Gov. Bush says his approach to this issue is working. Environmentalists say that he has been captive to financial backers at the expense of the citizens of Texas.

How to get them back and forth must be worked out, probably with the help of VIA,

The jobs being offered for evacuees are not taking anything away from our own residents,

It's a fairly quick turnaround time. It's working very smoothly.

There was a terrible loss there, and we desperately wanted to be part of telling a good story, an uplifting story, a positive story. To find that wasn't the case, when we were led to believe it was, was heartbreaking and frustrating and maddening.

This is a situation none of us have faced before, ... How many people who will stay here is hard to tell at this point.

The money's going up, the stakes are up, the professionalism's up. The days of doing stuff on a napkin are over.

Texas is a place where there are no limits on individual or political committee contributions and donations can and do exceed $100,000,

Texas is failing to meet federal environmental clean air standards and therefore there is pressure to lower pollution from these facilities. Gov. Bush has taken a position that they should do so through a voluntary program.

We're the fiscal agent for the whole thing.