I'm not an insider, and I don't really have an agenda. I don't have anyone pulling my strings. I would want people to call me and let me know what they'd like to see happen in Spring- field.

I do not support a fee. I do not want to discourage any small business from coming to Springfield.

A lot of people do not feel safe here, and I think that's a big deal. We absolutely need to find funding for the jail.

If only we could accept that there is no difference between us where human values are concerned. Whatever sex.

I began writing 'The Cold Song' in the months following my father's death, when I felt this sense of loss, disappearance, of being right in the middle of life and wondering: 'What now? How to proceed?'

We all need somebody to talk to. It would be good if we talked... not just pitter-patter, but real talk. We shouldn't be so afraid, because most people really like this contact; that you show you are vulnerable makes them free to be vulnerable.