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Mike DeWine: “When you take 15,000 people and add them to a city of…”

Featuring: Mike DeWine, Republican | Governor of Ohio

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Published | Video Starts at 27:17

Now, I do want to say that and I think there have been comments made about some of the challenges that Springfield faces. And yes, look, When you take 15,000 people and add them to a city of 58,000, obviously this is a massive increase. over a relatively two or three four year period of time, relatively short period of time. So we do have challenges and we accept those challenges. We have challenges in regard to driving. (27:17–27:28)

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Asserts that 15,000 people have been added to Springfield's population of 58,000.

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