A pay increase of 5 percent is more than justified. It would compensate for losses we've had in the past and I'd like to be able to buy the everyday things I've put off for years, like a new TV. |
I am upset with the effect that both of these issues have had on the public, |
I was uncomfortable with the timing, ... We were getting millions less from the federal government for Medicaid and having to search for funds to restore some of those cuts and I just did not think it was right to put a pay raise on the board that would cost tens of millions of dollars. |
Many residents have grown more cynical about government, ... Sure, I want my constituents to feel good about me as their legislator, but we have to do something to restore the public's faith in government. |
Most entrepreneurs are merely technicians with an entrepreneurial seizure. Most entrepreneurs fail because you are working IN your business rather than ON your business. |
My experience has shown me that the people who are exceptionally good in business aren't so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more. |
The difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next. The difference between the two is the difference between living fully and just existing. |
The greatest business people I've met are determined to get it right no matter what the cost. |