I'm hopeful today that we will have a superintendent.

This has been very compelling.

We must find creative ways to re-energize students and get them to be prolific readers.

I am surprised at the number of kids who are leaving the school. That did surprise me. We don't know if we can ever resolve that particular problem.

Today's report shows we still have a lot of work ahead of us.

The Legislature will not waste taxpayers' money and come back to town to do something this board has already done.

You might be saying, 'I love you' to your girlfriend in Cantonese, but it will still sound like you're fighting. It's just our tone. We always sound like we're in a shouting match. Mandarin is so mellow. Cantonese is strong and edgy.

For a small carrier, the thing that might be good with rate regulation is that it prevents larger carriers from undercutting and provides us a way to remain competitive in the marketplace. A lot of carriers don't like it because it's an inconvenience and costly, but if you look at it from a consumer's standpoint we have to be able to justify our rates to our consumers and that's the bottom line.