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Brian Clem
stated on February 28, 2014 in 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
stated on October 12, 2013 in 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
stated on September 10, 2013 in 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

September 18, 2013

Michael Bloomberg
stated on August 18, 2013 in 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
stated on September 17, 2012 in 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.
stated on January 23, 2012 in 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
stated on November 2, 2011 in 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 in 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
stated on February 17, 2011 in 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
stated on May 13, 2010 in a city council meeting:

Tarpon Springs takes its homeless to St. Petersburg.

False

By Michael Van Sickler • July 9, 2010

Hillsborough Area Regional Transit
stated on June 18, 2010 in 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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