citizen off work time as the university of michigan alum. we're quibbling over tactics. we're not quibbling over substance. the substance of the matter is chris armstrong is a radical homosexual activist who got elected partly funded by the gay and lesbian victory fund to promote a very deeply radical agenda at the university of michigan. >> well, the very next night, shirvell's boss michigan attorney general mike cox told ac 360 shirvell is clearly a bully but has a first amendment right to air his opinions. now word comes that shirvell has taken a voluntary leave of absence. duration of that leave of absence is unknown right now. i want to turn to david jesse, journalist with the site annarbor.com. what do we know about this leave of absence? what happened here? >> we don't know very much about it. sometime late thursday afternoon, we're hearing that andrew shirvell, the assistant attorney general, decided to