'It was not the most ideal time to be in government.
``It was not the most ideal time to be in government. It really tests your mettle, but we have stood firm. It would have been easy to bottle it, but we didn't; we stood firm in some of the most difficult decisions that any government has made in the history of the State. I think that is a mark of our capabilities.''
As our Founders clearly stated, and we Governors understand, government closest to the people governs best.