John Thompson
John Thompson
community meetings
We feel it should be for community use, for meetings and fundraising.
aggressive allow announced attach promotions today
What we have announced today are promotions and opportunities around the attach area. We want to allow you to get aggressive this quarter.
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What happens when you push the old guys out and put the young guys on the bench? These guys aren't getting a formal education or an informal education. The older guys are getting pushed out for the younger guys, but there's no one to teach them how to carry themselves.
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What he did was the right thing for him. Unfortunately, it has a negative influence on a lot of other people. Going into professional sports and making the money he's made does not close the option for him to still get a formal education. It does close the option for a kid that does not make it. If I'm some kid from the inner-city who has used athletics to motivate myself and I miss, I have no more options.
approved far
The only thing that has been approved so far is the subdivision of the land.
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We know what they're going through. We sympathize with them, ... We're still Southerners and we're still pulling together. It's all sweet tea and casseroles.