The mayor believes that it took decades for our lakes to reach their current condition, and it will take decades or more to restore them to a significantly higher level of quality.

Generally speaking, the mayor is trying to get land use and TIF approvals to come before the full Common Council at the same meeting, so they can get considered in tandem. This is part of the TIF reform package that he supports.

I know the mayor is really excited about the event. He couldn't make the first one but he plans to be there this time.

It's been a pretty graphic reflection of how much these nomination races are driven by momentum.

It's a very good plan in terms of design. (But) we have a number of questions about the financing in the context of a tight budget situation.

It's one of the products of a very tight budget and trying to hold the line on property taxes. It's a creative way to save some money and do something creative in terms of conservation.

It's a project the mayor would like to see get done. We're not pushing the panic button yet.

This is a statement of principles. We are trying to look at the issue in a much more cooperative and collaborative way. It's a complex problem that will take many years to solve.

It wouldn't have saved any money to fire him. Having Bob retire as he did, the issue got resolved more quickly, immediately.

At that point in time (last year), the mayor had no information about these allegations. We were not aware at the time of information that subsequently has come to light. (D'Angelo) would have been looked at for things like the performance of his department, which was quite good.