The one thing we've had going all year is consistent inconsistency. You cannot afford that this year when league is so even.

The ongoing battle of the last eight years has not been to allow us to live in our homes and pay rent to the city of New London until we die.

The online travel and lodging industry clearly needs to improve its reliability. Simply put, when your site is unavailable to consumers you lose business. Marriott sets the standard for site reliability and responsiveness in the lodging industry. It is very rare for one site to top our rankings in both these areas, so clearly Marriott is the site to model after from a technical standpoint.

The only authority we had was to interview. Everybody made recommendations from different panels, and the city manager picked who he felt were the top three.

The only city policies that matter with Rocky are the ones he agrees with, ... If he doesn't agree with them, they don't exist.