Perry, Strayhorn, Laurent, Lucco, and Friedman Gov. Rick Perry, quoted in the Athens (Georgia) Banner-Herald on whether voters will hold officeholders responsible for gasoline prices: "I'm sure there will be some political hack somewhere that will try to blame someone for something. They always do. But by and large, the electors are smarter than that. They realize prices go up and down because of supply and demand." Comptroller and gubernatorial candidate Carole Keeton Strayhorn, breaking a self-imposed campaign blackout in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to criticize Gov. Rick Perry for the condition of the state's sexual predator laws: "This is not politics. This is about our children. This is about our most precious resource." L. Laurent of Gretna, Louisiana, telling The Dallas Morning News she'll enroll her 14-year-old girl and 17-year-old boy in Dallas schools while they're stuck at Reunion Arena after Katrina: "We're going to enroll them in school here in Dallas. I don't want them running around. I want them to do something constructive." Frank Lucco, a real estate consultant, quoted in the Houston Chronicle on rising home foreclosures: "More and more people are having problems with their jobs, a lot of people bought houses without a lot of money down, taxes are escalating, and they haven't gotten that kind of a raise. We're seeing foreclosures of houses only two, three, or four years old." Independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman, quoted by the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung: "I believe musicians can better run this state than politicians. Heck, I think beauticians can better run this state than politicians."