Oh boy, I learned a lot. Mainly not to trust a politician. I think I learned what everybody’s learned who’s lobbied any elected official, either from the president of the United States down to a local city council. They’re a different breed of people. When I became director and even before that, the men, and they were all men, who served in our local government, city council, county councils, were what I today would call true public servants. They ran for office because they thought they could make a difference in the community. They almost every time did the right thing. By the mid-’80s, those people were long gone, (laughs) and this new breed of politician were very different.
