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Eric Adams
stated on January 7, 2023 a radio interview:

“Fifty-one percent of our taxes are paid by 2% of New Yorkers.”

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By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 24, 2023

Robert Reich
stated on November 24, 2021 a tweet:

“Norway spends about $30,000 per child on early childhood care, Finland spends $23,000, Germany $18,000” and the U.S. $500.

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By Tom Kertscher • December 11, 2021

Levar Stoney
stated on May 14, 2019 a radio interview.:

"Richmond was one of the only cities in the state that did not (increase) their real estate tax to those pre-recession rates."

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By Warren Fiske • May 21, 2019

Paul Vallas
stated on December 31, 2018 a radio interview:

"I took over the school district when it had a $1 billion structural deficit and left them with $1 billion in cash and 70,000 more students than they have today."

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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 6, 2019

Ja'Mal Green
stated on April 24, 2018 a radio interview:

Under Rahm Emanuel, "We’ve got tree trimmers making six figures."

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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 1, 2018

Charles Francis
stated on October 20, 2017 in a televised debate:

"There are parks in Southeast Raleigh that still don’t have air conditioning in the gym"

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By Paul Specht • October 25, 2017

Bill de Blasio
stated on November 18, 2016 a WNYC interview:

On Donald Trump’s plan to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities, "because of a decision by the Supreme Court, no president's in a position to cut off funding across the board. It has to be very specific to the matter at hand."

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By Miriam Valverde • December 1, 2016

stated on September 22, 2015 a speech:

Every general City of Milwaukee employee "pays toward his or her pension, but approximately 88 percent of our police officers and firefighters do not."

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By Tom Kertscher • September 30, 2015

Don Zimmerman
stated on September 1, 2015 an Austin City Council meeting:

Salaries of Austin residents who don't work for city government "have not been going up 3 percent a year for the last several years."

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By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2015

Anonymous Activist
stated on May 19, 2015 yard signs posted anonymously opposing a proposed office park redevelopment in Northwest Austin:

"500 percent more traffic here?"

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By W. Gardner Selby • June 9, 2015

American LeadHERship PAC
stated on October 8, 2014 a TV commercial:

"As mayor, [Allan Fung] raised taxes three times."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 14, 2014

Jay Wiley
stated on September 15, 2014 an Austin City Council candidate forum:

Austin has "over 1,000 city employees that make six-figure salaries."

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By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2014

Steve Adler
stated on September 3, 2014 a campaign web page:

"57% of the jobs created" in Austin "from 2009 to 2013 do not pay families a living wage."

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By W. Gardner Selby • September 17, 2014

Robin Vos
stated on May 30, 2014 a radio interview:

"In the city of Milwaukee, we’ve still got a mayor and a police chief who are furloughing police officers at a time when we have violence all across the city."

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By James B. Nelson • June 11, 2014

Daniel Harrop
stated on December 15, 2013 an appearance on WPRI-TV's Newsmakers:

"We see a quarter-billion dollars in a pension fund that needs to be funded at $1.2 billion."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 9, 2014

Daniel McKee
stated on November 13, 2013 a campaign speech:

The town of Cumberland has "its highest bond rating in history."

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By John Hill • December 13, 2013

Gina Raimondo
stated on October 21, 2013 a fundraising letter.:

"Providence has more of its pension fund invested in hedge funds and is less transparent" about it than the state.

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 3, 2013

Dwight Jones
stated on March 12, 2013 a statement.:

Says under his utility rate plan, "An estimated 50 percent of our residential households will see a decrease in their water and wastewater bills."

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By Sean Gorman • April 22, 2013

Amanda Fritz
stated on September 28, 2012 a campaign mailer.:

Says she "oversaw an audit that won the city $2 million in franchise fees."

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By Ian K. Kullgren • October 9, 2012

Sam Adams
stated on June 26, 2012 in a press statement:

Says "TriMet's own analysis shows that YouthPass does not actually add to the transit agency's costs."

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By Janie Har • June 27, 2012

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