I commend the Senate for its work passing an excellent tidelands bill, ... This bill brings a level playing field to all casinos, whether they are over the water or on dry land, and ensures that the tidelands program will continue to improve the quality of life on the Coast.

It's mostly to emphasize that we're all on the same side, ... The university's faculty-elected representatives in the senate have a voice and have a responsibility to help guide the directions of the university. Everyone should know that the decisions that are made are not made in some smoke-filled room.

The Senate took the fine work Rep. May did in the House of Representatives and destroyed it.

The difference between the two for me, fundamentally, is that the Senate and the governor want to do it the way it's always been done, and the House wants to see if there's a better way to do things, if there's a way to change the structure of how we provide services.

This is one of the worst things the Senate has ever done. On the back of a cocktail napkin they have tossed aside protections of individual liberty that have been in existence for centuries.

My preference is that we eliminate the Senate.