Political Quotes

“Maybe the money is not there or maybe it is. Maybe it is the lack of priorities we set on how we are going to spend it. Maybe we should take a look at that. Maybe we should take a look and see why our commissioners--and ``I are an old one''--maybe they are saying, because of those public lands our roads are broken up; because of those public lands and the activities on those public lands is the reason we have to provide water, sewer, infrastructure; we have to provide a lot of things in this county that normally settles on the taxpayers that pay on private lands. I will tell you that the PILT payment is nowhere near what the private landowners pay. If this Government wants to own the land, then they must own up to the responsibility of ownership, which is in a community you pay your share of the taxes right along with everybody else. So what I am saying is, yes, we have money there to pay for this. We have to set our priorities. Are we going to be a good neighbor, or are we not going to be a good neighbor?”