Famous Quotes & Sayings

With all the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina, it was great to see all of these people come and support the people of Matagorda County who need help.

Berkeley Breathed

Bloom County was set in a tidy, rural environment probably because of Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird.'

This will help us tremendously for the districts. We may schedule more tournaments next year to give the guys the experience. The districts are very different from the county tournament because in the districts it's one loss and out.

This will encourage more to visit the county and to purchase more of our wonderful food and drink products when they are with us and equally importantly when they go back to their homes and tell their friends.

We're trying to keep our county from being overwhelmed by growth.

The really positive thing is we are really giving the Whatcom County schools a good match, making it close. In the past it hasn't been that close. That's the measure of how your program is doing.

Two Hardin County teams going to state. That's a blessing.

Firefighters want consolidation. The firefighters I represent in Marion County want fire department consolidation. We know we can do a much better job as one unit rather than divided into 13 different units.

The governor wants to find a reasonable way to keep the Twins here and he's been open to the proposal that Hennepin County and the Twins have put together." ()

We're hoping to get County Judge Ron Daniel, Sheriff Ray Wingfield and other county officials dunked.

This was an important case. Mr. Fisher was a prominent businessman in Jackson County and the word on the street had been that he would never serve time. Well, he made a big mistake by crossing the line the Williamson County line. This should send a message that we will aggressively prosecute those who would harm our children.

This was a nice win and hopefully it makes us No. 1 in sectionals. It also gave us the Livingston County Division II title.

We've got to get healthy. (On Friday night) our people were dying out there. Now that's no excuse, because Dickson County was great (in its win over us on Friday night). But we've got to be healthy first.

We've got time to work out something so Mobile County can be accommodated.

Until Katrina, we never thought there would be a possibility that we would have to provide transportation farther than the county line. Because of Katrina we said: Whoa. We need to be ready to take people outside the county.

You are trying to make Dickenson County look like a city, like Detroit.

We wanted to do some special things to help celebrate. I've had the occasion to frequently visit the Plymouth County Historical Museum. As I've looked around, I've noted there really isn't a rich deposit of medical and healthcare history there.

We've had a lot of renovations, ... and we want everybody to come and get to know us, let the (Hillsborough County school) district know what's going on out here and get everybody more involved.

To sell county property it takes a two-thirds vote, ... I think to do a lease that is more than 5 years, maybe up to 20 years, it should be through a two-thirds majority by the legislature.

We all have a right to speak our minds. This gives the residents of this county an opportunity to speak.

We're taking our direction from the county health department and complying with any instructions they have for us.

Tonight we were doing what Pike County football teams are supposed to do.

There is so much here for everyone to enjoy. Over the last couple of weeks, we have been out their trying to get the word out about Pirate's Day. One weekend, we were up at one of the rest stops in Monmouth County getting the word out about Pirate's Day.

This was exactly what I suspected. Yes, I was worried because this was a district game, but also because we needed that momentum going into Henderson next Tuesday and Webster County right after that.

Jesse Brown

We have found through the history in the county that people really like agriculture being here and they just have a thirst for knowledge about it. That is why we set up this organization, to respond to their interest in learning about agriculture.

We will do whatever is in our power to make sure the county is made whole at the end of this process, but we don't want to do anything rash, ... I'd rather we do this when the time is more appropriate.

We would like to remind the people of Fulton County to support their local merchants when they do their shopping. Without these fine people the Food Pantry Jam could not have been the success it has been for the last 20 years.

Eric Brewer

We would like to have the support of county departments when we go forward with a new application.

This whole situation, it's taken a lot of steam out of us. We're not going to lay down and sit up there and pout... We're going to play with what they let us play with. I'm just not sure Russell County High School is pulling for Russell County High School.

There has been nothing in respect to moving the county seat and the county offices that I can support.

Mark Phillips

We think we have made a step, but we have some more to climb. If we can run five healthy ladies at conference, we are going to give Johnson County all they can handle.

Why in the world would high courts want to give deference to a legislature to revoke constitutional rights they have deemed implicit in their interpretation of the constitution. This is disturbing rhetoric from a Montgomery County legislator who's always been very supportive.

We also have to look at increasing gas prices, with all the buses. Even though we have a county co-op we still have to pay into the co-op and no money from the state goes into that account.