29 Quotes by Dan Kelly

We have no choice but to pick up what the state has refused to fund,

We did fine. So far, so good. I wasn't sure what to expect with so many young kids here for the first time. Tomorrow is the harder day.

We've staved it off for 15 years, but we have to pay the piper -- the time is here. To use money just to keep a dwindling school alive is not wise. I understand that it's difficult, but looking at it overall, it's not the board's fault enrollment in particular schools is going down, and it's not the board's fault that families have to move to Tracy to buy a house.

My first car was a 1969 Dodge Charger, and I've just been into Chargers ever since,

Right after the hurricane, we briefed the staff, ... Get the packs ready, get stuff together.

He woke up this morning and said he was sick. I had him sleep until noon. He was throwing up with a fever. We gave him crackers and water all day.

I think what we are going to lose out on is full and fair debate over the issues.

I wonder why are we electing these people in the first place, if not to listen and consult with the public and then make the best possible decisions afterward,

The actual idea took about five seconds. It took me maybe an hour to think it through and understand the impact, but the actual idea just popped in my head, ... I was reading an article in the Wall Street Journal about the Hurricane Katrina Emergency Tax Act of 2005 ... I was interested to see what the federal government was doing to help the victims of the hurricanes.