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Speaker 1: Hi, and welcome back to the Carol Markowitz Show on iHeartRadio.

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Speaker 1: My guest today is the mayor of Boca Raton, Florida,

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Speaker 1: Scott Singer. Hi, mister mayor. So nice to have you on, Carol.

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Speaker 2: Great to be here. Thank you.

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Speaker 1: You know, I don't want to insult the other mayors

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Speaker 1: of South Florida towns. I'm friendly with the Bay Harbor

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Speaker 1: Islands Mayor Isaac Saliver, for example, But Boca Ratone is

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Speaker 1: my favorite town in South Florida, and I think you've

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Speaker 1: done a fantastic job with it. I really I think

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Speaker 1: it's a beautiful place to live, and you're now spreading

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Speaker 1: the word to other places. You've been in the news

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Speaker 1: a lot talking about what a great place it is

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Speaker 1: to live and work. What is motivating you to get

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Speaker 1: out there and tell the people about Boca Well.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Carol. I share your love of Boca Ratone.

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Speaker 2: It's my favorite city in Florida. It was growing up,

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Speaker 2: and I didn't grow up in Boca Ratone. I grew

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Speaker 2: up in Fort Lauderdale, but would spend as much time

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Speaker 2: as I could on weekends visiting fran seeing our beautiful parks,

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Speaker 2: and that inspired me. One day to live here. So

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Speaker 2: I'm now living the American dream getting to live in

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Speaker 2: Boca Ratone. I think it is an unmatched place, and

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Speaker 2: we over We're celebrating our centennial this year, so it's

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Speaker 2: a great opportunity to look back. A lot of people

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Speaker 2: before me planned a beautiful city, and we're trying to

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Speaker 2: just make it better for the next generation. And that

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Speaker 2: is what's motivating me to try to talk all the

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Speaker 2: good I can about Boca Ratone, especially our wonderful business climate.

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Speaker 2: We've been attracting lots of people and companies over the

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Speaker 2: decades to become a center of commerce for a city

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Speaker 2: of our size, where we punch above our weight. And

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Speaker 2: I've been pleased, at least with I'm not pleased as

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Speaker 2: an American to see socialist ideas taking root in some

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Speaker 2: of our nation's largest cities. But I'm trying to make

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Speaker 2: lemonade out of the lemons that says elections are and

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Speaker 2: trying to highlight why Boca Ratone is a better place

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Speaker 2: to do business and attract some high paying jobs to

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Speaker 2: our city.

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Speaker 1: I love that. So do you have any concerts? Learn

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Speaker 1: that this pitch will attract yes, people who will vote

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Speaker 1: sort of the right way, but also some people who

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Speaker 1: maybe are just going to come take advantage of the

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Speaker 1: business climate, the low taxes and all of that and

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Speaker 1: continue to vote the way that they did in those

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Speaker 1: socialists locales.

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Speaker 2: Well, no, and the record in Florida has demonstrated that

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Speaker 2: a that's not born out by stats at all. It's

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Speaker 2: the reverse. Seven years ago, the Democrats had an advantage statewide,

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Speaker 2: and governor desantees and economic climates and efforts by mayors

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Speaker 2: and other places have drawn businesses here and people here.

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Speaker 2: We now have one point seven more million, one point

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Speaker 2: seven million more Republican voters than we did six and

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Speaker 2: a half seven years ago. So the people who have

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Speaker 2: come are changing. If they're fleeing high tax jurisdictions, then

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Speaker 2: they're coming to Florida for the better business climate, that

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Speaker 2: better regulatory climate. They're voting Republican.

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Speaker 1: So that.

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Speaker 2: Migration of people is what's changing of the voter roles here.

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Speaker 2: So I don't think they're fear that people are going

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Speaker 2: to come. Plus people seeing my message, which has largely

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Speaker 2: been more in conservative media, but I'll talk to anyone

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Speaker 2: to tout the virtues of Boca Ratone. You know, tend

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Speaker 2: to have a particular mindset.

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Speaker 1: Boca has a reputation for being older. I from what

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Speaker 1: I read one recently that the actual average person who

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Speaker 1: lives in bocas in theirs, and it's actually quite a

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Speaker 1: young place. Like I think young families live in Boca,

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Speaker 1: more young families than I know, more than anywhere else

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Speaker 1: in South Florida. What is it an older or younger demographic?

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Speaker 1: What is Boca like?

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Speaker 2: We're definitely skewing younger. You're right, our median age is

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Speaker 2: now forty six and change. I'm over the median age now.

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Speaker 2: I wasn't when I started mayor. I wasn't when I

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Speaker 2: started as mayor seven years ago. But I'm glad to

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Speaker 2: see that we're getting younger. We've had strong growth in

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Speaker 2: our schools and demand for them. That's why I was

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Speaker 2: happy to work with the school district to get a

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Speaker 2: K three eight levels. But we're definitely getting younger. We

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Speaker 2: contrast sharply with the town of Palm Beach, where the

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Speaker 2: median ages twenty plus years older than us. Right, if

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Speaker 2: we've been trying to beat back. But the Miami metro area,

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Speaker 2: We're attracting families, we're attracting job creators, We're attracting people

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Speaker 1: So my favorite restaurant in South Florida is in Boca.

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Speaker 1: It's Alikat. Do you have a favorite restaurant? Are you

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Speaker 1: allowed to have a favorite restaurant?

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Speaker 2: Has made I have a lot of favorite restaurants. Baker

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Speaker 2: Alikat is Eric Baker.

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Speaker 1: He's the best.

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Speaker 2: He's a great friend. I love. You know, there are

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Speaker 2: some Boca mainstays New York prime for Italian I love Preso.

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Speaker 2: You know, Max's and Meisterer Park has been an icon

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Speaker 2: Loff's Fish House. There's so many. I've been to all

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Speaker 2: of those forgive my friends well good. The great thing

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Speaker 2: you know, one of the things that draws people here

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Speaker 2: when you want a high quality steakhouse, We've got more

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Speaker 2: than a dozen. I like meet Market two. I mean

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Speaker 2: I could name them on and on, and for anyone

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Speaker 2: I haven't named, I beg your pardon. I could just

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Speaker 1: Actually, that's we should do that. We should do a

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Speaker 1: separate podcast, unjust the restaurants. Did you always want to

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Speaker 1: be in politics, like as a as a child, where

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Speaker 1: retone someday.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely not. That was not something I planned. I ran

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Speaker 2: for student council many times growing up as a kid,

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Speaker 2: just because I thought I wanted to be involved and

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Speaker 2: where did you try to make good decisions? I grew

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Speaker 2: up in Fort Lauderdale, for let it down right. I

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Speaker 2: lost seven straight student council elections from third grade to

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Speaker 2: since there. But I started my career as a lawyer

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Speaker 2: Didn't end up doing that, had some governmental clients in

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Speaker 2: my private practice. But really motivated me is when I

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Speaker 2: So did a lot of diligence, talked to lots of people,

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Speaker 2: decided to run, ran one and again decided to run

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Speaker 2: I have two.

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Speaker 1: I love that. I often asked people what their plan

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Speaker 1: be in life would have been? Would you have stayed

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Speaker 2: I think this is the plan b I didn't plan's.

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Speaker 2: I didn't plan to get into public service. I didn't

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Speaker 2: plan to become mayor. It's more just being ready for

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Speaker 2: I have no idea what's going to happen. No one

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Speaker 2: to find opportunities to find something fulfilling where you can.

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Speaker 1: So, speaking of the future, you're term limited out as mayor.

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Speaker 1: What comes next? Mayor Singer.

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Speaker 2: A lot of people have been talking to me about

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Speaker 2: continuing to be involved in public service, and I'm considering

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Speaker 2: opportunities to serve. I love public service. It has been

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Speaker 2: very fulfilling. It's been rewarding for me to be able

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Speaker 2: to improve the lives of a number of people in

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Speaker 2: create more jobs and more opportunities and fulfill what I

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Speaker 2: originally got me running involved, to try to streamline government,

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Speaker 2: of options. Meanwhile, I'm focused on making the most of

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Speaker 2: what I can the next four months plus is Mayor Boca.

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Speaker 1: Had a real influx of people in the last you know,

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Speaker 1: been a difficult change for you? Is it is a

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Speaker 2: No, I think we've adhered to our character. South Florida's

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Speaker 2: seen pretty strong growth, but Florida Boca Raton's growth has

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Speaker 2: been pretty modest. We're a relatively built out city, not

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Speaker 2: a lot of vacant tracks, mostly single, single family neighborhoods.

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Speaker 2: We've introduced some mixed use housing, including some affordable housing,

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Speaker 2: And it's probably because we have such a strong business

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Speaker 2: we can try to attract some more jobs.

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Speaker 1: Are you getting a lot of calls from New York?

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Speaker 2: We have, and we've continued our outreach even before the

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Speaker 2: other markets over the years. Seen success. It's hard to

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Speaker 2: yesterday from an email I sent about someone interested in

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Speaker 2: moving here, maybe a little later that I want, but

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Speaker 2: we're going to try to get people here as quickly

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Speaker 2: as we can to harness the talent you have here

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Speaker 2: and provide more opportunities for our young students. And are

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Speaker 1: We're going to take a quick break and be right

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Speaker 1: back on the Carol Marcowitch Show. A question I asked

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Speaker 1: all of my guests is what are you most proud

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Speaker 2: I'm proud of a lot of things, but I think

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Speaker 2: it's I'm most proud of our children. Our kids are

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Speaker 1: Sure, others count.

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Speaker 2: I think they do, and I'm probably being a little modest.

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Speaker 2: I feel prideful, and I think I should. I'm proud

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Speaker 2: of a lot of things we've accomplished as a city.

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Speaker 2: I think we've changed a climate and try to make

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Speaker 1: I love it. I'll be watching to see what Boca

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Speaker 2: Sure, let me start with Boca Ratone. I think we're

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Speaker 2: vote on that in March if we can reach a deal.

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Speaker 2: But I think that's going to spur more conversations and

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Speaker 2: more opportunities for new job creation, new amenities, places that

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Speaker 2: I see throughout the city, more job growth, more opportunities

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Speaker 2: our innovation and job creation. Innovation has been in the

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Speaker 1: I fully agree that Florida and Boca will continue to

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Speaker 1: as long as you're voting right. That's my message too.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Can I just add something mentally? Please? You know.

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Speaker 2: I think I've seen some great successes, unimaginable achievements, even

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Speaker 1: It really is.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, those wins I think I feel like aren't getting

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Speaker 1: have loved this conversation, mister Mayor. I always enjoy talking

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Speaker 1: to you when when I see you leave us here

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Speaker 2: I think a lot of life comes down to outlook.

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Speaker 2: Maybe I'm feeling optimistic today, even though you know there

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Speaker 2: are moments of pessimism. Every day isn't a blessing. Every

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Speaker 2: And there are times I push myself. I'm a perfectionist,

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Speaker 2: but maybe talking to you and your enthusiasm, your positivity

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Speaker 2: is rubbing off Carol. But I'm feeling optimistic, and I

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Speaker 2: and attainable. But capitalism America have been the two biggest

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Speaker 2: and so I think keep your optimism because that is

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Speaker 2: what makes America great. That's how we can make our

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Speaker 1: I love that, you know. I love America, I love Florida.

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Speaker 1: I think what you're doing is really fantastic. He is

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Speaker 1: Mayor Scott Singer. Check out his city book Ortone. Come visit,

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Speaker 1: take me out to dinner at ally Kat. Thank you,

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Speaker 1: Mayor Singer.

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Speaker 2: So nice to have you on anytime. My pleasure. Carol,

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Speaker 2: thank you,