Quote of the week, 12-22

“It was off-topic for our purposes, but it was pleasant to have someone from the public there.”

— Waldo County Budget Committee Chairman Bill Sneed, referring to audience members who attended the final county budget hearing Dec. 17 to speak about the new Sheriff’s Office and Emergency Management Agency building slated for construction in 2011. Sneed noted it had been several years since he had seen members of the general public at a county budget hearing.