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Todd Novak: “I've got open spots, and that's never happened because it's…”

Featuring: Todd Novak, Republican | Wisconsin State Assembly, 51st District

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Legislative Update with Wisconsin State Senator Howard Marklein and State Representative Todd Novak

Published | Video Starts at 36:32

Everybody's paying, you know, pretty good hourly wages to get people. I've run into you. We were talking before about, you know, local governments. I'm running into problems in Dodgeville, hiring. I've got open spots, and that's never happened because it's not exactly, you know, these are good jobs. and I can't figure it out. And then another thing that's happening too, because I've been in these situations and I'm hearing this a lot, is you'll interview somebody for a position and you offer them the job at X amount of dollars. (36:32–36:40)

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Asserts that there are open job positions in Dodgeville, which is unusual for good jobs.

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