Dennis Kelly Quotations

Our members last got a raise when Willie Brown was the mayor of San Francisco and Gray Davis was the governor of this state. The district, we believe, can do better.

Staffing levels do not meet requirements, and these facilities are chronically understaffed.

It is difficult to get in and out and to operate as a normal school. If the schools are to operate normally, we need the leverage in which to do so.

We really wanted to get back in and put our people back to work. That was the real thing. Not just our direct employees but all our contracts, stevedores, the longshoremen, you know these guys need to work and that was our whole goal.

We are committed to, at a minimum, honoring the agreement we have. If we don't negotiate an agreement that's much more sustainable from our perspective, then we'll choose to not continue the exhibit and study pandas.

We were flabbergasted by the overall size of the market. It's incredible.

We figured that when the superintendent took the raise she took she signaled to the rest of the employees what money was available.

It would certainly be very effective, and I think it's quite possible.

The Zoo Atlanta family is elated at the news of twin gorilla babies. We are proud to do our part to support a species that is experiencing such catastrophic decline in the wild.

.School will be back to normal on Wednesday. All students are expected to turn out, and the teachers should be there. We continue our deliberations and seek to iron out the situation.

It's crazy. These bears, year-round, are some of the most pampered animals on the planet. We measure everything that goes in. We measure everything that goes out.

The large turnout and strong vote reflects the deep frustration that educators feel over not having a contract for nearly two years.

If I'm talking to staff here and we go out and have lunch we don't call it a 'business lunch' and charge it to the union.

And she loved to shop. She believed in dressing well as much as possible.