I thought I was acting, not improperly, but in the best interest of the county.

He can get the same briefing before any public meeting. That?s happened. I don?t see anything wrong with that and I don?t see anything wrong with what we did.

You try to work through the political stuff to get to the government stuff and get things done. It?s like any other organization where human beings are involved. You come to some consensus.

I thought that the power plays made (gaining) momentum very hard. There wasn't much flow to the game. It made it hard to do anything, for both teams.

They've heard our concerns; they are acting on our concerns. We are pleased with where we are.

The same considerations apply to homeowners. All else being equal, interest rates are higher now than they would be were real estate valuations less lofty, and if real estate prices begin to erode, homeowners should not expect to see all the gains of recent years preserved by monetary policy actions.