“The next three years are very much going to be about the future of Venice. We have the Commercial Mixed Use District coming up (Tuesday), and the development of the marina and properties at (Venice Municipal) Airport. ... Now that we've worked through some of the problems of the past, we can look forward to where Venice will be 20 years from now.”
“As far as I'm concerned, this campaign will be about the future, the next 20 years for the city, and not about the past, drumming up the things that have gone wrong and have been corrected or are being corrected.”
“We have an ordinance now in place, and if someone brings forward a project that meets the wording of the ordinance and meets community expectations, I will have to move forward.”
“They seem to have gotten into a horse race to see how fast they can get this grant done. I have a real concern with that. They've been so focused on moving ahead, they're unwilling to listen to others. ... (The proposal) has got a real hotel feel to it.”
