Jim Brandt Quotations

Many of the previous powers the City Council enjoyed are now largely irrelevant under the current conditions.

I would certainly like to see it rebuilt, that's a given.

It is a highly focused agenda on storm recovery issues, as well as seeking the budget she wants.

Rebecca is within 7 points of qualifying for state and Alyssa is with in 20 points. I see both of them qualifying at GNAC in Hastings.

We are not engrossed in total sunshine, but we're in good shape. We have a pretty good set of sunshine laws. The problem is fighting off exceptions. Every time the Legislature meets, there are exemptions considered. Accumulation of exemptions is our great potential problem.

We are not engrossed in total sunshine, but we're in good shape.

People are waiting to see, just as they are waiting to see if the levees will be strong enough. They're waiting to see whether it's a new school system or the same old, same old. ... People are going to be watching very carefully.

This is the next level for most of them. We have the top high school finishers from all around here, at these meets.

It's not perfect, but it certainly has some strong elements of reform.

It's a lot easier budget year than we thought. For the time being, it looks like an improved fiscal outlook.

I hesitate to say they've disappeared. But we put very, very few of those in.