I'm pretty much staying out of it and just letting the party stick to its bylaws.

I'm sure it's embarrassing to some people to have their names listed as owing taxes. But it's our duty to do everything in our powers to collect the taxes.

I'm delighted because I've wanted to see Stokes join PART for a long time.

It tells me that he'll be obligated to big business and special interests.

It's our job to go through the requests and decide what to cut. That's all you can do. You certainly can't provide everything that's requested - that's impossible.

The toughest for us is always the schools and the sheriff. Those are the two really tough ones because they're the biggest part of the budget.

There has to be a way to have Medicaid relief without taxes being involved. I would love to see the General Assembly look at their budget the same way we look at ours, and live within their means.

I think that decision has basically been made.

I think we have all known that we were having growth in the Hispanic population. We have known it through the school population. I didn't realize it was that high.

I think we have enough of that type of behavior going on in Raleigh. I refuse to act that way, and I can't change.