Mark Fabiani Quotations

We've studied stuff that happened in other cities. The lame-duck factor is brutal. Houston was drawing 15,000-20,000 a game. We don't expect that to happen here, but I'd rather be in an inferior stadium (elsewhere) than lame duck in my own town.

Bush is slightly ahead now, but that's because the Democratic strongholds in the state -- Dade County and Broward County -- have not had their votes counted yet.

He got the most votes across the length and breadth of this country, so we are very proud of him.

Our position was and is that if we have an opportunity to explore other options in the county, then we'll do so.

Our goal is to keep the team in San Diego, and that means the San Diego region. If there is an opportunity to explore other options in the county before January 1, 2007, we'll do it. If not, we'll wait until then.

Our position is that we want to keep the team in San Diego and we're going to do everything possible to make that happen. We will explore all of our options within the county of San Diego the minute we're (contractually) able to do so.

I think I've heard that one before. But it comes down to the person. Anybody can deliver the line. The question is: Can you compartmentalize these issues so they don't consume you? And I think Bush's job is more difficult than Clinton's because the questions here go right to the heart of the presidency.

We just went through extensive renegotiations with the city last year. ... During the course of those negotiations, the city never raised the issue of police services. The Chargers will continue to try to work together in a productive way with the city's new mayor.

We're determined to work with everyone. We believe that if we can sit down and talk about it (the stadium proposal), we can convince them it's a good idea.

We need to stay focused on the positive Gore message. We can't be distracted by things that are out of our control.

We're not exploring San Antonio, and we've had no contact with anyone in San Antonio. We also haven't done any work to analyze that market.

We've got no problem making presentations. We've been quite responsive to people who have had questions. If these meetings continue and become substantive, our goal would be to make sure the public is fully informed.

We thought our lawyers did a great job ... I didn't hear any compelling reason why vote counting should be stopped. The best way to resolve this election dispute is count the votes, see who's ahead and call it a day.

The opposition has not focused on the merits of the initiative. They've decided to focus on Rob.

We welcome today's lease amendment, and when that amendment becomes final, we will immediately begin to examine available options in San Diego County. The Chargers are very hopeful that the amendment will result in the building of a new Super Bowl-caliber stadium in San Diego County.

It's tough to make a deal like this in seven months, but it's enough time to get a sense of whether something can get done or not. This does give us an opportunity to really figure out whether there's anything promising out there.

That model has become the trend around the country for stadium development.

The campaign against Prop. 82 was becoming too much about Rob Reiner and not about the merits of the initiative.

In a way, it will remind people the economic success of the last seven years is not an accident -- it's the result of things that were smart and disciplined. And, hopefully, it will raise questions about whether they want to trust the economy to someone who doesn't necessarily have that kind of experience and background.

Cheney is a card-carrying member of the old guard. Some of his past votes are hard to explain away in any era.

George Bush lied to the American people when he said he would run a positive campaign. Bush is losing and desperate, and now he has proven himself to be a hypocrite.