• I don’t believe in this eco-McCarthyism view that if you work for coal, you can’t do anything good in the world.
• Source: Governing   |   Washington   |   March 1, 2013
• Bruce Gryniewski, former director of the Washington Conservation Voters, an environmental advocacy group, whose public relations firm is now working with the coal industry.

• Looks like #sequester is already hitting wardrobes of Members of Congress. I saw people wearing jeans & khakis on House floor.
• Source: Twitter   |   Washington, D.C.   |   February 28, 2013
• A tweet sent by U.S. Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan, observing the attire worn by some of his colleagues. There are parliamentary rules governing the dress code in the House chamber.

• At least Mussolini made the trains run on time.
• Source: McClatchy/GOVERNING   |   Philadelphia   |   February 27, 2013
• Pat Deon, the current board chairman of SEPTA (which earned the national 2012 Outstanding Public Transportation System award) speaking to former Chairman Lou Gambaccini. Under Gambaccini's leadership in the '90s, the transit agency was tens of millions of dollars in debt.
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• There’s a reason that most of the great presidents were governors. It’s the job most like president.
• Source: Politico   |   February 26, 2013
• Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour.
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• Eviscerate the leadership and weaken their ability to govern.
• Source: Charlotte Observer   |   North Carolina   |   February 25, 2013
• Part of a confidential memo sent by Blueprint North Carolina, a partnership of advocacy and policy groups, that outlines a plan for liberals to attack Republican Gov. Pat McCrory. Blueprint's website says it is a nonpartisan nonprofit.
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• Chris [Christie] is a friend. The things he says to the media, I’m not sure that would fly down here.
• Source: Politico   |   Tennessee   |   February 22, 2013
• Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, who said that many different personalities and leadership styles work in government.

• We became a global city way before it was fashionable to be a global city.
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Singapore   |   February 21, 2013
• Chan Heng Chee, Singapore's former U.S. ambassador and current chair of the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities. Read how Singapore is using data to redefine what it means to be a 21st-century metropolis in Governing's first-ever International Issue.

• This is the spot where an international revolution is going to begin in how we power our economy.
• Source: Seattle Times   |   Washington state   |   February 20, 2013
• Washington state's Jay Inslee, who has been called the "greenest governor" and pledged to reduce carbon emissions in the state’s transportation system, give electric cars more places to recharge and ensure a thorough review of a proposal to bring coal trains through the state.

• The doggie bag and the coffee cup will survive just fine.
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   New York City   |   February 19, 2013
• New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, in his 12th State of the City address, talking about his proposed ban on Styrofoam.

• When we walk into offices in Washington, people literally knock over their coffee trying to understand why a Democratic mayor and Republican governor are coming to visit them.
• Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution   |   Atlanta   |   February 15, 2013
• Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, who just announced he would run for re-election, referring to himself and Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal. The pair worked together to secure regulatory approvals and funding for the deepening of the Port of Savannah. Reed was named one of Governing's Public Officials of the Year in 2011.

• States are the laboratory of democracy.
• Source: Denver Post   |   Colorado   |   February 14, 2013
• Gov. John Hickenlooper, who told the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources that Colorado offers a national model for regulating natural gas production -- an area he said states should take the lead on.

• When you start talking about connected cars, people think of the Jetsons and say 'that's crazy.' But we know it's close to reality.
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   February 13, 2013
• Kirk Steudle, director of the Michigan Department of Transportation, referring to connected vehicles technology, which allows automobiles to wirelessly communicate their position to one another to avoid collisions. The federal government has been studying the technology for years, but some say new federal Wi-Fi projects could jeopardize its future.

• That book made my son a Republican.
• Source: The (Idaho) Spokesman-Review   |   Idaho   |   February 12, 2013
• Idaho state Sen. John Goedde, who introduced a bill to require every high school student to read Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged and pass a test on it to graduate.
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• How you do something is just as important as what you do and on that trajectory we fell short.
• BY: Michelle Rhee   |   Washington, D.C.   |   February 11, 2013
• Former D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee, in a recent interview referring to her communications strategy with teachers and the media to discuss the intent of her controversial reforms. Rhee is also the founder of the education advocacy group StudentsFirst.

• (The governor) was not a hero today. He wasn't a bum today, either. It was just a speech.
• Source: Chicago Tribune   |   Illinois   |   February 8, 2013
• Illinois state Rep. Lou Lang, referring to Gov. Pat Quinn's State of the State address.