By the time I came director, we were a political subdivision of the state of Missouri. The Zoo Museum District. So I was no longer beholding to either the county executive or the mayor. So they did not have the authority to call me up and ask me to hire anybody. I happened to know both of ’em and I was on good terms. Neither of ’em ever asked me to hire anybody. But I did have some lower-level people call me up and say, “Hey, the mayor wants you to hire so-and-so.” I would give them the courtesy of an interview. We would interview them, but we never felt compelled to hire ’em.
