No one denies that it is a problem. It's a problem we can and must deal with now, rather than years from now when the public says, 'Why didn't you do something about it?' I'm very worried about this.

I know there's been grumbling, but not much. I think overall this deal really doesn't increase that level to any degree that one would worry about.

It sends the wrong message to every one of our constituents.

The one thing we know today is we can't continue to do business the way we have in the past.

Local ownership there was critical, and it was crucial to Carl Lindner. The one overriding goal we had was to have local ownership.

It was really no big deal then, and still isn't to me. I think the whole problem with it is they made a really big deal of it after I left. To me, it was already done. I was at home. I don't really even remember it.