Dan Kelly Quotations

We have no choice but to pick up what the state has refused to fund,

We did fine. So far, so good. I wasn't sure what to expect with so many young kids here for the first time. Tomorrow is the harder day.

We've staved it off for 15 years, but we have to pay the piper -- the time is here. To use money just to keep a dwindling school alive is not wise. I understand that it's difficult, but looking at it overall, it's not the board's fault enrollment in particular schools is going down, and it's not the board's fault that families have to move to Tracy to buy a house.

My first car was a 1969 Dodge Charger, and I've just been into Chargers ever since,

Right after the hurricane, we briefed the staff, ... Get the packs ready, get stuff together.

He woke up this morning and said he was sick. I had him sleep until noon. He was throwing up with a fever. We gave him crackers and water all day.

I think what we are going to lose out on is full and fair debate over the issues.

I wonder why are we electing these people in the first place, if not to listen and consult with the public and then make the best possible decisions afterward,

The actual idea took about five seconds. It took me maybe an hour to think it through and understand the impact, but the actual idea just popped in my head, ... I was reading an article in the Wall Street Journal about the Hurricane Katrina Emergency Tax Act of 2005 ... I was interested to see what the federal government was doing to help the victims of the hurricanes.

I wasn't really, like, feeling myself. I didn't feel like myself on my feet. I don't know why I was nervous, but I couldn't get anything going.

We'll have to keep coming back with more bonds to do the work,

I understand the difficulty it puts them in to choose,

They actually link that tax to the price of the commodity so as the price of natural gas and electricity rises so does the amount of revenue that the city of Calgary receives.

these back-to-back hurricanes hitting a really significant part of our energy resources.

These were modest changes. We should have closed more. For all that anxiety, all that stress, all that anger - this is all we saved.

After itemizing a taxpayer compares their itemized deductions to the standard deduction and takes whichever is higher. Seventy percent of the taxpayers take the standard deduction, meaning only 30 percent really receive a tax break for their donations, ... My plan offers a deduction for hurricane relief donations in addition to the standard deduction.

Anthony can be a sucker for rolls sometimes.

It was exciting. He wrestled awesome especially today.

It's luck of the draw. You could get the best two in the same half of the bracket. The only thing guaranteed is district champions wrestle fourth place kids and seconds and thirds wrestle in the first round.

It's almost like closure. Tom (Moody Sr.) is a friend of mine, and I did it out of respect for him.

It's been a goal of ours to have a multiple state champion. Glad it happened with him. He's never missed a match. He's never been hurt in four years. He's Mr. Dependable.

Everyone deserves a chance to make a living, but I think Bowe is one who really needs to hang it up. I don't want anybody hurt in the sport. The sport has a black eye as it is.

The board has made her working conditions intolerable ... She's being forced out -- let's face it. This is not a voluntary resignation. The work is so far from over -- it's just a shame Arlene doesn't get to stay here and finish it. She's a tremendous leader, a tremendous educator and a wonderful human being.

That isn't bad. Not many schools in Florida have two All-Americans.

They were both impressed with the idea, and especially how this idea will shift a portion of the economic burden of this relief effort off the federal government and spread it out across the taxpayers without actually raising taxes,

At times like this it is very important to stop thinking about the bottom line and start thinking with our hearts, ... These people need our help and it is our responsibility to step up and do whatever it is that we can to help.

I don't want to try to make any kind of a forecast, ... I don't think I have any information to base that on right now. Our focus is on what we in the Senate are doing.

This idea could potentially become a tax law for the years 2005 and 2006. It still has a long way to go but it is generating speed and encouragement,

The impact if this did become law will be felt nationwide. First it will help generate more donations to the relief effort, ... It will give all taxpayers who take the standard deduction a break for their donations. Finally, it will reduce the burden on the government to fund the relief efforts.