George Twigg
George Twigg
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One of the hopes of Overture was to spur redevelopment along State Street. This is a good step in that direction. This is a very attractive project that continues the revitalization of Downtown. Hopefully, there's more where this came from.
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It wouldn't have saved any money to fire him. Having Bob retire as he did, the issue got resolved more quickly, immediately.
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At that point in time (last year), the mayor had no information about these allegations. We were not aware at the time of information that subsequently has come to light. (D'Angelo) would have been looked at for things like the performance of his department, which was quite good.
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There is no quick fix to this complicated issue. The plan that the council adopted this week provides a good long-term strategy for how we might achieve that goal.
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We don't want to be a place where you have to be wealthy to live here.
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It's one of the products of a very tight budget and trying to hold the line on property taxes. It's a creative way to save some money and do something creative in terms of conservation.
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It's a very good plan in terms of design. (But) we have a number of questions about the financing in the context of a tight budget situation.
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It's been a pretty graphic reflection of how much these nomination races are driven by momentum.
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It's a project the mayor would like to see get done. We're not pushing the panic button yet.
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We feel that this can help provide an edge for the city in marketing as a place that is forward-thinking in terms of technology.
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This is a statement of principles. We are trying to look at the issue in a much more cooperative and collaborative way. It's a complex problem that will take many years to solve.
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Given they're bearing the entire cost of building out the network, and they're the ones taking on the risk, we think it's only fair for them to try to make it work first.
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Given the news of last week the mayor thought it was fairly timely to be able to release it and use it as an opportunity to reinforce the message that sexual harassment - or any kind of harassment in the workplace - is not going to be tolerated.
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He continues to feel this is not the time to be doing this.