12 Quotes by Gregory Davis

We are here and we are not leaving, ... I'm not backing down from anybody.

Meetings are a middle class kind of thing, and we want to value the voice of people who can't come to meetings.

I believe we are in a very balanced position going into 2006.

Those of us who are soldiers day in and day out, have been kept from table because the church is in conflict and our kids are still dying.

When large numbers of poor families started showing up in the central valley of California, and also in Los Angeles, at a time when the federal government was providing very little assistance, then the burden of caring for those new residents fell to those towns and cities, and sympathy dried up pretty quickly.

We think that 2006 is going to be a very good year for the OTB. We will make a profit in 2006.

Blenders, bar accessories, cocktail shakers, ashtrays, cocktail glasses and little tiki bars, ... Anything you would normally stock a bar with, we carry. The '50s was a big cocktail era, and we sell almost every bar we get within a week or two.

The thrust seemed to be on programs that, for instance, (relate to) the homeless, single parents and quality housing. We had representation from organizations that work with residents in Rainier Beach. Ultimately, that's what our group is about: forming alliances and collaborations.

That's something that hasn't happened before. Up to this point, the focus has been collecting and reporting WASL (Washington Assessment of Student Learning) scores, so folks know what the schools in the neighborhood are producing.