These are issues we need to embrace and develop long-term strategies for. If we do so, our community will continue to be a marvel of growth and opportunity.

She actually did what she said she was going to do. When you're trying to attract a job creator, it's important that employers see that the city is investing in itself.

We have the lowest average wage rate of any metropolitan area we compete with. This might sound good if you're an employer, but combine this with our rapidly rising cost of living and absence of affordable housing, and rapidly rising housing costs - up 30 percent last year - and you have a formula for failure.

None of these in and of themselves are the end of our economic success. They're simply areas we have to focus on.

They can't be an island. By being part of the community, you help yourself as an institution. Others will go to war for you, if it's required.

The proposed agreement is a bad deal for our customers and the Internet community as a whole. We will fight to convince the ICANN Board of Directors not to accept it.