We started talking about the need for a Main Street Historic District about two years ago because of the need to preserve the history and heritage of our community.

The commission only has the power to offer advice on maintaining historic properties.

We've selected these buildings because of the age, the architecture and the past owners. Our goal is to maintain the integrity of this historic district.

It seems we might be a little more generous with the distribution of dollars when we're talking about $5.8 billion in new money this year.

When you're talking about a frail person who is taking care of a spouse it'd be very difficult to load that person in and out of the vehicle. We're also talking about people who are wheel chairs or use walkers, which makes it very difficult to get in an out of car.

I thought he was crazy. I may still think he's crazy. But he started talking about it, and it started sounding better and better.