“I look back and realize I am not happy with what the local agencies are doing, but the state did worse.”
Ryan McKee
“We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.”
François de la Rochefoucauld
“Most of the tenants are local entities who have multi-state, if not a national presence in their fields.”
Gregg Gothreaux
“[The move to e-procurement may take a while, mainly because many state and local users do not seem quite ready.] Some of our concerns are a lack of tools and standards for using XML as well as the fact that most of our users use older Web browsers that don't support XML, ... We expect these issues to be addressed fairly soon, as standards are now being set and new tools are becoming available.”
Brian Richardson
“Plans were offered to them (state and local governments), and they did not implement them,”
Orrin Hatch
“We got no assistance from the Red Cross, period. Not from the local, state or national chapters.”
Gary Hargrove
“The federal government doesn't have the money. The rebuilding money should come from state and local budgets. States should issue bonds for long-term investments for freeways and the like. ... They should look at innovative private financing mechanisms.”
Chris Edwards