Steve Gunderson Quotes (13 Quotes)

It's like saying, 'You're on watch. Your conduct is of question. We have found evidence to date of the allegations to be sufficiently serious that the board felt some action was appropriate.

Reclaimed water is not raw sewage, but it's still unauthorized.

We appreciate the cooperation and constructive dialogue between our organizations over the past few months and respect the hard work they've done to provide the information we requested. We're also offering our continued assistance as they move forward in ways that enhance their work and the public's confidence in all that they do.

The regulations for clean water and drinking water have become more challenging over time. At the same time, growth has changed dramatically. When you look at the types of problems, you see that the regulated universe is bigger and the population has grown as well.

In order for Republicans to maintain control, they've gotta be able to show that can solve real peoples' problems, and obviously, for Bill Clinton, to minimize the traditional downturn of a midterm election, and really, his first two years is all he's got.

The Henry Hampton Award recognizes those foundations and independent filmmakers whose stories bring critical issues to life. The Film and Video Festival, one of the highlights of our annual conference, celebrates the importance of philanthropic investment in media and the hope it offers for advancing groundbreaking documentaries.

I look forward to contributing to that discussion. I think the whole movement toward improving the stewardship, the accountability of philanthropy is essential.

I beg to differ. I respond to what they (council members) want ... When they want me, I'm here. I guess the biggest function I have is to keep them out of trouble.

The acknowledgment of Bono and Bill and Melinda Gates by Time Magazine reflects the growing importance of philanthropy in society. The field of philanthropy is enduring a spectacular change fueled mostly by growth in size -- we have witnessed a 19 growth in the number of foundations in America during the past ten years -- and character. New and novel initiatives rise daily creating, in many respects, a time of optimism and creativity. Philanthropy is unique in that its resources go to creating long-term solutions and provides the opportunity and mandate to explore new creative solutions in ways not appropriate for public dollars. I think we have only just begun to see just how far this renewed interest in philanthropy is going to take us.

We are a nation that has been built on revolutions.

It could be a variety of things that may require them to fine-tune their system. In our enforcement, we take into consideration not only impacts to the environment, as well as whether we have a pattern (of problems), but also how responsive they are in trying to fix the problem.

We were pretty upset that five days after we'd signed a compliance order there was another spill.

Based on what we know, none of the information we've seen suggests either legal or ethical violations. Because we've seen no evidence of inappropriate conduct, we're concerned that the motivations behind the inquiry are political rather than substantive.