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Get out in the neighborhoods to see if there's anything we need to be concerned about.

Don Kelly

I park at least half the time in neighborhoods surrounding it because the parking lots on campus are full to the max. Even there, it's bumper to bumper.

Hannah Savery

We thought we could get it out before May 1, but because the values for some of the neighborhoods were out of whack, we had to go back and fine-tune those.

Robert Gerhardt

Some neighborhoods are fabulous and grand, but you never think you could live there. We literally have lemonade stands and children jumping rope. That's what kind of place this is.

Mary Mckell

We're continuing to look at neighborhoods and areas that want urban services.

City Manager Russ Blackburn

Delineating the neighborhoods is a challenge. It's like connecting the dots. The bottom line is to try to fairly distribute the tax base, and you do the best you can with what you have.

Deborah Dilworth

Development is going to go full-speed ahead. That's why we're talking to the development community as well. We want to make them aware of the problems in the neighborhoods. We're going to find this balance.

Roy Lamotte

If we take that money we can take it and build better neighborhoods.

Loui Antonucci

This is too much interference in business affairs. I'm fairly liberal-minded and I think the city should protect neighborhoods, but it shouldn't restrain a legitimate business.

Jean Godden

My intent is going to be to rescue those neighborhoods.

Tony Domenech

If you don't visit the bad neighborhoods, the bad neighborhoods are going to visit you.

Thomas Friedman

There are a lot of comfortably integrated neighborhoods.

Karl Nurse

There are some neighborhoods that have been really overrun.

Bryan Collins

Will connect to a control server to ask for instructions. It scans network neighborhoods and tries to infect them, as well.

Johannes Ullrich

Excelling in sports has become as much a part of the American dream for parents as getting their kids into the best school and living in the best neighborhoods.

Rick Wolff

Adrian had the perfect combination of experience and commitment to the District and familiarity with the neighborhoods, ... We feel very fortunate to have someone who had that complete set of qualifications.

Stephen Goldsmith

By creating ownership, you are giving moderate income residents a financial stake in their neighborhoods, so they benefit from the improvement rather than be hurt by it.

Shaun Donovan

Out there is a particular neighborhood that wants to be included. To me that's not as important as the kids. I don't want to split neighborhoods and communities.

Kathie Johnstone

It's parents who most commonly start charter schools. So the community gets to decide what kind of school will most meet the neighborhood's needs.

Phil Andrews

By re-establishing the connection between schools and communities, we believe more effective schools and healthier neighborhoods will be created. Being involved in that type of positive action is what Xavier's commitment to community engagement is all about.

Michael Graham

With the implementation of [Residential Communities Initiative], the neighborhoods are starting to get more emphasis.

Col. Scott Larese

Most people are good people, ... Some of them are trapped in their neighborhoods and they're afraid.

Anne E. Schwartz

These young caseworkers go into the worst neighborhoods and buildings each day and try their best to protect our city's children. They should not be treated like they are the criminals.

Charles Ensley

A war driver drives through neighborhoods with a laptop computer looking for unprotected wireless networks [to hack into].

John Crowley

[In the shelters,] they almost create their own neighborhoods, their own communities, their own circle of friends, ... And they're staying there right now because that's the greatest comfort level they have.

Joe Leonard

If you allow the character of a neighborhood to be eroded, the people who live in that neighborhood will leave the city. We can't allow that to happen. Protecting these different neighborhoods, we are providing New Yorkers with a diversity of housing choices.

Amanda M. Burden

This is wonderful for the Tucson community. We are glad to see that Tucson's neighborhoods have been recognized.

Marty Mccune

I have heard of at least one death and many injuries, but we need to check more (in poor neighborhoods) where houses have been damaged.

Fidel Muteba

I think we need to be very careful how we talk about how we re-enter these neighborhoods. There may be hazardous chemicals that have entered the water.

Thad Allen

Since the early '90s, Duke has been helping stabilize neighborhoods near campus by increasing the stock of owner-occupied housing.

John Burness

They must visit our decimated neighborhoods. They must see the devastation block by block.

Anne Milling

Annexations are driven by individuals and neighborhoods. I don't think this should be looked at as a maneuver (to annex the Foothills) on the city's part.

James Stover

The time has come to look at whether New York banking has become anti-competitive. A merger of this size is something that low-income neighborhoods cannot afford. We've had more than enough.

Matthew Lee

A lot of our tips we don't even pay money out because it's just good citizens. They just want these thorns out of their neighborhoods.

Bob Noyes

There will be no wholesale demolition of neighborhoods without consent.

Greg Meffert

The activity that we've seen in the businesses and neighborhoods adjacent to George R. Brown as well as the Reliant complex has been as close to normal as possible.

Harold Hurtt

Clean-sweep whole neighborhoods, in the name of 'health' and 'safety' and 'a great future' and all that, and end up doing what Ceausescu did to Bucharest. And then it will be gone.

Frederick Starr

The bombings of World War II couldn't have looked any worse than some neighborhoods near here.

Bill Kavanaugh

We've had a couple of serious crimes out there. Other than that, it's not as bad as other neighborhoods in Dover.

Capt. Lester Boney

Each match was tough. That's what happens when you have two rivals go at it. Most of these kids know each other, live in the same neighborhoods, so it adds to things.

Keith Hoover

The writers wanted to address the perception that our neighborhoods are only about violence and drugs.

Abram Himelstein

It pretty much doubles our capacity to deliver energy into the neighborhoods there.

Dave Eskelsen

I've done this dozens of times - even in zero neighborhoods where you're lucky to get out alive.

Mike Pastore

With a bit of humor, we're able to convey just how quick the commute to downtown is, and since many of our buyers work inside the Loop and are moving from neighborhoods inside the Loop, it's important to make that point.

Steve Pierce

But journalists rarely venture into impoverished neighborhoods these days, except for quick-hit features.

Howard Kurtz

Would they be swayed by seeing coverage on-air of neighborhoods up in arms and the N.C. Central campus up in arms? Does that sway them? I think they're human, and it probably would.

Kerry Sutton

It's about a young man with a talent for music and hip-hop but who has to survive the worst neighborhoods.

Kathleen Schmidt

We need to level [The Town Center's] growth, keep it in control and focus on our neighborhoods.

Brigitta Mullican

The cornerstone of safe, stable neighborhoods is good housing.

Anthony Williams

That was something that was becoming popular in neighborhoods at the time.

George Renner

Poor communities, frequently communities of color but not exclusively, suffer disproportionately. If you look at where our industrialized facilities tend to be located, they're not in the upper middle class neighborhoods.

Carol Browner

And there is a difference between the neighborhoods in south Tempe near Circle G Ranch and the neighborhoods near University and McClintock.

Mike Gardner

People take it for granted and they get to know all the different neighborhoods, and the impact of what's being provided can be lessened.

Timothy White

When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain neighborhoods because of the color of our skin… Now the neighborhoods are the neighborhoods of ideas, you're not supposed to be there because … of the color of your skin.'

Clarence Thomas

South Pearl Street is a gateway to the city, and the corner of Madison and Pearl should be representative of the distinctive neighborhoods in our city.

Carolyn Mclaughlin

With the addition of the new neighborhoods and more amenities being unveiled, the prospects for 2006 are great.

Wayne Martin

It's prevalent in many urban neighborhoods and we understand from district attorney's that intimidating witnesses happens frequently.

Ann Dufresne

It's not the way I intended it, ... It would be far better for the communities for the Housing Court to be transferred to the neighborhood district judges, because [they] know the absentee landlords in their neighborhoods.

Jack Wagner

It's a great showpiece for Washington, for our culture and our neighborhoods. But, it's also important for the pocketbooks of local residents and businesses as well.

Victoria Isley

We are proactive. We respond to complaints and proactively check neighborhoods for violations.

Ron Moore

They bring a negative element to neighborhoods, increase criminal activity. So, that's what we're trying to do, make sure that these locations are not harming our neighborhoods.

Justin Ohlemiller

The West Side neighborhoods haven't had the kind of clout they had in the WEST PAC days. We're trying to pick up where they left off.

Pete Witte

I was working literally in the streets of the neighborhoods and I saw what people were up against.

Matt Brown

Your input is extremely important because, in many cases, this will go through neighborhoods, ... We're going to design this thing as best we can to meet the needs of the community.

Leslie Lewis

Good schools make good neighborhoods. It's a place where people want to be.

Nat Roberts

The biggest message we're sending is we don't want governments to try and do this alone, we want to have partnership with neighborhoods from day one.

Marshall Foster

All these neighborhoods that are flooded -- you can't just drain it out and rebuild those houses. They're history. They've been soaking in hazardous materials for days. It's done. It's going to take a long time if ever to make those areas livable.

Bill Sharp

I'd like to see a renewed focus on our neighborhoods, not only our neighborhoods but on our downtown area. To me, we have to have a clean environment downtown so our businesses can thrive.

Mayor Timothy Stewart

Weve made it tough for looters to get into the neighborhoods, ... We work with a military police unit and the local police, so its hard for anybody to get away with anything.

Aaron Katz

We still have an oversupply of buyers over sellers, especially in the largest apartments and most desirable neighborhoods.

Pamela Liebman

We will have to pay for most of the construction, and this will happen only if enough families in the neighborhoods show an interest in becoming part of the pool.

Mike Ertel

We usually ask for a donation . . . but it's not necessary. We're there to keep our neighborhoods clean.

Jan Wilson

In many cases, you can use this to move density away from the neighborhoods. Being able to move something a few blocks can be a big deal.

Chris Zimmerman

He sought the neighborhoods out rather than waiting for them. He was very shrewd.

John Moran

There are too many homicides that go unsolved, and far too many of them in these neighborhoods. Something needs to be done about it. Unfortunately, with the departure of the chief, who knows what's going to happen.

Aaron Edwards

My door is open for this guy. I really welcome anybody who wants to help participate and help make their neighborhoods better.

Jim Skelton

By preserving these neighborhoods, we are creating a draw for tourists and that translates into an economic benefit for our community.

Ben Burroughs

We don't need that kind of trouble popping around our neighborhoods or our state or anywhere else. You break the law, you need to pay for it and I am glad they caught them.

Brent Anderson

Volunteers and I have been knocking on doors five to seven hours a day every weekend since January. I like being out in the neighborhoods, hearing what people have to say about Chandler.

Trinity Donovan

Our thinking is that a healthy middle class is important to the city. We want to keep these people in Boston; they are the glue in the neighborhoods and the glue in the economy as well.

Geoffrey Lewis

I just wanted the children to start to have normal lives back. I knew they would not get back their old neighborhoods, their old friends. New Orleans was destroyed.

Ahmed Isse

It was really strong. The neighborhoods were a maze of garbage, dead animals, refrigerators, furniture, tree limbs and brush. And sheetrock that looked like Mount Everest.

Curtis Reliford

In the days of segregation, when blacks were limited to certain neighborhoods, you could look around the black community and identify who the leaders were.

Roger Wilkins

I would propose that we have gone through all the efforts that you as a community have set up for neighborhoods to express their needs. We would like you to respect the fact that we have gone through this procedure correctly.

Barbara Cook

Rather than the debate being about how immigration impacts neighborhoods, schools and hospitals, maybe you'll now see discussion about how it impacts the business sector.

Abel Valenzuela

We had to keep traffic moving around the march, and keep people from parking in neighborhoods.

Mike Frisbie

Most of the zone lines follow natural boundaries. We always try to keep whole neighborhoods together, whole subdivisions together.

Bethanne Bradshaw

You've got to change attitudes about investing in black neighborhoods, ... It's beginning to catch on.

Maynard Jackson

They're kind of invisible, since they creep into neighborhoods through utility lines. So people may not realize they have them until they've done some damage.

Barry Paceley

It is critical that individuals prepare themselves, their families and their neighborhoods for the likelihood of being without services for up to one week.

Mary Moreland

That's really important, if you have kids in different schools, going to different neighborhoods, and going to different after school activities. We believe safety is knowing who lives in your neighborhood, near your home, near your place of worship, near the school, day care centers.

Alec Rosen

A lot of people in our community don't want to believe that child abuse happens in their neighborhoods — but it does.

Shari Pulliam

All these neighborhoods that are flooded - you can't just drain it out and rebuild those houses. They're history. They've been soaking in hazardous materials for days. It's done.

Bill Sharp

All of you know the neighborhoods that harbor terrorists, the tribes that have terrorists and those that don't.

Larry Hardiman

First, the police will identify the neighborhoods we'll work in. Yes, there will be some, what do you want to call it, hard law enforcement in that time.

Tom Harp

For now, it's a safe place for people to go who can't get back into their neighborhoods.

Anita Foster

The purpose of the fund is to revitalize properties and neighborhoods. It's a profit-driven fund, but it has a community benefit agenda, too.

Casey Cummings

A lot of starter homes are in neighborhoods where you wouldn't renovate. You would just move.

Carey Williams

This is an additional set of eyes for the Chicago Police Department. The benefit there is they can now redirect police officers into neighborhoods and crime and disorder problems.

Andrew Velasquez

Our goal is to have the least expensive property in expensive neighborhoods. Nearby homes in this area are selling in the $500,000 to $600,000 range.

Warren Hickernell

One more example of this mayor being out of touch with the neighborhoods.

Chester Coach Scott Langerock

He made me laugh and seemed to listen; now we'll see what he can do, ... Can he really fix our neighborhoods? His only regret should be not doing this sooner.

Jesse Brown

It also suggests that the effort to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods can have the added benefit of improving the health of individuals living there.

Mario Schootman

The climate in the neighborhoods has changed. There are more people in those neighborhoods who want access to the path than there used to be.

Reed Kempton

As the waterways and drainage ditches become clogged, it's causing the water to back up into neighborhoods, back up into areas that never saw water before.

Suzanne Parsons

You can divide neighborhoods, you can divide houses, you can probably divide double beds if you want, to get down to people's voting preferences.

Jim Cooper

With passage of this important child protection legislation, America's children will be safer in their homes, backyards, schools and neighborhoods.

Fred Upton

New Haven is becoming less and less affordable to live in, and although the city is cleaning up neighborhoods, we are losing a portion of the community in the process.

Joyce Chen

It's the neighborhoods we go after, not the property.

Amrit Gill

You go to the library, and half the neighborhood's there. We all get along, but yet we have privacy also. We have all ages -- newly married couples, people with kids, people with grown kids. It's a nice mix.

Sue Morgan

This is a working-class city with working-class neighborhoods -- lots of smokers, lots of bars. But the pressure is on to do it.

Henry Teune

It's to keep neighborhoods safe. If people are drawing them down here, they are bringing that danger down into their own neighborhoods.

Sen. Toni Hellon

It's one of the most challenging neighborhoods that we patrol. We're familiar with it.

Jim Leljedal

We have a good working relationship with a lot of the neighborhoods. We want to keep that, to make Decatur a safer place for everyone.

Dr. James Anderson

Only about 10% of our low income neighborhoods have Internet connectivity and about 90% of higher income neighborhoods have connectivity. The goal is to give everyone equal access.

Dianah Neff

This one at least communicates something about the city. It shows that we have the Capitol, that we're concerned about neighborhoods and the environment.

Erin Dady

It's an improvement to the older, established neighborhoods. They are all three oil-and-chip streets.

Eric Williams

I'm trying very hard not to cry right now. You guys are coming in and destroying our neighborhoods.

Elaine Phillips