Do you want to live over the next four years what we have endured for the last three weeks?

He told us there would be arrests. That hasn't happened. He told us the DNA would prove conclusively who was responsible. That hasn't happened.

You have to know when you make errors.

They have a fairly solid view of what will best advance the interests of all people in Durham. If I had to get one, this would have been the one.

You don't get into the media and start making guarantees about arrests and talking about a case in the manner he has done without facts.

It casts a long shadow over the integrity of your administration of this case.

It's no wonder this community is as fragile as it is and is able to break like a twig under the unsteady hand of the incumbent.

It casts a long shadow over the integrity of your administration. Don't put the public through this kind of discord. You should have some compassion both for those who are accused and for the victim. I would have done things a lot differently -- with integrity.