It's sort of the 19th century equivalent of a blow horn, ... It was used primarily as a form of communication to let people know that the steam boat or the circus was around the bend and headed to town .

You know, every time you visit a facility, you see things that are really great, ... We don't want to do a cookie-cutter jail. We want to have a jail that's going to fit Smith County's needs.

We want to go out into different areas of the county, where it's more accessible for citizens, to give people more input on the jail discussions, ... We're hoping for a good turnout. We're going to get out and try to publicize it. We want to get the word out.

I understand they've come up with some more numbers on fuel costs, but I would still like to look for funds for that raise,

It would be better to issue COs than to want for the federal government to order us to build something,

As everyone in Louisiana knows, there was often no communication or coordination between the state and federal government in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.