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out to have lunch together and we came back and we started battling again. We may be on the same side or we may be on opposite sides, but in Toots' mind we're just putting on a show, and I don't think we're going to change his mind about that. One time he said,
"Y'all are up there hollering and screaming at each other, and then I see Mr. Holleman, he walks by and he gets a cigar out of your pocket and he struts around the courtroom there. That's just a show y'all are putting on." I said, "Toots, you don't look at it the right way. We can be friends just the same whether we're opposite of each other or on the same side with each other because you can never tell when you're going to be on the same side." But Toots' not convinced. I wanted to bring him here today to let him see what goes on up here. It's not all production, a lot of this is.
But John, I appreciate the kind words that you said, and you've got a record, you've been with the court 26 years. You came on when the magistrate deal just started. You helped organize it. I've got
JAMIE L. WETZEL, CSR - CIRCUIT COURT REPORTER