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.

I think that decision has basically been made.

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.

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.

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.