.

• Bankruptcy is not the disease for these cities and towns. It’s the cure.
• Source: Governing   |   Central Falls, R.I.   |   March 22, 2013
• Robert Flanders, who was the state-appointed receiver for Central Falls, R.I.

• Who can run the risk of running up a billion dollar tab that you have to pay?
• Source: Governing   |   Nation   |   March 21, 2013
• San Jose, Calif., Mayor Chuck Reed, explaining why his city could not afford to host the Olympics. Among American cities, only one -- Los Angeles -- appears interested in a possible 2024 bid.

• What this legislation does is limit information, and by doing so it limits access.
• Source: The Boston Globe   |   Nation   |   March 20, 2013
• Steve Gunderson, of the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities, on why the group opposes legislation in Congress that would restrict federal funding of for-profit colleges. Fourteen state attorneys general are pushing for the legislation.

• I think the worst thing that could happen is to have the police come in force and arrest workers who are simply trying to get a contract.
• Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer   |   Philadelphia   |   March 19, 2013
• Philadelphia City Council President Darrell L. Clarke, explaining why he chose to declare a recess during Mayor Michael Nutter's annual budget address. The mayor's speech was drowned out by the shouts and whistles of municipal union workers angry over contract negotiations.
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• If you cannot find competent people in a city of two million, there are a lot of things wrong with your city.
• Source: Governing   |   Nation   |   March 18, 2013
• David Morris, of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, on why cities should not worry about finding the "best and brightest," if they impose a residency requirement on public workers.