He just involves them with what he's doing and excites them about his interests.

The lake has risen 13 feet in four years, but if we do go into a drought again, we're right back where we started. My boss says I can't quit until the lake reaches that level.

It would give us a voice.

One of the best things I ever did was hire the guy. He's always thinking of new, creative ways to understand issues and express himself.

We pay a price when special interests win out over the collective national interest.

The entrenched interests want to protect the status quo, and the apologists for those interests want to say they can't have effective energy and clean air at the same time,