Quotes by Don Edwards

“The Dixie was a place where everyone went, all levels of society. You could see the town mayor sitting next to the town drunk, ... Its really the passing of a landmark.”

“Kids went to school by that whistle,”

“I gave the orders to salvage it, ... I think that whistle belongs to the citizens of Canton. I didnt want it going to a scrap yard for brass.”

“We are not as busy as we will be, because many of the new students have not discovered us yet.”

“I fully expect a traffic light will be put in at Diana Drive and Main Street.”

“I dont feel like my ownership of property in this area affects my ability to make an objective decision,”

“I just want to continue to make good decisions that will affect everyone in the community in a positive manner,”

“We ask all those tens of thousands of people who stood in line to view the body of Coretta Scott King to march with us.”

“Our English for Speakers of Other Languages wait list averages about 400 and we update it once a month. In our pre-GED program, we get 80-100 applications per month throughout the year. People can be on the wait list for too long. We dont have enough to meet the demand.”

“We all got together to try to address the issues about not having enough literacy and basic skills classes for the Lynn community. We spent four months discussing our roles and goals and we decided we needed to seek a planning grant that could help us move this along a little faster.”