I accomplished everything I wanted to do in life and still was left with an unfulfilled part of me.

If they were getting good feedback from the state, I thought they would continue down that path.

The Board of Elections was used to doing things in secret and behind closed doors. Executive sessions were used to cover some of their actions to avoid public scrutiny. Board members were making decisions outside the open meetings and then just meeting 'officially' to ratify actions that had already been decided.

There also were times before and after board meetings when I would see them out in the hall. They're allowed to do that. I can't say they can't socialize, but I could only speculate with the turmoil going on on the board they weren't just out there talking about the weather.

What I'm hearing is the decision concerning my position was made before yesterday (Thursday). I was concerned when two weeks ago they hired Carolyn (Campbell) part time for help. We hadn't asked for help. We thought we could do it ourselves.

I am here today as an American citizen and an engineer whose life has been devastated by that (H-1B) program.