It's unusual. It's a significant decline from the pace that he was on. |
Kari and I did this for the players. We wanted the guys to have a first-rate building to call their football home. |
Obviously, you've got to have some money for a state-wide race, but the point is to have it not be an auction. |
Special interests feel like that it's a pay-to-play system, so they supply the cash. Different groups are using different techniques to put together large amounts of money to have it identified from their own special interest, to get some credit and to gain some advantage, not only access, but to get favorable policy. |
That's a very difficult fine line for that person to walk. It raises concern as to what's going on. |
That's the best antidote for this whole thing. |
The kids did a great job. We ran the ball very well against them. |
The money chase in politics is out of control at this point. |
The perception is that politics is for sale and politicians are for sale. |
The speaker says that he's constantly receiving checks and passing them back out. That's part of what I'm saying is corrupt about our system now. Money is the commodity that dominates politics. |
There's some questionable ethical behavior, and for them now to be awarded a multi-million dollar contract -- that you're going to give it to them -- that's a pretty risky operation. |
They put a lot into this project. |
This is a golden opportunity for the newspapers to get a blank sheet and reinvent themselves. |
We are very sure that there are donors or interests that are putting money illegally, laundering money, business money, exceeding the contribution, using fake names. |
We don't have the infrastructure ... to prevent the current corruption that is upon us because of the lottery, ... Whether you like it or don't like it, it is coming with a cast of characters, and we don't have the tools to make them behave. We need to get them in place. |