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Robert Ortt
stated on January 22, 2022 in a news release:

“With the ongoing pandemic, our State Park attendance is at the highest it’s ever been.”

By Meghan Hall • March 9, 2022
Texas Campaign for the Environment
stated on April 26, 2018 in a handout:

Says most of Austin’s biggest parks have recycling though as "many as 293 out of 300" Austin city "parks have no recycling, including almost every neighborhood park."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2018
Nancy McFarlane
stated on October 20, 2017 in in a televised debate:

"We are spending more on affordable housing than we're spending on Dix Park right now."

By Paul Specht • November 2, 2017
Donald Trump
stated on August 7, 2017 in a tweet:

Says his time away from Washington coincides with a "long planned renovation" for the White House.

By Manuela Tobias • August 8, 2017
Jonathan Jarvis
stated on June 14, 2016 in testimony before a U.S. House committee:

The National Park Service has "an annual budget that is less than the city of Austin."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 24, 2016
Timothy Sheehy
stated on April 10, 2015 in an interview:

A 50-50 public-private split for paying for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena would "be much better -- in terms of the portion of the public financing -- than most of the other arena projects done around the country."

By Tom Kertscher • May 29, 2015
John Taylor
stated on April 24, 2015 in an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers.":

"The people of Tiverton have historically supported [gambling measures] at a rate higher than the rest of the state."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 7, 2015
Steven Frias
stated on February 24, 2015 in a newspaper commentary:

"Research performed by economists has shown no consistent, positive impact on jobs, income or tax revenues arising from stadiums or sports franchises."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 7, 2015
James Skeffington
stated on February 10, 2015 in a radio interview:

Thirty U.S. cities have Triple A baseball teams and "virtually everyone of them [is] playing in government owned ballparks."

By Katie Mulvaney • February 26, 2015
Heidi Heilman
stated on March 13, 2014 in a commentary in The Providence Journal:

"Today’s marijuana is 300 percent to 800 percent more potent than the pot of yesteryear."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2014
Barbara Comstock
stated on February 19, 2014 in a Facebook post.:

Says five Democratic state senators were for her bicycle tailgating bill "before they were against it."

By Sean Gorman • March 10, 2014
Richard August
stated on January 12, 2014 in a Providence Journal commentary:

Deer baiting, planned for Block Island by DEM, is illegal in Rhode Island.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 26, 2014
Rick Scott
stated on September 18, 2013 in a conversation with workers:

"You have to get a license to fish on our beaches."

By Katie Sanders • September 23, 2013
Barry Bone
stated on June 13, 2013 in an opinion column in the Westlake Picayune.:

Says that when the Rolling Stones performed in an Austin park, they paid $25,000 to the nearby city of Rollingwood "for one night of inconvenience."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 17, 2013
Alberta Darling
stated on May 15, 2013 in a legislative meeting:

"18 percent of our land in our state right now is either federally, state or county owned for conservation purposes."

By Tom Kertscher • May 26, 2013
Ginny Burdick
stated on December 12, 2012 in an email:

"Even hunters are restricted from using large capacity magazines: there is a five cartridge limit for large game hunting, and three for bird hunting."

By Janie Har • December 28, 2012
Rick Perry
stated on June 7, 2012 in a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth.:

Says Barack Obama has played nearly 100 rounds of golf as president.

By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2012
David Dewhurst
stated on April 4, 2012 in an online video ad.:

Says Barack Obama has played over 90 rounds of golf as president.

By W. Gardner Selby • April 4, 2012
Richard Licht
stated on April 3, 2011 in TV interview:

Proposed fees for Rhode Island beaches will still be "less than some of the town beaches."

By Richard Salit • April 10, 2011
Dan Moore
stated on January 3, 2011 in an interview with The Plain Dealer:

"It's taken more time to complete the Towpath Trail than it did to build the (Ohio & Erie) Canal."

By Tom Feran • January 6, 2011
Todd Staples
stated on August 31, 2010 in an interview.:

"More people hunt and fish in Texas in a given year than attend the... games of the Dallas Cowboys, the Dallas Mavericks, the Houston Texans and the Houston Rockets combined."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 25, 2010

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