Even better (from an article reporting on the original call):
> “I think they probably enjoy having just one person up there because they can secure promises from me and I can’t say, ‘Oh, well, my fellow commissioners wouldn’t go along.’ It’s easier for everyone, actually. At a time like this when I’m communicating all the time with the Legislature, it’s easier to just be going through one person.”
Just... just really laying it all out there. "Hey guys, I can do whatever I want, let's make some back-room deals"
> “I went from being on a very hot seat to having one of the safest jobs in Texas"
Some serious "seconds from disaster" energy there.