I just want the Mayor to give more money to the schools.

No other mayor, they said, had ever given them so much.

Both the editor and the mayor gave the same answer.

"The mayor gave himself and other officials a 28 percent raise," he said.

"I think the mayor gave everyone permission to be out with their friends."

So far, the mayor has given only a few hints of his plans.

"It's just that we won't need to follow through because the mayor will give in."

He then became calm and the mayor gave his speech.

Then the Mayor gives her husband of 35 years a knowing smile.

"That was the only message the Mayor gave: the cost."