Several people have come forward stating that they are concurring with what Mark is saying. And they, too, want attention to safety, and they're raising the concerns through the proper channels.

Everyone's basically saying the same thing: I'll do whatever it'll take. We've had people step forward and say, 'I'll handle the media,' or 'I'll handle the marketing.' We're hoping to have this all done by the 17th of September, or whenever the truck is filled.

I think we wanted to say the same thing that all of these other people are saying that this boat was really important to this community and we're sorry to see it go.

If we're there, people will act differently; it's human nature.

People started sending me mail saying I wasn't paying enough attention to the White Sox. I thought one way to put it to rest was to make a stupid statement.

But I've also been around this town long enough to know that when nobody is calling you and saying, 'Hang in there,' that isn't a great signal either,