47 Quotes by Kit Williams

hundred of thousands of dollars in attorneys fees.

I think this will be better because (violators) won?t get as far behind, so it?s easier, hopefully, for them to catch back up.

Recreating the South Pointing Chariot is particularly challenging because none of the original technical drawings remain in existence.

The reason the ancient Chinese chose south is probably because north was inauspicious to them. That was where the marauding hordes came from.

This thing would pay for itself to the city over time. This will generate new sales tax. I don't think anything would have happened on that site. It would have sat there and decayed without the help the city has provided through this redevelopment district. If the project would have worked without the city investing $3 million, then that site would have been developed a long time ago.

The state law has basically no effect on city ordinances, which remain in effect as long as they are more strict than the state law. A city ordinance doesn't overrule state law. A city ordinance can't make things less strict than state law.

A liquor-by-the-drink permit tells the state you are a restaurant. I think it's inconsistent to call yourself a restaurant at the state level and tell the city that you're a bar.

It was in the city's interest to get rid of this blight and bring a quality hotel, parking deck and convention facility to the square, and that's why it's worth the investment to do that. That's why the City Council voted in favor of this,

I'm not sure why there's that much. It could be because we sped up the process. We had several that were fairly large payments, so we collected quite a bit of money.