Paul Boyle, the senior vice president for conservation and education at the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, on why some zoos' and aquariums' are reluctant to dwell on climate change during tours or on instructional signs.
Source: New York Times | New York City |
August 27, 2012
New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission Chairman David Yassky, on officials’ concerns that the city’s new logo for cabs, which replaces the word “taxi” with a simple “T,” might be too similar to the under-construction T train which will eventually run underneath Second Avenue.
Source: New York Times | New York City |
August 24, 2012
New York state Senator Malcolm Smith, after rapper Lil Wayne said that he doesn't like New York. Smith called a news conference to demand an apology from the rapper.
Source: Washington Post | Nation |
August 23, 2012
Karen Shaw Petrou, managing partner of Federal Financial Analytics. Ever since the financial crisis, some state regulators have been using state laws to get some of the biggest banks to fall in line.
Source: Sacramento Bee | California |
August 22, 2012
Dave Gilb, a former head of California's personnel department. Recent investigations revealed that excessive leave hours built up by state parks managers led to a larger revelation that the state Department of Parks and Recreation hid millions of dollars even while threatening to close parks.
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Missouri |
August 21, 2012
U.S. Senate nominee Todd Akin (R-Mo.), who said he opposes all abortions -- even in cases of rape -- during a TV interview this past weekend. His comment, which he later apologized for, sparked outrage nationwide and led to calls from his own party for him to drop out of the race.
Source: The Associated Press | Dallas |
August 20, 2012
Mike Rawlings, the mayor of Dallas, where the nation's West Nile virus outbreak is the worst. It prompted the county to spray insecticide from the air for the first time in nearly 50 years.
Source: McClatchy Newspapers | Minnesota |
August 17, 2012
Sasha Reese, a resident of Minnesota, where putting an infant in child care costs more than a year of state college tuition. The high cost of care, she said, has influenced her decision on if and when to have more kids.
North Carolina resident Annie Provencher, 60, who didn't vote in the 2008 presidential election and said she would only vote this year if Hillary Clinton were running. A USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll found that nearly 40 percent of eligible voters didn't cast a ballot in 2008 and the rate is expected to rise this year.
Source: McClatchy Newspapers | South Carolina |
August 15, 2012
Rob Godfrey, the spokesperson for South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, referring to activist John Rainey who filed a lawsuit alleging Haley used her position as a state representative for personal gain. The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of the dismissal of Rainey's original lawsuit.
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | East Point, Ga. |
August 14, 2012
Barbara Collins, referring to Mayor Earnestine Pittman, who she filed a lawsuit against to remove from office. Pittman first removed Collins from the local housing authority board.
Source: McClatchy Newspapers | Nation |
August 13, 2012
Chris Tutko, director of Neighborhood Watch for the National Sheriffs' Association. More and more residents and cities are hiring private security forces to make up for cuts in police budgets.
Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene, in August's Smart Management column on how gainsharing -- the concept of sharing unspent dollars with other employees and agencies -- is often ignored when budgets are the smallest.
Source: McClatchy Newspapers | New Jersey |
August 9, 2012
New Jersey state Sen. James Whelan, responding to the NCAA and four professional sports leagues' decision to file a lawsuit against the state to stop it from implementing sports betting at casinos and race tracks.