Pete Liakakis Quotes

We've got to put more emphasis on putting resources towards social problems that lead to a lot of the crime. When you have 40 percent of high school dropouts committing crimes, that can lead to a life of crime. - Pete Liakakis

This is a hard decision, because we have to look at services we require for citizens, like police. We have to protect the public, look at the overall budget and demand for service. - Pete Liakakis

This has nothing to do with what party you belong to, this is a responsibility for us to be fiscally responsible and help the citizens of our community. - Pete Liakakis

I think it was excellent this meeting. Poverty reduction is vital and with the poverty initiative that we will take part in, it affects 22 percent of people in the county. That's 30,000 people. - Pete Liakakis

For example, the public defender's office, we're going to spend millions of dollars on a public defender that the State of Georgia should be paying for. - Pete Liakakis

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