I think we have all known that we were having growth in the Hispanic population. We have known it through the school population. I didn't realize it was that high.

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It tells me that he'll be obligated to big business and special interests.

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It's our job to go through the requests and decide what to cut. That's all you can do. You certainly can't provide everything that's requested - that's impossible.

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The toughest for us is always the schools and the sheriff. Those are the two really tough ones because they're the biggest part of the budget.

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I think that decision has basically been made.

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There has to be a way to have Medicaid relief without taxes being involved. I would love to see the General Assembly look at their budget the same way we look at ours, and live within their means.

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I'm pretty much staying out of it and just letting the party stick to its bylaws.

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I don't think it's fair for any candidate to be the replacement. I think they should just send someone down there to complete Senator Horton's term.

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I'm sure it's embarrassing to some people to have their names listed as owing taxes. But it's our duty to do everything in our powers to collect the taxes.

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