dr. tony abers, ideological wouldn't necessarily be in line with us but we have shared interests. me and my two kids, the superintendent, and worked on improved reading scores for elementary kids. educator effectiveness and our staffs put together one of the most comprehensive group of stakeholders from across the state where when it came to school and school district accountability. there's much more work to be done together on that and i think that process gives us a great foundation whether on education or assortment of other issues where we can build off that and really bring the state together in the future. i think the public doesn't have to say he's talking about it. he's done it for almost a year. the reason people don't know about it is because it's working. it hasn't been a contribution. we've brought together a good number of people. we can do it again when it comes to jobs and budgets and other things in the future. >> mayor barrett? >> the first thing you have to do is establish trust. and you don't establish trust when 20 days before an election you try a whole new s