I think it's fabulous. It says they must be doing something right.

Three hundred million is a tiny drop in the bucket. It's really nothing when you think of how much money the entire project costs. That's what makes us nervous. These projects are so expensive. Are they ever really going to get funded? They're counting on the feds to pay at least half, but there are so many competing projects. We're very worried about whether these projects will really be built.

We always talk about how important public transportation is in this city, and when you look at the numbers of people who are using it every day, it really tells you just where it's at.

Given the havoc fires have caused in the past and their potential to severely disrupt service, installing fire alarms makes very good sense.

There really is a lot going around right now. It seems a little more varied this year.

Harvesting is going on right now for cotton crops but I can't really say how much of that will be rushed because of the storm.