WEBVTT 00:14.982 --> 00:17.517 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% EXCELLENCE IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING. 00:17.685 --> 00:20.520 position:25.75% line:84.67% size:48.49% AND FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 00:43.977 --> 00:47.213 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% HELLO AND WELCOME TO LOUISIANA PUBLIC SQUARE. 00:47.380 --> 00:51.285 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% I'M BETH COURTNEY, PRESIDENT OF LPB. 00:51.452 --> 00:55.088 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% JOINING ME FOR OUR DISCUSSION TONIGHT IS THE LEADER OF ONE OF 00:55.255 --> 00:58.758 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% THE GROUPS SPONSORING THE EFFORT, ROBERT TRAVIS SCOTT. 00:58.925 --> 01:00.027 position:21.09% line:84.67% size:57.81% WELCOME. GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK. 01:00.193 --> 01:02.597 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% WHAT A GREAT EVENING. GREAT THINGS TO TALK ABOUT. 01:02.763 --> 01:05.865 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% AS PRESIDENT OF THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS RESEARCH COUNCIL OF 01:06.033 --> 01:09.903 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% LOUISIANA OR PAR AS WE'RE KNOWN, IT'S BEEN MY JOB OVER THE LAST 01:10.070 --> 01:14.342 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% TEN YEARS TO HELP SHINE A LIGHT ON THE CRITICAL ISSUES FACING 01:14.475 --> 01:18.645 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% OUR STATE AND OFFER SOLUTIONS. MOTIVATED BY SIGNIFICANT 01:18.812 --> 01:22.515 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% STATE-WIDE ELECTION THIS OCTOBER, PAR PARTNERED WITH THE 01:22.683 --> 01:26.253 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% COUNCIL FOR A BETTER LOUISIANA OR CABLE, AND THE COMMITTEE OF 01:26.420 --> 01:30.257 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% 100 TO CREATE AN AGENDA OF SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO RESET 01:30.423 --> 01:33.760 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% THE STATE'S DIRECTION. ROBERT, WITH NUMEROUS ISSUES 01:33.927 --> 01:40.700 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% TO FOCUS ON, RESET LOUISIANA HAS CHOSEN FOUR CATEGCATEGORIES, 01:40.867 --> 01:44.103 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% EDUCATION, STATE FINANCES, TRANSPORTATION AND 01:44.237 --> 01:46.207 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. 01:46.373 --> 01:49.777 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% WE'VE GATHERED TOGETHER PANELISTS AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS 01:49.943 --> 01:52.045 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% WITH DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS. 01:52.212 --> 01:55.515 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% OVER THE NEXT HOUR, WE'LL EXPLORE WHY THIS OCTOBER 01:55.682 --> 02:00.120 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% ELECTION MAY BE A GOOD TIME FOR RESETTING LOUISIANA. 02:00.253 --> 02:04.558 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% FIRST, AN OVERVIEW. LOUISIANA'S ELECTION IN 02:04.725 --> 02:06.627 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% OCTOBER PRESENTS A TURNING POINT FOR THE STATE. 02:06.793 --> 02:13.267 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% THAT'S ACCORDING TO BARRY IRWIN. THIS IS A CROSS ROADS 02:13.433 --> 02:15.468 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% ELECTION FOR US IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. 02:15.635 --> 02:19.305 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% BECAUSE WE HAVE A PERIOD OF BUDGET STABILITY WHERE WE CANNOT 02:19.473 --> 02:23.010 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% FOCUS ON THAT SO MUCH BUT FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT WILL MOVE US 02:23.177 --> 02:24.778 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% FORWARD. CABLE IS JOINED WITH THE 02:24.912 --> 02:28.882 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% PUBLIC AFFAIRS RESEARCH COUNCIL OF LOUISIANA AND THE COMMITTEE 02:29.048 --> 02:32.185 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% OF 100 TO CREATE THE RESET AGENDA. 02:32.352 --> 02:36.390 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% INCLUDES LONG-TERM POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE AREAS OF 02:36.557 --> 02:40.360 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% EDUCATION, STATE FINANCES, INFRASTRUCTURE AND CRIMINAL 02:40.527 --> 02:42.628 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% JUSTICE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VARIOUS 02:42.797 --> 02:45.232 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% RANKINGS THAT WE HAVE THAT RANK US AS STATES AND ALL THE 02:45.398 --> 02:48.102 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% DIFFERENT STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY, THESE ARE PARTS OF ALL 02:48.268 --> 02:51.838 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% OF THOSE RANKINGS AND WE FEEL THESE ARE ONES WHERE WE CAN MAKE 02:52.005 --> 02:54.908 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% A DIFFERENCE WHERE IF WE ENACT SOME CHANGE, WE CAN MOVE THE 02:55.075 --> 02:57.377 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% NEEDLE AND MOVE THE STATE FORWARD AND THINGS THAT WE 02:57.543 --> 03:00.113 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% BELIEVE PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO SEE HAPPEN OVERALL. 03:00.280 --> 03:04.985 position:37.1% line:79.33% size:25.79% AMONG RESETS EARLY RECOMMENDATIONS IS ENSURING 03:05.152 --> 03:08.955 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% CHILDREN AGE 3 AND UNDER ENTER KINDERGARTEN READY TO LEARN. 03:09.122 --> 03:16.097 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% THIS IS POSSIBLE IF THE STATE FOLLOWS LA 4 PROGRAM MODEL. 03:16.263 --> 03:20.367 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% WHEN WE STARTED 20 YEARS AGO, WE HAD NO FUNDING, NO KIDS WHO 03:20.533 --> 03:23.837 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% WERE IN A PROGRAM LIKE THAT. TODAY, WE HAVE ALMOST UNIVERSAL 03:23.970 --> 03:25.805 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% ACCESS. IF WE MAKE THIS A PRIORITY AND 03:25.972 --> 03:29.610 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% BEGIN TO MAKE INVESTMENTS YEAR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR AS WE'VE 03:29.777 --> 03:32.145 position:37.1% line:79.33% size:25.79% DONE IN OTHER AREAS, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 03:32.312 --> 03:35.782 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES SHOULD BE PUT ON A PATH TOWARDS POST 03:35.948 --> 03:39.285 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% SECONDARY EDUCATION THROUGH MORE PROGRAMS LIKE DUAL ENROLLMENT. 03:39.453 --> 03:42.288 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% THAT'S KIND OF A MIND CHANGE IN K-12 EDUCATION. 03:42.455 --> 03:45.058 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% THEIR GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN JUST TO GRADUATE. 03:45.225 --> 03:49.295 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% WE WANT TO GRADUATE MORE KIDS. NOW WE'RE SAYING WE WANT THEM TO 03:49.463 --> 03:52.532 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% GRADUATE READY TO GO TO COLLEGE WITH A CREDIT WHILE THEY ARE 03:52.698 --> 03:59.138 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% ALREADY THERE. THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS 03:59.305 --> 04:04.645 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% SET A GOAL TO HAVE A DEGREE OR HIGH VALUE CREDENTIALS BY 2030. 04:04.812 --> 04:06.980 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% CURRENTLY, ONLY 44% OF ADULTS DO. 04:07.147 --> 04:12.018 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% WE THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A REALLY STATE-WIDE PLAN, 04:12.185 --> 04:14.855 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% CONCERTED EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THE ADULTS OUT THERE HAVE 04:15.022 --> 04:18.625 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCESS TO GO BACK INTO POST-SECONDARY 04:18.758 --> 04:22.528 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% EDUCATION, GET A CREDENTIAL, GET A DEGREE, WHATEVER IT IS THEY 04:22.662 --> 04:25.532 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% NEED BUT GET BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE AS QUICKLY AS THEY 04:25.665 --> 04:27.868 position:21.09% line:84.67% size:57.81% CAN. WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCES, 04:28.035 --> 04:31.305 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% RESET SAYS THE STATE'S TAX STRUCTURE SHOULD BE EASIER, MORE 04:31.472 --> 04:36.008 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% COMPETITIVE AND TRANSPARENT. LOUISIANA'S 8% CORPORATE TAX 04:36.177 --> 04:40.080 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% RATE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS MUCH HIGHER THAN THE 5 OR 6% RATE OF 04:40.247 --> 04:43.417 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% OTHER STATES. BUT THAT'S NOT THE FULL STORY. 04:43.583 --> 04:48.288 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% NOW OUR TAX BURDEN IS LOWER 2457B 8% BECAUSE -- THAN 8% 04:48.422 --> 04:51.425 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% BECAUSE WE HAVE EXEMPTIONS THAT ALLOW BUSINESSES TO RATCHET DOWN 04:51.592 --> 04:53.360 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% TO THAT. EVERY ONE OF THOSE IS A STEP 04:53.527 --> 04:57.530 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH. AND THE MESSAGE WE SEND IS THAT, 04:57.697 --> 05:02.970 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% HEY, WE'RE NOT A FAVORABLE PLACE TO COME WHERE MORE QUIETLY, WE 05:03.137 --> 05:06.573 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% ARE A FAVORITE PLACE TO COME. TAX COLLECTIONS COULD BE 05:06.707 --> 05:08.542 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% SIMPLIFIED. MOST STATES HAVE ONE TAX 05:08.708 --> 05:11.412 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% COLLECTOR. IN LOUISIANA, IT'S DIVIDED 05:11.578 --> 05:14.948 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% BETWEEN THE STATE AND COLLECTORS IN ALL 64 PERISHES. 05:15.082 --> 05:18.585 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% THEY FEEL LIKE IF THEY CAN DO A BETTER JOB THAN THE STATE OR 05:18.718 --> 05:22.488 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% SOME STATE ENTITY OF COLLECTING TAXES AND KEEPING THOSE CLOSER 05:22.655 --> 05:26.327 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% TO HOME, THE TRUTH IS WHEN WE'RE GETTING INTO E-COMMERCE AND 05:26.460 --> 05:29.195 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% AMAZON AND ALL THE ONLINE SERVICES, THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT 05:29.362 --> 05:31.698 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% FOR THEM TO NAVIGATE A SYSTEM LIKE WE HAVE. 05:31.832 --> 05:35.302 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% WHILE LOUISIANA HAS BEEN ACCUMULATING DEBT IN ORDER TO 05:35.468 --> 05:41.808 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% PAY FOR STATE WORKERS PENSIONS, BY 2029, THIS SITUATION WILL 05:41.975 --> 05:44.645 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% IMPROVE. RESET SUGGESTS A BLENDED OR 05:44.812 --> 05:50.783 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% HYBRID PLAN FOR NEW STATE HIRES. PART A DEFINED BENEFIT SO 05:50.950 --> 05:53.720 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% WE'RE LIKE SOCIAL SECURITY WHICH STATE EMPLOYEES DO NOT HAVE. 05:53.853 --> 05:58.192 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% ALSO SOMETHING LIKE A 401K THAT'S PORTABLE SO IF YOU MOVE 05:58.358 --> 06:01.595 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% AROUND FROM ONE JOB TO ANOTHER, YOU CAN TAKE THAT WITH YOU. 06:01.762 --> 06:05.465 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% WHILE RESET DOESN'T TAKE A STANCE ON HOLDING ANOTHER 06:05.632 --> 06:08.835 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, IT DOES SUGGEST THE POSSIBLE 06:09.002 --> 06:13.507 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% OUTCOMES IF THERE IS ONE. MOSTLY, IT'S A SIMPLIFIED, 06:13.673 --> 06:17.377 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% SHORTENED, EASIER TO UNDERSTAND CONSTITUTION THAT GIVES CLARITY 06:17.510 --> 06:21.648 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% TO THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING BUT ALSO GIVES FLEXIBILITY TO THE 06:21.782 --> 06:26.118 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% LEGISLATURE AND OTHER POLICY MAKERS TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS 06:26.287 --> 06:28.722 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% NEEDED WITHOUT EVERY TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS WE HAVE TO GO 06:28.888 --> 06:31.892 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% TO THE VOTERS AND PASS ANOTHER CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. 06:32.058 --> 06:35.128 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% IN TERMS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, RESET RECOMMENDS CONTINUING TO 06:35.295 --> 06:38.465 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% ROLL OUT THE REFORMS THAT PASSED IN 2017. 06:38.632 --> 06:42.202 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES LIKE THE OPIOID CRISIS COULD 06:42.368 --> 06:46.840 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% ALSO BE ADDRESSED THROUGH A TASK FORCE SIMILAR TO THE ONE FOR 06:47.007 --> 06:50.177 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% JUSTICE REINVESTMENT. WE THINK THE STATE CAN BE A 06:50.343 --> 06:52.845 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% CONVENER OF A TASK FORCE LIKE THIS TO TRY AND WORK THROUGH 06:53.013 --> 06:55.315 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% SOME OF THESE ISSUES IN COMMUNITIES. 06:55.482 --> 06:58.618 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% BY IN LARGE, IT'S A COMMUNITY ISSUE MORE SO A STATE ONE. 06:58.785 --> 07:02.555 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% THE STATE CAN PLAY A BIG ROLE IN TRYING TO BRING COMMUNITIES 07:02.722 --> 07:04.725 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% TOGETHER. HELP WORK WITH THEM TO CREATE 07:04.892 --> 07:08.695 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% FRAMEWORKS WHERE THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES 07:08.828 --> 07:11.298 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% COMBATTING OPIOIDS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 07:11.465 --> 07:14.200 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPORTATION AND 07:14.367 --> 07:18.638 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% INFRASTRUCTURE, RESET PROPOSES ADJUSTING THE STATE GASOLINE TAX 07:18.805 --> 07:20.907 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% WHICH HASN'T INCREASED IN 30 YEARS. 07:21.073 --> 07:24.077 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% IN TERMS OF THE DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE AVAILABLE FROM 07:24.210 --> 07:28.548 position:49.39% line:74% size:1.22% THE GASOLINE TAX GOING TO ROADS, THEY ARE DIMINISHED EVERY SINGLE 07:28.715 --> 07:30.317 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% YEAR. PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT IS 07:30.483 --> 07:33.053 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% BECAUSE OUR CARS BECOME MORE FUEL EFFICIENT. 07:33.220 --> 07:36.857 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% THE STATE COULD RAISE REGISTRATION FEES FOR ELECTRIC 07:37.023 --> 07:40.193 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% OR HYBRID VEHICLES AND CONSIDER THE USE OF TOLLS AND MORE 07:40.360 --> 07:43.663 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS. WITHOUT MORE INFRASTRUCTURE 07:43.830 --> 07:47.000 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% SPENDING, LOUISIANA RISKS LEAVING FEDERAL DOLLARS ON THE 07:47.167 --> 07:49.737 position:21.09% line:84.67% size:57.81% TABLE. ESPECIALLY IF A NATIONAL 07:49.870 --> 07:54.007 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% TRANSPORTATION BILL PASSES. MORE THAN LIKELY, THE MATCH 07:54.173 --> 07:56.477 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% 245 WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET WILL BE LARGER BECAUSE THE 07:56.610 --> 07:58.478 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% DOLLARS ON THE TABLE WILL BE LARGER. 07:58.612 --> 08:02.015 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% IF THERE'S MORE MONEY OUT THERE FOR US TO GET BUT WE NEED TO 08:02.182 --> 08:05.485 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% HAVE THE DOLLARS TO PUT UP, WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION TO 08:05.618 --> 08:08.888 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% COMPETE WITH THAT. IRWIN KNOWS WHEN SIGNIFICANT 08:09.055 --> 08:11.792 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% CHANGE HAPPENS FOLLOWING AN ELECTION, IT'S USUALLY WITHIN 08:11.958 --> 08:15.028 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% THE FIRST TWO YEARS. HE HOPES THAT THE RESET AGENDA 08:15.195 --> 08:18.332 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% WILL PROVIDE GUIDANCE DURING THE SMALL WINDOW OF TIME. 08:18.498 --> 08:21.768 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER AN ELECTION, WE'VE DONE 08:21.902 --> 08:24.637 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% BIG THINGS. WHAT WE'RE HOPING IS WHEN 08:24.805 --> 08:29.275 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% CANDIDATES AND LEGISLATORS AND THE GOVERNOR COMES IN AND WANTS 08:29.442 --> 08:32.378 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% TO DO SOMETHING BIG, THEY'LL LOOK AT THESE AS SOME OF THE BIG 08:32.545 --> 08:37.217 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% THINGS THEY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH. HELPING US TO ACCOMPLISH BIG 08:37.383 --> 08:44.190 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% THINGS TONIGHT IS OUR STUDIO AUDIENCE. 08:44.357 --> 08:49.763 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% THE LOUISIANA BUDGET PROJECT, THE POLICE ASSOCIATION, THE 08:49.930 --> 08:54.067 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER AND EDUCATION ANALYST, MEMBER OF THE 08:54.233 --> 08:57.137 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% RETIRED STATE EMPLOYEE'S ASSOCIATION AND CEO OF THE 08:57.303 --> 09:00.907 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% AMERICAN COUNCIL LOUISIANA ENGINEERING COMPANIES. 09:01.040 --> 09:06.045 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% WELCOME TO EVERYONE. EACH YEAR LSU'S PUBLIC POLICY 09:06.212 --> 09:08.515 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% RESEARCH LAB CONDUCTS LOUISIANA SURVEY. 09:08.682 --> 09:12.185 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, RESIDENTS WERE QUESTIONED ABOUT 09:12.318 --> 09:17.290 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% WHETHER SEVERAL ISSUES RELEVANT TO THE RESET AGENDA WHEN ASKED 09:17.457 --> 09:24.497 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% THEIR TOP CONCERNS ABOUT THE STATE IN 2019, 34% NAMED 09:24.663 --> 09:27.700 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% EDUCATION. 32% SAID TRANSPORTATION 09:27.867 --> 09:31.605 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% INFRASTRUCTURE AND 25% SAID THE ECONOMY INCLUDING JOBS AND THE 09:31.772 --> 09:34.707 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% BUSINESS CLIMATE. WHEN ASKED THEIR OPINION ON 09:34.875 --> 09:41.782 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% INCREASING THE GASOLINE TAX BY 5 CENTS PER GALLON, 67% SAID THEY 09:41.948 --> 09:50.123 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% SUPPORT SUCH A MOVE. BUT ONLY 49% SUPPORTED THIS 09:50.290 --> 09:52.658 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% AMOUNT. WHEN ASKED THOUGHTS ON CRIMINAL 09:52.825 --> 09:57.663 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% JUSTICE REFORM MEASURES IN 2017, 70% OF RESPONDENTS APPROVED OF 09:57.830 --> 10:02.202 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% THE CHANGES. 21% DISAPPROVED AND 9% WERE 10:02.368 --> 10:04.938 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% UNSURE. AND IN THE 2018 SURVEY, WHEN 10:05.105 --> 10:08.808 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% ASKED ABOUT A PROPOSAL TO REWRITE THE STATE'S 10:08.975 --> 10:13.947 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% CONSTITUTION, 46% SUPPORTED THE IDEA WHILE 44% OPPOSED IT. 10:14.113 --> 10:20.753 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% A NEW STATE-WIDE SURVEY CONDUCTED THIS MONTH SHOWS 81% 10:20.920 --> 10:23.923 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% BELIEVE THE PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 10:24.090 --> 10:30.697 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% VOTE ON A REVISED CONSTITUTION. SO LET'S START WITH OUR OWN 10:30.863 --> 10:35.502 position:49.39% line:74% size:1.22% PARTICIPANTS RIGHT HERE TONIGHT. AND FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, WHERE 10:35.668 --> 10:37.837 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% DO YOU STAND ON THE RESET LOUISIANA RECOMMENDATIONS AND 10:38.003 --> 10:44.945 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% WHAT DO YOU THINK A RESET MEANS TO YOU AND TO THE FOLKS IN YOUR 10:45.112 --> 10:47.347 position:42.54% line:84.67% size:14.92% CONSTITU 10:47.513 --> 10:48.748 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% CONSTITUENCY. LOGAN, INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND 10:48.915 --> 10:50.650 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% TELL US WHAT YOU THINK OF THE RESET. 10:50.783 --> 10:54.453 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% MY NAME IS LOGAN ANDERSON. I HANDLE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS 10:54.620 --> 10:58.090 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% WHERE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPER. 10:58.258 --> 11:02.562 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% TO ME, RESET MEANS COMMITMENT TO FORCING OURSELVES TO MAKE TOUGH 11:02.728 --> 11:05.198 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% DECISIONS. A LOT OF THE ISSUES ON THE 11:05.365 --> 11:08.368 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% AGENDA WE'VE KNOWN ABOUT FOR YEARS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR 11:08.535 --> 11:10.203 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% YEARS. SOME OF US HAVE WORKED ON THESE 11:10.370 --> 11:12.505 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% FOR YEARS. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CRIMINAL 11:12.672 --> 11:19.112 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% JUSTICE REFORM, WE'VE FAILED TO SUBSTANTIVELY ADDRESS THEM. 11:19.278 --> 11:22.148 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE OURSELVES MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT 11:22.315 --> 11:24.583 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING. 11:24.750 --> 11:27.287 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% WHY IS THIS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR A CHAMBER OF 11:27.453 --> 11:28.922 position:36.01% line:84.67% size:27.98% COMMERCE? SURE. 11:29.088 --> 11:35.962 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% FOR US, WE SEE BRINGING NEW BUSINESS AND HELPING EXISTING 11:36.095 --> 11:39.032 position:37.1% line:79.33% size:25.79% BUSINESSES GROW AS FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR MISSION. 11:39.198 --> 11:43.737 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% WHEN WE ARE RANKED DEAD LAST IN ALMOST EVERY SINGLE AREA, IT'S 11:43.903 --> 11:48.040 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% TOUGH TO ATTRACT NEW PEOPLE. WE ALSO HAVE WITH US NEVA. 11:48.207 --> 11:50.743 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% TELL US ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION AND WHERE YOU ALL ARE COMING 11:50.910 --> 11:56.515 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% FROM ON THIS. MY NAME IS NEVA BUTKIS AT THE 11:56.683 --> 12:01.120 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% LOUISIANA BUDGET PROJECT. LPB WORKS TO ASSESS STATE 12:01.287 --> 12:04.423 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% POLICIES SPECIFICALLY THROUGH TAX AND BUDGET TO ASSESS HOW THE 12:04.590 --> 12:08.193 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% STATE POLICY DECISIONS IMPACT LOW AND MODERATE INCOME 12:08.362 --> 12:11.363 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% FAMILIES. IN TERMS OF RESET BEING 12:11.497 --> 12:15.035 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% EDUCATION ANALYST, RESET TO ME MEANS THAT EVERY PERSON IN 12:15.202 --> 12:19.105 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% LOUISIANA HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED REGARDLESS OF ZIP CODE, 12:19.238 --> 12:23.777 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% RACE, GENDER, ET CETERA. AND I COMMEND RESET'S AGENDA FOR 12:23.943 --> 12:26.947 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% FOCUS ON EARLY CHILDHOOD TO HIGHER ED. 12:27.113 --> 12:31.417 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% SO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THROUGH EDUCATION TO TRY TO 12:31.585 --> 12:35.155 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% REACH PEOPLE IN EVERY ZIP CODE? I THINK EDUCATION CAN BE A 12:35.322 --> 12:37.623 position:22.96% line:84.67% size:54.09% LARGE PART OF IT, YES. GREAT. 12:37.790 --> 12:40.693 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% WE ALSO HAVE PEOPLE HERE REPRESENTING ORGANIZATIONS THAT 12:40.860 --> 12:43.997 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% ARE TIED TO DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. 12:44.163 --> 12:47.600 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% WE HAVE JOHN GALLAGHER WITH US TONIGHT WITH THE MUNICIPAL 12:47.767 --> 12:49.435 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% ASSOCIATION. TELL US ABOUT WHERE YOU'D BE 12:49.602 --> 12:51.070 position:33.22% line:84.67% size:33.57% COMING FROM. SURE. 12:51.237 --> 12:53.940 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% THANK YOU. I'M JOHN GALLAGHER, EXECUTIVE 12:54.107 --> 12:57.310 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% DIRECTOR OF THE LOUISIANA MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION. 12:57.477 --> 13:01.213 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% I DO COMMEND PAR CABLE AND THE COMMITTEE 100. 13:01.380 --> 13:06.118 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% WHEN I THINK OF RESET, I THINK OF PUNCHING A BUTTON AND 13:06.285 --> 13:09.288 position:37.1% line:79.33% size:25.79% STARTING OVER. WHEN I GET THAT MIND SET WHEN I 13:09.455 --> 13:12.658 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% THINK ABOUT ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES IS LOCAL TAX COLLECTION. 13:12.825 --> 13:16.697 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% ALWAYS BEEN A BIG PUSH FOR STATE CENTRAL COLLECTION OR HAVING A 13:16.863 --> 13:20.133 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% LOCAL COLLECTION. AND THAT'S A HUGE ISSUE WITH OUR 13:20.300 --> 13:23.135 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% MEMBERSHIP. WE FEEL THAT LOCALS DO A GREAT 13:23.302 --> 13:31.010 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% JOB IN COLLECTING SALES TAXES AND LOCALS HAVE BEEN LEADERS AND 13:31.177 --> 13:38.718 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% REALLY TRYING TO BRING REFORM BACK IN THE 90s WITH THE UTC. 13:38.885 --> 13:43.590 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% THE COLLECTION PORTAL THAT COLLECTS A LOT OF THE E-COMMERCE 13:43.757 --> 13:49.328 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% SALES TAXES THAT WE FEEL LIKE IS MAKING -- 13:49.495 --> 13:55.502 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% LST. FEEL LIKE OUT WHAT THAT MEANS. 13:55.668 --> 14:00.307 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% WE FEEL IT'S WORKING ITS WAY THAT WOULD COMPLY. 14:00.473 --> 14:03.643 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% THE REASON YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SALES TAX IS LOCAL 14:03.810 --> 14:06.178 position:37.1% line:79.33% size:25.79% GOVERNMENTS ARE SO DEPENDENT ON THE SALES TAX. 14:06.345 --> 14:09.582 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES. ABSOLUTELY. 14:09.748 --> 14:17.190 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% INFRASTRUCTURE IS A BIG PART OF THE WHOLE RESET PROGRAM. 14:17.357 --> 14:23.463 position:37.1% line:79.33% size:25.79% I WANT TO ASK DOREEN. I'M DOREEN AND REPRESENT 14:23.630 --> 14:25.465 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% CONSULTING ENGINEERS ACROSS THE STATE. 14:25.632 --> 14:29.368 position:37.1% line:79.33% size:25.79% I THINK IT'S IRONIC WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESET. 14:29.535 --> 14:35.675 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% I REMEMBER WHEN VISION 2020 WAS THE BRAINCHILD OF POLICY MAKERS 14:35.842 --> 14:37.977 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% AND WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE. 14:38.143 --> 14:41.080 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% AND NOW WE FIND OURSELVES LOOKING BACK AND SEEING THE SAME 14:41.247 --> 14:44.650 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% GOALS WE HAD THEN ARE ON OUR AGENDA TODAY. 14:44.817 --> 14:48.053 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% AND FOREIGN GIN EARS, WE'RE AWARE OF THE CONDITION OF THE 14:48.220 --> 15:04.170 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% ROADS AND THE BRIDGES. AND RANKED US 48 FOR THE WORST 15:04.303 --> 15:07.673 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% ROADS AND BRIDGES. SO WE KNOW IF WE DON'T HAVE AN 15:07.840 --> 15:11.912 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% ACTION PLAN FOR ADDRESSING THAT, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS 15:12.045 --> 15:16.015 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% TRYING TO BUILD THIS ECONOMY. THE ECONOMY IS DEPENDENT UPON 15:16.182 --> 15:21.153 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% BEING ABLE TO MOVE COMMERCE IN THE STATE WHETHER IT'S FOREIGN 15:21.320 --> 15:25.425 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% PRODUCT SUPPORT, WHETHER IT'S FAMILIES TRYING TO GET TO WORK 15:25.592 --> 15:28.595 position:22.02% line:84.67% size:55.95% TO JOBS. IF WE DON'T INVEST IN 15:28.762 --> 15:31.263 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% OURSELVES, WE CAN'T EXPECT BUSINESSES TO INVEST AS WELL. 15:31.430 --> 15:37.670 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% THE 80s WERE THE LAST TIME WE PASSED A REVENUE STREAM. 15:37.837 --> 15:41.140 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME TO RESET AND LOOK AT WHAT THAT 15:41.307 --> 15:44.177 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% FUNDING STREAM IS GOING TO BE. IT NEEDS TO BE SIGNIFICANT AND 15:44.343 --> 15:46.645 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% NEEDS TO BE SOON AND SUSTAINABLE. 15:46.813 --> 15:48.748 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% OKAY. AND ONE OF THE MAJOR USERS OF 15:48.915 --> 15:57.023 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS TRUCKERS. AND SO WE HAVE CHANCE WITH THE 15:57.190 --> 15:58.692 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% TRUCKERS ASSOCIATION. INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US 15:58.858 --> 16:00.927 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% WHAT YOUR TAKE IS ON ALL THIS RESET. 16:01.093 --> 16:02.495 position:35.08% line:84.67% size:29.84% SURE. THANK YOU. 16:02.662 --> 16:11.070 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% MY CHANCE IS CHANCE McNEALY. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 16:11.237 --> 16:13.640 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% TRANSPORT. WE'RE A HUGE USER OF THE STATE'S 16:13.807 --> 16:17.910 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% HIGHWAY SYSTEM. FOR US, WHAT I HOPE RESET MEANS 16:18.077 --> 16:21.013 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% IS MORE OF A RESET OF OUR POLITICAL THINKING. 16:21.180 --> 16:25.385 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% IT'S PRETTY EVIDENCE TO OUR INDUSTRY THE FUEL TAX IS THE 16:25.552 --> 16:32.725 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% TIME TESTED CORRECT WAY TO FUND INFRASTRUCTURE. 16:32.892 --> 16:36.830 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% OUR DRIVERS, WE ARE PAYING THEM. THEIR CLOCK IS TICKING ON HOW 16:36.997 --> 16:41.733 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% MANY HOURS THEY CAN DRIVE. AND SO THAT CREATES A LOT OF 16:41.902 --> 16:48.908 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% PROBLEMS FOR US. WHEN WE HAVE PROBLEMS, IT 16:49.075 --> 16:51.077 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% AFFECTS EVERY INDUSTRY. EVEN THE PEOPLE PAYING TAXES 16:51.243 --> 16:54.913 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% ARE SEEING THE PROBLEM AND WILLING TO PAY MORE TO GET IT 16:55.080 --> 16:56.582 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% FIXED, IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? 16:56.748 --> 16:58.383 position:34.15% line:84.67% size:31.7% ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. 16:58.518 --> 17:01.087 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% WE ALSO HAVE WITH US TONIGHT JEFF. 17:01.253 --> 17:04.923 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% AND I KNOW YOU ALSO HAVE A KEEN INTEREST? 17:05.090 --> 17:06.725 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% INFRASTRUCTURE. TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHAT 17:06.893 --> 17:12.332 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% YOUR THOUGHTS ARE. I'M JEFF KOONTS BY TRADE. 17:12.498 --> 17:18.070 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% I'M HERE PRIMARY IN MY CAPACITY IS HEAD OF LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE 17:18.237 --> 17:21.540 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% AT THE BATON ROUGE CHAMBER. AS CITIZENS IN BOTH THESE 17:21.707 --> 17:24.677 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% CAPACITIES HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND 17:24.810 --> 17:27.180 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% RESET LOUISIANA IS REALLY SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE 17:27.347 --> 17:29.582 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% CONVERSATION. AND MY HOPE IS WHEN A 17:29.748 --> 17:32.485 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% LEGISLATIVE SESSION BEGINS, THEY FOCUS ON THESE ISSUES AND NOT 17:32.652 --> 17:35.222 position:37.1% line:79.33% size:25.79% ALL THE ISSUES THAT SEEM TO OCCUPY THEIR TIME. 17:35.388 --> 17:37.857 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% THESE ARE THE ISSUES THAT MATTER. 17:38.023 --> 17:42.162 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% WE CAN REALLY PROGRESS OURSELVES FROM 2040. 17:42.328 --> 17:46.465 position:24.82% line:84.67% size:50.35% WE'RE NOT LOOKING BACK WITH 17:46.632 --> 17:47.533 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% REGRET. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE 17:47.700 --> 17:49.768 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% TIME. FRANK, ONE OF THE ISSUES WE KEEP 17:49.935 --> 17:53.038 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% TALKING ABOUT IS THE STATE RETIREMENT PROGRAMS. 17:53.205 --> 17:55.608 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% TELL US ABOUT WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOUR VIEW IS. 17:55.775 --> 17:59.445 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% MY NAME IS FRANK. I'M THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR FOR 17:59.578 --> 18:03.015 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% THE RETIRED STATE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION. 18:03.182 --> 18:05.183 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% AND MYSELF A RETIRED STATE EMPLOYEE. 18:05.352 --> 18:13.660 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% WORKED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR 30 YEARS. 18:13.827 --> 18:18.597 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% TAKE AWAY OR DIMINISH A BENEFIT THAT OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE. 18:18.765 --> 18:21.167 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING. THE REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO 18:21.333 --> 18:24.037 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IS OUR EMPLOYEES DO NOT HAVE SOCIAL 18:24.203 --> 18:26.272 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% SECURITY. AND THAT'S THE SAFETY NET IN A 18:26.438 --> 18:40.453 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% FOUNDATION FOR MOST RETIREMENT PLANS WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE. 18:40.620 --> 18:42.788 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% THE NOTION IS DIFFERENT FOR A VERY VALID REASON. 18:42.955 --> 18:45.458 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% WE NEED TO TAKE THOSE THINGS INTO ACCOUNT. 18:45.625 --> 18:48.762 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% WE NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT WE NEED TO REPRESENT A 18:48.895 --> 18:53.298 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% CERTAIN CONSTITUENCY DIFFERENT THAN THE REST OF THE POPULATION 18:53.465 --> 18:59.038 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE THAT POSITION AND HAVE 18:59.205 --> 19:11.050 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% A MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION. THEY'VE WORKED TOGETHER TO 19:11.217 --> 19:16.088 position:37.1% line:79.33% size:25.79% FIND MIDDLE GROUND. I WANT TO FIND THAT BETTER 19:16.255 --> 19:18.257 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% GROUND. I KNOW WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS MAYBE 19:18.423 --> 19:20.225 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% NOT THE BEST THING FOR MOST PEOPLE. 19:20.393 --> 19:23.562 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% IT'S THE BEST THING FOR OUR PEOPLE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. 19:23.730 --> 19:26.765 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% UNTIL SOMETHING BETTER COMES ALONG, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE 19:26.932 --> 19:28.433 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% ADVOCATING AND TAKING A POSITION WE DO. 19:28.567 --> 19:31.570 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% I'M WILLING TO LISTEN. GOOD TALK. 19:31.737 --> 19:34.707 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% ONE MORE IN. ALLEY, INTRODUCE YOURSELF. 19:34.873 --> 19:40.580 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% HEY, I'M ALLEY RAWL WITH THE APPEAL CAN INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC 19:40.747 --> 19:46.452 position:43.47% line:84.67% size:13.05% POLICY. 19:46.585 --> 19:52.392 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% -- PELICAN FOR PUBLIC POLICY. AS WE TRAVEL AROUND THE STATE 19:52.558 --> 20:02.235 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% AND TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL, WE WANT MORE JOBS AND 20:02.402 --> 20:09.275 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% MORE OPPORTUNITY. SO WE ARE LASER FOCUSED RIGHT 20:09.442 --> 20:12.678 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% NOW AT THE INSTITUTE ON JOBS AND OPPORTUNITY AGENDA WHICH 20:12.845 --> 20:16.248 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% OUTLINES REFORM RECOMMENDATIONS SIMILAR TO WHAT RESET IS WORKING 20:16.415 --> 20:18.617 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% ON. THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY, THIS IS 20:18.785 --> 20:29.262 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% THE TIME TO ELEVATE THE ISSUES AND COMMEND YOU GUYS FOR TALKING 20:29.428 --> 20:31.797 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% ABOUT SOMETHING SO DIFFICULT. HOW MANY HAVE HAD FRIENDS 20:31.963 --> 20:35.333 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% MOVE OUT OF STATE BECAUSE THEY WERE SEEKING BETTER 20:35.502 --> 20:38.070 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% OPPORTUNITIES THERE? MOST FOLKS HERE. 20:38.237 --> 20:42.842 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FACING IS TO TRY TO DEAL WITH THAT. 20:43.008 --> 20:45.310 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR THIS PORTION OF OUR SHOW. 20:45.478 --> 20:49.548 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% WHEN WE RETURN, WE'LL BE JOINED BY THE PANEL OF EXPERTS TO 20:49.715 --> 20:52.885 position:20.16% line:84.67% size:59.68% FURTHER DISCUSS RESET LOUISIANA. 21:01.293 --> 21:04.930 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% WELCOME BACK TO LOUISIANA PUBLIC SQUARE. 21:05.097 --> 21:08.500 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% TONIGHT WE'RE DISCUSSING THE RESET LOUISIANA AGENDA. 21:08.667 --> 21:15.975 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% JOINING US NOW IS OUR PANEL. MICHAEL OLIVIAE IS CEO OF THE 21:16.142 --> 21:19.478 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% COMMITTEE OF 100 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 21:19.645 --> 21:23.615 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% COMPRISED OF STATEWIDE PRIVATE SECTOR CEOs. 21:23.782 --> 21:28.420 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% SERVED AS LOUISIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY FROM 2004 21:28.587 --> 21:33.725 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% TO 2018 AND HIS ORGANIZATION IS ONE OF THE PARTNERS OF THE RESET 21:33.893 --> 21:37.028 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% INITIATIVES. CAMILLE IS THE SENIOR VICE 21:37.197 --> 21:40.767 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% PRESIDENT OF THE LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS AND 21:40.933 --> 21:48.473 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% INDUSTRY OR LAW B. LEADS PUBLIC POLICY AND RESEARCH 21:48.640 --> 21:52.712 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% INITIATIVES AND FOCUSING ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FROM EARLY 21:52.878 --> 21:58.885 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% CHILDHOOD TO ADULT EDUCATION. DR. JAMES RICHARDSON IS THE 21:59.052 --> 22:03.822 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% ALUMNI PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AT COLLEGE OF BUSINESS 22:03.990 --> 22:07.560 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% ADMINISTRATION. SERVED FOR 32 YEARS ON THE 22:07.727 --> 22:16.168 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% LOUISIANA REVENUE ESTIMATING CONFOR INSTANCE. 22:16.335 --> 22:21.040 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% SERVES ON THE BOARD OF PAR. ERIC PONTE IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 22:21.207 --> 22:24.277 position:37.1% line:79.33% size:25.79% OF THE LOUISIANA ASPHALT PAVE RIT ASSOCIATION. 22:24.443 --> 22:27.813 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOUISIANA COALITION TO FIX OUR 22:27.980 --> 22:31.350 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% ROADS THAT ADVOCATES FOR IMPROVING ROADS AND BRIDGES. 22:31.483 --> 22:38.257 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% SERVED TWO TERMS AS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM 2008 TO 22:38.423 --> 22:40.025 position:22.02% line:84.67% size:55.95% 2015. BEFORE WE GO TO AUDIENCE 22:40.192 --> 22:43.997 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% QUESTIONS, I'D FIRST LIKE TO ASK EACH OF YOU FROM YOUR OWN 22:44.130 --> 22:48.733 position:49.39% line:74% size:1.22% PERSPECTIVE, WHAT DOES RESETTING LOUISIANA MEAN TO YOU AND WHY IS 22:48.867 --> 22:52.472 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% NOW A GOOD TIME FOR US TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT? 22:52.638 --> 22:58.510 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% WE'LL START WITH YOU MICHAEL. WELL, THE THING ABOUT RESET 22:58.677 --> 23:01.013 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% LOUISIANA IS THAT WE HAVE THE BUSINESS ROUND TABLE OF 23:01.147 --> 23:04.783 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% LOUISIANA CALLED THE COMMITTEE 100 FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 23:04.950 --> 23:08.653 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% SINCE 1992, OUR ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH PUBLIC 23:08.787 --> 23:12.223 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% POLICY ISSUES THAT EFFECT BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY. 23:12.392 --> 23:14.393 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% WE ARE THE BUSINESS ROUND TABLE OF THE STATE. 23:14.527 --> 23:16.862 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% WE'RE NOT THE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 23:17.028 --> 23:20.767 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% WHAT WE ARE IS A GROUP OF OVER 100 CEOs WHO WANT TO MAKE 23:20.900 --> 23:24.503 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% CHANGES IN THE STATE THAT WILL HELP US TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE. 23:24.670 --> 23:28.173 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% THIS IS THE BEST TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE GREAT ORGANIZATIONS 23:28.340 --> 23:31.943 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% THAT HAVE LONG HISTORIES OF PUBLIC POLICY, GATHERING AND 23:32.110 --> 23:36.882 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS BRING 23:37.048 --> 23:40.152 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% THESE FOUR AREAS TO THE FOREFRONT. 23:40.318 --> 23:44.123 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% WHEN WE HAVE SO MANY SEATS BEING CONTESTED. 23:44.290 --> 23:46.358 position:37.1% line:79.33% size:25.79% WE HAVE MORE SEATS AVAILABLE THAN EVER BEFORE. 23:46.525 --> 23:48.227 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% IT'S THE RIGHT TIME TO MAKE A CHANGE. 23:48.393 --> 23:51.797 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% WE NEED TO MAKE DIFFERENCES IN THE FOUR AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN 23:51.930 --> 23:57.937 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% OUTLINED FROM TRANSPORTATION TO EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY. 23:58.103 --> 24:01.640 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% OUR MISSION HERE IS TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THIS COALITION 24:01.807 --> 24:05.443 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% AND WORK WITH THE NEW PEOPLE COMING INTO OFFICE, WORK WITH 24:05.577 --> 24:12.150 position:49.39% line:74% size:1.22% THE INCUMBENTS TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THIS IS WHAT WE WANT. 24:12.318 --> 24:17.890 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% WE HAVE TOO MANY GOOD THINGS. MICHAEL WHO WAS ONCE THE 24:18.057 --> 24:21.760 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% SALES MAN FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA SO I KNOW YOU KNOW 24:21.927 --> 24:26.865 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% WELL HOW THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT. CAMILLE, TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT 24:27.032 --> 24:28.833 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% WHERE LAW B IS COMING FROM. SURE. 24:28.967 --> 24:32.270 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% I HAVE TO ECHO A LOT OF WHAT MIKE JUST SAID. 24:32.438 --> 24:36.375 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% I THINK OF OPPORTUNITY. I THINK OF OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE 24:36.542 --> 24:39.612 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% CHANGE. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY ONE OF 24:39.778 --> 24:47.453 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% US TO MAKE ROOM TO IMPROVE. THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT AS MIKE 24:47.620 --> 24:50.690 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% MENTIONED WITH THE TERM LIMITED LEGISLATURE MEANS WE HAVE A 24:50.857 --> 24:56.895 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% CHANCE FOR 40 OR 50 NEW ELECTED OFFICIALS TO COME INTO OFFICE. 24:57.062 --> 25:01.100 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE NEW IDEAS AND NEW ENERGY. 25:01.267 --> 25:03.602 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% IT'S A MOMENT TO SEIZE THAT OPPORTUNITY. 25:03.768 --> 25:06.605 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% WE'RE EXCITED TO WORK WITH THOSE NEW PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE 25:06.772 --> 25:10.075 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% STATE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO SEE HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE STATE 25:10.242 --> 25:12.210 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% WE LOVE. THERE'S A BIG LEARNING CURVE. 25:12.378 --> 25:15.782 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% THESE ARE THE ISSUES WE HOPE THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT. 25:15.915 --> 25:18.850 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% DR. RICHARDSON, WHAT'S RESET MEAN TO YOU? 25:19.018 --> 25:29.928 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% WELL, IT MEANS MAKING POLICY WHICH WE DO EVERYDAY. 25:30.095 --> 25:35.233 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT ISSUES. AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT 25:35.400 --> 25:40.172 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% BEFORE, WE GOT ON STAGE. TALKED ABOUT THINGS LIKE 25:40.305 --> 25:43.342 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, ABOUT EDUCATION, ABOUT ROADS. 25:43.508 --> 25:46.078 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE A PRICE TAG. 25:46.245 --> 25:49.482 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE PAID FOR. 25:49.648 --> 25:57.957 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% SHIFT OUR RESOURCES ARRANGED OR HAVE A NEW RESOURCE. 25:58.123 --> 26:00.725 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% SO THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. 26:00.893 --> 26:04.430 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% IF WE DECIDE WE NEED TO SHIFT THE RESOURCES AROUND, WE CAN 26:04.597 --> 26:10.937 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% SHIFT TAXES AROUND TOO. DO WE SET UP TAX SYSTEM THAT 26:11.070 --> 26:15.473 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% ALLOWS US TO BE COMPETITIVE NATIONALLY? 26:15.640 --> 26:21.213 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% ALSO IN TERMS OF MAKING IT GOOD FOR CITIZENS TO LIVE HERE. 26:21.347 --> 26:24.483 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE INTERTWINED. 26:24.650 --> 26:28.720 position:49.39% line:74% size:1.22% THESE ARE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS WE WANT TO 26:28.887 --> 26:32.223 position:22.02% line:84.67% size:55.95% MAKE IT. BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS 26:32.357 --> 26:44.237 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% COMPLICATED. WZ WE WORK THROUGH THE SYSTEM 26:44.370 --> 26:48.907 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% AND TALK ABOUT TO NEW LEGISLATURE, CAN'T GET A TYPE OF 26:49.073 --> 26:54.078 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% A BANNER, RESET, DO THIS. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. 26:54.247 --> 26:57.750 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT IS TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE 26:57.917 --> 27:00.618 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% DETAILS RIGHT. WE EXPLAIN THEM TO PEOPLE AND 27:00.752 --> 27:03.455 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THOSE DETAILS. 27:03.622 --> 27:06.692 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% I HOPE 24E6B AN APPETITE FOR THE DETAIL. 27:06.858 --> 27:09.828 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% WE SHALL SEE. ANOTHER ADVANTAGE OF TAX REFORM 27:09.995 --> 27:12.965 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% IS THE STABILITY. IT'S PART OF WHAT WE WANT TO SEE 27:13.132 --> 27:15.400 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% TOO. ERIC, YOU ARE HERE WITH A VERY 27:15.567 --> 27:21.307 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% SPECIAL PERSPECTIVE ON RESET. I AM HAVING SERVED IN THE 27:21.473 --> 27:24.543 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% LEGISLATURE AND A BUSINESS OWNER IN THE STATE FOR MANY YEARS, 27:24.710 --> 27:27.378 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% ECHOING THE SEDIMENTS THAT EVERYONE HAS SAID, IT'S AN 27:27.547 --> 27:29.615 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% IMPORTANT TIME AND A CRITICAL TIME. 27:29.782 --> 27:35.020 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% WITHOUT ROADS AND BRIDGES IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. 27:35.153 --> 27:38.490 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% LIFEBLOOD OF OUR STATE TRYING TO GET TO WORK. 27:38.657 --> 27:46.898 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% OUR BUSINESSES CAN'T EXPAND. EMPLOYEES CAN'T GET TO WORK. 27:47.065 --> 27:50.068 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% IF YOU ARE GRIDLOCKED. CAN'T GET PRODUCTS TO MARKET AND 27:50.235 --> 27:55.273 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% IT COSTS ADDITIONAL MONEY, IT AFFECTS EVERYONE. 27:55.440 --> 28:02.447 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% BEEN SINCE 1984. IT'S PAST TIME AND OVERTIME. 28:02.615 --> 28:06.085 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% COMES AT A COST. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT AND IT'S 28:06.252 --> 28:09.322 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% CRITICAL BECAUSE AS ITERATED HERE, WE HAVE A HIGH TURN OVER. 28:09.455 --> 28:12.390 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% IT'S MORE IMPORTANT NOW WE HAVE AN EXTREMELY HIGH TURN OVER IN 28:12.558 --> 28:17.830 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE AND TIME WE VISIT THE ELECTED 28:17.997 --> 28:23.602 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% OFFICIALS AND REITERATE THE IMPORTANCE OF MOVING OUR STATE 28:23.768 --> 28:30.008 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% FORWARD. AND TIME WE MOVE OURSELVES 28:30.175 --> 28:36.848 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% FORWARD JUST IN TRANSPORTATION. EVERY SOUTHERN STATE IMPROVED 28:37.015 --> 28:42.187 position:27.62% line:84.67% size:44.76% AND IT'S TIME WE FIX OUR 28:42.353 --> 28:43.855 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% LIFEBLOOD. WE'VE GONE AROUND THE STATE 28:44.022 --> 28:47.092 position:49.39% line:74% size:1.22% AND WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE IN ALL THE AREAS TALKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR 28:47.225 --> 28:51.063 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE. FARMERS NOT BEING ABLE TO GET 28:51.230 --> 28:53.998 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% THEIR PRODUCE TO MARKET AND SO ON. 28:54.132 --> 28:57.235 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% IT'S NOT JUST THE SOUTH LOUISIANA ISSUE. 28:57.402 --> 29:02.173 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% IT'S A STATEWIDE ISSUE. I WANT TO ASK JOHN TO JUMP IN 29:02.340 --> 29:06.045 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% HERE. YOU HAD A QUESTION YOU WANTED TO 29:06.212 --> 29:06.745 position:40.67% line:84.67% size:18.65% ASK. SURE. 29:06.878 --> 29:08.747 position:29.48% line:84.67% size:41.03% THANK YOU. JOHN WIBLE. 29:08.880 --> 29:11.717 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% PRESIDENT LOUISIANA RESEARCH CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT AND 29:11.883 --> 29:15.053 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% LEARNING. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE RESET 29:15.220 --> 29:16.955 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% AGENDA BECAUSE OF A NUMBER OF REASONS. 29:17.122 --> 29:19.190 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% ONE, BECAUSE OF THE FOCUS IT PUTS ON EDUCATION. 29:19.358 --> 29:24.263 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% AND I THINK ALL OF US HERE THIS EVENING KNOW WE HAVE TO FIX 29:24.430 --> 29:26.365 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% EDUCATION TO BE ABLE TO FIX LOUISIANA. 29:26.532 --> 29:31.237 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% WE KNOW PROSPEROUS STATES, PROSPEROUS COMMUNITIES HAVE 29:31.403 --> 29:36.975 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION. ONE OF THE CORE ISSUES IS 29:37.142 --> 29:40.947 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATION 29:41.113 --> 29:46.752 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% PROGRESS, LESS THAN 30% ARE READING ON GRADE LEVEL. 29:46.918 --> 29:51.823 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% WE FEEL THAT'S A FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE WE HAVE TO CORRECT TO HAVE 29:51.990 --> 29:55.660 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% A SKILLED LABOR ALL OF THE WORKFORCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 29:55.827 --> 30:01.333 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% WHAT ARE THINGS WE CAN DO TO INVEST IN THAT KNOWING THAT 50% 30:01.500 --> 30:05.770 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% OF OUR CHILDREN ARE COMING FROM IMPOVERISHED HOMES? 30:05.937 --> 30:08.473 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% YOU PUT IT INTO SUCCINCTLY WHAT IT IS. 30:08.640 --> 30:10.475 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% IT'S A WORKFORCE ISSUE. THAT'S IT. 30:10.642 --> 30:16.748 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% WE'VE GOT TO START THEM YOUNG. AND WE PROVED THE PROGRAM THAT 30:16.915 --> 30:20.085 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% STARTS TRAINING 4 YEAR OLDS AND PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO 30:20.218 --> 30:25.490 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% EARLY PRE-K TRAINING WE NEED TO DO IT AT THE 3 YEAR OLD LEVEL. 30:25.657 --> 30:30.628 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% WE NEED TO DO IT FROM BIRTH TO 3. 30:30.795 --> 30:45.210 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% AND START FUNDING THESE THINGS. AND THEY ARE LEARNING. 30:45.343 --> 30:55.153 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% IT'S A POVERTY THING. ALL OF IT IS INTER IN-- 30:55.320 --> 30:57.122 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% INTERTWINED. WHAT YOU SAID, EARLY 30:57.255 --> 31:00.058 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL TO THAT. 31:00.225 --> 31:02.928 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% EARLY INTERVENTION AND LITERACY IS CRITICAL. 31:03.095 --> 31:07.565 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS LOOKING AT INNOVATIVE WAYS TO 31:07.733 --> 31:11.237 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% HELP DRIVE THAT. WE'RE ALL CONCERNED. 31:11.370 --> 31:14.607 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% AND YOU'VE SEEN THE STATE BOARD TAKE STEPS TO TRY TO ADDRESS 31:14.773 --> 31:17.542 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% THAT. YOU ARE SEEING THEM RAISE THE 31:17.708 --> 31:23.515 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% BAR ON WHAT PROFICIENT IS ON READING WHICH CAN BE A CHALLENGE 31:23.648 --> 31:25.783 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% FOR SCHOOLS AND KIDS AND PARENTS. 31:25.950 --> 31:28.420 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% IF KIDS CAN'T READ, THEY CAN'T DO MATH. 31:28.587 --> 31:32.590 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SUCCEED IN THIRD GRADE OR 8TH GRADE. 31:32.758 --> 31:36.062 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% I THINK THE INTENTION IS RIGHT. I THINK EVERYONE AGREES ON THE 31:36.228 --> 31:42.935 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% PROBLEM AND I THINK WE CAN COME TOGETHER TO FIND SOLUTIONS. 31:43.102 --> 31:46.272 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% LET ME GO TO ROGER WHO HAS A QUESTION. 31:46.405 --> 31:48.073 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% AND STAY ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT. 31:48.240 --> 31:50.342 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% I THINK THIS QUESTION IS FOR YOU. 31:50.508 --> 31:53.445 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% TELL US WHAT YOU ARE WITH AND GIVE US YOUR QUESTION. 31:53.612 --> 31:59.217 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% I'M WITH THE LOUISIANA UNIFORM LOCAL SALES TAX BOARD. 31:59.383 --> 32:03.188 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% FAIRLY NEW CREATION OF LEGISLATURE WITH OUR MISSION 32:03.322 --> 32:08.693 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% BEING TO PROMOTE UNIFORM IN LOCAL SALES TAX. 32:08.860 --> 32:11.830 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% SALES TAX HAS BEEN MY AREA FOR OVER 30 YEARS. 32:11.997 --> 32:17.068 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO FACE IS LOCAL AND STATE 32:17.235 --> 32:27.312 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% COLLECTORS IS THE COMPLEXITY OF LOUISIANA SALES TAX LAW. 32:27.445 --> 32:33.785 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% THEY ARE OVER 200 EXEMPTIONS ON THE BOOKS. 32:33.952 --> 32:38.090 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% THOSE EXPECT BOTH IN STATE AND OUT OF STATE RETAILERS. 32:38.257 --> 32:41.127 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% THEY HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE. 32:41.293 --> 32:46.865 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% MY QUESTION IS WOULD RESET BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, IN 32:47.032 --> 32:51.803 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% GENERAL, SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD REQUIRE EXEMPTIONS TO 32:51.970 --> 32:57.475 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% BE REEXAMINED PERIODICALLY, TWO, THREE, FOUR YEARS. 32:57.642 --> 33:01.580 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% ONE, TO DETERMINE HAVE THEY PERFORMED WHAT THEIR ULTIMATE 33:01.747 --> 33:04.315 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% PURPOSE WAS? I THINK WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS 33:04.483 --> 33:07.718 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% 100 OF THOSE EXEMPTIONS. IT'S MIND-BOGGLING TO THINK 33:07.887 --> 33:13.925 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% THERE ARE 200 EXEMPTIONS BUT 100 OF THOSE ARE TEMPORARILY ASIDE. 33:14.092 --> 33:18.897 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% LET'S LET MS. CONNOWAY TRY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 33:19.063 --> 33:22.500 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% AND DR. RICHARDSON MAY HAVE IDEAS. 33:22.667 --> 33:29.073 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% I THINK THE ANSWER IS YES, ABSOLUTELY. 33:29.240 --> 33:33.712 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% SIMPLE TAX SYSTEM IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. 33:33.878 --> 33:38.883 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% DETAILED EXAMINATION BY THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES. 33:39.050 --> 33:44.188 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% AND I WOULD DISTINGUISH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN EXEMPTP 33:44.355 --> 33:50.928 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% GOES AND GENERALLY ACCEPTED WHAT IS GOOD OR BAD TAX POLICY. 33:51.095 --> 33:54.967 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% AN EXEMPTP GOES IN THE STATUTE AND 40 OTHER STATES DON'T EVER 33:55.133 --> 33:58.603 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% TAX THAT TO BEGIN WITH. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 33:58.770 --> 34:06.778 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% CERTAIN TYPE OF EXEMPTIONS. AND BEING MAYBE THESE ARE 34:06.945 --> 34:10.748 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% TAXABLE ITEMS. SOME ARE COMPETITIVE. 34:10.915 --> 34:14.452 position:22.02% line:84.67% size:55.95% HOW ABOUT YOU, DR. RICHARDSON? 34:14.620 --> 34:25.463 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% WE HAVE THE STATE HAS EXEMPTIONS OF ITS OWN AS WELL. 34:25.630 --> 34:28.867 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% AND THAT COMPLICATES THE WORLD A GREAT DEAL. 34:29.033 --> 34:33.372 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A CENTRALIZED SALES TAX. 34:33.538 --> 34:37.475 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% THAT MEANS EXEMPTIONS FOR THE STATE AND LOCALS ARE THE SAME. 34:37.642 --> 34:42.847 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% THE SAME TAX BASE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD LIKE. 34:43.015 --> 34:46.718 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% TO GET THERE, IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF WORK. 34:46.852 --> 34:50.755 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% AND NOT GOING TO BE DONE OVERNIGHT. 34:50.922 --> 34:56.395 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX YEARS TO DO IT WELL. 34:56.562 --> 35:00.232 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% WE AFFECT PEOPLE AND DON'T KNOW WE'RE AFFECTING. 35:00.398 --> 35:03.635 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% SOME MAY BE BETTER OFF. SOME LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MAY GET 35:03.802 --> 35:07.205 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% EXTRA MONEY. SOME MAY LOSE AND WE DON'T 35:07.372 --> 35:09.875 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% REALLY KNOW WHO THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, TO BE HONEST. 35:10.042 --> 35:12.710 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CROSS BETWEEN THE STATE AND LOCAL 35:12.877 --> 35:15.680 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% GOVERNMENT. THAT'S WHY I WANT TO CALL ON GUY 35:15.847 --> 35:18.350 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% RIGHT NOW TO JUMP INTO THIS PART OF THE CONVERSATION. 35:18.517 --> 35:22.287 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% TELL EVERYBODY WHO YOU ARE AND HIT US WITH A QUESTION. 35:22.453 --> 35:26.023 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% GUY CORMIER. I WAS A PAST PRESIDENT. 35:26.190 --> 35:29.862 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% I WORE THAT ELECTED HAT FOR A LITTLE BIT. 35:30.028 --> 35:36.968 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% AND LET ME SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THREE COMMITTEE OF 100 THE PAR 35:37.135 --> 35:40.305 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% AND CABLE FOR GETTING TOGETHER AND LOOK AT THE BOARD OF 35:40.472 --> 35:44.208 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% DIRECTORS AND LOOK AT TREMENDOUSLY TALENTED PEOPLE 35:44.375 --> 35:48.980 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% SERVING AND WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR LOUISIANA JUST LIKE MY FOLKS 35:49.147 --> 35:52.650 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% THAT SERVE. WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE 35:52.817 --> 35:56.253 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% CITIZENS OF LOUISIANA. BUT THIS CENTRAL SALES TAX 35:56.422 --> 35:59.925 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% COLLECTION ISSUE HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP TIME AND TIME AGAIN 36:00.092 --> 36:05.363 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% WHERE THERE'S REALLY NO -- JUST LIKE THIS, THIS COMMITTEE 36:05.530 --> 36:10.002 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% REPORT, THERE'S REALLY BEEN NO LOCAL INPUT FROM THE TAX 36:10.168 --> 36:16.140 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% COLLECTORS AND FROM THE SCHOOL BOARDS. 36:16.307 --> 36:23.782 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% THERE'S BEEN NO PARTICIPATION IN GETTING WHAT WE NEED. 36:23.948 --> 36:31.222 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% WE HAVE A REVENUE ESTIMATING CONFERENCE THAT'S SET. 36:31.390 --> 36:36.428 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% WE NEED TO HAVE A TAX EXEMPTP GOES REVENUE THAT OFTEN MAYBE 36:36.595 --> 36:46.505 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% MEETS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS TO REVIEW THESE THINGS. 36:46.672 --> 36:50.542 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% WE NEED TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT ALL THE EXEMPTIONS. 36:50.708 --> 36:56.515 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% GO AHEAD, DR. RICHARDSON. WE DO LOOK AT THE INVESTMENT 36:56.682 --> 36:58.983 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% EXPENDITURE IN TERMS OF THE CREDITS WE GIVE. 36:59.150 --> 37:02.887 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% BUT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE -- ONCE THEY ARE IN STATUTE, THEY ARE 37:03.055 --> 37:05.190 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% LAW. SO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE 37:05.357 --> 37:09.293 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% CREDIT IF YOU WANT TO OR IF THAT FITS YOUR PARTICULAR FINANCIAL 37:09.460 --> 37:11.963 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% SITUATION. I THINK IN THE ELEMENT, I AGREE 37:12.130 --> 37:17.735 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% ON THE EXEMPTIONS. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF STEADY 37:17.902 --> 37:21.338 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% COMMITTEES AND ALMOST EVERY ONE YOU HAVE WILL TELL YOU GET THE 37:21.507 --> 37:27.378 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% EXEMPTIONS OUT OF THE WAY AND GET THE RATE AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. 37:27.545 --> 37:31.450 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% ALMOST EVERY ECONOMIST WILL TELL YOU THAT. 37:31.617 --> 37:34.252 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% DOESN'T MATTER. THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO. 37:34.385 --> 37:40.892 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% AND WE TRY TO DO THAT. AGAIN, THE EXEMPTIONS, SOMEBODY 37:41.025 --> 37:46.430 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% LIKES THEM. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE 37:46.598 --> 37:49.768 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% THE FACT WE HAVE THE THIRD HIGHEST STATE AND LOCAL SALES 37:49.935 --> 37:52.737 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% TAX. WE'RE REALLY TIED FOR FIRST TO 37:52.903 --> 38:01.613 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% BE HONEST. LET'S BRING A BUSINESS 38:01.780 --> 38:04.582 position:20.16% line:84.67% size:59.68% PERSPECTIVE IN. I'M WAYNE BROWN. 38:04.748 --> 38:08.987 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% I'M A BUILDER DEVELOPER. WE'RE ALMOST A 50-YEAR OLD 38:09.153 --> 38:10.788 position:24.82% line:84.67% size:50.35% COMPANY. WE WORK STATEWIDE. 38:10.955 --> 38:14.725 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% SO ALL THESE REFORMS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO US. 38:14.893 --> 38:17.762 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% I ALSO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE OF 100. 38:17.928 --> 38:19.530 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING THIS. 38:19.697 --> 38:23.635 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% WE APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT AND LPB PUTTING ON THIS PROGRAM 38:23.802 --> 38:26.070 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% FOR INFORMATION. I'M ENCOURAGED BY ALL THE 38:26.237 --> 38:28.740 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% SUPPORT I'M HEARING FROM THE GROUP ON THESE REFORMS THAT 38:28.907 --> 38:32.777 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% WE'RE ALL WORKING WITH PAR AND CABLE ON. 38:32.943 --> 38:40.152 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% ALSO SERVE AS BOARD MEMBER FOR THE LSU BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. 38:40.318 --> 38:42.987 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% HIGHER EDUCATION HADN'T BEEN MENTIONED BUT I'D LIKE TO BRING 38:43.155 --> 38:45.523 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% THAT UP. I'M VERY HOPEFUL WE COULD 38:45.690 --> 38:50.928 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% RESTORE OUR FUNDING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION WHERE WE WERE IN THE 38:51.095 --> 38:58.437 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% MIDDLE OF SEC WITH OUR STATE CONTRIBUTIONS TO HIGHER 38:58.603 --> 39:02.507 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% EDUCATION. I THINK ALONG WITH MISSISSIPPI. 39:02.673 --> 39:05.243 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT. AND THERE ARE SUCH NEEDS IN OUR 39:05.410 --> 39:08.447 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% STATE. WE'RE DOING A LOT WITH WHAT WE 39:08.613 --> 39:12.050 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% HAVE. LET'S BRING THE ACC, ATLANTA 39:12.217 --> 39:23.295 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% KOEFLT CONFERENCE INTO THAT. WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THE 39:23.462 --> 39:26.765 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% LEGISLATURE WHERE THEY CAN WORK IN A BIPARTISAN WAY TO FUND OUR 39:26.932 --> 39:29.400 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% HIGHER EDUCATION AND TAKE CARE OF OUR BUILDINGS? 39:29.567 --> 39:32.837 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% WE HAVE HUGE AMOUNTS OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. 39:33.003 --> 39:34.805 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THAT'S RIGHT. 39:34.973 --> 39:39.243 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% I THINK AS YOU'VE SEEN THE FISCAL OUTLOOK IMPROVE, THERE 39:39.410 --> 39:43.548 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% HAS BEEN BYPARTISAN SUPPORT TO FUND HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE 39:43.715 --> 39:46.150 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% NEEDS WE HAVE. I'M OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 245. 39:46.317 --> 39:50.788 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% WHAT YOU SEE MORE OFTEN IS LOOKING FOR BETTER OUTCOMES AT 39:50.955 --> 39:55.360 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% THE SAME TIME. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR HIGHER 39:55.527 --> 39:58.230 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% GRADUATION RATES WHERE THEY CAN GO TO A JOB RIGHT AWAY. 39:58.397 --> 40:02.233 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% WHAT I'M ENCOURAGED ABOUT IS TO SEE THE BOARD AND OTHERS REALLY 40:02.400 --> 40:05.470 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% TAKE THE LEAD. OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM 40:05.637 --> 40:08.773 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% TRYING VERY INNOVATIVE THINGS PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT TO TRY 40:08.907 --> 40:12.610 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF WORK BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM, GET A SKILL, 40:12.777 --> 40:15.880 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% GET A CREDENTIAL, GET A DEGREE THAT'S GOING TO PUT THOSE FOLKS 40:16.047 --> 40:20.285 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% TO WORK. WE HAVE A LOT TO BE OPTIMISTIC 40:20.452 --> 40:23.422 position:20.16% line:84.67% size:59.68% ABOUT. THE BOARD OF REGENTS JUST 40:23.555 --> 40:36.300 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% RELEASED LONG-TERM STRATEGY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE ECONOMIC 40:36.467 --> 40:40.338 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% BASE. HERE WE HAVE A RATING AGENCY 40:40.505 --> 40:43.975 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% THAT RATES OUR BONDS THAT'S LOOKING AT OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM 40:44.142 --> 40:48.880 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% AND SAYING THAT'S AWESOME, KEEP IT UP. 40:49.047 --> 40:52.683 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% 60% IS A BIG NUMBER. IF YOU CAN ACHIEVE THAT, IT'S 40:52.850 --> 40:57.488 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I READ THAT REPORT AND IT HAD 40:57.655 --> 41:04.428 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% A FEW THINGS TO SAY. ISN'T TOO HAPPY ABOUT THAT. 41:04.595 --> 41:07.732 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% ERIC, TELL US WHERE WE ARE ON THE OUTLOOK AT THAT. 41:07.865 --> 41:10.502 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% WE HAD A PARTICULAR APPROACH TRYING TO GENERATE MORE ACTIVITY 41:10.668 --> 41:13.572 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% FOR ROADS AND BRIDGES. TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THAT. 41:13.738 --> 41:20.745 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% WELL, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT WAS 1984 WHEN IT WAS 41:20.878 --> 41:27.585 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% PASSED FOR ROADS AND BRIDGES. AND IT WAS BASICALLY BY THE SIX 41:27.752 --> 41:29.820 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% SENSE. WE HAVE 39,000 LANE MILES IN OUR 41:29.987 --> 41:32.390 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% STATE. WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN IT WITH 41:32.557 --> 41:35.027 position:20.16% line:84.67% size:59.68% 6 CENTS. WE FORMED THE LOUISIANA 41:35.193 --> 41:42.767 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% COALITION TO FIX OUR ROADS. BASICALLY, AT THIS POINT, ABOUT 41:42.900 --> 41:45.337 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% 100 BUSINESSES HAVE BANNED TOGETHER. 41:45.503 --> 41:49.840 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% WE'RE 48TH IN THE COUNTRY. THIS YEAR ALONE, 37 BRIDGES ARE 41:50.007 --> 41:51.342 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% CLOSED. BRIDGES CLOSED FROM LAST YEAR 41:51.508 --> 41:53.978 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% AND THE YEAR BEFORE. NOT JUST BRIDGES CLOSED. 41:54.145 --> 41:57.548 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% A LOT OF BRIDGES REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT YOU COULD PUT 41:57.715 --> 41:59.617 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% ON THEM. FOR SOME BUSINESSES, THOSE 41:59.783 --> 42:02.953 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% BRIDGES ARE CLOSED. ABSOLUTELY YOU ARE RIGHT. 42:03.120 --> 42:06.323 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% THE ROAD CAPACITY HAS BEEN DECREASED. 42:06.490 --> 42:09.393 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% OUR CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS, THESE SCHOOL BUSES 42:09.560 --> 42:14.132 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% HAVE TO GO AN HOUR OUT OF THEIR WAY AND COMING BACK. 42:14.298 --> 42:17.768 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% DO YOU WANT YOUR CHILD ON THAT SCHOOL BUS? 42:17.935 --> 42:20.905 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% WE HAVE HAD BRIDGES FAILED THIS YEAR. 42:21.038 --> 42:26.477 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% THE COALITION GET TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH IDEAS AND 42:26.643 --> 42:29.813 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% SOLUTIONS. HOW DIRE AND HOW BAD OUR ROADS 42:29.947 --> 42:35.487 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% AND CONDITIONS. WE'RE DOING A STATEWIDE EFFORT. 42:35.653 --> 42:39.690 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% I'LL LET DOREEN OR CHANCE JUMP IN HERE ON THIS ISSUE. 42:39.857 --> 42:43.928 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% I DROVE TO TEXAS RECENTLY AND, MY GOSH, TOLLS EVERYWHERE. 42:44.062 --> 42:46.730 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% AND THEY ARE NOT JUST PAYING FOR THE ROAD YOU ARE ON. 42:46.898 --> 42:50.135 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% JUST GETTING REVENUE FROM YOU FOR THAT WHOLE REGION. 42:50.302 --> 42:54.205 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% I WAS IN ORLANDO RECENTLY AND ALMOST EVERY MAJOR ROAD HAS A 42:54.338 --> 42:57.375 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% TOLL ON IT. WHY NOT TOLLS IN LOUISIANA? 42:57.542 --> 43:00.912 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% HOW WOULD THAT WORK? I WONDER IF CHANCE AND DOREEN 43:01.078 --> 43:05.450 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% MAY HAVE THOUGHTS ON THAT. I'D BE HAPPY TO GO FIRST. 43:05.617 --> 43:09.820 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% WITH RESPECT TO TOLLING, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TRAFFIC VOLUME TO 43:09.987 --> 43:12.990 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% GENERATE SUFFICIENT DOLLARS TO BUILD STRUCTURES IN LOUISIANA 43:13.157 --> 43:18.228 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE LOCATIONS, PERHAPS A NEW I-10 BRIDGE IN 43:18.362 --> 43:22.100 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% LAKE CHARLES. WE'RE LIMITED AS FAR AS WHERE 43:22.267 --> 43:27.605 position:23.89% line:84.67% size:52.22% TOLLING COULD HELP FINANCE A 43:27.738 --> 43:29.473 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% STRUCTURE. FROM A TRUCKING PERSPECTIVE, WE 43:29.640 --> 43:32.443 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% OPPOSE TOLLS. EVEN AMONG THE ADVOCATES, 43:32.610 --> 43:36.780 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% THERE'S DISAGREEMENT OVER THAT. FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, TOLLING IS 43:36.948 --> 43:40.585 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% NOT THE MOST CONSERVATIVE APPROACH. 43:40.752 --> 43:47.558 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% YOU HAVE TO PAY BACK A PRIVATE INVESTOR. 43:47.725 --> 43:51.128 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% SEEMS TO BE SPREADING IN A LOT OF OTHER STATES. 43:51.295 --> 43:55.032 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% I THINK WHERE LOUISIANA IS LOOKING NOW ARE ALTERNATIVE 43:55.200 --> 44:00.605 position:37.1% line:79.33% size:25.79% METHODS FOR FUNDING. LOOKING AT PUBLIC PRIVATE 44:00.772 --> 44:03.273 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% PARTNERSHIPS WHICH RELY ON TOLLS. 44:03.407 --> 44:08.445 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% LOOKING AT USAGE FEE. GOT TO BE A SOURCE OF FUNDING 44:08.613 --> 44:12.583 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% THAT'S SUSTAINABLE. THERE'S BEEN GREAT EFFORT TO PUT 44:12.750 --> 44:17.055 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% SOME SURPLUS DOLLARS TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. 44:17.222 --> 44:19.090 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% BUT THAT'S JUST NIBBLING AROUND THE EDGES. 44:19.257 --> 44:23.293 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% NOT GOING TO BUILD A BRIDGE ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI. 44:23.427 --> 44:27.398 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% NOT GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE TUNNEL. 44:27.565 --> 44:33.872 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% AND I THINK THE STATE AND DOTD IS TRYING TO GET CREATIVE AND 44:34.038 --> 44:38.008 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% STILL GOING TO REQUIRE SOME REVENUE SOURCE. 44:38.175 --> 44:40.978 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% WE DON'T WANT TO DO WHAT WE'VE DONE. 44:41.145 --> 44:45.917 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% $12 BILLION BACKLOG ON CURRENT PROJECTS AND $15 BILLION WE NEED 44:46.083 --> 44:48.753 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% FOR NEW PROJECTS. WE DON'T WANT TO BUILD THINGS WE 44:48.920 --> 44:51.255 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% CAN'T TAKE CARE OF. WHAT WE HAVE IS OLD AND AGING 44:51.422 --> 44:54.292 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% AND NEEDS WORK. PLUS, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF WE 44:54.458 --> 44:58.697 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% DON'T HAVE 245 WE NEED TO HAVE. ERIC, YOU WANT TO CLOSEOUT? 44:58.830 --> 45:02.400 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% TO THOSE POINTS, WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE WE'VE HAD A SURPLUS. 45:02.567 --> 45:07.072 position:23.89% line:84.67% size:52.22% LOUISIANA, WE FAILED TO MAKE 45:07.205 --> 45:09.140 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% MATCH. WE LOSE $700 MILLION FROM THE 45:09.307 --> 45:11.275 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. NEXT YEAR WITH THE DOLLARS THAT 45:11.442 --> 45:19.350 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% ARE GENERATED, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RELY ON THE PLAN. 45:19.483 --> 45:22.620 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% $780 MILLION AND WE WERE FORTUNATE THIS PAST YEAR THAT WE 45:22.787 --> 45:27.325 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET OTHER STATE'S DOLLARS. 45:27.492 --> 45:33.030 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% BUT IT'S A BAND-AID APPROACH. $26 BILLION PROBLEM. 45:33.197 --> 45:38.435 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% THE P3s, ALL THOSE ARE GREAT. BUT TIME TO RESET AND LOOK AT 45:38.603 --> 45:40.272 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% THIS. IT'S BEEN 35 YEARS AND TIME WE 45:40.438 --> 45:44.008 position:37.1% line:79.33% size:25.79% DO SOMETHING. IT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO 45:44.142 --> 45:47.078 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% GET -- GETS US BACK TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE. 45:47.245 --> 45:50.147 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% IT GETS US BACK AND PULLS US OFF OF 48. 45:50.315 --> 45:55.853 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED A RESET. HOW ABOUT MR. ROBERT BURNS UP 45:56.020 --> 45:57.688 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% HERE. YOU'VE BEEN AN OBSERVER OF THE 45:57.855 --> 45:59.657 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% POLITICAL SCENE FOR A GOOD LONG WHILE. 45:59.823 --> 46:02.493 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF AND GIVE THE PANEL A QUESTION. 46:02.660 --> 46:05.630 position:22.02% line:84.67% size:55.95% I HAVE BEEN. I'M ROBERT BURNS. 46:05.797 --> 46:09.567 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% I'M A VIDEO BLOGGER FROM THE VIDEO BLOG SOUND OFF LOUISIANA. 46:09.733 --> 46:18.475 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% WELCOME ANYBODY TO GO VISIT IT. LOUISIANA RANKS NEAR THE TOP OF 46:18.643 --> 46:21.445 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% LICENSING FOR LOW WAGE OCCUPATIONS. 46:21.612 --> 46:27.085 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% ONLY STATE TO LICENSE FLORISTS. ONE OF THREE STATES TO LICENSE 46:27.252 --> 46:30.655 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% INTERIOR DESIGNERS. THE INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE WHICH 46:30.822 --> 46:34.958 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION IN VIRGINIA WHICH REGULARLY SUES 46:35.125 --> 46:39.197 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% STATE BODIES OVER INFRINGEMENTS OVER THE RIGHTS TO MAKE A LIVING 46:39.363 --> 46:42.767 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% HAVE SUED THE BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS TO OVERSEE THE 46:42.933 --> 46:47.805 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% LICENSING. AND MOST RECENTLY SUED THE 46:47.938 --> 46:50.775 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% COSMETOLOGY BOARD WHICH REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE 500 HOURS AND 46:50.942 --> 46:53.610 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% THERE'S NO SCHOOL THAT EVEN OFFERS THE PROGRAM EXCEPT FOR 46:53.778 --> 46:59.150 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% ONE IN MONROE. SO I'D LIKE TO ASK THE PANEL HOW 46:59.317 --> 47:03.353 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% MUCH FOCUS DO YOU THINK NEEDS TO BE PLACED IN THE UP COMING 47:03.520 --> 47:07.258 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% FUTURE SESSION, FUTURE GOVERNOR TOWARD ROLLING BACK MANY OF 47:07.425 --> 47:10.995 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% THESE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS THAT IN REALITY DON'T PROTECT 47:11.162 --> 47:15.500 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% THE PUBLIC BUT SERVE AS BARRIERS TO ENTRY. 47:15.667 --> 47:20.772 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% THEY SUPPRESS UPWARD MOBILITY AND IN MANY INSTANCES, THEY 47:20.938 --> 47:23.808 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% CONSTITUTE TRADE UNIONS AND A RIGHT TO WORK STATE. 47:23.975 --> 47:30.915 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% AND THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND WHY DON'T WE LET ALLEY 47:31.082 --> 47:34.752 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% ANSWER THIS. THEY HAVE QUITE A FEW VIEWS ON 47:34.918 --> 47:37.155 position:22.02% line:84.67% size:55.95% THIS. AND I THINK HE CITED IT. 47:37.322 --> 47:42.760 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% THE ARCH BRIDGE INSTITUTE DID A STUDY IN TERMS OF LOW WAGE 47:42.927 --> 47:46.463 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE HOW IT AFFECTS UPWARDS MOBILITY. 47:46.630 --> 47:50.835 position:49.39% line:74% size:1.22% WHEN YOU ARE IN A STATE THAT HAS POVERTY RATES, SOME OF THE WORST 47:51.002 --> 47:55.607 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% IN THE NATION, YOU WOULD THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME CORRELATION 47:55.773 --> 47:59.377 position:27.62% line:84.67% size:44.76% THERE. WE'RE AN OUTLIAR. 47:59.543 --> 48:03.113 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% OF ALL THE THINGS YOU SEE IN THE LEGISLATURE, YOU WOULD THINK 48:03.280 --> 48:06.050 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% YOU'D BE ABLE TO REMOVE SOMETHING LIKE OCCUPATIONAL 48:06.217 --> 48:08.385 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% LICENSE FOR HAIR BRAIDING. WE HAVE SUPPORTED THAT 48:08.552 --> 48:12.590 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% LEGISLATION MULTIPLE YEARS IN A ROW AND IT HAS FAILED. 48:12.757 --> 48:17.328 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% ARBITRARY OBSTACLES TO EMPLOYMENT IS SOMETHING THE NEXT 48:17.495 --> 48:19.997 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% LEGISLATURE MUST ADDRESS. THERE'S NO GOOD REASON FOR THAT. 48:20.163 --> 48:23.802 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AREAS WHERE WE'VE WORKED ON THIS IS IN 48:23.968 --> 48:26.437 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% REENTRY. WHEN FORMER OFFENDERS ARE 48:26.603 --> 48:29.173 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% RE-ENTERING SOCIETY AND WE HAVE LICENSING BARRIERS ALL OVER THE 48:29.307 --> 48:31.275 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% PLACE, WE'RE SHOOTING OURSELVES IN THE FOOT. 48:31.408 --> 48:35.045 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% VERY SIMPLE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE SIMPLE THAT WHEN WE DO THIS 48:35.212 --> 48:38.282 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% RESET NEED TO BE PART OF THAT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 48:38.415 --> 48:41.785 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% CHALLENGING FACING PEOPLE ESPECIALLY ON LOW INCOME LEVEL. 48:41.952 --> 48:44.688 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% AND THERE'S A LOT OF CHALLENGES THEY FACE. 48:44.855 --> 48:50.862 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% JAMIE, WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOUR 48:51.028 --> 48:54.098 position:24.82% line:84.67% size:50.35% ORGANIZATION. JAMIE CARSON. 48:54.265 --> 48:57.802 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% IN LOUISIANA, THERE ARE WIDE DISPARITIES BETWEEN BLACK AND 48:57.968 --> 49:05.308 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% WIDE HOUSEHOLDS. MUCH IN THE SEGREGATION THAT 49:05.442 --> 49:07.110 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% CREATES OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR. 49:07.278 --> 49:13.117 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% I'M WONGEDERING WHAT CAN THE RESET AGENDA DO TO ADDRESS THIS 49:13.283 --> 49:15.118 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% ISSUE? MIKE, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE ON 49:15.285 --> 49:18.588 position:20.16% line:84.67% size:59.68% THAT QUESTION? THAT'S A BIG ONE. 49:18.722 --> 49:24.195 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% BECAUSE OF THE LEVELS OF POVERTY, IT COMES RIGHT BACK. 49:24.362 --> 49:27.365 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% POVERTY, EDUCATION, WORKFORCE, ALL OF IT. 49:27.532 --> 49:32.903 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS LEADING US TO HAVE A BETTER 49:33.070 --> 49:35.707 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE TO COMPETE. 49:35.873 --> 49:40.945 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% THAT'S WHAT IT IS. WE HAVE TO KEEP DOING WHAT YOU 49:41.112 --> 49:43.613 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% ARE SAYING AND THAT IS MAKING PEOPLE AWARE. 49:43.747 --> 49:47.385 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% GIVING PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE. 49:47.552 --> 49:50.788 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% OFFERING TO THE LEGISLATURE SOLUTIONS. 49:50.955 --> 49:53.823 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% DON'T JUST TELL THEM GO DO IT. BUT SOLUTIONS AND SUPPORT. 49:53.992 --> 49:56.893 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% THAT'S THE BIG THING WHEN WE DECIDED WE WERE GOING TO LAUNCH 49:57.060 --> 50:01.265 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% INTO THIS THING. FIRST, WE'RE NOT PARTISAN. 50:01.398 --> 50:04.702 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% WE WANT TO SEE GOOD THINGS DONE IN LOUISIANA AND WE WANT TO TELL 50:04.868 --> 50:09.073 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% THE LEGISLATORS WE'RE GOING TO BE YOUR SUPPORTER. 50:09.240 --> 50:12.108 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU COVER. WE WANT YOU TO INTRODUCE BOTH 50:12.277 --> 50:15.780 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% THE BILLS, CALL OUT THE BILLS. DO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT NEED 50:15.947 --> 50:19.183 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% TO BE DONE TO MAKE THE CHANGES. THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING WE CAN 50:19.350 --> 50:22.953 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% DO IS TELL PEOPLE WHAT WE NEED, WHAT WE WANT TO SEE DONE AND 50:23.120 --> 50:25.188 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% HELP THEM OR GIVE THEM THE SOLUTIONS. 50:25.355 --> 50:31.195 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% AND YOU'VE GIVEN A LOT OF THOUGHT AND STUDY TO INCOME 50:31.362 --> 50:33.998 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% DISSPART. CAN YOU REFLECT ON THAT? 50:34.165 --> 50:43.440 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% FIRST; IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. 50:43.607 --> 50:48.345 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% IT MAY TAKE 20 YEARS. AND EVERYTHING WE'RE TALKING 50:48.512 --> 50:54.418 position:23.89% line:84.67% size:52.22% ABOUT TONIGHT, THE ROADS AND 50:54.552 --> 50:58.888 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% INFRASTRUCTURE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LONG-TERM GOALS, 50:59.057 --> 51:01.158 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% LONG-TERM OUTCOMES. WE BETTER BE PATIENT. 51:01.325 --> 51:04.728 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% IF WE THINK THAT THIS LEGISLATURE ITS FIRST TERM IN 51:04.895 --> 51:08.832 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% OFFICE IS GOING TO SOLVE ALL THESE PROBLEMS, WE'RE KIDDING 51:09.000 --> 51:11.268 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% OURSELVES. I THINK THE FIRST THING WE HAVE 51:11.435 --> 51:15.272 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% TO BE CAREFUL, IF WE DON'T STARTED TO, WE'LL NEVER GET 51:15.438 --> 51:17.308 position:21.09% line:84.67% size:57.81% THERE. NOTHING HAPPENS WHILE WE 51:17.475 --> 51:18.142 position:32.28% line:84.67% size:35.44% WAIT. THAT'S RIGHT. 51:18.308 --> 51:20.543 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% WE'VE GOT TO START. SOME OF THE THINGS MIKE'S 51:20.712 --> 51:22.847 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% TALKING ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL SIDE, THAT'S CRITICAL. 51:23.013 --> 51:27.250 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% THEN SOME OF THE 24I7KS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE, THE CRAZY 51:27.418 --> 51:32.757 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% RULES WE HAVE, WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT PRETTY FAST. 51:32.923 --> 51:35.860 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THE CRAZY RULES QUICKLY. 51:36.027 --> 51:37.562 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% WE HAVE TO HAVE THE POLITICAL WILL. 51:37.728 --> 51:44.535 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% WORKING WITH THE FLORIST OR THE BRAIDERS, THAT'S NOT GOING TO 51:44.702 --> 51:50.240 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% LOOK LIKE A HIGH-PROFILE ISSUE. JUST BARELY SNEAKING THROUGH AND 51:50.407 --> 51:54.212 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% EASY TO DEFEAT. FOCUSING ON OPPORTUNITIES, A 51:54.378 --> 51:58.715 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% LOT OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE HAVE 51:58.882 --> 52:02.753 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% THE OPPORTUNITIES. FOCUSING ON ANY INSTITUTIONS 52:02.887 --> 52:06.923 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% THAT HAVE BARRIERS, THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO LOOK AT. 52:07.090 --> 52:13.363 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% INSTITUTIONS IN ALL THEIR FORMS AND DIG IN AND BE AWARE OF. 52:13.530 --> 52:19.070 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 52:19.237 --> 52:21.638 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% JOHN GALLAGHER TALK A LITTLE BIT. 52:21.805 --> 52:23.473 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE STATE VIEW. 52:23.640 --> 52:26.577 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% WHEN I TRAVEL AROUND THE STATE, THERE ARE CITIES THAT ARE REALLY 52:26.743 --> 52:31.615 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% DOING PRETTY WELL. AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER TOWNS 52:31.782 --> 52:37.555 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% REALLY STRUGGLING. I WONDER IF THAT'S THE FUTURE. 52:37.722 --> 52:40.692 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% FOR THESE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE LOCAL AREAS AROUND THE 52:40.858 --> 52:44.362 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% STATE. WONDER IF YOU CAN REFLECT ON 52:44.528 --> 52:47.197 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% THAT. WE HAVE SOME DOING VERY WELL. 52:47.365 --> 52:51.535 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% WE HAVE SOME THAT/OWE SOMETIMES I SEE IT AS NO FAULT OF THEIR 52:51.668 --> 52:55.005 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% OWN. SOME BACK INTO THE 70s AND 80s 52:55.172 --> 52:57.675 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% THAT WERE JUST BLOWING AND GOING. 52:57.842 --> 53:03.313 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% AND WHEN I-49 CAME ALONG, IT WAS REROUTED AWAY AND TOOK THE 53:03.480 --> 53:08.185 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% LIFEBLOOD OUT OF THOSE WHEN THE INDUSTRY WENT DOWN AND MILL 53:08.318 --> 53:13.823 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% STARTED CLOSING. SPRING HILL IS AN EXAMPLE. 53:13.957 --> 53:16.460 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% AND A LOT IS THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. 53:16.593 --> 53:25.202 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% I HEAR THE LEGISLATURE. SMALL TOWNS NEED TO GO AWAY. 53:25.335 --> 53:32.075 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% I FIND HARD TO SWALLOW. WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT WHERE 53:32.242 --> 53:34.378 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% WE'RE TEAMING WITH A POD CAST COMPANY. 53:34.545 --> 53:39.317 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% GOING TO START FEATURING THE SMALL TOWNS. 53:39.483 --> 53:44.755 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% WHAT'S THE KEY TO SUCCESS FOR THESE SMALL TOWNS? 53:44.922 --> 53:51.062 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% I HEAR YOU ARE TAKING AWAY FROM THEM. 53:51.228 --> 53:56.267 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% YOU ARE SEEING A LOT OF THE FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE AND 53:56.433 --> 53:59.537 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% WORKING WITH THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE AND 53:59.703 --> 54:02.907 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% WE'RE WORKING WITH A LOT OF THESE SMALLER COMMUNITIES, 54:03.073 --> 54:08.112 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% SMALLER WATER SYSTEMS ABOUT CONSOLIDATING AND HELPING THEM 54:08.278 --> 54:13.983 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% WORK THROUGH THE USDA. IS THE STATE DOING ENOUGH? 54:14.152 --> 54:20.023 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% I THINK THE STATE -- I DON'T THINK WE CAN JUST SAY HEY STATE. 54:20.190 --> 54:25.362 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% I THINK THE LOCALS NEED TO AND WE NEED TO AS A GROUP LOOK AND 54:25.528 --> 54:30.902 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% CONSIDER IF YOU NEED TO RAISE YOUR WATER RATES, I KNOW USDA 54:31.035 --> 54:34.138 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% GETTING THE GRANTS IN ORDER TO APPLY, YOU HAVE TO RAISE YOUR 54:34.305 --> 54:36.873 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% WATER RATES AND LOOK AT CONSOLIDATION. 54:37.040 --> 54:42.178 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% AND WE'RE WORKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON PROGRAMS TO TRY 54:42.345 --> 54:47.818 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% TO GET -- THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES YESTERDAY 54:47.985 --> 54:54.858 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% ABOUT RURAL COMMUNITIES. YOU SEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 54:55.025 --> 55:02.265 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% CHALLENGE IN RURAL AREAS. FROM MY INDUSTRY, WE'RE 55:02.432 --> 55:05.102 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% TRYING TO FIND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS. 55:05.268 --> 55:09.873 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT FINANCING AND WHAT SYSTEMS CAN 55:10.040 --> 55:13.277 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% DO. CUTTING EDGE THAN AN INVESTMENT 55:13.443 --> 55:17.615 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% EARLY ON CAN REAP BENEFITS LONG-TERM SO YOU ARE NOT HAVING 55:17.782 --> 55:21.652 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% SO MUCH MAINTENANCE. WE HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF 55:21.818 --> 55:23.653 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% TIME. ONE SENTENCE TO CLOSEOUT WHAT IS 55:23.820 --> 55:28.792 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% THE ONE THING YOU WANT EVERYBODY TO TAKE AWAY FROM TONIGHT. 55:28.958 --> 55:33.063 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% MICHAEL, GO. THEY GOT TO ASK THEIR ELECTED 55:33.230 --> 55:36.967 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% OFFICIALS WHERE DO YOU STAND ON THESE FOUR ISSUES AND WHAT CAN 55:37.100 --> 55:40.037 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% YOU DO? WHAT SMALL TOWNS AND LARGE 55:40.203 --> 55:43.573 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% TOWNS NEED ARE JOBS. THAT'S LOOKING FOR KIDS HERE 55:43.740 --> 55:47.043 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% WHERE THEY CAN FIND A JOB. DR. RICHARDSON. 55:47.210 --> 55:49.347 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% EVERY PROBLEM WE HAVE IS NOT SOMETHING CREATED IN THE LAST 55:49.480 --> 55:53.617 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% YEAR OR TWO YEARS. IT'S BEEN CREATED OVER 20 YEARS, 55:53.750 --> 55:56.520 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% 30 YEARS OR 40 YEARS. IT'S GOING TO TAKE THAT LONG TO 55:56.687 --> 56:00.357 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% SOLVE THEM. WE NEED TO BE INNOVATIVE, ON THE 56:00.490 --> 56:04.395 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% GO, START RIGHT NOW AND NEED TO BE PATIENT. 56:04.562 --> 56:07.665 position:20.16% line:84.67% size:59.68% CAN HE CAN'T KEEP BLAMING ALONG. 56:07.832 --> 56:12.837 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% I DIDN'T GO BACK THAT FAR. AGAIN, THE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN 56:13.003 --> 56:16.140 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% AROUND FOREVER. WE STARTED THE CONVERSATION. 56:16.307 --> 56:23.347 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% WE NEED TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION IN FRONT OF OUR LECTED 56:23.513 --> 56:24.080 position:35.08% line:84.67% size:29.84% OFFICIALS. OKAY. 56:24.248 --> 56:27.017 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% WE'VE RUN OUT OF TIME FOR OUR QUESTION AND ANSWER SEGMENT. 56:27.150 --> 56:36.260 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% WE'D LIKE TO THANK OUR PANELISTS, MR. OLIVIAE, MS. 56:36.427 --> 56:37.795 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% CONNOWAY. WHEN WE COME BACK, A FEW CLOSING 56:37.962 --> 56:38.828 position:41.61% line:84.67% size:16.79% COMMENTS. 56:49.540 --> 56:54.745 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% A WONDERFUL CONVERSATION. I THINK WE ALL NEED PATIENCE. 56:54.912 --> 56:56.580 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% SOMETHING I'M SHORT OF MOST OF THE TIME. 56:56.747 --> 56:58.548 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% WE HAVE A PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION. 56:58.715 --> 57:01.252 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% NO FIGHTS BROKE OUT. IT WAS PRETTY GOOD DEAL. 57:01.418 --> 57:03.987 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% ABSOLUTELY. 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