I opposed annexing in areas around our city borders, because I knew that if neighborhoods wanted to be a part of the city, well, they would mandate themselves in and invite themselves into a city. That's just one example of even on a local level how dangerous it is for a politician to start thinking they know more than that individual family, that individual business.

When my own son is going through what he goes through, coming back, I can certainly relate with other families, who kind of fill these ramifications of some PTSD.

I say to the Occupy protesters - you're occupying the wrong place, you're protesting the wrong thing.

We know the only fish that goes with the flow is a dead fish.

You either get free stuff or you get freedom. You cannot have both and you need to make a choice.

Patriotic is saying, government, you know, you're not always the solution.

I'm very, very pleased to be cleared of any legal wrongdoing, any hint of any kind of unethical activity there. Very pleased to be cleared of any of that.