Ron Huberman Quotations

We've added GPS on almost the whole fleet of vehicles in Water, Streets and Sanitation and Transportation. We've increased the amount of inspections we do on crews in the field. And we audit the work completed. That's the best tool we have to ensure quality jobs, validate materials used and make sure the work was completed.

The reality is when the emergency occurs, it's simply too late to begin to ask the tough questions,

One of the things that disturbed us historically was the backlog of cases that existed. We are very happy to see that a lot of that backlog is now starting to be chipped away at. We're seeing a rapid turnaround of cases,

Within the last few months, the nature of the investigation has changed,

We received the proffer at the same time you (reporters) received it late last night, and so we've been reviewing it to determine what the scope should be.

You know, the mayor has said several times before that while we can't change the past, we can learn from the past.

There are other ways to harness the economic driver of Millennium Park. There are a lot of ways that Millennium Park helps bring in money to the downtown area. There are other ways to create revenue. We'll be releasing those in the near future.

There's one particular case where ... a tip came in in the morning, and by that night, the individual was identified and ... termination paperwork had begun on that individual. If we look at the inspector general's office, that kind of turnaround is a new precedent for them. That's why the mayor wanted to publicly applaud them and say, 'Keep up the good work.'

That kind of turnaround is a new precedent for them.

It's not any other tax. It's not a fine, not a fee, not an entrance fee to Millennium Park. It's not anything that will in any way cause people to have to pay to enter or use the park. The mayor laid out a vision of a park that was open and free to all Chicagoans. None of these tenets are going to change. We're looking at ideas that are not those things,

The key to the city's plan is flexibility.

The message we want to send to anyone who might cheat the city is, 'We're gonna get ya. We're gonna identify who you are.'

In the Cabinet, he's done really well. . . . The mayor is committed to diversity throughout all ranks of city government.

The mayor kept sending us back to the drawing board and saying, 'There must be a better way to do it.' The summation of all that groundwork is ... we're pulling the idea of a downtown special service area,