It took a lot for Dave to say what he did. It took more for Joe to quit.

I took this same class in 1978 and went to work for Burlington for 23 years and now here I am teaching the same class I took. I am a firm believer in vocational education.

People tell me not to pay attention to this, but you stoop to a new low when you make it personal. It's a damned shame you had to move back to a community that's so inept.

Fundamentally, this is an economic competitiveness issue. Our concern is how health care costs can be contained so that jobs can grow here.

I was surprised. You can tell it's a new board. Five years ago this would never have come up.

It took some great blocking. I just do anything I can possibly do to make something happen.