Dennis Bailey Quotations

The only way for a casino to work, which is part of the business plan, is for people to lose money.

I did a small part, he's the one who did the big part.

He will vigorously defend himself against these allegations to protect his reputation, his family and his associates, and he is confident of a successful outcome.

We do look quickly before we go out the door now,

We've lived there 15 or 16 years. We knew they were there. We never got to see one close up. When you live in the woods, that's the price you pay.

Where are the people who lost their jobs or were denied housing? ... You've got to have a huge education campaign to tell people to go to the polls to fix a problem they don't think exists.

We called out to it a couple of times trying to get it to lift its head so we could take its picture. He was so engrossed in eating, and when he got done he just ambled off down the railroad ties and into the woods.

There are probably better ways to raise money than relying on playing poker at Scarborough Downs. That is like having a cash bar to raise money for your school.

We've had our bird feeder smashed a couple of times, but we never saw what it was. We kind of figured it was a bear,

We count on the city for fire service, but we've contemplated starting our own fire service in the past. (Universities) have two options: you either work with the city or you start your own fire service.

The wording of the manual will hopefully mitigate the problem. But for somebody looking for a reason to begin withholding the information, the form gives them that justification.

Quoddy Bay has looked at several communities for a possible storage facility for LNG.

This is so fundamental that most people take it for granted, and it only really hits home when they find out too late that there's been a decision made that directly affects them. They get real angry when they find out the decision was made in secret. This law will clarify for members of the public and public officials what business must be conducted in the open.

Asking people to vote on matters that are kept secret from them is a farce. It's a joke to say you can operate a free government when the people don't know what's going on.

It's my sincere hope it will make things clearer and therefore easier for everybody concerned, ... It tells you as a public official that if you do certain things you shouldn't get in trouble. And it tells the media that if they're doing those things then you shouldn't take them to court.

It was ahead of its time, but over the years, court decisions had weakened it to the point where it was a shadow of its former self, ... There are plenty of gray areas in any statute of this type. We narrowed them as much as we could.

I'm not sure that's going to be any easy sell either.

I didn't know if this guy could pull it off, but darn it if he could do it, I was all for it,