mr. higginbotham, it's pretty obvious if you read the record that you and mr. metzler just didn't get along. is that a correct statement? would you argue with that statement? >> not in my opinion. >> that you did not get along -- >> no, we did get along. >> you did get along. >> yes. >> so the fact that there was a report that was done as early as 1997 saying that there was real -- in fact, 1994 i believe even after you all had -- after you had been deputy for only a few years, two different types there was an assessment of what was going on in arlington and in both instances they said that there was a great difficulty between the two of you, that you did not have a good working relationship, that morale was low because of it and in fact you were counseled, the record says you were counselled as it relates to our ability to work with mr. metzler. is that not accurate? >> partially. i think if we go back to when mr. metzler arrived at arlington in i believe it's 1991, i was already the acting superintendent because the prior superintendent had quadruple bypass s