The fact that this happened the day after September 11 (caused) a heightened sense of concern, ... I am here to assure you that our city is prepared to handle these situations. In fact power was restored to the vast majority of DWP customers, 90 percent, within the first two hours. |
The great thing about our system of democracy is when they call you for jury duty, you have to come, ... It's an honor and a privilege. I was called and I've got to be here. |
The key is not to look down, |
The reality is when you have a disaster of that proportion, you need the federal government, |
The reality is when you have a disaster of that proportion, you need the federal government, ... I think the question is, is the federal government prepared to provide the resources that we need? I think that, clearly, by what we've seen in Louisiana, the jury's out. |
The reason we're doing this is this is the kind of service people expect, ... The sooner we do this, the better for the streets and for drivers who don't have to pay to get their cars realigned. |
The statement was meant to instill fear, and fear is the most potent weapon the terrorists posses, ... Bombastic pronouncements are expected on the eve of terrorist incidents like September 11, but we cannot let such pronouncements alter our lifestyles. |
There is no question that all this has taken some of our attention away from the affirmative things you want to do in the first hundred days, ... But that's what being mayor is all about. There is always going to be an emergency and something to take your eye off the ball. |
There's no doubt that Proposition 76 would have a devastating impact on public safety, |
These kids right here, they're going to be mayors and governors and lawyers and artists and social workers and actors. And you're going to reach for the stars, right? You're going to follow your dreams, right? |
Today we get to celebrate football in Los Angeles. |
Today we say to America - we've come here to work. We clean your toilets. We clean your hotels. We build your houses. We take care of your children. We want you to help us take care of our children as well. |
troubling because they confirm that the outage was the result of multiple errors and a lack of communication. |
very excited about this bid. |
We already did better than we planned, |