She (Alonso) wrote checks, gave them to friends, family members, businesses ... they cashed them and gave back cash to read more

She (Alonso) wrote checks, gave them to friends, family members, businesses ... they cashed them and gave back cash to the tune of $10,000, $18,000, $11,000 in cash.

It has proven to be a very effective [model]. It is a single point for education, enablement--what I call kicking read more

It has proven to be a very effective [model]. It is a single point for education, enablement--what I call kicking the tires.

There is one word in America that says it all, and that one word is, 'You never know.'

There is one word in America that says it all, and that one word is, 'You never know.'

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction

The worker is being treated at the hospital for non-life threatening injuries.

The worker is being treated at the hospital for non-life threatening injuries.

I began to think, The endowment has had a bad reputation in the last few years, and that's unfair.

I began to think, The endowment has had a bad reputation in the last few years, and that's unfair.

We don't have qualified people to speak. They don't have experts and commentators. There's no political discourse in this city, read more

We don't have qualified people to speak. They don't have experts and commentators. There's no political discourse in this city, and it showed.

I know it's got a lot of sports fields. We're going to set all sorts of records.

I know it's got a lot of sports fields. We're going to set all sorts of records.

What I've tried to tell them is that it's an acknowledgement of their hard work, but not to let it read more

What I've tried to tell them is that it's an acknowledgement of their hard work, but not to let it go to their heads. They still have to go out and work hard every single day in order to maintain it.