William Burke Quotations

Post-9/11, money has been spent on nuclear radiation measurement technology that doesn't work. Here we are again. Are we going to take the technology that will actually do the job?

I am looking forward with great enthusiasm to serving another four years on the AQMD Board, ... We have accomplished a great deal in the last decade, but we also have an enormous challenge ahead of us if we are to succeed in cleaning up the Southlands smog. I really appreciate the confidence placed in me by the Speakers of the Assembly that have appointed me.

It's any race director's dream to come here. I don't know where else you'd go in the world to have this atmosphere and have all the things going on that we have going on here as in Las Vegas.

I think checks have declined because of electronic payment alternatives, primarily online bill pay.

If we had jurisdiction, we would be taking a close look at the effects to Moon Brook.

We're pleased for the citizens of Illinois that our request for assistance for Greene and Morgan counties was approved by FEMA and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

They have their issues; we understand, ... It's just the timing is really bad.

We were frequently told by Paterson that he would take as many bodies as we could get for him. When we got one, he always told us to get more.

As you know, I serve on a number of boards, which has caused the city attorney some concern. I think it would be in the best interest of the city for me not to challenge his position.