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Oct. 16, 201210:59 a.m.

“Try going bald at 20.”

– Sedgwick County Commissioner Richard Ranzau reacting to colleague Tim Norton Tuesday when he complained about his hair turning white at age 31

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Aug. 23, 20124:36 p.m.

“Today was one of those kind of, really, watershed days.”

– County Commissioner Tim Norton on NetApp’s announcement of 400 new jobs, which he says meets the area’s need to diversify and move into more high-tech fields

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Aug. 31, 20102:24 p.m.

“Most people don’t care, unless you’re just looking for someone’s name to go ‘nanna-nanna boo-boo’ to.”

— Sedgwick County commissioner Tim Norton talking about publication (which is required by law) in The Eagle of the names of people and businesses behind on their property taxes

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June 24, 20102:42 p.m.

“I’m in the middle of a lot of intellectual capital, so I hope I don’t drag the IQ down.”

— County Commissioner Tim Norton’s comment today at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the second Airbus facility in Old Town, where a lot of aerospace engineers were in attendance

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Jan. 26, 20104:10 p.m.

“I guess they brought me up here because they thought I was a dinosaur.”

— Sedgwick County Commissioner Tim Norton at Monday’s press conference to announce “Walking with Dinosaurs — The Arena Spectacular” coming to Intrust Bank Arena in April

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