So we didn't need to talk about property taxes the last couple years, but we may need to in the future. And the other thing that's very important to point out, This is the first time in Rochester's history that sales tax has outpaced property tax as our major source of revenue in the budget. So property tax is now second to sales tax. So sales tax is our number one revenue source now. So that's why when people say, why do you talk so much about making sure that we diversify our income? (28:51–29:02)
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