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The Cunninghamy, Great America. Welcome
this Wednesday afternoon in the tricetate Red spaceball

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kicks off about two forty five perc
afternoon. I take belong to you who

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that is. They beat the Angels
three straight when one out of four at

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the Snakes now in San Francisco,
So if they win this afternoon, they

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would have gone five and five on
the ten game road trip, which is

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pretty good. But another hand,
they look terrible, can't score, lots

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of injuries. Back out at a
two forty five, then off tomorrow Thursday

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and four games against the Cubbies,
a double dip on Friday day night doubleheader,

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then back out at Saturday and Sunday, and so we'll see what happens.

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There are a game and a half
for two games out of the wild

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card, and they have the Cubs
in town this weekend. So if they

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sweep the Cubs, guess what,
the Reds are back in the playoffs.

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So we'll see what occurs. But
like many other Americans, I received my

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tax valuation increase on the modified palatial
state. We're up about forty percent,

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and I thought, who better to
talk about what's happening with the increased valuation

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of real estate, at least in
the state of Ohio. Is the great

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Bridget Kelly. She's the county auditor. She walks in the shoes of Dusty

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Rhodes and Bridget Kelly. Welcome again
to the Bill Cunningham Show. And Bridget,

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first of all, can you explain
to the American people why taxes,

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the tax evaluations and are going up
thirty to forty percent when many many Americans

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don't feel that's the case. Well, first of all, thank you so

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much for having me back. I
appreciate the invitation to join you. So

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I will say what we've sent out
to folks across the county are what's called

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tentative valuation notices. So they are
tentative and they happen to prove by the

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State of Ohio. And so we
do this actually as a service to taxpayers,

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so that we can be transparent about
our work and so the folks know

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what's going on in other counties.
You're a notice of your new value comes

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in the form of your tax bill, and so we think there's we think

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there's a better way to do business
than that. So the way the process

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works is, you know, the
state of Ohio, the Great State of

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Ohio, directs us to do our
re craisal every six years, with an

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update in between called the triennial.
They tell us how to do it,

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which is, we have to uniformly
value each parcel of property in Hamilton County,

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of which there are over three hundred
and fifty thousand, so we have

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to view each and every one of
those, and then we are directed by

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the state to submit to them tentative
values, which they either approve or not,

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and they have approved ours, and
that's what folks are getting in their

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mailboxes. But I think, much
like the palatial Cunningham states, folks are

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seeing increases in values all across the
state of Ohio. So it's not something

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that is exclusive to Hamilton County,
but rather something that's happening all over the

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state. And as I haven't been
in this issue for a little bit,

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it appears the state tax Commissioner is
the actual person. I think it's a

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woman that's a mic DeLine a point
d that kind of triggered the beginning of

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the process. And no one believes
that it's legitimate to say your value or

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your property one up forty percent in
the past one year. So for that

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person living in Arlington Heights or Deer
Park or Springfield Township or maybe Franklin County.

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Who's the auditor in Hamilton County,
it's you, bridget Kelly said at

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one up forty percent. No one
believes that happened. So what do you

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say to that person that says,
that's not right, that's not accurate,

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it's not true, and I don't
want to get in line to go through

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a long process of determining the actual
value. What do you say to that

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person that says, bridget Kelly,
that could not be the case. So

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we'd say a couple of things.
One, we want to make sure that

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people are aware of the process and
what's going on, which is why they

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get their tentative value notices. And
I'd also encourage your listeners to check out

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Hamilton County auditor dot org and look
at their property. Make sure we have

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all the information correct on that.
So another reason why we do this is

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to make sure that we are as
accurate as possible. The second thing I

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would say is folks will get their
final values at the end of the year,

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and if people think we miss the
mark, they can file in the

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Board of Revision and again that's a
resource that's available. They can see the

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process on our website Hamilton County auditor
dot org, including you know what types

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of evidence that they can bring in
to substantiate their claims. And the filing

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period for that is January first through
March thirty first of next year. That's

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stepped forth by statute. But I
will also say, you know, we've

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seen the biggest fluctuations in neighborhoods where
homeownership is accessible. We see flippers come

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in out of Saint landlords. We
have folks coming in to buy homes who

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may prefer to buy in one neighborhood, but it's out of reach for them.

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And so that's caught a lot of
pretty significant fluctuations in neighborhoods that were

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a little more accessible to people.
And the other thing, I would say,

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many many years ago, I represented
somebody who went through the border revision

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and it wasn't a big deal.
It's kind of informal, there's not a

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lot of rules of evidence. Three
persons sit there and they kind of ask

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you a few questions. You might
come in with your own appraisal, which

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is always lower than what the county
says, and then they generally lower it,

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but many times they don't. But
it's not a big deal to go

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down to I guess to the Todd
Port Tuon County Administration Building to have a

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little bit of a hearing. So
you would encourage people in between January and

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March of next year. If they're
still unhappy, they go ahead and file

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a piece of paper more or less
an appeal, and it may not be

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heard for six months to a year. But it's not a big deal,

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that's true. So the Board of
Provision is comprised of designates from the Auditor's

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Office, the Treasurer's office, and
as well as designates from the President of

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the Board of County Commissioners. And
again, if folks go to our website

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at Hamilton County auditor dot org,
you can see things you can bring in

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to your point an appraisal, assigned
estimate from a contractor similar sales, things

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like that. Now, if you
come in the Board of Provision and just

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say hey, I'm mad at you
because I think my taxes they're too high,

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that's probably not going to be sufficient
evidence for the board to find in

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your favor. But we have a
lot of experience folks on the board who

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take these things seriously, and you
know, it's their job to be fair

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and to consider the evidence that is
presented to them. I think the other

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really important thing for people to remember
is just because your value goes up by

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a certain percentage does not mean your
taxes will go up by that same percentage.

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So we get a lot of questions
from people that say, you know,

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well, the values in the county
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almost thirty three percent on average.
Does that mean I'll have a thirty three

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percent increase and my taxes in the
answer to that is no. The way

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that taxes are structured in Ohio and
the way that levies are calculated, they're

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guaranteeing to generate a certain amount of
money, but no more or no less

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than that. So it's possible we
have folks whose values go up and their

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taxes go up. It's possible we
have folks whose values go up and taxes

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stay about the same. It's sible
that values go down and taxes go up

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again because they have to fulfill the
obligations of those levies that were approved by

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voters and communities all across the county. And I'm glad you're brought up levees.

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One of the reason Tony Bender left
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point six million dollar estate and moved
to Boone County. It's because of all

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these damned levies we are supporting in
Hambleton County, all kinds of levies such

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as the zoo, Engagine care,
such as children's hospitals, such as you

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see medical center, such as the
meals on Wheels. There's no county,

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in the sound of my voice at
as many special levees as Hamblett County has.

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That's why many move out to Boone
County. What can we do to

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rain in the amount of money we
give to all these ten to twelve special

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levees that most of us vote against
but which they always pass. Well,

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folks and can look on our website
again at Hamilton County auditor dot org and

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click on the tax distributions tab and
see exactly you know where their tax that

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are going. So again, that's
something that we do in the interest of

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transparency. For levies that will be
on the ballot, there will be an

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estimate of what those will be per
hundred thousand dollars of valuation on our website

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here in a couple of weeks.
But you know, levies are decisions that

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are made by communities, and you
know, the state legislator has steadily scaled

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back the amount of funds that they
are giving to local communities. So it

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often gives people, you know,
no choice but to put a levy on

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the ballot. And ultimately it's the
people who live in that community, whether

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it's in the county or in a
smaller municipality anywhere throughout Hamilton County to make

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decisions about where they want to invest
their money. And so that's what happens

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when levies pass, is because you
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parks or a w rec center or
any number of things. So again,

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you know, it's just a really
challenging place for some of these local municipalities

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to be in because folks one amenities, they want nice neighborhoods, they want

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strong communities. But at the end
of the day, somebody's got to pay

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for it. Now, Bridget Kelly, you bring up the point the value

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of your property may have gone up
forty percent, but there's a specific dollar

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amount to be raised, like for
school taxes and school levies and so the

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amount you pay goes down because they
say the school system collects fifty million dollars

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and the value of property like in
Madera went way up. That doesn't mean

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that you're going to pay more in
taxes for the schools because the amount of

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money than on the tax duplicate is
going down because they value the property went

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up. Do I have that right
more or less? That's exactly correct.

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So the state has what's called reduction
factors. So if there is a fifty

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million dollars levey, that levy will
generate fifty million dollars regardless of the value

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of homes. And so you know, there are some communities that have a

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lot of new construction that's going to
have an impact. There are some communities

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where levies fall off, so that
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we get a lot of emails from
folks who say, what are my property

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taxes going to be? But we
unfortunately don't have a crystal ball in the

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auditor's office. And so until let
we know the disposition of the levies that

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are on the ballot in November,
and until we know the effective tax rates,

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which are again set by the State
of Ohio later this year, then

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we won't be able to tell people
what their tax obligation will be for the

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coming year. But again at the
end of the year, when folks have

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their final values, they'll be able
to see those on our website at Hamilton

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County Auditor dot org. Now,
Bridget Kelly, you spent a lot of

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years in Columbus. You're now the
Hamlety County Auditor walking in the boots of

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Dusty Rhodes, and there's been some
media reporting about your back surgery and about

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your cancer treatment. What can you
tell the American people about how you're doing

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physically. I am continuing to feel
well and feel strong. My back's feeling

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great thanks to doctor manear Tabusha,
and I'm going continuing to get my treatments

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doctor Rfon Furduc. Those two are
they have made it so that I can

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continue to be healthy and well.
And you know, just four tends to

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have good healthcare and a great support
system, so I can continue to go

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eat at Sorrento's Pizza and solve all
the world's problems with the folks in my

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life. So I'm very grateful for
it, and it gives me the opportunity

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to continue to talk with a great
American like you on your radio show,

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so I'm very grateful. Well,
the cancer is one of those things I

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said to you off there, that
everybody's got something and no matter what it

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is, in life, that we're
blessed to living a time where you can

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contract a cancer and normally the prognosis
is good. Unless you contract something like

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a pankaratic cancer that could be a
bit more difficult. But women's type cancers

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are now largely treatable, much like
any other problem in life. And I

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don't know what the future is going
to hold, but nonetheless, to live

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in a time where you can get
cancer treatment, continue with your life,

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continue serving nor would the gem of
the Highlands. And also Hamleton County is

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a positive. What do you see
yourself doing in five or ten years.

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Well, I hope to be in
the Hamleton County auditor for as long as

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the voters will have me. We
have a great team here, and we

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actually have a very lean team who
are a lot smaller than auditor staffed in

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similarly situated county, but they have
a ton of experience. We're a professional

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office, and I'm very grateful to
the voters for the ability to serve my

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community in the State House and now
as a Hamilton County Auditor. So I

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hope in ten years I'll still be, you know, serving all the best

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pizza places around town and calling it
my favorite radio hosts. Bridget Kelly,

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you're a great American. How's your
daddy doing? He is as great as

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ever. You know. There's all
these rumors around that, you know,

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maybe he might think about retiring,
but Willie and I both know that's just

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not true. I don't think so
we need Bob Kelly around for a long

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time. At some point I will
disclose his real pseudonym, but at this

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point he must continue to be a
great practicing attorney, a great young daughter

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doing her job, walking in the
shoes of Dusty Rhodes, the American Dream

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and Bridget Kelly once again Hamlety County
Auditor. Good to hear about your cancer

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treatment successful and I wish you and
yours nothing but the best. And thank

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you for coming on the Bill Cunningham
Show this Wednesday afternoon. Thanks for having

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me all look forward you next time. Thank you. Bridget Kelly, former

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State rep. Now Hamlet County Auditor. And the value is not the same

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as the taxes that you pay because
it goes up and down. But I

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can all but guarantee that taxes in
the long run will not go down.

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They're going to go up. And
there's no county, and within the sound

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of my voice, it has twelve
special levies. We're supporting everything, which

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is why rich guys like Tony Bender
moved out of Indian Hill got into in

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a state in Boone County with a
much better house, paying a lot less

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than taxes is because we're carrying the
burden and many other counties. So let's

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continue with more if a line becomes
available. Five one, three, seven,

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four nine, seven thousand pounds seven
hundred new at and T plus the

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