How would you describe your approach to growth? Growth presents many challenges and many opportunities. History would indicate we have done a below-average job of harnessing the energy and potential of growth. Through teamwork, we can create a positive working relationship with growth that will help us address issues like public safety, public recreation, transportation and economic development.
What do you see as the county's biggest challenge? What solutions do you see? Clay County's biggest challenge is making the transition from bedroom community to prosperous community. The rapid rate of the growth, due in large part to our quality of life and schools, has stressed every facet of our infrastructure. The solution will not come quickly but only through detailed planning and teamwork with every local, regional and state entity that impacts what we do and how we do it can we expect to posture ourselves for our future.

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Monday-Friday April 2-6 and April 9-13. Cost: $130 members, $145 nonmembers.

Summer Art Camp: Play games, make art, meet new people and have fun. You'll try your hand at all sorts of art-making processes including painting, collage, sculpture and clay. Join in on gallery hunts as you explore the museum's collection. Use the art you discover as inspiration for your own artwork. Ages 6–8 and 9–12. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 18-22, June 25-29, July 2-6, July 9-13, July 16-20, July 23-27, July 30-Aug. 3, Aug. 6-10 and Aug. 13-17. Cost: $130 members, $145 nonmembers.

Oceans’ Growing Acidity Alarms Scientists

Don't kid yourself even though since 1992 this has been on the table not one of the above have really instituted the finding of the Rio Conference of KYoto. The USA has not signed the agreement and won't until the madman Bush leaves office and the rest of the NEOcon squad with him. The world has been asking for USA leadership and the reduction of CO2 but that will not happe for another year. But even if the US does it China will never join the bunch nor will India.

There really isn't any quick fix. I am a filmmaker and have worked on the environmental change issues since 1978 so I have a fair amount of experience to speak. While LED light-bulbs is good and 40 MPG for cars is better it is not the at least the 80MPG that is necessary and refits for all existing cars rather than exporting them to the developing world which is presently being done and will pick up speed as restrictions rise in the western world.

The INQUIRER is betting on MS-Yahoo

ASSUME FOR A MOMENT that Microsoft-Yahoo goes through without a hitch. What does the world look like afterwards? Here’s the book on what might come next.

Evens: Microsoft-Yahoo is deemed a success. Steve Ballmer has a great get-out here. He can say that he’s playing the long game and that the internet war won’t be won in a day.