mr. wagner? >> the other piece of the answer to that question has to do with the timing under which the state finalized its budget. so just as we were waiting to hear news about whether the state was going to extend its sales tax while we were going to the process of our deadline to submit measures for the ballot, so were other counties. by the point in time where the state budget was finalized, i think in a lot of places it was too late for them to submit a measure for the ballot, had they wanted to. we started in this process earlier in the spring, initially with the understanding that we were not certain what the outcome of the state was going to be, but that we would have to spell that measure as a contingency. had we awaited the outcome of the state budget, we would have been late as well. so i think there may be a timing issue. and i think it is possible that you could see some actions by other counties that are similar, going forward once they have the time to develop this proposal. chairp

mr. wagner. thank you very much. thank you to the mayor's office for their help in preparing for this. i'd like to now open this up starting with reverend ames brown followed by low gordon, terry anders. i have some cards i'll read off for folks. >> thank you, mr. chairman. supervisor cohen, and others assembled, i'm aim yes, sir brown, president of the san francisco naacp. and i just want to simply say that, number one, the issue of incarceration in this nation will be at the top of the agenda at the naacp national convention in los angeles next week. number two, as we think about the topic, realignment, as it pertains to those inmates who are incarcerated from the state to the county, might i suggest that maybe he would do ourselves a favor by first having a realignment of our thinking. i want to recommend that everybody gets this book and reads it. chairman mirkarimi: "the new jim crow" right? great book. great book. >> my by she will alexander dealing with the mass incarceration in the age of so-called colorblindness. if we read it, it just might help our thinking on this issue. th

mr. wagner speak to the amendment if you would like, but we handed out copies. the amendment restructure's the timeline of the implementation so it is sensitive to all sides, stakeholders in this question. >> the amendment, and i have a copy so we can read it into the record if necessary -- as you say, the basic amendment

wagner for joining me. >> thank you. >>> let's talk to someone in the center. minnesota republican house majority leader matt dean. good evening, mran. >> good to be with you, reverend. >> good to be with you. >> governor dayton wants to increase taxes on people who make $1 million or more. that is a group that totals 7,700 people in his state of 5.3 million. that's 0.03% of the population. is it worst cutting programs for the vast majority of people in your state to the benefit of less than 8,000 people? >> reverend, actually our budget increase is about 6%, so unlike 29 other states, minnesota is fortunate in that we have a 6% increase. we have to fund or our priorities within those means. it's going to kill job. basically minnesotaens are like a lot of other folks across the country. we're fed up and tapped out, and we can't afford 25% government growth. folks are saying you have to live within your means, 6% should be enough. your budget proposal included a long-term a rirm that -- so why are you bringing all this -- that brings by the fiscal concerns of that? >> well, as mencken said, when they say it's not about the money, i