With the combination of a growing economy, tight capacity and reduction of competitors, the supply-and-demand environment is such that you can pass on these extravagant fuel increases.

He mentioned something, but we weren't interested. When he first asked if we were interested it was before he was going to tear it down. I said 'Why would we want to take $40,000 to tear it down?' We've got other obligations that are priority right now.

The mayor won't listen to citizens. So we seem to be left with nothing but the process of recall.

Any grass-roots organization or group of individuals that come together often have an impact with local officials when they're reasonable. If someone's indignant, rude or loud, reasonable people get turned off. It's almost like they click a switch off in my brain when they get belligerent, and I almost don't hear some positives they may have.

We paid more money to live in a city like (Ripon is now).

I'm just not comfortable constantly building government.