An important piece to the success of the ones that have been done is because it includes community investment.

Our alliance with the community was the key to the last year's success. The arts center is a wonderful investment and the relationship we have with the community will help enhance our quality of life.

Dave has an outstanding track record of success at Ford, working closely with both the investment community and the dealership community. We believe that Dave's operational, financial management and capital markets expertise, combined with his extensive knowledge of the retail automotive business, make him a perfect fit for Sonic Automotive.

We have seen an average of 5,000 votes come in after the first count.

We have done what we can to alert people to the fact that one measure is on the back of the ballot. But I'm sure there will be some folks who won't get the message or who will forget and will miss that item.

New stuff was ordered pretty darn quickly. We're a very big (school) district, so the cash flow allows for things like that, I believe.