Publicly, Northwest has to maintain the impression that operations are normal and that AMFA members are no longer needed, ... underway and proceeding smoothly.

Did I feel we needed it? No more than normal, that part of it. Did I want it? Yes. All the things that were talked about and any number of things this season, I joked about it, but it was true. I'm human just like anyone else.

In essence there are three studies underway.

It essentially would shut the county down. We would no longer be competitive.

There's a significant number of the staff, the normal, assigned staff, that no longer have homes to go to. So they are living and working in the hospital.

We no longer need a big house and the burden of maintaining it and a yard. At The Ascent, we would be within minutes of the symphony, art galleries, great restaurants and my office.