Council Quotations | Page 4

We are at loggerheads with Australia and the International Cricket Council is aware of it.

We strongly support the commission's investigative efforts. We expect the government of Syria to comply with these requests fully and unconditionally as the Security Council resolutions require.

Many of the previous powers the City Council enjoyed are now largely irrelevant under the current conditions.

Many countries in the world have such council as it is an advisory one, which studies issues and submit its suggestions and recommendations.

Labour long ago realised it could no longer automatically assume that it would win elections in Glasgow and other places where it has taken people's votes for granted for decades - as we have seen across Scotland at local council and Holyrood elections.

Labour and the Lib Dems have turned the council tax into a tartan stealth tax.

I was astonished that five council people would put their opinions above the 7,000 people who voted to have two-year terms starting in 2004, ... As mayor, I'll abide by the decision of the council, but I am also a private citizen and a constituent of John Garner, and I will defend my right to vote in May 2006.

I felt like the city manager and council were working to be fair and upfront with employees, ... I feel like we were addressing problems with the employees.

I feel very proud and honored, and I feel like it's a wonderful thing, and I feel a little overwhelmed by the responsibility my colleagues are going to give me, and I feel like I want to work very, very hard to make all of my colleagues on the City Council proud, and I hope that I'll be able to live up to the trust that they put in my hands.

If inflation risks increase and if the council reaches the conclusion interest rates have to rise, then they will increase.