Everyone has half a pie now and can't do anything until they have a whole pie. With this deal, you're really bringing downtown to the river in two major ways. It's incredibly exciting. |
I made a promise to craft this, to put something on the ballot. And I've done that. I'm not going to go against my constituents. |
I would say it's in his best interest, at this stage of the game. |
If anyone does not think that a flood is possible in Dallas, I beg to differ. It is not only possible, but could be a reality, just as the models [showed] New Orleans's levee system under certain conditions could fail, and did. |
If this weren't Ray Hunt, if this were anybody else the emotions wouldn't be there, |
If we don't do something, I think Congress will eventually unwind the Wright amendment. At least we got them to stand down and not have Congress pick it off one state at a time. |
It ends up getting torn down. I don't think it has a viable use. |
It is an unused park for the citizens of Dallas, and I think this is the right direction. It would benefit Rowlett, because the economic development would be there. But it would keep the tax base in Dallas. |
It is appropriate, after five years ... for us to understand the ramifications, positive or negative, economic, environmental, traffic, and what have you. |
It's a huge problem. We're 25 years behind on the improvements we need. |
It's one more slap at Ray Hunt. |
It's very hard for us to make an intelligent decision without knowing all the facts. There's a lot of misinformation. |
The mayor has let her rage, her distaste for Ray Hunt, cloud her vision. We have a mayor who thinks she can make unilateral decisions that she cannot. This is not a monarchy. |
We don't see any connectivity that makes sense to us. We're going to start showing up at your meetings more, because our message doesn't seem to get across. |
We have a policy, ... If you want to change the policy, go to the committee, go to the appropriate authority. |