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Speaker 1: gonna hear the inside scoop John Carney from Bright Bart News.

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Speaker 1: We've had him on a bunch of time, be talking

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Speaker 1: latest from Iran, Venezuela and Russia bombing another Ukrainian city

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Speaker 1: the other day. Without further ado, Welcome back to the

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Speaker 1: fifty five Cassey Morning Show. You can find him online

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Speaker 1: at the web page we The People Convention dot org.

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Speaker 1: Tom Zawastowski, good to have you back on the show.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, Bryan, Happy Tuesday, Cincinnati.

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Speaker 1: And what is going on in so far as state issues?

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Speaker 1: I've been talking to some state politicians the other day.

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Speaker 1: I had Zach Rains on, who Americans for Prosperities endors

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Speaker 1: sounds like a good guy. Viv Ramaswami, is there anything

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Speaker 1: going on in as far as property tax relief? That

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Speaker 1: seems one thing that's looming large in the state of

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Speaker 1: going to have to deal with a train wreck, which

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Speaker 1: would be us voting on whether we want to eliminate

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Speaker 1: a ballot initiative. I don't think they want that to

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Speaker 1: going on in that level, Tom.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a lot going on, you know. I think

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Speaker 2: four hundred and fifteen thousand signatures and that's a really

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Speaker 2: hard job. But it has had the fact of, you know,

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Speaker 2: as they say, forcing the legislature to focus maybe on

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Speaker 2: the issue. And so there there is still more, you know,

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Speaker 2: but you know, I think there's no doubt that something

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Speaker 2: can't say, well, you can't repeal all of it. So

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Speaker 2: don't do anything. We have to do something, and I'm

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Speaker 2: in conversation with you know, the Vey Promiswami on this issue.

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Speaker 2: I'm talking to other people in the Republican Party and saying, guys,

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Speaker 2: proposals coming out from a lot of directions to address

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Speaker 2: this issue in a less you know, as you said,

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Speaker 2: do that. So you're going to see some sort of compromise,

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Speaker 2: a more uh you rational. I guess you would say,

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Speaker 2: a way of reducing property taxes. But also remember it's

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Speaker 2: not just about the property taxes. What caused the property

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Speaker 2: give us more for their dollar. I heard your interview

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Speaker 2: the perfect example. We've got government that can't function.

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Speaker 1: Well, you set a mouthful there, and I just say,

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Speaker 1: Boiling it down to its simple as terms. Tom's AWASASKI

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Speaker 2: Tom, Well, you know, I always look at this, you know,

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Speaker 2: And he picked Rob from a field of five people,

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Speaker 2: My problem was I didn't know Rob. I never met

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Speaker 2: it makes total sense that he would try to pick

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Speaker 2: I had never met Rob, but they Bay must have

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Speaker 2: I can assure our Glassrooms people that this is a

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Speaker 2: You can't have anybody like Mike Pence stabbing in the

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Speaker 1: Isn't that the truth?

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Speaker 1: Tom's Alastawski. The people convention it out or hopefully it

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Speaker 1: lot of comfort. Tom, keep up the great work. I'm

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Speaker 1: I wish you the best of health and happiness for

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Speaker 2: I hear from you again, I'll look forward to the

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Speaker 1: Thanks very much, As always, Steve Gooden, our legal expert.

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Speaker 1: Did they violate rules that are worthy of a