We're surprised at the number of people who seem to be moving into the district -- it's more than in past years. They just keep coming.

The increase has been larger this year than we've seen in the past. The introduction of some nationally known restaurants probably has driven traffic toward them, and we always see when a new restaurant opens, it tends to draw people to that area.

I feel no excuse is good enough for what's been going on in the past few weeks,

When it comes to the past, everyone writes fiction.

Speed kills. That's something they've been missing here on the perimeter the past couple of years.

Parents are frustrated. We ask them to bear with our growing pains. All the spaces are filled.