Ed Oakley Quotations

We have a policy, ... If you want to change the policy, go to the committee, go to the appropriate authority.

We're giving the citizens what they wanted, what they asked for.

If we don't do something, I think Congress will eventually unwind the Wright amendment. At least we got them to stand down and not have Congress pick it off one state at a time.

If this weren't Ray Hunt, if this were anybody else the emotions wouldn't be there,

I would say it's in his best interest, at this stage of the game.

It is appropriate, after five years ... for us to understand the ramifications, positive or negative, economic, environmental, traffic, and what have you.

It is an unused park for the citizens of Dallas, and I think this is the right direction. It would benefit Rowlett, because the economic development would be there. But it would keep the tax base in Dallas.

We don't see any connectivity that makes sense to us. We're going to start showing up at your meetings more, because our message doesn't seem to get across.

It's a huge problem. We're 25 years behind on the improvements we need.

You think you can circumvent our authority and our powers. You can't.

Everyone has half a pie now and can't do anything until they have a whole pie. With this deal, you're really bringing downtown to the river in two major ways. It's incredibly exciting.

It's very hard for us to make an intelligent decision without knowing all the facts. There's a lot of misinformation.

I made a promise to craft this, to put something on the ballot. And I've done that. I'm not going to go against my constituents.

It ends up getting torn down. I don't think it has a viable use.

You circumvent our authority and our process in this, ... You stood there and said 'I,' 'I,' 'I,' 'my vision,' -- she doesn't know any other pronoun.

The mayor has let her rage, her distaste for Ray Hunt, cloud her vision. We have a mayor who thinks she can make unilateral decisions that she cannot. This is not a monarchy.