20 Quotes by Jim Grant

Until we can get some really good rain to keep the fuels moist, it is really difficult to fight a fire.

We've asked departments in the last two years to trim back and be as frugal as possible so we'd have the dollars to provide the services we need to provide.

We have a project on the books right now to replace the women's jail, ... but it's only partially funded.

Many schools really want children reading in kindergarten when that wasn't done in our day.

Most people know who's billing them so they know who to call in an emergency. We feel privileged to serve the people we do and we want to please them.

Multicultural stories are really good to help our understanding of other cultures. That's what Martin Luther King is all about.

He had this gizmo, a ball that spun on a rod. You kept putting your fingers on the ball, spinning it as though you were gripping and throwing a pitch. You did that in the dugout, took it home with you. The idea was to teach you to release the ball so that it had more movement.

It could be a very bad situation. To this point we have not experienced any extremely bad fires. We have been very fortunate. We have a burning ban in 54 counties and we hope people are observing those.

People need to be very careful. If a fire started, it would burn quickly, especially if you have wind behind it. We don't want them to set a fire when it is windy or low humidity.