A lot of people say, 'This is a waste of taxpayer money,' ... But we've allowed a lot of economic development along the coast, and that's a big economic impact.

An educational approach to money and investing struck me as a very good idea. People do form behavior habits very young on matters of money. I get calls every day from people who are in a financial hole.

If you ask people what they want to have that money spent on, it's potholes, if they're confident that the money is actually going to be used for fixing potholes,

Refineries lost a lot of money. In fact they lost money for most of the 1990s. People chose not to spend on refineries. So what's affecting us now is that we're behind the investment curve and it will take us five to 10 years to catch up.

Anytime there is an expenditure of large amounts of money people get nervous. There are times they would like more options and possibly better service and I think a lot of those things could be brought about with our own utility, ... But, anytime they see the city spending money they think it will cost them in the long run.

If people and governments have money to spend on animals and the humane treatment of animals, they will. But in Mexico and a lot of other countries, that's sometimes not an option.