“We need to focus more on what is best not only for today, but the many tomorrows that will come.”
MIKE LETCHER, Tucson city manager, on what about city government needs to be improved
“It went away because we managed it away.”
CHUCK HUCKELBERRY, Pima County administrator, on a possible deficit eliminated by budget cuts
“I learned the difference between needs and wants, and I wonder if you’ve learned the difference.”
DALE BIEBER, urging the Tucson City Council not to impose a tax on residential rents
“Closing our nation’s borders is not merited here. This virus is already in the United States. Any containment theory . . . is really moot at this time.”
JANET NAPOLITANO, secretary of Homeland Security, on the swine flu, which may have started in Mexico
“It’s a subject that nobody wants to talk about. I merely aired an idea. I’m not on a platform. I don’t have a plan. I don’t have a strategy.”
CLARENCE DUPNIK (right), Pima County sheriff, saying it would be a good idea to check the citizenship of students when they enroll in school – which now is prohibited
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Number of the week
146,200
Arizona jobs expected to be lost this year