34 Quotes by Phil Hardberger

We are going to pay more than we ever have for a city manager, but we have a lot more San Antonio than we've ever had, too,

I think it is legitimate to assume we're not talking about next week they're going to go home, ... The city of New Orleans is effectively closed.

or at least give us the money to do it.

Jury verdicts became highly suspect and were frequently overturned for a variety of ever-expanding reasons, ... Jury assessments were wiped out by increasingly harsher standards for mental anguish and punitive standards.

I would like to see a more beautiful San Antonio. It's important to a city, and to individuals,

We intend to welcome these people with open arms and try to give them some dignity that these circumstances have taken away from them, ... We will not fail to respond the way we would want to be responded to.

We're not as strong in the media market as we could be because San Antonio sits off by itself, it's not in the middle of a metropolitan area. I know (with) the National League, that carries a lot of water.

This year's general-fund revenue, paid for by property-tax revenues, fines, fees and City Public Service income is $728 million. Last year was $620 million, which is (about) a 17 percent increase over last year. Phil's not doing anything different than what the rest of them (former mayors) do. That money comes from taxpayers' pockets.

Financial services may soon be the largest industry in San Antonio,