And it was interesting because it was, you know, you'd go up and they'd look at you like, you know, you had two heads. This was crazy. But we persisted. And It has now become just a matter of course that the city of Montpelier gets a significant payment in lieu of taxes. But every time that I talk to a mayoral candidate or every time I talk to Bill Fraser about the budget, I hear them talking about the pilot program being insufficient and out of touch. (06:43–06:51)
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