Ron Davis Quotations

We are losing bodies to other communities who need our services less than this city but pay more for it.

We're a counter-marketing program that's not allowed to market. We've had to revise our methods and find creative, cheap ways to get youth actively involved.

I have-I have more than an interesting task in piloting Wales into our new democracy, without wanting to exercise draconian powers on behalf of anybody else - I can assure of that.

I am saying that in Wales here we have a very clear election commitment and I hope, and I will express this view, I hope that every individual member of the Labour Party, will understand that and will strive to achieve unity so that we can deliver the yes vote in the Autumn.

I also want to draw attention to the responsibilities that people have to live up to their election promises and to live up to the votes that were cast by the people of Wales, in the General Election, in the expectation that we would deliver this promise.

Larry has a sister in Florida, and he took a week off in September to visit her.

Well I've already made it clear that it's a matter for individuals in exercising their own judgement, their own consciences to speak freely on matters of policy.

Well it's not a matter for me to say what Llew Smith can or cannot do, he's an elected Member of Parliament.

There is so much that can be done, you see, the assembly is about improving our democracy.

What I've said in the past is that I want the Labour Party to approach this matter on the basis of unity.

First of all it has never been the case that I have threatened people with expulsion or that I've threatened to throw people out of the Parliamentary Labour Party.

Every time we develop and improve the airport, we're bringing in additional funds to the area.

There's a good agriculture customer base and there's an increasing commercial and residential demand. There's an obvious shift ... from a mostly agriculture market to a mixed market.

The standing orders of the Parliamentary Party, however, apply to me, apply to every other Member of the Parliamentary Labour Party and they put into a context the way in which those rights to freedom of speech should be exercised.

I've made it abundantly clear and I'll repeat yet again there's no question of gagging individuals.

Now, I think that in acknowledging that every individual Member of Parliament and indeed every individual member of the Labour Party, has rights to express their view in a spirit of tolerance.

A Web-based version wasn't available when we selected Concur, but we probably wouldn't have pushed for a Web-based solution because our heavy travelers have to be able to work offline with a laptop.

And, I hope now that everybody understands that the Labour Party - as it always has done - stands for free speech and individual Members of the Labour Party are entitled to exercise that free speech.

A lot of the equipment still calls for the same kind of craft at a skilled level.

The youth come up with the ideas because they know their peers better than anyone.

They had a strong running game. They prepared for us very well. Their ball control killed us. It was quite obvious that they wanted it more. Red Land had all the momentum. They were able to hook us on the outside and when we tried to make an adjustment, they ran up the middle.

It's been a long road getting our program back on track. It's progress.

It took the frenzy out of the T&E reporting and reimbursement process.

The vote they're taking in Middletown has no influence on us whatsoever, other than that we are fellow unions.

If you do not have tenure, you have very limited rights in terms of protesting a dismissal. A principal could get rid of a non-tenured teacher for almost any reason.

All invoices and statements have been going to a post office box in Taylor Mill. It's been a hidden account.