WEBVTT 00:06.840 --> 00:09.073 align:start >>> POP 123 MEANS MORE MONEY FOR 00:09.076 --> 00:11.009 align:start SCHOOLS. 00:11.012 --> 00:12.577 align:start >> OUR SALARY SCHEDULE FOR OUR 00:12.580 --> 00:17.582 align:start TEACHERS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU 00:17.585 --> 00:19.384 align:start KNOW, REALLY NEEDS TO BE FIXED 00:19.387 --> 00:20.184 align:start AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S PART OF A 00:20.187 --> 00:21.786 align:start BIGGER PICTURE. 00:21.789 --> 00:23.688 align:start BUT AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT WE NEED 00:23.691 --> 00:24.889 align:start TO LOCK AT THAT, HOW WE 00:24.892 --> 00:26.324 align:start COMPENSATE OUR TEACHERS. 00:26.327 --> 00:27.058 align:start >> BUT SOME THINK THE PLAN IS A 00:27.061 --> 00:30.161 align:start BAD ONE. 00:30.164 --> 00:36.367 align:start >> THE LEGISLATURE HAS NOT 00:36.370 --> 00:38.569 align:start FUNDED THE SCHOOLS SINCE 2011, 00:38.572 --> 00:39.971 align:start MAYBE 2009, ACCORDING TO WHAT 00:39.974 --> 00:42.774 align:start THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING. 00:42.777 --> 00:44.308 align:start WE FEEL THE LEGISLATURE AND THE 00:44.311 --> 00:44.676 align:start GOVERNOR ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE 00:44.679 --> 00:46.077 align:start LIE. 00:46.080 --> 00:48.279 align:start IF THERE WAS A SUPREME COURT, 00:48.282 --> 00:49.547 align:start THE SUPREME COURT ORDERED THE 00:49.550 --> 00:50.048 align:start LEGISLATURE TO PAY $380 MILLION 00:50.051 --> 00:51.449 align:start A YEAR. 00:51.452 --> 00:52.517 align:start THEY HAVE NOT PAID IT. 00:52.520 --> 00:54.419 align:start THEY HAVE THE MONEY. 00:54.422 --> 00:57.822 align:start THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING THE LAW. 00:57.825 --> 00:59.524 align:start >>> PLUS A LOOK AT PROP 124 00:59.527 --> 01:03.895 align:start MAKING CHANGES TO PUBLIC SAFETY 01:03.898 --> 01:15.106 align:start PENSION CHANGES. 01:15.109 --> 01:16.708 align:start THIS IS "ARIZONA WEEK." 01:16.711 --> 01:20.278 align:start ♪♪ 01:20.281 --> 01:20.745 align:start >>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO 01:20.748 --> 01:23.481 align:start "ARIZONA WEEK." 01:23.484 --> 01:23.848 align:start I'M CHRISTOPHER CONOVER IN FOR 01:23.851 --> 01:26.984 align:start LORRAINE. 01:26.987 --> 01:29.787 align:start MAY 17th IS A SPECIAL ELECTION 01:29.790 --> 01:31.723 align:start TO DEAL WITH TWO PROPOSITIONS. 01:31.726 --> 01:32.890 align:start THE FIRST PROP 123 TRIPLES THE 01:32.893 --> 01:35.727 align:start PAYOFF FROM THE STATE TRUST FUND 01:35.730 --> 01:45.803 align:start TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR TEN YEARS. 01:45.806 --> 01:46.137 align:start IF VOTERS APPROVE THE BILL, IT 01:46.140 --> 01:47.705 align:start SETTLES. 01:47.708 --> 01:48.639 align:start >> DAVID, THANKS FOR HAVING US 01:48.642 --> 01:50.041 align:start OUT HERE TODAY. 01:50.044 --> 01:52.443 align:start >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 01:52.446 --> 01:53.011 align:start >> TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 01:53.014 --> 01:55.580 align:start THE DISTRICT. 01:55.583 --> 01:57.782 align:start >> UL THAT VALLEY IS 20 MILES 01:57.785 --> 02:00.952 align:start WEST OF DOWNTOWN TUCSON. 02:00.955 --> 02:05.056 align:start MADE UP OF TWO SCHOOLS. 02:05.059 --> 02:06.657 align:start WE'RE A DISTRICT OF 70 0 02:06.660 --> 02:09.661 align:start STUDENTS TOTAL. 02:09.664 --> 02:13.264 align:start PRESCHOOL TO EIGHTH GRADE. 02:13.267 --> 02:14.165 align:start WE HAVE A HIGH FREE AND REDUCED 02:14.168 --> 02:16.067 align:start COUNT, ABOUT 97% OF OUR STUDENTS 02:16.070 --> 02:19.404 align:start ARE ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH. 02:19.407 --> 02:20.304 align:start WE'RE RURAL, WE'RE SMALL AND A 02:20.307 --> 02:20.938 align:start REALLY NICE HOW MANYTOWN 02:20.941 --> 02:22.940 align:start COMMUNITY FEEL. 02:22.943 --> 02:24.709 align:start WE HAVE ABOUT 40% OF THE 02:24.712 --> 02:25.710 align:start TEACHERS OR SO ACTUALLY LIVE AND 02:25.713 --> 02:29.914 align:start WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. 02:29.917 --> 02:30.648 align:start SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF TIGHT 02:30.651 --> 02:33.418 align:start RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR STUDENTS. 02:33.421 --> 02:34.552 align:start >> SO WHAT SORTS OF CHALLENGES 02:34.555 --> 02:38.523 align:start DOES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FACE? 02:38.526 --> 02:39.557 align:start >> WE HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME 02:39.560 --> 02:40.058 align:start CHALLENGES THAT ANY SCHOOL 02:40.061 --> 02:41.993 align:start DISTRICT HAS. 02:41.996 --> 02:43.361 align:start WE ARE -- IT'S HARD TO GET 02:43.364 --> 02:44.796 align:start TEACHERS AND RETAIN TEACHERS. 02:44.799 --> 02:47.332 align:start ONE OF OUR FOCUSES SINCE I'VE 02:47.335 --> 02:49.834 align:start BEEN HERE, SINCE I STARTED TWO 02:49.837 --> 02:51.636 align:start YEARS AGO IS FOCUS ON TEACHER 02:51.639 --> 02:52.003 align:start RETENTION AND RECRUITING 02:52.006 --> 02:53.571 align:start TEACHERS. 02:53.574 --> 02:55.673 align:start AND WE STILL HAVE TEACHER 02:55.676 --> 02:56.574 align:start VACANCIES THAT WE'VE HAD THE 02:56.577 --> 02:59.110 align:start ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR. 02:59.113 --> 03:00.445 align:start SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR BIG 03:00.448 --> 03:02.380 align:start CHALLENGES IS TEACHING. 03:02.383 --> 03:07.385 align:start AND GETTING TEACHERS AND 03:07.388 --> 03:10.922 align:start SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS. 03:10.925 --> 03:11.689 align:start WE ARE 20 MILES OUTSIDE OF 03:11.692 --> 03:13.091 align:start TUCSON. 03:13.094 --> 03:13.424 align:start I REALIZE THAT PEOPLE HAVE 03:13.427 --> 03:17.328 align:start CHOICES. 03:17.331 --> 03:19.197 align:start SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE 03:19.200 --> 03:20.898 align:start ULTRAVALLEY UNIQUE AND SPECIAL. 03:20.901 --> 03:22.633 align:start THERE'S A LOT OF TUNTS FOR OUR 03:22.636 --> 03:25.036 align:start TEACHERS TO DO A LOT OF 03:25.039 --> 03:27.038 align:start DIFFERENT THINGS HERE. 03:27.041 --> 03:28.339 align:start SO WE'RE TRYING TO TURN OUR 03:28.342 --> 03:32.343 align:start CHALLENGES INTO POSITIVES AS WE 03:32.346 --> 03:32.944 align:start BUILD ULTRA VALLEY. 03:32.947 --> 03:33.311 align:start >> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE 03:33.314 --> 03:36.414 align:start POSITIVES? 03:36.417 --> 03:37.081 align:start YOU MENTIONED THERE'S QUITE A 03:37.084 --> 03:38.683 align:start FEW AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. 03:38.686 --> 03:41.085 align:start >> HERE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WE 03:41.088 --> 03:44.255 align:start ARE THE 21st CENTURY COMMUNITY 03:44.258 --> 03:45.923 align:start LEARNING GRANT WHERE WE'RE ABLE 03:45.926 --> 03:48.059 align:start TO PROVIDE TUTORING AND 03:48.062 --> 03:48.426 align:start ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES FOR OUR 03:48.429 --> 03:50.428 align:start STUDENTS. 03:50.431 --> 03:50.828 align:start WE DO BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL 03:50.831 --> 03:52.697 align:start ACTIVITIES. 03:52.700 --> 03:54.399 align:start SOME OF THEM ARE AS SIMPLE AS, 03:54.402 --> 03:55.333 align:start YOU KNOW, THE COMPUTER LAB BEING 03:55.336 --> 03:57.368 align:start OPEN OR THE LIBRARY. 03:57.371 --> 03:57.735 align:start BUT THEN OTHERS ARE VERY 03:57.738 --> 04:00.471 align:start SPECIFIC. 04:00.474 --> 04:04.909 align:start WE HAVE COOKING, WE HAVE BAND, 04:04.912 --> 04:07.712 align:start GUITAR, WE HAVE DRAMA THEN WE 04:07.715 --> 04:08.279 align:start HAVE AFTERSCHOOL SPORTS ALSO, 04:08.282 --> 04:10.248 align:start INVOLVED IN ALL THAT. 04:10.251 --> 04:11.315 align:start AND THEN WITH ALL OF THAT COMES 04:11.318 --> 04:13.251 align:start TUTORING AND SPECIFIC 04:13.254 --> 04:14.686 align:start INTERVENTION TO HELP THE 04:14.689 --> 04:15.086 align:start STUDENTS BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE 04:15.089 --> 04:17.622 align:start CLASSROOM. 04:17.625 --> 04:17.989 align:start >> THIS IS A B RATED SCHOOL 04:17.992 --> 04:19.290 align:start DISTRICT? 04:19.293 --> 04:20.525 align:start >> YES, I'M PROUD TO SAY WE'RE A 04:20.528 --> 04:22.393 align:start B RATED SCHOOL DISTRICT. 04:22.396 --> 04:25.163 align:start >> ALSO ONE OF THE FEW THAT'S 04:25.166 --> 04:25.563 align:start GONE FROM UNDERPERFORMING TO 04:25.566 --> 04:27.432 align:start PERFORMING? 04:27.435 --> 04:29.133 align:start >> YES. 04:29.136 --> 04:30.535 align:start THE SCHOOL IS IDENTIFIED AS 04:30.538 --> 04:31.536 align:start BEING UNDER PERFORMING. 04:31.539 --> 04:33.905 align:start AND SEVERAL YEARS BACK THEY WERE 04:33.908 --> 04:35.940 align:start ABLE TO GET OUT OF SCHOOL 04:35.943 --> 04:37.709 align:start IMPROVEMENT, WHICH IT REALLY 04:37.712 --> 04:40.611 align:start GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THE 04:40.614 --> 04:44.048 align:start TEACHERS AND STUDENTS HERE. 04:44.051 --> 04:44.315 align:start >> WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT 04:44.318 --> 04:44.982 align:start TO? 04:44.985 --> 04:47.685 align:start WHAT DID THAT? 04:47.688 --> 04:47.985 align:start >> IT GOES BACK TO THE PEOPLE 04:47.988 --> 04:49.854 align:start PER. 04:49.857 --> 04:51.589 align:start THE PEOPLE HERE AND THE KIDS 04:51.592 --> 04:56.327 align:start CARE AND THE ADULTS CARE. 04:56.330 --> 04:56.861 align:start THAT'S REALLY WHAT DRIVES 04:56.864 --> 04:59.430 align:start EVERYTHING. 04:59.433 --> 05:00.932 align:start OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM IS 05:00.935 --> 05:03.701 align:start GETTING READY TO END IN A FEW 05:03.704 --> 05:05.303 align:start WEEKS BUT THE DRAMA PROGRAM 05:05.306 --> 05:07.505 align:start HASN'T DONE THEIR FINAL 05:07.508 --> 05:08.706 align:start PERFORMANCE. 05:08.709 --> 05:09.040 align:start I GOT 40 KIDS STAYING AFTER 05:09.043 --> 05:10.241 align:start SCHOOL. 05:10.244 --> 05:11.009 align:start I WANT TO PRACTICE UNTIL THE 05:11.012 --> 05:12.243 align:start LAST DAY. 05:12.246 --> 05:14.979 align:start THEY'RE REALLY COMMITTED. 05:14.982 --> 05:16.614 align:start SO WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO BUS 05:16.617 --> 05:19.450 align:start KIDS HOME A LITTLE BIT LATER SO 05:19.453 --> 05:24.689 align:start THEY CAN STAY TO GET READY FOR 05:24.692 --> 05:25.123 align:start THEIR "WIZARD OF OZ" 05:25.126 --> 05:25.857 align:start PERFORMANCE. 05:25.860 --> 05:27.492 align:start >> NEXT MONTH THE VOTERS HEAD TO 05:27.495 --> 05:29.193 align:start THE POLLS TO DECIDE ON PROP 123 05:29.196 --> 05:29.527 align:start TO PUT MORE MONEY IN THE 05:29.530 --> 05:31.162 align:start SCHOOLS. 05:31.165 --> 05:31.462 align:start IS THAT SOMETHING THIS DISTRICT 05:31.465 --> 05:32.597 align:start NEEDS? 05:32.600 --> 05:34.866 align:start >> THIS DISTRICT AND ALL 05:34.869 --> 05:35.299 align:start DISTRICTS NEED MORE MONEY, MORE 05:35.302 --> 05:38.970 align:start FUNDING. 05:38.973 --> 05:41.072 align:start WE'VE BEEN UNDER FUNDED SINCE 05:41.075 --> 05:43.808 align:start 2010 AND WE NEED TO DO MORE. 05:43.811 --> 05:46.010 align:start I MEAN, CURRENTLY WE HAVE 05:46.013 --> 05:48.179 align:start TEACHERS HERE IN THE VALLEY 05:48.182 --> 05:50.815 align:start SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HAVE TEN 05:50.818 --> 05:54.085 align:start YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND A 05:54.088 --> 05:56.120 align:start MASTER'S DEGREE MAKING $34,000 A 05:56.123 --> 05:56.554 align:start YEAR. 05:56.557 --> 05:59.123 align:start IT'S HORRIBLE. 05:59.126 --> 06:01.059 align:start AND SO, YES, WE DO NEED MORE 06:01.062 --> 06:04.962 align:start FUNDING IN EDUCATION. 06:04.965 --> 06:06.364 align:start I KNOW IF PROP 123 WERE TO PASS, 06:06.367 --> 06:09.300 align:start YOU KNOW, OUR INITIAL THING 06:09.303 --> 06:10.635 align:start WOULD BE TO PROVIDE KIND OF 06:10.638 --> 06:11.969 align:start LOYALTY STIPEND OR BONUSES TO 06:11.972 --> 06:13.104 align:start OUR TEACHERS IMMEDIATELY. 06:13.107 --> 06:15.840 align:start AND THEN GOING FORWARD WITH THE 06:15.843 --> 06:17.809 align:start MONEY THAT'S GOING TO COME OVER 06:17.812 --> 06:19.010 align:start THE NEXT TEN YEARS WOULD BE 06:19.013 --> 06:20.845 align:start REALLY TO LOOK AT WHAT DO WE 06:20.848 --> 06:22.280 align:start NEED, WHAT DO THE TEACHERS NEED. 06:22.283 --> 06:25.083 align:start WOULD WE PUT IT BACK INTO 06:25.086 --> 06:26.684 align:start TEACHER SALARIES OR SOME KIND OF 06:26.687 --> 06:27.485 align:start SOMETHING TO SUPPORT OUR 06:27.488 --> 06:28.686 align:start TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM. 06:28.689 --> 06:30.421 align:start >> HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD YOU SAY 06:30.424 --> 06:32.590 align:start WOULD EVENTUALLY COME TO THE 06:32.593 --> 06:34.125 align:start DISTRICT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS 06:34.128 --> 06:36.828 align:start IF PROP 123 PASSES? 06:36.831 --> 06:39.263 align:start >> WELL IF PROP 123 PASSES, WE 06:39.266 --> 06:40.465 align:start WOULD IMMEDIATELY SEE 100 -- IN 06:40.468 --> 06:42.800 align:start OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT OF JUST 06:42.803 --> 06:44.402 align:start UNDER 700 STUDENTS WOULD BE 06:44.405 --> 06:45.870 align:start $130,000 TO OUR BUDGET CURRENTLY 06:45.873 --> 06:49.907 align:start FOR THIS YEAR. 06:49.910 --> 06:50.875 align:start AND THEN GOING FORWARD IT WOULD 06:50.878 --> 06:53.878 align:start BE, IF ALL THINGS STAYED EXACTLY 06:53.881 --> 06:56.180 align:start AS THEY ARE, IT WOULD BE 06:56.183 --> 06:59.917 align:start APPROXIMATELY $28,000 A YEAR, 06:59.920 --> 07:03.421 align:start AND THEN AFTER THAT WOULD BE THE 07:03.424 --> 07:03.955 align:start NEXT FIVE YEARS WOULD GO UP TO 07:03.958 --> 07:05.356 align:start OVER AROUND $40,000. 07:05.359 --> 07:07.325 align:start >> DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU HIRE 07:07.328 --> 07:08.726 align:start MORE TEACHERS OR YOU IMPROVE 07:08.729 --> 07:09.560 align:start TECHNOLOGY OR RESOURCES THAT THE 07:09.563 --> 07:10.962 align:start SCHOOL USES? 07:10.965 --> 07:13.531 align:start >> OUR COMMITMENT TO THE BOARD 07:13.534 --> 07:14.799 align:start AND OUR COMMITMENT IS TO 07:14.802 --> 07:18.302 align:start MAINTAIN LOW CLASS SIZES. 07:18.305 --> 07:19.404 align:start SO IF WE NEEDED TO, THEN THAT 07:19.407 --> 07:21.272 align:start WOULD BE LIKE THIS GRADE LEVEL 07:21.275 --> 07:23.041 align:start IS GOING UP OR MAYBE WE USE THAT 07:23.044 --> 07:24.842 align:start MONEY TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL 07:24.845 --> 07:25.910 align:start TEACHER OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE 07:25.913 --> 07:29.647 align:start OUR NEEDS. 07:29.650 --> 07:32.116 align:start REALLY JUST, IT'S WHAT OUR NEEDS 07:32.119 --> 07:35.119 align:start AND GOALS GOING FORWARD REALLY 07:35.122 --> 07:36.287 align:start DECIDES WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO. 07:36.290 --> 07:37.689 align:start >> IF PROP 123 DOES NOT PASS, 07:37.692 --> 07:39.157 align:start DOES THAT PRESENT NEW CHALLENGES 07:39.160 --> 07:40.224 align:start OR DOES IT KIND OF THE 07:40.227 --> 07:42.427 align:start CHALLENGES JUST REMAIN? 07:42.430 --> 07:46.230 align:start >> THE CHALLENGES REMAIN. 07:46.233 --> 07:46.931 align:start I THINK IN EDUCATION WE'RE 07:46.934 --> 07:48.333 align:start REALLY GOOD AT GETTING BY AND 07:48.336 --> 07:50.401 align:start UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S BEEN -- 07:50.404 --> 07:50.702 align:start IT'S A GOOD THING AND IT'S A PAD 07:50.705 --> 07:53.171 align:start THING. 07:53.174 --> 07:54.739 align:start SO WE WOULD CONTINUE TO SET OUR 07:54.742 --> 07:56.808 align:start GOALS, SET HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR 07:56.811 --> 07:58.042 align:start OURSELVES AND REALLY WHAT DO WE 07:58.045 --> 07:59.744 align:start NEED TO ACCOMPLISH THEM. 07:59.747 --> 08:03.247 align:start BUT ANY LITTLE BIT HELPS. 08:03.250 --> 08:04.515 align:start AND WE NEED TO MAKE OUR TEACHERS 08:04.518 --> 08:06.384 align:start FEEL VALUED ANY WAY WE CAN. 08:06.387 --> 08:09.253 align:start AND I KNOW THAT'S ONE WAY, BEING 08:09.256 --> 08:10.254 align:start ABLE TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, MORE 08:10.257 --> 08:10.555 align:start RESOURCES OR COMPENSATION TO 08:10.558 --> 08:13.691 align:start THEM. 08:13.694 --> 08:15.460 align:start BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT ELSE 08:15.463 --> 08:16.694 align:start CAN I DO AND MY PRINCIPALS DO 08:16.697 --> 08:17.929 align:start AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY DO TO 08:17.932 --> 08:20.365 align:start HELP SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS. 08:20.368 --> 08:21.032 align:start >> YOU CAME HERE FROM THE 08:21.035 --> 08:23.334 align:start PHOENIX AREA. 08:23.337 --> 08:25.136 align:start WHAT IS YOUR PERCEPTION OF HOW 08:25.139 --> 08:28.673 align:start ARIZONA VALUES EDUCATION MAYBE 08:28.676 --> 08:29.073 align:start IN SOME OF THESE SMALLER 08:29.076 --> 08:30.842 align:start COMMUNITIES? 08:30.845 --> 08:33.711 align:start >> HAVING COME FROM A BIGGER 08:33.714 --> 08:39.317 align:start SCHOOL DISTRICT IN PHOENIX, I'M 08:39.320 --> 08:39.717 align:start BLOWN AWAY ABOUT THE DRIVE AND 08:39.720 --> 08:42.020 align:start COMMITMENT. 08:42.023 --> 08:42.820 align:start EVERY EDUCATOR I'VE WORK WITH 08:42.823 --> 08:45.189 align:start WITH HAS THE DRIVE. 08:45.192 --> 08:45.690 align:start HERE THEY TAKE IT TO THE NEXT 08:45.693 --> 08:47.792 align:start LEVEL. 08:47.795 --> 08:50.061 align:start WE'RE IN BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL 08:50.064 --> 08:52.330 align:start SEASON NOW AND I FEEL LIKE EVERY 08:52.333 --> 08:54.732 align:start TEACHER IS OUT CHEERING ON THE 08:54.735 --> 09:00.571 align:start KIDS AND GOING TO THE GAMES. 09:00.574 --> 09:02.940 align:start AND INVESTED IN, YOU KNOW, GOING 09:02.943 --> 09:04.742 align:start ABOVE AND BEYOND. 09:04.745 --> 09:07.045 align:start WE HAD THIS ELABORATE EASY 09:07.048 --> 09:08.112 align:start MERIT, AWAKEN THE FORCE ASSEMBLY 09:08.115 --> 09:10.782 align:start FOR OUR STUDENTS. 09:10.785 --> 09:12.216 align:start EVERYBODY IS ALL HANDS ON DECK 09:12.219 --> 09:14.452 align:start EVERY DAY. 09:14.455 --> 09:16.654 align:start >> GOVERNOR DOUG DUCEY AND HIS 09:16.657 --> 09:18.656 align:start ELECTION RIVAL BOTH FAVOR PROP 09:18.659 --> 09:20.191 align:start 123 BUT NOT EVERYONE DOES. 09:20.194 --> 09:22.727 align:start WE SAT DOWN WITH THE LEAGUE OF 09:22.730 --> 09:24.662 align:start WOMEN VOTERS WHO OPPOSE IT. 09:24.665 --> 09:25.363 align:start >> WHY IS THE LEAGUE AGAINST 09:25.366 --> 09:27.932 align:start THIS PROPOSITION IN. 09:27.935 --> 09:29.200 align:start >> WELL THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN 09:29.203 --> 09:31.369 align:start VOTERS OF ARIZONA STATE BOARD 09:31.372 --> 09:32.970 align:start VOTED TO OPPOSE THIS BASED UPON 09:32.973 --> 09:35.840 align:start THE FACT THAT THE LEGISLATURE 09:35.843 --> 09:38.309 align:start AND GOVERNOR HAVE NOT FOLLOWED 09:38.312 --> 09:43.348 align:start THE LAW OF THE PROPOSITION 301 09:43.351 --> 09:44.582 align:start IN 2000, WHICH SET ASIDE 09:44.585 --> 09:46.417 align:start INFLATIONARY PROVISION TO AID 09:46.420 --> 09:46.751 align:start PUBLIC FUNDING OF PUBLIC 09:46.754 --> 09:52.056 align:start SCHOOLS. 09:52.059 --> 09:52.323 align:start AND THEY ADDED A SIX-TENTH SALES 09:52.326 --> 09:54.959 align:start TAX. 09:54.962 --> 09:57.662 align:start THAT SALES TAX WILL END IN 2021. 09:57.665 --> 09:59.797 align:start NEVERTHELESS, THE LEGISLATURE 09:59.800 --> 10:01.132 align:start HAS NOT FUNDED THE SCHOOLS SINCE 10:01.135 --> 10:03.501 align:start 2011, MAYBE 2009, ACCORDING TO 10:03.504 --> 10:03.801 align:start WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN 10:03.804 --> 10:05.970 align:start DOING. 10:05.973 --> 10:08.072 align:start NOW I HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAW. 10:08.075 --> 10:09.674 align:start WE FEEL THE LEGISLATURE AND THE 10:09.677 --> 10:09.941 align:start GOVERNOR ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE 10:09.944 --> 10:11.442 align:start LAW. 10:11.445 --> 10:13.444 align:start THERE WAS A COURT CASE, A 10:13.447 --> 10:14.846 align:start SUPREME COURT ORDERED THE 10:14.849 --> 10:15.346 align:start LEGISLATURE TO PAY $380 MILLION 10:15.349 --> 10:16.981 align:start A YEAR. 10:16.984 --> 10:18.316 align:start THEY HAVE NOT PAID IT. 10:18.319 --> 10:20.685 align:start THEY HAVE THE MONEY. 10:20.688 --> 10:23.788 align:start THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING THE LAW. 10:23.791 --> 10:27.859 align:start INSTEAD THEY ARE COMING UP WITH 10:27.862 --> 10:28.593 align:start A WAY THAT'S VERY COMPLICATED 10:28.596 --> 10:30.795 align:start COMPROMISE TO SAY THAT THEY'RE 10:30.798 --> 10:32.964 align:start GOING TO BE FUNDING SCHOOLS. 10:32.967 --> 10:33.665 align:start BUT IT'S DOING AWAY WITH THE 10:33.668 --> 10:38.636 align:start VOTER INITIATIVE. 10:38.639 --> 10:39.671 align:start YOU KNOW, WE FEEL THAT TO 10:39.674 --> 10:40.104 align:start DISINFRANCHISEMENT OF VOTER 10:40.107 --> 10:41.773 align:start APPROVED LAW. 10:41.776 --> 10:43.207 align:start >> THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE 10:43.210 --> 10:44.342 align:start HEARING THIS AND THINKING WHY 10:44.345 --> 10:44.676 align:start NOT JUST PUT MONEY INTO THE 10:44.679 --> 10:46.678 align:start SCHOOLS. 10:46.681 --> 10:48.079 align:start THIS IS HOW IT'S HAPPENING EVEN 10:48.082 --> 10:48.413 align:start THOUGH THE LANGUAGE IS NOT 10:48.416 --> 10:50.081 align:start CORRECT. 10:50.084 --> 10:50.515 align:start AND YOU'RE A FORMER EDUCATOR. 10:50.518 --> 10:51.949 align:start >> YES. 10:51.952 --> 10:53.885 align:start WELL I THINK THEY SHOULD PUT 10:53.888 --> 10:55.753 align:start MONEY IN SCHOOLS. 10:55.756 --> 10:57.321 align:start THEY'VE GOT ENOUGH MONEY RIGHT 10:57.324 --> 10:58.389 align:start NOW TO PAY WHAT THE COURT 10:58.392 --> 10:59.290 align:start ORDERED THEM TO PAY. 10:59.293 --> 11:00.792 align:start THEY'RE NOT DOING IT. 11:00.795 --> 11:01.326 align:start I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY'RE NOT 11:01.329 --> 11:03.828 align:start DOING IT. 11:03.831 --> 11:05.763 align:start BUT THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT 11:05.766 --> 11:06.698 align:start FUNDING AND THEY'RE SETTING UP 11:06.701 --> 11:09.133 align:start AN ARRANGEMENT WHERE THEY'RE 11:09.136 --> 11:11.469 align:start GOING TO GET MORE MONEY OUT OF 11:11.472 --> 11:13.538 align:start THE LAND TRUST, WHICH HAS 11:13.541 --> 11:15.139 align:start PROVIDED MONEY FOR PUBLIC 11:15.142 --> 11:18.509 align:start EDUCATION AND UNIVERSITIES, BUT 11:18.512 --> 11:22.013 align:start GOING UP TO 6.9% WITHDRAWAL FROM 11:22.016 --> 11:24.849 align:start THE LAND TRUST, WHICH IS SPECIAL 11:24.852 --> 11:26.317 align:start HERE, WILL MEAN ACTUALLY IN TEN 11:26.320 --> 11:28.186 align:start YEARS THAT THE LAND TRUST WILL 11:28.189 --> 11:28.453 align:start NOT HAVE THE SAME CORPUS IT HAS 11:28.456 --> 11:30.321 align:start NOW. 11:30.324 --> 11:32.724 align:start I'VE BEEN TOLD THEY'D HAVE TO 11:32.727 --> 11:34.459 align:start MAKE 10% INTEREST A YEAR OFF OF 11:34.462 --> 11:37.261 align:start SELLING LAND OR LEASING LAND TO 11:37.264 --> 11:38.463 align:start BE ABLE TO HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT 11:38.466 --> 11:40.064 align:start OF MONEY IN TEN YEARS. 11:40.067 --> 11:42.100 align:start THEY'RE GOING TO DIMINISH THE 11:42.103 --> 11:44.969 align:start LAND TRUST BY TAKING MONEY FROM 11:44.972 --> 11:45.269 align:start IT AND USING SOME GENERAL FUND 11:45.272 --> 11:46.971 align:start MONEY. 11:46.974 --> 11:48.439 align:start WE THINK THEY'VE GOT GENERAL 11:48.442 --> 11:49.340 align:start FUND MONEY. 11:49.343 --> 11:50.508 align:start THEY HAVE NOT PAID. 11:50.511 --> 11:51.809 align:start COURT ORDERED THEM. 11:51.812 --> 11:53.444 align:start THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING THE LAW. 11:53.447 --> 11:54.746 align:start ARE THEY GOING TO FOLLOW ANY 11:54.749 --> 11:57.081 align:start OTHER PROPOSITIONS IN THE FUTURE 11:57.084 --> 11:59.550 align:start THAT WE PASS HERE IN ARIZONA? 11:59.553 --> 12:03.421 align:start I MEAN, THAT'S -- THAT SEEMS TO 12:03.424 --> 12:04.155 align:start ME THE LEGISLATURE IS SAVING 12:04.158 --> 12:05.857 align:start THAT MONEY OR THE GOVERNOR AND 12:05.860 --> 12:07.091 align:start LEGISLATURE WANT THAT MONEY FOR 12:07.094 --> 12:08.993 align:start OTHER THINGS AND I THINK 12:08.996 --> 12:11.129 align:start EDUCATION IS ONE OF THE MOST 12:11.132 --> 12:11.863 align:start IMPORTANT THINGS THE STATE DOES. 12:11.866 --> 12:14.032 align:start >> WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSING THOSE 12:14.035 --> 12:16.000 align:start OTHER THINGS ARE, IF IT'S NOT 12:16.003 --> 12:16.367 align:start EDUCATION WHICH YOU SAY IS 12:16.370 --> 12:20.405 align:start IMPORTANT? 12:20.408 --> 12:23.908 align:start >> WELL, IT APPEARS, FROM WHAT I 12:23.911 --> 12:26.744 align:start HAVE READ, THAT CORPORATION 12:26.747 --> 12:29.080 align:start BUSINESS TAX CUTS WILL PUT IN 12:29.083 --> 12:30.248 align:start EVERY YEAR, MAYBE $100,000 LESS 12:30.251 --> 12:32.116 align:start INTO THE GENERAL FUND. 12:32.119 --> 12:33.384 align:start THERE WILL BE LESS MONEY THERE. 12:33.387 --> 12:35.987 align:start AND OTHER THINGS -- WELL, WE 12:35.990 --> 12:36.587 align:start HAVE A LOT OF PRISONS IN 12:36.590 --> 12:38.623 align:start ARIZONA. 12:38.626 --> 12:40.958 align:start THE GOVERNOR HAS TALKED ABOUT A 12:40.961 --> 12:41.259 align:start SPECIAL BORDER STRIKE FORCE, I 12:41.262 --> 12:43.928 align:start THINK. 12:43.931 --> 12:46.597 align:start I'M NOT SURE ALL OF HIS 12:46.600 --> 12:48.466 align:start PROVISIONS OR DESIRES. 12:48.469 --> 12:48.833 align:start BUT A STATE SHOULD FUND PUBLIC 12:48.836 --> 12:53.604 align:start EDUCATION. 12:53.607 --> 12:55.506 align:start THAT'S PART OF THE BASIS OF OUR 12:55.509 --> 12:58.009 align:start COUNTRY ACHIEVING, HAVING PEOPLE 12:58.012 --> 12:58.943 align:start COME IN AND ACHIEVE AND BECOME 12:58.946 --> 13:00.945 align:start CITIZENS THAT PAY TAXES. 13:00.948 --> 13:02.180 align:start >> THIS IS A SPECIAL ELECTION. 13:02.183 --> 13:04.082 align:start DO YOU THINK THAT MANY VOTERS 13:04.085 --> 13:04.916 align:start ARE UNCLEAR AS TO THE ADVANTAGE 13:04.919 --> 13:06.584 align:start LAJ AND PERHAPS -- 13:06.587 --> 13:09.120 align:start >> IT'S VERY COMPLICATED. 13:09.123 --> 13:09.487 align:start WE DID A FACT SHEET, JUST A LIST 13:09.490 --> 13:11.856 align:start OF FACTS. 13:11.859 --> 13:13.858 align:start IT WASN'T EVEN PRO AND CON. 13:13.861 --> 13:15.960 align:start IT WAS A LIST OF FACTS AND IT 13:15.963 --> 13:17.462 align:start TOOK ABOUT EIGHT OF US AROUND 13:17.465 --> 13:19.397 align:start THE STATE TWO WEEKS TO TRY TO 13:19.400 --> 13:21.265 align:start GET THIS TOGETHER AND STILL IT 13:21.268 --> 13:22.734 align:start LEAVES OUT INFORMATION. 13:22.737 --> 13:24.535 align:start THE PROBLEM, BIG PROBLEM WITH 13:24.538 --> 13:26.371 align:start THIS IS IT GOES AGAINST WHAT THE 13:26.374 --> 13:29.574 align:start VOTERS HAD DECIDED AND THEN IT 13:29.577 --> 13:29.941 align:start PUTS IN A LOT OF TRIGGERS OR 13:29.944 --> 13:32.043 align:start PROBLEMS. 13:32.046 --> 13:34.512 align:start FOR INSTANCE, IF THE LEGISLATIVE 13:34.515 --> 13:38.049 align:start PART OF PAYING FOR SCHOOLS GOES 13:38.052 --> 13:38.483 align:start TO 49%, THEY CAN STOP THIS 13:38.486 --> 13:41.419 align:start INFLATIONARY. 13:41.422 --> 13:44.956 align:start RIGHT NOW IT'S GOING TO BE 41%, 13:44.959 --> 13:49.827 align:start 59% FROM THE TRUST FUND MONEY. 13:49.830 --> 13:51.829 align:start BUT IT MAY HIT 49% IF LESS MONEY 13:51.832 --> 13:53.131 align:start IS COMING IN FROM THE GENERAL 13:53.134 --> 13:53.865 align:start FUND FROM BUSINESS TAX CUTS 13:53.868 --> 13:55.299 align:start BEING LESS. 13:55.302 --> 13:56.601 align:start THEY SHOULD RESTORE SOME OF THE 13:56.604 --> 13:58.970 align:start BUSINESS TAX CUTS. 13:58.973 --> 14:00.738 align:start ANY SURVEY OF CEOs IN THE STATE 14:00.741 --> 14:02.540 align:start INDICATED THAT WE NEED TO HAVE 14:02.543 --> 14:02.874 align:start GOOD EDUCATION FOR BUSINESS TO 14:02.877 --> 14:06.110 align:start THRIVE. 14:06.113 --> 14:07.745 align:start AND IT SEEMS TO ME TO BE AN 14:07.748 --> 14:10.081 align:start UPSIDE DOWN THING TO SAY YOU'RE 14:10.084 --> 14:13.317 align:start GOING TO KEEP CUTTING THE 14:13.320 --> 14:14.485 align:start BUSINESS TAXES AND YOU'RE GOING 14:14.488 --> 14:15.687 align:start TO BE THRIVING WHEN YOU HAVE 14:15.690 --> 14:17.088 align:start LESS MONEY FOR SCHOOLS. 14:17.091 --> 14:19.257 align:start SCHOOLS SHOULD BE FUNDED. 14:19.260 --> 14:22.393 align:start THEY'RE FUNDED AT SUCH A LOW 14:22.396 --> 14:24.062 align:start RATE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ABOUT 50th 14:24.065 --> 14:25.530 align:start IN FUNDING OF SCHOOLS. 14:25.533 --> 14:26.664 align:start >> AGAIN FOR THE VIEWERS WHO ARE 14:26.667 --> 14:28.032 align:start WATCHING SAYING THIS DOES FUND 14:28.035 --> 14:29.367 align:start THE SCHOOLS WITHIN YOU'RE SAYING 14:29.370 --> 14:30.802 align:start THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY? 14:30.805 --> 14:32.337 align:start >> IT FUNDS A LITTLE. 14:32.340 --> 14:33.838 align:start MAYBE 70% OF WHAT THEY MIGHT 14:33.841 --> 14:34.639 align:start HAVE GOTTEN IF IT HAD BEEN DONE 14:34.642 --> 14:38.676 align:start AT THE RIGHT TIME. 14:38.679 --> 14:40.778 align:start BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HOW PART OF 14:40.781 --> 14:41.979 align:start THAT TAX BIT IN 2021 AND IN TEN 14:41.982 --> 14:43.715 align:start YEARS THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE 14:43.718 --> 14:44.015 align:start TAKEN A LOT OUT OF THE LAND 14:44.018 --> 14:45.516 align:start TRUST. 14:45.519 --> 14:47.118 align:start IF THEY DO THIS, THIS DOES NOT 14:47.121 --> 14:48.853 align:start SEEM TO BE A FAIR THING TO DO 14:48.856 --> 14:50.488 align:start WHEN THE LEGISLATURE HAS THE 14:50.491 --> 14:51.889 align:start MONEY RIGHT NOW THAT THEY COULD 14:51.892 --> 14:53.391 align:start PAY WHAT THE SUPREME COURT HAD 14:53.394 --> 14:56.260 align:start ORDERED THEM. 14:56.263 --> 14:58.463 align:start IT'S BACK TO THE LOWER COURT. 14:58.466 --> 15:01.132 align:start IF THIS FAILS, I GUESS THAT 15:01.135 --> 15:02.900 align:start WE'LL GO BACK TO MAYBE 15:02.903 --> 15:04.936 align:start ARBITRATION WITH THE COURT ON 15:04.939 --> 15:06.771 align:start BACK TO COURT CASES. 15:06.774 --> 15:08.573 align:start IT SEEMS TO ME THAT LEGISLATORS 15:08.576 --> 15:10.608 align:start IN MANY STATES, EVEN WHEN 15:10.611 --> 15:12.043 align:start THEY'RE CONSERVATIVE, THEY'VE 15:12.046 --> 15:12.410 align:start WANTED TO IMPROVE PUBLIC 15:12.413 --> 15:14.412 align:start EDUCATION. 15:14.415 --> 15:15.046 align:start THEY'VE WANTED TO IMPROVE 15:15.049 --> 15:19.183 align:start UNIVERSITIES. 15:19.186 --> 15:21.753 align:start THEY HAVEN'T WANTED TO EXTRA 15:21.756 --> 15:23.154 align:start KINDS OF THINGS BY HARMING THE 15:23.157 --> 15:23.688 align:start PEOPLE THEY SERVE. 15:23.691 --> 15:27.592 align:start >> OKAY. 15:27.595 --> 15:29.627 align:start >> WE REALLY, WE REALLY ADVISE A 15:29.630 --> 15:30.862 align:start VOTE NO ON 123 AND SEE WHAT WE 15:30.865 --> 15:31.629 align:start CAN FIGURE OUT AFTER THAT. 15:31.632 --> 15:33.831 align:start >> OKAY. 15:33.834 --> 15:34.332 align:start SHIRLEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 15:34.335 --> 15:35.533 align:start >> YOU'RE WELCOME. 15:35.536 --> 15:38.336 align:start THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 15:38.339 --> 15:39.337 align:start >>> ALSO ON THE MAY 17th BALLOT 15:39.340 --> 15:42.407 align:start IS PROP 124. 15:42.410 --> 15:43.374 align:start IT'S PART OF A RESTRUCTURING OF 15:43.377 --> 15:44.108 align:start THE PENSION PLAN FOR 15:44.111 --> 15:44.842 align:start FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE 15:44.845 --> 15:46.310 align:start OFFICERS. 15:46.313 --> 15:47.945 align:start JIMMAN WITH THE FRATERNAL ORDER 15:47.948 --> 15:51.749 align:start OF POLICE SAT DOWN WITH US TO 15:51.752 --> 15:53.651 align:start EXPLAIN WHY POLICE AND 15:53.654 --> 15:53.985 align:start FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT THIS 15:53.988 --> 15:55.086 align:start CHANGES. 15:55.089 --> 15:57.422 align:start >> FOR THOSE WHO ARE JUST 15:57.425 --> 15:59.724 align:start STARTING TO REALIZE THAT WE'VE 15:59.727 --> 16:01.326 align:start GOT A SPECIAL ELECTION COMING 16:01.329 --> 16:02.493 align:start UP, PROP 124 IS THE ONE THAT 16:02.496 --> 16:05.430 align:start DOESN'T GET TALKED ABOUT MUCH. 16:05.433 --> 16:09.300 align:start EXPLAIN, IF YOU CAN, IN LAYMAN'S 16:09.303 --> 16:12.770 align:start TERMS WHAT PROP 124 DOES. 16:12.773 --> 16:14.839 align:start >> PROP 124 IS RELATED TO THE 16:14.842 --> 16:17.241 align:start PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL 16:17.244 --> 16:20.878 align:start RETIREMENT SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES 16:20.881 --> 16:21.312 align:start BENEFITS FOR POLICE OFFICERS AND 16:21.315 --> 16:24.382 align:start FIREFIGHTERS. 16:24.385 --> 16:26.250 align:start PROP 124 MAKES ONE CHANGE AND 16:26.253 --> 16:27.251 align:start ONE CHANGE ONLY TO THAT -- TO 16:27.254 --> 16:29.320 align:start THE PENSION SYSTEM. 16:29.323 --> 16:30.588 align:start AND SIT A CHANGE THAT HAS TO BE 16:30.591 --> 16:35.893 align:start APPROVED BY THE VOTERS. 16:35.896 --> 16:37.562 align:start AND THAT IS TO EXCHANGE THE 16:37.565 --> 16:42.500 align:start PORTION OF THE BENEFIT THAT 16:42.503 --> 16:43.835 align:start CURRENTLY PROVIDES INCREASES TO 16:43.838 --> 16:46.204 align:start RETIREES IN RETIREMENT AND 16:46.207 --> 16:47.839 align:start CURRENTLY THAT BENEFIT IS TIED 16:47.842 --> 16:52.143 align:start TO INVESTMENT EARNINGS. 16:52.146 --> 16:54.779 align:start THE PROPOSAL, IF APPROVED BY THE 16:54.782 --> 16:56.881 align:start VOTERS, WOULD ALLOW THE EXCHANGE 16:56.884 --> 16:59.350 align:start OF THAT BENEFIT FOR ANOTHER ONE 16:59.353 --> 17:00.818 align:start THAT WOULD BE TIED TO INFLATION. 17:00.821 --> 17:02.053 align:start AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE 17:02.056 --> 17:05.456 align:start OF THE OTHER CHANGES THAT ARE 17:05.459 --> 17:07.025 align:start BEING MADE BY THE LEGISLATURE. 17:07.028 --> 17:09.694 align:start IT ALL FITS TOGETHER. 17:09.697 --> 17:11.329 align:start AND IT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR 17:11.332 --> 17:14.532 align:start THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO BE 17:14.535 --> 17:14.899 align:start BEGIN TO START ON A PATHWAY TO 17:14.902 --> 17:16.834 align:start RECOVERY. 17:16.837 --> 17:18.536 align:start BECAUSE THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AS 17:18.539 --> 17:21.072 align:start IT STANDS RIGHTS NOW HAS ABOUT 17:21.075 --> 17:23.341 align:start HALF OF THE ASSETS THAT IT NEEDS 17:23.344 --> 17:24.676 align:start TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THOSE 17:24.679 --> 17:26.344 align:start BENEFITS THAT HAVE BEEN PROMISED 17:26.347 --> 17:28.312 align:start TO POLICE OFFICERS AND 17:28.315 --> 17:31.816 align:start FIREFIGHTERS IN THE FUTURE. 17:31.819 --> 17:32.650 align:start AND WE BELIEVE PROP 124 IS THE 17:32.653 --> 17:34.886 align:start BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT MAKING THAT 17:34.889 --> 17:37.055 align:start CHANGE TO ALLOW THE RETIREMENT 17:37.058 --> 17:39.323 align:start SYSTEM TO START TO RECOVER. 17:39.326 --> 17:43.127 align:start >> SO OFTEN WHEN IT COMES TO 17:43.130 --> 17:44.195 align:start THESE BALLOT QUESTIONS WE SEE A 17:44.198 --> 17:46.130 align:start LOT OF BACK AND FORTH, STRONG 17:46.133 --> 17:49.300 align:start SUPPORTERS, STRONG OPPOSITION. 17:49.303 --> 17:50.802 align:start IT SEEMS LIKE NOBODY WHO DOESN'T 17:50.805 --> 17:51.769 align:start LIKE THIS. 17:51.772 --> 17:53.805 align:start WHY IS THAT? 17:53.808 --> 17:54.939 align:start >> WELL, CHRIS, I BELIEVE IT'S 17:54.942 --> 17:56.874 align:start BECAUSE WE'VE SPENT ALMOST TWO 17:56.877 --> 18:00.111 align:start YEARS WORKING ON THIS PROPOSAL. 18:00.114 --> 18:01.913 align:start AND LET ME TELL YOU HOW IT 18:01.916 --> 18:03.481 align:start STARTED, IS THAT THE 18:03.484 --> 18:06.684 align:start FIREFIGHTERS STARTED LOOKING AT 18:06.687 --> 18:08.119 align:start THIS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AND 18:08.122 --> 18:12.190 align:start THAT RESULTED IN THE PRESIDENT 18:12.193 --> 18:16.894 align:start OF THE STATE SENATE, ANDY BIGGS, 18:16.897 --> 18:19.197 align:start TO APPOINT A LEGISLATIVE WORKING 18:19.200 --> 18:20.798 align:start GROUP TO EXAMINE THE RETIREMENT 18:20.801 --> 18:22.934 align:start SYSTEM, ITS BENEFITS, ITS 18:22.937 --> 18:28.406 align:start FUNDING LEVELS. 18:28.409 --> 18:30.108 align:start AND HE CHOSE SENATOR DEBBIE 18:30.111 --> 18:32.844 align:start LESKO TO CHAIR THAT COMMITTEE. 18:32.847 --> 18:35.546 align:start WHAT SENATOR LESKO DID OVER THE 18:35.549 --> 18:36.881 align:start PAST YEAR AND A HALF IS TO 18:36.884 --> 18:38.549 align:start INVITE EVERY STAKEHOLDER THAT WE 18:38.552 --> 18:40.952 align:start COULD THINK OF TO COME IN AND 18:40.955 --> 18:42.487 align:start SIT DOWN AT ONE TABLE TO DISCUSS 18:42.490 --> 18:45.656 align:start PROPOSALS, TO DISCUSS HOW IT 18:45.659 --> 18:48.526 align:start COULD BE DONE AND TO GET A 18:48.529 --> 18:49.661 align:start PROPOSAL TOGETHER THAT COULD BE 18:49.664 --> 18:52.030 align:start PRESENTED NOT ONLY TO THE 18:52.033 --> 18:52.864 align:start RETIREES BUT TO THE VOTERS TO 18:52.867 --> 18:53.998 align:start MAKE THIS CHANGE. 18:54.001 --> 18:56.401 align:start IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT 18:56.404 --> 18:59.671 align:start THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT CAME 18:59.674 --> 19:03.007 align:start TOGETHER TO MEET ON THIS 19:03.010 --> 19:04.509 align:start REPRESENTED EVERY AREA OF THE 19:04.512 --> 19:06.911 align:start COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN IMPACTED 19:06.914 --> 19:07.278 align:start BY THOSE RISING COSTS IN 19:07.281 --> 19:09.781 align:start PENSIONS. 19:09.784 --> 19:12.250 align:start >> SOME PEOPLE MAY LOOK AT PROP 19:12.253 --> 19:14.252 align:start 124 AND THE LEGISLATION THAT WAS 19:14.255 --> 19:15.787 align:start PASSED ALONG WITH IT THAT MAKES 19:15.790 --> 19:17.622 align:start MORE CHANGES TO THE SYSTEM AND 19:17.625 --> 19:18.823 align:start SAY, WAIT A SECOND, WHY WOULD 19:18.826 --> 19:19.390 align:start POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS 19:19.393 --> 19:20.525 align:start SUPPORT THIS. 19:20.528 --> 19:22.527 align:start IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO 19:22.530 --> 19:25.029 align:start HAVE TO PUT SOME MORE MONEY IN, 19:25.032 --> 19:27.765 align:start THE COLA, THE COST OF LIVING 19:27.768 --> 19:29.100 align:start CHANGE, THE PROP 124 DEALS WITH 19:29.103 --> 19:31.536 align:start MIGHT NOT BE SO BENEFICIAL. 19:31.539 --> 19:34.405 align:start BUT IN THE LONG TERM THIS IS A 19:34.408 --> 19:35.973 align:start GOOD DEAL FOR POLICE, 19:35.976 --> 19:36.307 align:start FIREFIGHTERS, PUBLIC SAFETY 19:36.310 --> 19:37.175 align:start WORKERS. 19:37.178 --> 19:39.077 align:start >> THAT' TRUE. 19:39.080 --> 19:41.579 align:start AND YOU ALSO HAVE TO REALIZE 19:41.582 --> 19:43.548 align:start THAT NOBODY HAS MORE INVESTED IN 19:43.551 --> 19:44.849 align:start OUR RETIREMENT SYSTEM THAN THE 19:44.852 --> 19:45.116 align:start EMPLOYEES THAT PARTICIPATE IN 19:45.119 --> 19:48.453 align:start IT. 19:48.456 --> 19:50.188 align:start THE OTHER PART OF IT IS THAT THE 19:50.191 --> 19:53.391 align:start DEFICIENCIES THAT HAVE CAUSED 19:53.394 --> 19:55.493 align:start RISING COSTS TO CROWD OUT OTHER 19:55.496 --> 19:58.997 align:start SERVICES, HIRING, THE DEPLOYMENT 19:59.000 --> 20:00.832 align:start OF PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES, YOU 20:00.835 --> 20:01.966 align:start KNOW, WE LIVE IN THOSE SAME 20:01.969 --> 20:04.168 align:start COMMUNITIES TOO AND THAT'S WHERE 20:04.171 --> 20:07.605 align:start YOUR FAMILIES LIVE AND IT IS 20:07.608 --> 20:09.874 align:start VITALLY IMPORTANT TO US TO 20:09.877 --> 20:12.143 align:start ENGAGE IN THAT DISCUSSION. 20:12.146 --> 20:13.911 align:start WE FELT THAT WE'VE REACHED A 20:13.914 --> 20:15.780 align:start GOOD CONCLUSION TO THIS. 20:15.783 --> 20:17.048 align:start AS YOU SAY, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A 20:17.051 --> 20:17.415 align:start PRETTY GOOD DEAL OVER A LONG 20:17.418 --> 20:19.217 align:start TERM. 20:19.220 --> 20:20.818 align:start IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT 20:20.821 --> 20:22.620 align:start THIS IS NOT A TAX INCREASE. 20:22.623 --> 20:24.255 align:start IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS 20:24.258 --> 20:24.555 align:start GOING TO PUT SOMETHING NEW IN 20:24.558 --> 20:27.625 align:start PLACE. 20:27.628 --> 20:29.661 align:start WHAT IT DOES IS IT ACTUALLY 20:29.664 --> 20:31.596 align:start RESTRUCTURES AND ALLOWS THE 20:31.599 --> 20:35.133 align:start RETIREMENT SYSTEM, OVER THE NEXT 20:35.136 --> 20:35.867 align:start THREE DECADES, TO SAVE TAXPAYERS 20:35.870 --> 20:37.902 align:start $1.5 BILLION. 20:37.905 --> 20:39.604 align:start AND THAT'S QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT 20:39.607 --> 20:42.040 align:start FOR WORKING GROUP TO COME TO 20:42.043 --> 20:42.974 align:start THAT KIND OF A SOLUTION. 20:42.977 --> 20:46.444 align:start >> ALL RIGHT. 20:46.447 --> 20:47.912 align:start JIM, YOU ALL HAVE A TV AD 20:47.915 --> 20:50.248 align:start RUNNING, NOT MUCH OPPOSITION. 20:50.251 --> 20:52.050 align:start IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEVER CAN 20:52.053 --> 20:52.717 align:start PREDICT THE VOTE OR VOTERS. 20:52.720 --> 20:54.018 align:start WE'VE LEARNED THAT. 20:54.021 --> 20:55.787 align:start BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS SHOULD 20:55.790 --> 20:57.255 align:start BE A PRETTY EASY CHANGE. 20:57.258 --> 20:59.424 align:start ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE 20:59.427 --> 20:59.724 align:start OTHER PENSION CHANGES AS WE GO 20:59.727 --> 21:01.893 align:start ALONG? 21:01.896 --> 21:04.062 align:start >> WELL, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS 21:04.065 --> 21:06.831 align:start HAS BEEN COMPREHENSIVE. 21:06.834 --> 21:08.066 align:start THE ONE PIECE OF THIS PENSION 21:08.069 --> 21:10.335 align:start REFORM PROPOSAL THAT HAS TO BE 21:10.338 --> 21:10.835 align:start APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IS IN 21:10.838 --> 21:13.838 align:start PROP 124. 21:13.841 --> 21:14.906 align:start BUT IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN A VERY 21:14.909 --> 21:15.273 align:start COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE 21:15.276 --> 21:19.310 align:start PENSIONS. 21:19.313 --> 21:21.879 align:start ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M 21:21.882 --> 21:23.348 align:start HOPEFUL IS THAT WE HOPE TO HAVE 21:23.351 --> 21:25.616 align:start THIS PENSION REFORM WORKING 21:25.619 --> 21:28.419 align:start GROUP THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL 21:28.422 --> 21:31.789 align:start TO CONTINUE TO STAY TOGETHER AND 21:31.792 --> 21:33.991 align:start LOOK AT THINGS THAT CAN BE 21:33.994 --> 21:37.195 align:start BENEFICIAL FOR ALL OF US. 21:37.198 --> 21:38.730 align:start SO YOU KNOW, IN THE SHORT TERM I 21:38.733 --> 21:40.798 align:start DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S GOING 21:40.801 --> 21:43.134 align:start TO BE ANOTHER REFORM EFFORT THAT 21:43.137 --> 21:45.436 align:start IS GOING TO PROP UP. 21:45.439 --> 21:45.903 align:start I THINK THIS ONE HAS BEEN VERY 21:45.906 --> 21:46.337 align:start COMPREHENSIVE. 21:46.340 --> 21:47.105 align:start >> ALL RIGHT. 21:47.108 --> 21:49.741 align:start THANKS SO MUCH FOR SITTING DOWN 21:49.744 --> 21:50.742 align:start WITH US AND EDUCATING OUR 21:50.745 --> 21:54.078 align:start VIEWERS ABOUT PROP 124. 21:54.081 --> 21:55.113 align:start >> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 21:55.116 --> 21:57.982 align:start APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. 21:57.985 --> 21:59.884 align:start >>> NO GROUP IS ACTIVELY 21:59.887 --> 22:01.452 align:start OPPOSING PROP 124. 22:01.455 --> 22:05.356 align:start AS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 22:05.359 --> 22:06.991 align:start ECONOMIST JUNE PING EXCHAINS, IT 22:06.994 --> 22:09.494 align:start WILL HAVE AN ECONOMIC IMPACT 22:09.497 --> 22:10.928 align:start WHETHER OR NOT IT PASSES. 22:10.931 --> 22:12.930 align:start >> WHEN IT COMES TO PROPOSITION 22:12.933 --> 22:14.599 align:start 124, THERE'S SOME ECONOMIC 22:14.602 --> 22:17.035 align:start ISSUES HERE. 22:17.038 --> 22:17.368 align:start CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS 22:17.371 --> 22:20.838 align:start NEEDED? 22:20.841 --> 22:22.173 align:start WE HAVE AN UNDERFUNDING ISSUE. 22:22.176 --> 22:23.775 align:start >> YES. 22:23.778 --> 22:27.545 align:start TO DEFEND PROP 124, YOU HAVE TO 22:27.548 --> 22:30.048 align:start THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF BOTH A 22:30.051 --> 22:30.381 align:start NARROW CONTEXT OF THE PROP 22:30.384 --> 22:32.150 align:start ITSELF. 22:32.153 --> 22:36.554 align:start BUT ALSO THE BROADER CONTEXT OF 22:36.557 --> 22:38.222 align:start THE FUNDING ISSUE FOR THE PUBLIC 22:38.225 --> 22:38.556 align:start SAFETY PERSONNEL RETIREMENT 22:38.559 --> 22:42.860 align:start SYSTEM. 22:42.863 --> 22:45.797 align:start SO WITH A NARROW COMPLEX OF THE 22:45.800 --> 22:48.566 align:start PROPOSITION ITSELF, IT IS ASKING 22:48.569 --> 22:52.136 align:start VOTER TO AMEND A STATE 22:52.139 --> 22:54.505 align:start CONSTITUTION SO THAT THE STATE 22:54.508 --> 22:55.907 align:start LEGISLATURE CAN CHANGE THE POST 22:55.910 --> 22:58.810 align:start RETIREMENT PENSION BENEFIT 22:58.813 --> 23:03.281 align:start INCREASE FORMULA FOR PUBLIC 23:03.284 --> 23:06.684 align:start SAFETY EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES. 23:06.687 --> 23:07.218 align:start FOR THE CURRENT FORMULA IT'S 23:07.221 --> 23:09.454 align:start UNSUSTAINABLE. 23:09.457 --> 23:09.821 align:start IT'S CALLED PERMANENT BENEFIT 23:09.824 --> 23:15.426 align:start INCREASE. 23:15.429 --> 23:16.728 align:start AND IT IS FUNDED WITH AN EFFORT 23:16.731 --> 23:18.963 align:start OF 9%. 23:18.966 --> 23:20.565 align:start SO IT'S UNSUSTAINABLE BECAUSE 23:20.568 --> 23:23.835 align:start THIS EXCESS RETURN IS ONLY A 23:23.838 --> 23:25.336 align:start ONE-TIME THING AND IT IS UP TO 23:25.339 --> 23:25.737 align:start FUND A PERMANENT BENEFIT 23:25.740 --> 23:26.838 align:start INCREASE. 23:26.841 --> 23:29.707 align:start SO YOU'RE ALMOST ASKING 23:29.710 --> 23:30.775 align:start YOURSELF, LIKE, CAN YOU USE THE 23:30.778 --> 23:33.077 align:start ONE-TIME TAX REBATE TO 23:33.080 --> 23:33.811 align:start PERMANENTLY INCREASE YOUR 23:33.814 --> 23:39.150 align:start SPENDING COSTS. 23:39.153 --> 23:43.121 align:start SO YOU CANNOT DO THAT. 23:43.124 --> 23:45.223 align:start AND THEN SECONDLY, IT IS ALSO 23:45.226 --> 23:46.691 align:start NOT FAIR TO THE RETIREES 23:46.694 --> 23:52.163 align:start THEMSELVES BECAUSE THERE'S 23:52.166 --> 23:54.499 align:start UNCERTAINTY IN THIS. 23:54.502 --> 23:55.633 align:start SOME YEARS YOU WILL HAVE AVERAGE 23:55.636 --> 23:56.334 align:start RETURNS BUT OTHER YEARS LOWER 23:56.337 --> 23:57.735 align:start THAN AVERAGE RETURNS. 23:57.738 --> 23:59.103 align:start THEY DON'T KNOW IN WHICH YEAR 23:59.106 --> 24:00.071 align:start THEY MAY BE ABLE TO GET A 24:00.074 --> 24:03.141 align:start BENEFIT INCREASE. 24:03.144 --> 24:04.575 align:start >> WHEN IT COMES TO RETIREMENT 24:04.578 --> 24:06.277 align:start SYSTEMS, PUBLIC RETIREMENT 24:06.280 --> 24:09.380 align:start SYSTEMS, ARIZONA IS NOT ALONE IN 24:09.383 --> 24:11.349 align:start THIS, THOUGH THE PUBLIC SAFETY 24:11.352 --> 24:12.617 align:start SECTOR IS WORSE THAN THE OTHERS. 24:12.620 --> 24:13.251 align:start BUT WE'RE NOT ALONE IN THIS. 24:13.254 --> 24:15.920 align:start >> YEAH. 24:15.923 --> 24:17.689 align:start THAT'S GETTING BACK TO THE 24:17.692 --> 24:20.725 align:start BROADER CONTEXT OF THE FINANCIAL 24:20.728 --> 24:23.428 align:start CONDITION OF THE PRS. 24:23.431 --> 24:25.396 align:start CURRENTLY IT IS FUNDED AT ONLY 24:25.399 --> 24:26.998 align:start 50% LEVEL, WHICH MEANS THEY ONLY 24:27.001 --> 24:28.266 align:start HAVE 50% OF MONEY THEY NEED TO 24:28.269 --> 24:30.802 align:start FUND ALL OF THE BENEFITS. 24:30.805 --> 24:32.537 align:start AND THAT COMES OUT TO ABOUT $6 24:32.540 --> 24:35.139 align:start BILLION UNFUNDED LIABILITY. 24:35.142 --> 24:37.008 align:start OF COURSE AS I SAID, IT'S NOT 24:37.011 --> 24:39.410 align:start JUST ARIZONA PROBLEM. 24:39.413 --> 24:44.015 align:start IT'S REALLY A NATIONWIDE. 24:44.018 --> 24:46.250 align:start ON AVERAGE, NATIONWIDE STATE 24:46.253 --> 24:46.517 align:start RETIREMENT PLANS FUNDING ABOUT 24:46.520 --> 24:49.287 align:start 70%. 24:49.290 --> 24:50.355 align:start SO CERTAINLY 50% IS MUCH LOWER 24:50.358 --> 24:53.358 align:start THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. 24:53.361 --> 24:54.993 align:start AND AS A COMPARISON, THE BIGGER 24:54.996 --> 24:57.028 align:start ARIZONA RETIREMENT SYSTEM, 24:57.031 --> 24:59.564 align:start ARIZONA STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM 24:59.567 --> 25:01.599 align:start IS FUNDED AT ABOUT 76% WHICH IS 25:01.602 --> 25:02.867 align:start A MUCH BETTER CONDITION. 25:02.870 --> 25:05.236 align:start >> FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T FOLLOW 25:05.239 --> 25:06.304 align:start THIS DAY TO DAY AND DON'T 25:06.307 --> 25:08.106 align:start UNDERSTAND NECESSARILY PENSIONS, 25:08.109 --> 25:10.475 align:start WHEN YOU SAY IT'S FUNDED AT 50% 25:10.478 --> 25:12.610 align:start OR THE LARGER SYSTEM IS FUNDED 25:12.613 --> 25:14.612 align:start AT ABOUT 76%, THAT MEANS IF 25:14.615 --> 25:16.047 align:start EVERYBODY IN THE SYSTEM RETIRED 25:16.050 --> 25:19.017 align:start TODAY THEY HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO 25:19.020 --> 25:20.451 align:start PAY FOR 50% OR HALF OF THE -- 25:20.454 --> 25:22.020 align:start >> YES. 25:22.023 --> 25:26.991 align:start OF COURSE 50% IS AS OF TODAY. 25:26.994 --> 25:28.893 align:start AND OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE MONEY TO 25:28.896 --> 25:30.294 align:start PAY FOR THESE BENEFITS FOR MANY, 25:30.297 --> 25:33.097 align:start MANY, MANY YEARS TO COME. 25:33.100 --> 25:35.466 align:start IT'S ONLY THAT IN THE LONG TERM 25:35.469 --> 25:37.568 align:start IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE RETIRE AND 25:37.571 --> 25:39.604 align:start OVER TIME THEY WILL RUN OUT OF 25:39.607 --> 25:40.138 align:start MONEY TO PAY FOR THEIR BENEFITS 25:40.141 --> 25:41.472 align:start OVER TIME. 25:41.475 --> 25:42.640 align:start >> AND OF COURSE THOSE ARE 25:42.643 --> 25:44.242 align:start BENEFITS THAT HAVE TO BE PAID. 25:44.245 --> 25:45.710 align:start YOU CAN'T TELL PEOPLE, SORRY, WE 25:45.713 --> 25:47.111 align:start DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. 25:47.114 --> 25:49.881 align:start IT HAS TO BE PAID. 25:49.884 --> 25:51.482 align:start >> THAT'S THE POINT OF PROP 124. 25:51.485 --> 25:52.450 align:start BECAUSE STATE CONSTITUTION 25:52.453 --> 25:57.155 align:start GUARANTEES BENEFITS PROMISED TO 25:57.158 --> 26:00.491 align:start THE EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES. 26:00.494 --> 26:01.959 align:start SO YOU CANNOT DAMAGE OR IMPAIR 26:01.962 --> 26:03.227 align:start THESE BENEFITS. 26:03.230 --> 26:04.462 align:start SO IN ORDER FOR THE STATE TO GO 26:04.465 --> 26:07.098 align:start BACK AND CHANGE THE BENEFITS, 26:07.101 --> 26:08.232 align:start THEY HAVE TO ASK THE VOTERS TO 26:08.235 --> 26:14.105 align:start AMEND THE CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW 26:14.108 --> 26:14.739 align:start THE STATE TO DO THAT. 26:14.742 --> 26:15.340 align:start >> YOU'VE LOOKED AT THIS. 26:15.343 --> 26:16.040 align:start DOES IT FIX THE PROBLEM 26:16.043 --> 26:16.741 align:start COMPLETELY? 26:16.744 --> 26:18.376 align:start WE'RE FINISHED, DON'T HAVE TO 26:18.379 --> 26:19.277 align:start TOUCH IT AGAIN, OR IS THIS THE 26:19.280 --> 26:22.013 align:start BEGINNING OF A FIX? 26:22.016 --> 26:22.714 align:start >> YOU'RE ACTUALLY RIGHT. 26:22.717 --> 26:23.014 align:start THIS IS REALLY ONLY THE FIRST 26:23.017 --> 26:26.050 align:start STEP. 26:26.053 --> 26:28.386 align:start AND THIS IS A LONG TERM. 26:28.389 --> 26:29.520 align:start AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THE PROBLEM 26:29.523 --> 26:30.888 align:start WILL BE SOLVED. 26:30.891 --> 26:34.225 align:start AND THEY SAY THAT. 26:34.228 --> 26:38.596 align:start THE PROP 124 IS ONLY PART OF A 26:38.599 --> 26:39.964 align:start BROADER PACKAGE OF REFORMING 26:39.967 --> 26:41.799 align:start RETIREMENT PACKAGES. 26:41.802 --> 26:44.469 align:start AND RESEARCH SHOWS THIS WILL 26:44.472 --> 26:46.471 align:start SAVE THEM ABOUT $1.5 BILLION 26:46.474 --> 26:48.206 align:start OVER A 30-YEAR PERIOD. 26:48.209 --> 26:49.040 align:start BUT NOW THEIR FUNDING SHORTAGE 26:49.043 --> 26:50.074 align:start IS $6 BILLION. 26:50.077 --> 26:50.775 align:start THAT'S WHY THIS IS ONLY THE 26:50.778 --> 26:52.243 align:start FIRST STEP. 26:52.246 --> 26:54.278 align:start >> AND OF COURSE THIS ISN'T JUST 26:54.281 --> 26:56.080 align:start STATE GOVERNMENT IT HITS. 26:56.083 --> 26:56.948 align:start I ALSO HITS COUNTIES AND CITIES 26:56.951 --> 26:57.915 align:start AND TOWNS THAT HAVE POLICE 26:57.918 --> 27:00.318 align:start OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS 27:00.321 --> 27:02.453 align:start BECAUSE THEY PAY INTO IT ALSO. 27:02.456 --> 27:05.790 align:start >> EXACTLY. 27:05.793 --> 27:08.960 align:start THE REASON WE EVEN HAVE THIS 27:08.963 --> 27:10.862 align:start BALLOT AND PROP 124 IS BECAUSE 27:10.865 --> 27:13.097 align:start EVERYBODY, EVERY STAKEHOLDER IS 27:13.100 --> 27:13.431 align:start VERY MUCH ON BOARD WITH THIS 27:13.434 --> 27:16.334 align:start ISSUE. 27:16.337 --> 27:16.701 align:start AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ARE 27:16.704 --> 27:17.402 align:start EMPLOYEES. 27:17.405 --> 27:17.935 align:start THEY'RE PAYING FOR ALL OF THE 27:17.938 --> 27:18.970 align:start PENSION BENEFIT. 27:18.973 --> 27:23.174 align:start NOT JUST STATE GOVERNMENT. 27:23.177 --> 27:24.676 align:start SO THEY WANT TO SEE THIS BE 27:24.679 --> 27:24.976 align:start RESOLVED OVER A LONG PERIOD OF 27:24.979 --> 27:26.511 align:start TIME. 27:26.514 --> 27:28.379 align:start >> BECAUSE IT HITS THEIR BUDGET 27:28.382 --> 27:28.713 align:start ALSO JUST LIKE IT HITS THE STATE 27:28.716 --> 27:30.181 align:start BUDGET? 27:30.184 --> 27:31.416 align:start >> YES, ALL OF THE LOCAL 27:31.419 --> 27:34.686 align:start GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING CITY OF 27:34.689 --> 27:36.220 align:start TUCSON, THEY'RE ALL PAYING FOR 27:36.223 --> 27:36.888 align:start INCREASING PENSION CONTRIBUTION 27:36.891 --> 27:39.223 align:start TO THE SYSTEM. 27:39.226 --> 27:41.326 align:start >>> AND THAT'S OUR PROGRAM. 27:41.329 --> 27:43.061 align:start LORRAINE IS BACK NEXT WEEK. 27:43.064 --> 27:45.263 align:start I'M CHRISTOPHER CONOVER. 27:45.266 --> 27:45.930 align:start FOR THE ENTIRE "ARIZONA WEEK" 27:45.933 --> 27:46.563 align:start TEAM, THANKS FOR WATCHING.