That's a large part of it. I was also short an employee and we haven't had to replace that person so that makes a difference as well.

We instituted a [Purchase Order] system and [street superintendent] John [Bradley] has done a good job with that. That's really made a difference in how much we spend.

We do have quite a bit, but we buy it from the state and the state says you have to buy so much each year to be able to continue to buy it. Fortunately, we built a big salt barn a few years ago. We will have some outside that we'll cover up, but most of it will be in the salt barn.

So the proposition that the ideal parents for any child are its biological parents is a statement with which we can all agree in the generality, but which does not apply, for one reason or another, in many particular circumstances.

Those who condemn gay marriage, yet are silent or indifferent to the breakdown of marriage and divorce, are, in my view, missing the real issue.

Do the bishops seriously imagine that legalising gay marriage will result in thousands of parties to heterosexual marriages suddenly deciding to get divorced so they can marry a person of the same sex?