We're not that far apart. Our goal is to get this completed prior to the winter holiday break.

We are extremely pleased to have this completed by the end of the year. There are many good things in this contract and few areas where we fell short. But at the end of the day, we have a contract that provides avenues for us to continue to work on improvements.

AMD is committed to encouraging innovation and creativity in the digital media community, ... Through this contest, we not only want to offer contestants a chance at the grand prize, but also provide a forum for them to share and showcase their digital masterpieces. We're looking forward to working with a talented crowd of digital media enthusiasts and viewing some truly stunning entries.

I don't know if they've got any money coming in from the Boeing Co. or not, ... If they don't, how long are they willing to sustain even a three-day workweek. Those are the conversations we're having with the company right now.

[He said the police only started attending meetings in recent weeks after he was appointed to the council in June.] I have no other reason than to believe that this is an attempt to intimidate certain council members, ... I have done no research on my legal feelings about this. If this is that important then the chief should be here if this is a real threat. I encourage my fellow council members to stop the nonsense.

I think this is very important, ... Most people don't take Constitutional rights as seriously as I do based on some comments I've received.