John Thomas
John Thomas
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Those investigations and those charges generally relate to a perception by the regulators ... that the city of Venice had become a rogue utility. That, in fact, there were a cadre of employees within the utility who had taken it upon themselves to get rid of the reclaimed water anywhere they could.
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We don't have any illusions that we are more talented than Langley. We won't beat them without pitching or great defense like last time.
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That's much more than we had anticipated. We think the Home Depot feature could be even more successful than the Wal-Mart one.
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This is the toughest I've ever seen, and I've been in the business quite a few years.
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This is a sculpture, hand-built base, with a face on it. I wanted to add cool colors for the shaded part and black-and-white stripes to the handle.
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I think what's happening now is there's an undertow of feeling in town that you guys are not actively trying to hurt us, but you are not doing anything to help us.
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People aren't seeing the cause and effect. These days, you see organizational statements and decisions being made by the program offices that are not necessarily consistent with a strong top-level technical design.
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Going through the district for the second time, we anticipate it will be a lot tougher. I think we caught some teams by surprise. I don't think teams were gunning for us like they will be this time around.
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He didn't have a malicious bone in his body. I never knew anybody that harbored any ill feelings toward him. He was always smiling or sleeping.
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By this afternoon, I'm sure there will be some emergencies.
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On a scale of 1 to 10, it will be a 4 throughout the Hill Country.
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It's not a little kid cartoon. It's deeper than that. It's about the transformation of life and humans.
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How bad does it have to get before people stop arguing and backstabbing? Someday, these (public officials) are going to have to answer for high water bills. When people ask what they did, they will have to say 'nothing.
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How bad does it have to get before people stop arguing and backstabbing?