We really didn't know where it was. We knew it had some kind of history, but we didn't know what it was. Whether it has history didn't interest me. What interested me was the money.

We pulled everything out of there — rugs, curtains, televisions.

We pulled everything out of there — rugs, curtains, televisions.

Although the information that will come about from the [transition] report will not paint a rosy picture-in fact it will paint a very bleak picture-we have to move on and look at ways to address the pressing issues. We need to educate our leaders we need to work together. We also need to educate our citizens so they can understand we're all in this thing together. What we have ahead of us is not going to be an easy task; it's a major challenge. And it should be a great concern to all of us.

We now we're not going to get that. But we authorized the departments to spend on that level. That in itself creates a deficit spending.

The economic situation has changed and we need to cope with that change.