Quotes.

• Position: Citings

"We make California look as if it's run by penurious accountants who sit in rooms trying to put together an honest budget all day."

--Ralph Martire of the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability on the state of Illinois, quoted in The New York Times, July 2

"If someone says they shouldn't have to follow regulations because they're making food in their home, I'd say, 'Why is your home So safe that it doesn't need that level of oversight and control?'"

--Robert Harrington, director of the Casper-Natrona County Health Department in Wyoming, quoted by the Associated Press, June 28

"We should not be borrowing money from the Chinese to...