A slap in the face to the County Commission and to all the people that you misinformed. ... Whoever decided on that was absolutely out of line.

The main objective I will have on behalf of this board is to keep Scripps in Palm Beach County. But we're certainly not going to give away our firstborn to do it.

This county is in dire need of affordable housing. We have to use every single tool we have to put affordable housing anywhere it can be.

We hope that Scripps wants to be here, and we hope that Scripps is successful.

We believe it is good government to enact a law funding this research, rather than having to amend the Florida Constitution to do so, ... We support the Florida Legislature taking this up in March 2006 and we encourage that this legislation be passed.

They [tax protestors] can pack whatever chambers they want, and they can scream and rant all they want. This is one vote they're never going to get on their side.

I believe that number one, we owe it to our taxpayers to explore what our lands are worth and what we want to do. This in no way obligates us to accept offers.