We're blessed in Northwest Arkansas with a good economy and a growing population.

The whole of the global economy is based on supplying the cravings of teo per cent of the world's population.

Bay Area public services have not kept pace with demands of our economy and growing population. Freeways are jammed, commutes are longer, the power supply is vulnerable to a hot summer, and water systems could snap in a major earthquake. Well aware of this, business leaders can be optimistic that negotiations between the Governor and the Legislature on an infrastructure bond are focusing on what gets funded not if there's a need for funding.

I know we're going to hear a major cry from that population.

The American population is continuing to diversify, and Hispanics have become a very important part of the sports economy,

It's so different for us. We're not used to anything other than Spanish. It's a growing population and we have to figure out how to deal with it.