You can't govern against the people. One must have the humility to say: If the text is being misunderstood, I have to explain it better. We've got to get out of this standoff.

I am an African. I am white. I, in my humble way, and others in their much more brave way, have earned that right.

We're at the point where we would like to get public input. We want people to point out if there are other trails we should be looking at, if they have any kind of feedback on the trails or an ideas for them.

People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.

People are going to say what they want to say. We want to follow the same barometer for all cases, and we worked hard to do that here.

This is an important time for the public to get their input into the plan. If people have ideas of other trails, this is the time to put it on the map.