The Governor's Mansion is a beautiful home, a beautiful building - we're privileged to have a chance to live there. It certainly doesn't feel as comfortable as our home.

Taxpayers deserve a government that harnesses technology to better serve the people.

The demands of the present must stand above the political habits of the past.

Child abuse and neglect offend the basic values of our state. We have a responsibility to provide safe settings for at-risk children and facilitate permanent placement for children who cannot return home.

The spirit and determination of the people to chart their own destiny is the greatest power for good in human affairs.

Public education is an investment in our future.

We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public education and the diffusion of knowledge.