We need to send a message to the federal government that they cannot leave the city of Houston alone.

This is what taxpayers want... a project like this that is fiscally sound.

The feeling is one of excitement, anticipation and the end of a long wait. There is a great fan base here that happens to be Hispanic, largely of Mexican descent, and they will follow this team with passion.

The government has rejected the standard of the best interest of the child as the guiding principle,

This government can get things done when we put our minds to it. The real goal is that we institutionalize that in the police department.

This settlement solidifies the idea that local community leaders can pressure the central government, through illegal and violent action, into giving those communities what they want.