Jim Smith
Jim Smith
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The administration needs to run the city like a business. We're a $35 million corporation ... and we need to have a mayor who's actually engaged in the business of the city, and we need a mayor who is working with the council, not in spite of them.
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Snowboarding is my passion. When my pro career was winding down, I didn't feel done by any means. I still loved riding and I was still out there a bunch. The transfer to coaching and to being out there with kids was natural.
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The minute a politician tells people to conserve, it creates a panic. It is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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The consensus view is it is a net benefit to the country.
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Consumers shouldn't jump on what to do with their personal spending based on what happens to rates.
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(The offer) is not what the building is worth. If I were to put the building on the market right now, it would be for more than they offered me.
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We just played hard and you can't give to anything else except for the kids and their heart. We started getting some open looks and then making threes.
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We weren't mentally ready to play. We did not play well defensively, that's the bottom line.
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At Oxford it took me weeks to convince the man on the gate that I was the manager. He always gave me the third degree before he let me in.
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Crude oil prices are being driven by fear and speculation. The price (of gasoline) is a minimum of a dollar a gallon too high.
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As the media concentrates on bad news it's important somebody stands up for the good that happens in this world.
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What needs to be done to lift the advisory is ensuring that the water system can reliably provide clean water - a day, a month, a year from now.
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We are a polarized society. You've got both people for and against, but there is a large portion that won't get involved.
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We will not stand by and let this happen without a fight,