I don't think it's right to stop these other people from doing their business. I think we made our voices clear and that's enough for me. I don't think we need to keep drawing attention to ourselves and making these other people suffer.

Each store we put in generates $1 million a year for local residents. Each store employs six to eight people. California is giving us a hard time, so we're focusing on places other than California. The losers from this legislation are the people of California.

We're riding a paradigm shift in how people buy and sell goods, and we need a media services company with a cutting-edge, fresh approach to effectively reaching the consumer. We selected Palisades Media Group because their direct marketing approach combines creative solutions and the strategic thinking of brand marketing, with the added value of partnership marketing and immediate gratification of direct sales. Their expertise will be an integral part of our cutting edge business.

We believe that it's not only a good exercise of business judgment, but it's fundamentally right to offer as many options to our labor force as we can.

There's a lack of leadership right now. Investors don't know where to put their money. A lot of people are waiting to see what the flood of earnings is going to be over the next few weeks.

Most people like doing business with people that are from where they are from. The investors in this bank live in this neighborhood, live in Dallas and share in the belief that independent, locally owned banks can provide a benefit to the community.