Chuck Reed Quotations

Yes, I have an idea, and no I don't think I can tell you.

We're not doing as good a job recycling as we want to.

I have been in the minority... So many times on open government.

I don't think it's appropriate to give a bonus to the city manager who's already left the city. Beyond that, it's the amount of it.

We need those officers. We pay them well in order to keep them, and that's why they got raises.

San Jose city government needs to be honest, fiscally responsible and open and accessible to all people. And I was the first council person to call for the resignation of the mayor for those same reasons.

The object is jobs, Apple would be in Coyote Valley instead of Cupertino.

I didn't even know he was on that policy advisory board. The council's action was to remove him from those boards. Whether that one was mentioned by name or not, I think that was our intention.

If he's successful, it would address some of those (financing and market) concerns. But there are other concerns that you're working for somebody else and you're not your own boss.