Were winning the fight, but they are a very formidable competitor.

They have both had great careers and are known for being very honest. They made the right decision in not being legal advisers because they felt there was conflict of interest.

These actions will allow us to reduce costs without impairing our new product development activities in pursuit of long-term growth opportunities.

Some management positions vacated by these resignations will be eliminated, consistent with my plans to flatten and streamline City Hall bureaucracy.

The city shouldn't own things like that.

I will close down the existing pension plan for future employees.

We will focus our organization around our two most promising opportunities ? flash memory devices and PC processors.

What I have proposed is putting a comprehensive plan together and finding out exactly what land the city has. What we would look into selling are the odds and ends: pieces that don't fit into parks, pieces that aren't in the public way.

There is probably going to have to be some middle ground -- a way to make sure [retirees] weren't so adversely affected that they can't live on what they're left with.