We're not going to let the people of San Diego County down. We are on schedule. We are on time. And we're going to come up with a solution that hopefully will be embraced by the voters in November of 2006.

The board has not made a decision on anything. We're still going through the process.

People like to have a good time.

When you have 200, 300, 400 people at a time this is the place to be. Otherwise, you need to come to a (Red Cross) chapter where we can handle people that drive in on their own.

I think a lot of people are working and just making ends meet. I don't know that they have time to consider civic obligations.

Watching Chuck Berry walk out on that stage for the first time and looking out at all the people was almost surreal. We were tired after getting it all together, but seeing it actually happen, seeing the Pageant filled with people having a good time, was exhilarating.