WEBVTT - 12-3-25 Sloan with Alicia Reece

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<v Speaker 1>Do you want to be an American idiot? It's only dunbound.

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<v Speaker 2>Seven hundred will held up to the news yesterday of

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<v Speaker 2>the Hamlin County commissioned. It is the topic that keeps

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<v Speaker 2>on giving. The property tax rebid in Hamlin County. Commissions

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<v Speaker 2>are proving four and a half percent for next year,

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<v Speaker 2>and that, of course, way far away from the thirty

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<v Speaker 2>percent promise. When voters approved the half cent tax levy

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<v Speaker 2>and the tax increase in ninety six to fund stadium construction.

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<v Speaker 2>The vote was two to one, and the no vote

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<v Speaker 2>on it, of course, is from our good front Commissioner

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<v Speaker 2>Alicia Reese, who joins the show this morning on seven

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<v Speaker 2>hundred w ALW. Madam Commissioner, glad to speak with you.

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<v Speaker 3>Good, good to be heard this, Yeah, I gotcha.

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<v Speaker 1>All right.

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<v Speaker 2>So we've taught we I think we've talked this a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, one year we had the thirty percent, got

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<v Speaker 2>that back promised. Okay, now it's four and a half percent.

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<v Speaker 2>The approved rate of four and a half percent. If

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<v Speaker 2>given it'd be like thirty two million. This is just

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<v Speaker 2>five million. And I look at the numbers and you

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<v Speaker 2>have been the loan dissenting void of on this one too.

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<v Speaker 2>Two years ago. I think it was the full thirty

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<v Speaker 2>percent we got that back. What changed in the last

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<v Speaker 2>couple of years.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, well, let me just say that, you know, when

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<v Speaker 4>I ran this my sex time being re elected. But

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<v Speaker 4>when I ran, I got down there, they were at

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<v Speaker 4>single digits, which is where they're at now on the

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<v Speaker 4>property tax rollback that was promised to the voters. And

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<v Speaker 4>I had said that, you know, I came on your

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<v Speaker 4>show and your listeners and we were able to get

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<v Speaker 4>the thirty percent had never been really introduced, and we

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<v Speaker 4>had the thirty percent because we have to do it

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<v Speaker 4>every single year. One of the things that I saw

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<v Speaker 4>was that it was a promise made to the taxpayers,

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<v Speaker 4>but they never wanted to put it in writing, and

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<v Speaker 4>they were hoping that the taxpayers would not be paying attention.

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<v Speaker 4>And so I think what makes this one significant is

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<v Speaker 4>that when we started looking at the biggles, when we

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<v Speaker 4>start going to the Bengal negotiations, that's when this particular

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<v Speaker 4>county commission board they.

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<v Speaker 3>Wrote the taxpayers out.

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<v Speaker 4>They voted for something to go against what the taxpayers

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<v Speaker 4>were promised. Because as you could see in the Business Courier,

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<v Speaker 4>the headline with County property tax rebate looks to take

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<v Speaker 4>a major hits new Bengals lease is the factor, and

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<v Speaker 4>that's the factor we keep in the promise to the stadiums,

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<v Speaker 4>but not the promise to the over two hundred thousand homeowners.

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<v Speaker 3>We've got two sets of talking points. Long one.

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<v Speaker 4>When it comes to the taxpayers and homeowners. They bring

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<v Speaker 4>out a set of talking points from the administrators and

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<v Speaker 4>my colleagues and they say, hey, we can't do this.

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<v Speaker 4>It's fiscally irresponsible. We don't have any money. They brought

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<v Speaker 4>a chart out I'd never seen chart. It's going downward

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<v Speaker 4>and we might go bankrupt. My colleague Disease three House

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<v Speaker 4>have put in the paper that because we went with

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<v Speaker 4>thirty percent, which she voted against, a tax break for

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<v Speaker 4>the homeowners and thirty percent because of that, we we

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<v Speaker 4>just can't do it and we're going bankrupt. Then they

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<v Speaker 4>got another set of talking points when the Bengals lease came, Oh,

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<v Speaker 4>this is a great thing.

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<v Speaker 3>We got to do it.

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<v Speaker 4>Over three hundred and fifty million dollars and an eight

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<v Speaker 4>hundred million dollar deal with interest, nothing for the taxpayers.

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<v Speaker 3>They were toasting it up.

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<v Speaker 4>We did it, We did it, and we and we

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<v Speaker 4>screwed the Hamilton County taxpayers. That's not irresponsible. They didn't

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<v Speaker 4>say it was irresponsible when it's a fund that does

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<v Speaker 4>sales tax and the Bengals were exempt from sales tax.

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<v Speaker 4>Maybe that reason why the fund is going down. But

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<v Speaker 4>they got to set another set. And then just the

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<v Speaker 4>other day they had some talking points and they said, oh,

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<v Speaker 4>we've got to do this redevelopment again of the banks,

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<v Speaker 4>which is eight hundred million dollars with some tables and

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<v Speaker 4>chairs and some spaces where people can hear free music.

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<v Speaker 3>They went to.

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<v Speaker 4>Clap it and we got the money. When we wanted

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<v Speaker 4>to do sundance and I supported someday, but we didn't

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<v Speaker 4>get it. We came up the administrator says, I got

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<v Speaker 4>a rabbit out of the hat. Here's another two million dollars.

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<v Speaker 4>We can do it. Well, we were going to do

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<v Speaker 4>another thing that we needed. He went into the rabbit

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<v Speaker 4>in the hat.

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<v Speaker 3>We can do it.

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<v Speaker 4>So it's a magic show down at the county that

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<v Speaker 4>I have observed since i've been there. And then it

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<v Speaker 4>was said that my colleague said, well, maybe if we

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<v Speaker 4>don't do the thirty percent and we'll keep collecting, we'll

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<v Speaker 4>be able to do more in the future. Well, we've

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<v Speaker 4>done this for thirty years. Twenty four of those years

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<v Speaker 4>I wasn't even there. So where was this collection? Because

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<v Speaker 4>for twenty four years we've been in single digits. Twenty

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<v Speaker 4>four years, we haven't done the thirty percent, So where

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<v Speaker 4>is this collection of money that they're referring to. We

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<v Speaker 4>gave them twenty four years. I gave them twenty four

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<v Speaker 4>years before I got there, and then I introduced the

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<v Speaker 4>thirty percent. And now all of sudden you say that

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<v Speaker 4>because of the homeowners getting a break, we're bankrupting the fund.

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<v Speaker 4>So there's two sets of talking points. It's a every

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<v Speaker 4>time we get ready for this season, as you know song,

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<v Speaker 4>it's a magic show the administrator. When certain people want something,

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<v Speaker 4>my colleagues come out and jump. We found the money

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<v Speaker 4>for the Bengals. If we didn't have the money, maybe

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<v Speaker 4>we should have got a different deal.

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<v Speaker 3>If the fund was going.

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<v Speaker 4>Bankrupt, maybe we should have said, no, Bengals, you cannot

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<v Speaker 4>be exempt from sales tax because we use sales tax

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<v Speaker 4>to fund the stadium. Maybe we should have said no,

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<v Speaker 4>we need a deal like Denver, where less public money.

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<v Speaker 4>They almost have no public money going in and they're

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<v Speaker 4>going to have a brand new stadium. So to say

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<v Speaker 4>that it's the homeowner's fault, we got to penalize the homeowners.

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<v Speaker 4>We can't help the homeowners. The other argument that they

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<v Speaker 4>said was a thirty percent. I mean, you're not getting

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<v Speaker 4>that much money back, sloans. If Kroger's, I've seen Krogers

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<v Speaker 4>say we're gonna have five and ten percent off, and

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<v Speaker 4>people bust the door down to get that five and

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<v Speaker 4>ten percent. You use that little card because you want

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<v Speaker 4>to get a percentage off on your gas. People are

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<v Speaker 4>looking for affordability break, and any break we can give

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<v Speaker 4>them is important. Right now now Sloans. Just yesterday they

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<v Speaker 4>went with not giving the homeowners the full thirty percent rebate,

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<v Speaker 4>right and then they're getting ready to vote on a

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<v Speaker 4>budget that will increase your sewer bill. So now we're

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<v Speaker 4>gonna that's that's adding another four percent. They added four

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<v Speaker 4>percent last year.

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<v Speaker 3>I disagreed. I voted no.

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<v Speaker 4>So that's eight percent. You almost had to ten percent

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<v Speaker 4>in two years where your bill is going up. So

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<v Speaker 4>we're gonna make the bill go up. We're not gonna

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<v Speaker 4>give you the break that we that you were promised.

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<v Speaker 4>We're gonna keep the promise to the Bengals, but all

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<v Speaker 4>of a sudden, no promise to the homeowners. We have

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<v Speaker 4>to pay for this. It's two hundred thousand homeowners that

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<v Speaker 4>need to break. And then we also the administrator has

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<v Speaker 4>proposed in his budget and it might go I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 4>fight against it. Now we also want to add to

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<v Speaker 4>the closing costs.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, the property transfer tax.

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<v Speaker 2>I was going to bring that up as well, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'll fold in you know, you know, and again it's

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<v Speaker 2>a probably not fair to bring this up, but I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's the headline about more taxes, right, the one

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<v Speaker 2>percent tax around the Convention Center district for food and bars.

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<v Speaker 1>If you partake in that kind of stuff. So it it.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know that's outside of the scope too, because

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<v Speaker 2>that's a choice. It's not mandatory like animals you've got

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<v Speaker 2>to buy stuff every But at the same time, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>we add up, we add all that up stuff, we

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<v Speaker 2>add it all together. Right, It but still a fee

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<v Speaker 2>that people are going to pay.

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<v Speaker 4>No, wait a minute, well that's a good points you made.

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<v Speaker 4>You're gonna add a one percent tax if you eat

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<v Speaker 4>around a certain area. They have it in other areas.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's at a.

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<v Speaker 4>Property that the county before I got there.

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<v Speaker 3>Now they voted.

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<v Speaker 4>It's there as a fifty two million dollars Millennium hotel

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<v Speaker 4>was there. It's fifty two million dollars it cost to

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<v Speaker 4>get rid of it and tear it down, and then

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<v Speaker 4>you're replacing it with something that you're not making any money.

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<v Speaker 4>This one percent doesn't go to the county.

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<v Speaker 3>This is going to three CDC. You don't get no

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<v Speaker 3>money back.

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<v Speaker 4>Fifty two million dollars down the two and you put

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<v Speaker 4>something there that doesn't make any money.

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<v Speaker 2>That'll make money though, because you're going to bring people

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<v Speaker 2>from out of town to spend money and pay those taxes.

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<v Speaker 1>That's that's why they're doing it. Makes sense.

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<v Speaker 4>Well wait a minute, hold that, Okay, fifty If the

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<v Speaker 4>taxpayers put out fifty two million, then we're not getting

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<v Speaker 4>anything from that that goes to the developers, so we

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<v Speaker 4>get zero. That's what I'm saying. What I said on

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<v Speaker 4>your show, and I broke in first with you, was

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<v Speaker 4>that I told the administrator, I said, why don't we

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<v Speaker 4>get the liquor license down there so that we can

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<v Speaker 4>get the funding back to the county. Coffer and he's

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<v Speaker 4>supposed to be looking at it. But anytime I say

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<v Speaker 4>something of that magnitude, he's looking at it, and he's

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<v Speaker 4>looking at it Like I said, it's a magic show.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, there's a movie out called Now You see Me?

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<v Speaker 4>Now you don't. That's what's happening down at the county.

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<v Speaker 4>One minute. If you have an idea to bring money

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<v Speaker 4>in to help the taxpayers, that all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 4>we can't do it. If you want to give the

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<v Speaker 4>homeowners a break, you can't do it. If you want

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<v Speaker 4>to get a taxpayers a break, you can't do it.

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<v Speaker 4>Then all of a sudden, over here, like you just

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<v Speaker 4>say it, there's a tax but we're not benefiting for him,

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<v Speaker 4>and the homeowner's not benefiting from it. Nothing is going

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<v Speaker 4>back to help us get a break. Is going to

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<v Speaker 4>a developer. All of a sudden, it's a great idea,

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<v Speaker 4>we're moving in the wrong direction. And also there's a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of funds down there at the county. I'm trying

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<v Speaker 4>to get my hands around it, because all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 4>I said, give me, where are all the funds, where's

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<v Speaker 4>our money?

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<v Speaker 3>What's in here? They don't give it to me.

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<v Speaker 4>And then all of a sudden, when certain people call

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<v Speaker 4>there's a rabbit out of the hat.

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<v Speaker 3>We can do it, bigs, Okay.

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<v Speaker 4>Don't worry about this.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, Denise, we can't do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think Denise Threehouse said that. By the way,

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<v Speaker 2>Alisha Reesa on the show this morning of the property

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<v Speaker 2>tax we bit, she said, I think called the last

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<v Speaker 2>time we did the full three thirty one thirty two

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<v Speaker 2>million dollars rebate irresponsible. It is irresponsible Black and THEYR

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<v Speaker 2>responsible now and quoted some figures that they fund the

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<v Speaker 2>reserve fund. Is that forty seven percent of maximum at

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<v Speaker 2>MAXI manual debt service the recommended numbers eighty five percent?

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<v Speaker 2>Uh so, who's if you're somebod who listen to this

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<v Speaker 2>right now and you're in the county Hamlin, County, Lisha Reese,

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<v Speaker 2>you're looking at going, who am I supposed to believe

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<v Speaker 2>on this?

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<v Speaker 1>Either we have the money or we don't have the money.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, well, it's well onness. Me and her have a

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<v Speaker 4>difference of opinion. I am not for raising taxes, so

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<v Speaker 4>we're gonna always disagree. She voted against giving the homeowners

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<v Speaker 4>the break last time. She was the one vote that

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<v Speaker 4>voted against it. But to put up that is irresponsible,

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<v Speaker 4>is disingenuous. Her and the administrator are together. Every time

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<v Speaker 4>you hear the administrator is almost like an extension of

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<v Speaker 4>the staff.

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<v Speaker 3>Because, by the way, where was.

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<v Speaker 4>The chart when you look at that fund, you got

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<v Speaker 4>to look at the stadium. So before you do a

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<v Speaker 4>stadium deal, you got to put all the chips on

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<v Speaker 4>the table.

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<v Speaker 3>So it was.

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<v Speaker 4>Irresponsible to do a stadium deal knowing that you wouldn't

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<v Speaker 4>be able to give a break to the homeowners. That's

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<v Speaker 4>why I wanted to take it to the ballot. It's

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<v Speaker 4>not about who should have taxpayers believe. I'm for putting

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<v Speaker 4>it to the taxpayers and letting them have a say.

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<v Speaker 4>If you take the taxpayers off the ballot and not

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<v Speaker 4>have a say, now you just turn it over down

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<v Speaker 4>to the administration. Now, I'll be honest with you. When

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<v Speaker 4>I came in, I came in. I'm the newest member

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<v Speaker 4>of the three, and I came in because people said

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<v Speaker 4>they wanted me to shake it up, open up the process,

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<v Speaker 4>and fight for the taxpayers first. And so that's where

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<v Speaker 4>I'm coming from. So we all got differences of who

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<v Speaker 4>we you know, what we believe and so forth. But

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<v Speaker 4>I'm looking at the numbers. The Bengals deal, and the

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<v Speaker 4>headline was right in the courier is the reason the

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<v Speaker 4>fund is going the way it's going. The fact that

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<v Speaker 4>they're not paying any sales tax themselves is the reason

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<v Speaker 4>that the fund is going bankrupt. So her belief is

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<v Speaker 4>blame the homeowners. Mine is, let's look at who's getting

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<v Speaker 4>who's benefiting from the fund, and it's not the homeowners.

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<v Speaker 4>And I believe that we could have done both if

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<v Speaker 4>we would have gotten a better deal. But if you

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<v Speaker 4>don't get a whole house away, and now you come

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<v Speaker 4>back to the people who elected us and you tell

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<v Speaker 4>them we can't do it. We can't keep your promise,

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<v Speaker 4>but we can keep the famis to the Bengals. I

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<v Speaker 4>think from the voters that voted for me the two

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<v Speaker 4>hundred eighteen thousand, they're saying, that's a bunch of crap,

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<v Speaker 4>and then to come back on the same thing and

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<v Speaker 4>pile on and say now we're going to go up

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<v Speaker 4>on your stewer rate. The people that voted for me

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<v Speaker 4>two underd eighteen thousand said that's a bunch of bull

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<v Speaker 4>and then to come back and say, now we're going

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<v Speaker 4>to balance the budget by now even adding this real

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<v Speaker 4>estate transfer fee. You know, the realators, the investors, real

0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:38.640
<v Speaker 4>estate investors, the real estate homeowners, all of them have

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<v Speaker 4>come out over seventy five two hundred members. And they

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<v Speaker 4>didn't even get the courtesy of even being talked.

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<v Speaker 3>To the Board of Realtors.

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<v Speaker 4>They didn't even get the home Builders Association, they didn't

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<v Speaker 4>even get the courtesy of getting a phone call. And

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<v Speaker 4>so they have come out. So the experts who are

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<v Speaker 4>in this have come out and said this is going

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<v Speaker 4>to hurt us as a county because people will now

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<v Speaker 4>move to other counties. The people who do this every

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<v Speaker 4>day for living and also pay taxes have said that

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<v Speaker 4>rent will go up because the landlord's now got to

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<v Speaker 4>pass this this property tax on to somebody, and they're

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<v Speaker 4>going to pass it on. And then, as you know, Sloan,

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<v Speaker 4>there was articles that the in Choir is doing on

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<v Speaker 4>these senior citizens, and they had one of them that

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<v Speaker 4>I brought up. Gentlemen seventy three years old, always worked

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<v Speaker 4>his whole life, painted bills, had his home and now

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<v Speaker 4>getting ready to lose his home because the property tax

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<v Speaker 4>has jumped up triple and after his Social Security check

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<v Speaker 4>he only has he pays that right the property tax.

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<v Speaker 4>He only has forty dollars left to pay for medicine, gas,

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<v Speaker 4>and electric et cetera.

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<v Speaker 2>The state is the states working on a plan to

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<v Speaker 2>help folks like that, which is a good thing. Finally,

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<v Speaker 2>Alisia Reese, Oh, you also started to change that ORG

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<v Speaker 2>petition for residents of voice. Does that really carry that

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<v Speaker 2>much weight? I mean it changed that ORG. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>really influence it then, does it.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, what we want to do is every year we

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<v Speaker 4>have to vote on this, and it always comes at

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<v Speaker 4>the last second, so people might can't get down there.

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<v Speaker 4>I want to start now and hear from the people directly,

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<v Speaker 4>and so therefore that's why we put the petition out there,

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<v Speaker 4>so we could hear from the people directly. I'm hearing

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<v Speaker 4>from them, am I out in the community, But I

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<v Speaker 4>want to make sure they understand my colleagues. They may say, oh,

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<v Speaker 4>it's two to one. No, it's not two to one.

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<v Speaker 4>I got two hundred and eighteen thousand voters. But now

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<v Speaker 4>let's hear from the I'm trying to let them hear

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<v Speaker 4>from the homeowners themselves. And so this petition will it

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<v Speaker 4>won't stop to thirty percent this time, but we would

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<v Speaker 4>be prepared next time. But secondly, it can also impact

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<v Speaker 4>the budget that we're getting ready to do with the

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<v Speaker 4>additional feed for the transfer tax, and so we'll be

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<v Speaker 4>fighting for that. So the reason we're doing this is

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<v Speaker 4>to try to give the people a chance to be heard,

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<v Speaker 4>and then we'll be prepared so when we go in

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<v Speaker 4>they say, hey, here's what the people are saying. And

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<v Speaker 4>I do think it can make a difference because Sloan,

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<v Speaker 4>they didn't. They told me we could never get thirty percent.

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<v Speaker 4>I came on here and we fought, like hell, we

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<v Speaker 4>got it my first year. We came on here, we

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<v Speaker 4>fought like hell, we got it another year, and so

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<v Speaker 4>we just got to keep fighting. But if you get quiet,

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<v Speaker 4>they're hoping you get quiet.

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<v Speaker 3>They're hoping you don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>We're hoping that you only a few people know what's

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<v Speaker 4>going on, and then by the time you get your bill,

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<v Speaker 4>it's too late because the vote has already been tanged.

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<v Speaker 2>She is, she's preaching the gods with the lead show reason.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you had a health scare and I wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>aware of that, but I'm so glad that unfortunately got

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<v Speaker 2>great treatment, great healthcare. You see, and you're doing much

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<v Speaker 2>much better. So it's good to have you back in

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<v Speaker 2>the game and speaking truth of powers.

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<v Speaker 3>Great.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I got great health care mercy Jews. Yeah, the

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<v Speaker 4>nurses and the doctors, and my doctor said it could

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<v Speaker 4>have been fatal. So I just wanted to be very spiritual.

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<v Speaker 4>I want to thank God, but I want to take

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<v Speaker 4>those doctors and nurses. And while I was there, what

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<v Speaker 4>are nurses? That came on the TV. They didn't know

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<v Speaker 4>who I was, and the property tax came on and

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<v Speaker 4>she says, oh, man, I me and my husband we

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<v Speaker 4>can't afford to go up. And so that's why I

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<v Speaker 4>went to the meeting yesterday, even though you're.

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<v Speaker 1>Not supposed to be doing it. Will you get shut

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<v Speaker 1>the hell up and get some rest? Would you go?

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<v Speaker 4>I'll go lay down down, put your.

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<v Speaker 2>Feed up, elevate, get get the coughs on your ear

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<v Speaker 2>legs to keep the DVT away, and uh live to

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<v Speaker 2>fight another day. God bless you, Alicia, Thanks for coming on.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you take care of it's a Scott Slum show.

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<v Speaker 2>One of my favorite all time guests. Right there, Alicia,

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<v Speaker 2>she just she just spits. Man, she just goes well,

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<v Speaker 2>say hi, and man, I can go get coffee. Come

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<v Speaker 2>on back, she's still talking. She's the best right there.

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<v Speaker 2>That's great.

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<v Speaker 1>Scott Slung Show, seven hundred w ald