02/08/1998
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"I hope you will think again."
"My goal is to do this in such a way that the strengths of this community and the strengths of this great resource will generate even more employment and more stability for you at the end of this 5-yea..."
"We believe that if we do this right, we can generate even more employment in this area as we go through this transition period."
"I wonder what all of those other Presidents did and why they didn't do more with this incredibly flexible office."