“That put an additional 100 people a day in our jail, ... That puts us further behind the curve. Part of it has been caused by all of the child molestations. They are just cracking down, and judges are very concerned about releasing people.”
“It came in after the deadline. It was requested by the supervisor of elections, ... We typically don't try to judge or prejudge what a constitutional officer recommends. It was reviewed by staff and put on at her request because of the deadline.”
“We did increase the budget by about 35 percent, hopefully we will be OK, ... It's hard with the prices going up and down, we did put more money in. It's hard to save money on fuel because most of our money is spent on bus routes. So you either have to shorten your routes or have less stops. That means that kids have to go farther to get to the bus.”
“We're going to see the cost of everything go up, just to get basic supplies here, shipping costs will go up, ... We'll have to deal with that as we go, we just have so much money to spend, it's always a challenge. ... Budgets are just a projection and it's so volatile, it's just hard to plan. If things rise in one area, we'll just have to make up with it in another.”
“Ron Gray designed it and gathered all the information for it, ... The entire process, from design to finished product, took about two months. We selected John T. -- unbeknownst to him -- back in May. That was when we made the decision to dedicate the knife to him.”
“There could even be a swap, with Hillcrest throwing in the land (on Highway 84) to purchase the property at Legends Crossing, though I don't know if the Legends Crossing people are motivated to do that deal,”
“But there's always the new guy that nobody's familiar with who wants to do something different, ... It is really a good piece of property, one of the best pieces in the Waco area.”
