 I thank everybody for coming here today I had the opportunity to spend four days with my wife with my children in the great north woods of wisconsin we did a little bit of fishing little boating a lot of relaxing and during that time we discussed my future and the future of the city of sheboygan and i am happy to say i am more resolute than ever to remain the mayor of this great city and to continue to continue to move this city forward i'd like to thank all of my supporters for coming here today it's called democracy it's the right to assemble it's the right to the democratic process i would also like to thank those who do not support me because they also have the right to assemble and the right to be heard but i must say i appreciate those who support me a bit more than the others i think it's time that we put this issue to bed and that we move forward as a city we've accomplished a lot in the last two years and we've done it not as me bob ryan the mayor but as the mayor the common council and the citizens of sheboygan just to name a couple things that we've done since my first full term in mayor was 2010 in 2010 we ran 3.7 percent below our budgeted expenses or 3.1 million dollars below expenses or 1.3 excuse me our cash and investments improved by 12.9 percent 12.9 percent or 6.8 million dollars in the city of sheboygan our debt was reduced by 10.3 percent or 7.7 million dollars our overall fund balance is improved in 2010 by 16.8 percent or 4.4 million dollars and our general fund undesignated balance improved by 47 percent our undesignated balance or 1.8 million dollars this was 2010 the first year of my budget in spite of the economic hardships that we face in the city we're moving forward when it comes to building a tax base for the future we've recently gotten our latest bond rating by s and p standard and pours for 2011 of a double A and one of the reasons why they gave us a double A was because of our improving city balances and because of our business oriented administration that is looking to build the tax base in the city and build the city for the future i'm saying that we need to do this together it's time for the mayor's office and the alderman to come back together to put this to bet and to move the city forward i have stated i have stated in the past and we have we have the right to be heard there too but i'd appreciate it if you be heard after i'm finished i've stated in the past that if i am to drink alcohol well in office i will immediately and voluntarily resign this office i stand by that i have also held out an olive branch to several alderman that i hope mother alderman will take me up on this and if there is any any hint of me consuming alcohol in the future i will voluntarily take any sobriety test administered by a medical doctor anytime i have not had a drink in 37 days today that's nothing to clap about 37 days it's nothing you can clap for me at 37 months and if i live that long 37 years i have no intention of doing anything but taking care of my family taking care of myself taking care of our city but i can't do it alone i also need the common council to come together with me once again we've accomplished a lot we have accomplished a lot in this city and we will accomplish a heck of a lot more in the future we have some rather we have some large put it that way development projects and the works things that can create over a thousand new jobs in this city in the next year we need those jobs are our number one goal in this city with jobs people make money we need people living downtown we need professional people back moving downtown rather than living out in the suburbs of the city that's the only way we'll develop our tax base in order to do that we have to have a stable administration that's moving toward the future and i aim to do that with the help with the help of our alderman that we come back together i'm holding out in all of branch do the common council that we can come back together and we can move this city forward i'll take a few questions the council has nothing to do with the recall effort as far as i'm concerned that's the citizens to sign that if the recall effort was to move forward that is a part of a democratic process i'm not opposed to that may i talk about putting this process to bed whereas the alderman right now we're also working for the same goal but at a different method i guess what's your take on the meeting tomorrow night um my take on the meeting tomorrow night is uh if there will be a vote one way or the other i'm helping the city by staying because i look at who is going to take my place what will happen in the recall election i will obviously run as a candidate if there are enough enough signatures for a recall i ran my campaign on my own last time myself and my wife we ran the campaign i'm experienced now i know how to run a campaign so i definitely will put up a good one in a recall election i'm getting the help i need every day getting the help i need uh through an iOP program that i attend three days a week i have myself a sponsor in the EA program for the first time in my life somebody to hold myself accountable somebody to hold my feet to the fire to do the right thing i have the support of my family i have my wife i have my children i have my mother i have my brother i work i work on my sobriety every day to quit is not going to help me stay sober that is for sure mayor you say you're staying in office is there anybody else would like to ask a question here i think i'm going to be obviously a recall election would be the cheapest because with a recall election it could be held with our with our primary coming up in february in the city and it wouldn't cost taxpayers anything that would be obviously the cheapest and it's it is the it is part of the democratic process which is a heck of a lot different than somebody taking illegal action number one that is untried unproven there's no case law for it it's never been done sir i get business done every day today i uh i was not even working today i was driving from the great north woods back into the city picked up my dry cleaning and ran into a business owner that wants to take the property next to his business and sell it to be a joining business that we that then they can sell some outlasts to put more businesses up i can i can accomplish this you know this this right here this is very serious business but i consider this a sight show this is a sight show is is what's going on right now the real business is the business of the city and what we need to do to keep to keep the city moving forward no i am calling i am not calling the colleagues the site show i am calling my primary job is to move the city forward uh the things that happen uh with my attorney um and with uh with some people that want me to step aside uh that is not my primary job my primary primary job is administering this the business of the city of sheboy next question are there any further questions i have had an image problem um you know basically uh uh when i was in business when i when i i am not the perfect role model um i try to be a better person every day of my life i am who i am i have my faults but i can do a heck of a lot of good for this city and that's what i am to do in the future thank you