We had some extraordinary people here back in those days. Those miners were rough and tough, but they had hearts of gold, too.

Everybody's hoping it will open. What we've heard is that it's not a matter of if they're going to open it, but when.... We're all anxious to see them start it up again.

It's time to go after it.

We've always been a mining town. Now we're going to boom again.

That's what got him motivated. He seems to care about people, and the City Council is definitely out of touch with people. He wants to be a candidate that people can trust and go to.

If I do something on AOL, I can hit 20 million people. I can't do that on TV anymore.