Breaking the rules Quote by Gail Collins

As a former mayor, I know that local governments must have control over land use decisions.

— Elton Gallegly

By extorting water through permitting, leasing, and other use schemes, government bureaucrats have trampled on the rights of local communities.

— Lauren Boebert

Mayors could never get away with the kind of nonsense that goes on in Washington. In our world, you either picked up the trash…

— Michael Nutter

Some officials overseeing local water systems have tried to go above and beyond what is legally required. But they have encountered resistance, sometimes from…

— Charles Duhigg

Trying to enforce our out-of-touch laws is as foolish and impossible as trying to enforce a law requiring that water flow uphill.

— Jared Polis

Stewardship of our air and water is a responsibility that should be free of the bias of politics. What's more, environmental regulators should abide…

— Luther Strange

Mayors do not have that authority to pick and choose what laws they're going to enforce.

— Lou Barletta

Rules about public sanitation are a simple and familiar example. Without them, a city can't be a healthy place to live; but these rules…

— Paul Romer

By creating a Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District, we will give local governments a framework for working together on an issue that affects…

— Roy Barnes

You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator.

— Dick Murphy

As mayor, you have to make a decision quickly and it affects people instantly, almost.

— Marty Walsh

We, through city government, can add protections and regulations and have policy conversations about so many aspects of what affects our residents' daily lives.

— Michelle Wu