Jason Chaffetz: “I don't know how you look into the eye of Mr. Shaw. Our heart bleeds for somebody like that.”

I do believe, in principle, that if you want the best result, you are going to look to the people at the most local level.

So, to suggest that there was not a dialogue, you can point to President Obama. He never listened to us.

Another major burden for county government is the emergency services needed to support such a massive amount of land.

This was widely regarded as one of the worst governance systems in the world.