We're not the only ones in the state having that problem. A lot of the buildings are coming in higher than anticipated.

It's going to probably to have to be a smaller building.

We're going to have to end up rejecting all the bids and working through some changes to the design and going out to bid again. We're determined to have this building; it's just going to be a little less than we hoped for.

My heart goes out to the brave citizens of Syria, who each day risk and even sacrifice their lives to achieve freedom from a murderous regime. We in Israel welcome the historic struggle to forge democratic, peace-loving governments in our region.

My family's dream, and my own, was to live in Israel, and our eventual voyage to the port of Jaffa was like making a dream come true. Had it not been for this dream and this voyage, I would probably have perished in the flames, as did so many of my people, among them most of my own family.

For me, dreaming is simply being pragmatic.