The city has hired really talented department heads. The council's role is to give them a vision of how to manage their departments well.

Developing an agenda and setting goals, then working together as a council will be a way to have a clear sense of what we are doing and where we are going.

It is important to provide finances for services. Spending money wisely and looking for ways to save money and promote economic development are tasks best done together.

Vision without action is Hallucination.

As far as his vision is concerned, [Gore] is probably the most natural of all of them. He runs low, he sees things other guys don't see. He goes to the daylight as good as anybody.

His ability to set a tone and vision was unparalleled.