Counties Quotations

Until the people, by amendment, change the constitution, I urge that the counties cooperate with one another, that future road work be more uniform, and done in such a way that it will result in connected and continuous highways.

With the establishment of a presence in all three counties of Delaware, recruitment in and outside Delaware and throughout the world and new master's and doctoral programs, Delaware State University will continue to grow and attract even more qualified students.

More than 54 percent of the children in this county live in poverty, ... Twenty-two percent of births are to unwed teen-aged mothers and we are among the top counties in Alabama in the number of high school drop-outs.

One of the issues that we are wrestling with in our eight counties is crisis services, and ensuring that crisis services are available. We don't have that in place yet for adults or for kids, but we're working to try to put it in place.

On one hand, it helps farmers in the collar counties take full advantage of their land. But on the other hand, it's real tough for the local farmers, who are more established in the area, to compete.

If we don't do something this session, we don't have a program set up to deal with this long-term. And the counties are then going to be kind of just sitting there, saying, 'Boy, if this stuff starts ending up in the ditches, what do we do? Who's going to pay for that? So it ends up on property taxes.

If we don't hear from the property owner, we monitor their home to see if something leads us to believe they are violating the ordinance. Then, we go to court and file for a search warrant. We'll look at names on prescriptions or the license plates at the homes, see if they are from several different counties or states, to identify how many people are living in the home.

Some cities and counties have included language that if you exceed expectations for an entire year, then another year is added to the contract.

No county has a 2005 deviation greater than its 1988 deviation, a year that was the worst for many counties. However, deviations for some counties in 2005 are large and in the 'second tier' of yield loses. While genetic improvements may have reduced yield losses, large negative yield deviations are still possible.

Now that the legal hurdles have been cleared, the counting can resume in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade Counties ... with these legal obstacles gone, we hope these counts can be finished in the next few days,

People working together to implement new marina waste ordinances that were approved in Graham and Swain counties made this program successful.

I have done this to help the girls get united. There is always good competition between the counties (Sarasota and Manatee) with the rivalries and now I'm bringing the girls together.

Many of them don't have cars or transportation to get to facilities in the counties where they are allowed.

We want to make sure that small counties understand that if they take a high profile case like this to court, it's not going to force their community to go bankrupt,

We're excited about this project. We applied for, and received, a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the National Association of Counties and the Wildlife Habitat Council. The grant, along with the help of all our partners will make this project successful.

We're looking at another kind of disaster to counties and schools across the country if this legislation isn't reauthorized,

Since its inception, the Greater Valley Area Crime Stoppers has received tips that have led to many arrests as well as the recovery and seizure of more than $565,000 in drugs and property. The majority of these tips have resulted in felony arrests. All the counties in Alabama should have this tool available to them to help support their law enforcement agencies.

Many counties in Maryland are above the average unemployment rate for both Maryland and the United States. We need representation in Congress who will make creating jobs the No. 1 priority so the people of Maryland can get back to work.

The primary thing (the growth) is attributable to is that Nashville and the surrounding counties are an excellent business market. Houses sell because people have jobs. People have jobs because you have a good, diverse economic base.

We have signed contracts with several counties and that's a step that's required.

Grow Utah Ventures' goal is to be the most powerful private entity for economic development. We've got the governor and counties and cities doing what they do, but there's no reason why private people can't try and marshal their resources to get some things done.

Key officials anticipated on Election Day that there would be an increase in levels of voter turnout based upon new voter registration figures, but did not ensure that the precincts in all counties received the resources to meet their needs,

I would suggest the people from other counties here, they do have emissions tests. Not waste their time coming over here.

I currently serve as the chairman of the state's appropriations committee. I work with the state's $40-billion budget. This is a unique opportunity for Ellis and Hill counties to have the chairman of the appropriations committee representing them. I've strived to get a handle on illegal immigration and if re-elected I will find a solution to school funding and lower the property tax.

I am very comfortable having the auditors coming in and looking at our big picture and knowing that the interests of Lauderdale County and our six other counties are at heart. And that the money and in-kind donations we spent very appropriately.

I feel even deeper for them, hurt even deeper for them, because these were the communities and counties that first opened their hearts and homes to Hurricane Katrina victims, ... And now they need our help.

If 17 counties have to change vendors before June, that's going to be a huge challenge.

Builders are running out of developable land. Developers are looking to the northern counties along the Treasure Coast to find large tracts.

Because Putnam and Volusia counties have manatee viewing as a spring and summertime tourist attraction, the need to be safe is imperative and the boaters are very cognizant of them being in the water. We are not big fans of people swimming with manatees, but manatee viewing is something everyone should do before they die. It is that awesome. People have a heightened awareness of manatees after actually seeing them.

Because we have 100 percent, you cant get higher than that. So out of the 58 counties that have jails, the worst we can do is tie. We are the best,

Basically, the buyers have gone away, causing the number of transactions to be at or near record low levels. This is across all four counties that I track. This indicates that it is a fairly broad change and not localized.

Having a passion for youth, ... I marveled at how TouchDown Productions provided a truly unique opportunity for Nevada and Placer counties to 'showcase' our youth sports and activities. It seemed like an incredibly positive program, and was unique in that I knew of no other community that enable the exposure of its area athletes in such a way.

What we went through is exactly the same as what you're facing. It's just more widespread there. Ivan hit three counties here and Katrina hit three states there.

Her ruling on the request came only seven hours after the deadline for submission, before counties had completed their counts. She did not consider any facts and circumstances but rather cited cases to the effect that she lacked discretion.

We're pleased for the citizens of Illinois that our request for assistance for Greene and Morgan counties was approved by FEMA and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

We're in the middle here. We haven't created this law, so the state can't bend the rules here so to speak in terms of switching guidelines or allowing counties to be flexible about compliance.

We made progress today before being hit with the third storm, which knocked power out to more customers. It's been a huge impact. Earlier it was the Bay Area and northern counties that lost power, today it was the central coast in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties, and in San Luis Obispo, more than 20,000 are without power.

I accomplished everything I was going for. I mainly wanted to set the wins record and win counties and regions for the fourth time. This year was definitely one of my best.

Having a geographical dispersion to yield losses is fairly typical. In 2002, for example, 42 counties located primarily in the southern part of Illinois had percent yield losses indicating greater than 20 percent losses. During that same year, 20 counties located primarily in the northern and western part of the state had positive yield deviations. The 2002 distribution is almost a mirror image of the 2005 distribution.

We look forward to supporting Stafford County with the new facility, which is the second of its kind for mid-sized government facilities specifically designed using advanced construction materials and systems to support the public safety mission. Northrop Grumman is one of the leading builders of large public safety operations centers and we are pleased to bring to bear our expertise in systems integration and facility design/build for counties like Stafford and Roanoke in Virginia.

If something catastrophic happened, there are five counties we know can respond in hours,

If the government spends money in the regions of the UK it is called subsidy. But if it pours it down the gullet of the cities and counties in south-east England it is called essential support of the infrastructure.

If the counties didn't want to have trolley service, in a sense they could invest more money into our agency and provide more trips for the folks of the county.

Imagine the economic impact to the area, the state and the nation if no one in McLean and Tazewell counties could farm for two years. That's the kind of impact this flooding will have.

There is a movement being initiated by the smoke-free gurus in Madison for a smoke-free Wisconsin in 2007. They're urging counties and coalitions to educate the public, so for now, that's where the majority of our effort will come.

There is an extra strain on the public defenders due to the increasing caseloads. The growth has been constant over the past few years in all three counties and across the state.

Hopefully the state can work out a system soon that more equitably distributes education resources in our state, something desperately needed by low wealth counties like Bladen,

He does this every year to get out to as many counties as he can. He likes to talk to his constituents about what is on their mind.

Jon Lewis and Stuart Broad have both shown fine early-season form for their counties and I'm sure they will be keen to make the most of this opportunity against Sri Lanka.

Living wage ordinances in other cities and counties have not led to higher contract costs and have instead leveled the playing field in the bidding process.

Many courts in other counties would toss this case because of the standard that no reasonable juror could find for the plaintiff in this situation. It's been our experience that many of the courts in the Rio Grande Valley are very, very friendly to plaintiffs' counsel and let cases go forward.

States and counties routinely bear the costs associated with incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens once they enter the criminal justice system.

St. Charles County has been one of the fastest-growing counties not just in the state, but in the country.

Just because of printing schedules and corrections to ballots, every election there are a few counties that aren't ready to go.

Most of these counties have absolutely no power and no fuel, period and it is hotter than blazes, ... Ice has got to happen today and generators have got to happen today, because nursing homes and senior centers need them.

I think they're pretty well in step with other counties. The state just rolled out its voter education program last week. There really isn't anything they could have done. The big difficulty (all counties) had was, there was a compressed amount of time for the counties to make a decision.

Our ability to flow traffic is directly dependent upon what the counties around us do, ... If I don't have cooperation from adjoining counties, it's not going to work. We're just going to all get stuck.

Our primary interest is not the sports aspect. We're interested in seeing the region do this together as a cooperative mechanism. It will take three states and all the counties working together on this.

Our counties are growing. They're projecting about a 200,000-student growth for our district territory over the next decade, and we're preparing for that.

I think I have a new perspective, a new image, an open mind looking for new solutions and using those that have been tried in other counties and cities.

I was born on the 24th of September 1755 in the county of Fauquier, at that time one of the frontier counties of Virginia. My father possessed scarcely any fortune and had received a very limited education - but was a man to whom nature had been bountiful, and who had assiduously improved her gifts.

I think that this is ground zero in the fight to keep Yolo County the way it is and not let Yolo County go the way so many of the Sacramento area counties have gone,

It is a great example of the two counties coming together to create a public facility that serves the central Triad area.

It can be difficult for counties to attract people with the right qualifications.

It could be a very bad situation. To this point we have not experienced any extremely bad fires. We have been very fortunate. We have a burning ban in 54 counties and we hope people are observing those.

I think we'll look at any high ground, ... It may not be where people wind up for the long haul. But, yes, I think we have to look to our neighboring county -- all of our neighboring counties -- that are inland and away from water.

Tim Carson understands that both Fayette and Westmoreland counties are in need of good-paying jobs that will keep our young people here. He knows that jobs and health care are not issues that end at the county line. We all share the burden of creating economic opportunity, and we need a leader like Tim, who understands this and who has the experience to fight for us.

Those counties represent both rural and urban areas, ... The state is asking companies to compete for services through a bidding process. The important result is that with some time everyone will be able to study the 'old' way of doing Medicaid--which is still in existence in parts of Florida--with this new pilot program. We believe the research will be undeniable that the free-market system will lower costs, improve efficiency, and validate the dignity of the individual." ()

Those counties that don't have them have a tremendous competitive disadvantage.

We are interested in reviewing any and all procedures that were undertaken to cross-reference these registration updates with pre-existing voter registration records in your county, and with the counties in which these voters previously resided.

We can't logistically supply 19 counties with water and essential supplies.

The act provided guaranteed payments to rural counties for road maintenance and schools.

The advisory was issued to warn people about a tricky evening rush hour. The warning was generally for Lorain County, with small parts of Cuyahoga and Medina counties affected, as well.

The absence of clear and consistent regulations... will undoubtedly lead to further confusion and unnecessary out-of-pocket expenses to cities and counties in Florida and throughout the country.

Wind systems are so new we don't have anything in our zoning ordinance that addresses this type of electrical generation. There are counties in Illinois that have wind energy systems. Those are Bureau, Henry, Lee, McLean, and Mercer. McLean County, I believe, is going to be producing the largest wind energy system in the state, if not the Midwest. I think that's somewhere around a $300 million project.

Under the KEEP plan, we advocate monies going to all counties regardless of where the casino operations are located. This is an equity issue, and we feel it is only fair for all counties to receive the benefits of gaming. We are pleased to add the KCJEA to our list of partners who supports this bill, and we look forward to working with them during the legislative process.

We've been going out and helping other counties that don't have collections and need this service.

We are obviously gratified by the unanimous ruling of the Florida Supreme Court, ... The Supreme Court's clear and unambiguous ruling, that the counties are authorized to proceed with the manual recount, is a victory for everyone who wants to see the votes counted fully and fairly here in Florida.

We know the losses are substantial. In 1995, they were about $1.8 billion. That was in all 58 California counties. We have 41 counties part of this (disaster) declaration. We know the damage in some of these areas is even more severe than it was in 1995.

We have a total of 38 families here in Williamson County. We probably have such a large number here because of the interstate. Other surrounding counties have considerably fewer evacuees. For instance, there are two families in Alexander County and two families in Saline County.

We are aware that it happens, but it is the counties that administer those bonds or letters of credit.

When it comes to major issues on a statewide or national level, the Democrats in these small counties probably feel abandoned by the Democrat Party. These are folks who go to church on Sunday morning and have strong conservative values. The Democrats on the state and federal levels don't relate to that.

When it comes to security, McDowell is at the top of the list of the worst places, just because the courthouse is so open and there are so many entrances, ... In other counties where there is no security, everyone is confined to a smaller space.

We do make a large attempt at being self-supporting. We were basically taken by surprise by the cuts. We're trying to stay in business long enough to get funding at the next legislative session. In the past, Morton and Burleigh counties have never had to pay, so we come hat in hand to see if you'll help us get through this awkward time for us.

we don't see the involvement we'd like from the counties (but) we need all the sectors.

We hope that providing this brand new resource will encourage more of Georgia's counties to join the 15 already in the program and 51 others working towards the Entrepreneur Friendly designation.

We hope to attract a segment of Chester and Montgomery counties where we've yet to establish a presence.

We are trying to be extremely responsive to all the counties involved and thought we'd come right here to our home town and see how they're doing. They've had a couple of issues and today they've done really well while we're here.

We have some families driving in from those counties to go to our programs. We want to get the programs into more counties, so families won't have to drive so far.

We've gotten a lot of response across the state from concerned counties and folks who generally think that having one vendor in the election machine pipeline is a bad thing for everybody.

We've lost population. According to the 2000 census, Chambers County, Alabama, was one of the few counties that lost population compared to the 1990 census, so more people moved to find jobs.

We've lost some good teachers, because we've had highly qualified teachers and other counties have sought them out,

We're already meeting with families utilizing our shelter (in West Jackson Baptist Church) and in the immediate area, getting the preliminary casework needed and pairing their needs to the proper agencies, and we'll be doing that throughout the 11 counties we serve. We'll be in Brownsville Monday, where there are 100 refugees in various locations, and in Selmer Tuesday, where there are 40 more.

We figure we can get the information from other counties and the Florida Association of Counties.

What we'd like to do is coordinate it so that the state and the counties are on the same page and that we're providing the same message to anyone ? whether they're a private landowner or large-scale developer.

When you get to the counties it's like a new season and no matter what your record during the regular season, everyone is invited. Everyone gets their kids prepared for their match-ups and if they are favorable, you can do well. The exciting thing about it is that everybody is given a fresh start, although from a coaching perspective, Ward Melville comes very prepared and they keep all the other coaches on their toes.

We hope to see action on the ground in all the counties this summer.

We didn't want to go halfway; we didn't want to win counties last week and have conferences taken away from us. I think this may have been even bigger than last week. We're just psyched about the rest of the season. All there is to look forward to now is the state championships, which we want. I know we're going to get there.

We'd have 50 or 60 calls each day from all counties and other states,

We're looking forward to using the technology in November's election, and seeing that other counties have the opportunity to implement the same changes. It will eventually make the (vote) counting process go a lot easier.