We all know that Silicon Valley is the top tech region of the world. The message is that we are not the only tech region of the world.

It's fascinating that housing was No. 1 in all three of those categories.

If the conditions are right to mount a campaign for a quarter-cent transportation sale tax ballot measure in November 2006, we will need the leadership and guidance of thoughtful elected officials such as yourself. We hope you will join us in this effort.

I was heartened by the amount of time he spent talking about competitiveness. To hear him focus on math and science, especially in middle school and high school, was terrific.

Many of those founders were not only engineers but immigrants.

Two out of three middle school math teachers in California don't even have a math degree.

State revenue is growing, the economy is growing, and we have leadership that knows the importance of transit.

I had to wait six years to hear about long-term investment. But it was good to hear it.

If there was a giant sucking sound a few years ago, the sound is now a collective sigh of relief.