And so we need to have. And this is my shameless pitch for mayors. We need to have mayors at the table. Unfortunately, we're not at the table. When decisions were made to close programs that the county had been running because it was no longer mandatory for young people to participate, that came as news to me. I had to learn that from the school district. I had no idea that that had happened because I'm not at the table. We don't participate in that. (21:43–21:56)
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