Some jobs in those areas have been vacant for years, they said, and the county has taken nine months or longer to fill others.

"Probably after the county took it over because of unpaid taxes."

"I feel the county can take it over," he said.

He also said the county should have taken a harder line with the municipalities.

He said the county takes in about one million pounds of waste a year - although not always without incident.

The county took several measures to tighten security at the building.

It is from this tribe that the county takes its name.

"The county has effectively taken my property from me," she said.

The project ran into trouble when the county took nearly a year to pick a team to occupy the ball park.

With such an increase, she said, "the county would be taking a very big step toward the recovery process."