The days when staff were taking two-hour lunches and going to the putting green have virtually ended.

It's been very demanding, very tiring, very stressful, but in the end extremely rewarding.

I was very disappointed with the board's performance during the election months, ... I felt that they let me down. I felt they let the rate payers down.

An astonishing array of bad workplace habits.

I've been working with boards for over 20 years and they make decisions for many reasons.

One in particular appeals to me and I wanted to be free to accept that if the offer comes through.

They can blame me if they want. Personally, I don't care ... I accepted the mission from the board and I carried it out at the board's direction.