A Quote by Maya Wiley
One of the things it's so important for any city government is to have the trust of the public.
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When political and business leaders tell the public - any public - 'We don't trust you to make the right decision' - they prejudice that electorate against the very proposals they want it to accept and undermine public confidence in themselves.
It's really important to me that the public have confidence in their criminal justice system. We don't operate very well if the public doesn't trust us.
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My first goal as governor is to restore public trust in state government by changing the culture of state government.
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