No one, I'm sure, wants to be perceived as leaving a city in its hardest moment. How that will bear on his decision, I don't know. |
One thing that the studies make very clear, ... is that the other cities who are already ahead of us are not standing still. |
That's why we have to run faster than the pack in order to close the gap and get ahead -- or be relegated to this (lower-tier) category indefinitely, ... If what we want to do is build the future, create better jobs, raise incomes and create opportunities for our children, staying in the lower category is not good enough. |
The hurricane complicates things in that what would have been purely a business decision becomes a decision of the heart, |
The idea is to boost the home-ownership rate, ... Rates for ... newlyweds are (currently) low. We're looking for ways to increase (that). |
The idea of helping revitalize cities with physical projects and them taking the form of housing really gives me the kind of fulfillment that I seek in my work, |
The idea of helping revitalize cities with physical projects and them taking the form of housing really gives me the kind of fulfillment that I seek in my work. |
The truth of the matter is, whatever the possibilities between New Orleans and San Antonio, that may have been once upon a time, but that's all pre-Katrina. With the effect the Saints can have on the people of New Orleans and Louisiana, I think they will make every effort to keep them there. |
This is fundamentally a new ballgame for San Antonio. The last decade has been one of consolidation, which is setting the platform for very substantial growth. This has been one of the steadiest markets in the country, and I think steady is about to become accelerated. |
This is not a critique, ... but just a recognition that as strong as we think our biotechnology and research sector is, we've got a long way to go — and other cities are not standing still. |
This was an unqualified success. I don't think you can ask for much better than this — beautiful day, exciting game, enthusiastic crowd, near-sold out house. |
We can either allow our youth to shoot baskets or watch them continue to shoot people |
We know of four Japanese biomedical companies right now that are using San Antonio clinical facilities for advanced testing, ... Those companies need to be persuaded not just to test here but ... to also locate new facilities here. That has to be a priority. |
will defend himself vigorously. |
You could argue that an N.F.L. team is less important now. But I'd like to think it would still be an asset, that it's still a positive for an up-and-coming city. |