They (government) have shown no interest at all. Forget about a compromise, they are not even bothered to listen to our woes.

We shall not forget you, and we shall watch with the closest interest as you embark on this new era of your remarkable history.

It's a good compromise. It safeguards the rights of all South Carolina property owners and keeps undue government regulation under control.

The big thing we learned [from zero-interest financing] was keep the message simple, ... People tend to forget that there were lots of incentives in the marketplace out there by everybody, but they were quite confusing and all over the place.

We were trying to achieve a compromise with the government; we were even willing to destroy the houses with our own hands, instead of coming to this violence. But the politicians really wanted to see the pictures of blood and violence.

We're just making our interest known to the federal government