They like to use Abilene as their poster child for mid-(sized) cities and what can happen.

[Cities can't make foreign policy, we know. But their voters can demand that their representatives do so. San Francisco's did that last Fall, and since all polls show opposition to the war only increasing since then, the urgency of our representatives' supporting] the immediate withdrawal ... urging Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Tom Lantos to add their names to the list of Representatives sponsoring H.Con.Res.35.

I wish we could clone him. He is such a wonderful supporter. I wish we could spread him to every art-related organization in the city. He has amazing organizational abilities, and he is very committed.

Our downtown development funding mechanisms have been creative and innovative. There are all these different funding mechanisms that they have accessed that are not readily apparent to communities.

I haven't confirmed with those other two, but both want to bring a group to see our downtown.

It doesn't matter what it's called. We will not tolerate it.