They really forced the issue and made it happen. The seniors willed us to win. |
This company has a long way to go before it can return to its old levels of profitability. |
This is really a Palm issue. In the process of spinning off Palm we sorted out liability issues. |
To be honest, at first some of the guys had the mindset that they didn't want to play in the NIT. But this is another opportunity to play basketball again. We're trying to win a championship. It's not the Final Four, but it's the next best thing. |
Typically private clubs around the country are struggling a bit, and we just wanted to be progressive about it. With all the growth Downtown and the new condos, we just want to make sure they've heard about us. |
Union leaders are in an uncomfortable political position, ... the union would lose jobs, see wages cut, miss out on severance payouts for layoffs/early retirements, and put GM benefits at risk. |
We actually have turned work away on ethanol. Right now, we have a workload that takes us out to next summer . . . and that's just with ethanol. |
We didn't deserve to win this game tonight. |
We had no other choice. There's good people in the world. This really is all we have. We have friends here. We have our lives here. |
We had people at the luau tell us this initiative was long overdue. |
We have to figure out how to set up the booths. And, the program has to be done too. |
We hope that other towns can see this being done. If they see it doesn't take that long, we might get everybody a home. |
We jumped at the opportunity to do something to help a fellow officer. |
We knew this would be a critical event for us. |
We see this as a test of their ability to face reality. |