George Twigg Quotes (13 Quotes)

This is a statement of principles. We are trying to look at the issue in a much more cooperative and collaborative way. It's a complex problem that will take many years to solve.

Given the news of last week the mayor thought it was fairly timely to be able to release it and use it as an opportunity to reinforce the message that sexual harassment - or any kind of harassment in the workplace - is not going to be tolerated.

We don't want to be a place where you have to be wealthy to live here.

There is no quick fix to this complicated issue. The plan that the council adopted this week provides a good long-term strategy for how we might achieve that goal.

It's one of the products of a very tight budget and trying to hold the line on property taxes. It's a creative way to save some money and do something creative in terms of conservation.

At that point in time (last year), the mayor had no information about these allegations. We were not aware at the time of information that subsequently has come to light. (D'Angelo) would have been looked at for things like the performance of his department, which was quite good.

That is still the mayor's hope.

I know the mayor is really excited about the event. He couldn't make the first one but he plans to be there this time.

Given they're bearing the entire cost of building out the network, and they're the ones taking on the risk, we think it's only fair for them to try to make it work first.

It wouldn't have saved any money to fire him. Having Bob retire as he did, the issue got resolved more quickly, immediately.

He continues to feel this is not the time to be doing this.

Generally speaking, the mayor is trying to get land use and TIF approvals to come before the full Common Council at the same meeting, so they can get considered in tandem. This is part of the TIF reform package that he supports.

It's a very good plan in terms of design. (But) we have a number of questions about the financing in the context of a tight budget situation.