If so, live on the breakfast here on Plus TV Africa, let's move to our first major topic for today now. We are once again speaking with Mr. Ambrose Iboque, who's joining us from Inugu State. The conversation is centered around the People's Democratic Party and breaking news that seven members of its National Working Committee have resigned. Some of the papers report that it is because of a crisis with regards to the leadership of Uche Secundas. It says that those who resigned include the Deputy National Financial Secretary, Deputy Legal Advisor, Deputy National Auditor, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary, and the Deputy Women Leader, and Deputy Organizing Secretary of the Party. And also, the All Progressive Congress and what Congress is on the crisis, which of course has also made the news. But we'll say good morning to Ambrose Iboque once again. Thanks for joining us. Good morning. All right, so let's start mostly with the crisis with the PDP. How much damage do you think this does to the party? First of all, it was a shocker that this happened. I didn't see that coming, and I'm sure many people didn't see that coming because PDP over the years have been capable of showing enough capacity to take care of its problems, except when it started by having issues somewhere between 2013 and 2014 when the new PDP emerged. So for a long time, they kept the party intact. And then when the Dino Malayas and the Sarakis left, that is where the issues of the party started have come into the floor. This present one, there's something that is very interesting that is happening in this resignation saga. We noticed that what has happened mostly is that the deputies were the ones resigning. So this brings out a lot of questions. Why are the deputies resigning? Is it that they didn't have a working relationship with the substantive heads of those units? Because most of the people that have resigned are the deputies. So why, what is happening? Is there a grievance that was not being addressed over time? Were there be sad lines? Were there been not carried along the decisions made by the substantive heads? So these are the questions that can be answered. Or is there a thought in the hand of ESO, as we say, dramatically, that we're propelling these people to take the action? But whatever angle we look at it, it is not good for the party. And the parties should do everything as quickly as possible to reconcile these aggrieved ESCO members and bring back the party together. Let's now also focus a little bit more on the Uche Secundice Controversy and those who may not want his leadership and those who say that he has not been able to carry the party well enough. What's your response to that? And is that a big enough reason for the crisis that we are seeing today? Well, for me, I don't see, in Nigeria, we see leadership as something that is due or die. If you say you want to lead a political party and the people you are leading are saying they don't want to. But on the other hand, the leadership of the party said that there's only a few people that are saying that in the legal field in the party that is being vociferous and saying that they don't want the leadership. So a crisis like this happened, the first best thing to do is to call for a convention. And when the conventions are called, there you can do what you can elect whoever you want to elect. And then the politics will take place. But what has happened over the years, we call recently a strange, it's becoming strange where conventions are being avoided by both parties. So I don't know when the PDP did this convention last, or when the APC did this convention last. And it is only through this convention that you can actually select, elect, or ratify your leaders. So parties should not shy away from conventions and the rest. Let them hold this. And let them, that is only when the leadership can validate its authority.  And so if there are no conventions and they think they've been avoided, we'll continue having this kind of monumental issues across parties. Okay, Mr. Ibuki, something I wanted to bring up regarding this PDP conversation. These leaders of the National Working Committee who resigned, gave an expose yesterday saying that there was a lack of financial transparency. And they went on to challenge all leaders in Nigeria to go ahead and probe how monies have been spent that was generated from the sale of forms. Do you think this is coming as a black male? Because, I mean, they've been in this party all along. They're aware of all these discrepancies happening. So why now? And what exactly should the EFCC and other financial crimes unit begin to do about that? I don't believe the expose, as you call it. When these people come out and make this kind of statement, they take these actions, resign, they want to justify the resignation based on altruistic reasons. That is always the post theory that is done in a political space. I don't, I don't, I'm not fooled by that. Most of this resignation are things that are done on a personal basis, for personal grievances, either personally as an individual or as a representative of a party of a power bloc. So the financial, lack of financial transparency that they brought on board is just a smokescreen that they are using to shoot the main issues on ground. They should tell us what is the main issues on ground. I'll stop there. Okay, Mr Eiboke. I'm going to the gallery. Mr Eiboke, you say this is like a smokescreen but there's some evidence that he put out. They said that, first of all, they're petitioning the anti-graft agencies, the EFCC, the ICPC, to scrutinize close to 10 billion Naira that was allegedly accrued to the PDP's purse from 2017 to date. And they said that Uche Secondus avoided the use of the bank accounts of the PDP and used the bank accounts of one Morufu Nigeria limited as a conduit pipe for financial mismanagement. You think this is not something, you think there's nothing here to investigate? Is that what you're saying? From 2017 till 2021 is four years. How can you sit as a member of the National Working Committee of the Political Party and allow your members to pay into a private or corporate account that is not a PDP account? The story does not add up. So if you have allowed that to happen, then, first of all, you are carrying four years later, we need to probe order because why would members of the political party in the first place pay into a private account other than that of the party? So why they have raised this issue? They have raised it like when the things started, all would have told their members not to do that. And if that has begun since 2017, they would have gone to court as validated members of the party and members of the Escrow of the National Working Committee would have gone to court to challenge that financial immorality of our college because you cannot ask your party members to be paying things that are put into the party, be it a sale or form, be it membership, be it whatever, be it donations or whatever to the party to private account. That's happened 20 years, second year, fourth year, fourth year. So that is why I say that we know these things, they don't add up. Because if they didn't do, why did you do that? Why did you allow that to happen in the first place? Why didn't you raise the alarm since? But that is not the case. Raising the alarm now, let them allow the ESCC and ICPC to do their job. And then we will watch and see the outcome. But I am not convinced that why the result was for two stick reasons. All right, Mr. Ibuke, I'm going to go back again and get your view on, as an opposition party, I believe that there are expectations for the People's Democratic Party. And you earlier mentioned that with the failure of the PDP to stand firm as an opposition party, it basically leaves Nigeria in a one-party state, which is not very good for Nigeria's democracy like you had described earlier. But do you think that Uche Sakhondas has been able to carry the party effectively as an opposition party, seeing, of course, the defections that have happened in the last couple of months and years, and also seeing the strength and the belief that the Nigerian people, most importantly, the belief that the Nigerian people still have in the People's Democratic Party? Do you think that Uche Sakhondas has been able to keep that party strong enough? Well, the way the Nigerian political space is arranged is that the party chairman, the national party chairman, can only work as far as his members, especially the governors, allow him to do so. Because the owners of the party is not the party chairman. The owners of the party go beyond the party chairman. And any party chairman can be removed through convention. So for the current party chairman of the PDP to do work, look at the way the APC party chairman was removed, Mr. Adam Soshomole. So the powers to remove or elect a political party chairman of a political party resides with the members of the party. Therefore, when you say Mr. Uche Sakhondas is not doing his because he has feelings that people are leaving the party. What are the party members themselves doing about this? So if the party members wanting to stay, the power blocks within the party wanting to stay, that is why he's still there. If they don't want him to stay, he will not be there. So that is their arrangement as a political party. And they are entitled to it. But what we are saying as people, as citizens, is that the PDP as a party should wake up to its responsibility or play a credible opposition from a terrorist opposition and a strategy composition to tackle whatever the ruling party is doing. Just like what the APC did to PDP when they were in opposition. That is the kind of so that they can put the ruling party on their toes. That is what an opposition does. But there's also people who criticize the manner with which the APC stood as an opposition party before it eventually took over power. There's people who've said that they used very crude means and that's not the method of the PDP. And that's not what they've been known for. So are you saying that they should do pretty much the same thing that the APC did and built up to the elections in 2015? Or is it possible that the PDP has their own way of being an opposition party? What would you suggest? If you were in that position to suggest, what would you suggest should be the manner the PDP should stand as an opposition party? As a PR consultant myself, I know that you can always try to message without using hate speech, without using putting death on people, without using insightful languages and the rest. You can drive over your point. So but the aspect I am talking about, that I think which we have related as an opposition party, is the aspect of relentlessness. That the APC as a political party when it was in opposition did not allow the PDP to rest on its oars. Every action taken by the PDP where it was scrutinized was dissected and then the loopholes, they brought up the loopholes and then fired it up. You only ask what we don't agree with is, for example, where you call it, where you carry a coffin, for example, and you say RIP to the sitting president or call a sitting president, or say a sitting president is clueless, those kind of languages and gutter languages that should not be allowed in any lexicon of informed people. But aside that, the APC played its role very well by putting the PDP on its toes when it was in opposition. So that is the kind of thing we want PDP to do now. The style should be color, lock, or did, well, when it started, one of the sudden we phasored out, at least that the two was doing it, and a lot of sudden we didn't hear anything again. What we explain the PDP to do is to dig out the dirt, to dig out the mud, to do investigation, do intelligence, break out things that are happening and use it as a tool of propaganda, as a tool for making your ruling party be on its toes. As far as that is what that is what it is to do in the opposition party, we see the examples in the UK parliament, we see it in the American Senate and the House, where what they want to do, very good policy, you dissect the policy, all the happenings, the actions taken by God, the executive orders, the failures, so that the ruling party can be on its toes. And once we have that, then we can always be a better society for what we are. Remember the 1960s to 1960s, there was even an opposition leader in the parliament. That is why in the parliamentary system, we even had it recognized that our position leader was in the House. Because they know that the danger of allowing the ruling party on the cruise, on the cruise ride, they know the danger. Those who brought up the position know the danger of that. And that's why they always put that. The PDP should put his hands on that and play that role. Nigerians need them to play that role. Okay, talking about the role that is supposed to play as an opposition party, Amin Utambua, governor of Sokota State and chairman of the PDP Governance Forum, put out a statement yesterday saying that the People's Democratic Party is the only hope of good governance in Nigeria. I'm giving all the challenges and international problems in the party. Do you see that as a likelihood? Do I see that as? As a likelihood. And also, there are so many other political parties in Nigeria coming up now. There's several other political parties who seem to want to put up a national coalition, especially with a thought force that Jaga has been speaking of. But the PDP are insisting that they are the only hope of good governance in Nigeria. So what do you think about that? Is that statement valid? It's a matter of just like what we used to say, my car is bigger than yours, or my house is bigger than yours, statement. Every party has a right to sell. Amin Utambua does sell his party to the Nigerian populist, the Nigerian citizens who will eventually be the voters in 2023. So we will see all those kinds of statements coming up very soon. Every party believes that it is the best party to rule Nigeria. So it's not something strange. He's just been, of course, as the number one, as the chairman of the PDP Governors Forum has a very strong stakeholder in the party. His work is to sell the party to Nigeria. And if he says his party is the best, of course, he's using the marketing language to sell his party. And that is allowed in politics. But talking about the good governance he mentioned, you know, the internal situation of a party should be able to give us an insight into what might play out when they, you know, have the helm of affairs of the country. Do you actually think that the PDP can guarantee good governance in Nigeria with the way it's standing as an opposition? First of all, when we use the word good governance in Nigeria, I don't think we know the indices of good governance across board, be it across party lines. Nigerian citizens themselves have not been able to grasp what is good governance.  So when we start, I like to talk about why speaking of good governance. From what perspective, he has not told me the perspective he's using. He has not told me the indicators he's using. He has not told me the parameters that he's using to explain or extrapolate what he means by good governance and that the party will give us good governance. The same thing with most people. So until, as a country, we try to, first of all, articulate what is good governance, what are the indicators of a good governance and then what they will really see them. Because what we call good governance in Nigeria is basically what is the right of citizens already. You know, for example, roads, beauty hospitals, schools and that is taking, that is taking in any democracy. That is an established fact. That is a natural phenomenon. So if good governance, if good governance ends with that, then some other people see good governance as employment opportunities. Some other people see it as infrastructure and development. Some other people see it as giving appointments to their own people from their own particular side of the country or community or from their profession. So this is, Nigeria has not been able to define what good governance is. And anybody can come out and say, we'll give you good governance or I'll give you the best governance. But as I say, these are all marketing strategies. You are selling your political party and you use the right moment, you use the positive energy to sell your political party and it's allowed in the political space. What would you say the PDP still needs to do in order to win the hearts of the Nigerian people again? Many people have spoken in favor of abandoning the two major political parties, the PDP and the APC, with the next general elections. There's also those who say never again to the PDP, regardless of how they feel about the current administration. Of course, it might be one of the things that, which I second to understand, of course, the members of the party itself have been criticized with not being able to show that they are truly a better option. And so in what ways would you say that the PDP can still find some good will with the Nigerian people and make the Nigerian people look at them as an option? I'm surprised that Nigerians are still making decisions as to whether which party is better, whether it's PDP or APC. For me, they are not busy for those comparisons because the politicians who are in APC today, most of them were PDPs today, and some are in APC today to know that they go back to the PDP. So there are not really any serious demarcations between the parties across party lines. So saying that whether PDP has that, what we are looking at, the politicians themselves, Nigerians should look beyond the parties. The parties are not a problem. It is ourselves as a people that are the problem. So even if you like crazy thoughts of the fifth force or the tenth force, with the political arrangement we have now, it is not the political party name that we rule. It is the people that we will have to engage with as our leaders and the citizens as well as the followers. Therefore, the PDP as a political party should quickly put his house in order. They cannot afford to go close to an election arrangements with this kind of factored arrangement where the serious members of the National Working Committee are resigning. So the first thing is quickly to get a reconciliation team to mediate. If they allow, they can get professionals to mediate and then quickly call the agreed people together and see how they can quickly resolve this in a very short time so that they can come back together and then put their house in order. Because we really need a very, very robust election. We want to see political parties show up creditor candidates. We want to see what Nigerians want to have options to vote for. And we want the major political parties to be held so that they can provide those options Okay, you gave some suggestions on what the PDP needs to do. You've also called for a national convention earlier in the show. But right now we have work that Governors of the People's Democratic Party have basically showed at an emergency meeting to discuss this. They say they have instituted an internal conflict resolution mechanism. What do you think I'll expect to be the outcome of that? Do you maybe foresee some of these leaders who resigned coming back to the PDP after they all worked things out or what's your prediction? Well, when commanding is half grievances and you don't attend to them, they decide to make a point by taking actions so that you can take them seriously. I think that's what has happened. So whatever it is, I know that as the PDP Governors have said they have internal party reconciliation strategies and mechanisms that can make it work. Maybe they resigned as a way of stating that they were not being listened to. They were not being carried along or something else is happening that they needed to bring to the attention of the Governors. Because as it still is in any political party arrangement in India, it's actually the Governors that are the power blocks in the political parties. Therefore, it is good that the Governors are looking into it. Maybe the National Working Committee Executive Council did not look into it critically. That is why it snowballed into this issue of mass resignation. Let's wait for the outcome of what the Governors will do. But I'm sure that they should be able to come out with solutions because these are seasoned politicians and administrators. They should be able to come out with a solution to this eternal crisis. Is there a role you think the likes of Attico Abubakar and former President Gulok Jonathan can still play in all of this? Who? I'm asking, is there a role you think Attico Abubakar and former President Gulok Jonathan can still play in settling these crises in the PDP? I see no members of the party. They are looked upon as party leaders. So the Governors have moved in and I'm sure that the Governors can resolve. If the leaders are coming, they are all leaders of the party. And every leader of the party has a role to play to ensure that their party, of every political party, have a role to play to ensure that their party remains intact. And every political party was formed to win elections. They are not just formed for mere existence. So if you have to win elections, you have to be serious. Your party have to be intact. And then dissensions have to be at the barest minimum so that you can remain focused. That's the essence of political party arrangement. Okay. Finally, before we go, I want you to speak with regard to something that I brought up, I think, last week. And that is a redirection of political parties towards the 2023 general elections. There's a lot of Nigerians who are looking to see young and progressive and different mindsets in these political parties. Would you advise that these major political parties start to think in that direction and look out for candidates that fit into the picture that Nigerians are looking towards, adopting younger, more vibrant, more progressive candidates to fly the flag for them in 2023? The problem of Nigeria is not the age of its political actors. The problem of Nigeria is the mindsets of the citizens. Age has nothing to do with how you rule a country. The United States, we are using as our own examples, always, what we talk about, you know, democracy. I mean, in the last family years, we've been shown that, you know, old people can also be United States of America. People in their 70s. And I think by the time Biden is leaving office, he should be eating something. Israel, that is doing very well, is a society, is ruled by Gerontocrats. I mean, right from in the 70s of those days, you have to issue an operation in the late years, a crab game.  And Israel is doing very well. So we also have countries that are ruled by young people and they are doing well. So it is not about the age. Political parties should look to about dedication, atristic and nationalistic disposition. That is what we work. What can we do for our country to make our country better? So if we don't have that mindset as citizens, it is the citizens of Nigeria that will get elected into political offices. So if we, as a people, we are not have a regenerated mindset to know that country comes first, then we will be where we are. So it is not, it's not, so people talking about, or give it to younger people, we have said, go to the SDGs, so that, you know, government in the universities will be applauded what is happening there. And then all young people, go to Nance, Nigerians, Nigerians today, go to other places where we have youth, even in special advisors, as governors, as commissioners, ministers, and so it is not about age. So we should focus on what is really our problem and not about age. All right. Ambrose Bokeh, thank you so much for speaking with us this morning. I truly enjoyed the discussion. Thank you. Have a great day ahead. All right. Stay with us to take a short break and when we come back, we're moving into talking, you know, now mostly about the all-progressive Congress and the crisis with the award Congresses and, of course, main Malabbuni and, you know, some of all of that. The vice president, Yemio Shimbajo, is in the news this morning leading, you know, the efforts to sort out the legal, you know, challenges they might be having with the award Congresses. We'll talk about that when we come back. Stay with us.


All right Good afternoon everyone and thanks for being here today We're now over a month into the session about a quarter of the way towards adjournment And we had a good start with almost everyone in the building making it clear housing would be a top priority After spending historic amounts over the past few years I'm still seeing a lack of housing in every county there seems to be an understanding outside this building And I believe in it as well. It's time to focus on the regulatory side of the equation We need to make it less expensive faster and easier to build or renovate the housing. We desperately need That way the investments we've made will go farther But more importantly incentivize the private sector who actually build much more housing than the state government to invest and build more On January 10th, I stood here with a tripartisan group of lawmakers and stakeholders to outline good solid proposals that had wide support and I felt good about the odds of passing something meaningful But one month into the session Not as confident as I was that day It appears in some committees. They're moving in the opposite direction Instead of prioritizing how to produce more homes Which would address all kinds of issues like workforce Healthcare property taxes education and more Some are looking to add to the regulatory burden and put us further behind For example house energy and environment is currently moving forward with a bill that in my opinion would be an economic disaster and Senate's natural says 213 looks similar Creating new definitions Significantly expanding requirements and shifting responsibility for certain types of land use regulation for Vermont Vermont municipalities to an hour that will put for monitors in jeopardy of violating laws. They don't even know exists as Proposed age 666 each 667 Or 687. I'm sorry. We'll also dramatically expand Act 250 jurisdiction statewide While it does include some Act 250 exemptions, they're narrow Stringent and geographically limited making nearly the entire state subject to Act 250 As most of us know we have a housing crisis in all parts of Vermont, not just in our cities Leaving rural Vermont in our housing strategy is far from strategic fair or acceptable And to be clear I'm not proposing that we build on our mountaintops develop forest land or create sprawl Our housing package focuses on designated areas within rural communities Make my point. Let me show you a couple of maps This is the first this is this is what currently triggers automatic Act 250 jurisdiction As you can see that's the yellow And here's what would happen under the house proposal That would be Most of Vermont Act 250 would be automatically extended to the areas indicated in red orange and yellow Which would cover over 75% of the state's land area and would be designated critical resource areas That means if you want to build a single family home Or maybe even a garden shed you'll need to go through Act 250 Which we know as costs and time Under the house proposal Act 250 jurisdiction would also be triggered if a proposed Project was set back more than 500 feet from an existing road Always part of a subdivision with more than four units But another way as currently drafted H 687 would render more than 90% of the state subject to automatic Act 250 jurisdiction For perspective currently less than 15% of the Vermont landscape falls under automatic Act 250 jurisdiction I think most Vermonters will find this new bill totally unacceptable and Hamper not help solve our housing crisis As I said at the beginning of the session the depth of the crisis we face demands bold action But this bold action isn't what I had in mind And actually moves us in the wrong direction So I want to be clear I won't accept a housing bill that fails to meet the moment Taking one step forward and one step back won't cut it Taking two steps forward and one back won't cut it We must jumpstart housing in all communities period That's going to take all the creative approaches in 8 7 19 Including changes to Act 250 local zoning appeals and tax incentives for those who want to invest in communities Here's the bottom line We can't water this package down and expect to address our housing shortage Now I've been around this building long enough to know how this works That's why I call it out in my state of the state and budget address We cannot let a couple special interests and a couple committees block the progress we need to make And I'm confident the vast majority of Vermonters agree with me But I also think most legislators of both parties do as well The folks back home elected them to solve problems not create them And just because you're sitting on a committee dealing with Another issue. It doesn't mean you can't make your voice heard on this one Because the reality is housing impacts many issues on other committees from homelessness To health care to public safety and resiliency Education and workforce So let's make progress on housing that we so desperately need to help our communities and with that Open up to questions I would say for instance right down the end of the street be an RC They've been integral in this for this process and have hampered our progress They have their mission it's part of their they're a group a non-profit That that's their their mission is to to protect the environment as best they possibly can my my Mission is to make Vermont more affordable create more housing and make the make Vermont safer So we have two different missions To clarify here when we talk about a new statewide act 250 jurisdiction I mean, what's specific like it's an act 250 like a new criteria or is it just the The area in which act 250 is Why well, it's it's all all Incorporated into the bill It's it's the whole revamp of act 250 Julie might be able to describe it better So it is expanding areas Where act 250 jurisdiction applies so in the the map on the the right hand side there those areas indicated in orange Are above 2,500 feet and that's automatic act 250 jurisdiction in age 687 It lowers that threshold to 2,000 or that elevation threshold to 2,000 feet It also creates what are called critical resource areas That are defined by as prime ag soils slopes in excess of 15 percent river corridors wildlife connecting habitats among other criteria and Also indicates automatic jurisdiction if you are more than 500 feet off of a road and so Collectively it results in the red orange and yellow areas shown on the left-hand image In areas that are suitable for development Most people agree or suitable for development You give up But the 90% of the state where there's probably not much of a chance for a kind of meaningful development Well again from the very beginning. We've all been talking about the housing crisis How does the bill? How does this bill particularly how does it help housing? I haven't seen words on anything to help housing. So my first litmus test is How do we how do we make housing more affordable? Faster more units in place to get it work ourself out of the situation we find ourselves in and This bill just doesn't do it The the one I've seen or at least it looks like it mirrors the house version Oh, yeah h719 has a lot of good provisions in it. I mean they're We all agreed with that and it's still I'm still supportive of that We'll see what they do with the act 250 portions of that but Well to see what what happens when it gets through committee and goes over to natural resources But as proposed we were in you know, 90% agreement with everything in there not everything The response to some of the property tax issues that you raise that involves eliminating this 5% buffer and Extending meeting day votes according to the other long districts need to Put something go back to the drawing board put some back together Your thoughts on what you what you've seen so far as as I understand that there'll be like three phases to this first phase is Making sure that they they take away the 5% cap, which I think is a move in the right direction rectifying that They're talking about extending town meeting day or I don't know if it's just the vote on school budgets or whether it's town meeting day itself It's unclear to me But but I think that's that's fine as well I think if you might recall when I propose something similar about seven eight years ago It wasn't well received, but but I think this is Well-timed to give people the opportunity especially those who've crafted their budgets that have exceeded the 5% cap and They need to go back to the drawing board so a Couple of things as well with that one If they if they do this This doesn't fix the problem. We're not going to come up with 225 250 million dollars worth of savings with this provision at best. I think we're looking at at best maybe 15 or 20 million of savings to do this so it's still long ways to go In terms of the property tax increases. We're going to see as a result the other piece of this is If we extend this This This vote for whatever period of time It's going to cause a lot of confusion Understandably we have to support the municipalities and the school districts and coming up with With new ballots and so forth and then warning this I Think this is a this is a time when we should Institute the mail-in ballots Because you can't expect people especially if it's not a set date if it's some time between Traditional town meeting day and some other date For every town to be consistent would be would be difficult. So I think mail-in ballots is going to be essential Compel voter participation among a swath of the electorate that might apply more scrutiny to those budget proposals We've seen in the past where it's a limited number an embarrassing number of people actually vote In their town meeting day and in school budgets and so forth And I think this is a way I think we've proven that mail-in ballots increases participation And I think in this instance people should weigh in There's a greater chance that more budget should be voted down Well, it depends what they what they do the school board to do with their budgets because they'd be going back some of them We've going back to the drawing board reflecting on this situation we find ourselves in and Maybe changing their budgets So the legislature has a proposal right now You say it doesn't go far enough What what kind of proposal do you have that you think would more fully address the property tax issue that voters are Well, what I just said though was I believe what they do they're doing is three phases I'm I'm supportive of what they're what they're doing the first phase We haven't heard much about the second or third phase at this point, but that's going to evolve So I wouldn't say I'm opposed to what they're doing What more would you like to see I mean if you're putting this bill together What do you want in there? I think we all have to be at the table. I mean we've had Suggestions in the past. I think that they have to reflect on those They have some of their own as I said in the state of the state may and the budget address And we have to work together to find a way to reduce the amount of spending for For our schools and it's going to be tough tough conversations. No doubt Suggestions in the past Put those back on the table. So right now I said that I mean not right now I said with this phase two and phase three. We're at the table. We're already willing able and We want to be part of the solution as well. We're not putting all this on on the legislature we're saying we're here to and We'll be involved in whatever whatever decisions they make if they if they want us to be and We'll be part of hopefully part of the solution Nothing further that you would add as it relates to the school budgets They're going to be voted on this year whether that's March or I think that's difficult at this point in time again their approach right now to to eliminate the five percent cap provision and and extending The the voting on school budgets for a month or whatever period of time it ends up being is the right move I haven't seen I haven't seen that the budget has Passed out of committee in the Senate at this point in time. So I can't really comment on it I know we're trying to get the information this morning, and I I didn't see anything in writing Maybe it's out now, but I haven't seen it It depends on it depends on what it what it says the actual verbiage So we'll see see what it says and then I can comment further every a chance to look at it Governor this morning in Senate judiciary. We heard some testimony from folks at the Columbia Columbia University's Justice Lab Showing that the raise the age initiative that legislature pass and that you signed has we're seeing a a Smaller caseload. I think it's maybe how how the they put the data this morning Some might say that kind of goes maybe an opposite of or against of what would you paint it earlier in your budget address? You know relating to crimes and delinquency among young vendors. What have you seen this data and what's your read on the situation? I I haven't seen the data. I'm curious as to how far back they went Looking at I believe this was if you look the the trajectory back maybe 10 years It has been dropping in some respects a lot of that is probably due to our demographics I don't know if they factored that in or not, but I'm sure one of the committee members asked that question You or administration and maybe make sure winters can chime in on this if you'd like, but You're proposing to pause raise the age again. We've heard some concern from lawmakers this morning about that Why why do you see the need to again pause it? I think it's again. I don't think we're ready I don't think we were ready before I signed it. I said that But but I don't think we're ready for it And I think we have to really take a step back and make sure we know what we're doing We don't want to make the situation any worse than it is right now Anything you want to add sure? Thank You governor. I think you hit on the key points. It's that There were some limitations in the data That the Columbia Justice Center were able to look at the publicly available data What we are looking at as a department is the overall system and the strains that this would put on the system of care Both from a child protection services standpoint and a juvenile justice standpoint We have some of the same workers covering all of those cases and we have Some pretty high vacancy rates right now We are working on the high-end system of care, but until that is in place The system is going to remain strained and overworked and as the governor said we want to do this But we want to do it in a way that we can implement it successfully And we're just not in a position to do that right now What were those limitations in the data the data looked at a couple of three publicly available data points I don't remember specifically what those were but what we're looking at is the system as a whole Some of the cases that both go into the onto the criminal side and to the juvenile justice side That they bounce back and forth and so they do have an impact even though They're not reflected in the data that the Justice Center was looking at and we gave some testimony this morning on that Can you also talk a little a little bit about the I know if you mentioned this morning It's a couple of years out here, but a new potential facility I think 10 or 12 beds maybe was the number that was floated to be placed somewhere in Chittenden County Was it can you talk a little bit about that? Sure, we're looking at a permanent secure facility for Crisis stabilization for justice involved youth for those those who need the highest amount of care who might pose a danger to themselves or to others That permanent secure facility is probably a couple of years out still we're in the RFP process right now looking at a Few different sites and we'll have a decision on that in the coming months And it is a 14 bed facility I should say I think it's six beds on the crisis stabilization side and then eight beds on the treatment side So a longer term stay and more treatment in the secure facility there We think that's the the right size for our needs Actually commision one more question You kind of mentioned somewhat earlier going back into even before the session you heard about this middle sex location Potentially January we're now in February. I guess when you foresee that potentially coming online Yeah, the middle sex facility is something that we refurbished as a temporary solution until we get to the permanent facility that I was just previously mentioning The construction is done. It's ready. We simply have to contract with a service provider We're in conversations with a service provider But haven't don't have anything on signed on the dotted line yet, but we should have that in the next next couple of weeks I would expect thank you Again, I would probably refer to my commissioner is she on She's not on Maybe I can get commissioner Tierney to She's more more in tune with with that than I am I would just I would just big picture I would say the the quicker that we can get to Renovals better But but we we've received a lot from Canada now I don't know the details of that whether it's just in state or not Everyone I want to make sure that we're including out-of-state Renovals as well, and I think there's going to be a lot coming online in the near future whether it's offshore wind Maybe in the New England region and in other areas as well so Again, I just don't want to make Electricity any more expensive than it is today we need to to be sure that we're taking care of people and Our businesses as well trying to foster that Manufacturing sector that relies on Less expensive electricity and they're paying a premium for it now. So if this can provide for Less expensive energy less expensive electricity, then I'd be all for it, but I haven't seen the the details Governor I have a couple budget questions The state's attorneys office says seven to twenty five new deputies will be needed to address the criminal justice backlog I've heard your administration wants to actually cut nine deputy positions by vacancy Will reducing these deputies impact the state's criminal justice response? Yeah, I'm not sure that That's entirely the case. So we're not looking to to cut I think we're using some of their vacancies as well And I think we have a discrepancy on The number of vacancies they have so again, we'll look into the details and see What's if we made a mistake and we'll? We'll rectify that but but we think there's more vacancies in there and they're talking about okay Also the legislature is talking about raising revenue, but we haven't heard an awful lot about reducing existing spending Have you asked your agency or department heads to submit some across the board actual year-over-year budget cuts like you know Everyone cuts 2% or something like that. I think in this Environment what we've asked we've asked our a lot of our agencies at departments just a level fund Especially with the incredible inflation that we're seeing across the board and the higher cost of insurance And labor costs and so forth so to produce a budget that that doesn't raise taxes in this environment I think they've done the old man's work and providing that so very proud of the effort on our part But we'll see what happens as we move through that's one of my concerns with the BAA They're spending more than we had We had anticipated In fact, there's a finite amount of money. So whatever they spend over and above what we had proposed Will come out of the budget so I? Look forward to Understanding where they're going to get that money You know big costs we've talked about property taxes one of the big underlying factors this year's health care costs You know there's two big bills right now to Medicaid expansion and also S211 dealing with the Green Mountain care board Have they moved on a read on that bill and then what what's your I have not I have not seen the bill I haven't reflected on it myself What I guess what is your take of where we are in the reform project bringing you know more people into the all-payer model? Yeah, I think we need you know I've always felt that we need to continue to focus on what we've been trying to accomplish over the last few years And I know it's difficult to see it through But but this is something that's important to to at least anticipate and not turning turning away from The the path we're on at this point in time. So as I mentioned in my Budget address the ahead model that the federal government is proposing I think show some promise. It's it's state-driven you using many of the ideas across the country and including Vermont and So we'll continue to work with them and the Biden administration to To make that better for us as well, but it's there's no doubt it's Healthcare is very costly just like everything else and it's been increasing. So we need to get a handle on this and and I think The model that we proposed years ago. I think we'll prove itself out in time, but it's going to take a long time We have a couple things working against this our demographics being one an older Population tends to use more health care than a younger population the younger population doesn't use it as much but provides some of the payment to to to hold the whole thing together and So we're With a demographic shift We have an older population and we have fewer of our youth here or fewer youth providing the basis for For the revenue that we need for insurance. So they're both things working against us, but This is a prevention model When you take when you consider that it takes almost a generation to get through that you know, we're trying to to prevent people trying to provide for better health and Prevent some of those high-risk situations later in life. So that takes takes a while for it to come to fruition Would it be accurate for me to say in a story that the governor says he supports mandatory growth caps on school budgets and Statutory women's on staff to student ratios into schools I've we have we have proposed some of those Some of those items and we would propose them again Because again due to our demographics We have fewer kids in the schools and there's been a shift and we have you know over the last 20 30 years we have 30,000 fewer kids in our schools. So We have to there's a day of reckoning and we have to figure this out So it would be a proposal. We're pushing forward with but But again, we don't have the magic one. I still believe in local control. I still believe in School boards having us say in this as well and the people in communities and supervisor districts having to say so we can provide some parameters and and Provide I think some direction But at the end of the day it all comes down to voters Well, it would propose them if what Well again I've said we've made a number of proposals over the last seven eight years They haven't been well received by the legislature But we still think they have merit and we'll propose them again if they're interested We'll start with timberquiston Install the new PUC chair, and I'm wondering if you see these regulatory boards changing the future Whether you like it or not and what you think will happen to them Well, I do think Yeah, well, it's a good question the Green Mountain care board was created due to single payer When that didn't come about We still have the Green Mountain care board before that we had Bishka that Oversaw some of the budgets or off oversaw all the budgets and in the hospitals So it's a question that they should be Debated I think as to whether it's we still have a need for the Green Mountain care board and and what changes Would should be made to make it even better if we keep the board so I don't mind having the debate and We'll see where we go from there I don't know is there be any changes. I mean they're a quasi judicial board that's supposed to be Regulating and overseeing the The energy sector so I don't see that anything will change but different personalities and Hopefully will have better results for Vermont Rape payers. I think that's the point. We need to to protect rate payers and make sure that we have a system that That is conducive to to more affordability and growth here in Vermont I Wouldn't know I wouldn't wouldn't want to say at this point in time But but I think that there are areas where we would see that there would be a Way to protect rate payers in the future and we'll see I mean this clean heat standard It will be a test case for that Governor one of my readers suggested that since our it seems like a lot of people are still working from home a lot of state workers What what is the vacancy rate in these buildings that are all around us and could any of it be perhaps transition to housing? Fit up in in many buildings would be very expensive to turn something into housing We are constantly trying to find the sweet spot so to speak between remote Work and in in work provisions and there's there's a bit of a shift Both back and forth. I think that during certainly during the pandemic It was a lifesaver for us to continue with the government services with people working at home Many people have continued in that respect, but some are coming back So we'll have to I think we have to reflect on this over the next couple of years to see where we go But we are constantly looking for for ways to make state government more efficient And if it means that more people are working from home, and we can free up space and and maybe Sell some of the space to someone who could could make it into something else whether it's affordable housing or housing in general or Our business or whatever We would be amenable to that It feels like you're playing more of a passive role in this debate right now Do you think that's a fair characterization? Well, I think it's a realistic role. I mean We've seen over the last Certainly over the last two years They hold all the cards the legislature does they can do anything they want They don't need me one way or the other they said that and they've proven that I've said we will play a role. We will be part of the solution. We're willing to work with you But there has to be a desire for that Otherwise, it's in their hands. I mean they've proven that so I don't know what else to say We've tried the other pros Over the last seven or eight years we brought brought things forward for them to consider and they were just rejected out of hand so We'll do We'll do whatever we can to help I understand they've been keeping you in the loop on what we're working in ways and means right now But there are conversations ongoing to members of your administration and the legislature as it relates to that bill Why is I mean to what extent does that represent the kind of collaboration that you are looking for To get to a point where you I guess feel comfortable Putting an idea on the table and calling it an after proposal. Well, we have put again We put many proposals on the table over the years They could still be considered But we're willing to to be creative and come up with other others as well and having a healthy dialogue I think is important. So a passive approach might be we're here if you need us And and we're willing to help if that's passive, but we can't force them to do anything We've we've tried that approach and it didn't work so We're in the we're in the situation we're in They have the supermajority and They can they can do what they want I am going through those as we speak I've I interviewed One yesterday, so I have a couple more ago They're all good Stay tuned, I mean, we know we want to make a decision as soon as we possibly can The house recently has to build Discrimination based on hair types and styles Again, I my focus has been on making them out more affordable and housing needs and so forth And then this bill is important. It sounds as though it's not controversial We'll see again we'll reflect on that but my when it gets to my desk, it's probably something I would sign That would mean you have to work longer though Calvin I Heard some about that I I do think you know some of the the longer work days and less days I think is something unique and has seemed to work for many people and We in fact in corrections. We're we're using that strategy and it's been been effective And they seem to appreciate that having you know three days off is important But they work longer longer hours during the other four days, so We'll see I think again that That employers need to look at different strategies to find qualified help and draw more people in and Have a chance for people to enjoy the outdoors and everything Vermont has to offer So I think I think employers are looking at different approaches to attracting more people and that could be one of them Back to some of the crazy age discussion in Judge this morning and secretary winters if you want to jump back in was after you left the room at this came up the Committee seem to be voicing some frustration over what they pursued as The administration asked me to put off implementing your year after year and saying over and over that they don't have the resources to implement it and It almost sounded like they wanted to Play a game of chicken and say we're gonna implement it this year and you call your bluff And if you need more money, then we'll pass more money in the budget. What do you make of that? I? Wouldn't say that approach is any different than I've seen over the last few years. Thank you all


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Learn English through songs. Number one, Lobo. Today, we're going to listen to a song in English. Before we do that, we'll look at some pictures. Predict whether this will be a happy song or a sad song. Ready for the pictures? Predict. Will this be a happy song or sad song? Look at the pictures and decide. Here's some more pictures. What do you think now? Can you guess whether it will be a happy song or a sad song? One more picture from the album cover. Did you change your mind after seeing the first picture? What do you think this song will be about? Discuss with your partners or classmates. Now listen to the song. Click on the link below. Confirm whether your first impression was right or wrong. Was it a happy song or a sad song? Why is the singer happy or sad? What changed in his relationship? What's the difference between the past and now? Okay, click on the link below to listen to the song. Then come back here after listening. Did you like the song? What do you think happened to the man and the woman in the song? How did their relationship change from the past until now? What do you think the title of the song is? Write it down. The title of the song is Don't expect me to be your friend. Sung by Lobo, the artist or singer. What do you think the title means? Why doesn't he want to be the woman's friend? Can you guess what their relationship was like in the past? Listen to the song again and fill in the blanks in the following text. Ready to listen again? Fill in the missing words from the lyrics. Feel free to pause the video and take as much time as you need for this exercise. Here's the chorus, the next verse, and the last verse. Here's the answer key to the blanks. First verses, flowers, anymore, appointment, laughter, call, sleep, vow, promise, chorus, liking, story, love, friend, next and last verses, village, time, erase, jumbles, happy, hand, introduce, lover. See a complete list of the lyrics here. The link is also in the description below. Special words and expressions from the song. Drop by or stop by. That means visit someone's place briefly. Vow and promise. Make a commitment to do something. Not anymore. Different from the past. Jumbles up. Confuses, mixes up. Kinda or kind of. Somewhat in a small way. Gradually. Smile that way. As you always do. The walls start crashing in. I feel devastated or overwhelmed. Questions to think about for further discussion. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Old lovers make poor friends. Elaborate on your opinion. What would you tell someone who just broke up with a boyfriend or girlfriend? Take some time and talk with your partners or classmates. Feel free to pause the video and take as much time as you'd like for discussion. Hope you enjoyed that. If you liked this video, please give it a thumbs up in the comments section below. And don't forget to subscribe to our channel. Thanks for watching. Check out our websites for more information and resources. eslgold.com and freeenglishstudy.com.


That's so satisfying, what's up my beautiful babes? You are looking so beautiful, per usual, you're always looking stunting, okay? And I love you so much. So you guys, I'm back with more America's Next Top Model Makeover reaction videos and I know it's been a while and I missed it and I'm back and I'm gonna watch what is this season 5. We're watching season 5 today, we're going back again, we're just jumping all around seasons, I don't know. And this looks like a great makeover episode, I don't remember this episode at all but I'm so stoked to watch it again with you guys. So you guys know the deal, you've seen my videos before I'm sure. So with that all said you guys, let's get it started. Is that good? Get myself back in this chair. Wake the up girls, yes lips, I'm out of breath for a metal dance. I remember her, she's crazy, she's hers, I have a great natural beauty and I don't think I really need to change much too.  Let me see Lisa, I think that the hair she can work contrast to the eye color, if we make your hair color richer, chocolatey, all of a sudden your blue eyes are just going to pop.  Ebony, we fought and fought and then we said she needs glamour, she needs pizzazz, and she needs to represent how people grow and you're gonna have braids all the way down to here. We love braids. Oh my god, I remember him. We love the length of your hair, but you have this, I think it would be great red. People who choose to be red choose to be noticed, so watch out.   Hair comes to tears, that's right Ebony, get it. These girls are so young. Ty, look, yeah, these girls are attacking the sport girl. Oh my god, they're all watching. So satisfying, wow that's a lot of hair. That's the T right there. Is that the color they gave her? They just spit everywhere. Oh my god the weave, these poor girls, oh braiding, we're doing box braids.  If he said that in 2018, ghetto fabulous, the whole internet would have a frenzy over that, they would go crazy. Ghetto fabulous, that is so bad, oh my god. Wait, she looks amazing. Done it, oh my god this is so 90s. The poop, the snooki poop. Oh my god these highlights, I'm living for her though. The lip, that haircut is way better on her. Bamboy. The foe hog? Oh no. I wanted blonde hair and I wanted it long, but I at least got the long hair. Oh no, it's like eating her alive that hair. Way too much. Yes Diane, give me that soccer mom hair. I actually like that on her. I think it blends with her skin tone a little bit too much, but it's pretty. You have like that sophisticated young model, so you bring notice to yourself by being fashionably casual. I love the finished product, it's amazing. What they do. Oh wow, her skin looks like healthy with darker hair. I really like that. Makeovers, season whatever this is. Oh yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, lioness. See what I did there, make looks great. 13 hours, how do you get that out of your hair? Just braids are like microscopic. Obviously I'm still going to be a feminine person because that's how I am. Oh no, this is bad. Bad, that's just really, really, really, really bad. I mean she's like really, really pretty. Oh actually, well that picture's kind of funny. Take that back, I take it back. Okay girl, those makeovers were actually like pretty good. I'm kind of surprised. That's a very, very old season. What was it, season five? Season five. And the makeovers weren't that dated. They were a little bit dated but actually it looks really chic and beautiful on 90% of them. And there was nobody who got a really, really, really ratchet makeover. And I'm obsessed with Nick's, Nick and I.K. Her hair, stunning, the lion hair. That beautiful afro, sort of really curly kinky hair. Oh, looked amazing on her, such a transformation. I also liked the girl who ended up getting her hair cut really short. It was crying. I think it looked really good. I think the color should have been a little bit blonder first. Blonder for her skin tone. But what are you gonna do about it? It looks chic. It looks dope. She looks so much better. So much more model. I was into it. And today's Instagram shout out goes to these two queens looking fabulous. She says, hey queen, my fiance and I love watching your videos together. She introduced me to you. Home dye our hair. And usually it goes pretty well. We are getting married next month. Congratulations. That's amazing. And are going to the hairdresser beforehand to get our hair done properly. Good idea. Do you think I should go all pink? The orange is on purpose. Leah has no idea what to do with her hair as it is long on top. But she's growing out. She's growing out the back and sides. Any ideas? Thank you so much. Okay. Congratulations once again. You guys are so cute. Oh my God. I'm so happy for you. Okay. And yes, you should definitely go all pink. Are you kidding me? Is that even a question with me? I want everybody to have pink hair and blonde hair. Yes, definitely pink hair on you.  I think you guys should both go completely pink and completely purple. Because that would just look so rad at a wedding. You guys getting married with pink and purple hair. I think that would be such an iconic look. And I'm so here for it. So, I mean, that's what I'm into.  Something cool like that. I don't know. If you're going to the hairdresser, you might as well mix it up a little bit. Or even you, yeah, dark pink on the top, light pink on the bottom.  I don't know. It just, I feel like you should have fun with it. And definitely stick with the purples and pinks because I'm obsessed and you guys look fabulous. So congratulations. And good luck at your wedding. It's going to be amazing. I'm so excited for you. Let me know if you guys end up doing this to your hair and definitely send me a picture of you at your wedding day. I can't wait to see it. Don't forget to check out my merchandise at fanjoy.com slash Brad. Thank you guys so much for watching today.  And I will see you all next time. Peace.


Hello, 127th Wing. I'm General Mom and the Wing Commander and welcome to the September Drill. Before we start out, I wanted to recognize Sergeant Garza for all the hard work that she did leading up to and through Exercise Spartan. Now during the exercise, I coined over 30 people during the exercise, which was a lot of fun to do, and I still have more people to coin and I will be hitting up those organizations over the next several drills to say thanks for all the hard work. In this case, Sergeant Garza did a fantastic job getting the 127th Wing headquarters ready to deploy out the door, all the mobility folders, all the hard work that had to go along with that, and then when she was in place, she took over the PERSCO superintendent roles and did a fantastic job making sure that we were 100% accountable for all our men and women that were up at Exercise Spartan. So with that, I want to thank you for all the work that you did. Appreciate everything you're doing. You bet. Thank you. So a few more words about Exercise Spartan. Exercise Spartan was an amazing success. We took over 800 members of the 127th Wing up to Alpina exercise for a week and brought them back all safely to Selfridge Air National Guard Base. We also brought up 14 A-10s and four KC-135s and about 20 semi truck loads of cargo to support the exercise. Initial feedback from both the Air Combat Command and Air Mobility Commander Specter Generals was extremely positive. We did five agile combat employment events with the highlight being the highway landing where we landed on M32 with four A-10s and two C-146s aircraft from Special Ops Command. We've done it in Europe and we've done it in other locations but never in the United States. From an overall perspective, Exercise Spartan again was a great success and it's proof that we have a culture of readiness in the 127th Wing. Now I'd like to thank everybody who participated in the climate survey. The climate survey is closed and in total we had about 763 people take the survey. Overall the report was over 200 pages long with 122 pages of comments and I'm looking forward to come out over the next several months to different commander's calls to talk directly to you about the results in the survey. Again, I want to thank everybody for taking the survey. And now for a quick COVID update. We are still in health protection condition Bravo and we have several restrictions on the base while people are working. For example, inside everyone regardless of vaccination status must be wearing a mask. Outside everyone who has not been vaccinated must wear a mask. So please comply with those restrictions. Also you've been watching that the COVID vaccine is now mandatory. The Pfizer vaccine initially has received full licensure from the FDA. So with that the Department of Defense has mandated that all members get vaccinated. Guidance for the vaccine will be coming through official channels shortly. At this point I'd like to hand it over to Chief Wynott and he's going to talk to you about a few subjects. Thank you General Manon. Hi I'm Chief Massachusetts' David Wynott. What I wanted to talk to you about today is the Air Force Integrated Personnel and Pay System or AFIPS. This is a new system for your military records and your pay records. This is a two-phase process. What's open right now is the first phase to claim your account. And the second phase will go live in the early summer of 2022. This is especially important for our employers as you'll be gone when this goes live because this is actually a two-step process. First you need to claim your account then you need to go in and look at each tabs. There's five tabs verify that data. Once that data is verified and gone through by you then it'll show you as complete. Now this first step is really important to make sure that step two goes smooth. Remember your pay accuracy depends on the information in this new system. Don't forget that this Saturday 11 September is the Wing Family Appreciation Day. So don't forget to bring your family for food and fun provided by the Wing for appreciation of you and your family's hard work and dedication to the mission. To kick it all off the first sergeants are having a rock walk run that begins at 8 30 in the morning outside of the headquarters building at the empty field and it will end off at the top three area location of Family Day. If you're interested in participating in that contact your first sergeant. Lastly I want to thank you for all you do every day. Your success is a four-support squad and success. I hope you and your family take the time to enjoy the Family Day events. Thank you very much general back to you. Now I would like to talk briefly about what's going to happen over the next 12 to 14 months in the 127th Wing. It's going to be a busy time. We're deploying hundreds of people throughout the globe. We're going to have two home station exercises here at Selfridge. We're going to have an air show in July and in September we're going to have a capstone with the air combat command and air mobility command inspector generals overseeing our entire program. So it is going to be a very very busy year. Finally I'd like to say to everybody happy birthday. This month is the 74th anniversary of the United States Air Force. It is our goal to be the best led most efficient effective and adaptable organization in the United States Air Force. I appreciate your leadership and I appreciate your professionalism.