For tomorrow to be successful we're going to need the continued support and growth of our membership and our community. Our vision is that downtown Mount Vernon and the Central Business District will be the choice for shopping, dining, entertainment, recreation and tourism in Ohio.

We finally got enough support and enough funding from the community from the sign program to go ahead with this project. It was a big commitment to take on because we did not have the signs sold before we committed to the project. We pushed the sign sale and the community stepped right up and helped us out.

Hopefully we'll get a lot of community support for this. We had a great time with the state tournament two years ago. Hopefully it can be just as much fun this year.

Our business community has demonstrated outstanding support for Oklahoma City's economic growth.

As I look back over my mountains of growth and compare them to the molehills where I stagnated, community often made the difference.

Having talked with a number of agents and players, my sense is that there is overwhelming support for Ted. I'm at a loss at what this small group of players is trying to do. It's time to move ahead.