This past Village Board did more for the community than any past board. Period.

Yes, we did spend a lot of money.

We're obviously disappointed that the tournament is moving, but we understand that it needs to be successful. Part of it is, it's hard to get on the radar screen in the Twin Cities with all that is going on.

The preservation community, in all frankness, has not been as organized in the past as they could have been. They are now.

The medical community has lost some of our credibility in the past when we've made claims that we really didn't have the data to make and used them as quasi-scare tactics. I can remember during my medical education, people saying, 'Well, they don't really help you bulk up,' and that was total nonsense and every athlete knew that.

You've got candidates that have in the past been certainly supportive of some of the issues that the business community cares about.