Any community that fails to prepare -- with the expectation that the federal government can or will offer a lifeline read more

Any community that fails to prepare -- with the expectation that the federal government can or will offer a lifeline -- will be tragically wrong.

The last time we did this there was some criticism on our procedure. It wasn't the selection. I want to read more

The last time we did this there was some criticism on our procedure. It wasn't the selection. I want to make that very clear. It was the way we handled ourselves on the logistics of it.

Mr. Romero was an ex-Marine, and Brandon loved to listen to his stories about being a Marine.

Mr. Romero was an ex-Marine, and Brandon loved to listen to his stories about being a Marine.

I'm getting faster, ... It felt good out there in Baltimore [he played about half the game Thursday]. The thing read more

I'm getting faster, ... It felt good out there in Baltimore [he played about half the game Thursday]. The thing I was most impressed with was that I slowed my heart rate down on the field. I was very methodical. I was directing traffic out there, letting people know what we were going to do.

When I saw the script, ... I called them that night. I liked it that much. I love this character, read more

When I saw the script, ... I called them that night. I liked it that much. I love this character, I think he's loaded with love. This is a blustering kind of guy who wears his heart on his sleeve. He tells the truth and that's why I love him.

With the things that create blight, there's a common thread that runs through all of them. If we were to read more

With the things that create blight, there's a common thread that runs through all of them. If we were to pull that string tight at one time through all of them, we'd make a lot of headway.

There was nothing expressed to him that requires him to leave at that time.

There was nothing expressed to him that requires him to leave at that time.

The Company We Keep: Reinventing Small Business for People, Community, and Place.

The Company We Keep: Reinventing Small Business for People, Community, and Place.

I think the game was lost in the (third) when we gave up five runs, then two more in the read more

I think the game was lost in the (third) when we gave up five runs, then two more in the fourth. I think, if we had shut them down or held them to one or two runs, they probably wouldn't have been as aggressive as they were. But they can swing the bats.