The lines of authority were sometimes blurred for me, but I always felt like Rod Sr. had the last word.
We get lazy and complacent and just don't want to do it because it's not our priority. Well, look at Katrina.
That kind of disturbs me. The money was not the point of this whole thing; it was the way he treated his fellow man, with no compassion.
Our guys would run into the locker rooms to wash their helmets out between junior varsity and varsity games.
I understand the gesture. But I also see both sides of it. He is trying to clean up his image and I am not agreeing until I see the reasoning behind it all.
I have been looking for a location to meet my current needs, yet allow for some future growth potential, and this fire station fits that bill perfectly.
The county was the one that had control of what was taking place in Deltona. The one issue that was important was that we were paying taxes to the county, and not too much of that was returned to the city.
You had to sell (the homes) for a fair price. So to get a higher spread just wasn't always feasible.
