The town was given a pretty clear message that it needed a new site.

The town was given a pretty clear message that it needed a new site.

In essence, it will put the taxpayer in control of future tax increases.

In essence, it will put the taxpayer in control of future tax increases.

Christmas is over and Business is Business

Christmas is over and Business is Business

one of the more enjoyable aspects of the job.

one of the more enjoyable aspects of the job.

I got off stage and this guy walked up to me. He's like this ball of energy. His name was read more

I got off stage and this guy walked up to me. He's like this ball of energy. His name was Lawrence Mathis, a manager. He said. 'I like what you're doing, and I'd like to talk to you. What are your plans? What are you doing?' I said, 'You caught me at a bad time, because I'm probably moving home in a couple of months.' But I met with him that next Monday and told him what was going on. He said, 'Give me a year to work with you.' I said, 'l don't have a year. I've got six months, at best.' He said, 'All right. Six months.' Five weeks later we got offered a deal from Broken Bow.

[Benigno Aguirre, of the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware, has been watching and reading about looters in read more

[Benigno Aguirre, of the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware, has been watching and reading about looters in Louisiana.] It may look from the outside as if they are stealing or breaking the law, ... when in fact some of them are trying to survive.

It's very much a sensitivity model; you don't know what your business looks like a month out. If it rains read more

It's very much a sensitivity model; you don't know what your business looks like a month out. If it rains tomorrow, or it rains for the next week, then you're missing your entire month or quarter. It's a thin business as far as margins are concerned.

Full restoration, if you're talking about the way they were in 1972, I think is impossible. A lot of cities read more

Full restoration, if you're talking about the way they were in 1972, I think is impossible. A lot of cities have been built in the lowlands that have been dried.

I expected today's stage to be drier than yesterday, because of the slightly higher altitude. The important thing was to read more

I expected today's stage to be drier than yesterday, because of the slightly higher altitude. The important thing was to stay in touch with the leaders without taking any risks and dropping too much time. It was a good day for me.