William Coakley Quotations

If we have something experimental, nonstandard, and we say, 'Well, it should work' and I'm going to spend $30 million of their (taxpayer's) dollars? No, I can't do that.

The whole thing was prejudiced from the beginning; it was all backward. They look at us like we were created to serve at the leisure and pleasure of the commission and I dispute that. It was the people that put us in there. They wanted an independent voice.

There wasn't a single person there that was saying we'd just like to get a better rate. They were saying get out. Get out now!

I'm not surprised Palm Springs wants to move out.