dr. carl reddix, thank you very much for being here tonight. i really appreciate your time, sir. >> thank you for having me. >> you were appointed to the state board of health by governor haley barbour. can i ask how you found out that the new governor, governor bryant and the new lieutenant governor were having you removed from that board? >> i had found out at the 11th hour, late tuesday afternoon, a week ago, while calling to try to ascertain when my confirmation hearing was going to be. i'd been asked for over a month, such that i can schedule and make sure that my time was available, and i was not out of town, such that i would be available to present myself in front of our state senate and sit for confirmation. unfortunately, no one knew when that confirmation hearing was going to be. they told me that, historically, they did it the last week of our legislative session, which is this current week. so last tuesday, i was really trying hard to try and figure out when this hearing was going this past tuesday and he was told that my confirmat