‘A ticket for a better life’ and other quotes of the week - The Dallas Morning News

"The city should have these things working. That's what they supposed to be up there for, to protect the citizens in all areas any way possible." — Tamara Syas, niece of Joseph Syas, who was killed near a non-working police camera last May. (Monday, The Dallas Morning News)

"We're constantly looking at what extreme weather may lead to, whether it be power demand, extreme heat, extreme cold, heavy water or even drought." — Gov. Greg Abbott, after signing a disaster declaration for 23 counties affected impacted by Monday's severe flooding, including Dallas County. (Monday, The Dallas Morning News)

"Education is a ticket to a better life, but over time, that ticket has become too expensive for too many Americans." — President Joe Biden on Wednesday, as he announced student-loan debt relief for millions of Americans (Wednesday, The Dallas Morning News)

"We have a rare opportunity now to observe tracks that are usually under mud and water," — Glen Kuban, an independent dinosaur-track researcher, in Dinosaur Valley State Park, 80 miles southwest of Dallas, after the extreme drought conditions in Texas revealed 45 never-before-seen dinosaur tracks. (Wednesday, The Dallas Morning News)

"They are liquidating the last important social actor in Nicaragua. [...] It's a checkmate against democracy." — Vilma Núñez, a Nicaraguan human rights activist, after the arrest of Catholic Bishop Rolando Álvarez by the Daniel Ortega regime. (Wednesday, The New York Times)

"Chief [Pete] Arredondo will not participate in his own illegal and unconstitutional public lynching and respectfully requests the Board immediately reinstate him, with all back pay and benefits and close the complaint as unfounded." — Attorney George E. Hyde, before the Uvalde school district police chief was fired three months after his delayed response to the deadliest school shooting in Texas history. (Wednesday, Texas Tribune)

"I live in fear every day of being on social media and these popping up" — Vanessa Bryant, Kobe Bryant's widow, referring to photos shared by L.A. county deputies and firefighters shortly after the death of the NBA star and his daughter. A jury awarded her $16 million for invasion of privacy. (Wednesday, The Guardian)

"Sadly, I will not be able to travel to NY this time for US Open," — Tennis player Novak Djokovic, who is not vaccinated for COVID-19, a prerequisite to entering the United States from abroad. (Thursday, Twitter)

"We think the pond leveler is much less harmful to the beavers than picking them up in metal cages and taking them somewhere." — Frisco Stormwater Manager Perry Harts, on the installation of a solution his department is calling the "Beaver deceiver" drainage system, that will keep beaver dams from causing flooding of nearby jogging trails. (Wednesday, Community Impact)

"These are the unfortunate costs of reducing inflation, [...] But a failure to restore price stability would mean far greater pain." - Jerome Powell, Federal Reserve chairman, after announcing the likelihood of more interest hikes in the coming months (Friday, Associated Press)

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