Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's a lot different than the one for our county fair.

Graduates tend to stay in the same county. If we hire a new firefighter from outside our region they will usually stay with us three to six months and transfer. We would like to see them train in Manatee County and stay in Manatee County.

For our district, extending the AMT provision is very important. In Bergen County in particular, people pay extraordinary property taxes and state and local taxes, and they need alternative minimum tax relief.

There's a lot of talent that leaves the county every day.

At least 90 percent of registered voters will not vote. There's probably only going to be a 10 percent turnout. We've already got 12 million registered voters who can sign our petition, and we have a number of people from Montgomery County who have pledged support.

As much as Lincoln County is growing, there must be more revenue. My focus will be to stick to those three things.

About one-third of the county probably doesn't know we have a health department.

Michelle Pfeiffer

Being from Orange County is in a lot ways very much like being from the Midwest.

If there is a legitimate criticism, it is that the county should have done a better job of looking at all their alternatives earlier. For that I take full responsibility.

I just don't think it holds water. I think we'll be spending more. As a county judge, I know we need revenue, but we don't need it that bad.

David James

I moved to the county for privacy and peace and quiet. Noise is the big thing to me.

I'm exactly where I need to be. The voters want someone with a vision that will make the county better and move it forward.

If Linn County had as many full time directors per capita as Winneshiek County, instead of three employees they'd have 23. You do the math.

Robin Taylor

I'm very impressed, and I've been a math teacher for 15 years. I'm going to go back and tell everyone in Rutherford County that if we don't get on the bandwagon, then we'll be behind.

In 1999 Roswells percentage was 6 percent of the local options sales tax. However, its now around 9 percent or 10 percent. The county kept telling us it wasnt necessary to renegotiate until they had to update their comprehensive land use plan, which they had to do by the end of this month,

The city, as an accommodation to the county and to some degree so that it would be done and done properly, has been using local personnel to raise and lower the dam and to point out major problem to the county and get it fixed.

A lot of my guys get off work (for fire calls) and they don't get paid. It's money out of their pockets. But in this county we have a great group of volunteers who show up all the time.

The economy of this whole county depends on tourists. I know we have wonderful weather and wonderful other stuff, but let me tell you something: If we don't have decent stuff for tourists to see, they're going to stop coming.

The funding from that grant ends after this year. And, we have been told it won't be renewed. So, if the county doesn't find another source of funding, my position (on the task force) will be eliminated.

The county wants to make this right. I had my engineer send a letter to tell the county that it was not a good installation. However, there's no immediate danger of it collapsing.

The county wants to keep it as rural as possible. There's no way the rural tier could support all that growth. There's not enough infrastructure and there's not even public water or sewer in most of the area.

The county tournament is annually one of the strongest tournaments in the state. And this year is no different. It should be a great tournament.

The county takes threats seriously. We have plans in place, and we're going to exercise those plans.

The county should have put up a better fight. Something in the milk is not clean.

The county ordinance as it's written has been watered down to the point where it really doesn't protect forests. What's at stake is whether a redwood ecosystem that's taken thousands of years to develop will exist or be eliminated.

The County of San Diego is already viewed as a technology leader. Through this partnership, we look forward to helping San Diego County introduce new and enhanced technologies to better serve its citizens.

The county obviously has found merit to what we were saying.

The county needs to look at everything in a regional context. You diminish your water supply. You jam up the roads. It will turn into suburbia.

The county needs to educate the public and come up with better recommendations for what types of trees should be planted.

Michael Johnston

The county is responsible to keep it in a safe condition.

The county is not getting out of debt; (it) is getting in debt. Under our proposal, the county will get out of the hospital business.

The county has to go by what the state says.

The county has done an outstanding job transforming the recommendations of the EAR report into goals, objectives and policies to update the plan for the ensuing planning period.