Charlie Duggan Quotations

We have a feeling those interested in tennis and general recreational needs or the needs of the library will come out and vote. A lot of people who are interested in the quality of life here in Auburn are very interested in this vote.

We're always interested in making the system better, and I think we're making positive progress and will continue to do that.

People want to be able to just hop on and off the highway, easy access to the airport if someone is being flown in for a company.

We won't really know how much it will cost until we receive all the bids.

We'll meet with the council and let them know how much the bids are for and how much the interchange will cost. If the bids are outrageous, say $15 million, that's when we'll have to go back to the drawing board because we couldn't draw that much extra money from other projects.

If we don't hear from the property owner, we monitor their home to see if something leads us to believe they are violating the ordinance. Then, we go to court and file for a search warrant. We'll look at names on prescriptions or the license plates at the homes, see if they are from several different counties or states, to identify how many people are living in the home.

When Dr. Jones went outside that morning (April 17) he saw a lot of cars when he expected everyone to be gone. There are two unrelated people now living in the house, but they will have friends over. We have people ride by there from time to time, just to check on it.

All of the violations reported in 2005 have been closed and zero cases went to court in 2004. Since then, we are looking at the cases more and more closely and not ignoring the rules.

I realize Dr. Jones' frustration, but the cases that take this long are out of the ordinary. (Violations) are criminal actions and the defendants have the right to an attorney and right to a defense.

We are anticipating between $5 to 7 million for the cost and originally estimated it costing about $4.8 million. We also think that with all the constructing activity with (Hurricane) Katrina that we are anticipating higher prices, just not sure how high they might be. We might have to shift money from other projects if the reconstruction costs more than our expected expense.