Craig Benedetto Quotations

Sewage coming across the border is a hazard to the environment and the public's health. Upgrading treatment to secondary standards is important.

Now, the urgency for setting these . . . mandates is not there, so the city can better think through ways to work cooperatively with the private sector to achieve higher levels of recycling.

Everything was done legally, aboveboard and properly to get this project moving forward. No one's being bought here. This is about good government.

There's no corruption proven in that story to justify a letter to Carol Lam or anybody else for that matter. We continue to dispute (the critics') . . . allegations. The facts are on our side. There was nothing illegal or unethical done in the advocacy of this project, and this is simply sour grapes on their part.

The urgency of . . . putting those programs in place with mandatory elements was based on this incorrect assessment.