i'm not throwing sunapee under the bus -- it's funny you come from sunapee, it's a great town but they can never quite figure it out. we invested in local theaters, we rebuilt local theaters during covid because we were basically open when everyone else shut down. we invested our dollars back into business and cities and towns. it's a hugely important effort. that's kind of my key argument with what's happening in washington. washington is not in charge of the government, the states are. the 50 states are. they should have the final say. if the government wants to give grants and opportunity, great, if it to california and let california do what they want with it. give it to new hampshire. it wasn't designed to be everybody is the same. this isn't a democracy, it's a republic. democracy is the act of voting but we live in a republic where states and local should have more control, the control should decrease up the ladder and that's why new hampshire is successful. i have republicans try to pass a bill especially after covid, they said if local school boards do xyz, we will tell them t

sunapee just couldn't get their act together. i'm not blaming them but there is a local battle issue going on there. a lot of folks didn't want that boat ramp because they didn't want tourists from the outside coming in. if they rebuild it, the public has to have access. rich guys on the lake, there is a lot of them in sunapee by the way, they didn't want the public to have access. i'm all for giving grants but the locals have to figure out how to do it. in that example, there were others, i'm not throwing sunapee under the bus -- it's funny you come from sunapee, it's a great town but they can never quite , figure it out. i did a program where we invested in local theaters, we rebuild all the local theaters during covid because we were basically open when everyone else shut down. we had good guidelines and rules. we invested our dollars back into business and cities and towns. it's a hugely important effort. that's kind of my key argument to what's happening in washington now. federalism guys. washington is not in charge of the