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Highland City the election is coming up
for City Council and I'm sitting here at

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Fizz nighttime version with Tim ball Tim
thanks for stopping by my pleasure

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thanks for inviting me the race is on
tell me a little bit about yourself

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where did you grow up and how is it that
you ended up here in Island I grew up in

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Southern California about 20 minutes
from Disneyland in a place called

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Diamond Bar interestingly enough there's
a whole Diamond Bar community in in Utah

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County Wow
yeah a lot of people have moved here for

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the same reason that we moved here and
that is we found a jewel in the middle

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of what appears to be chaos Highland is
Highland because of the open spaces the

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low-density the country feel yet were
very close to amenities such as

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world-class health care transportation
corridors shopping schools but we still

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are able to retain and maintain that
country feel and that's why I'm here

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because I believe in the Highland of the
general plan which is exactly that

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highlands of bedroom community and it's
we want to maintain that country feel

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forever and that's why we moved here and
that's what I'm gonna fight for

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excellent tell me a little bit about
your family and what it is that you do

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um I married my wife Natalie we've been
married for 20 years

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coming up rapidly on 21 we have four
children ages 17 14 12 and 10 keeps me

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very busy an interesting thing that
really keeps helps keep me informed is

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that I have four kids in three different
schools so the ridge line Timberline and

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Lone Peak and so I kinda have the pulse
and everything going on in school and

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like tivities and it's it's great it's a
great time to be in Highland and raise a

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family
yeah you've been serving on the Planning

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Commission how long have you been on
that a little over a year I was

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appointed by
man and I have really enjoyed that time

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but more importantly I think is it's
given me a lot of experience so I can

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hit the ground running if I am honored
to be elected I can hit the ground

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running and with that experience really
represent well my friends and neighbors

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yeah a lot of people don't know what the
Planning Commission does just briefly

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what what is it that the Planning
Commission does how does that relate to

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them do you know much we do much of what
the the City Council does in a sense

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developers etc will come to us with
land-use issues such as zoning and

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variances to zoning for developments and
both residential and commercial and we

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will make ret we'll hear everything
we'll study it out and then we'll make

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recommendations to the City Council and
the City Council actually has the teeth

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and they will take the vote make the
votes and and effectuate whatever change

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that they see fit or prevent a change
right they all have to do what the

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Planning Commission does but they do
look to the Planning Commission to guide

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and direct them and kind of get these
issues right exactly

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all right tell me about some of the
other issues that you think Highland

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residents should be aware of and should
be a part of their consideration in this

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this campaign there are actually a lot
of really important issues Highland is

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built out about 75 percent which means
25 percent left of the city to develop

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non commercial development such as the
War esidential development and so it's

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very important that we make prudent
decisions and there's a lot of

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corollaries to this one issue of zoning
and those that know me know that I'm a

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big Sony person and adhering to the law
adhering to the zoning statutes that are

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consistent with the general plan so if
we over build that's going to put even

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more of a burden on our infrastructure
one corollary would be the water

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situation we live basically in a desert
yeah I think we have the second lightest

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rainfall in the country out of all 50
states number two in the wrong

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directions so we water as a really
important consideration I think I heard

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a statistic that we are at 75 percent
build-out we're already using a hundred

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percent of the water that was a
for our city yeah so every new house

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that comes in the really isn't water
that is designated for at our current

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user current so we have to make some
serious decisions and I'm I'm really big

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on getting feedback from from citizens
my neighbors and my friends and I plan

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on doing cottage meetings periodically
in different parts of the city and

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really kind of putting my ear to the
tracks of me and listening and

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understanding what the concerns are of
the citizens of Highland and water is a

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big issue I mean I mean next to to
zoning I've been asked about water a lot

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and I've knocked on hundreds of doors in
different neighborhoods gone to numerous

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cottage meetings and that's a big issue
yeah and so we have to make decisions

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such as are we going to adhere to the
general plan if we do so and do

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residential large lots low density
development which I plan on vigorously

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defending then that will put less of a
burden on the water situation if we

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don't and we don't kind of dial back our
usage voluntarily then we'll be forced

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to take other measures so I greatly
favor voluntary cutbacks and I think

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everyone loves the city and I think
everyone will do the right thing I think

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a lot of people aren't aware that
they're over watering and and really

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what the situation is I don't think
they're aware of it either and I think

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for Xavier a really good example I was
knocking on doors two nights ago and I

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ran into a fascinating lady who's a
landscape engineer but she's also an

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expert in water usage and water
conservation when it comes to

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landscaping and she said I'm gonna ask
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I volunteered to go to to address groups
of people and it just hasn't happened

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and I said can I have your business card
she said yes she wants to teach us about

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I think it's pronounced xeriscaping
everyone thinks it's zero skiing that's

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what I thought but it's actually
xeriscaping and it has to do with

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utilizing indigenous and native plants
in order to minimize water consumption

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it worked at her yard that she'd just
put in it and it's beautiful with very

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little grass that's awesome yeah it was
really nice it didn't look like some

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freaky desert scape or a moonscape but
it looked really nice and so I'm gonna

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utilize the resources we have in the
community not to get sidetracked yeah

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but I think there's so much talent in
Highland from the technology sector we

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have a lot of CEOs CFOs CIOs CTOs all
kinds of talent that we can utilize in

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different capacities one would be a
committee that that particular lady I

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mentioned could be part of and we could
talk about appropriate ways to save

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water through landscaping I think we
should have a technology and development

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committee and these are all volunteer
positions and they could talk about

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upgrading infrastructure in ways we
could partner with a lot of the tech

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companies they're just right in our
backyard and help us perhaps get faster

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internet speeds and all kinds of
different things that we can do with

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technology and then potentially a
business development group we have some

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commercial space left and I know a lot
of people want to develop the commercial

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areas and minimize the burden on our
infrastructure and maximize the amount

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of money we can capture through taxes
and so perhaps a committee could be

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formed with business leaders that live
in Highland and they can determine which

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businesses would be ideal and optimal to
accomplish just that with minimal effect

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on us what's your thoughts on open space
open space and trails are part of what

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makes Highland Highland and it makes it
a community because they a lot of them

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will interconnect different parts of the
city and I see my neighbors I see them

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enjoying the trails with their families
taking walks on Sundays and really

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taking advantage of what Highland has to
offer that being said I think we need to

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develop a plan that is equitable and
fair to everyone I'm in an open space

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area and I don't mind paying my twenty
dollars a month if someone lives in a

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non open space area I'm not sure that
they need to pay that twenty dollars but

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we need to figure out what's fair but we
also need to do something else I

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I work in the basically the data field I
work in IOT Internet of Things and it

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has to do with using machines to capture
data and put that data in meaningful

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formats so that people can make
intelligent informed decisions based on

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fact and data and I want to do that for
Highland what I'd like to do is do is

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we've already done one study but perhaps
augment that study about parks and what

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we need to do to make more of our parks
usable and then take that data and share

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it with everyone and let's all make a
decision because we're all in this

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together
and if it go to people and say look this

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park is not useable as a city park or a
community park because it lat it lacks

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restroom facilities it lacks a pavilion
it lacks areas for soccer teams to

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practice etc if we do this it's going to
cost this much if we maintain it it's

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going to cost this much and make a
presentation and say what are we willing

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to do are we willing to donate our time
are we willing to donate funds are we

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willing to have a fee what are we
willing to do and if we're not it's good

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to know yeah and then we can put our
money towards something else but we need

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to determine which is a community park
and which is a neighborhood park right

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and then treat those accordingly and
make it fair and equitable for everyone

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how is it that you decided to run for
City Council what brought you to that

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decision I decided to run for City
Council because prior to my appointment

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to the Planning Commission I was very
involved in community affairs and I have

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attended more City Council meetings over
the last three years than anyone I think

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with the exception of those on the city
council I've been to 35 34 potentially

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35 in the past three years so I really
have a good feel of what's going on and

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I saw the City Council make I think
they're all great men and women but

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occasionally they take a direction that
I think is contrary to the best

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interests of the people of Island for
example some high-density developments

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that were approved and they were kind of
a head-scratcher yeah and I didn't

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understand why if we already have
burdens

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our infrastructure and I brought that up
and made my point vigorously in front of

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the City Council and they did it anyway
yeah and I thought boy this is not good

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for for the citizenry
so what am I going to do about right so

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I was appointed to the Planning
Commission and then I thought I just

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have to run for City Council in order to
ensure that we maintain our standard of

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living our way of life and keep the feel
of Highland and the spirit of Highland

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alive and that's the reason that we all
moved here

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why should residents consider you for
City Council because I think I'm really

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good I have a good analytical mind on
one side where I can take facts and

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information and apply that and make
really good strong decisions but on the

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other end I'm very empathetic I listen
to people I know a lot of complaints

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I've heard is that people feel that the
city fathers or those representing them

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don't really listen and they feel
frustrated and so I'm empathetic I

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listen and I take their opinions into
consideration and kind of combine that

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with my data side and I think I can come
up with some really good solutions for

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for for Highland I feel that I need to
go in with everyone knowing who I am and

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what I stand for I can't I can't hide
facts I can't hide Who I am

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everyone knows what I feel about
development and density open spaces and

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keeping highland highland and it would
be unfair to people if I tried to hide

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any controversial view I might have it's
their vote it's a right to vote and they

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need to know who and what they're voting
for and what I believe in they need a

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reasonable expectation that if I say X Y
& Z when I get into office if I get into

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office then I will honor those
commitments that I've made to them but I

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need to listen also for example I went
to a cottage meeting about the east-west

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corridor and some people were talking
about traffic mitigation I don't want to

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go into all the particulars but I came
away with the same point of view we need

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the east-west
for many reasons but I came away with a

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different view and I was influenced by
some of the things that they mentioned

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about about traffic and speed medication
so I didn't change my point of view but

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it's a little bit tweet in a sense taken
in consideration their concerns which

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were very very valid now tell me about
working with the rest of the City

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Council and in this race there are three
people who are going to be voted in and

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so that will be the majority of the City
Council how do you see yourself working

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with other people so I've lived in a lot
of different places under a lot of

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different circumstances and I've lived
in big cities I've lived in Los Angeles

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Seattle
I've lived in in South America and

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Caracas and Bogota and I've lived in
Milan Italy and a lot of places and I

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understand what high-density can do I
understand what hap hazard planning can

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do and believe me we don't want it and
we want a city that grows that grows in

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a responsible and measured way in
accordance with the general plan now

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that being said that same experience
that I've had has given me the

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opportunity to work with a lot of people
from a lot of cultures and a lot of

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backgrounds and I've learned to get
along with just about everyone you can

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have disagree you know it reminds me of
that movie Bohemian Rhapsody where I

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don't know if you remember where they
had huge success and then Freddie

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Mercury the singer was lettle was lured
away by big money to do a solo album he

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came back to the band and begged them to
take him back and he said well there was

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good news and bad news because we'll
they said well what was the what was the

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good news they did exactly what I told
them to do for my record I said what's

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the bad news and he said they did
exactly what I told me wrong from my

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record and he said it was terrible
yeah because as a unit we can disagree

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but if we disagree on an intelligent
level hear each other out we can come

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and make some great decisions and we can
come together and really maintain the

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quality of life that we've all
to expect and we can do so in a

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respectful way but also standing up for
what we believe in and I just thought

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that comment from our that scene from
the movie was great because what it

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represented was when people come
together and are passionate about

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certain things the result can be
beautiful and in their case music and in

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our case the city of well good luck yeah
prefiguration is like a two-year time

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