Essentially Mel and Bill complained that I wasn't doing what the majority of the committee wanted. To claim that I'm not doing what the majority is asking is incorrect. It was obvious by the [no confidence] vote that I was.

The laws are different and up for interpretation but I wasn't venturing into a discussion about something that wasn't on the agenda. A conversation on a forensic audit was brought up under 'budget.' You tell me how that fits in.

There will probably be personnel involved and they also have rights under the open meetings law. I'm not going to close the door on it (forensic audit) but it would have to happen in executive session.

If two leading state agencies say they're not going to look into this, then why should I? It gets frustrating looking at this over and over again.

It does not meet the interests of all Iraqis, ... We need something to be amended. The majority of the Iraqis don't accept it.

Moreover, the vast majority of them were drafted - they were forced to serve Hitler just as other Jews were forced to become slave laborers in Auschwitz and elsewhere.