a slap in the face to the County Commission and to all the people that you misinformed. ... Whoever decided on that was absolutely out of line.

We hope that Scripps wants to be here, and we hope that Scripps is successful.

The main objective I will have on behalf of this board is to keep Scripps in Palm Beach County. But we're certainly not going to give away our firstborn to do it.

I believe that number one, we owe it to our taxpayers to explore what our lands are worth and what we want to do. This in no way obligates us to accept offers.

We believe it is good government to enact a law funding this research, rather than having to amend the Florida Constitution to do so, ... We support the Florida Legislature taking this up in March 2006 and we encourage that this legislation be passed.

Give me someone who has been picked by the Democratic Party, and then all of us can put our dollars into that one race,