When Michael Brown admitted to reporters that he didn't know thousands of survivors were stranded at the New Orleans convention center without food or water, even though TV journalists had been reporting that fact for hours, his appearance before us today became inevitable. |
When you double the size of your convention space, you don't necessarily just double your convention business, ... You have the ability to maybe triple or quadruple it because you have opened yourself potentially to a much larger market. |
You can look at objective measurements such as RPI ratings and schedule strength and stuff like that and see that we're closer. I can look at tape and see where we're improved, and where we're closer. But it's still hard to lose. |
You can often find the best information about family needs through their communities of faith. The connections we're making assure engagement of the entire community in the recovery process. |
You have to respect the process at this time. It often happens in the United States, the politicians want to do one thing and the courts or the regulatory agencies do something else. |
You know what they're going to do. They're going to defend and they're going to play very hard. The challenge is matching that. |
You never know how guys are going to progress. I just hope he's scratching the surface. He has a chance to be a good player. I'd kind of like it to be now. |
You see it with Chris Bryant and Jonathan Cox, and Ajay Calvin and Al Stewart. With a lot of our guys, one night they'll do something, the next night you won't see it. |
You take those out and you lose the incentive. |
You've got to think [the difference in experience] is going to be a factor for them and for us, especially early. I'm the only one who has any experience down there, and my experience doesn't count. |