Anyone who serves in public office, when you have a private matter before the board, it's hands off. And he hasn't been.

The notion that (Morrison) wasn't aware of it is a bit disingenuous. Everybody on the board seemed to be aware that we would be discussing this.

At the end of the meeting on Jan. 23, I called everybody together and told them that I didn't want to get into the issue of Brian's conduct. We agreed to talk about it at our next meeting on Feb. 6, and I had everybody's attention, including Brian's.

We've been let down once before. He could very well develop the office portion and not develop the hotel,

I want them to vote and I might even recruit one to run for office,

Two weeks ago, an employee with the governor's office called me at my office and said several evacuees would be arriving here on buses and that the sheriff is usually the person put in charge of operations, ... I agreed to do it.