Matt Gonzalez Quotes

This Idea That Once You Get Into Politics You Are Now Signed Up For Lifelong Duty Being In Elective Office, Makes A Fundamental Error - And That Is Believing That The Only Way You Can Hold Progressive Views And Implement Them Is In Elective Office.

Some Types Of Environmental Restoration Projects Are Well-known; Restored Wetlands, For Instance, Or Coal Mine Reclamation Projects. Recently Though, Larger Dam Removal Projects Have Started, A Number Of Them In Washington State.

When I Got Into Politics, It Was A Shock. People Promise All Sorts Of Things And Then Never Deliver.

A Fascinating Challenge Facing Today's Environmental Movement Is How To Best Approach The Reversal Of Past Decisions That Altered Once-pristine Environmental Spaces For The Sake Of Urgent Man-made Needs.

When In Some Communities Selling Drugs Is So Lucrative That That's A Pretty Big Enticement That We Have To Break Down. Part Of That Is By Making Opportunities And Paying Decent Wages.

I Have Voted To Make Tough Decisions In Budgetary Times, I've Served On Two Recessionary Budgets, My Opponent Has Never Served On Any A Budget Committee Where There Was Less Money To Spend Than The Year Before.

I Don't Think The Schools Are Getting As Much Money As They Should.

Certainly Other Things We Can Do, We Gotta Promote After-school Employment, Give Kids An Opportunity, Raising The Minimum Wage Was Part Of That, We Can't Expect That Young People Are Going To Feel They Can Make A Living Out There For Such Low Wages.

As A Society We're Always So Quick And Able To Spend Money On Lawyers For Someone For Incarceration, But We Don't Make The Corresponding Commitment To The Preventative Components Of It.

I Really Am Disappointed When I Run Into People Who Are Angry I'm Leaving Office.

If You Are Doing Well, Your Business Will Pay More In Tax; If You're Not Doing Well, You Pay Less.

If You Engage People Honestly, And You're Willing To Do The Leg Work, People Will Respond To That.