Dan Hopkins Quotations | Page 2

The governor's concerns were never specific to Super Slab. The governor's concern was to protect future governors' and future legislatures' ability to consider options such as private investment in our highway system.

The governor is taking this quite seriously. The School Finance Act faces a likely veto without this amendment.

The governor is pleased to see the legislature arrive to a consensus on a smoking ban that seems to be supported by most people throughout Colorado.

The governor has no involvement one way or the other. There's been no interaction with the petroleum marketers or the state agency that regulates gasoline or with legislators.

He's likely to sign it. It's the compromise he agreed to.

The Governor felt it was very important to assure that future governors and future legislatures would have the ability to consider options such as private investment in our highway system. The language proposed for this year's bill protects that option while also protecting property owners.

The governor believes the salaries have not been raised in eight years and should be adjusted from time to time.

The governor believes that private toll roads will be important to the state in the coming years, and it is critical that such options be available to the future.

The governor, after any major incident, always plans a debriefing. Those wheels were in motion actually several days ago, when we started the entire operation of Safe Haven.

If the congressman had been here, he'd see a very smooth, unified operation. When you can have this response to this type of incident, it certainly shows the state is ready for any large-scale incident. The planning has been extensive. We're ready, and we learn from incidents like this to be even better.