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Brian Clem
Brian Clem
stated on February 28, 2014 a newspaper story
Oregon has never before tried to create a land-use plan for "what it should look like for 50 years."
True
By Dana Tims • March 6, 2014
Daniel Llanes
Daniel Llanes
stated on October 12, 2013 an opinion column
"78702 is the second-most gentrified ZIP code in the entire country."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 30, 2013
Bill Foster
Bill Foster
stated on September 10, 2013 a mayoral forum
"Tampa got more (federal housing) money because they scored higher on the blight scoring system, so they've got a much bigger problem than we do."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • September 18, 2013
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on August 18, 2013 an op-ed in the "Washington Post"
"New York is the safest big city in the nation, and our crime reductions have been steeper than any other big city’s."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 26, 2013
Michael Julian Bond
Michael Julian Bond
stated on September 17, 2012 Atlanta City Council meeting
Almost 400 arrests in the city last year for panhandling-related offenses involved just 78 suspects, an indication that the same people are panhandling over and over.
Mostly True
By Janel Davis • October 2, 2012
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on January 23, 2012 remarks
Says Milwaukee blacks have 55 percent male unemployment, 60 percent truancy, a 50 percent graduation rate, the "worst" reading scores and "lead" in infant mortality. 
Half-True
February 13, 2012
Tom Hughes
Tom Hughes
stated on November 2, 2011 a guest column
Twenty percent of housing in Portland’s Pearl District is ‘affordable.’
Mostly True
By Janie Har • November 18, 2011
stated on March 11, 2011 a newspaper interview
"Eleven years ago, the city of Detroit lifted the residency requirement for police officers and today, 53 percent of officers live outside of the city. If we want the tax base of Milwaukee to resemble the tax base of Detroit, this is the way to go."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • March 22, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 17, 2011 a chain e-mail
Welfare programs caused more long-term damage to Detroit than the atomic bomb caused to Hiroshima
Pants on Fire!
By Peter Lord • February 18, 2011
Leslie Curran
Leslie Curran
stated on May 13, 2010 a city council meeting
Tarpon Springs takes its homeless to St. Petersburg.
False
By Michael Van Sickler • July 9, 2010
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit
stated on June 18, 2010 a brochure
The addition of a 1 percent sales tax would cost a typical household in Hillsborough County approximately $12 a month.
Mostly True
By Janet Zink • June 18, 2010
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