These are the folks who actually run the departments, ... We're losing them at an alarming rate.

I think they're trying to distract the public's attention from the real issues.

We know the administration had a policy of telling employees that, if they resigned, they would get a neutral referral,

The letters are goofy,

It's an easy pick, ... He's somebody I've known for a long time, and I think that's true of many of my colleagues as well.

Because I don't think it's true, ... I don't think corruption is endemic to the process in Annapolis at all. It's the exception, not the rule.