I think we need a full analysis of both options. I?m arguing both be equally analyzed before a decision be reached.

We have analyzed all of our options for alternative crude supplies and we are confident that our alternative supply sources will provide us our crude oil requirements should this shutdown occur.

The committee-of-the-whole structure, I think, is ineffective, and it hasn't accomplished the original goal that it set out to do.

I think even before Katrina I would have been through. I would have been arguing to pause, if I were still there.

We just want to weigh our options and make sure we make the right decision for Lenoir County. We're going to look at the cost factor and weigh the pros and cons.

Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision