--but under the circumstances.... To put it in simple terms, something everybody can understand, I'd have been between a rock and a hard place no matter what I had done.
Regarding the agenda, whether we agreed or not, the clerk and I did discuss this. I think any time an agenda goes out we will discuss it again beforehand. But ultimately, I made the decision that once it's out there, it's there; everybody has seen it. All it would have caused is more debate, which I guess is happening right now.
But no, I did not authorize it to go out, ultimately, and I think I've explained that to you.