We still have the remainder of Forrest County as well as Lamar and Perry counties to survey. If those figures hold true there's going to be a lot of people who need help.

The problem that we're facing is not unique to Hernando County. All 67 counties in the state are facing this issue of dramatically increased costs and not enough revenue to maintain levels of service.

Run Forrest run.

I think it's going good. I keep in contact with the county chairmen of the smallest eight to 10 counties. They understand leveraging of time and things like that.

Broward County is the first county of substantial size to do so. The 10 largest counties generate 80 percent of the work.

The first thing we have done is commission a telephone survey, ... We talked to 608 adults in our five-county area, and, based on the results of the survey, we felt it necessary to conduct focus groups.