No kidding!
Another way to get rid of those annoying telemarketers is have your phone unhooked for about 2 or 3 months. Another way is to set your answering machine to ring 6 times before clicking over to record a message. Since we've plugged the phone back in after the rebuilding/remodeling, we've yet to have one call.
In all seriousness, I really wish Thomas would have answered so it would be settled (in some way) before ST. Somebody needs to be the adult in this situation. I will give the admin credit that they were trying to make amends, even if they screwed that up by responding to the question with something other than 'No Comment.' If they answered 'No Comment,' I'll bet the media in this town would have decided that meant Thomas wasn't answering anyway. Ce la vie.