John Barrett
John Barrett
pace
We don't always get from slow-motion the pace at which they play.
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Let's give them the benefit of the doubt right now. The time has come to tell them to stop using this (zoning freeze) as an excuse. It's just a matter of time before the redevelopment board takes steps and requires them to make improvements to the property,
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Of course I was a little worried knowing how many points they had come back from and how dangerous they are. But we've been playing together for a while. Based on our past games, I knew we would come up on top.
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When this land was acquired by the city over 100 years ago, it was acquired as a water source, ... It was an excellent water supply until they told us our water wasn't safe.
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Did I know what they were? ... I didn't have a clue. But I knew that there was something on the horizon. I knew something was there.
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Oh God! The butt of jokes that I received from my fellow mayors throughout the state of Massachusetts. One of them said, 'You don't even know how to spell the word contemporary, never mind know what it is,'
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No prosecutor would accept that from an ordinary witness. You'd get a subpoena the next day and ask specific, pointed questions until you got answers, or you'd indict the guy.
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You don't want to err on the side of jeopardizing the advising process that allows the president to do his job.
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We let them get belligerent and antagonistic. ... As closely as we can, we try to replicate what a real meeting is like.
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I hear all these rumors around town about what's going in there. They are just rumors. Not once since the purchase has Mr. Ellis or First Hartford had any contact with myself or the city,
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If you don't have access to the roads of information, you are economically disadvantaged.
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It's a fair compensation package, ... It called for very little language change, and the Fire Department was very cooperative. Union members handled themselves in a professional manner, and I hope this is a show of good things to come.
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Smaller businesses can open, but they're not going to survive until other businesses remain that create foot traffic, ... To make this happen, property owners have to understand that they have to work with smaller business owners and not jack rents up when their businesses are doing well.
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The laptop market is a mile wide and an inch deep.