him due to them terminating his contract that they thought was invalid for civil reasons. so i guess monday morning we'll see. >> do you think you can put this behind you? do you think you can work -- would you like to work with the mayor or, again, if you think this is a man who has such a problem with your sexual orientation and even fired you to the point he had such a problem with it, do you think this is somebody you can reconcile with and work with? >> i have no problem. it's going to be on his behalf that we can't work. i was working the 23 years there and the 4 months with him at the time doing my job, and i have no hatred towards him. i dislike how he treated me, but i'm ready to go on and get back where we were in our small town. i'm looking forward to working with the council, hopefully him. i wish he would have been there friday. you know, that answers some questions right there that i feel like he's not even willing