I can appreciate that because some are barely getting by, just receiving cost of living increases,

It's their thing. It gives them a sense of ownership. This is the perfect age to begin to do that.

As for the pay increase, let's let the voters decide,

There is a lot of horsetrading that goes on and sometimes you have to do these types of things to get programs like Growing Greener approved,

We do get more requests from elementary schools. The background checks are very valuable, and we think it's worth the investment.

With all of this new development, it only means more boats on the water.

(We need) supplies, something to sleep on. We lost everything. We used to live in New Orleans.

I am standing here looking at the oak trees that would be taken away.

We need to offer good salaries there because we are in a very competitive world and want good people,