“You can't escape a component of your life, but you can put it in a place where you're OK with it. You have to be in control (of your life). Not just let tragedy take you down. Good things will happen for you again.”
“There's a big underlying problem with judges being identified with political parties, ... This case is a good reflection of the loss of public confidence that can lead to.”
“In this particular case, since we're only talking about contributions, it might not be a matter of who is nonpartisan enough, but who is poor enough not to have made any contributions,”
“Salem is lucky because we don't have any significant high rises. Low-rise buildings seem to fair better. We seem to have lots of single- and two-story buildings, which all fare well. Most of the structures in the city are framed with wood, which seem resistant in the event of an earthquake. Older, steel buildings tend to fall apart quicker. Wood is flexible. Salem would probably fare very well, other than the downtown area.”
