Quotation 1
Martin Goldsmith, general manager of the local radio station, said that this year’s fund-raising goal is $100,000. The money raised will go toward their programing efforts, as the costs of buying programs are going up each year.
Quotation 4
Jerry Butts, city council member, said that they are unsure of whether to grant the police the raise their union requested as it would increase property taxes. Although he feels that the police deserve a raise, he is certain that most people won’t want to pay higher taxes.
Quotation 5
Anita Keller, president of the local Mothers Against Drunk Driving chapter, said that legislators just aren’t getting the point that the laws against drunk driving are too lenient, and that because of this drunk driving is killing people every day. She hinted that they might be being bribed by the alcohol industry to keep the laws the way they are.
Quotation 7
Laura Stewart, president of Stewart Advertisint Agency, said that she thinks the local economy is doing pretty well. Her business, which mostly comes from local businesses, has grown, increasing its gross revenues by twenty percent a year for the last three years.