We are in a win-lose kind of relationship with communities that have the power to annex. When they win we lose. When we win they lose.

We're facing a huge loss of our tax base because of the bypass, which is just beginning.

We first played against each other when were about 8 years old. We've become good friends, and when Chris called me after the trade and told me that he had traded for Ned, too, I thought it was great.

We actually had purchase power agreements signed by a wind developer and a municipal solid waste developer, but the developers had trouble finding a site and it was right about the time we were switching over to a co-op and the funding fell through.

Our next step is to create purchase power agreements.

Wireless is too dependent on the external power supply. And since wireless phones are becoming the main phone line for many people, the industry has to make sure that customers have the same kind of reliability as with landlines.