mayor brede. >> we all know it is very difficult. one example i have that has really worked well for us. senator amy klobuchar that we have. she is doing a fantastic job. the catholic sisters in rochester took on the whole issue of human trafficking with young girls -- mainly young girls. they had a whole seminar on it that i participated in, and i did say to the sisters -- you have to remember, this is a lutheran kid talking to the sisters, too, so that was interesting for me, but i said, "let me talk to our senator." klobuchar,obal when she first came to office, she told her staff person shenever rochester wan something or the mayo clinic wants something, you better be there and let me know, so we have that good relationship with one senator, anyway, but i told her staff person and he immediately talked to her, and she has been back with me, and she is introducing some legislation to really facilitate and help with that whole problem, so there are sometimes those rays of hope that come from good relationships that you do have, but

mayor brede, you mentioned great relationships.i would be remiss if i didn't mention this, i'm joined with longtime serving councilperson who served as council president, somerville. i would describe it that we had a relationship that went beyond tolerance. most mayors just sort of tolerance the council members. he was one my best friends and now works as planned direct and it's done a great job. when we look at some these issues one of the things i think to understand is it is difficult, more difficult i would argue to change the minds of people who have a whole life experience and have this hate built in than it is our youth. someone once said that you were not born with prejudice. you learn those from wrong expenses, wrong education. what we did was create a youth leadership program called peacemakers, and advice on people, high school age, to come in and learn more about their community and how they can serve. when we get people engaged to learn more about how government works and accepting of their role as citizens, mayor fisc