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Talk-Line: State Rep. Brad Fritts on the veto session · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: It's time on this Friday for an interesting talk line
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  Speaker 1: on AM fourteen sixteen FM ninety five one wis and
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  Speaker 1: we have invited in our good friend from the seventy
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  Speaker 1: fourth District, our state representative joining us on this October
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  Speaker 1: the seventeenth Friday, live at the microphones for us this
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  Speaker 1: morning is our good friend, our state representative, Brad Fritz,
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  Speaker 1: joins us live here at Wixon. Good morning, sir, Good
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  Speaker 1: morning Steve.
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  Speaker 2: Always great to be with you.
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  Speaker 1: It is nice to have you with us. I'm glad
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  Speaker 1: you're here. I'm I was overdo don't don't let Brad
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  Speaker 1: give us a call because we have no phone service.
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  Speaker 1: Don't don't, don't do do, don't do this, don't do
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  Speaker 1: this to be We already had Joan Padilla again, kind
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  Speaker 1: of had to delay our talk line with her because
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  Speaker 1: of our phone problems here, and I was just crossing
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  Speaker 1: my fingers hoping Brad is going to come in. He's
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  Speaker 1: not going to call us because we don't have any
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  Speaker 1: phone service at present time here at w ACCENT. Nice
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  Speaker 1: to see you, sir. We're going to bring everybody up
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  Speaker 1: to date on happenings as far as our seventy fourth
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  Speaker 1: district disconcerned. As we kind of tail out of this
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  Speaker 1: month of October, we're going to talk first of all
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  Speaker 1: about activity that you are taking party in at present time,
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  Speaker 1: and that is the fall veto session with our state legislature.
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  Speaker 1: Bring us up to do what's going on here.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, So every year we go back down in the
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  Speaker 2: fall for our fall veto session, and you know, typically
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  Speaker 2: we veto session is there to address any pieces of
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  Speaker 2: legislation that we're passed in the spring that the governor
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  Speaker 2: decided to give an a mandatory veto too where he
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  Speaker 2: suggests language for the law to be different, or an
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  Speaker 2: outright veto of the entire bill. As the governor is
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  Speaker 2: a member of our super majority party. You know, veto
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  Speaker 2: session has changed over the years. You know, you need
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  Speaker 2: he needs seventy one votes in order to override the governor.
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  Speaker 2: He needs seventy one votes to be able to pass
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  Speaker 2: any law outside of the January first to May thirty
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  Speaker 2: first time window, and right now our supermajority has seventy
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  Speaker 2: eight in it. So you know, unfortunately, this is going
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  Speaker 2: to be less of a veto session and more of
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  Speaker 2: a continuation of session. You know, Luckily there are moderate
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  Speaker 2: members of that caucus who who helped rein that in
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  Speaker 2: a little bit. But uh, you know, we'll continue to
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  Speaker 2: see what happens as we move forward here. We were
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  Speaker 2: just there for our first week of VETO session. I
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  Speaker 2: got home last night and uh, you know when I
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  Speaker 2: when I tell you it was a complete waste of
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  Speaker 2: time and taxpayer money, I I don't exaggerate that. Unfortunately.
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  Speaker 2: You know, there's a lot of issues that are hanging
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  Speaker 2: out there right now. There's energy policy issues, there's transit
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  Speaker 2: fiscal cliff and city which is a really really big deal,
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  Speaker 2: and there's pension questions lingering out there. I mean, we
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  Speaker 2: have a lot of issues that need to be tackled.
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  Speaker 2: And unfortunately, we didn't see any substantive bills like that
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  Speaker 2: on the House floor. All we saw was five anti
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  Speaker 2: President Trump resolutions that you know, spurred some healthy debate
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  Speaker 2: between both sides, but again really do nothing substantive at
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  Speaker 2: the end of the day. So it's uh, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's just frustrating to see that.
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  Speaker 1: Well, and it's and we were hoping, as you mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: Brad and I, all these energy issues have to do
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  Speaker 1: with down South. I understand, you know, the closing of
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  Speaker 1: coal powered plants and uh, and the energy peaking without
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  Speaker 1: any nuclear down south again, that that's has kind of
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  Speaker 1: sparked an issue as far as you know, maybe changing
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  Speaker 1: directions and maybe moving more towards nuclear and maybe you know,
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  Speaker 1: opening that up a little bit more. We were hoping
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  Speaker 1: for maybe some chalk in that regard because you know,
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  Speaker 1: people are going to be, you know, suffering through maybe
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  Speaker 1: some high energy bills, you know, especially with the winter coming, and.
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  Speaker 2: It's definitely down south in that MICEO network. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we have a lot of our coal fire power plants
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  Speaker 2: were down in that direction. You know, we're a little
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  Speaker 2: luckier up here in comment territory with having a pretty
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  Speaker 2: significant nuclear fleet, but you know, we've still seen it.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know about you, Steve, but my my electric
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  Speaker 2: bill at my place went through the roof this summer,
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  Speaker 2: even being a little bit better. But down in the
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  Speaker 2: central southern Illinois territories, it's out of control, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: there's been a lot of questions about what do you
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  Speaker 2: do with that. You know a lot of my colleagues
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  Speaker 2: want to push harder to get the solar up on
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  Speaker 2: the grid or what. But uh, you know, I think
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  Speaker 2: and not that it had anything to do with it.
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  Speaker 2: But this week, as we're debating these anti Trump resolutions
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  Speaker 2: capaw All, the power went out in the Capitol.
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  Speaker 1: Wow. Really? Why? Oh my goodness. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So we're sitting there looking around and I'm like, boy,
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  Speaker 2: oh boy, I don't I'm afraid this is if we
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  Speaker 2: don't get our energy policy at lie, this is what
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  Speaker 2: it's going to be like. Be it sitting in the
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  Speaker 2: dark for.
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  Speaker 1: Good Well, maybe maybe some message passed along there as
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  Speaker 1: far as this issue is concerned, you mentioned, you know,
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  Speaker 1: some some very important issues that really need to be
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  Speaker 1: resolved and really need to be discussed, and unfortunately things
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  Speaker 1: getting in the way as far as politics, it sounds
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  Speaker 1: like to me, bradig Oh.
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  Speaker 2: And then you know, the big one that we talk
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  Speaker 2: about is the RTA issue in Chicago, the regional transportation.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they're looking at a seven hundred million dollar cliff,
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  Speaker 2: and it's not like it's a one time band aid,
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  Speaker 2: it's a recurring cost that's going to be to the
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  Speaker 2: state or somebody. And so, you know, one of the
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  Speaker 2: things that was talked about this week is through a
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  Speaker 2: working group, is you know, what tax increase is going
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  Speaker 2: to be imposed in order to do it. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: Illinois taxpayers are being squeezed at every corner, whether it
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  Speaker 2: be their property taxes, I mean, income taxes, sales taxes,
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  Speaker 2: you name it. I mean we've we as the state government,
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  Speaker 2: have squeezed every ounce of everything out of our people.
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  Speaker 2: I'm you know, to talk about to talk about more
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  Speaker 2: taxes to find that transit. The bill that had passed
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  Speaker 2: through the Senate was this dollar fifty delivery tax and
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  Speaker 2: it applies everywhere in the state. And you know, I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to continue to push back on increases like that
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  Speaker 2: because it's not the responsibility of my constituents out here
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  Speaker 2: in real Illinois may or may not ever use that
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  Speaker 2: transportation system to foot the entire bill for us. You know,
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  Speaker 2: they have to have a little bit of their own
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  Speaker 2: responsibility in the game.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see what issues are discussed and hopefully something will
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  Speaker 1: come about. As our representative Bradfords out of Dixon is
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  Speaker 1: our guest today here at w ACCENT. Pushing ahead into
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  Speaker 1: the next legislative session, anything on preview, Brad, that you
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  Speaker 1: can tell us that you'll be working on, you know,
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  Speaker 1: as far as moving ahead into that next session is concerned,
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  Speaker 1: you know, as we get going in twenty twenty six.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we roll into twenty six, you know, we're going
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  Speaker 2: to continue to push initiatives that are important out here.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to continue to push hard on medicatory embursement
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  Speaker 2: rates to make sure that we can keep our rural
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  Speaker 2: hospitals afloat. We're going to keep pushing to make sure
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  Speaker 2: that the infrastructure dollars make it out here to rural Illinois.
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  Speaker 2: We want to make sure that the funding formula that
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  Speaker 2: was put in place is properly funded, to make sure
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  Speaker 2: that we have education funding out here in rural Illinois.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, these are all important things. As we move
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  Speaker 2: into the next budget year, it's going to be an
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  Speaker 2: election year, so they'll be all kinds of shenanigans. I'm
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  Speaker 2: sure going on with that, but you know, just pushing.
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  Speaker 2: You know, every bill I've ever worked with out here
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  Speaker 2: has been a local constituent initiative and so look forward
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  Speaker 2: to hearing those as we move forward, drafting legislation and
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  Speaker 2: doing whatever lifts we can in order to make things
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  Speaker 2: a little bit better for all of us out here
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  Speaker 2: in rural Illinois.
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  Speaker 1: Well, we hope to keep up to date with our
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  Speaker 1: state representative Brad Frids and his work a hit in
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  Speaker 1: the next legislative session. As he gives us a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of a preview here at Waxon before we let
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  Speaker 1: Brad go, and this is kind of an abbreviated talk
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  Speaker 1: line that we have scheduled with Brad today. First of all,
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  Speaker 1: I want to congratulate you. Congratulations. I understand that again
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  Speaker 1: wedding arrangements are now being planned by mister Fritz. And
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  Speaker 1: congratulations again on your engagement.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much, Steve.
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  Speaker 1: It is it is wonderful to hear. I'm not sure
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  Speaker 1: if I'm the first to you'll let everybody out there know,
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  Speaker 1: but mister Fritz is now engaged. Brad Fritz is engaged.
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  Speaker 1: He's off limits, folks. He's taken care of now. And
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  Speaker 1: the lovely ladies name once again, please you know what's
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  Speaker 1: your what's.
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  Speaker 2: Your Taylor Sutter lunch. She's a great girl and uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, look forward to starting our life together and
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  Speaker 2: that way.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely congratulates.
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  Speaker 2: Congratulations are also in order to you, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: as we wrap up here, this is one thing I
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  Speaker 2: want to talk about. You know, Steve, you've been on
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  Speaker 2: the radio here for forty five years. You've done amazing work.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, you've always brought all of us in
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  Speaker 2: throughout the years to talk about issues that are going
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  Speaker 2: on in the community, to keep us aware of community
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  Speaker 2: events going on, and you hardly ever make it about yourself,
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  Speaker 2: and so this is this is the time I want
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  Speaker 2: to make it a little bit about you. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: let you know what a hole you're going to leave
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  Speaker 2: here in the community. I'll tell you from when I
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  Speaker 2: you know, I'm twenty five now and I was, so
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  Speaker 2: I've was here more around more in the later half here.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, wasn't back in good old days in nineteen eighty Brad,
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  Speaker 1: Yeah that I got things rolling here.
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  Speaker 2: But but we h every morning I remember coming out
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  Speaker 2: for breakfast before I'd go to school and w I
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  Speaker 2: XN was always on and you were always a part
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  Speaker 2: of our of our kitchen table of every morning getting started.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, I'll tell you when I've gone to
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  Speaker 2: the house floor, I've debated all kinds of issues. But
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  Speaker 2: my very first interview coming in here, I'm like, oh
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  Speaker 2: my gosh, I get to meet the local celebrity and
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  Speaker 2: I'm like, I'm like getting all my talking points together.
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  Speaker 2: My heart's racing, and you know it's I came and
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  Speaker 2: sat down on this side of the table, and it's your,
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  Speaker 2: your same familiar voice, and you know you truly are
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  Speaker 2: family in each one of our homes, and you make
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  Speaker 2: it family here. So I just want you to know
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  Speaker 2: how missed you're going to be, what a hole you're leaving.
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  Speaker 2: But I look forward to hearing all the stories of
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  Speaker 2: the next chapter, what retirement's going to look like, and
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  Speaker 2: so I guess with that, I brought you a little
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  Speaker 2: certificate here from the House on behalf of on behalf
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  Speaker 2: of myself, the people of the seventy fourth District and
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  Speaker 2: our General Assembly. I want to congratulate you on forty
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  Speaker 2: five years of service here at the retirement certificate, and
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  Speaker 2: again wish you the best of luck as you move
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  Speaker 2: into your next chapter.
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  Speaker 1: This is this is amazing, and this is just this
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  Speaker 1: is again and this friends, by the way, unrehearsed. I
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  Speaker 1: did not know that this was going to come my way,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm speechless. Brad, I thank you so very much
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  Speaker 1: for recognizing me and taking me through again some interesting times.
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  Speaker 1: But you and I have talked about all of the
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  Speaker 1: issues and all of the happenings across our northern Illinois area.
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  Speaker 1: And this is just a pinnacle. This is this is
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  Speaker 1: really it, folks. I'm so proud to be a part
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  Speaker 1: of the community and proud to be a part of
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  Speaker 1: the state of Illinois and to have this honor. And Brad,
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  Speaker 1: I thank you so very much for recognizing me on this.
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  Speaker 1: It's it's it's it's something that I will cherish. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you very much.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, folks, this is the first to have it forty
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  Speaker 2: five years we've heard Steve Marco speak.
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  Speaker 1: That's right, that's right without it. This is very very
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  Speaker 1: this is unexpected and just a wonderful thing to have
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  Speaker 1: again sent to me. And and I, like I said,
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  Speaker 1: I did not know that this was going to come.
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  Speaker 1: I thought it was just going to be about you know,
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  Speaker 1: state House activities and all that, and here we are
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  Speaker 1: talking about myself and I don't want to talk about that.
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  Speaker 1: But thank you, Brett. This is exciting and I appreciate
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  Speaker 1: you recognizing me and and and having that.
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  Speaker 2: It comes with a catch though, when you're in retirement,
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  Speaker 2: let me know when we're going.
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  Speaker 1: All right there, you go, give you a call and
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  Speaker 1: we'll make it a date. That's right, We'll make it
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  Speaker 1: a date. Brat, I appreciate your time taking every time
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  Speaker 1: out in talking with me here at WIX and I
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  Speaker 1: know it's a busy schedule for you always and it
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  Speaker 1: continues to be a busy schedule with what you have
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  Speaker 1: going on right now. But I appreciate you visiting with
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  Speaker 1: us this morning and really, you know, making my day today. Really,
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  Speaker 1: it really has made my day today, and I thank
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  Speaker 1: you so very much for doing that for absolutely, thank you,
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  Speaker 1: and I thank you so very much. Hopefully we will
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  Speaker 1: not be again out of touch with our state representatives,
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  Speaker 1: especially Brad Fritz, and good friendly Eralina and all the
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  Speaker 1: rest joining me here at wix in. But again, Brad,
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  Speaker 1: it's been a good ride, and I thank you so
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  Speaker 1: very much for making it a part of the ride
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  Speaker 1: easier for me here at w ACCENT. Thanks for reading.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely Thanks Stive our seventy fourth District State Representative, Brad Fritz,
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