Your Excellency, I am aware of my responsibilities,

Your Excellency, I am aware of my responsibilities,

We were notified by relatives who had not been able to contact the man, despite several tries.

We were notified by relatives who had not been able to contact the man, despite several tries.

At some point the army is going to react and then the LTTE will retaliate. They have set in motion read more

At some point the army is going to react and then the LTTE will retaliate. They have set in motion a process. At some point the bubble is bound to burst and then we do not know what will happen.

Ultimately, it will be much faster than it is now.

Ultimately, it will be much faster than it is now.

But I felt the moral obligation to help prevent what happened to me from happening to our people.

But I felt the moral obligation to help prevent what happened to me from happening to our people.

Some of them seem to convince themselves that this is a relationship.

Some of them seem to convince themselves that this is a relationship.

Anytime they can point to something concrete, something that's happening, it helps them refute all the allegations, all the daily read more

Anytime they can point to something concrete, something that's happening, it helps them refute all the allegations, all the daily news that comes in on the ongoing violence and the more-structural problems,

As a member of the school board I played an integral role in keeping the district's approximately $8 million budget read more

As a member of the school board I played an integral role in keeping the district's approximately $8 million budget successfully in the black while building several additions and making many improvements. I also played a key role in negotiating many successful union contracts for the district. This experience will better able me to keep the sheriff's department spending in check, and to work well with the department's employee union.

Today's arrests are an attempt to suppress any vocal opposition to the king, or his attempts to win legitimacy by read more

Today's arrests are an attempt to suppress any vocal opposition to the king, or his attempts to win legitimacy by holding elections. Silencing the leadership, the king hopes, will silence the people. Such actions belie his stated belief in democratic principles and the rule of law.