Pat Boss Quotations

You can clearly see from the turnout and from the questions that people really want to see this work. A lot of people that were here today felt like Quincy should be one of the pilot sites, and given the turnout I think it should be.

The good news is (Reynolds) is coming here personally. We've moved a long ways from October when we were having the big problems. We're to a point now where we're having good dialogue. Having the senior vice president come up to Grant County and the Columbia Basin is a very positive sign. It tells us we're moving the ball forward, getting closer to the goal, which is to get a decent service put into place in Grant County.

Quincy clearly feels, because of its proximity between the potato-growing areas and the apple-growing areas, it is a great area to consolidate a lot of freight here from both the tree fruit, the potato and the vegetable industries.

It's for about 40 acres of land out there.

It's really close. They're visiting regularly, they're going through the county, local and state types of permitting processes ... We're anticipating some good news in the next couple of weeks.