That's a pretty sizeable reduction, and it appears to be working. So they knew that to be right, they had to be very, very right.

It's nice to have the companionship on the ride, too. An hour in the car alone gets pretty quite.

We saw there was a pretty big need for it up here and decided to come up and try to do it on our own.

I think it was a pretty good momentum booster, ... because they were starting to move the chains.

First and foremost, he's just one heck of a nice guy, ... Secondly, he's just pretty sharp. A lot of people have stereotypes about football players. Mike Bass is a very intelligent man. He did an outstanding job as appropriations director. Probably to this day, he has a better grasp of the state budget process than most people who work in Springfield.

I didn't immediately pick up the grandchildren (because of concern for the stitches) but I felt pretty good.