If you don't know the street names and routes, it's difficult to make a decision that will highly impact the citizens that the system serves.

This is a very big decision for this school and this community, and it will not be a rash decision.

Neither our actions as trustees, nor the court's decision, deprived Jane Pope of so much as a dime that she was entitled to. If Jane Pope appeals the court's decision, we are confident that the Superior Court and appellate courts will reach the same decision, because the law and the facts remain the same.

I've pretty much made my decision. I've talked to my family. Pretty much everybody (has been supportive). It's a great deal right now.

I talked to a few of them. They didn't want to get involved and try to sway my decision. What they've said is they wanted me to do what was best for me and not to worry about anything else.

It was a very tough decision. Probably for about five or six days I went back and forth a lot, talking to people. With Dave Dombrowski and Jim, we won a World Series and I had a relationship with both of them. That made it tough, but in the end my obligation was more important.