It's partly assuring our citizens, but it's also reminding our agencies that we don't condemn private land for private uses. When you see all the people saying the system is broken and they are coming to get us, it's politically fairly important to get on the record.

The new Manpower survey, I think, reflects the optimism in San Antonio.

We asked Oregon folks why did it happen, and they said ... the Legislature had been given two or three chances to do some common-sense stuff and they hadn't done it.

Cross-border shopping accounts for a lot of jobs along the border, and it's significant even in places like San Antonio and Houston.

Pine is generally not an important allergen although it puts out tremendous amounts of pollen, ... but at the same time that pine trees are pollinating, oaks are pollinating.

With Express Software Manager Professional, we've saved $30,000 to $40,000 just by not having to buy software we didn't need. The investment paid for itself within a year with the reduction of software costs.

Well, you potentially could plant a lower allergy garden, but while you're out there planting it, you will bombarded by oak pollen, maples, grasses.

It will last until the fuel prices go down and the availability increases, ... We're trying to conserve as many ways as we can.