Alan Autry Quotes

We pay taxes, and we help the city coffers.

I used to be on the Lincoln City Council. You learn that there's never enough money for all of the police officers and fire-fighting apparatus you'd like to have.

I will not support a federal budget that cuts funds for sanctuary cities, states, or universities.

It is imperative that state and local jurisdictions not scrimp on investing in law enforcement.

There is insufficient support for the police and safety and law enforcement, in general, in the city council.

I'll continue to work to ensure that safety and I am honored to have earned the endorsement of the men and women who provide public safety in our city.

We pass bills authorizing improvements and grants. But when it comes time to pay for these programs, we'd rather put the country's money toward tax breaks for the wealthy than for police officers who are protecting our communities.

The current administration has made the decision to cut dollars going for community development block grants, for various incentives to bring cities back.

We simply can't keep providing money from the federal government in the form of subsidized or actual loans and Pell Grants when we don't have the money.

Budgets are moral documents. Federal funding should reflect the priorities and the values of the majority of the American people.

That's what mayors do. They lobby Congress to provide resources for their city.

911 rings at the mayor’s office, not at the Justice Department or the White House.

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The [teachers’] unions and the [school] districts have very different stakes in local control. The districts want the money and the programs that higher level governments can provide, but they also want autonomy in determining how resources are allocated. The unions are much less wedded to local autonomy. Indeed, much of their lobbying at the state level is to limit the autonomy of the districts.

Institutions are increasingly persuaded that political maneuvering is more important than scientific justification in securing federal funds.

In too many ways, Ohio is being run for the benefit of those who have already made it, and too many of our friends and neighbors are being left behind. Nowhere is this more evident than in the cuts to police officers, firefighters, nurses, teachers, and to our local schools, while property and sales taxes are going up.

I think our police do an excellent job, day in and day out, working to keep us safe.

Every day, in every city and town across the country, police officers are performing vital services that help make their communities safer.

We must continue to invest at the local level to help cities, towns, and villages retain teachers, police, firefighters, and other community-enhancing service providers.

We have a lot of taxpayers in this city who deserve to get every nickel of their tax dollars that they're entitled to from Washington, and I intend to make that happen.

Our communities will become more - not less - dangerous when local police officers are pulled from their duties to arrest otherwise law-abiding maids, busboys, and day laborers for immigration violations.

I'm not opposed to the idea of helping regions that are struggling to get a reasonable fraction of federal research spending.

I thank the officers of the Minneapolis Police Department, who work hard every day to help people in their most vulnerable moments, keep our communities safe, and build relationships and trust with the public.

Whether it's police officers, firefighters, first responders, or 911 dispatchers, many dedicated Americans work long hours, and often in difficult conditions, to make sure that when someone's in need, they can help.

Each day, millions of police officers do the selfless work of putting their lives on the line to protect civilians, frequently responding to or preventing crises completely with no recognition.