They are shutting down that quarry. They have ceased operations there.

We know that’s a fairly accurate figure. It could be a big problem.

Under our current funding, once we assess companies, exhaust the Catastrophe Reserve Fund and penetrate our layers of reinsurance we would have to tap the state’s General Revenue Fund through tax credits.

Just cutting the grass is between $50,000 and $60,000 a year. And that doesn’t even count having somebody in the office.

We are now just oversight and support.

It’s up to the county to now make a demand for arbitration, and it hasn’t.

Bluntly, the coast can’t afford itself.

I had no idea of her background except that she was a good waitress. Then one day she said she wanted to show me her book, the first edition. I took it home and started...

We examined the evidence from every angle before accusing smith of murdering his wife.

This is a serious offense; there are serious consequences and it deserves consideration and we wanted to look at every angle before making a decision.

If he was a Smith or a Jones, I would have hired him.

Iron County’s getting one heck of a deal for $15,000. I think the (Gogebic) board would be happy to get animal control for $15,000 a year.

Because the rates we collect fall far short of the risk we assume, it is sad but true that Texas coast can no longer afford itself.