John Davis
John Davis
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Our charge was to look at the facilities and to look at the county farm. There are a lot of options to move forward with. I can't say what two weeks will cost us that much. Just because we aren't recharged doesn't mean we won't talk about it amongst ourselves.
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We cannot deny the county staying downtown has benefits. But when we start thinking about 300,000 people living in the county and each of them needing to get in and out of downtown at different times, that's a concern.
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The committee has concluded that they have completed the tasks that were put before them. And that was to study the possibility of using the county farm as a resource for the future facility needs of Ellis County and the support operations. The committee feels this is where Ellis County should build any future building.
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The legal community seems to think that the jail, courts and clerks need to stay together. Transporting prisoners can be very expensive. If we move the jail to the county farm and keep the courts downtown that could cause a number of issues. And you can spend a tremendous amount of money guarding prisoners outside the jail environment.
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I think it's really fallen off people's radar. We don't hear much about it at all.
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We wanted to keep our monthly payments similar to what they are now, and we can do that by splitting it three ways.
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Really, we were six or seven years into the AIDS epidemic at that time, and I think it was a move that offered an acceptance. You know, sometimes movies are great because I think they can precondition society for acceptance, and I think when they do that we're really at the statesmanship level of film-making.
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It appears that whichever company sponsors the trial produces the better anti-psychotic drug.
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That was the Reagan era, and it was a great time for those kinds of movies ... a time when we wanted larger-than-life heroes.
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I think people would have assumed a 50 percent cut in roaming charges over three years. If they did it by the end of 2007 -- a year quicker -- then it's a little bit negative.
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We always strive to make records that sound good to us. We have very exacting tastes.
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When you go down there and meet with them, keep as many options open as possible. We don't want any closed door deals. And we're not going to quit what we're doing with two weeks off.
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We need to look at our consumers and clients and reassess their needs early on.
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We're training you to be a leader, but you're not going to be a leader right away. You need to be a good follower and work your way into leadership.