I was struck by the deep commitment that some of these individuals have for green building and the number of years they have been involved with the practice. Most of them have not just recently jumped on the bandwagon, but have helped create the current momentum that green building is enjoying locally.

Anyone can dabble, but once you've made that commitment, your blood has that particular thing in it, and it's very hard for people to stop you.

We've made a commitment to continue to do our normal checks. We don't want that to happen, however. We want to reach an agreement with our workers and that's where we're focused.

I don't think there's a commitment in this administration.

I don't know that. But we've made a commitment to present an operating plan in the next 30 days.

I have made both a philosophical and financial commitment to the goal of securing the rights of the voters to approve any plan that will change the entire character of the city. Citizens who believe that the city is wrong in trying to prevent us from voting have an obligation to make financial sacrifices to stop this attempt at thwarting the right to vote.