--that Mr. Goldstein was interviewed first on September 11, 2007, by S. Neville, the investigator for the elections commissioner. He wouldn't cooperate with them. He would not confirm or deny whether his campaign took part in the media funding program. Then he said he would not answer any questions of the elections commissioner unless they were put in writing. So the elections commissioner put them in writing and waited eight months. He wouldn't answer any of the questions put to him by the elections commissioner--hostile to the nth degree.
In the meantime, his official agent did cooperate, and he stated clearly that they took part in the practice. Mr. Lowry, who was a witness at our committee, said they took part in it. He was the one who justified it by saying they are a very low-income riding and it's very difficult to raise money. They saw this as an opportunity to get the rebate, to increase their election spending amount by the reimbursement of $30,000 they would glean by having this money walked past their bank account long enough for them to claim the in-and-out scam.
For the record, Mr. Goldstein has been hostile since September 11, 2007. He came here to disrupt the proceedings. He had no intention of cooperating. In fact, when time was made available for him later today, he chose to have a little fit and storm out of the meeting.
Maybe it's a comment more than a question, but I think it should be duly noted what really took place here today.
That's all I have, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.