The intent is to make it more of a setting for the people who live nearby to enjoy rather than being a huge park that would draw in people from all over the city.

There are so many more hourly people than salaried, and they get more of the press than us. That's why we are sort of the forgotten few. But we are feeling real anxiety, too, especially about the possibility of (a Delphi) bankruptcy and how it would affect us. We don't have anything protecting us. They have a contract.

We would be able to put them in nearby stores to where they live now, just over the state line. They are all close to the border.

People just need to relax and go about their life and enjoy life and enjoy Laurens for how they see Laurens.

People want to talk about whether I have rock cred, whether I'm selling out, the theatricality, the gay stuff... Chill out! And just enjoy yourself.

Puerto Rican culture is very lively; very lively people; very warm people; and the food is really great. We're all about cooking a lot of food and having family around, we're kind of loud. It's that sort of vibe and it's great.