first up, attorney ajay raju. good morning. >> morning. >> columnist and attorney christine flowers. >> good morning. >> good morning. attorney jim eisenhower. >> good morning, tam. >> if i need to lawyer up, i am good. [ laughter ] and communications executive -- do you have a law degree jeff jubelirer? >> i don't, but i play one on tv. >> [ laughs ] okay. >> if you have a problem with them, you come to me. >> all right. so, we just saw darrell clarke here talking about a number of things, starting with the budget, the hearings going into may. of course, funding for education, number one. do they get the $103 million that the mayor has asked for and who wins out on how they get there? >> well, you know, historically, mayor nutter has not been very successful at getting budgets passed. i chaired the pica board for the first five years of his term and i don't think he got a single budget passed. so, i think what the mayor has proposed is unlikely to be the final result, based on history. >> and, now, what the counc