Kevin de Leon Quotes

I don't have a publicist.

A lot of the stuff I do in terms of PR, I learned it from Muhammad Ali.

Some city-council people are really awesome, but most are uninspired.

In an ideal world, everybody would find it easy to talk to the press... but not everybody is so excited.

Having a small business and being one of thousands of people whom no one in government will listen to, I have decided to run for supervisor as a person.

Irish politicians are very accessible to the public, just the messenger boys for the local constituency.

Representing the people of Welwyn Garden City makes me intensely proud.

When you have no idea what to do or how to do it, you just need to see and absorb as much as you possibly can and just fill your vocabulary and your brain with as much as humanly possible.

At the federal level, as a member of Congress, you have one vote out of 435, and in the Senate, it's one out of 100. So, the ability to get some stuff done exists as a much larger opportunity at a local level than in the federal government.

I don't always agree with how everybody handles the media, just like they probably don't agree with how I handle the media and things that I say.

During the fall of my junior year, I interned in Intergovernmental Affairs in The White House with a focus on outreach to local elected officials. Although I hated the menial tasks the job required, it gave me a window into the power of local government.

The background of a mayor of a city of any size is a background of somebody who on one hand is an executive and on the other hand is very close to the ground.

I view myself as having an adversarial approach to the media.

As a press secretary and on 'The Five,' I've learned that I have a choice in how I answer a question. There's combative or productive - I get to take my pick.

I'm not afraid of the media. I think I know how to handle them because I've been around them enough.

All through my life, when faced with a difficult decision, I always ask myself - where can I learn more. Make the choice to learn.

You have to help your players understand that when they speak to the media, or when they tweet or text or e-mail, a lot of times, they become public knowledge.

Liberal Democrat councillors have a well-deserved reputation for being fantastic community representatives, and these results are testament to the incredibly hard work of our existing councillors and our campaigners.

I've been hearing from people saying they see me more than they do their city council member.

I think all politics is local.

The connections are very important with the fans, with the journalists, with the people. The Portuguese like to do this - it's a characteristic.

Every media appearance is a learning experience about the media outlet and their journalists and their feelings about you, so treat it as such.

I think it's lovely when people are more involved in local politics.

I am very diplomatic when I'm in front of the media or when I am going out for promotions and stuff. But, usually, I'm a very straight forward person.

Where I live in south London, it is a very Tory area, so a Labour vote is a wasted vote. My leanings would certainly be not to vote Tory.