Paul Adams
Paul Adams
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The race is too tight to pick a winner.
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Recreation was important because we didn't have any. Here we were a water district and growing by leaps and bounds. It was too large to be governed by a county commission.
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People are excited about voting. It's very different from back home, where it's routine. People were all very pleased and relieved that it was going very smoothly.
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I think Atlanta has finally hit an economic slowdown, ... For the longest time we've been above all that.
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We are very happy that the agreement among the armed factions not to bear arms in the course of voting has held. We are waiting with bated breath to see if it survives throughout the counting period.
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It really gets complicated if this rate increase doesn't go through. If we don't get the rate increase, we can't make future payments. We'll have to go back to the table with the town to figure out how these payments are going to get made.
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There were a lot of nerves in the beginning of the game. (It) took almost the first half for us to adjust. In the second half we seemed to relax more. I think it was an advantage playing this game. We get the nerves done with. We have now played in a one-and-done situation.
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They have their backpack and their sleeping bag, and that's about it,
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People understand it's a robust role and they're comfortable with it. But we're not suggesting it (support for the mission) is so strong it can't be moved.
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She was the difference. In the second half she stepped it up.
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She's made a complete turnaround the last three weeks. I couldn't believe it, ... She's a big inspiration.
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We're just going to exhaust all of our resources.
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I was sleeping, all of a sudden, it was like it was thundering and lightning in our apartment. Then the whole building shook, our window broke, and there was water pouring in.
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The question is, has (Conservative leader Stephen) Harper's apparently successful campaign in the first half ... inoculated him against that falloff.