WEBVTT - 10-7-25 Sloan with Alicia Reese

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<v Speaker 1>In AMers County.

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<v Speaker 2>It's phony here on seven hundred WLW ready to rock

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<v Speaker 2>and roll this morning. I'm not quite sure what's going

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<v Speaker 2>on with her behind the scenes stuff. Hold on just

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<v Speaker 2>a second, I have a guest on the show here. Momentarily,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just gonna do this. Oh wow, all right, So

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<v Speaker 2>trying to get hold of Alisha reached she was going

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<v Speaker 2>to jump in this morning and talk about the fifty

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<v Speaker 2>million dollar property tax relief incentive. Number one issue for

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<v Speaker 2>every man and woman, I would save to say in

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<v Speaker 2>Hamlin County, Butler County, Warren County, pretty much in the

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<v Speaker 2>state is the issue of property taxes. I had yesterday

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<v Speaker 2>on the show, Bill Sites, who was a co chair

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<v Speaker 2>of the working group the governor put together. They came

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<v Speaker 2>up with like a twenty point plan, and a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of it makes you kind of your eyes glaze over.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just numbers and terms that we don't easily understand.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we start talking about. Bottom line is if

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<v Speaker 2>you're lucky, maybe you saw a twenty percent increase, but

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<v Speaker 2>some people have seen two hundred, three hundred percent increases.

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<v Speaker 2>Now for the average person, it's an extra I don't

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<v Speaker 2>like eleven bucks, twelve bucks a month. In some cases

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<v Speaker 2>you're like, Okay, no big deal. If you're a senior

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<v Speaker 2>and you're pinching pennies, a little more difficult there. But

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<v Speaker 2>the big problem, of course, is when you start to

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<v Speaker 2>see some folks who are getting hit literally with hundreds

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<v Speaker 2>and hundreds of dollars more, that's a different story entirely.

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<v Speaker 2>Alicia Reese, Hamlin County Commissioner, on the show on seven

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<v Speaker 2>hundred WLW welcome back.

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<v Speaker 1>How you been, Hey, great? How are you love? I'm

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<v Speaker 1>doing what?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, it's good to be back. It's good to be here.

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<v Speaker 2>Limping along. I saw the Butler County. A bunch of

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<v Speaker 2>counties are doing stuff right. Butler County is doing a

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<v Speaker 2>fifty million dollar property tax relief initiative. As I said,

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<v Speaker 2>number one issue for voters right now is that. A

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<v Speaker 2>bunch of other counties too, I know that like Franklin

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<v Speaker 2>County and others are doing things to try and relieve

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<v Speaker 2>some of the burden. You saw this and it was

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<v Speaker 2>almost what a year ago, I think a year ago,

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<v Speaker 2>next month, this coming month, when you guys said, you

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<v Speaker 2>know what, you're finally going to get that property tax rollback.

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<v Speaker 2>We've guaranteed when we built an new stadiums a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of several decades ago. Now, so the end result is

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<v Speaker 2>you look at Butler County said, well, why aren't we

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<v Speaker 2>doing that?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, absolutely, thron you know, I've been on this issue.

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<v Speaker 1>You've been on this issue. I've been on this show.

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<v Speaker 1>We've been dealing with this when I first got elected

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<v Speaker 1>almost five years ago, and we kept saying, probably taxes,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the number one issue. That's what we said. And

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<v Speaker 1>so one of the things that we've tried to do,

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<v Speaker 1>of course short term things. One was I said, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>we're talked about affordable housing. That's great, but we've got

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<v Speaker 1>to also make sure that the people can afford to

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<v Speaker 1>keep the house they already have. And so I said,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to take some of this money to help

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<v Speaker 1>stop gap that because we've got these new appraisals coming through.

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<v Speaker 1>So we put six million dollars to try to help

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<v Speaker 1>people get through and hoping that the state legislature would

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<v Speaker 1>get this solved. Then the next thing I did, I said, well,

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<v Speaker 1>wait a minute, I gave my state of the county

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<v Speaker 1>and I said, hey, governor, let's free the taxes on

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<v Speaker 1>senior citizens, particularly until the legislature gets this done. It's

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<v Speaker 1>good to put a committee together, but I've been at

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<v Speaker 1>the state House and I know what happens with those committees.

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<v Speaker 1>They go back and forth, back and forth. In the meantime,

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<v Speaker 1>your property tax is going up and you're trying to

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<v Speaker 1>hang on to your house. And we had almost one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred homeowners come down to the county one of the

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<v Speaker 1>county meetings regarding this issue. I said, they need help

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<v Speaker 1>right now, so I have them and freeze of property

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<v Speaker 1>taxes on that. The other thing that we did was,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the thirty percent that was promised to voters

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<v Speaker 1>so many years ago with the stadium deals. That was

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<v Speaker 1>never kept. And in the four years I had been there,

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<v Speaker 1>I was able to get it passed two of those years.

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<v Speaker 1>And I've been on your show and certainly some of

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<v Speaker 1>your listeners helped us to achieve that as well. But

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<v Speaker 1>in the new Bengal deal lease, which is what I

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<v Speaker 1>had the big problem with, we wouldn't be were we

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<v Speaker 1>got rid of the thirty percent. You can't do thirty percent.

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<v Speaker 1>I even asked the administrator and he said, no, there'll

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<v Speaker 1>be no money in here for the taxpayers to get

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<v Speaker 1>a thirty percent break. Even though that's what was promised,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's why I didn't go with the deal. I said,

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<v Speaker 1>the taxpayers are written out of the deal. I can't

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<v Speaker 1>go with it. But now we're seeing a law was

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<v Speaker 1>passed where it allows us at the local level to

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<v Speaker 1>double the homestead. Now we would have to pay for it,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, every county would have to pay for it.

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<v Speaker 1>So Butler County stepped up and I talked to one

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<v Speaker 1>of the commissioners there because I had some interest in it.

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<v Speaker 1>They stepped up and said, Hey, we're gonna do fifty

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<v Speaker 1>million dollars. We're going to double this homestead and we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to do it with our own money until the

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<v Speaker 1>state gets it together. I then introduced the motion just

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<v Speaker 1>last week when I saw that, and I said, mister

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<v Speaker 1>Administrator Jeffaluto, who we're putting our budget together for you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we do one year budget, so we're putting the budget

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<v Speaker 1>together now. He had never mentioned it at first, and

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<v Speaker 1>so I introduced the motion in the meeting saying, I

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<v Speaker 1>want this looked into immediately. And I can't even because

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<v Speaker 1>each of us turn in our budgets. I can't turn

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<v Speaker 1>in a budget. If I didn't know that we could

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<v Speaker 1>do this because I now want to look at this right.

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<v Speaker 1>So we would have turned in our budgets and had

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<v Speaker 1>no idea we could do this. I said, hold on,

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<v Speaker 1>I need to know about this and come. And then

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<v Speaker 1>I asked him, I said, well, why did Butler County

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<v Speaker 1>move so quick? He said, oh, yeah, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>you have in October. We have a deadline this month

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<v Speaker 1>to make a decision. And so again when we looked

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<v Speaker 1>at the budgets, we always find money for, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the big projects, you know, whether it's a Bengal leave

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<v Speaker 1>or a big project. But when it comes to the people,

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<v Speaker 1>they say, oh, we're broke. We're not able to help

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<v Speaker 1>the homeowner. And I told him, I said, my number

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<v Speaker 1>one thing, we can't price the people out of Hamilton

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<v Speaker 1>County where they can't afford to live here and can't

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<v Speaker 1>afford to hold on to their home. I had gotten

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<v Speaker 1>a letter one time from a senior citizen. You could

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<v Speaker 1>tell she could barely write. And she hands me shaking

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<v Speaker 1>based on the letter, and she said she had never

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<v Speaker 1>in her life she missed her property tax. She always

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<v Speaker 1>pays her taxes, but she just can't do it, and

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<v Speaker 1>she deserves to hold onto her home and that really

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<v Speaker 1>touched me. And after that I just have been, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>relentless on trying to get this done. Now they've issued

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<v Speaker 1>a report from the state. You know, some of this

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<v Speaker 1>stuff got to go to the legislature. They got to

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<v Speaker 1>take it to the House, and they got to take

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<v Speaker 1>to the Senate, and they got to go back and forth.

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<v Speaker 1>But people need help immediately, and so I have put

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<v Speaker 1>a motion forward to see if we can at least

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<v Speaker 1>start with this budget doubling the homestead to help our seniors. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>I would I would encourage the governor to freeze these

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<v Speaker 1>property taxes until they can get it done, so that

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<v Speaker 1>can put some sense of urgency on it. But if

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<v Speaker 1>Butler County is doing it, Warren County's looking into it,

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<v Speaker 1>I think we've got to look into it.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's just you know, the rich suburban communities like

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<v Speaker 2>Butler and Warcott. Green County's doing something. They said that

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<v Speaker 2>they're going to temporar roll back a half middle of

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<v Speaker 2>the inside millage. Montgomery County, which is Dayton, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>said they're working on promoting property tax relief and expanding

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<v Speaker 2>homestead which you did here in Hamlin County. Owner occupancy

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<v Speaker 2>credit stuff like that as well. And so it's not

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<v Speaker 2>just the wealthy quote unquote wealth of your suburbs are

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<v Speaker 2>doing this. It's happening all of the states simply because

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<v Speaker 2>it is so broken. Yesterday in the show, I had

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<v Speaker 2>the code chair and former Ohio House Minority Speaker from

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<v Speaker 2>Green Township, Bill Sites on the show. He was the

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<v Speaker 2>co chair of the working group the governor put together

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<v Speaker 2>to try and come up with a plan. They issued

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<v Speaker 2>a twenty point plan to try and fix the property

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<v Speaker 2>tax issue. One of the things came up and see

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<v Speaker 2>if you agree with this or not, and that is

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<v Speaker 2>the control through the county Budget Commission, which would be

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<v Speaker 2>the Hamlet County Budget Commissioner, or your concern would be

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<v Speaker 2>the reduction of unnecessary excessive levees basically meaning instad saying

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<v Speaker 2>that you know, you can't if a levee fails, you

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<v Speaker 2>can't come back right away put the levee back on

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<v Speaker 2>the ballot. From someone who is very pro local control,

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<v Speaker 2>county control, how does that sit with you?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you know, the state always what I call it

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<v Speaker 1>trickle down taxation. They cut things at the state level

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<v Speaker 1>and they pass it on to the local level and

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<v Speaker 1>really don't give us the power. I'll give you an

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<v Speaker 1>example of people dealing with their sewer bills and I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted when I first got there, I said, well, wait

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<v Speaker 1>a minute, let's try to put a freeze on it

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<v Speaker 1>for senior citizens, etc. They said, no, you can't do

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<v Speaker 1>that because the state. You got to get approval from

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<v Speaker 1>a state, and then the state never did give us approval.

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<v Speaker 1>They're still running around talking about they got a build,

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<v Speaker 1>but they never put it in the budget. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>some of this control they're talking about, it was never

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<v Speaker 1>put in the state budget. And being at the state,

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<v Speaker 1>if it's not at the state budget, it doesn't have

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<v Speaker 1>a deadline. And if it doesn't have a deadline at

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<v Speaker 1>the state, you know how they do, They study, study, study,

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<v Speaker 1>at what they do is say go back home, and

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<v Speaker 1>then when you go home, they you know, they cut

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<v Speaker 1>the local government fund. I don't, we don't have money

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<v Speaker 1>to do anything. Uh. You know, I was up in

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<v Speaker 1>the state. I remember they kept saying, well, raise the

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<v Speaker 1>taxes at the local level, and we're gonna cut it

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<v Speaker 1>up at this level. And I jumped them and said,

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<v Speaker 1>this is trickle down taxation. So again it's almost a

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<v Speaker 1>passing of the buck. Uh. You know, because what I've

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<v Speaker 1>seen is that the state could fix this problem immediately.

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<v Speaker 1>And what we have right now is we have a

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<v Speaker 1>we have you know, property tax are do and bills

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<v Speaker 1>are due right now, and we're talking about studying and

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<v Speaker 1>a long term approach. I think we need a long

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<v Speaker 1>term plan, but you know, the lady that wrote me

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<v Speaker 1>and the other people that I've interacted with, they need

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<v Speaker 1>a right now plan. And I'm hoping that there are

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<v Speaker 1>some things that we can do. Hopefully doubling this homestead

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<v Speaker 1>will be Hopefully we can move forward with it. The debate, though,

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<v Speaker 1>is does the local people pay or does the state

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<v Speaker 1>give us the money to pay the doll.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the problem, right this goes well, the problem is,

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<v Speaker 2>of course, it goes back to what's Strickland. And the

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<v Speaker 2>idea was, hey, you know what, we've got to right

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<v Speaker 2>size the state budget. And so what we're gonna do

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<v Speaker 2>is we're gonna cut off all the local money because

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<v Speaker 2>we'd send our money to Columbus kind of like we

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<v Speaker 2>do Washington and it trickles back to us. And that

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<v Speaker 2>was the plan, all right, so we send our money, well,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, we're gonna do stuff at the state

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<v Speaker 2>level we're going to cut off the local supply to

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<v Speaker 2>counties and municipalities and alike. And that, of course, over

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<v Speaker 2>the years, has put a lot of areas in a crunch.

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<v Speaker 2>Property tax has a hand in that to some degree.

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<v Speaker 2>But the thing is, okay, Well, the state is flushed

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<v Speaker 2>with cash. Look at our well balanced budget. We've got

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<v Speaker 2>a surplus at the state. The problem is that the

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<v Speaker 2>money's not flo flowing back to the local communities and

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<v Speaker 2>hasn't for some time. So in order to raise capital,

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<v Speaker 2>you guys have to, Well, we got to raise taxes,

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<v Speaker 2>We've got to put levies out there, and now we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to put a cap on the lobbies. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>saying it's right or wrong, but it's it's the state

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<v Speaker 2>of politics because the entities at the time, to put

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<v Speaker 2>it together, we're trying to run for higher office. That

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<v Speaker 2>makes you look good when you're flushed with cash at

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<v Speaker 2>the state level, doesn't it.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, yeah, at the state level they always say we

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<v Speaker 1>got this rainy day. Fun I said, well, it's storming

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<v Speaker 1>down here where I'm at at Hamilton County. Give it

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<v Speaker 1>to us. And like you said, once you send it,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like Washington. Once you send it to Washington. Don't.

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<v Speaker 1>It never comes back. You know, we only get a

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<v Speaker 1>small percentage once you send it to the state. It

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't come back, just like a unclaimed funds, which I'm

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<v Speaker 1>I'm pushing Sloan right now with my five one three

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<v Speaker 1>relief bus. We're trying to help people get their money back.

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<v Speaker 1>They want to give our money to Cleveland. We're not

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<v Speaker 1>getting it back here. They gave six hundred million in

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<v Speaker 1>the budget for Cleveland Browns out of our unclaim money.

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<v Speaker 1>Focus on everybody claim our money.

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<v Speaker 3>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>I pushed back a little on that. Well, that's money

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<v Speaker 2>that's been sitting around for ten years. And I would

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<v Speaker 2>say this, like, if you're not plugged in enough to

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<v Speaker 2>hear all the people talking about unclaimed monds funds, you

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<v Speaker 2>go check the website. I went and checked, and I

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<v Speaker 2>got like a check of a It took like thirty years,

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<v Speaker 2>but I got to check for four hundred dollars. They're

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<v Speaker 2>pretty happy and unplaying money.

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<v Speaker 1>That was owed to me.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, you got to get off your ass

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<v Speaker 2>if it's your money and get it after ten years.

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<v Speaker 2>It's public money.

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<v Speaker 1>But let me say this though, for years people because

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<v Speaker 1>of the scams, people were thinking Is this real? Is

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<v Speaker 1>this a scam? Is this one of those fraud things?

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<v Speaker 1>So you had to get over that, and then they

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<v Speaker 1>made it kind of difficult. You know those who were

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<v Speaker 1>in the know, who you know, were able to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>So now we're gonna make it simple. We've got the laptops,

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<v Speaker 1>we got the five one three relief bus. They can

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<v Speaker 1>go to five one three relief out or find the bus.

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<v Speaker 1>And they ain't go. I saw a lady, a senior citizen.

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<v Speaker 1>She jumped up and said, what they had two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>of my money? You know, where the hell are you being?

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<v Speaker 1>She thought it was a fraud.

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<v Speaker 3>A lot of people, you know, because you know all

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<v Speaker 3>these things, you know, you gotta do a look now

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<v Speaker 3>you got to be good for people like you were

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<v Speaker 3>out there doing the business, representing people and you're telling

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<v Speaker 3>them it's like, oh, look, well I didn't believe it's Aleisha.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a good thing. We were.

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<v Speaker 2>We had enough people like yours talking about getting your

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<v Speaker 2>money back. And if you don't want it to go

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<v Speaker 2>to Cleveland, uh, then you know, and I didn't. I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't want my four hundred dollars going to Cleveland.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I'll be honest with you, I didn't know we

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<v Speaker 1>had four billion dollars sitting up there. That a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of money. A lot of people could be helped with it.

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<v Speaker 1>If they were saying, we're gonna put that money toward

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<v Speaker 1>the homestead, wouldn't it. Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Now Brown's are getting the news.

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<v Speaker 3>Hi.

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<v Speaker 2>And by the way, you got that deal done. You

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<v Speaker 2>finally we got the stadium deal done and all that stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>Stadium deal. Okay, we got the stadium deal done, and

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<v Speaker 2>then we turn around and the Bengals are terrible? Can

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<v Speaker 2>we get our money back?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I'm and I tried to tell you that you

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<v Speaker 1>got to read the sign print of these deals and

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<v Speaker 1>the taxpayers was written. Now now now I'm on your

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<v Speaker 1>show and you're hollering we won our money back? Get

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<v Speaker 1>we not winning? And at the same time, Brandma's house,

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<v Speaker 1>she can't hold onto her house. What did we get

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<v Speaker 1>out of the deal. We needed one of those Denver

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<v Speaker 1>Broncos deals where they said they're putting up all private

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<v Speaker 1>money and we could have saved at Grandma's house. And

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<v Speaker 1>so now we're fighting again to hold the property taxes.

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<v Speaker 1>We took out the thirty percent, so now you can't

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<v Speaker 1>get the thirty percent rebate that you and I have

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<v Speaker 1>been fighting for every single year at least you can

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<v Speaker 1>get something back, and that's not happening. And now we're

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<v Speaker 1>not winning. And now we've got a deal, and we

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<v Speaker 1>got a lease that will end at the same time

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<v Speaker 1>as the Reds lease. Oh my god, we got problem.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe I said, have come on here you and gave

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<v Speaker 1>me a headache.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no, I got your workdof You're the one who

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<v Speaker 2>wanted the damn job, and now you don't want the

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<v Speaker 2>damn job.

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<v Speaker 1>I want the dog. But I'm trying to tell the people.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm only one vote. And even with the property taxes,

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<v Speaker 1>last time we had to fight, it was a two

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<v Speaker 1>to one vote. I mean we didn't we didn't get

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<v Speaker 1>a unanimous So again, uh, we're gonna keep fighting for this.

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<v Speaker 1>I got a motion out. I want you. We're doing that.

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<v Speaker 1>We're getting ready to the budget. And I told the

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<v Speaker 1>vister Ludo, Now we can't say we're broke today and

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<v Speaker 1>then tomorrow you got an eight hundred and fifty million

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<v Speaker 1>dollar post almost a billion dollar Bengal lease and the

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<v Speaker 1>taxpayers are left out. So that's what we're doing. But

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<v Speaker 1>throw on Wednesday, next Wednesday, put on your pink. Put

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<v Speaker 1>on your pink is Breast Cancer Awareness Day. My mother

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<v Speaker 1>passed from it. A lot of other people had cancer.

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<v Speaker 1>I've got a cancer Caucus state of cancer. It's hitting everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>He doesn't care about your age, your race, your social status.

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<v Speaker 1>The rates have gone up in Hamilton County. So we've

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<v Speaker 1>got doctors in a call to action so that we

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<v Speaker 1>get more screenings that no co pay and all that.

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<v Speaker 1>And we're doing it next Wednesday. I want all celebrities,

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<v Speaker 1>all the people in Hamilton County. We're wearing pink. But

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<v Speaker 1>it's not just breast cancer. We're gonna take on all

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<v Speaker 1>of the cancer and look at how we could get

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<v Speaker 1>more money, more clinical trials, and more cures.

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<v Speaker 2>But we got to do it through early detection from

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<v Speaker 2>non Hodgkins lymfalma and breast cancers hit friends and family members.

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<v Speaker 2>I know it all too well. And uh, I'm glad

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<v Speaker 2>you're raising awareness for it. And I'm gonna I'll be

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<v Speaker 2>glad to wear pink next Wednesday. The Cancer Caucus. She

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<v Speaker 2>is a Hamlin County commissioner, Alicia Reese, trying her best

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<v Speaker 2>to try and get some of that money back. All right, Alicia,

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<v Speaker 2>I gotta get going. I always love having me on.

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<v Speaker 2>You're a spark of light in another wase dismal Hamlin County.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me put it that way.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, thank you. Let's keep the fight norse all right.

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<v Speaker 2>Appreciate you, appreciate you. Have a great day. We'll chat

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<v Speaker 2>again next time. I got to get to a news update.

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<v Speaker 2>I always love having Lisa bring noise. I have a

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<v Speaker 2>little buyer's remorse at that state. I've got the stadium,

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<v Speaker 2>they'll done. Can we get some of the unclaimed fun money?

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe buy an offensive linement or two?

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<v Speaker 1>Huh? Can we can we?

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe?

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<v Speaker 2>All right now, Mike Brown's like, wait, what can we do?

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<v Speaker 1>Can we do that?

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<v Speaker 2>We can get players and we don't have to pay

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<v Speaker 2>for I don't have to cut a chick. Hey wait

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<v Speaker 2>a minutelet's fuck into that. Hey hey, he's on the side.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey hey, oh frugalism. It's five minutes away from a

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<v Speaker 2>news update. We'll do that and more to follow. Sloane

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<v Speaker 2>here on this rainy and we welcome the rain on

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<v Speaker 2>this Tuesday morning, by the way, because it's been bone

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<v Speaker 2>dry for two damn long rain for a good solid day,

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<v Speaker 2>good hard rain we needed here. Seven hundred w welwt