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We had meetings with both exchanges. They both presented us with compelling proposals and it was a difficult choice.

We had meetings with a lot of companies. We met with News Corp, yes.

We had very little time -- Bob and Felt in the garage together had very little time to have meetings and conversations in the course of a couple years. The object was to get as much information, as much context, as much certainty of things we had obtained elsewhere,

We had two meetings here (with Louisiana missing people hotline officials) about forwarding Mississippi information to us. That didn't happen. They sat on this information. We had our missing person task force up and going and we were getting a lot of stuff done. We were able to track a lot of people down.

If they move between meetings it's usually a move to shore up confidence.

If this continues, we set up meetings and they don't show, it is going to take a long, long time.

If this action is not sufficient, it will be obvious, and we will respond appropriately, ... The public has the right to know what the City Council is talking about so they can have input and observe ... decision making. That's the purpose of the open meetings law.

If we (council) are going to take the responsibility to control the budget then we also must take the responsibility to have as many meetings as it takes to pass the proper legislation. It is an issue of council that we want better control over what is spent.

I have certainly seen US and UK leaders in Europe who struggle. They personally might not have the tolerance for ambiguity and go into meetings where things do not seem bolted down - yet the numbers are good and they scratch their heads and wonder how.

We're excited about the opportunity to host the Sally League meetings in Greenville, and look forward to taking the visiting team representatives on a tour of beautiful downtown Greenville and the new West End Stadium site.