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Speaker 1: Welcome back. It's a brand new episode. This is Laugh

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Speaker 1: with Me, a podcast with Jeremy Odo. I'm y'all jo

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Speaker 1: and we've got a banger banger of an episode for it.

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Speaker 1: We have a major announcement that is going to shock

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Speaker 1: southwest Iowa and possibly even shock the very the very

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Speaker 1: state of Iowa. I mean, this may have repercussions that

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Speaker 1: go through the It's not the smallest state, right Johnny,

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Speaker 1: can we can? We looked that up. I was not

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Speaker 1: the smallest state like footprint wise, right, it can't be.

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Speaker 1: I know it's you know, I lived there. I had

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Speaker 1: a couple of stops in the state of Iowa. But

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Speaker 1: particularly the time that is most impactful right now is

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Speaker 1: that time that I lived in a little town called

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Speaker 1: Creston Isle from twenty sixteen to twenty eighteen. See, my

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Speaker 1: job took me there when I was running HIGHV grocery stores,

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Speaker 1: became the store director at the Creston High Ve. In hindsight,

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Speaker 1: kind of, Creston wasn't that bad. Like, honestly, Creston's a

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Speaker 1: nice community. A lot of great people, met a lot

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Speaker 1: of awesome people there some people that I frankly I

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Speaker 1: wish we kept more in touch with here after moving away.

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Speaker 1: But life goes on. But something has just happened in

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Speaker 1: the great town of Creston that has really it's got

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Speaker 1: some people. It's got some folks quite worked up their

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Speaker 1: very own mayor Waylon Clayton. He announced on September sixteenth

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Speaker 1: that during the Tuesday City council meeting, he and his

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Speaker 1: family and their business were just moving to Florida, just

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Speaker 1: like that, just dipping out, Johnny. Can you imagine being

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Speaker 1: the mayor and just being like, deuces, I'm going to

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Speaker 1: the beach. I mean, like maybe on vacation, right, but

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Speaker 1: not like not to move. He was quoted as saying,

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Speaker 1: it has been the highest honor of my life to

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Speaker 1: serve this community, which means he's peaked and he's decided

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Speaker 1: to go to Florida, where life will only get worse.

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Speaker 1: The Creston one of my favorite publications, The Creston News Advertiser,

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Speaker 1: have the quotes and you can find the story on

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Speaker 1: their Facebook page. But holy cow, Creston without a mayor.

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Speaker 1: It got me thinking. He got me thinking real hard.

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Speaker 1: What's a guy like me who's always thought at some

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Speaker 1: point in my life, in my professional career, I'm going

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Speaker 1: to look to the public service department and say, you know,

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Speaker 1: I've I've served people as a business leader for over

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Speaker 1: twenty years. Now, I'd like to serve people in a

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Speaker 1: different fashion. Maybe take some of my business resume and

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Speaker 1: bring it to a community to make it stronger. And

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Speaker 1: not just by selling groceries at a low price. No,

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Speaker 1: it's not just about that. Cresten needs more than that.

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Speaker 1: Creston still needs low prices, trust me, but they need

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Speaker 1: a smile back on their face. This community needs a

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Speaker 1: guy like you, Johnny, and a guy like me. So

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Speaker 1: for immediate release, I Jeremy Odom hosts the Laugh with

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Speaker 1: Me podcast and former Creston resident, is officially announcing candidacy

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Speaker 1: for mayor of Creston, Iowa. Y'all know I lived in

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Speaker 1: Creston from twenty sixteeny twosand and I'm very familiar with

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Speaker 1: the community. In fact, as the store director of Hive.

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Speaker 1: In a community like Creston, you get everybody coming your way.

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Speaker 1: Do you get everybody coming your way? I feel like

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Speaker 1: that prepared me like no other job could have to

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Speaker 1: be the mayor. You know, during that time that I

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Speaker 1: lived in Creston, I helped build strong connections with families,

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Speaker 1: the employees of IVY, and customers throughout the community. Then

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Speaker 1: my background of business management and leadership will give me

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Speaker 1: the experience needed to guide Creston into the next chapter.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's not just about balancing a budget or

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Speaker 1: keeping the shelves stocked in Creston. People need to make

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Speaker 1: sure that when they live there, when they go to

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Speaker 1: bed at night, they don't have that sour taste.

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Speaker 2: In their mouth.

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Speaker 1: I want to put the people of Creston always in

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Speaker 1: the express lane. I want them to always feel like

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Speaker 1: they've gotten the best service they could possibly get from

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Speaker 1: the people that serve them. Okay, my mayor. My campaign

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Speaker 1: for mayor will focus on building the community. Okay, strengthening

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Speaker 1: neighborhood bonds, supporting local businesses, and creating more opportunities for

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Speaker 1: families to thrive. I want more transparency in the leadership

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Speaker 1: and open door policy where every resident has a voice

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Speaker 1: in shaping Creston future.

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Speaker 2: Okay.

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Speaker 1: I had an open door policy at the hive. Trust me,

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Speaker 1: A lot of those Creston folks stopped in. They stopped

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Speaker 1: in to see what's up. They can stop by the office. Okay.

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Speaker 1: We want to invest in the future, from infrastructure to education.

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Speaker 1: We wanted sure Creston continues to grow while maintaining it's

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Speaker 1: small town values. Together, we can make crest At a

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Speaker 1: place where every voice matters and every family can't succeed.

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Speaker 1: Now here's the thing, Johnny, it's that so simple. You

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Speaker 1: can't just run for mayor. I'm sure you know as

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Speaker 1: I read in the Krestin News Advertiser that there's the

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Speaker 1: board is going to be reviewing. In fact, they they

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Speaker 1: could have done a special election, they chose not to

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Speaker 1: for budgetary reasons. This would cost well over ten thousand

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Speaker 1: going to be accepting applications for anybody who is interested

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Speaker 1: in becoming the mayor of Creston. And to that, I say,

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Speaker 1: my hand is raised. I am ready. I am ready

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Speaker 1: to lead those folks in Creston, and I'm ready to

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Speaker 1: lead all of you listening to laugh with me right now.

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Speaker 1: Because not only is this a comedy podcast, okay, I

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Speaker 1: believe this is a place that we can all come

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Speaker 1: together and be one. We're prepared. When I say we,

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Speaker 1: I mean me and I mean my producer, Johnny. We

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Speaker 1: are prepared to head to Creston, Iowa.

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Speaker 3: And make a small town streets where the whispers grow,

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Speaker 3: cornfield stretching, where.

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Speaker 4: The sunsets glow.

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Speaker 5: Weston's heartbeat get steady and slow, but there's a spark

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Speaker 5: that's starting to show.

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Speaker 4: He's got a grin.

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Speaker 6: He's got a plan, he's got a dream.

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Speaker 4: A mayor, real man.

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Speaker 6: Up up where lives in this town.

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Speaker 4: Chair of me's here, turning it around with a laugh,

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Speaker 4: with a chair.

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Speaker 6: Let the bearers fly, Kristen's wing touching the sky, the

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Speaker 6: mic in hand.

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Speaker 7: He's cracked a few jokes, but now he's speaking for

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Speaker 7: all the folks from the diner booths to the courthouse stairs.

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Speaker 4: He's a man.

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Speaker 6: Who listens, a man who cares.

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Speaker 4: With every step, the pavement.

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Speaker 6: Hums a brider Creston. Cheeri comes up.

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Speaker 4: We're lifting in this town.

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Speaker 6: Jeremy's here, turning it around.

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Speaker 4: With a laugh, with a cheer.

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Speaker 6: Let the banner fly, Creston's flies, touching the sky.

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Speaker 4: With every step the pavement hums a bride of Christ.

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Speaker 4: Here it comes.

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Speaker 6: Up, relieveing this town.

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Speaker 4: T wrong. He's here turn it in out with that

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Speaker 4: with cheer. Let the better flies.

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Speaker 8: Cristen's rise, touching the sky, the sky and.

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Speaker 4: Mike in hand.

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Speaker 2: He's cracked a few jokes.

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Speaker 4: Now he's speaking for all the folks from.

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Speaker 7: The diner boost to the courthouse steps.

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Speaker 6: He's a man who listens, a man who cares.

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Speaker 7: With every step.

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Speaker 4: The pavement hunts a brider. Cristun here he comes, Oh.

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Speaker 6: Up, up, we're listing this town. Chere on me. Jeremy's here,

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Speaker 6: turning in around with a laugh, with a cheer. Let

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Speaker 6: the bearners fly, Christens Riseing, touching.

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Speaker 2: The sky, Oh.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's what That's why I told my family

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Speaker 1: and just approve, just approve that Creston has truly been

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Speaker 1: on my mind as of late. You know, last Friday,

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Speaker 1: I had a colonoscopy and I'm not gonna go into

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Speaker 1: details okay, of the nitty gritty of what went down

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Speaker 1: in there, although it was it was good that everything

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Speaker 1: came out good. For those of you questioning my health,

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Speaker 1: they're the haters in Creston. I just want to say

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Speaker 1: the health is getting better, okay. But what I do

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Speaker 1: want to point out is that I'm laying in bed

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Speaker 1: through that anisty you on me because it's for whatever reason,

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Speaker 1: with the redheads with the jeans, it's just it takes

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Speaker 1: a lot. Okay, we can handle a lot of pain

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Speaker 1: in that regard, you know. So when they're they're putting

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Speaker 1: it into my IV, They're like, okay, you're going to

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Speaker 1: why not, No, I am not. I'm staying up. There

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Speaker 1: that's the doctors did their job. But when I immediately

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Speaker 1: this message because I had Crested on my mind and

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Speaker 1: I knew in that moment this was my destiny, this

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Speaker 1: when I said it's time to put in our official

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Speaker 1: mare take a listen, people have crested.

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Speaker 2: I'm your mayor now.

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Speaker 1: The people of Chrissen needed someone that cares it, gets

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Speaker 1: the business side, but more importantly, cares about the well

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Speaker 2: I don't.

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Speaker 1: Know a lot of you, but I did sell your

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Speaker 1: groceries for a long time, two years to speak exact,

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Speaker 2: Well being was my top of mind. And then I

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Speaker 1: I did that community event, remember the Big ten and

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Speaker 1: all the community events game. I didn't make a dime

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Speaker 1: on that. I just want that on record. That was

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Speaker 1: reppers or prep rep rep repetoire repertoire, and.

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Speaker 2: I'm not moving from Omaha.

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Speaker 1: So if anything, you should appreciate big city living. Remember

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Speaker 1: the two years that I was there, I was like,

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Speaker 1: I'm from the big city that in Omaha, and I

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Speaker 2: I'm back from the big city. Farming's cool for you guys.

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Speaker 1: I'm not a farmer, but the people who came and

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Speaker 1: drank coffee at my store loved coffee.

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Speaker 2: Wait, they love farming. So whatever I can do to

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Speaker 1: And then all the little shops, remember the little shops

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Speaker 1: in Uptown. Remember how I've been gone a while and

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Speaker 1: I remember it. It's called Uptown. I'm the mayor, so

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Speaker 1: I'll be there unless the weather's bad, and then we'll

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Speaker 1: zoom it in. Even sometimes I'll just be like, I'm busy,

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Speaker 1: so we'll zoom in.

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Speaker 2: But I'll come. I'll stop by that a g pizza.

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Speaker 2: I'll tell you what.

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Speaker 1: Right now, I know there's been some management changes, but

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Speaker 1: if that pizza doesn't taste the same.

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Speaker 2: As Mayor, we're gonna we're we're gonna put it back.

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Speaker 2: I think I'm gonna have to join like.

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Speaker 1: Some of those clubs I was in before too, as mayor.

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Speaker 1: Push my weight around a little bit, cause you guys

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Speaker 1: help the community instead of building bridges. Wait, no, I'm

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Speaker 1: building bridges. Think you guys set backpacks. The schools will

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Speaker 1: I'm the mayor, Johnny. I don't know if you can

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Speaker 1: tell in my I'm very foggy. Okay, So like, don't

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Speaker 1: discredit the fact, like just because I'm I sound so

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Speaker 1: thing on my mind? It wasn't hey, is everything good?

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Speaker 1: Would the doc say? What's up? No? It was I

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Speaker 1: need to speak to the people of Creston right now.

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Speaker 1: They need to know that I care. So there you go, Johnny,

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Speaker 1: I think I think we're on our way. I think

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Speaker 1: we're on our way. Laugh with me pod at gmail

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Speaker 1: dot com for any media inquiries or the community, the community,

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Speaker 1: you got any questions. Remember I'm your mayor.

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Speaker 3: Now, small town streets, where the whispers grow, cornfield stretching, where.

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Speaker 4: The sunsets glow. Question's heartbeat.

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Speaker 5: It's steady and slow, but there's a spark that's starting

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Speaker 5: to show he's got up greed, he's got up plan,

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Speaker 5: he's got a dream.

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Speaker 4: May your real man.

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Speaker 6: Up where lives in this town?

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Speaker 4: Share of me here, you're turning it around.

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Speaker 1: Let's be Johnny.

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Speaker 4: Let go with a laugh, with a cheer. Let the

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Speaker 4: banners fly. Kristen Fizing, touching the sky.

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Speaker 3: I'm off the mic in hand.

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Speaker 7: He's cracked a few jokes, but now he's speaking for

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Speaker 7: all the folks from the diner booths to the courthouse stairs.

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Speaker 4: He's a man.

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Speaker 6: Who listens, a man who cares.

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Speaker 4: With every step.

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Speaker 6: The pavement homes a rider.

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Speaker 4: Kristen Cheerie comes.

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Speaker 1: Up.

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Speaker 6: We're living in this town. Cheer me here, turning it

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Speaker 6: around with a laugh, with a cheer.

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Speaker 4: Let the banners fly. Kristen flies, touching the sky.

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Speaker 1: We'll see you soon in President

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