Adrian Fenty Quotations

Secondhand smoke kills, it is a proven fact. This country has been moving in the direction of moving secondhand smoke out of the workplace for years.

It appears the only ones that will not violate the terms of the deal are ones that don't do anything,

I think you're going to see a more active council because of the election, and if the projects are worthwhile, they'll get passed. I just wish he had put affordable housing and schools at the top of his list. It's at the top of mine.

I think even the mayor will admit that the schools have been so neglected that we're really talking about peanuts in terms of making them look like we want to educate children.

My view is that the lottery funding is a good source of funding, but I'm certainly open to another one. My ultimate goal is to fix the schools.

Most of these crimes that are being committed are being done by juveniles or by young people under 30, but still young. It does not surprise me at all that they are traveling to commit crime.

try to keep people who are good in the city.

The problem is that the two sides didn't have enough sitting-down time to work out what are the needs of the charter schools and what space is open to them. If we have the Board of Education continuing to make decisions without the charter schools, this will continue to happen.

We need to bridge the gap between rich and poor.

We need to see in writing that if Devereux closes, where the kids will go.

There's no way in the world when I get elected that I will throw the baby out with the bath water,

This is a place where wounded veterans are brought to recover. There's a real patriotic sense in the neighborhood that we're doing our part in that.

This is now an even worse deal than the bad deal that seven members of the council voted for last year.

This government can get things done when we put our minds to it. The real goal is that we institutionalize that in the police department.

The bill is consistent with the priorities of the District of Columbia. People find the schools a complete embarrassment.

The waiver is so broad you can drive a tobacco truck through it.

I'm going to take all of my opponents seriously.

The drug market has never come back. You've just got to call that a success.