RE: It wasn't long. It must have been shortly after the end of
Governor Cone's administration. I think Bill Reid went out as
Director and Colonel Kirkman come in but I'm not quite sure
about the dates on that.
RG: They went to Governor Cone to start with. They wanted it to be
the Governor and the Cabinet as the Executive Board and he
changed it to what?
RE: We wrote it originally that way in the bill for the Governor
and the State Cabinet to be the Executive Board. Governor Cone
said he was going to veto it if we left it that way, in fact,
he never did sign it. He said he was going to veto it unless
they changed the Executive Board from the State Cabinet to the
Governor and the Chairman of the State Road Department Board
and the Legislature made the change to satisfy the Governor and
he let it become law.
RG: Okay, so there was only two people then?
RE: That's true, that's the way we operated. However, as soon as
Governor Cone's administration was over, the Legislature made
the State Cabinet the Executive Board of the Department of
Public Safety.
RG: Back to the Governor and the Cabinet?
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