angeles. my dear friend katherine barger, holly mitchell, others.ent. [applause] >> you know, all of you have chosen, just like i have, to be the ones, to be the one who leans into imperfection. you know, it's a stormy time out there in our countryside and in our communities. a very stormy time. we sit here united in the purpose of counties as we deliver vital services and yet, the storm rages around us. as we sit here today and try and find ways to unify and bring our unified and purpose driven messages to the white house, to the halls of congress, to the agencies, let's also acknowledge and recognize that many people would rather have us sitting here and yelling at each other than figuring out solutions. all right. there's many people who, if we sit here, and we forge a hard rock solution, they would back home look at us and say, why did you do that? it's better for you to scream. better for you to yell. it better for you to be against. we are the ones who have to build the plans. we can't be always against everything. this world is fueled right n