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<v Speaker 1>This is Gary and Shannon and you're listening to KFI

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<v Speaker 1>AM six forty, the Gary and Shannon Show on demand

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<v Speaker 1>on the iHeartRadio app. Have you heard about the missing

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five dollars gift card that has created such a

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<v Speaker 1>frucus in the Hamptons. This is a story that has

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<v Speaker 1>grown some big legs. They say it reads like an

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<v Speaker 1>Agatha Christie mystery. This is a twenty five dollars Amazon

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<v Speaker 1>gift card at one of the wealthiest enclaves in the country,

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<v Speaker 1>and it has prompted a police report, accusations of foul play, bullying,

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<v Speaker 1>a trial that's generated about fourteen hundred pages in testimony

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<v Speaker 1>all over a twenty five dollars Amazon gift card. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>the wealthy will fight over the silliest things, and we

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<v Speaker 1>will bring that delicious story to you coming up next.

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<v Speaker 1>In the meantime, what else is going on? Time for

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<v Speaker 1>what's happening? Wow? Well, this just crossed the Associated Press wire.

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<v Speaker 1>President Trump saying twenty five percent tariffs on Mexican and

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<v Speaker 1>Canadian imports will start tomorrow. There had been some talk

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<v Speaker 1>about maybe there's some waffling going on. Of course, fears

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<v Speaker 1>of a North American trade war now on the table.

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<v Speaker 1>The Mexican president had said, all the phone lines are opening.

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<v Speaker 1>We promised to beef up security when it comes to

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<v Speaker 1>the spread of fetanyl across the border. What more do

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<v Speaker 1>you want? We're here, ready to listen. Apparently there have

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<v Speaker 1>not been any further conversations, at least conversations that have

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<v Speaker 1>resulted in Trump saying that the tariffs are off the table.

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<v Speaker 1>The bulk of the drugs, as we reported last week

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<v Speaker 1>to you here, comes from Mexico Canada. I believe apply

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<v Speaker 1>accounts for maybe less than one percent. Maybe I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Not the volume, certainly of the drugs that they say

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<v Speaker 1>is the reason for these tariffs that come from Mexico.

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<v Speaker 1>So we'll stay on top of that and what that

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<v Speaker 1>does to the markets and the futures as we move forward.

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<v Speaker 1>Pope Francis, of course, remains in the news. The Vatican

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<v Speaker 1>said tonight it's tonight there that Pope Francis had suffered

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<v Speaker 1>two episodes of acute respiratory failure. He has been in

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<v Speaker 1>the hospital for two weeks now. These two episodes of

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<v Speaker 1>respiratory failure happened over the course of the day. They

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<v Speaker 1>say they were caused by significant accumulation of endro endo

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<v Speaker 1>bronchial mucus and consequent bronco spasm. So this is the

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<v Speaker 1>same kind of troubles he was having on Friday. Remember,

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<v Speaker 1>he had pneumonia. It was discovered in both of his lungs.

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<v Speaker 1>He was intubated and then he had mechanical ventilation, and

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<v Speaker 1>then the ventilation was removed and now he's back on

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<v Speaker 1>the ventilation. So that's where we're at, in that guarded condition.

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<v Speaker 1>He's eighty eight years old. Long history of pulmonary troubles there,

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<v Speaker 1>So that's where we stand with that Pope. In Germany,

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<v Speaker 1>we go. Vehicle is rammed into a crowd in Mannheim, Germany,

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<v Speaker 1>killing at least two. This is their Christian carnival season,

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<v Speaker 1>so you've got crowds gathered in cities across Germany, parades

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<v Speaker 1>and the like. Witnesses say this incident did occur near

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<v Speaker 1>one such event. The car ramming came on what Christian

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<v Speaker 1>Germans Marcus Rose Monday. This is the height of their

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<v Speaker 1>carnival season, which takes place before their Lent period begins

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<v Speaker 1>ash Wednesday. Miniature tear in the skies for you. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>five passengers injured and severe turbulence on a United flight,

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<v Speaker 1>forcing an emergency landing in Texas. This one was a

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<v Speaker 1>United Airlines flight. I had to make an emergency landing

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<v Speaker 1>in Waco last night. It hit severe turbulence that injured

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<v Speaker 1>five passengers. I always get real nervous with turbulence, and

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<v Speaker 1>my husband always leans in and says, remember, turbulence never

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<v Speaker 1>bring down planes. It's true, they don't. They just scare

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<v Speaker 1>the hell out of you. On the way. SkyWest flight

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<v Speaker 1>fifty six ninety, operating as United Express, took off from

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<v Speaker 1>Springfield Branson in Missouri, was headed to George Bush in

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<v Speaker 1>her Continental Airport and we don't know where the flight

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<v Speaker 1>hit the rough air but minor injuries. Another reminder to

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<v Speaker 1>keep that seatbelt on even when you're cruising altitude, because

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<v Speaker 1>you never know when those turbulence might hit. Woman stung

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<v Speaker 1>by a scorpion while getting her luggage at Boston's Logan.

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<v Speaker 1>Holy hell, if the baggage claim at Boston's Logan wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>a situation enough, there's scorpions involved. It happened just before

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<v Speaker 1>seven pm. We don't know what kind of condition she's in.

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<v Speaker 1>She's forty, but oh my goodness, the venom from some

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<v Speaker 1>species of scorpions can cause severe illness, affecting the heart,

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<v Speaker 1>the nervous system, and other organs. However, most scorpion stings

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<v Speaker 1>are not serious. They just caused pain and redness. Hope

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<v Speaker 1>she got one of the latter scorpions to sting her.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got rain. It rained for about forty five seconds

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<v Speaker 1>the rain, like it's gonna last forty five seconds. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a quick hitting storm. They're calling it. Several inches of

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<v Speaker 1>snow the San Bernardino Mountains got. There is another storm

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<v Speaker 1>that is set to arrive mid week, so running springs.

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<v Speaker 1>They've already got the snowplows out there up there, I

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<v Speaker 1>should say. And they've got a winter Weather Advisory in

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<v Speaker 1>effect for areas of San Bernardino in Riverside County until

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<v Speaker 1>four pm. Bay area also getting a shillacking as well.

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<v Speaker 1>From what I understand, we've got a person in a well.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not a baby, so your memories of Baby Jessica

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<v Speaker 1>are intact. But firefighters are trying to rescue a gas

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<v Speaker 1>company worker fell into a well in Hesperia. This is

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<v Speaker 1>a thirty to forty foot deep well fell when soil

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<v Speaker 1>covering the old well collapsed. This was on Orange Street.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't know what's going on. We don't know how

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<v Speaker 1>the rescue is going. We're too consumed with eyes on

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<v Speaker 1>Jackie and Shadow. We are, as a people in southern

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<v Speaker 1>California more concerned about Jackie in Shadow and the holes

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<v Speaker 1>in their eggs than the man trapped in the well

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<v Speaker 1>in Hysperia. I'm not judging us. I'm just saying it's notable.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a street in bel Air where you could

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<v Speaker 1>come across Hundi's just one hundred dollars bills everywhere, littered

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<v Speaker 1>across the street. Not just that, but designer handbags, burkins

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<v Speaker 1>just littered everywhere. You can thank one of those residential

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<v Speaker 1>burglaries for this loot that was just dumped along Milldale Drive.

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<v Speaker 1>Break in happened about one am. Officers responded they did

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<v Speaker 1>not find anybody, but they did find the all of

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<v Speaker 1>the loot and just the cash. Who keeps cash just

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<v Speaker 1>in their like people do that. They just keep cash,

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<v Speaker 1>not in a safe or anything. Maybe it was an

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<v Speaker 1>inside job, maybe somebody knew where the cash was hidden

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<v Speaker 1>or something like that. And then finally, Hulu has released

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<v Speaker 1>a statement about why they screwed up yesterday technical difficulties.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess they cut off the ending or something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>But people were very much up in arms over this.

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<v Speaker 1>They say. The first issue left an undisclosed number of

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<v Speaker 1>subscribers unable to access the live stream shortly after the

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<v Speaker 1>show began. People eventually able to gain access to it.

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<v Speaker 1>And then the second issue happened when the Hulu live

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<v Speaker 1>stream suddenly ended for some viewers before Best Actress and

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<v Speaker 1>Best Picture awards were announced. Apparently people lost their minds.

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<v Speaker 1>It was like the Heidi game, but different. There was

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<v Speaker 1>a story that resurfaced, and we'll get to it in

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<v Speaker 1>just a second. That really shows how good the rich

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<v Speaker 1>have it, how wonderful the wealthy have it when you

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<v Speaker 1>look at what they concern themselves with. The Wall Street

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<v Speaker 1>Journal had this great article about a gift card that

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<v Speaker 1>is rocking the Hampton's and all of the chaos it

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<v Speaker 1>is caused. And the fact that so many people are

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<v Speaker 1>so invested in a twenty five dollars gift card when

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<v Speaker 1>they are made of money is fascinating. Speaking of money, though,

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<v Speaker 1>I just wanted to update you on this. President Trump says,

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<v Speaker 1>those twenty five percent tariffs on imports from Mexico and

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<v Speaker 1>Canada will start tomorrow. It was kind of in limbo.

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<v Speaker 1>Would there be negotiations, Would Mexico and Canada and Trump

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<v Speaker 1>get on the phone, Would some sort of deal be

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<v Speaker 1>made to where we could punt this down the road

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<v Speaker 1>or just get rid of it entirely. Trump announced the

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<v Speaker 1>tariffs at the White House today. You said they are

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<v Speaker 1>to force our neighbors Canada and Mexico to step up

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<v Speaker 1>their fight against fentanyl trafficking into the US. He provided

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<v Speaker 1>a one month delay in February as both countries promised concessions,

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<v Speaker 1>but he said today that there was no room left

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<v Speaker 1>for Mexico or for Canada to avoid the steep new tariffs.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't really know what he wants in this. I suppose

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<v Speaker 1>the answer is somewhere in the weeds of It's not

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<v Speaker 1>just about the fentanyl, is it. The US stock markets,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, moved sharply lower after the comments were

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<v Speaker 1>made public within the houries that he would also add

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<v Speaker 1>on another ten percent tariff on goods from China on

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<v Speaker 1>top of the initial ten percent he put in place

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<v Speaker 1>last month. So you better believe we will have all

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<v Speaker 1>of the impact of this coming up tomorrow when those

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<v Speaker 1>tariffs do kick in, and their effect on Wall Street

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<v Speaker 1>and what it means moving forward, and where we can

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<v Speaker 1>feel the pain if any as this continues. So back

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<v Speaker 1>to the Hampton's here, the Hampton's by Way, beautiful area.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm more of a West Coast, best coast person. I

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<v Speaker 1>went to Cape Cod once was not impressed. Beautiful for

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<v Speaker 1>that kind of coastal environment, I guess. But I'm a

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<v Speaker 1>Southern California beach person. I feel that way Northern California

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<v Speaker 1>versus Southern California too. Southern California coast, best coast. But

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<v Speaker 1>I may be saying this town wrong because I've never

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<v Speaker 1>been there, and everyone will correct me. I'm sure. Is

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<v Speaker 1>it Ammagansetts Amagansett? I don't know, but Amagansett. That's the

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<v Speaker 1>way I'll say it for now until I'm corrected. Is

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<v Speaker 1>a hamlet, It's like a postcard community. It's in the

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<v Speaker 1>larger town of East Hampton. And call it a last

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<v Speaker 1>glorious stretch of beach beast, that's funny, a last glorious

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<v Speaker 1>stretch of beach before Long Island. Peter's out at Montauk.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a place where Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica

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<v Speaker 1>Parker have home homes as home to realtors and contractors

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<v Speaker 1>and gas station owners evenly, who have been there for generations.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got the blue collar, you've got the new money

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<v Speaker 1>moving kind of a thing. One resident describes this as

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<v Speaker 1>a divide between the nine one sevens and the six

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<v Speaker 1>three ones. The nine one sevens are the Manhattan mobile

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<v Speaker 1>phone people, the people like Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick,

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<v Speaker 1>probably the people who moved from the city because it's

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<v Speaker 1>beautiful nine one sevens. And the locals, which are the

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<v Speaker 1>six three ones, the people like the gas station owners

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<v Speaker 1>who have been there for generations. So there is a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit of a divide between the locals and the transplants,

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<v Speaker 1>as you can imagine. The Amagan sit School Amaganseit School

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<v Speaker 1>is the largest employer of the town and this school

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<v Speaker 1>runs from pre kindergarten through sixth grade. The school has

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<v Speaker 1>about one hundred and ten students but a budget of

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<v Speaker 1>about eleven million dollars. And it turns out, we've learned

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<v Speaker 1>through this investigation over a twenty five dollars gift card,

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<v Speaker 1>the school has thirty eight surveillance cameras pre K through

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<v Speaker 1>sixth grade thirty eight surveillance cameras. You're telling me there

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<v Speaker 1>are people with nothing to do there. That's exactly what

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<v Speaker 1>I'm telling you. So here is the issue. It goes

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<v Speaker 1>back to a Friday in December of twenty twenty three.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Friday, December fifteenth, twenty twenty three, eight thirty seven am,

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<v Speaker 1>when Principal Maria Dore emerges from the mail room at

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<v Speaker 1>this local elementary school. Maria emerges from the mailroom and

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<v Speaker 1>in her hot little hands, she has a red envelope. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>whether this red envelope and its contents were rightfully Maria's

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<v Speaker 1>is a question that has convulsed this small town ever since.

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<v Speaker 1>The steaks are very low. It is a twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>dollars gift card. When you're talking about multimillionaires that populate

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<v Speaker 1>this place, a red envelope that went missing, or by

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<v Speaker 1>some accounts, was stolen from that mail room. The envelope

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<v Speaker 1>contained a twenty five dollars Amazon gift card. This was

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it's December fifteenth. Parents are giving teachers, administrators things.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a Christmas season expression of gratitude, simple as that.

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<v Speaker 1>But it wasn't so simple. This little gift card has

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<v Speaker 1>prompted a police report, accusations of foul play, bullying, and

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<v Speaker 1>a disciplinary trial that has accounted for more than fourteen

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<v Speaker 1>hundred pages in testimony. They've called more than a dozen

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<v Speaker 1>witnesses over a twenty five dollars gift card. The reporters

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<v Speaker 1>who have followed this thing, God bless them, say the

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<v Speaker 1>passages from this testimony read like an Agatha Christine mystery,

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<v Speaker 1>except there is no gun at play. There's no dagger.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just the stupid gift card. The arbiter who's overseeing

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<v Speaker 1>this hearing process US has already charged twenty five thousand

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<v Speaker 1>dollars to do just that, nearly a thousand times of

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<v Speaker 1>value of this missing Amazon gift card. And those fees,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, are just inching up and up and up.

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<v Speaker 1>It's insane. According to Nika Nezgoda. Nika is an artist

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<v Speaker 1>between New York City and Amagansett. She says, who is

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<v Speaker 1>it that says the fighting is so vicious because the

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<v Speaker 1>stakes are so small? That was a political scientist by

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<v Speaker 1>the Bye Wallace sayer. But yes, that's exactly right. She

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<v Speaker 1>hit the nail on the head. The fighting has been vicious.

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<v Speaker 1>Her husband, Hank, was on the school board at one point.

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<v Speaker 1>He says, well, you know the town's nickname dramagon Set,

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<v Speaker 1>dramagon Set as opposed to ammagon Set. He says that

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<v Speaker 1>it's not entirely a trivial matter. He said them more

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<v Speaker 1>a details that come to light the more it seems

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<v Speaker 1>there was something the farious happening at the school. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>this is a pre k through sixth grade school, So

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<v Speaker 1>this happened during the pre holiday rush when everything is

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<v Speaker 1>just crazy in schools. You know this from going to

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<v Speaker 1>school of having kids maybe working in it. Everything's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of hectic in the weeks leading up to the holidays

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<v Speaker 1>and the weeks after. It's all a blur. So a

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<v Speaker 1>parent presents Cassie Butts with two cards on that December fifteenth.

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<v Speaker 1>Cassie Butts is the receptionist at the school. You know

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<v Speaker 1>about receptionists, they know where all the bodies are buried.

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<v Speaker 1>So Cassie gets these two cards. One is for herself

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<v Speaker 1>and one is for a therapist that works at the school,

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<v Speaker 1>Chrissy Chrissy McElroy. So l's just call him. Cassie and

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<v Speaker 1>Chrissy supposed to be the two recipients, Cassie the receptionist,

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<v Speaker 1>Chrissy the therapist. Cassie testified yes. Cassie testified that she

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<v Speaker 1>slipped Chrissy's read card into her mailbox that morning, but

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<v Speaker 1>hours later, when Chrissy went to go retrieve it, apparently

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<v Speaker 1>Cassie said, oh, so missus, so and so left you

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<v Speaker 1>what it appears to be a gift card I put

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<v Speaker 1>in your mailbox, and Chris goes, oh, thanks, whatever, she

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<v Speaker 1>goes to retrieve it, there's nothing there. What became of that, well,

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<v Speaker 1>what became of that is that the Principle was placed

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<v Speaker 1>on administrative leave, put through this ensuing disciplinary hearing. And

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<v Speaker 1>these are usually private for a number of reasons. Number

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<v Speaker 1>one probably because it's embarrassing for this stuff to see

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<v Speaker 1>the light of day. But Principle Principal Maria demanded a

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<v Speaker 1>public hearing. So we have all the dirty details of

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<v Speaker 1>what happened with gift card gate and Maria's involvement with this.

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<v Speaker 1>We have all the details. The whole world has them,

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<v Speaker 1>and they're worth some time. No of why we should

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<v Speaker 1>spend no time on things like this and just how

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<v Speaker 1>political school districts are. I mean, we don't need any

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<v Speaker 1>more reminders, but this is case in point. We'll get

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<v Speaker 1>into the gift card gate when we come back. Ammagansett

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<v Speaker 1>in East Hampston, this is the biggest employer of Amaganset

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<v Speaker 1>happens to be a pre K through six elementary school.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a parent who gave the receptionist a couple

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<v Speaker 1>gift cards around the holidays. One was to go to

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<v Speaker 1>the receptionist, another to the school therapist. Instead, the principal

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<v Speaker 1>ended up with this gift card, and everybody cried thievery.

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<v Speaker 1>They said, this principal stole this gift card. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five dollars gift card to Amazon that they're all

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<v Speaker 1>up in arms about. And of course it's bigger than

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<v Speaker 1>just the gift card. It's bigger than just the small

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<v Speaker 1>circle of the principle, the therapist and the receptionist, because

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<v Speaker 1>of course it is These disciplinary hearings that were called

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<v Speaker 1>on the principle, as I mentioned, are usually private, but

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<v Speaker 1>she demanded this all be in public so that everyone

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<v Speaker 1>can see how ridiculous this is. Stephen Godstand, good Stand,

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<v Speaker 1>excuse me, Stephen Goodstand is a lawyer representing the school district,

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<v Speaker 1>and he says, it's straightforward this case. There is timestamped

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<v Speaker 1>footage from a camera outside the mailroom that shows Cassie,

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<v Speaker 1>the receptionist, entering with a red envelope at eight twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four am, then leaving empty handed seven minutes later. Then

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<v Speaker 1>the principal pops in at about thirteen minutes later. She

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<v Speaker 1>leaves with a pile of papers, including a red envelope.

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<v Speaker 1>Later that day, Cassie, the receptionist, encounters Maria, the principle,

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<v Speaker 1>and tells her about the missing gift card, because remember,

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<v Speaker 1>the therapist says, Oh, I never got that red gift

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<v Speaker 1>card that you said was in my box. So the

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<v Speaker 1>receptionist says to the principle, what's up. There's this missing card.

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<v Speaker 1>I put it in the and Cassie testifies that the

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<v Speaker 1>principal told her to keep quiet. Oh, just keep quiet

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<v Speaker 1>about that. You don't want it to become a big deal.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not a big deal. It's just a gift card.

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<v Speaker 1>And the lawyer representing the school district says, it's obvious

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<v Speaker 1>that the principle was hoping this would die down because

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<v Speaker 1>she knew that her sticky fingers would have been caught.

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<v Speaker 1>Monday did come, but the mystery of the missing envelope

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<v Speaker 1>only grew. He argued. By Tuesday, the interim superintendent was

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<v Speaker 1>pulling video feeds in interviewing teachers because everyone had their

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<v Speaker 1>hands in this. The assistant interim superintendent said, I did

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<v Speaker 1>the investigation. There is no other explanation as to where

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<v Speaker 1>that gift card went or was there now if you

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<v Speaker 1>ask the principal, she says she found that red envelope

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<v Speaker 1>in her mailbox that morning, opened it the next day

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<v Speaker 1>and found a gift card from a local gas station,

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<v Speaker 1>and a family had given her a simil a similar

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<v Speaker 1>card a few months ago. She assumed it was from them,

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<v Speaker 1>and she says that when Cassie mentioned the missing gift

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<v Speaker 1>card from the therapist's mailbox, the reason she said, don't

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<v Speaker 1>tell anyone was because she assumed the card would soon

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<v Speaker 1>turn up. Let's not make a federal case out of it. Cassie,

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<v Speaker 1>the principal, testified, it's a school, things go missing all

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<v Speaker 1>the time. Apparently, she discovered that Cassie was spreading rumors

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<v Speaker 1>and confronted her by producing the shell card that she

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<v Speaker 1>found the red envelope from the gas station the shell

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<v Speaker 1>to that interim superintendent that tasked himself with doing the investigation.

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<v Speaker 1>But he says that envelope wasn't signed, so it wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>good enough for him. It wasn't a good enough piece

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<v Speaker 1>of evidence, so he pressured her to resign. It turns

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<v Speaker 1>out this was all about the fact that the principle

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<v Speaker 1>in this case wanted to run for superintendent, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>where it all came from. They wanted to get rid

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<v Speaker 1>of this woman because of somebody else running for superintendent,

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<v Speaker 1>a guy by the name of Mike Rogers, a gym teacher,

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<v Speaker 1>a volunteer firefighter twenty five years at that school, widely

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<v Speaker 1>known around town as coach co president of the local

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<v Speaker 1>ten teachers union. And you don't have to say that

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<v Speaker 1>this is a place close to New Jersey to know

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<v Speaker 1>that the teachers' union or any union holds great weight.

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<v Speaker 1>It turns out that as superintendent you get free use

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<v Speaker 1>of a house adjacent to the school. You can imagine

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<v Speaker 1>how valuable that would be in the Hamptons when you

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<v Speaker 1>think about the cost of housing. It seems that everybody

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<v Speaker 1>wanted the coach, Mike Rogers to be the superintendent. So

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<v Speaker 1>they decided to torpedo maria Doors candidacy, and that's what

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<v Speaker 1>it comes down to. They wanted to paint her as

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<v Speaker 1>a crook and a thief as she tried to climb

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<v Speaker 1>the letter to be superintendent of this tiny school district

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<v Speaker 1>in the Hamptons. One parent said, a lot does ride

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<v Speaker 1>on this BS twenty five dollars gift card. It's definitely

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<v Speaker 1>going to throw a huge wrench in s no matter

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<v Speaker 1>which way it goes to which I say, guess which

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<v Speaker 1>camp that parent is in? Is the in then nine

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<v Speaker 1>one seven camp? Or is he in the local six

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<v Speaker 1>three ones? It's always fun when rich people fight, But

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<v Speaker 1>it seems like it seems like Maria may have been

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<v Speaker 1>in the rich people camp and coach was in the

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<v Speaker 1>six six' three one, camp and the locals tried to

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<v Speaker 1>take back their their position of. Power so maybe it

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<v Speaker 1>was maybe it was all for, good but never heard

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<v Speaker 1>such a fight over. It twenty five dollars gift card From.

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<v Speaker 1>Amazon those are ones that you kind of forget about sometimes,

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<v Speaker 1>too like when your uncle gives you the twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>dollars gift card To amazon At christmas and then you

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<v Speaker 1>find it in your purse LIKE i just. Did that's.

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