Mark Herron Quotes (12 Quotes)

I'm just going to wait and see what they tell me. Whatever they say, we'll do it.

We want to make 7-Eleven a destination for wine consumers by offering quality, value and convenience. Wine sales are growing and, with the addition of our affordably priced premium brand, Thousand Oaks, we expect to increase our share of the expanding wine market.

None of our guys took part in the golf tournament.

There's an acknowledgement that Mr. Anderson violated the election laws, but there's also a statement that when he was acting, he thought he was acting consistent with the law.

Now the Legislature has said it is clear that the law against gifts never envisioned covering this kind of stuff at conferences. That's our perspective, and we'll make that case to the ethics commission.

From my point of view, he's falling on the side of exercising his First Amendment right to voice his opinion. He's not using the mechanisms of campaigning to do it. He's just writing some letters.

The dictionary definition of 'nonpartisan' says it's not controlled by any one political party.

We believe it would be appropriate for the commission to exercise its discretion to determine that the public interest would not be served by proceeding further.

I think the Ethics Commission didn't give proper consideration to the investigation previously done by the deputy city manager, which concluded that he acted within the discretion given to him as chief of police in both instances.

There would be a cost for expenses of the commission, for commission staff, for computers, ... But it would be approximately half of the cost now because there would not be duplication.

We want to provide consumers a quick and convenient place to pick up a bottle of wine. Like some of our other popular proprietary brands, Thousand Oaks will be a high quality, great-tasting wine available only at 7-Eleven.

There's no special private gain that's going to inure to him because of the vote. His share of the company is so infinitesimal.