Nov 24, 2007 - 04:03:47 CST
"Yet people kept electing these thieves back into office."- U.S. District Court Judge Dan Hovland reacting during the sentencing of one of the Twin Buttes defendants. Seven former members of the Twin Buttes school board and school are being sentenced for stealing from the school.
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"My main push is the legality, so I want to make sure a lawyer is on board. What if we get a sculpture and the Aryan Nation comes in and wants to put some art up to? Could they sue us? I'm uncultured when it comes to art, I'm more involved in the legality."
- Paul Quist, Bismarck Park Board member, arguing for a public forum on an art policy.
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"I do not foresee leaving this facility, whether the decision is to move to another location or for expansion."
- Burleigh County Sheriff Pat Heinert explaining to the Burleigh County Commission that he thinks the detention center at the courthouse will be useful whether the jail is moved or expanded.
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"I'm not looking for 10 people to give $20,000 each. I'm looking for about 1,900 individuals, businesses and towns to give $100 each. In return, they become an identifiable part of our first film."
- Nathan Anderson, a native of North Dakota now living in California, explaining his plans to finance a film.
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"This is a very giving class; they jumped at the chance to provide help to a family in need."
- Alecia Overbeck explaining her sixth-grade class at Solheim Elementary's decision to prepare a Thanksgiving meal for a needy family.
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"People said he was fighting a losing cause, but he still cared and stood up for them."
- Ernie LaPointe on his great-grandfather, Sitting Bull.
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"I don't think special assessing an improvement project for siding, painting, completing a deck and putting in a window is right."
- Mandan City Commissioner Tim Helbling reacting to a plan for paying for improvements to a house in Mandan. In the end, Helbling voted with the rest of the commission to approve the plan.
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