The carrot dangling is vocational training for students? No. The carrot dangling is all about money.

I literally went--well, I won't use the language. I really was upset. It's out of control.

When Northwest merged with Flowing Wells, they promised an economy of scale that would lead to bigger and better service. But the first thing they did was raise taxes. They are a political organization with a lot of ambition. They want to get bigger.

I don't believe them. They're not going to walk away from a windfall like this.

I didn't used to be so against bonds. They're getting to be too much of a crutch. It's gotten to where any time someone comes up with a whimsical project, they go sell bonds.

The property values were up last year, but not the painful way they are this year.