Quotes du jour

"We meet every morning at 8 and end up arguing over this stuff -- and that's among friends. I don't know what we're going to do when we start dealing with enemies."

-- State Rep. Billy Montgomery, D-Haughton, on dealing with issues in the special session.

"I've been here 10 years, and we've been losing those kids for 10 years."

-- State Rep. Henry "Tank" Powell, on the need to fix problems within the Orleans Parish schools.