We know our visitors like to see us in different cities,

They ask us, 'Are we going to be in the shot?' We say yes. They say OK,

I'd like to see us solve regional problems by working together, the cities and the county, ... I'm anxious to work with the other six mayors. And I think, too, that it's important for us to do a countywide education summit with all the school superintendents and mayors in the county getting together.

It's a kick for us to be able to open up that window to a different world to our home audience.

I've been around, and I see what other cities are doing, and I think, 'Why not us, we're a proud people,'

One thing that the studies make very clear, ... is that the other cities who are already ahead of us are not standing still.