Cryptical Envelopment

A simple question has been asked of me. My policy for the ten years that I have held office has been to try to answer legitimate questions in a straight forward, unvarnished manner. In this instance, because I consider the question "in bounds", I'm going to answer it. However, because the complete answer wouldn't change anything and might do more harm than good, I'm going to be deliberately ambiguous and say less than I know.  Stated differently, I think the public is entitled to an answer, but it serves no purpose to pick at a scab. 

The question was whether I was facing an ouster action recently. The answer is this: I have it on good authority that in the wake of Joe Williams' separation from the City, there were one or more people who wanted rid of me, or at least wanted to see me penalized, politically and/or professionally, whatever they could get. 

Nothing has or will come of this nonsense.  Subsequent actions have (largely) made moot this ill-fated initiative. 

Have at it.