In the past we'd get our regular donors and nothing else would come in, whereas this year, people are adding $1, $5, $10 on their bills. It's really helping a lot.

But most people don't believe the bill will past the final two readings.

The amount of money people are willing to spend to stay here, it's a lot more than in the past.

I don't think anybody knows what the gas prices are going to do. We've seen all the indications that gas prices are going up.

My opinion is we're going to need everything we can get our hands on. I'm more than a little concerned at this point, especially if the predictions [of high prices] come to fruition.

What you're seeing is a little more balanced attack than we've seen in the past.