(Richard) is glad that the city followed their attorney's advice and chose to accept the reasonable settlement. And he trusts that the relations with the neighbors will be restored over a period of time after the operation of the helicopter, once they realize the situation isn't as serious as (they) believed it to be. |
During the Olympic process, I was approached by a third party who claimed to represent IOC members. He was certainly known well with the Olympic movement, and he said we wouldn't win the bid unless we provided commercial endorsements, |
I said to him that we would rather lose the bid than enter into that type of arrangement. |
I'm not saying it should be made a condition, I just think it is one of the issues that should be taken into consideration. |
If you commit enough of certain types of crimes, you are deemed to be a racketeer. The county officials have even bragged about this fraud. |
Ms. Kaczynski felt that management failed to keep the board informed of important issues facing the company or failed to do so in a timely fashion. |
The only thing [they don't] say is, 'if you don't give it to us, we're going to break your legs,' |
There could be a ring levee around some outside communities that are not behind the big barrier that we are looking at. In some cases, maybe people should be relocated. |
They refuse to pay blackmail to the county. Development rights are just what kneecaps are to the rest of us. |
Whenever you're dealing with a small town, you have to look at all of your options, and it wasn't always clear that Vineyard still wanted to be a town. |