Q And so let's, let's go back to actually getting stuff passed, what you're in charge of here. Uh, so the, how, how'd you get the probation? How'd you get this passed in Arizona? Like, what does that look, what can you tell us?
A Yeah, so I went, ah, lobbying is an in-person game. If you're not on the ground, you're not doing lobbying. I don't care what you say. Like during COVID, the lobbyists who tried to stay home, they didn't get anything done. So I went, ah, right after I came on board, met with a few leaders in Arizona, saw that they were open to this idea, and then found a freshman representative who actually used to run a junk hauling business and employed a lot of people who were on probation. And he thought, this is a great idea, because he remembered stories Where his workers would come in and say, yeah, you know, I was in and out of the system. A lot of these officers really didn't care about me at all. They didn't set me up to succeed. I got one officer who believed in me and now, you know, I'm providing for my family. So he was all fired up.
AI assessment note: “met with a few leaders in Arizona... and then found a freshman representative”