The whole metro area down there is at least a quarter of the population, and I’m sure it’s more than a quarter of the state’s economy.

It’s obviously a ton of money.

It’s the first attempt to get some numbers out there to get a feel for how big this thing is.

We’re doing great on growth on sales taxes so far. We expected this number to fall, but it hasn’t fallen yet.

People are spending to rebuild their lives, even if they don’t have a job or have lost their home. I thought we would have seen quite a slowdown. But people are apparently trying to keep...

We were very wrong in October.

People will think they just dropped cash on us. I don’t think so.

Back in February, when we projected $55 oil, oil prices were falling. We projected a weaker price over the summer.

You just have to have a threat there to worry markets and they (buyers) want to lock in prices.

The state is a customer just like everybody else, and we’ll have to pay more.

Relief workers in New Orleans, the money they’re paid is burning a hole in their pocket and they’re going to spend it.