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School Boards Are, For The Most Part ,made Up Of Political Wannabes Who See A Board Seat As A Stepping Stone For Political Office, Or Well-meaning Parents Who Represent An Ethnic Group Or Geography, Or Have Some Other Narrow Interests. Few People On Them Understand What Governance Is About.

My Wife Was The First Art Collector In The Family, And I Didn't Become Interested Until Around 1973. The First Important Artwork We Bought Was A Van Gogh Drawing Of Two Peasant Houses In Saintes-maries-de-la-mer.

I Can't Think Of Another Enterprise Other Than Being A Homeowner That Can't Have Its Debt Restructured In Bankruptcy. Corporations Can But A Homeowner Can't? Now With Securitization The Homeowner Can't Go To The Owner Of The Loan And Work Things Out.

At A Time When All The Other Builders Were Selling Homes With Basements But Without Carports, We Would Sell Homes Without Basements And With Carports. This Allowed Us To Provide A More Appealing Product At A Lower Price. In Other Words, We Felt We Would Be Giving Customers Greater Value.

A Lot Of Executives Act Like Their Time Is Worth More Than Anyone Else's. But I Always Respect An Employee Who Guards His Or Her Time, Even From Me.