Counties Quotes

With due respect to the counties, it's hard to market 18 games against them a season. - Craig Wright

Wind systems are so new we don't have anything in our zoning ordinance that addresses this type of electrical generation. There are counties in Illinois that have wind energy systems. Those are Bureau, Henry, Lee, McLean, and Mercer. McLean County, I believe, is going to be producing the largest wind energy system in the state, if not the Midwest. I think that's somewhere around a $300 million project. - Ron Moore

While these southern counties do have some small cities, a lot of the poverty that infects child well-being is found in the rural parts of the state _ a fact that state and local policy-makers must consider when deciding how to improve conditions for all New Jersey children. - Cecilia Zalkind

While it looks like a good thing for mobile-home owners, it's a cost shift from the developers and the state over to cities and counties. - Rep. Nancy Detert

When you talk about basketball in northwest Ohio, in Putnam County . . . I imagine it?s a lot like Indiana high-school basketball. I don?t know if you could find many counties in Ohio that have had six teams make it to the state finals in any sport. - Troy Schwemley

When you get to the counties it's like a new season and no matter what your record during the regular season, everyone is invited. Everyone gets their kids prepared for their match-ups and if they are favorable, you can do well. The exciting thing about it is that everybody is given a fresh start, although from a coaching perspective, Ward Melville comes very prepared and they keep all the other coaches on their toes. - Herb Mones

When we went to talk to those families, we found out that one of the families was originally from Herrin, so we were able to quickly place them in one of our vacant homes in Herrin. Our agency covers 24 counties, and if we don't have a house available, we can still help a family by making referrals. - Sharon Hess

When we look at county maps, we have four sightings in 12 counties in a short enough period of time that it is highly doubtful it was all one twister. We're getting damage reports from 28 different counties. - Kurt Pickering

When it comes to major issues on a statewide or national level, the Democrats in these small counties probably feel abandoned by the Democrat Party. These are folks who go to church on Sunday morning and have strong conservative values. The Democrats on the state and federal levels don't relate to that. - Cory Tilley