We wouldn't have recommended [the permit] if we thought it was going to cause a problem.

We are reaching our long-term sustainability limits. Orange County would like to get all its water needs from the ground, but what they are agreeing to in this permit is much less than that.

I thought if we'd ever taken the lead, I thought that thought might start coming back into their minds that they can't win the big one. But we never took the lead, so we never saw how they'd react.

We shot-faked and I thought we got bumped a few times, but we didn't get the calls. That's how it goes.

Their initial thought was Lee Carter could assist EnABLES, and I said no way. . . . It's not appropriate to switch sides.

I think it's time we thought about having Katrina bonds,