It was a way to destroy political machines -- if voters had a direct say on who was dog catcher and coroner, along with county boards. There was more opportunity for candidates who weren't part of a political machine.

There's no evidence that size matters in terms of better governance.

A state of the state address is always an opportunity for the governor to set the agenda for state government. And in an election year, you just can't help but regard it as an agenda not only for the next 11 months, but also as setting themes in an election.

Simply, we have a lot of aging equipment. It's not just the machines in the classroom but the equipment in the (network server) closets.

One has to look out for engineers they begin with sewing machines and end up with the atomic bomb

We took her off the machines. They weren't doing any good anymore. We took her around and she met her siblings and then we took her outside, because she'd never been outside. She died basically in my wife and (my) arms.