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So, pretty soon, there's going to have to be a reconciling of how we rep, how we run the system and the split that has to exist between the service that's provided and how it's funded with regard to whether it's funded with a general tax through general taxes or whether it's funded through the people who actually use the system.
Because if you're telling me that I spent 18 months traveling up and down this county fighting with our residents about the RTZ so that I could find funding that would pour into the system that would eventually accumulate enough money to fund rapid mass transit,
This may have started with a prior mayor of Hialeah who was once on his dais, but at this point there is a new mayor, and he correctly – or he indicated to me, and I agree that the courtesy should be to speak to him.
I've been very, very adamant from my position that when we're dealing with housing, whoever we're dealing with, whether it's my district or anybody else's, I want to see people who can get things done, and not because we've had situations where some of these things have not been done.
I'm also okay with the virtual, even though personally my preference is in-person meetings, but I, I understand that, uh, having this, uh, uh, um, uh, opportunity for people who cannot be there in person so that every voice, uh, is heard, I, I, I, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm amenable to that.
And then the maker of the, of the, of the item is are here, but I think as a committee, Mr. Attorney, um, we, since we all agree, we can, we, we, we, we can accept these amendments, right?