WEBVTT - 1-21-26 Sloan with Alicia Reece

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<v Speaker 1>Money, money, money, money, money, money, everybody wants more. Hamblin

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<v Speaker 1>County may ask voters to increase the Children's Services levy.

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<v Speaker 1>Last time we did this was about eight years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>So the current funding is that we just don't have

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<v Speaker 1>enough money for all the kids and this is not due.

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<v Speaker 1>Butler County is just going to They just introduced I

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<v Speaker 1>think a new two mil levee that they want to

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<v Speaker 1>pass as well. It's all over the state as well,

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<v Speaker 1>because that poverty gap continues to increase. There's just not

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<v Speaker 1>enough money anymore to care for the kids. And this

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<v Speaker 1>would fund the abuse neglect hotlines, foster care, family preservation, reunification,

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<v Speaker 1>independent living programs. I'm involved, as you know, King of

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<v Speaker 1>Mardi Gras coming up in Northern Kentucky Convention Center on

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<v Speaker 1>Fat Tuesday. We raise money to feed kids for three

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<v Speaker 1>agencies here in Cincinnati, and so it's a very real thing. Currently,

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<v Speaker 1>the cost for this levee is eighty one bucks per hundred,

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred thousand dollars of home value. This one would

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<v Speaker 1>increase at minimum eighty percent and eighty percent increase at minimum.

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<v Speaker 1>On that's joining the show is our good friend. Hamlin

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<v Speaker 1>County Commissioner Alisha Reese, welcome back.

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<v Speaker 2>How are you.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm doing good, loan, Happy new.

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<v Speaker 1>Year, Happy new Year. I don't know if it's a

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<v Speaker 1>happy new year yet. And I'm looking at these numbers.

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta be honest with you, I'm like, oh, it's

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<v Speaker 1>making me blush. You know, a minimum eighty percent increase,

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<v Speaker 1>the optimal number would double that from sixty five million

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<v Speaker 1>to one hundred and twenty three million dollars. The ideal

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<v Speaker 1>funding levels one hundred and twenty three. That's Alicia. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we've got you. You're out all the time. You talk about, Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>you know the stadium thing, and you're not getting your

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<v Speaker 1>money back from that, and then the property tax valuations,

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<v Speaker 1>and I also I look at all these things that

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<v Speaker 1>cost of livings going through the roof as well. It's

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<v Speaker 1>never a good time to enter a levey. But boy,

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<v Speaker 1>you're not. I'm looking at this going. This is a

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<v Speaker 1>tough ask right.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, Slane, It definitely is. I mean, it's the timing

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<v Speaker 3>of doing something like this, and one of the things

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<v Speaker 3>we've got to do. I wasn't on the commisis you know,

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<v Speaker 3>eight years ago. But when I came on the commission,

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<v Speaker 3>they said they had combined two levies and at that

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<v Speaker 3>time we would have, you know, additional money. And in

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<v Speaker 3>twenty twenty four December had been asking about how much

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<v Speaker 3>money do we have in the reserves and at that

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<v Speaker 3>time is that they said one hundred million dollars in reserve.

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<v Speaker 3>That's twenty twenty four December. Now you fast forward at

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<v Speaker 3>twenty twenty five of December, it was well, wait a minute,

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<v Speaker 3>now we have a thirty million dollars potential gap in

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<v Speaker 3>order to make it and keep things going. And so

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<v Speaker 3>I said, wait a minute. You know, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 3>ask what the taxpayers are going to ask, how did

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<v Speaker 3>you have one hundred million dollars in reserve? Now you're

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<v Speaker 3>bankrupt almost and now just in time to have a lege.

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<v Speaker 3>And so I've been asking those questions is people have

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<v Speaker 3>asked me and the timing is just the horrible you know.

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<v Speaker 3>Number one, the reason there is this Children's services levee

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<v Speaker 3>because we have unfunded mandates by the state that we

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<v Speaker 3>have to pay for this and it'll come out of

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<v Speaker 3>the general fund and those kind of things. If we

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<v Speaker 3>don't have the levees, I call it trickle down taxation

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<v Speaker 3>from the state. They say we cut at the state,

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<v Speaker 3>but then mandate at the local level to raise taxes.

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<v Speaker 3>I am not convinced to move toward more money right now,

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<v Speaker 3>yet I want to get all the information because I'm

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<v Speaker 3>looking at the timing of this. Homeowners are getting their

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<v Speaker 3>tax bill. It's an increase on property taxes at the

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<v Speaker 3>same time, as you've indicated, the city is looking at

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<v Speaker 3>if you live in the city of Cincinnati, they're looking

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<v Speaker 3>at an income tax increase. So now your check is

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<v Speaker 3>going to get shorter at the same time your gas

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<v Speaker 3>and electric have gone up. Some people have tripled. Water

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<v Speaker 3>bills was an increase at the same time, and a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of people, some people have even lost their jobs,

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<v Speaker 3>have been forced into retirement. Inflation is there. It can't

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<v Speaker 3>go to the grocery store and buy anything, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>because that's jumping out the roof. And so we've got

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<v Speaker 3>to look at these things at timing and at the

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<v Speaker 3>same time as government entities. We must look at everything,

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<v Speaker 3>not in a silo, but in general. In other words,

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<v Speaker 3>we can't look at the Bengals deal as a separate thing.

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<v Speaker 3>And we got money, and we can make it work

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<v Speaker 3>and we can get creative, which I voted against because

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<v Speaker 3>it cut out the homeowners getting a break. Now on

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<v Speaker 3>the other side, so we gave that deal away with

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<v Speaker 3>no break to the homeowners of thirty percent. Now we

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<v Speaker 3>come over here, and now you want to say what

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<v Speaker 3>the homeowner's got to pay an increase because over here

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<v Speaker 3>we don't have any money. And so I'm one that

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<v Speaker 3>don't think, does not think that these are two cents

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<v Speaker 3>the different money, because they all are you know, that

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<v Speaker 3>comes from sales tax and those kind of things, and

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<v Speaker 3>we have to we can't be over here saying no money.

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<v Speaker 3>And then over here we're talking about arenas, We're talking

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<v Speaker 3>about eight hundred million dollars, potentially, idea on the bank.

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<v Speaker 3>We're talking all these things on here. But then when

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<v Speaker 3>it at the end, you say, I want the tax payers,

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<v Speaker 3>the homeowners who barely can make it, to pay for everything.

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<v Speaker 3>And when we get to them, we're broken.

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<v Speaker 2>But we need to develop that.

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<v Speaker 1>I like Arena arenas is they bring money and we

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<v Speaker 1>we you know, we need that outside money to come here,

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<v Speaker 1>Convention center, all that stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>That's good. That's how you increase the tax base and

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<v Speaker 2>reduce the BRK.

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<v Speaker 3>I agree, I agree that we want money to come in.

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<v Speaker 3>But when we have the money that comes in. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>looking where it's going. I mean, we're doing things and

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<v Speaker 3>it's not going to help us. I'm for you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm tourism former assistant director for the whole state and everything.

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<v Speaker 3>Those dollars should be going in to reduce the cost

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<v Speaker 3>on the whole home owners. Those dollars don't do that.

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<v Speaker 3>Those dollars come in and now we're on another development

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<v Speaker 3>and then they don't have to pay taxes. It's an abatement.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a you know, free we're taxing everybody, but nothing.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm looking at the pot. I'm thinking the same thing

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<v Speaker 3>you're thinking. We bring all this money in, it's to

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<v Speaker 3>go over here and now we'll help the homeowners and

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<v Speaker 3>the local people. But it doesn't do that because we

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<v Speaker 3>haven't put our foot down to make sure that it

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<v Speaker 3>does that. There's these dollars, these oh we if we

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<v Speaker 3>do this, this this Bengal deal, we could have got

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<v Speaker 3>I think a better deal and gotten where the homeowners

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<v Speaker 3>wouldn't have had to be written out of the deal.

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<v Speaker 3>But we did it. So we've got to be more intentional.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's my fight. My fight is we can't look

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<v Speaker 3>at these projects. It's siloed because if I'm grandma with

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<v Speaker 3>my house and I look and see in the newspaper

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<v Speaker 3>that you got a you know, a three hundred and

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<v Speaker 3>fifty million dollar deal with to take for example, the

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<v Speaker 3>Bengals deal. We wanted to have some state money so

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<v Speaker 3>we can reduce our money so we can have the homeowners.

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<v Speaker 3>Guess what, we didn't get that. Now they're saying we're

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<v Speaker 3>going to go for state money. And I asked the administrator,

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<v Speaker 3>if we get this state money, will that reduce the

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<v Speaker 3>cost so now we can give the homeowners the big break.

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<v Speaker 3>He said, no, we would have to do matching money.

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<v Speaker 3>That's more money. So if we go to state, now

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<v Speaker 3>there's more money. So there hasn't been enough intentionality saying

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<v Speaker 3>every deal we must leverage in order to cut the

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<v Speaker 3>cost on the local taxpayers. And that's what they're not seeing.

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<v Speaker 3>They're not seeing that that is happening. And so unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 3>well we're in this situation. But let me just say,

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<v Speaker 3>in Adams County it went to the ballot. Children and

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<v Speaker 3>these are people who normally vote for it. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>like you said, Adams County, they said they couldn't afford it.

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<v Speaker 3>They voted it down Claremont County said they couldn't afford

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<v Speaker 3>they voted it. So we're in a situation. Yeah, we're

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<v Speaker 3>in a situation where people don't want to make that choice,

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<v Speaker 3>but they're making choices between do I save my house?

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<v Speaker 3>Do I be to buy my groceres my medicine because

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<v Speaker 3>they keep putting taxes on top of them and the

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<v Speaker 3>cost keeps going up.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not selling this about the vote for it if

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<v Speaker 2>this thing fails.

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<v Speaker 3>What I'm not saying, well, well, one of the things

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<v Speaker 3>that we're looking at plan A is I told them, mister,

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<v Speaker 3>let's comb and be creative and see have we looked

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<v Speaker 3>at everything to be creative, not do what we always

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<v Speaker 3>been doing. Let's see what's what's available to what would

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<v Speaker 3>be the level? You know, most of the time we've

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<v Speaker 3>we've put things on, they've been flat. What would be

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<v Speaker 3>the level? Uh. The other thing is going to the

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<v Speaker 3>state seeing, you know, the governor, can you help because

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<v Speaker 3>this has been a big thing and these are state mandates.

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<v Speaker 3>So for me, I want to comb everything first, is

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<v Speaker 3>what I'm saying. I'm not telling people not to vote.

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<v Speaker 3>And then the other thing is out their options. Can

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<v Speaker 3>you put options on the ballot. Can you put a

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<v Speaker 3>B and C on a ballot? Or do you only

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<v Speaker 3>have to do one number? You know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 3>So people say, well, wait a minute. I want to

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<v Speaker 3>support it, but I can't go to this level. But

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<v Speaker 3>I can go to this level, why I wait till

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<v Speaker 3>it get voted down and then come back with a

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<v Speaker 3>smaller level. So I don't know what those are, but

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<v Speaker 3>I said, these are difficult and different times, so we

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<v Speaker 3>have to think differently. So we definitely got to support

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<v Speaker 3>our children. I've certainly have been about that youth employment

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<v Speaker 3>and falster care and those kind of things, but I

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<v Speaker 3>also think that we've got to come up with some

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<v Speaker 3>other solutions because when's happening with the foster care, the

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<v Speaker 3>providers are are charging us out the roofs now and

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<v Speaker 3>they're not even doing RFPs with us. They just sit

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<v Speaker 3>back and say, you know you're desperate, you're gonna come

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<v Speaker 3>to us, and now we're gonna price gal And so

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<v Speaker 3>what are we gonna do about the price gouge? Because

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<v Speaker 3>it's not if we can't stop, the bleeding is going

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<v Speaker 3>to continue to go up up enough. So I'm looking

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<v Speaker 3>for us to put all our thinking caps on and

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<v Speaker 3>look at the what is the best way, But take

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<v Speaker 3>everything into consideration is what I'm saying, Everything into consideration

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<v Speaker 3>and put it together and let's see where we go

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<v Speaker 3>from there. But that's you know, we're in a tough

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<v Speaker 3>spot right now. But we've got to think it through

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<v Speaker 3>because I would hate for it. You know what happened

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<v Speaker 3>in Adams County, what happened in Claremont County. But if

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<v Speaker 3>for us that you go back to the drawing board.

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<v Speaker 3>So my thing is, let's don't go back to the

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<v Speaker 3>drawing board. Let's go to the drawing board now and

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<v Speaker 3>try to see if we could come with something that

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<v Speaker 3>would be a more balance.

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<v Speaker 1>Alicia Reese, we've seen this happen before in the county,

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<v Speaker 1>but also Wells, the Sydney, pretty much everywhere. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>you weren't around, you were in an office in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen when this was last passed. Why did the county

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<v Speaker 1>wait until the costs became so unsustainable rather than pursuing smaller,

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<v Speaker 1>more frequent increases.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, if we.

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<v Speaker 1>Are we just going to do this every year and

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<v Speaker 1>now are we going to come back another ten years

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<v Speaker 1>and go, oh, we need to triple it now?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, why not put this on the ballot sooner?

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<v Speaker 3>You know, this is a very good question. I mean

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<v Speaker 3>those are questions that that I would I have, and

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<v Speaker 3>that we have to look at. You But I think

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<v Speaker 3>people didn't want to have to vote on levees every

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<v Speaker 3>single year. We have other levees as well. We've got

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<v Speaker 3>the uh, you know, we've got the hospital levee, right,

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<v Speaker 3>We've got a number of other levees, and I don't

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think you know, you want to be on

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<v Speaker 3>the ballot every year with a levee. Uh. But but

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<v Speaker 3>I also think that we've got to look at this

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<v Speaker 3>rising cost of price gouging, if you will, of those

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<v Speaker 3>uh facilities where we have to you know, place the

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<v Speaker 3>children in those facilities. But we've got to do something

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<v Speaker 3>about this price gouging. And that's why I think the

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<v Speaker 3>governor and uh, you know, possibly you know, the governor

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<v Speaker 3>Attorney general to all get in place, because this is

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<v Speaker 3>not just the Hamilton County problem. This is around the

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<v Speaker 3>whole state of Ohio. And if we keep going in

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<v Speaker 3>this way, we're you know, supplying demand, right, it's gonna

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<v Speaker 3>really it's going to you know, bankrupt the taxpayers and

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<v Speaker 3>so That's why I want us to not just hey,

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<v Speaker 3>we're putting a levee on, let's talk about how like

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<v Speaker 3>you said, let's get some new ways, some new ideas,

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<v Speaker 3>let's get some help from the state. Uh. So when

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<v Speaker 3>we do have something, we can tell the taxpayers that, hey,

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<v Speaker 3>this is not something that's gonna just keep going.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, God, yeah, you know it's a it's a tough ask.

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<v Speaker 1>But at the same time, I think most of us

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<v Speaker 1>are pretty empathetic towards us because we have kids, young,

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<v Speaker 1>young kids who you know, you're born in this world.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't get to choose who your parents are, your

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<v Speaker 1>economic situation, we have no say in that. And they

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<v Speaker 1>are entering care with more intensive mental health problems, more

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<v Speaker 1>behavioral issues, more developmental needs. Uh. The cases from the

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<v Speaker 1>case workers I talked to are getting more severe. There's

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<v Speaker 1>an increase in total case load. Uh. And so the

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<v Speaker 1>whole system, it's not just one air. It seems like

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<v Speaker 1>the whole system is strained, and we got to figure

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<v Speaker 1>out a way to fund that.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I definitely agree with you. I mean, these are

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<v Speaker 3>innocent children who you know is not on them, And

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<v Speaker 3>that's why I don't want to have a put the

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<v Speaker 3>taxpayers in a position because we've had people that have

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<v Speaker 3>been supportive. I mean, we've supported this. I feel like

0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:26.560
<v Speaker 3>our county has been you know, we've always been one

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<v Speaker 3>to step up. We want children to have a fair chance.

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<v Speaker 3>Children are not born in equal circumstances, but we don't

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<v Speaker 3>want to put the homeowner in that position. And that's

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<v Speaker 3>what I'm trying to do because I'm hearing from people

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<v Speaker 3>that they have normally support this and everything else, but

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<v Speaker 3>I can't survive, and so we've got to have some

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<v Speaker 3>kind of a balance so that the people who are

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<v Speaker 3>allies don't become adversaries. And that's what I think. We

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<v Speaker 3>got to show that we've looked at everything. We're trying

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<v Speaker 3>something different where we we we've we've talked to it.

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<v Speaker 3>We've got try to get the state involved where we're

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<v Speaker 3>dealing with this price gouging of some of the placement

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<v Speaker 3>areas that have you know, went up on not everybody,

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<v Speaker 3>but there's some that have went skyrocketed. And that's how

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<v Speaker 3>we went from one hundred million dollars in one year

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<v Speaker 3>of one hundred million dollars that we had in reserve

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<v Speaker 3>in one year. So now you know we're rope in

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<v Speaker 3>terms of that. So we we've got to do something

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<v Speaker 3>about that problem as well. And then I don't think

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<v Speaker 3>it's just solved with just Jeff's the levee. We've got

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<v Speaker 3>to now come with you know, here are some new

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<v Speaker 3>parameters or some new things, like you said, So it

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<v Speaker 3>just does a balloon out of control.

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<v Speaker 2>How do you stay ahead of inflation?

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<v Speaker 1>And that's the thing is, you know, we'll pay for this,

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<v Speaker 1>but in short term, you know that's the budget's going

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<v Speaker 1>to shrink anyway because of our inflation out stable zing

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<v Speaker 1>some degree. But seems like the cost of everything is

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<v Speaker 1>going on. Is that all the reason for the big

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<v Speaker 1>ask here?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, inflation is. But my understanding is that some of

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<v Speaker 3>the providers and the care that we need, they around

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<v Speaker 3>the state. This is a problem around the state. They

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<v Speaker 3>skyrocketed their prices, you know what I'm saying, And we

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<v Speaker 3>didn't have a choice, so either you take it or

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<v Speaker 3>leave it. And those were the things that I understand.

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<v Speaker 3>The consultants he had as a consultant. I don't know

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<v Speaker 3>if he or shed the consultants had factored in some inflation.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, you always cost the living, but they hadn't

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<v Speaker 3>factored in that these providers that would not participate in

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<v Speaker 3>the RFP process but would sit back and say they

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<v Speaker 3>got to come to us. And then when the county

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<v Speaker 3>came to them, they said, this is the price, take

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<v Speaker 3>it or leave it. They didn't factory was going to

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<v Speaker 3>be that high. So I think inflation is something that

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, of course you can't say how high and

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<v Speaker 3>place it's going to be, but it's it is factored in.

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<v Speaker 3>We've got to kill our c group and they do

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<v Speaker 3>factor in some inflationary costs. But what wasn't factored in

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<v Speaker 3>is I mean, these costs were astronomical and it was

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<v Speaker 3>no choice because we are mandated to place the children

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<v Speaker 3>in the care and they might be the only game

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<v Speaker 3>in town you got me or around and it's not

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<v Speaker 3>just in town, and they're seeing that across the whole state.

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<v Speaker 3>And so that's why I think it's important that the

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<v Speaker 3>governor intervened and maybe Attorney General to see is their

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<v Speaker 3>price gouging going on at the expense of helping our children.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you know, if only we could have got more

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<v Speaker 1>than the twenty five percent with the e Bengal Stadium

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<v Speaker 1>deal from the team, right, we.

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<v Speaker 3>Got four percent only and if we could have gotten that,

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<v Speaker 3>maybe the thirty percent could have helped. My point, every

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<v Speaker 3>bit help and every deal we look at. We've got

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<v Speaker 3>to try to leverage every single deal because from a

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<v Speaker 3>messaging standpoint, people are out there saying, well, wait a minute,

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<v Speaker 3>you just did this over here and you couldn't give

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<v Speaker 3>me a homeowner a break. And now over here you're

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<v Speaker 3>gonna raise it over here, and then over here you're

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<v Speaker 3>coming after my check with income tax minute now, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>because that's Seth.

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<v Speaker 1>That's Seth walshown at nine this morning talking about the

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<v Speaker 1>city income tax increase as well. And you live in

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<v Speaker 1>Hamlin County. If you live in the city, ELSEO live

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<v Speaker 1>in Hamlin County. So here it's coming at you with

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<v Speaker 1>both barrels. She is Alicia Reese on the show on

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<v Speaker 1>seven hundred WW Hamlin County Commissioner. Next step is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be figuring out whether this goes on the spring

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<v Speaker 1>of the fall ballot. We'll pick up that conversation then

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<v Speaker 1>you'd be well, thanks for jumping on this morning.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, I appreciate it. And again, like I said,

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<v Speaker 3>this is something that we need to we need the governor,

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<v Speaker 3>we need to turn to general. We've got to deal

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<v Speaker 3>with the price gouging on the backs of our children

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<v Speaker 3>and then creating this cost burden that comes all the

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<v Speaker 3>way down to people who have been allies for children services,

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<v Speaker 3>and now you're forcing them to make a choice between

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<v Speaker 3>food on their table or helping our children. That's insane,

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<v Speaker 3>and so I hope that we can get something worked

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<v Speaker 3>out to help us with this.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, fingers crossed. Be well, we'll talk again soon. Appreciate you,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, thank you? All right, we'll get a news

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<v Speaker 1>update and how about that. And then just ahead, it's

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<v Speaker 1>Julie on the job. Julie Balki jumps in to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about I wonder what we're talking. Oh, we're talking about

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<v Speaker 1>the the autoworker flipped off Trump, or Trump flipped off

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<v Speaker 1>rather and because he said some unsavory things at the president.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll get that next here seven hundred w all the