12 Quotes by Rick Harper

We're adding jobs at three to four times the monthly rate in July 2002.

Retail sales in the metropolitan area are rising faster than the rest of the state.

One of the reasons the U.S. economy is more dynamic than Europe's and Japan's is because we have foreigners who want to work here. In our area, immigration holds down the cost of farm goods and roof repair. And it increases the ability of contractors to respond more rapidly after a hurricane with lower prices.

Jobs are going to go where the well-trained people are. The high-quality jobs will locate where they want to, so we have to work on education as job one.

It doesn't make sense to think of them as two counties. They are joined at the hip.

That would mean one in every 13 residents is Hispanic. It sounds too high.

Why is there so much standardization in the industry? There's a very simple answer for that -- Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

Families would add economic impact above and beyond the crew members.

Say you are five months behind on your mortgage payment, and the lender will not take partial payments. You can say, 'I will make my normal payment plus 1/ 36th of my arrearage a month over three years.' The lender is forced to accept that if the court approves it.