“The plan now is full of technical and other management flaws, ... There's a basic bottom line: We are incredibly vulnerable, and our leaders are patting us on the head saying, `There, there. Trust us.'”
“We have evidence of compensation to top management when, as far as I know, firemen and police of the city got no extra bonuses for doing worse, more grotesque work,”
“So if the Legislature had a history of cutting the budget, the Business Council would be in favor of the amendment? ... You don't set up the rules for a democracy based on getting the particular outcome you want. That's just not thinking.”