Quotes by John Becker

“No dept personnel shall release any information to the Daily Press reporter Miguel Gonzales, ... Any questions he has shall be directed to my office. Any other information requested by the press shall be routed to me before it is released.”

“Todays second-place finish was OK with me. The girls did a good job today and at last we are moving up. This was the first time we have played 18 holes at Palmira, even though its our home course. But we couldve done a little better. Brooke Seramur and Kristen Wasserott both struggled on the back nine.”

“continue providing residents value for their tax dollars.”

“What you got is a bunch of lies, and I wont address a bunch of lies,”

“If it appears the transfer station accepted a quantity (of asbestos) that is a risk to the public, our enforcement actions will be two-fold. We will ask them to correct the violation by abating the asbestos, which they may already be doing, and there will be a (financial) penalty.”

“Its a huge problem. Its been going on pretty much since text messaging was born.”

“Its what they used to do a long time ago. To keep the heritage of old farm equipment.”

“How often do you go into your files?”

“What percentage do you touch after a year? If you only touch three documents from a box in five years, you can save a lot of money up front by putting them in storage.”

“Different Republicans look at this from different points of view on these two. A lot of Republicans look at Petro and see him as a better manager. But Blackwell has the hard-core conservatives and they are the ones who turn out in primaries. Its a tough choice.”