So far for the calendar year we have issued a total of 1,225 permits for new single family homes. If you base it on permit activity, we are the fastest growing city in the Victor Valley.

We issued 3,267 single family home permits in 2005.

All eyes on the calendar, another year I claim of total indifference.

The county can't even enforce the permits they've issued and they want to issue more.

Their budgets are much smaller than ours and they don't have an airport of our capacity.

The increase is to attract and retain employees. As we try to do recruitment we are not getting the right number of qualified candidates, and then we have to take a look at our salaries to find out what's at issue.