I'm so blessed. I was thankful to God that he delivered my prayers.

You've got to be willing to forgive and say, 'God, get something good out of something bad.' And if you'll make that choice ... God will do it.

My oldest daughter, she's kind of embarrassed of it now that she's 18. My 15-year-old god-daughter has her friends come over and hang out in it. She's kind of a rock-n-roller.

There are a lot of positive things happening in the city and it was a positive campaign. I met a lot of good people and I think, for the most part, they are pleased with what's going on.

Anything that we didn't water didn't do well. Field tomatoes were way off, cucumbers were way off.

I was astounded to hear there was a $17 million deficit.