It's a challenging time, ... and we all just work together with this.

Preseason is a time to get in some good work and try to get into a rhythm, ... I feel real good about where I am right now.

When it's time to have fun, we have fun, and when it's time to work and get better, that's what we come out to do. In the past, people had gotten them mixed up.

Since June, we have offered the International Freedom Center (IFC) the time they needed to clarify their intentions and work with stakeholders to reach a consensus, ... Today there remains too much opposition, too much controversy over the programming of the IFC.

It's been a trend, but it was really bad this time around. It will definitely affect how much work we're able to do.

I work for a trading company. With the amount of time required on the council, I asked them to cut my compensation in half, which amounted to a $5,000 a month cut. That's neither here nor there in some ways, but as I looked at the council compensation compared to other cities, it was not balanced, especially in this form of government.