I don't even know how many people even knew about New College, because I'll tell you, I got elected governor. I had never been asked about it. No one had ever mentioned it anything. And it was a really. For the taxpayers to be funding something that was basically like a Marxist commune. They didn't have grades, they had very low enrollment. and all this stuff. And so, you know, it's just like, I'm a fiduciary. It's like, we've got to figure out how are these institutions serving the people of Florida. (31:16–31:25)
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