I've run for office, and I've stood on street corners, while people walked by me and didn't want to talk to me, and did not think I was a credible ca….

When I got into politics, it was a shock. People promise all sorts of things and then never deliver..

This idea that once you get into politics you are now signed up for lifelong duty being in elective office, makes a fundamental error - and that is b….

I think when judges are in the position of authority, they really get bent out of shape when someone tells them they acted inappropriately..

I think a lot of politicians, rightfully so, understand that their political futures are tied to how many times people see their names in print. The ….

As a society we're always so quick and able to spend money on lawyers for someone for incarceration, but we don't make the corresponding commitment t….

Some types of environmental restoration projects are well-known; restored wetlands, for instance, or coal mine reclamation projects. Recently though,….

Already renewable energy advocates are noting that the 42 miles of above-ground right-of-way between Yosemite and the city could be fitted with enoug….

I really am disappointed when I run into people who are angry I'm leaving office..

As a young boy I won a few dollars in 1972 when Riva Ridge won the Kentucky Derby. I had overheard someone say he was going to win, and I guess that ….

When in some communities selling drugs is so lucrative that that's a pretty big enticement that we have to break down. Part of that is by making oppo….

I think that when we're talking about youth violence, we're talking about kids who don't have opportunities, so they're engaged in a certain degree o….

I represented many of these kids as they become young adults in the criminal justice system when I was a public defender. One way of reaching out is ….

I have voted to make tough decisions in budgetary times, I've served on two recessionary budgets, my opponent has never served on any a budget commit….

I had tried painting, mostly to give myself a greater appreciation of the craft and to inform how I looked at paintings. That led to collaging some o….

Certainly other things we can do, we gotta promote after-school employment, give kids an opportunity, raising the minimum wage was part of that, we c….

Running for office is important, and you don't really need more than to be right on the issues, and to be able to articulate what it is you believe. ….

If you run for mayor, people say you're being egotistical. If you decide you won't run for mayor, people say you're being self-centered and egotistic….

At some point the rhetoric runs out, and we have to ask ourselves, 'Are we simply going to standby while somebody's rhetoric is good, but their actio….

You don't have to be wealthy to run for mayor. I'm a Green Party candidate running for mayor and I'm being taken seriously..

If you are doing well, your business will pay more in tax; if you're not doing well, you pay less..