text: **We may be unable to execute our Ñnancial strategy.**
  
  Our ability to execute our Ñnancial strategy is dependent upon our ability to maintain an investment grade 
  rating on our senior debt. The credit rating process is contingent upon a number of factors, many of which are 
  beyond our control. 
  
  Our Ñnancial strategy is also dependent upon our ability to generate suÇcient cash Öow to reinvest in our 
  existing business, to fund our internal growth, to acquire other solid waste businesses, repurchase shares of our 
  common stock, pay dividends, minimize our borrowings and take other actions to enhance stockholder value. 
  We cannot assure you that we will be successful in executing our broad-based pricing program, that we will 
  generate suÇcient cash Öow to execute our Ñnancial strategy, that we will continue to repurchase our common 
  stock, or that we will be able to pay cash dividends or increase the amount of our dividends. 