The thing people need to realize is that there is a carry over from year to year in utility money. This year there is a carry over of more than $1.5 million.

Proposition 36 is tremendously successful at saving lives, at saving money, at keeping families together and at turning people into taxpayers instead of tax users. It is not a silver bullet. But nothing better has been proposed by anyone.

We have complaints all the time about limbs. With this new purchase, we will be able to tell our people that the service will be better soon.

Buyers now don't have to put money down on the first house they see. They can be more selective.

We could have sold that property and made a lot of money, selling it to some distribution center that would just mean a lot of trucks going in and out.

It's the lure of easy money, It's got a very strong appeal.