“Our examination of the RTA ballots will include a hand count of the ballots.”
DONALD E. CONRAD
of the state Attorney General’s Office on an investigation of the 2006 Regional Transportation Authority election
“We’ll be spending Rio Nuevo money
on one more, in essence, study.”
NINA TRASOFF,
city councilwoman, on a vote to conduct an outside audit of Rio Nuevo
“He’s got very severe,
permanent injuries.”
BRICK STORTS,
attorney for eye surgeon Bradley Schwartz, who was beaten in prison after being convicted of hiring a hit man to kill his ex-business partner
“I’m of the mind that you do as much as you can for the veterans, people that have done so much for you.”
DAVID GOWAN,
Republican state House member from Sierra Vista, pushing for a veterans cemetery in Tucson
“This is really the first wave of things that will be happening.”
JANET NAPOLITANO (below),
secretary of Homeland Security, on new measures to fortify the U.S.-Mexico
border against drug-related violence
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Number of the week
16,663
Animals euthanized at local shelters last year, down 6.3 percent from ’07.