Carlos Palacios Quotations

She's phenomenal. She's one of the best players in the county. When she's on and things are going well, I look like I'm the greatest coach.

She has yet to truly reach close to her potential. I don't even know if she realizes how good she can be.

We have a lot less money to spend on fire and police and other direct services.

We've worked hard with every department to minimize cuts to services. But there's no way around it. These are major cuts, and they are going to be felt throughout the community.

We would like to have the event stay downtown if at all possible. It helps downtown merchants, and it does help people get to know Watsonville. But if it doesn't work out, we're willing to cooperate, and we're just thankful the event is able to carry on.

We knew she was the player we had to stop. She's a great player. She did a great job.

When we made the initial decision on the election date we hadn't really thought about the extra cost and confusion.

We knew coming in she was obviously the player they had that we had to stop. You obviously don't expect a girl to come in and score 45 points on you, but she worked hard. She earned it.

This is great news. We've made it very clear we want job-creating businesses there, and from what I understand the prospective purchaser is planning industrial condominiums.

A lot is going to be determined by the market. We?re hoping to be a catalyst.

It's affecting the morale of employees, hanging over their heads. We need to get it over with sooner rather than later. It's much better for employees and residents.

That kind of leadership is what I was looking for in a chief.

The council felt it was important because of the public vote that every legal means should be exhausted. Now that the courts have made the decision, we'll have to follow it.

This is a hard time for the fire department and, in fact, the city as a whole.