But some critics still attacked the apology as not being strong enough.
Scholars and critics attack articles of his from 40 or 50 years ago as if they had been written just yesterday.
Critics attack it from both extremes of the political spectrum.
Critics have also attacked the Government for spending too much in the drive to find more efficient ways of operating.
"Many artists go through a certain period where the critics are attacking them," Columbus says.
Both liberal and conservative critics have attacked these later accounts.
He foresaw also that critics would attack the decision without reading the opinion.
The critics were attacking only one and from an incorrect premise, he said.
The group's critics also attack it for keeping its ministerial meeting closed to public view.
Critics have also attacked the authority's promise that it would lower electric rates an average of 19 percent over the first 10 years.