‘Over a stupid ice cream cone’ and other top quotes of the week

“About a stupid ice cream cone.” – Dallas Assistant Police Chief Israel Herrera after someone tossed an ice cream cone out of a car in Deep Ellum, upset the person in the next lane who opened fire and smashed the car window. (Monday, Dallas Morning News)

“Wait a minute – haven’t you done it yet?” – State Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville, to Wei Wang, the executive director of the Railroad Commission, when, during a committee hearing, he discovered that Texas power grid reliability legislation was in place It allows natural gas producers to move more slowly, which means the infrastructure that provides the main fuel for generating electricity won’t have to weather this winter. (Tuesday, Texas Tribune)

“There is a national gulf between perception and reality when it comes to COVID in rural America. We have turned many rural communities into killer boxes. And there is no movement towards what we are seeing in many of these communities, either in public or among government officials. ”- Alan Morgan, director of the National Rural Health Association, on the higher COVID rate in rural areas related to poor access to health care. (Thursday, NBC News)

“The energy crisis in Europe and many parts of the world is a wake-up call. Everything revolves around the issue of investing throughout the oil and gas industry. ”- Mohammad Barkindo, Head of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, added that his homeland Nigeria is facing an endemic energy poverty and“ no energy source can satisfy the hunger for energy in developing countries will”. (Friday, Wall Street Journal)

“I was wrong. I was wrong. It’s a very personal issue – and very personal for my family. I think my father was right. And my sister and I had this conversation … Freedom means freedom for everyone.” Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, who once opposed gay marriage and created a rift with her sister who is married to a woman (Sunday, Associated Press)

“The deck was stacked against Robert.” – Andrew Wyatt, spokesman for Bill Cosby, shares Cosby’s thoughts on how R. Kelly was treated by the judiciary that convicted him last week of sexually abusing women and children. According to Wyatt, Cosby, whose conviction of sexual assault was recently overturned, believes R. Kelly “failed”. (Tuesday, The New York Post)

“I’m not for backyard chickens, and I speak from the experience that I was a farm kid long ago and had dealt with chickens all the time … kiss the holidays goodbye unless you have a chicken babysitter.” Rick Grady, the only member of Plano City Council to vote against an ordinance allowing backyard chickens, citing concern about residents who prefer not to live next to farm animals. (Wednesday, The Dallas Morning News)

“I love going to Costco because everyone is walking around like it’s actively Armageddon, but then you see them at the checkout and they buy Craisins.” – Comedian and writer Blaire Erskine (Thursday, Twitter)

“I hung around in the children’s play area and watched the children play with virtual reality glasses. There were two little boys in the play kitchen. There was a line of people checking out books. People sat at the computers looking for jobs. It was used immediately … I’m really glad that it really is everything she hoped for. But my heart breaks that she isn’t here to see. ”- Scott McCartney, at the opening of the new Forest Green branch library that his late wife, Karen Blumenthal, had worked on for years to put the city of Dallas under renovation move. Blumenthal was the business editor of the Dallas Morning News and the chief executive of the Wall Street Journal. (Thursday, Dallas Morning News)

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