Well, of course I think people can be forgiven. But our justice system is not set up to dispense forgiveness. You can go to the local priest for that.
When I was a teenager, my parents made me take a part-time job at the local Black Eyed Pea, which was a home-cooked-food family restaurant.
I am not about to let the people who so mismanaged the state budget now try to manage local government.
The poor don't live in functional market economies as the rest of us do, but in political economies where corruption and broken systems extend from local government to moneylenders.
Our ports are owned by local governments who are responsible for the ports. It is the Coast Guard and Customs that provide security. The federal government will never outsource our security.
When there's an emergency weather situation, the local broadcaster is the source of information that often makes the difference between life and death.
Everything from who sits on your local board of education to the prosecutors and judicial appointments in your area and much more are all impacted by who holds political office.
Even with good maps, there's no guarantee that the public will get the word about landslide hazards, or that state and local governments will take action to discourage or prevent building in dangerous areas.
The frame of mind in the local legislatures seems to be exerted to prevent the federal constitution from having any good effect.
Many in local government will ask why should only a few areas have the freedoms and benefits of Enterprise Zone status while the majority lose out?
Journalism makes you think fast. You have to speak to people in all walks of life. Especially local journalism.
In college, I was a weather anchor for the local news. I would 'borrow' my forecast from The Weather Channel.
I always loved acting and improv and sketch comedy and theater, which I did at a local youth theater.
I enjoy going on motorcycle trips and stopping in small towns and enjoying drinks with the locals.
Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly.
A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.
Karma is only in space time and causality. Your real self resides non-locally.
It is time to effect a revolution in female manners - time to restore to them their lost dignity. It is time to separate unchangeable morals from local manners.
Greater personal choice, individually tailored services, stronger local accountability, greater efficiency - these are all central to the new direction of travel we have set for our public services.
All the privileged can travel, see different worlds; not everyone can. I think it is important for people to have an interesting locale nearby.
My favorite country is America. I love going there! I go in the local lake near where I work on Sundays. It's called Berry Hill.
