I Want To Come Back As Me.

Like Many Others, I'm Deeply Sympathetic To The Huge Numbers Of People Looking To Come Here Today To Escape Suffering And Poverty In Their Own Lands. But As A Country, We Cannot Afford To Have A Total Open-door Policy Without Any Restrictions On Entry.

The Chinese Describe Themselves As Political Refugees. Many Base That Claim On China's Strict Population Laws, Which Allow Them To Have Only One Child. But If We Accept Them As Bona Fide Political Refugees For That Reason, Doesn't It Follow That People Living In Countries Where Abortion Is Illegal (such As Ireland And Poland) Should Also Receive Political Asylum? After All, Their Country's Policy Is Forcing Them To Give Birth To Unwanted Children.

When I Was First Elected I Got 50% Of The Vote In '77 In The General Election. In '81 I Got 75%. In '85, I Got 78%. No Mayor Has Ever Gotten That High A Vote. So It Was Not An Issue. Except For People Who Were Very Hostile To Me. They Thought They Would Injure Me.

Have Confidence In Your Decisions. Make Them Expeditiously, And Stay With Them As Long As You Believe You Are Correct No Matter What Others Say. However, When You Conclude You Were In Error, Do Not Hesitate To Announce The Error Publicly And Change Course.

Tree Killing Is Arborcide.