Top 536 Mayor Quotes & Sayings - Page 3
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Last updated on December 4, 2024.
Being the mayor of the third largest city in the country, that's humbling, but it also gives me incredible hope.
As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive
When I first ran for mayor in 2005, I made a pledge to confront the epidemic of gun violence in Braddock.
If people are expecting the mayor of Portland to solve the problem of homelessness they're going to be sorely disappointed and that's just the truth.
As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
I was only following orders," the Mayor mocks. "The refuge of scoundrels since the dawn of time.
And when I told my sons I might be in City of Ember, they said, 'Oh! You're gonna be the mayor?' And I hadn't even read the script yet.
I want to make a city that can run smoothly with anyone in charge, even without a mayor in place.
If I was Mayor of London, I would take the congestion charge off. I'd keep the bike lanes. And buses free on a Thursday.
When a city says, 'If you're illegal, come here, we're not going to prosecute you,' the federal law should supersede the local mayor's edict.
I could easily say that, for quite a long time before I became mayor, I had obeyed all laws.
I was about 15, 16 years old when my father first ran for mayor, and that's where I cut my teeth.
My tenure as mayor of Braddock started with a community that was embroiled in mass distrust between residents and the police force.
I never had an interest in being a mayor ’cause that’s a real job. You have to produce. That’s why I was able to be a senator for 36 years.
I am so proud to be the Mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania - a storied steel town I like to say built half the world.
I was director of governmental affairs at the Cleveland school district. I served in the administration of Mayor Michael R. White.
Racial politics in Chicago has a long history of being intertwined with the mayor's race, but I'd like to think we're past much of that.
I have been urged by the earnest pleas of thousands of people to enter this race. Therefore, I hereby declare my candidacy for Mayor of Chicago.
You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator.
Your Mayor must seek new ways to bring jobs and industry to our community.
...the mayor should not be advancing a policy that encourages [illegal] immigrants to think of New York City as their safe haven.
In New York, we had primary elections for mayor. To improve their chances, all five candidates changed their name to Rudy Giuliani.
The most important thing a mayor does is hire talented people to run the city.
You wouldn't believe how the town was named for me. I was met by the whole population, headed by the mayor.
Mayor Koch, of New York, was the first public figure to give me support.
An Icelandic mayor goes on an anti-elf rant which gets him in trouble.
I don't think I'll be a good mayor if I don't live my authentic life, and that's got to be involved with having fun with my spouse and my daughter.
As the mayor of London, my highest priority is keeping Londoners and visitors to our city safe from harm.
As a former mayor, I know that local governments must have control over land use decisions.
As the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, I see on a daily basis the impact of politics and policy on my family, neighbors, friends, and residents.
I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities.
I tell you very openly: it's much easier to be the heavyweight champion of the world than to be the mayor of Kiev.
We need to take a whole UK perspective on this [Brexit]. The Mayor of London has got a role in those kinds of discussions.
I'm in business to make money. However, I'm a mayor who fought for a living wage. And I believe healthcare should be a right.
Tonight - by taking this solemn oath - I am no longer a private citizen but the Mayor of the City of Chicago.
I am not running for mayor yet. But if it comes to be true that people cannot voice an opinion unless they have been elected, then we are no longer in a democracy.
That was one of the reasons I took the role [of Mayor Amanda Rosewater in Defiance] - to be a part of something groundbreaking interested me.
I am also a Kentucky Colonel and an Honorary Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, among other things.
I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has always been an aspiration of mine even when I was in the House of Representatives.
At a certain point, particularly in his third term, Mayor Bloomberg lost touch with the people he was serving.
If any mayor reduced school funding by 33 percent and called it the 'Strengthening Our Schools Initiative,' I think they'd be excoriated.
The whole point of corporate mascots is to be distinctive. No one in his right mind would ever confuse the Hamburglar with Mayor McCheese.
I don't have a chance [on being elected Mayor of New Orleans]. I'm running on the gay marriage, no religion, legalization and taxation of marijuana platform.
I got elected as the mayor of Philadelphia and yes I am black. But my responsibility is to all the citizens of the city.
I certainly didn't see the mayor's withdrawal coming. I was looking for a highly contested mayoral campaign.
If the city is safe, the mayor shouldn't have a security detail with him, he should be walking the street by himself.
My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
We need to consider that only a small amount of the public vote for the mayor of a city. It's because they are disgusted and don't trust the government.
I`m a former mayor. I know that being a cop is not an easy job. But when
police officers misbehave, they`ve got to be held accountable.
The Mayor of Hong Kong, who said Can't work today. Have American flu. Never got a dinner!
Instead of doing what everybody else does and sue the city of Los Angeles, I decided I was going to run for mayor.
It would be thrilling, obviously, to be able to have a woman and an openly LGBT person as the mayor of New York City.
No one should walk into a party and have a stamp that says 'mayor' or 'businessman' on their head. Everyone is just there to have a good time.
I think I did everything possible known to any mayor in the country as it relates to saving lives.
My mother, she worked in the mayor's office in Chicago when I was growing up and has been in democratic politics for a long time.
Most people have trouble pronouncing my name, so they just call me 'Mayor Pete.'
Listen, if the mayor wants to have a debate about education in this city, I got three words: bring it on.
Korea has a long way to go before ending corruption. But Mayor Goh has certainly taken an important step toward it.
For the longest time, I was Scott Ruffalo's brother. I mean, he was the mayor of Beverly Hills. He was just so beloved there.
Have you ever heard the expression 'one hot mess?' I think the term was custom-made for the mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford.
