“People need to know that the cattle and the pastures and the citrus groves they see do not sustain the farming family,”
Clay Jordan
“I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.”
Maya Angelou
“A lot of people who move here aren't even aware how important the county was to the citrus industry. Even though there's not as much citrus grown here now, we try to pay respect to that history.”
Wayne Vutech
“Three-quarters of the people in town were directly tied to citrus or indirectly tied to citrus.”
Dave Black
“In the case of citrus growers, I don't know how much we'll get when they start carving up that $200 million.”
Ron Hamel
“I had a call this winter from someone who had a citrus tree and wanted me to try to diagnose it over the phone.”
David Griffis
“Our allocation formula has allowed for a lot of paraprofessionals. Citrus county, (in comparison), has one paraprofessional for every 500 students. Yes, there are some things that are going to be different next year.”
Wendy Tellone
