We revised the budget based upon September and October taxes that had been collected. When I am looking at this December report, we are another $1.5 million over the revised budget for September and October figures.

We expect it (increased sales taxes) will continue that way through the year. With Mardi Gras, as well as Festival International, we will see only more people here, not just Katrina residents here, but more visitors.

I think we will have a balanced budget. I don't think we have a balanced capital improvement fund.

In Haiti, we call him our Martin Luther King.

My recollection was that he wanted a guarantee as opposed to just a recommendation, You have been arrested by Kenyans and ultimately it's up to them what's going to happen to you.

In Lake Charles, the United Way was a big contributor to their system. The school board here talked about how it could be supplemented. There were ways to pay for this. You could also get the track involved ... employees could just hop on the bus to get to work. And you could work out a shuttle program with the Wal-Mart distribution center for their work shifts.