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Here are the top sound bites from July to December 2011. Don't forget to check Brian McMillan's column in the Dec. 29 print edition to see the top news quote of the year.
Click here for January to June.
July
"It’s peanuts."
School Board Chairwoman Sue Dickinson, on awarding $36,000 in raises between 88 teachers.
August
"We’re just on different pages."
Greg Rawls, then-Enterprise Falgelr executive director, when the organization was dissolved
"I did not give bonuses, I gave retroactive pay raises."
Supervisor of Elections Kimberlee Weeks, at her budget workshop
"They continually tell you how great the water is in Palm Coast. I drink it; it is great. Why don’t we bottle it? Bottle the water, sell it and raise revenue. Don’t raise taxes."
Joe Cunnane, who unsuccessfully ran for mayor
September
"A young boy’s life was tragically lost, but it quite possibly could have been saved, had there been adequate lighting and sidewalks available."
Dede Siebenaler, in a petition after 15-year-old Kirt Smith was killed while riding his bicycle on Seminole Woods Parkway
"He was the type of person who touched everybody’s life in this community."
Sgt. Louis Miceli, after the death of Sgt. Frank Celico, at 33
"These are not cowboys out in the Wild West. These are sworn law enforcement officers."
Buddy Taylor Middle School Principal Winnie Oden, arguing that Tasers should be carried by school resource deputies
"We all carry around a bucket, and we can choose to be dippers, or we can choose to be fillers."
Tim Ruddy, fifth-grade teacher at Rymfire Elementary School, on the good-behavior bucket system for students
October
"If we’re really, really, really wanting this, then let’s move forward. But if we’re not, let’s nip it in the bud."
School Board Chairwoman Sue Dickinson, when the board began discussing a school uniforms policy
"It seemed like a very simple thing to do, just to open the doors."
Carla Traister, director of the Sheltering Tree
"You don’t have to go outside of Flagler County to find quality companies."
Joe Roy, director of the Palm Coast Business Assistance Center
November
"When it came down to it, he is the only one who truly lived by the code, who was really willing to take it as far as he did."
Sgt. Steve Cole, on Bloods gang leader Brandon Washington, who was convicted of racketeering charges
"If the boys are focused on the girls, they’re still going to be focused on them. We’re still going to have the faces."
Lauren Dunlap, eighth-grader at Buddy Taylor Middle School, on the ineffectiveness of uniforms to curb hormone levels
December
"Our reputation has been tarnished. I don’t want to say irreparably, but I don’t know. People look at us funny."
Dan Ferrena, who was jailed for aggravated assault at his store, Palm Coast Gold Buyers, before charges were dropped
