It's not being driven by public policy.

The preservation of the rebate program should always be a priority until there is a stable form of property-tax relief and reform. It is the only lifeline and the only bridge until real reform is enacted. To take that away, which is meaningful property-tax relief, would be wrong in my mind.

You've got the foxes guarding the hen house, and that is never a good way to make public policy,

Remember we put a cap on benefit passing, a $250 cap, and I think public policy in this state is we don't want to see large benefit passing. And, indeed, we're not seeing it.

They're working in a public venue on public-policy issues, so why shouldn't their fees be made public? It's such a spin to say that this isn't fair to them or an invasion of their privacy.

When I get data back from a polling experiment, I look at it as a legitimate experiment in public policy, ... The idea is to make games that have an agenda. I'm trying to advance people, not as an entertainment form but as a social commentary.