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

I think that decision has basically been made.

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.

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.