Vet them out. Whoever rises, rises.

Your first obligation, I suppose, is to your God. Your second is to your family. And your third is to your community. And you ought to try to fulfill all of those in your life.

You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator.

I don't think that politics attracts the best and the brightest of America. It doesn't attract the most sincere people.

You know, it's almost human nature. If you give me a gift, I feel indebted to you... assuming it's a substantial gift.

I think it's quite nicely arranged around our cultural center this year, and I think that's fine. People still will see the stores as they park and walk through downtown, going to and from the festival. There will be plenty of traffic that day. We'll see how it goes this year.