You're right also, I thought I'd just go over a bit of a CPR not a not a usual typical setup But but it's there in a sense that there were definitely traders caught In in around this area and so let me explain as you can see one second if you were a Trader right and you saw this in real time Yeah, what would you what are what are you likely to do? You're likely to see this level of Resistance resistance. Yeah Prices are making higher highs higher lows. What should happen? We get a bounce off there. Nice little bounces one hourly chart I like to look at the one hour just simply because I know that a lot of day traders will look at the one hour chart And then one hour chart is traded a lot and then you get a move that comes slightly down But then it starts to hold right it starts to hold it's pretty stopped out a few of these traders anyway Looks for the liquidity, right, but it starts to look like it's holding now Yeah, so it generally traders are looking to get involved You're seeing some bullish price action there some pin bars some in gold things that might look like just a Deeper bit of a deeper pullback. They didn't time the entry, right? Traders are probably getting involved in this area and all of a sudden We get prices look like they go and hire and then they come down, right? So there's a Level there that that level according to everyone who trades Support and resistance that level would be now gone. There's breakout traders getting involved to the short side Yeah, definitely on that level You know, even if you go down to lower time frame that would have been you know a zone And then that's the breakout, right? It happened also at nine o'clock in in London time So, you know, there's traders here high volume Lots of traders getting involved in that breakout Especially probably because of you know, the bias people switching their bias now lower highs lower lows being made now Yeah, but as soon as that happens we get a Move to the upside and move to the upside and a little bit of time a bit of a pullback and Then prices go to the upside, right? So for me there are traders potentially still caught I'd prefer for them not to get off the hook to be fair I really would prefer them not to get off the hook, but this could also be some You know thirty eight point two percent fit Pullback and let's just have a look fit retracement. Yeah, it looks like it's you know They've probably tried to get short off of here One second so you can see there's a little level right there as well where you've got let me just delete some of this stuff Here So you've got some support support Little bit of support there should turn to what resistance starts to look like resistance there So if you break out traders with a short here probably getting short potentially there But then obviously it's continues going higher. So it's traders now caught in their positions of different levels Now what I do like is the fact that it's you know allowed these traders So this is there's been a bit of relief here for these 30 point two percent traders prices have gone obviously to the upside but I Think that the dollar having not necessarily the greatest news regarding CPI We're getting this move and what I do like is that we've got one two three four five six seven bearish candles into a level I really like that So for me, I think that this area here. It's actually coming down into a nice 91 50 half number as well So I think anywhere from now into deeper into this zone I think is is decent for a long trade. This is not a trade call if this is not on your list of Pairs to trade then it's really not an opportunity for you because you really should have figured this out We've done the analysis before so You know if you if you haven't done your fundamental analysis, then you know, don't listen to me, right? You've got to do your own fundamental analysis. Yes, just because I'm interested in this in this trade Doesn't mean that you should be but the point being is that? You know, this isn't a trade call. This is just for anyone who is looking at the dollar Swiss You know, I think this level is, you know, this is a nice not necessarily the typical Set up but it is it is there and I do think it is it is quite a nice zone to look for some potential Long trades, but again, let's see what happens with the dollar if it's setting off etc But yes more position and then see what happens. All right guys take care and I'll speak to you soon


CHAPTER 34 David Lee had turned the corner. He had in fact made rapid strides along the road to recovery, so much so that he was now permitted to cross the hall into Mrs. Redmond's sitting-room every afternoon, where he held informal receptions and received attention enough he said to turn his head entirely. To which remark Mr. Grimes, who happened to be present, returned concisely that when a head had so lately been cracked, it was well to keep it steadily in one position lest the crack be revealed to the world in general. David settled himself in the armchair consecrated to his use and glanced about expectantly. "'She's not here,' volunteered Mr. Grimes kindly. "'You're an hour earlier than you were yesterday, getting feverish again?' Lee blushed with the consciousness of a girl and the member from South Dakota laughed in great good humor. "'Fact is,' he said, crossing his legs comfortably. I happened in when I knew everybody was out because I want to have a talk, if you think you're able. Don't mind, do you?' "'No,' said David. "'Certainly not. I want to talk, Mr. Grimes, or rather to ask questions, and do you know they have not let me speak of anything they thought exciting. I'm very grateful for the care, of course, but I think I'm getting tired of being nursed, and there are things I must know, questions which must be answered by somebody.' Mr. Grimes crossed his short legs as comfortably as his rotundity a figure would permit. "'Fire away, sonny,' he remarked geneal-y. When you've finished I've got a few inquiries to make in return. "'But,' suddenly hesitating, it's department matters I want to talk about with the secretary, or perhaps Senator Byrd. You're very kind, Mr. Grimes, but—' "'Mr. Grimes chuckled with great enjoyment.' "'I'm your man,' he said importantly. I reckon that just now I am as well up in the affairs of the nation, so far as the State Department is concerned, as the secretary himself, and perhaps a little better. Things got so muddled I found I'd have to put a finger in the pie after all. So trust your Uncle Joshua, Davy, and sail in.' When Mr. Grimes referred to himself as Uncle Joshua, it was an indication he was well pleased with the world, and he applied the title in much the same spirit with which he usually referred to his country as Uncle Sam. "'They make a great team,' he remarked modestly on one occasion, your Uncle Joshua and your Uncle Samuel.  He found himself not quite so ready to accept Mr. Grimes's invitation to sail in as he had anticipated. "'The secretary told me,' he said slowly, not to worry about the roost-chook matter, that it was all right. Is this possible?' "'Yes,' returned Mr. Grimes cheerfully, quite possible. Papers turned up intact, villain-spotted by your humble servant. Great scene for the stage, David, virtue triumphant, vice-vanquished, red-fire, tableau, curtain. "'I don't understand,' said Lee, puzzled. Where were the papers found?' The member from South Dakota leaned forward that he might watch his companion's face. "'In your coat pocket,' he said, anticipating an astonished exclamation. But the young man merely nodded impatiently. "'Oh, if that's all,' he said, a bundle of blank papers. I thought you had really found them, and I wondered.' He checked himself abruptly. "'Blank Grandmother!' ejaculated Mr. Grimes. They were the real thing, but it's a long story. Now listen carefully, for I don't like to repeat myself being rather short-winded.' And David listened with breathless attention as his companion rapidly sketched the events of the period during which he lay unconscious as a result of contact with Colonel St. John's brick. "'Marx,' he interrupted once, and Miss Christine Gray, why I know them both. Impossible!' "'No, do you, though?' said Mr. Grimes with interest. "'Well, then, perhaps you'd like my opinion of your friend Marx. He is either the deepest double-eyed rascal in the country, or he should have a guardian appointed to look after him when he walks abroad. I've not been able to make up my mind, which.' "'He is not a villain,' said David, laughing. I would stake my own reputation on that fact, but he is, well, unusual.' "'Unusual!' there he sat David, and there we sat, the Secretary of State, a United States Senator, and a member of Congress, a dignified and awe-inspiring assembly to confront the average youth. Did we phase him? Not we. He said he picked up the papers, so he believed in Lafayette Park. He left them, if his memory did not fail him, at the door of Miss Gray's boarding-house, why he did not know. That was all. We simply hammered at him, but not an inch further did we get.' "'Probably,' interposed David, he told you all he knew.' "'Hm!' ejaculated Mr. Grimes. Well, that's all he did tell us, and the secret servicemen set to watch him and trace his very thoughts, report him of unblemished character, and can account for every minute of his valuable time for months, but to resume.' And once more he took up the thread of his narrative. "'Rivers,' interrupted David again, the member from Virginia, the man who—' "'Well,' said Mr. Grimes, why hesitate? "'I don't know why I should hesitate, I'm sure. I was merely going to ask if it is the man Miss Burtis to marry.' "'No,' ejaculated Mr. Grimes explosively, not by a long shot, she's going to marry somebody else if I know anything about it.' David turned his face into the shadow. "'Whom?' he inquired, studiously indifferent. Mr. Grimes did not reply. Instead he screwed up one eye in a long deliberate wink, and resumed his story. And so, he concluded seriously, I went to the president myself and lay the whole matter before him. He was hard to convince, but I had my proof, only I didn't want to drag that little grey girl into any more unpleasantness than necessary. He's a very straight fellow at the bottom, the president is, and don't tolerate anything slippery if he knows it, so he sent for rivers.' "'Well?' "'Well, that's all. Rivers is going abroad. His term expires this fall, and I understand his district will have another representative next session, as the gentleman from Virginia does not mean to run again.' "'Mr. Grimes,' said David thoughtfully. "'That's me,' returned the member promptly. "'You've told me about the first paper which disappeared, but how about the last, the synopsis, you know?' The secretary found it in his desk. "'What?' exclaimed Lee in astonishment. Mr. Grimes nodded. "'In his desk, here at the house,' he repeated. He thinks it got caught in the drawer and was overlooked. It's queer, very queer.' Lee was sitting upright, a bewildered expression on his face. "'How did it get there?' he inquired. "'Ah!' returned his companion. "'I don't know. What's more, I didn't ask. There are more things in heaven and earth, you know, David, and I'd no wish to upset another hornet's nest. The main point is that they were intact. The secretary thinks he put them there and forgot it and deplores his absent-mindedness. I think.' "'Yes?' said Lee breathlessly. "'What do you think?' "'Well,' returned the stout gentleman. "'Since I've been quoting Shakespeare, I'll do it again. It's my opinion. There is something rotten in the state of Denmark, as well as the honourable Charles Rivers of Virginia. But I intend not to make or suggest any further investigations, and I strongly advise you to follow my example. Now, young man, a few questions on my part.  Out with it, for I don't take much stock in your not knowing.'  The conversation had been somewhat exhausting. "'Mr. Grimes,' he said reluctantly, "'I'm afraid I've been an awful fool.' I shouldn't wonder, my boy, young men often are. But it's something if you recognize the fact. Let's hear about it.' I believed I knew who took those papers. The night of the ball here I discovered, as I thought, a clue. It wasn't much, just a bit of State Department paper with a few words on it, but I saw who dropped it. I unfortunately lost it myself and came back here after everybody was gone and made a thorough search. I went over every inch of the floor, but it wasn't there. I had papers on the brain and wanted to find them the worst way. And suddenly remembered the secretary's desk in the library. I thought it possible he might have put them there, as you say he did the synopsis, so I even looked through it. He paused an instant, then continued. Well, they weren't there, so I went home without meeting any one, although I had a curious sensation of being watched and followed. The next day the secretary went to the White House and brought back the synopsis. He was much troubled and talked the matter over with Senator Byrd and Mr. Rivers, who returned with him. He put the paper in his desk, but went to receive the diplomats without removing the key. Miss Byrd came in to meet her father, and I took her to the State Department library. We stayed a long time, and when I got back the secretary was just going out to lunch with Mrs. Redmond. I found something on the floor by the desk which made me anxious, another clue I thought. Well of course the next thing was the discovery of the loss of the synopsis. I worried a good deal over it, and determined to go through the secretary's private desk myself, thinking it might have caught somewhere, for it wasn't a bulky document like the other. The night after Christmas I felt out of sorts with the world and didn't want to go anywhere or do anything, so I started for the department to get up some back work. While I was there I happened to think of looking up the paper. I had a key which Mr. Redmond had once given me and I made a thorough search, but the paper was not to be found. It was late when I left. Lee paused and endeavored to collect his thoughts. Just why I turned up New York Avenue I don't know. I suppose I was absorbed in thought, for I had been making notes on some important matters to bring to the attention of the secretary in the morning, and had put some loose bits of paper in my pocket intending to elaborate them when I got home, for I wasn't sleepy. While I suddenly discovered I was going the wrong way and turned down an alley as a shortcut home, it ran back of the octagon house and was dark and lonely enough with the high brick wall and vacant old house, and I had some idea of going back although I had often used it before as a shortcut. However I kept on till I got opposite a break in the wall when something, curiosity I suppose, made me stop and look through. Well, inquired Mr. Grimes with interest.  I don't know how to thank you. But Mr. Grimes was looking in his card case and did not reply. Is the scrap of paper you found and lost again at the ball anything like this? He demanded, producing a dingy bit with a few words upon it. That is it! said David eagerly. Where did you get it? Picked it up myself, returned Mr. Grimes, tossing it into the fire, and I think that's the best place for it. Of course the scrap rivers found in the octagon house was part of your notes and dropped from your pocket. The round red face of the member from South Dakota was very serious as he watched the bit of tricolored cord blaze and blacken in the hearth. David, he said slowly, whom do you suspect? Lee crimsoned and turned his face into the shadow. You won't say, well, it's all right, only understand clearly that the incident is closed irrevocably, and remember that circumstantial evidence is often misleading. You came perilously near being charged with a serious crime, and I realize you were in a mighty tight box, but you're well out of it after all. The old chap found dead in the octagon house I take to be responsible for your cracked skull, but he isn't going to make any explanations, and so, David, I propose the subject of the roost shook papers be tabooed in future. Everything will do no good, so we'll drop the subject. I've been a fool, that's all, said Lee quietly, and I'm glad of it. A rustle of skirts became apparent in the hall, and Mr. Grimes rose with alacrity. I guess you don't need me any more, he remarked cheerfully, for there are Mrs. Richmond and Miss Bird, and if that is not enough for one fellow I don't know what is. But it was only Isabelle who entered as the congressman went out, her cheeks glowing with the cold air, and her eyes shining with a soft brightness Lee thought pleasant to look upon. She told him various little items of news she thought would interest him and finally lapsed into silence as the daylight waned, and shadows filled the room. Lee looked at the bright hair with the firelight playing over it and at the curve of the cheek against which dark lashes rested. Isabelle, he whispered. Her color faded, then suddenly returned, dyeing her face with the tint of a wild rose. David forgot he was merely an impacunious private secretary, and she, the daughter of Senator Bird, as he leaned forward and caught her hands. The memory of their relative positions, however, leaped obnoxiously to the fore and checked the words trembling upon his lips, so he released the little hands and sank back in his chair, suddenly weak and exhausted.   She whispered softly, I'm waiting, go on. CHAPTER 35 The secretary stood in his library, holding in his hand a sheet of paper as he had previously held the draft of his resignation. Today, however, there was an erectness in his attitude very different from the era of general depression which had marked the former occasion. Two chairs sociably drawn together before the fire indicated that he had recently entertained a visitor, and an indescribable something about them suggested that the guest had been welcome. Now, however, judging from his expectant glances at the clock and out of the window, he expected someone else. How long she stays, he exclaimed impatiently. Ah, at last! For the front door had opened and shut, and he heard Mrs. Redman's voice in the hall. Suppose you look in on Mr. Lee in my sitting-room, Isabelle, she was saying, I will join you shortly. The secretary drew aside the heavy portier and held out his hand. I've been watching for you, he said. You promised to be home early, you know. Yes, she assented, and now I want to tell you about my afternoon. There is something I want to do very, very much. And I too have something to tell you, he said. Come to the fire, you must be cold. Mrs. Redman paused in the act of removing her heavy furs and looked curiously at him. Something has happened, she exclaimed suddenly. Something nice! You have had a visitor! Oh, John, tell me! Yes, dear, a visitor, the president. Don't look so startled, he used to come sometimes, you know. But not lately, she replied, not since. Listen, he continued, this morning I sent in my resignation. I owed it to myself to do so even though the missing papers have all been found. I don't care a bit now, she interrupted, for there could be no stigma attached to your name. Well? Wellestel, as I said, I sent it in this morning, and this afternoon the president brought it here and asked me to withdraw it as a personal favour to himself. And you, she said, what did you say to him? I said, returned the secretary, that I only wished to serve my country honestly and that sometimes such service was best rendered by withdrawal from public office when age or ill health had in any way impaired the faculties. And he? He said all sorts of kind things, dear, and was very complimentary. He apologised for his attitude during this trouble and said that he had been much worried and facts falsely represented to him. He was genuinely anxious that I should remain, and so I agreed to do so. There will be no official record of my resignation. He left it here with me, and I shall destroy the copy in the files of the State Department. I thought, the secretary paused and smiled. Well, John? I thought, Estel, that perhaps you would enjoy burning it. You seemed to take the matter very much to heart the other day. Oh, I should! she exclaimed quickly. Give it to me at once. The secretary seated himself upon the couch and drew his wife down beside him. The sheet of paper burned brightly, then charred and crumbled, and Mrs. Redmond, watching it, remembered with a tightening of the throat, the cellar of the octagon house and the blazing of the burning maps. Fire was merciful at times as well as terrible, she thought. Even now, said Mr. Redmond cheerfully, I have told you my news, what is yours? It isn't news exactly. I went to see Miss Gray this afternoon. Her pretty little sister is going to be married. Indeed, exclaimed the secretary, I am heartily glad to hear it.  They are two girls alone in the world without money, and it's such a dreary boarding-house. You don't mind? Do you think I would object? Oh, I knew you wouldn't, but I wanted to talk to you about it, of course. I should like her to have a nice little wedding and some pretty clothes such as every girl longs for and should have when she marries. She brought us back those papers, you know, and I feel we owe her a tremendous debt of gratitude, at least I do. His marks the happy man, inquired Mr. Redmond, laughing. His name is Harry, and his regiment is in Alaska. That is all I know about him, John, but it's immaterial. He gets a leave next month and can come on, and I mean he shall find Christine daintily fitted out with pretty things, dear, as well as useful.  So when Harry comes, we will have a nice little wedding here in the house, and you'll give the bride away. Do you agree?" The secretary held his wife closer and kissed her forehead. It's like you to think of it, Estelle, he said fondly. Of course I agree, and speaking of brides, he added, I wonder how the young people upstairs are coming on. The young people were getting on extremely well upstairs, although their conversation was of a disjointed and fragmentary character incapable of being properly recorded, and the disorder of Isabel's red-gold hair was more apparent than usual. It glitters, said David, carefully transferring a strand from his coat to his card case, like spun gold. I should think, said Isabel, with an attempt at a frown. You might have asked for a lock of it by this time, but perhaps you don't want it. The last words were muffled, owing to a temporary eclipse of the two heads by the back of one chair. By the way, she said suddenly, drawing away from him, by the way, David, there's something I want to know. Why did you take those papers? What papers? The blank bundle labeled Roostchuk from our library table. I saw you put them in your pocket. Some valuable papers were missing from the department on that subject, he said slowly, and I thought perhaps I had found them, so put them in my pocket on the impulse of the moment, meaning to return them to the secretary or your father. When I found they were blanks, I said no more about it, but I never understood. He paused abruptly. I do, returned Isabel, sagely. Oh, I'm wiser than you think! Mr. Rivers. Hateful name! Interposed Lee quickly. We will call him the unmentionable if you like it any better. Well anyhow, he knew you were coming and put that package there to see if you would take it. He was trying to prove you guilty of something, David. I don't just understand what, but you fell into the trap like a blind bat and put it in your pocket. I thought I should have died when I saw you do it. He stared at her incredulously. And does your father think I stole that package of papers believing them genuine and kept quiet about it? He said. No! returned Isabel with a shake of the head. He doesn't think anything of the kind, for I fixed up another package and father and the unmentionable found it. But I thought you took it, David, and I was very miserable, so miserable that I got engaged. But how you must have despised me. No, I didn't, she interrupted. I tried to, but I couldn't, so I despised myself for not being able to despise you. He, the unmentionable, said all sorts of nasty things about you, and what he meant should happen to you, so I stole out that evening to tell you about it and to ask you not to do it again whatever it was you did do. And it was nothing after all, was it? No, Isabel, returned Lee anxiously. I've done nothing I am ashamed of. But you said you went to see me. When was it, and where did you go? It was one Thursday, she said, and I went to your lodging, but just as I got nearly there you came out the door and went down the street. I tried to overtake you, but you walked too fast for me. You went to the old part of the city, and I kept on following, went down a horrid muddy alley, and it was raining and very dark. In the alley I lost you, but I thought I saw you go through a hole in the wall so I kept on. I really think then I was afraid to go back. The place turned out to be the octagon house, and I was so relieved when I knew where I was that I thought I'd just run through it and out on 18th Street on the other side, you know, so I need not go back by way of the alley. But, interruptedly, I never went to the octagon house until the night my friend hit me with the brick and carried me in. Oh, I know, that was the awful part. It wasn't you at all, David. It was—put your ear very close. Count Vladimir. He went into a room with a light in it, and an old man met him. I was very frightened and hid in a little place off the dining room with a secret door, you know. They talked a long time, and the old man seemed afraid of him, but I couldn't distinguish what they said. I tried to get out of the window on 18th Street, but it wouldn't budge, and I caught my hair on the rough wood and tore my dress. My heart beat so I thought they must hear it. By and by Count Vladimir left, and I took the opportunity to rush through the hall out into the garden again. Even the alley was better than that awful house. I got wet coming home and was late for dinner, and Mr. Lindhurst kept asking me inconvenient questions. It was dreadful. But where did you go, David? I sometimes use that alley as a shortcut from street to street, he replied, and have a recollection of doing so one Thursday evening when I went into that part of the city on an errand to one of the clerks in the State Department. I had an engagement later and must have taken the shortest way of getting there, and in the darkness you lost me. But oh, Isabelle, when I think that you did it for me and what might have happened— The remainder of the sentence was unintelligible but seemed satisfactory. I wonder, he said after a long silence, what your aunt and father will think. Oh! responded Miss Bird with an air of easy assurance, Aunt Mary doesn't matter, and father thinks as I do on such subjects. CHAPTER XXXVI OF THE WIFE OF THE SECRETERY OF STATE CHAPTER XXXVI The last door slammed, and the last carriage rolled away. Sleepy servants thankfully began to set the house to rights, for the secretary and Mrs. Redmond had entertained the president and members of the cabinet at dinner, and the guests had at last departed. Mrs. Redmond looked at her husband and smiled. Well, it's over, she remarked. I never enjoyed the cabinet dinner so much before, and the season is over, too. I am not sorry. Tired, questioned the secretary. Come with me into the library. I must smoke my cigar, and I'd like your society to improve the flavour. A speech worth him ensured the prey himself. She returned as they entered the library. What a famous fire! How the diplomatic world changes, remarked the secretary, striking a match. Wildmeer gone, and Lindhurst going. I fancy the latter was rather hard-hit by Isabel. He tells me he intends to give up diplomacy and settle down into an English squire. I hope he may find some nice girl at home waiting for him. I hope so, too, John. Mr. Lindhurst is every into gentleman as well as a nobleman. He could not soil his hands with anything unworthy of him. Why should he, inquired the secretary, surprised? She did not reply, but her face grew very thoughtful as she gazed into the fire, and the secretary filed a hand in his, grossed suddenly cold. Now Wildmeer, he continued, gently chafing the cold hand, was very different, despite of his polish and brilliancy, I never liked him. Wonderfully clever fellow, though, Estelle. But there was a hardness about him, quiet repellent to me, and I believe him to be unscrupulous and without mercy. Heaven helped a woman, for instance, who was in his power. For a moment she did not reply. The handsome library, lined with richly bound volumes, some of them almost priceless, had vanished, and she was again in the octagon house with Count Wildmeer, they too alone in the great dark cellar with only the dead men above to keep watch. I am cold, she had said. Then, madame, he had responded, we will light the fire. She remembered the lifting of the candle and the flickering of the flame in a draught from the chimney. Also the mess of ashes upon the hearth after the maps were burned. You are not just to Count Wildmeer, dear, she said gently. I know of one woman, to whom he was both merciful and generous. Well, he insisted, laughing, I am glad to hear it, but I am willing to wager she was the exception and not the rule. Turn off the lights, she said. I want just the fire. That's light enough for confidences, isn't it, John? How dull your opals are to-night, remarked Mr. Redmond as he complied. They scarcely glow at all. He lifted the jewel at her throat and looked curiously at it as she drew a footstool to his chair and leaned her head against his knee. John, she said after a long silence, of what are you thinking? Of you, dear, and of the completeness of our life together. It is so wonderfully satisfying. A scarlet flame played about the opal for an instant, then faded, and a stone hung cold and colorless. I read somewhere, she said slowly, that between a man and wife should be perfect confidence, that there should be no reservations one from another, that without such confidence real happiness was impossible and love could not endure. Do you believe this, John? The secretary watched the smoke of his cigar fade into space. It is a generally accepted theory, Estelle, he said quietly. But as you know, I do not believe in it. Between a man and woman, in fact between any two human beings, real happiness is impossible without some reservation. Two clothes and intimacy brings with it carelessness and contempt. In my opinion, a man has no more right to raise the curtain from his wife's silence than he has to enter her dressing-room uninvited. Do you really think so? I know it, Estelle. Endless miseries brought about, and useless suffering inflicted upon the innocent by mistaken ideas of duty, hysterical so-called confessions which open wounds about to heal, leaving ugly, ever-present scars to mark the place. It's my hobby, you know. Why did you get me started on it? Sometimes, she said, quite often, John, I think it would be better if I told you more about my early life. You take me too much on trust. Love brings with it faith, dearest. The book of the past is closed forever. I do not wish you to open it for me. But, she persisted, once I did you a great injury, I would die for you gladly, but I nearly wrecked your life and mine. He laid his hand gently upon her lips. Hush, dear, he said. You don't know what you're saying. Whatever it was, whatever you imagine you have done, don't tell me. I do not want to know. Only one thing matters. Do you love me still, Estelle? It isn't that.  The fire flamed brilliantly as he bent over her. The dark lashes, heavy with tears, were slowly erased, and the secretary gazed through the clear blue eyes into the heart of the woman he had married. The lock charred and fell apart. Estelle, he exclaimed, I believe you are asleep. No, she returned gently. Only very, very happy, John, that is why I was quiet. We have been sitting here an unconscionable time, he said, rising. I don't know what I was thinking about, to let you do it. I suppose I must have been happy too, eh, Mrs. Redmond? He turned on the light as he spoke, and paused in astonishment. Estelle, he ejaculated, look at your opals. What can have happened to them? The jewels were cold and lifeless, without color or fire, and crossed by a network of innumerable tiny cracks. She slowly removed the necklace and girdle, and took the crescent from her hair. The diamonds flashed as brilliantly as ever, but the opals were worthless bits of broken stone. As she gazed incredulously at them, she remembered the history of the cadet's opals, as related by Count Waldmer, and her lips parted in a tremulous smile. Extraordinary, said the secretary, examining the pendant close to the light. I think, said Mrs. Redmond softly, I am too happy to wear opals, John. I'll take them to the jeweler, he responded, and see what can be done, but I think you will never wear them again. Such wonderful stones, too. Well, Estelle, let us have a glass of wine. We need it after this last shock. Come, I insist, for you must be very tired. She followed him to the dining-room, and held a sparkling glass thoughtfully. The last of the season, she said, even the opals are ended. It's over, all over. Now, John, she raised her glass. Here's to the best man in the whole world, the Secretary of State. The Secretary smiled, and touched her glass with his. First, he said fondly, to the wife of the Secretary of State. End of CHAPTER XXXVI. End of the Wife of the Secretary of State, by Ella Middleton-Tibaut.


Welcome to ongoing Town Meeting Day election coverage by Town Meeting Television. This is one of a series of forums we are bringing you in advance of Town Meeting Day on March 7th, 2023. Town Meeting TV hosts forums with all candidates and covers all ballot items you will see on your ballot. Town Meeting Television election forums introduce you to community decision makers and connect you with issues that shape your local community. If you are tuning in live, we welcome your questions at<PHONE_NUMBER>. Watch Town Meeting Television on Comcast Channel 1087, Burlington Telecom Channel 17 and 217, as well as online at youtube.com slash town meeting TV. My name is Elaine Haney and tonight's forum is for candidates for a two-year seat and open seat on the South Burlington City Council. Those candidates are Paul Engels, Tyler Barnes and Lydia Diamond. We will begin with a series of questions and an opening statement and we will have lots of opportunities for folks to call in. Again, that number is<PHONE_NUMBER>. Let's start with opening statements. I would love to hear from each of you. What would be different in South Burlington if you are elected? Lydia, let's start with you. Well, I stepped up to run because I was told that no person of color had ever stepped up to run for city council. And I'm like, really? So I went to the city clerk's office, asked what the requirements were. You need to be a resident and a registered voter. So here I am. Hello. Thank you, Lydia. Tyler. A small business owner in South Burlington, I went to a city council meeting a few years back where they were discussing parking requirements. And specifically they were discussing eliminating them for new businesses. And as a small business owner who had struggled with parking issues, it was something I wanted to hear about and discuss with the council. And I'd asked, I posed the question to the committee and asked one of the counselors directly, how many small business owners have you spoken with about this? And I was surprised to learn that they'd only engaged one. I believe firmly that we're at our best when a number of competing interests all have a voice at the table for how we're determining policy. And as a small business owner, as a South Burlington parent, and as nearly a lifelong South Burlington resident, that's exactly what I'd like to bring to the city council is a balanced voice, one that represents where I'm coming from. All right. Thank you, Tyler. And Paul. I was a city councilor from 2011 to 2013, and I have been on the charter committee and the planning commission. And I've done a lot of work that I'd like to see come to fruition. And it is up to the city council ultimately to make the decisions about policy for the city. And I just thought this was an opportunity to make some of the things happen that I've wanted to see happen in South Burlington. Great. Thank you, Paul. So let's start with some questions. The first question for each of you, and you'll each have two minutes to respond, is will you be supporting the South Burlington City budget and school budget in the amounts of 55.29 million and 62.53 million, respectively? Paul, let's start with you. Yeah, I do support the budgets. We've got good people working for us in South Burlington. City manager Jesse Baker, I think she really knows what she's doing. She's going to be great for South Burlington. And I would trust any budget that she'd put together. I think the budget is a 7% increase or something, but inflation right now is 8.3% or something. I think it's a tight, slim budget, but there's, you know, we've just gone through a pandemic and there's been some serious hits in city government. We need police officers. We need firemen. We need a budget that is going to restore the city since the pandemic. The school budget, I don't know that much about, really, but the school has been struggling for the last couple of years. I was on a task force for planning and visioning for the school district. We looked at building a new high school. We looked at what to do with the elementary schools. Our schools are getting old. They were built in the 1960s. You know, that's now 60 or 70 years ago. And the cost of construction is enormous. There's a bond issue this year just to keep repairs made to the schools. So, yes, anything that you're looking at is, I believe, pretty solid. Okay, thank you. Tyler, what is your response to that question? Yeah, it's not, to echo Paul and to Bill in his point, South Bruns and residents are hurting right now. Vermonters are hurting right now. So, any budget that poses an increase is not one that I take lightly. But that said, I think there are a lot of things in this budget that are really important. I applaud the city council for, and Jesse Baker and her team for the work that they've done, because I think they've done a great job putting together a budget that balances our needs while accounting for where residents are at right now. Specifically, with the wastewater treatment, this is something that's long overdue. I applaud us for being proactive in taking measures against fixing that before it becomes a more serious issue. Coming out of COVID, our first responders, our firefighters, our EMTs, our police departments, they've been overstretched for quite some time. And I think this budget does a great job providing them with some much needed relief. So, I wholeheartedly support that. And for the TIF financing, as a friend to many in the business community, I've been hearing for quite a while how excited they are to ease some of the congestion around that part of town. And so, I'm really excited to see that finally come to fruition. With regard to the schools, as someone with three children in the schools, I can say firsthand that I'm very proud of the schools that we have. I think it's important that we maintain that high standard. And coming out of COVID, teachers are overstretched and they need all the resources they can get. I think this is a responsible spend. Thank you. Lydia, your response to that question? I support the budget. I'd like to see more come from the state, though, because the state, it wants to build new prisons for women. And that's not okay. People are struggling to maintain. People are struggling with food insecurity. So, to want to just not that, you know, people aren't already struggling like EMTs, the fire department, everybody's stretched then. And I want to see the state do better by South Burlington as well as all the other little towns. Okay. Let's stick with the budget a little bit with some of the ballot items that are coming up for South Burlington. So, you have three items coming before the ballot, the voter on the ballot, Bartlett Bay wastewater bond, the district financing for the city center, and the school capital improvement bond. Tell us your thoughts on these and why you will or will not be supporting them in March. And let's start with Tyler. Yes. So, again, we spoke about the wastewater bond. I mentioned that previously. I do support that. I think it's really important that, again, we're proactive in these issues. Lake Champlain is one of our most treasured natural resources. And I think it's really important that we take the steps necessary to protect it and that our town does its part. This is something that has been in need of repair for quite some time. But at the same time, hasn't gotten to that stage yet. I don't think I'd like to see us be proactive with it before it gets to that stage. The tip financing for the city center. Again, a lot of small businesses, a lot of businesses locally have been clamoring for this for some time. It's going to do a lot to ease congestion in what will be the heart of our downtown district. So, I think it's important that we take action against that. And school capital improvement bond. This is tough. I would much rather see us take an approach that is less short-term in nature. And one that's a little bit, I don't like to see us spend money that we're going to have to spend again. As someone who's fiscally a little bit more conservative. But that said, there are a few areas where I believe South Burlington really does need to invest to maintain the character that it has and that it's known for and that I'd like to see continue for the next generation. And schools are a very important part of that. And these are improvements that we need. So I think that all parties have done a great job coming up with balanced reasonable approaches to the budget given where we're at economically right now. And I support these measures. Okay. Lydia, how about you? I agree with the wastewater needed to be done. And I'm not saying let's continue to do patchwork. Let's get it done properly because it's important. I'm one of the 41% of renters. And the water backs up in my apartment and it stinks. I'm not a homeowner, but the work still needs to be done. Even if I was a homeowner, I want to see this work done because it's important. It's essential to our future. And the schools, I hope they don't end up like Burlington because Burlington has a mess going on right now. But I think that South Burlington has a better hand on. And they're doing more to make sure that they don't have to knock down a building and find a new space for the children to go to school. That's a lot. The children are in a Macy's building in Burlington. Who knows if that's safe? So I don't want to see that happen ever again in life. Not here, not there. So I support the schools definitely. All right. And Paul. I was one of the people that originally voted for the TIF back in 2012. And I've supported the TIF all this while. It's very important that we make this investment now in the city center that will really boost city center to the level that it needs to be. Garden Street I think could be absolutely a beautiful, beautiful street. Part of it is to build parks. And the city center parks I think are going to be just tremendous. So I strongly support that. Wastewater treatment. I mean we know what happens whenever there's a big rainstorm. One of these treatment facilities overflows and Lake Champlain becomes unswimmable in the summertime. So we don't want that. We don't want any destruction of our lake at all. So that's important to upgrade and to maintain the level of support we need for our lake. And the school district, as I said earlier, I mean this is actually tragic that they're asking for a bond to do maintenance and to keep up with schools. I mean we are the number one school district in the state. People move to South Burlington just so their kids can go to school here. So we need that kind of, we need support for our schools absolutely. Alright, thank you. So the next question is more an opinion and a visionary kind of a question. Do you in your opinion feel that South Burlington has a housing crisis? And what do you see as the nature of housing in South Burlington and how to meet the need for safe and affordable housing for residents, students and visitors? Let's start with Lydia. Well for the BIPOC community, I would love to see some rent to own homes. You know, not just building new buildings, because Market Street or Garden Street is beautiful. I love what the city's done. But for the renters, I'd like BIPOC people to be able to rent a home to own. In the future, it just, I have never heard of it done here, I've heard of it done elsewhere. Okay, and Tyler? Yes, to be honest and to be blunt. Yes, I do believe South Burlington has a housing crisis. I think the state of Vermont has a housing crisis. And I don't profess to have all the answers as to how we solve it. But the simple economics of supply and demand will tell us that we need more and we need to increase our housing stock for a number of reasons. One, as it stands right now from the perspective of current residents and prospective residents, our tax burden is exceptionally high. And if we can spread that burden across more homes, I think that will benefit everyone. Two, employers are having a really hard time finding people in part, not wholly, but in part because they have no place to live. Thirdly, I think it'll help reduce the strain on the climate if we're able to bring people closer to what are the state's largest employers. How I would like to see that addressed. I'm not wholly in favor of limiting and restricting new housing and increasing density in existing neighborhoods. I think that that separates us and I think that it drives us apart at a time where we should be working really hard to bring everyone together. And if the only new houses that can be built are ones that are backfilled in existing neighborhoods, I think that'll cause a lot of problems. So I'd like to see everyone in South Burlington share the burden of having these new homes and that we should be carefully assessing where and how we use the available resources and land and space to do so. Thank you. Okay. And Paul, what are your thoughts on this question? Well, Tyler mentioned more houses. To me it's the old myth of if you increase the grand list and you spread out the cost of things taxes go down. There's a lot of studies that show that that's just absolutely not true. That as you build, you need more services. You need more police. You need more public works. You need more of everything taxes go up. It actually costs us money to develop housing. South Burlington also has done much more than its fair share of building, developing and providing affordable housing. I think we have a thousand affordable housing units. We've got 175 I think coming online. There are 1400 homes in the pipeline to be built. So I mean we're not slackers when it comes to housing. I think we're probably leaders in the state as far as housing is concerned. So I think we need to think, you know, a little more, be a little more circumspect about where we build. I know Tyler mentioned he thinks that's not a good idea to keep the development to the they call it transit overlays. Liston Road, City Center, Shelburne Road. If we're going to develop, let's develop where people can have services and access to transportation. All right. Thank you. Let's keep with the theme of development a little bit. The new downtown city center, the blue mall, the university mall, higher ground, airport expansion. What do you see as the most important locations that need redevelopment and how will you use your role as a city counselor to address these issues? Let's start with Tyler. Which is most important. That's really a great question. I don't know that I can prioritize. I think they're all incredibly important. The airport, while a hot button, is an important engine for economic growth for our community. And without it, I think we'd be in a lot of trouble. And it's already as a home to the Air National Guard and the home to Beta. It's an invaluable resource for us. So while I appreciate that there are sensitivities, particularly with the Chamberlain neighborhood, I think that how we manage that is going to be exceptionally important moving forward. Because again, I don't think it's going to stop becoming an important engine for our economic growth. City Center and the University Mall are both incredibly important. And the TIF district that Paul worked so hard to bring to South Burlington during his tenure, it was built around the idea that those would continue to be a vital economic resource and a vital hub for the community. So I'd like to see that continue. At the same time, I want to be sure that if we were to restrict development to certain areas of South Burlington as the current LDRs promote, I'm worried that they'll change the nature of those plans. The City Center was designed to be a mixed-use area that had thriving retail restaurants, a hub of activity. I don't want to see it just become apartments. That wasn't what it was designed to do. And that's part of it. But I don't want to see those plans erased for the sake of where we can build housing. Thank you. Paul? I was chair of the committee when I was in the council that actually wrote the land development regulations for City Center. So I've been involved in City Center since the start. I think in terms of priority, I would say that the resurrection of the U-Mall is very important to City Center. That whole area is, the code we wrote was for the whole area, San Remo Drive, Staples Plaza, the hotel across from Staples Plaza, all the way down Roeliston Road to Hinesburg, that whole area is City Center. And U-Mall can and I hope will be a big part of that. We're building a pedestrian and bike bridge across the interstate that will open up U-Mall and City Center to University of Vermont. There are University of Vermont buildings being built in City Center to house medical faculty and students, both. So there's going to be an integration back and forth between University of Vermont and U-Mall and City Center. I mean, that's my great hope is that great things will happen with U-Mall. I guess that's it for me, right? Okay. And Lydia. I would like to see more BIPOC people in business in South Burlington, not just housing. And there are, I mean, during the pandemic, there were lots of new BIPOC people, you know, trying to start a business or trying to help folks to just maintain the sanity, you know, being shut down. But there are a lot of beautiful BIPOC people out there. And I want South Burlington to get to know them better because they really do bring something to the table. I live on Lomkin Road, you know, with BIPOC, elderly, disabled. And one of the things that my neighbors asked me to speak about was the difference between affordable housing as far as the city definition and what it really means to the people. Because they struggle in. They struggle in. They children struggle in. I got grandchildren in the school system. And for the first time we are in Colchester. And that's never happened in the 25 years I've been here. Okay. Keeping with that theme a little bit, I'd like to talk about language access. So as a community with a diversity of languages spoken, what ways do you see that city government can expand access and accessibility to more community members who want to participate in local democracy? Lydia, let's start with you. Well, there are folks who are translators. I was on an equity committee and it was huge. It was like 100 people and they had translators on the line for everybody. And it was fantastic. It was, it was, it wasn't all peaches and cream, but you know, the people who could translate would translate and then other folks would comment. And it was across the board of people, black, white, or everybody, poor, rich was great. It only happened once during the pandemic, but I remember it being a very good coming together of us all as a community, but a betterment of the community. So I have a new Spanish family that just moved into my building and I'm looking forward to communicating with them. So, Tyler. It's a great, it's a really great question and it's one I'm really glad that you asked. I used to work for a company named EF Education First and their mission was to help bring the world closer together by providing culturally immersive experiences. So effectively anything and everything that had to do with cultural exchange, that was their business and language was a huge part of it. And my role was not directly related to their main offerings, but I very quickly saw and experienced firsthand how remarkable, what profound life changes. Learning another language, how many doors it opens for so many people and how it creates so many profound life experiences. And that's been my experiences as a foreign language speaker as well. I'm fluent in French. And I'd love to see us, I can see two ways that we can help address that at a city government level. The first is by recognizing that while it starts with kids, well, the first is recognizing that it starts with kids, the earlier kids learn, then the more their eyes are open to the world around them and the more accepting and the more curious they become about other cultures. And I was a little disappointed to learn that, it's always been, was my experience that we start second language learning in sixth grade. But I was really disappointed. My son started sixth grade at Tuttle this year and I was disappointed to find that he only has one semester of it. They only study it for half a year. That's not how we learn languages. So I'd like to see that change. And the second way we can do it is by recognizing that, yes, it starts with children, but it doesn't end there. If I learned anything at EF, it's that remarkable life experiences and remarkable life changes can be had when you learn a language as an adult. And I'd like to see us as City Council and City Government take action on that. Okay. Paul. I was surprised recently to find out that 11% of the population of South Burlington does not speak English at home. We have a significant non-English speaking population. We'll not attend people. We need to address that. We need to be able to provide translators for people. You're talking about bringing people into City Government. It's very important that we bring this population into our City Government. We have a reputation, I think, as being a pretty, you know, lily-white town. And we need to do that. Just as Lydia said, I mean, she wants to see some BIPOC people involved in City Government. We have to take some kind of affirmative action to make that happen. So I had an interesting experience. I think probably everybody in South Burlington knows Clingers Bakery. I was in there a couple of days ago. And there was a young man behind the counter who was speaking impeccable Spanish with a customer. It was really incredible. Just conducting the entire, you know, buying bread, buying rolls and things like that in Spanish. And his manager came out and was surprised to hear that he was bilingual. And, you know, that kind of stuff is the stuff we need in South Burlington. We need to, like, open up to people. All right. Thank you. So changing to a different topic. City of South Burlington has been in the news lately for issues of crime and antisocial behavior. Do you think the data shows a need for more attention to public safety measures? And how would you address this? Let's start with Tyler. Yeah, I can speak to this from experience with our small business. We've directly been impacted by the uptick in crime in our community. And I think it's incredibly important that we start to address this before it starts to get any worse. I think that one of the things that we need to do is make sure that we are adequately staffed, not just for now, but also for the future. I don't see the trends slowing anytime soon and the conversations that I've had with folks in law enforcement. It doesn't seem to be subsiding, so I'd like to see us get ahead of it before we start experiencing more difficulties like some of our neighboring cities. I would also like to see the City Council take a hard look at some of the policies that have been enacted by Sarah George. While I fully respect and appreciate the need for change, I don't think we should ever subjugate anyone's rights to anyone else's. And right now, I think, speaking for myself and speaking for members of the business community who have been impacted by this, it feels as though the rights of many small business owners are being subjugated to the rights of others when we have no recourse against crime that occurs. So I'd like to see us as a Council find a way to find our voice to address that concern in a positive and constructive manner so that we can better achieve some balance around between reform, social justice reform, policing reform, and making sure that we're keeping our cities safe. Okay, thank you. Lydia. I don't need data when it comes to the violence and the guns and the disrespect. My civil rights have been violated right here in Colchester. And it's already a level where it's getting out of control seriously. I shouldn't have to fear for my life ever. But I have, you know, and I don't like to talk about it because by talking about it, I relive it. But I want people to lay their guns down, not just lock them away. The state talked about giving people access to lockers as a result to stop the violence. It does not stop anything. People and guns, we have to do better. We have to do better. It's too much. The violence, the overwhelming violence last year alone, the mass shootings in the schools in this country, we've got to do better. We have got to do better. Too many children have died unnecessarily. Ten black people in the supermarket. That's all I've got to say. I don't know what the data is. I agree with Lydia. I don't know that the data is all that important. We've been getting lots of car break-ins and things in our neighborhood. I'm originally from Rochester, New York. When I first came to Vermont after being in Rochester, I was amazed that drugs was marijuana and sex was free love here. Where I came from, drugs was heroin and sex was prostitution. It's something I really appreciated in Vermont. I'm seeing lately, just now, with the kinds of crimes that are happening, that the drug world is here. It's the world of the junkies. That's what we are dealing with. I don't even know that anybody has acknowledged dealing with it yet. But that is the world that you see. Domestic violence, killings, and petty crimes like car break-ins and things like that. That's the drug world. Thank you, Paul. A different question. What role does municipal government play in the mitigation of climate change? Can you be specific about initiatives that you would encourage through your role as a city counselor? Lydia, let's start with you. Climate change is essential. I said it yesterday. We're not getting another planet. We all come into this world the same way and we leave the same way. And if we don't do better to take care of this planet, take care of this state, take care of our towns, we all screwed. And that's just the basic truth of it. There is so much that needs to be done, but we need good and wholesome adults to get it done. And I want to be one of those good wholesome adults who makes the right decision. It's a long list of things that need to be done. And that's part of why I'm here. Climate change, we have to tackle it. We have to be good at tackling it. Because I want my grandbabies to grow up and be happy. I've got six of them. I'm bragging now. You should. Thank you. Paul. Climate change. We have recently written a Climate Action Task Force report that has gone to and been approved by the City Council. And it calls for some dramatic changes in just the next few years by 2030. We are going to have our work cut out for us on the City Council, no matter who's on the City Council. This is a really a life and death issue. I read recently that spring is coming three weeks earlier. Fall is lasting a month longer. You know, I can remember when town meeting was the day where there was a little trickle of water along the sides of the roads. You know, it was like just the first indications of spring. I mean, that's what we were seeing here a couple days ago. I mean, that's the three weeks earlier for spring that they're saying is happening. It's imperative that we tackle this problem and do whatever we can do. I think all of us in the City Council, any of us who are elected to City Council, had better be prepared for some really tough decisions and some really serious opposition. It's going to be tough. Tyler. Yeah, I'm going to start broad strokes. I know you asked for specifics, but I think it's the context of how I think and approach the issue is important. I see the City Governance, I see the City Council needing to do two things. One, I'd like to see us engage at a broader, bigger level with surrounding communities and with the state. Climate change is not a local issue. And as important as it is, it's not something that we can solve by ourselves. We have, if we're to address the issue effectively, I think it's really important that we engage as many other constituents as we can and develop a long-term plan that accounts for all the different communities, what they have to offer and what they can bring to the table to help solve the crisis. And I'm excited to help do that. And I'm excited to explore what role South Burlington can play in that instead of focusing just on what we can do within our own walls. Thing one. Thing two, as someone who used to work for a solar company, I'm a little reluctant, maybe to the right word, to rush into policies, particularly when they involve technologies that have not quite yet been proven or tested or that may not account for what's coming next. By 2035, you will not be able to go onto a car lot and buy an internal combustion, okay? Yeah. Buy an internal combustion engine car. That's in 10 years. They'll be electric. The average electric car uses as much electricity over 100 miles as the average household uses in a full day. So in 10 years, we're looking at energy demand. An energy demand increase that's unprecedented. Before we go mandating the use of certain appliances or what have you or anything like that, I think it's really important that we consider those implications as we make those policy decisions. It's time. Sorry. It's okay. Would you like to make a rebuttal, Paul? Yeah. Okay, 30 seconds. I don't think that the nations of the world have really done what needs to be done and I really think that the solution to the climate change problem is going to come from the grassroots. It's going to come from cities like South Burlington and our climate action plan and the state of Vermont and the state of Vermont action plan. We need to work locally on this. Think globally, work locally. That is all the time we have for questions. I would like to give you each an opportunity for a 30 second closing remarks. Paul, let's start with you. I said last night that in a closing remark that the most important thing to me when I was in city council was having a couple of people come to me and tell me in confidence some very serious matters and I asked them why and they said it was because I was the one person in the council that they felt they could trust and that they could talk to. Five seconds. I really, I think that's what I offer more than anything and I'm not terribly aware of it but that's apparently who I am. Thank you. Go ahead, Tyler. I'm a nearly lifelong South Burlington resident. I'm proud to call South Burlington my home and to be able to raise my family in town and I'm grateful for all the things that it has afforded me as a child, as an adult, as a parent and as a small business owner and I want to see that continue for the next generation and I believe the best way to do that is to bring diversity and different perspectives to the table, particularly as you make policy decisions. Thank you. And Lydia. So I'm here because I was told I'm messy, I'm professional and I wouldn't be voted for but I'm from Brooklyn. That's not news. I've been here almost half my life and I'm going to keep doing what makes me happy. All my children are adults. My grandchildren give me joy and laughter and I'm going to keep doing what I want to do. So that's why I'm here. I'm here for those that look like me and I love all of you all too. Likewise. Thank you. Thank you all very much and thank you for tuning in this evening to Town Meeting Television's ongoing coverage of local candidates, local budgets and ballot items. You can find this and more forums at www.ch17.tv. Thank you to our candidates, Paul Engels, Tyler Barnes and Lydia Diamond running for City of South Burlington Open Seat to your term. Don't forget to vote on or before March 7th. Ballots are not mailed automatically so please check with your town clerk to request a ballot or make sure to get to the polls on March 7th. Thank you for watching and sharing Town Meeting Television and if you have not already subscribed to our Town Meeting Television and have a very good evening. Thank you.