I don't think we ever had before the Council discussion of the sewer cost of service study, you know, at a public meeting, ... We talked about it informally, you know, but not in front of the council.

I'm convinced that unless you have some public financing of elections, you are never going to remove the power of wealthy interests over elected officials.

informally, you know, but not in front of the council.

I'm not convinced that we have data that would suggest we need to expand this program. We're expanding a program where the results have so far shown us that staying home may be better.

I'm not going to rule out running for a second term. But, I think you have to be psychologically prepared to walk away from the job after four years. It's the only way that you cannot be influenced by those special interests.

It took a long time for me to convince my staff people to leave me unscheduled from 2:00 to 4:00 everyday. And I need to do that as mayor. I need to schedule accessibility time.

At least I make decisions based on what I think is right, not who my friends might be.

What I want to know is, how many students did we start with and how many did we have in the end? The other thing I want to know is, who left and why? . . . I would like to see graduation rates and absenteeism discussed at the same time.

Without stores like that, veterans would have a hard time.

Your first obligation, I suppose, is to your God. Your second is to your family. And your third is to your community. And you ought to try to fulfill all of those in your life.