There is good in requiring people to lay sewer and prepare for (annexation). But somehow you have to balance that with people's ability to pay the costs.

The process has become so onerous, it forces people to try to avoid subdivision review. If you had to spend two years and $20,000, or do a family transfer, what would you do? Are you trying to get something done, or evade the law?

In retrospect, basing (subdivision review) on lot size was not a very good idea. You shouldn't base land use planning on that. Now you have 20-acre tracts all over the place.

Many people are asking what is the fastest-growing tree.

As we go into the balance of the year most people don't have the Fed on their radar screens anymore. That means that we'll be focused more on the economic data.

I'm aware of the balance that is struck between cost-effective solutions and the kind of solutions that people want.