But really was the catalyst was the business community. They reached out to me, they said, governor, we have to do something. The biggest issue facing our city is homelessness right now, and we're getting zero help from the mayor, from the police in Tulsa. But what I tell people is it is not compassion. Leaving people on the streets doing drugs, leaving them camped and, you know, in a tent out in the middle of the woods and the dangers that go along with that, that's not compassion. (02:23–02:34)
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