The full use of your powers along lines of excellence.

The full use of your powers along lines of excellence.

Apparently there was some bad blood between the two because of an incident which took place three to four years read more

Apparently there was some bad blood between the two because of an incident which took place three to four years ago.

Their leadership was much better than ours. We got a little hesitant and were shell-shocked.

Their leadership was much better than ours. We got a little hesitant and were shell-shocked.

Well, I suppose I can give your career a bit of a leg-up.

Well, I suppose I can give your career a bit of a leg-up.

Her joy in coaching these young women made them believe in themselves and depend on each other. Her guidance not read more

Her joy in coaching these young women made them believe in themselves and depend on each other. Her guidance not only helped them excel here, it will help them become better, more compassionate leaders.

It's an extremely vital tourist attraction. We get calls all the time: 'When are they running again?' I want to read more

It's an extremely vital tourist attraction. We get calls all the time: 'When are they running again?' I want to see this back on schedule.

The absurdity of it gets played out in the day-to-day lives of Border Patrol agents. Everybody knows somebody [in the read more

The absurdity of it gets played out in the day-to-day lives of Border Patrol agents. Everybody knows somebody [in the U.S. illegally] who has some kind of relationship with a Border Patrol agent. Either someone in their family is married to one, or they're sleeping with one. People's lives are very complicated and intertwined and they're not very clear-cut.

I'll be working with everybody so I'll get to know fairly well what different issues are coming up in the read more

I'll be working with everybody so I'll get to know fairly well what different issues are coming up in the stations. I'll just be going from the field to the office more. I have to thank Tim (Bragg, who retired last week as assistant fire chief with 28 years at MFD). He prepared me well for the office end of this.

I'm putting myself and my team in a position where we have a chance. Last year at this time, something read more

I'm putting myself and my team in a position where we have a chance. Last year at this time, something else might have happened. I might not have put the ball in play. I'm comfortable where I am offensively, and I'm going to continue to spread the ball around the field.