Government needs to respect private property. It needs to understand the impact of its regulations.

The SALT Block does have physical needs. The West Classroom building and auditorium needs renovating. We need more space for the museum of art, the science center.

Any regulations adopted since December 31, 1995 that damages or harms the value of your property by restricting how the property can be use would be subject to our initiative. Farmers are being driven off land by government regulations.

We want this initiative to be seen as reasonable and fair. Our initiative treats all property owners the same, and we wanted to pick a reasonable period of time.

At the 10,000-foot level, this is very simple. If you take or damage something of mine, you ought to pay me for it.

He really listened to what I had to say, and he was great, always treated me with respect.