Alan Miller
Alan Miller
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Both SAC and ACCD have been very accommodating and willing to listen and address problems, ... Everything is being done to make sure they have the opportunity to complete training.
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Step back and review your practices to make sure all your inputs are adding value and paying their way. In particular, you've got to give the high-cost items some attention. Where you get the most savings on a percentage basis may be in finding even a small reduction on a very expensive item, like fertilizer.
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The jobs being offered for evacuees are not taking anything away from our own residents,
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We're the fiscal agent for the whole thing.
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The money's going up, the stakes are up, the professionalism's up. The days of doing stuff on a napkin are over.
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Texas is failing to meet federal environmental clean air standards and therefore there is pressure to lower pollution from these facilities. Gov. Bush has taken a position that they should do so through a voluntary program.
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Texas is a place where there are no limits on individual or political committee contributions and donations can and do exceed $100,000,
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This is a situation none of us have faced before, ... How many people who will stay here is hard to tell at this point.
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one of the more controversial and colorful figures in Texas. His company has been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years for violating state environmental laws. And a decade ago, Pilgrim appeared on the floor of the state Senate dispensing $10,000 checks to lawmakers as they debated a workers compensation bill.
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Many of the employers that have offered jobs for the evacuees also have other jobs publicly posted with us. It boils down to whether someone has the skills and meets the requirements of the employer. We are trying our best to serve the needs of everyone in the midst of a very difficult situation.
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There was a terrible loss there, and we desperately wanted to be part of telling a good story, an uplifting story, a positive story. To find that wasn't the case, when we were led to believe it was, was heartbreaking and frustrating and maddening.
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It's a fairly quick turnaround time. It's working very smoothly.
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We just have a lot of students in that area.
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Expenses go through the college. As they draw down on us, we draw down from the state.