When in some communities selling drugs is so lucrative that that's a pretty big enticement that we have to break down. Part of that is by making opportunities and paying decent wages. — Matt Gonzalez Copy Share Image
Certainly other things we can do, we gotta promote after-school employment, give kids an opportunity, raising the minimum wage was part of that, we can't expect that young people are going to feel they can make a living out there… — Matt Gonzalez Copy Share Image
This idea that once you get into politics... you are now signed up for lifelong duty being in elective office, makes a fundamental error… — Matt Gonzalez Copy Share Image
When in some communities selling drugs is so lucrative that that's a pretty big enticement that we have to break down. Part of that… — Matt Gonzalez Copy Share Image
You don't have to be wealthy to run for mayor. I'm a Green Party candidate running for mayor and I'm being taken seriously. — Matt Gonzalez Copy Share Image
At some point the rhetoric runs out, and we have to ask ourselves, 'Are we simply going to standby while somebody's rhetoric is good,… — Matt Gonzalez Copy Share Image
If you engage people honestly, and you're willing to do the leg work, people will respond to that. — Matt Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I really am disappointed when I run into people who are angry I'm leaving office. — Matt Gonzalez Copy Share Image
As a young boy I won a few dollars in 1972 when Riva Ridge won the Kentucky Derby. I had overheard someone say he… — Matt Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I represented many of these kids as they become young adults in the criminal justice system when I was a public defender. One way… — Matt Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I think a lot of politicians, rightfully so, understand that their political futures are tied to how many times people see their names in… — Matt Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I had tried painting, mostly to give myself a greater appreciation of the craft and to inform how I looked at paintings. That led… — Matt Gonzalez Copy Share Image
There is a preliminary belief that Tuolumne River water could be captured by other reservoirs that are downstream from Hetch Hetchy, the Cherry and… — Matt Gonzalez Copy Share Image
