Chief, if you are committed to doing that, like you said you are, along with your staff, we will do whatever it takes to work to achieve those goals. But we have got to be honest with each other.

And to move forward and to build on it (better communications) I think would be in the best interest of, not only the chief's relations with the union, but with the members of the police department, with the police commission and the community.

It was for the first time really that the chief acknowledged we weren't making these things up. The problems exist in the department.

It will be a major advantage, because we'll play in front of family and friends.

In three minutes, 98 percent of all the matter there is or will ever be has been produced. We have a universe. It is a place of the most wondrous and gratifying possibility, and beautiful, too. And it was all done in about the time it takes to make a sandwich.

You can always tell a Midwestern couple in Europe because they will be standing in the middle of a busy intersection looking at a wind-blown map and arguing over which way is west. European cities, with their wandering streets and undisciplined alleys, drive Midwesterners practically insane.