The Week in Words

By Times Staff Writer
Published January 6, 2008

"This is a miracle for me."

- George Kelly, whose brother John Kelly, known to many as the Walker, recovered enough from a severe beating from thugs in September to walk out of a Spring Hill rehabilitation center. (photo 280616)

"When you run an agency by fear, you don't get productive officers."

- Michael Krohn, attorney for fired Brooksville Police Officer Diana Lopez, on the management of Chief George Turner.

"Political will and the overall support of the entire community towards unification is questionable at best."

- An observation in a consultants' report on the status of Hernando County fire services on whether the various departments should be merged.

"The bottom line is that we're not quite done but we're almost there."

- Assistant Hernando County engineer Gregg Sutton, on the most recent report by the county on the cleanup of a contaminated site in Brooksville.

"It's bad. Do I have to say any more?"

- Gary Schraut, a Brooksville real estate broker, on the continuing slump of the local real estate market.

"I believe this is a fear-driven problem. Every time a national forecaster comes out and says something negative, people put their checkbooks away."

- Jeanne Gavish, a real estate agent working in Hernando and Pasco counties, on one reason why the market remains stagnant.

"The Lord's gonna do what he wants to do. There's a time for everything. That was his time."

- Willie Brown of Brooksville, on the death of his son, professional football player Jerome Brown, in an auto accident in 1992. (photo 279828)

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