If this weren’t Ray Hunt, if this were anybody else the emotions wouldn’t be there,

It’s one more slap at Ray Hunt.

The mayor has let her rage, her distaste for Ray Hunt, cloud her vision. We have a mayor who thinks she can make unilateral decisions that she cannot. This is not a monarchy.

It ends up getting torn down. I don’t think it has a viable use.

Everyone has half a pie now and can’t do anything until they have a whole pie. With this deal, you’re really bringing downtown to the river in two major ways. It’s incredibly exciting.

I would say it’s in his best interest, at this stage of the game.

We’re giving the citizens what they wanted, what they asked for.

I made a promise to craft this, to put something on the ballot. And I’ve done that. I’m not going to go against my constituents.

If we don’t do something, I think Congress will eventually unwind the Wright amendment. At least we got them to stand down and not have Congress pick it off one state at a time.

If anyone does not think that a flood is possible in Dallas, I beg to differ. It is not only possible, but could be a reality, just as the models [showed] New Orleans’s levee system...

It’s very hard for us to make an intelligent decision without knowing all the facts. There’s a lot of misinformation.

It is an unused park for the citizens of Dallas, and I think this is the right direction. It would benefit Rowlett, because the economic development would be there. But it would keep the tax...

It’s a huge problem. We’re 25 years behind on the improvements we need.

You think you can circumvent our authority and our powers. You can’t.

We don’t see any connectivity that makes sense to us. We’re going to start showing up at your meetings more, because our message doesn’t seem to get across.

We have a policy, … If you want to change the policy, go to the committee, go to the appropriate authority.

It is appropriate, after five years … for us to understand the ramifications, positive or negative, economic, environmental, traffic, and what have you.

You circumvent our authority and our process in this, … You stood there and said ‘I,’ ‘I,’ ‘I,’ ‘my vision,’ — she doesn’t know any other pronoun.