I'm going to keep it to the 'No comment' line, ... I think it's safer that way.

My dad was a local boy who made good and opened the doors of the city to create a power base that reflected all the citizens of the city - Mexicans, Chinese, blacks and gays, ... They never held office and my dad was elected by those people and gave them a voice. He said we must fight for the rights of people who can't fight for themselves. That is the role of a democracy. That's what my dad did. He succeeded because of it, and he died for it.

Crime is an overhead you have to pay if you want to live in the city

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

This street has a lot of crime, a lot of drug dealing. I don't feel we do a good job when it comes to drug dealing in this city, or any other city.

We need to determine whether to get into the crime business or get out,