Bruce Elder Quotes

"This town means a lot to me. It's been good to my family and it's been good to me. We worked hard last year. We came in second. It's nice to feel a victory."

"We've seen such terrific growth in property values that it's very hard for a person starting out to get a home - and I feel that home ownership is probably the single most important thing in keeping a family together. If you look at economic stability for a family, and being part of a community, home ownership is the number one thing that we should address."

"The most important thing that the city can do is encourage growth that provides good wages for folks. I very much would like to see a living wage for people at Western State. This was addressed at the University of Virginia recently. They did it for the same reasons - to allow people to have a stake in their community."

"It was a tremendous way of communicating with the greatest number of people. It was the very first thing that I did as a candidate in the House of Delegates campaign. And we continually added to it."