I've proven I can win on Nantucket. Money can only buy newspaper ads and TV time. It's not the same as a handshake and having someone ask for your vote.

For the first time in 10 years, the first of the month (of March) was a tight squeeze.

Travel surveys show that parents want to spend more time with their children, and, believe it or not, kids say they want to do things with their parents. This gives them something to do together.

To retailers who have invested so much time and money into their shops, this brings something more.

They said they wanted to raise money for the flood victims, and sure, that was fine with me,

Allowing city commissioners to spend money in that way is improper.