Joseph Wood Quotations

People who are making us do additional work are liable for the cost. Rather than burdening the entire population with the work caused by a few, it makes a few accountable for the cost.

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.

I had intended to serve one more term as mayor pro-tem, then retire from public service and move out to my farm in the county, ... But over the weekend I decided it would be better for Gray for me to spend this last four years as mayor. If I stayed as mayor pro-tem, it would be like I was condoning the way Mayor Briley is doing things, and I don't.

What man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants

I welcome anyone who is interested in running. Let the people choose, and may the best person win,

Overall, there has been a groundswell of improvements in the nine years I've been here. We've seen property snatched up by investors, improved and then sold.

I thought it had gotten better, but in the last few weeks there have been more incidents,

We want to look at how they're operating, if they should be operating at those locations or developing the parcels for facilities and utilities.

We will speak to the community about what they want in improvements, such as in transportation, traffic, pedestrian traffic and aesthetic features.

Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no conceivable human action which custom has not at one time justified and at another condemned

It's without a doubt the worst visual spot in town. We don't always get complaints from those areas. You've got folks whose property is in the same condition as the people across the street.

In the late '90s, lots of other people had entered the business and it got crowded. As the new team came on board, we asked how do we compete differently in this marketplace?

He also doesn't always act in a proper manner at City Council meetings, ... I think the mayor's office should take a little different direction.