Michael Ward
Michael Ward
American guitarist who has been a part of the bands School of Fish and The Wallflowers.
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth21 February 1967
CityLos Angeles, CA
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I don't think it gets them out of their obligations,
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The need for a thoughtful examination of the lessons learned from Katrina makes this the right time to hold this conference.
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There is room for a lot of growth, and I'm proud to be a part of that, ... The living environment is very different, but the people here are very opening and inviting.
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We only wish to ensure that our ability to protect our nationally significant resources and provide for the public's enjoyment are not compromised.
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When you're in the prosecuting attorney's office you're kind of a specialist. The civil responsibilities were one of the greatest learning curves I had to take on when I got into office.
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When you look at the trends over the last couple of years, the industry cycle, if you want to call it that, has been fairly stable, fairly flat. I think the outlook for 1998 and 1999 is more or less a continuation of that trend.
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We hope this (closing) and our commitment to improving procedures will resolve the liquor license renewal issue to everyone's satisfaction.
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We are voluntarily doing this, there has been no pressure to do this. We want to change some previous policies and procedures and management changes. We will also be putting our entire staff through a training program to teach them how to intercede in disputes between patrons.
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To the extent that Jim Padilla was in charge of operations, he certainly deserves some of the blame.
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What we see is that the economy still looks very strong.
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We are on track to deliver strong results in 2006.
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We have a strong interest in protecting our investments and ensuring that development so close to our site does not increase the storm water we retain, or reduce Gravois Creek's flow and/or capacity to an unacceptable level.