Some of the workers had expressed an interest in having the ability to organize, and I felt that they ought to have the ability to organize if they want to without any fear of intimidation from (the county) relative to that organization. It was a rights issue for me.

One thing that has precipitated all of this is our failure to make the appropriate changes to the code, and so we're suffering in a gray area. We moved very quickly, and I won't question why we did that, I just know that we probably should have given a little bit more thought about moving to a part-time chairman.

We're not going to do any hunting, though.

I'm not advocating your candidacy at this juncture, but I would like to have the town commission have the ability to include you in the candidate pool if you were so inclined.

In the long run, I think it will be good for consumers, workers and in the economic interest of our businesses.

We have received expressions of interest from a large number of Continental fleet-service workers and customer-service agents.