Catherine Pugh

We shouldn’t be closing schools because the heat doesn’t work … If we are getting money from the state we should be using it.

Catherine Elizabeth Pugh (born 10 March 1950) is an American Democratic politician who served as the 50th mayor of Baltimore, Maryland.

Quotes

• We shouldn’t be closing schools because the heat doesn’t work … If we are getting money from the state we should be using it. We need every penny we can get.
  • As quoted in "Baltimore schools have returned millions in state funds for heating repairs" by Luke Broadwater in The Baltimore Sun (4 January 2018)

• It is being paid for by private dollars. … The city is not paying for it; the city has no dollars in this. … I don't know the shape of the bus, I don't know the color of the bus, I don't know the length for the bus. I just know that we're going to provide buses that are going to be paid for by private dollars.
  • As quoted in "Baltimore mayor: Taxpayers won't pay to bus students to DC gun rally" by Keith Daniels, FOX 45 Baltimore (8 March 2018); in the same article, when asked by FOX 45 if public money would be used to pay for the trip, she replied: "We'll cross that bridge if we get to it. … This is all young people from all across the country and Baltimore want, to be represented. And if our young people want to go, we want to make sure that they go there safely."

External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN