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Well, one of the funner
things that we do here in Pawnee

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is the annual Easter egg hunt.

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Tom hides the eggs, and I have to say
he did an exceptional job this year.

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I've been searching for 25 minutes
and I haven't found a single egg.

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And I'm an adult.

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Oh. Yeah,
I forgot to do that.

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Maybe Tom's trying to
make this year a challenge.

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And if so, he's succeeding.

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I don't think a single
egg has been found yet.

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Let's keep looking.
We're gonna find one.

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I'm going to see my mom.

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She's a big mucky-muck in
the county school system.

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She's my hero.
How do I explain her?

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She's as respected
as Mother Teresa.

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She's as powerful as Stalin,

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and she's as beautiful
as Margaret Thatcher.

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In or out, Leslie.
Doorway is creepy.

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Right, sorry.
Choosing in.

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So, what do you want, Leslie?

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Just here to gossip,
gab, chat, stuff we do.

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But it looks like you're super busy,
and I am super busy,

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so I shall bid you adieu.

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Oh. That's weird.
I just remembered something.

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I have my own subcommittee now.

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Yeah. I'm sure you've heard something
about it. People are talking about it.

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- No.
- Oh. Well.

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Anyway, we're having a town hall
meeting tomorrow at 7:00 p.m.

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- At the Smithfield Community Center.
- Mmm.

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Yeah, I'm leading it.
It's no biggie.

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I mean, it is.
It's a big deal.

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I mean, I don't know.
You know...

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You want to come?

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Oh. Honey, jeez.
You know how busy I am.

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I know. I know. I know!
That's why I fake invited you.

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I'll try to be there.

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Okay. So, everybody's here.
Let's get started.

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Ow!

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Sorry. Oh, I'm sorry. Metal.
Sorry. That's really loud.

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Subcommittee members.
Are we prepared for tomorrow night?

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- Tom, have you booked the hall yet?
- Yes, sir.

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Ann, did you clear
your schedule?

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I think you might be taking this to
the public a little bit too soon.

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It literally doesn't matter
what you propose to the public.

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They might call for a vote, and if
they vote you down, then you're done.

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I don't care if there's gonna be a vote.

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I have a secret
weapon, canvassing.

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Nothing better than good old-fashioned
door-to-door campaigning.

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I'm not above
using my expertise

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to change hearts and minds
if the cause is just.

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When I was in sixth grade,
I was voted Best Dressed by 87 votes.

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And there were only
63 people in my class.

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Andy fell into that pit.
I fell into that pit.

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How many more Pawnee citizens are
gonna have to fall into that pit

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before we turn it into a park?
Zero. Say it.

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- Zero.
- Zero.

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- A hundred.
- Zero.

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I've got some sunscreen for your beaks.

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Tom, you probably
won't need any.

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Uh... And this is
our canvassing guide.

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This is gonna be the script that
we use when we speak with people.

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"If a person is a man,
turn to page two."

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"If the person looks like a
celebrity, example, Jack Nicholson,

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"use this to help your pitch.

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"Example, 'Y ou can't
handle the pit.

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"'T hat's why we need to
turn it into a park.'"

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Oh. This is
really thorough.

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Ann and I are a team.
You guys are a team.

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We have even sectors, you guys have
odd sectors. And we're gonna win.

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- Yeah.
- Win what?

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Go!

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Okay.
Ooh, someone's in there.

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This is gonna be fun.
Are you excited? - Excited, yeah.

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- Are you ready?
- Yes, definitely.

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- Are you pumped up?
- Yes!

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Look humble.
But confident.

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Good afternoon. We are representatives
from your local government.

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May we speak with you for a moment
about the Sullivan Street pit?

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Sure.

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Excellent!
Positive response.

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How would you feel if we turned that
pit into a beautiful community park?

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Oh. Yeah.
That'd be a great idea.

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Oh. Good.
I actually live in the neighborhood

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So I could probably
tell you a little bit about...

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- That's... Go to section three.
- Okay.

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Um... We are having a
public forum tomorrow night.

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And it would be great if you could come,
voice your strong support.

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Tomorrow? I can't.
I'm busy. Sorry.

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Oh. Yes, we understand
that people are busy,

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but we would love for you to
come to the meeting and to...

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Sorry. Good luck, though.
I'm all for a park.

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Would it change your mind
if we told you that...

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She's gone.

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Yeah, a park, huh?
That sounds like a really good idea.

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Great. Would you be willing to come to
a town meeting and show your support?

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Absolutely. Now, is this park
gonna have a playground or,

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you know, maybe
a pool for the kids?

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Oh, how old are your kids?

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No kids.

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Uh-oh.

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- I'm gonna put him down as a yes.
- Don't do that.

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Also, is the park gonna be at
least 1,000 feet from my house?

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Because, you know,
I really can't move again.

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April, please stand behind me.

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That's it. That's all.
That's all we've got.

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- No flier?
- Nope.

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Okay.
Thank you.

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Wow, man. This is great.
This is so great. I love canvassing.

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What a great way
to spend my time.

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All right, Team Haverford.
You guys are awesome,

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but I think I might work
better as a solo artist.

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So, I'm gonna
head out. Peace.

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- He runs weird.
- He really does.

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It's a good idea.
But I'm just not sure.

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Okay. Which part are
you not sure about?

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Turning the pit into a park.

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That's kind of the whole thing.

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Well, look, I think this is a great
idea, but I can't make any forum.

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I would have to
get a babysitter.

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How old are your kids?

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Four and two.

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Could the 4-year-old watch
the 2-year-old? - Okay.

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Mickey! What's up, buddy?

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How's my number one
sod man doing?

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Look, here's the one, two,
three of the situation.

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One, we're building a new park,

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two, I'm on the committee,

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three, you're
putting in the sod.

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And who knows, you know?
Maybe, down the line,

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a situation will arise
where you could hook me up.

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Are you gonna commit to coming
to this meeting tomorrow,

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or are you gonna be a bitch?

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Yes, you do owe me.

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Tom Haverford.

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Okay. Keep going,
keep moving.

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Nose to the grindstone.
No means yes.

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Can we stop, please?
Because it's really hot, and I'm tired.

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Yeah, I'm hot, too.

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Let's blow on
each ether's faces.

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Or we could drink some water.

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Yeah, let's do that.

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My house is really close by. Let's
just go take a break for an hour or so.

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Okay, okay. Look, I didn't want
it to have to come to this,

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but, Ann, please open the sealed
envelope that's in your binder.

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This is a little something
I learned from Karl Rove.

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If you want to guarantee
the results of a survey,

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you design the question to give
you the answer that you want.

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"Wouldn't you rather have a park than
a storage facility for nuclear waste?"

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That seems iffy.

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Yeah, don't worry about it,
I made it all up.

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Yeah, that's what I mean.

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Wouldn't you agree,
like most decent Americans,

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that it would be a good idea

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to turn the abandoned
lot on Sullivan Street

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into a beautiful
community park?

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Oh. Actually, no.
I'm not really a fan of parks.

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Very noisy,
barbecue smell all the time.

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Would you change your
mind if I told you that

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nine out of 10 meth users
said the same exact thing?

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What?
How would you even know that?

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Survey. We surveyed
crystal meth users.

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We're actually having a little
town meeting tomorrow night

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if you wanted to just... Look,
I know it sounds weird,

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but I just don't like
living near parks.

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So if you have a flier or something,
I'd be happy to take it.

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Thank you.
Okay.

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You don't care about your kids
if you don't support this park!

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Excuse me?

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It's... What I mean is,
kids love parks and you should, too.

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So, if I don't support
your little project,

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then I don't love my daughter?

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I didn't...

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What time is
this thing, anyway?

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Oh, it's next month,
forget about it.

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Oh, it's tomorrow night.
I'll be there.

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- Great.
- Okay. Come on.

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- We got one.
- Come on.

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Am I talking to the two
sexiest thighs in landscaping?

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Yes, I am, 'cause
I'm talking to Marcy.

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How's it going?
Tom Haverford.

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Kevin, your sandboxes are the best.
That's why I want you involved!

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I just want the best monkey
bars I can get in my park.

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I don't mind hooking you up.

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Maybe, down the line, there'll be a
situation where you can hook me up.

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Thank you for your time, sir.

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Hmm, he said some
upsetting things.

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I can't believe you gave
him your home phone number.

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Well, I'm a public servant.
I need to be accessible.

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What the hell is
wrong with people?

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I should show them
Andy's medical bills.

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Maybe they'd have
a little sympathy.

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Oh, my God. Ann!
Game changer.

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You just busted
the game wide open.

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- How?
- Andy.

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We need Andy.
He's our symbol.

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We'll wheel him around the
neighborhood to get sympathy.

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- He's a cute FDR. Yeah!
- Yeah!

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Ron, you got a minute?

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Uh, sure, Paul.
What can I do for you?

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The Sullivan Street Park project.
You fast-tracked it, right?

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Yeah, absolutely.
We have a public forum tomorrow.

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Okay. Great.
I'll be there.

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Great.

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Mmm. "Hey!
You fast-tracked that, right?"

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I'm sorry?
Did you say something?

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- Nope.
- You didn't say anything to me?

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Nope.

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There's a new wind blowing in
government and I don't like it.

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All of a sudden, there's all
this federal money coming in,

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and Paul, the city manager,
is telling us to build parks

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and start new community programs.
It's horrifying.

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Do you have, like,
a nurse's costume? Costume?

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- You mean, like, scrubs?
- Yeah, put those on.

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Okay.

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Please tell me

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Please tell me why

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My car is in the front yard

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Bass! Come on.

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And I'm sleeping
with my clothes on

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I came in through
the window last night

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It can be tricky dealing... Don't...

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Why do I want to
build this park so bad?

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Maybe because a pit
filled with garbage

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isn't the best that
we can do in America.

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You know, in Russia,
they could pretend that pit was a park,

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bring their kids down there.

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"Hey, Vlad!
Look at these rocks!

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"Let's pretend
they're potatoes!"

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"Nikolai! Do you want
to swim in the dirt?"

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But not here. Okay?
'Cause we're a nation of dreamers.

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And it is my dream
to build a park.

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That I one day visit with my
White House staff on my birthday.

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And they say, "President Knope,
this park is awesome.

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"Now we understand why you are the first
female President of the United States."

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Leslie Knope, builder of parks.
How was canvassing?

236
00:11:25,779 --> 00:11:27,838
Canvassing was okay,

237
00:11:28,649 --> 00:11:32,312
but I think we're gonna have
to postpone the town meeting.

238
00:11:33,153 --> 00:11:34,677
Postpone?

239
00:11:34,755 --> 00:11:37,019
Only for one to 90 days.

240
00:11:38,659 --> 00:11:41,753
No. You're doing this meeting.
You have my full support.

241
00:11:41,828 --> 00:11:45,320
I was talking to the city manager,
exchanging ideas.

242
00:11:45,399 --> 00:11:47,526
Um, there's
a mutual respect there.

243
00:11:47,601 --> 00:11:51,867
And together, we have decided
to fast-track your project.

244
00:11:51,939 --> 00:11:54,100
City manager?
Wow. Really?

245
00:11:54,675 --> 00:11:55,903
I have to cancel this meeting.

246
00:11:55,976 --> 00:11:58,809
Fast-track?
Did my name come up at all?

247
00:11:58,879 --> 00:12:00,369
Oh, this meeting
needs to be canceled.

248
00:12:00,447 --> 00:12:02,039
No, it's happening.

249
00:12:02,115 --> 00:12:05,312
Look, just do a good job
tomorrow. Okay?

250
00:12:05,385 --> 00:12:07,148
We have to push
this thing through.

251
00:12:07,220 --> 00:12:08,380
Of course.
Of course.

252
00:12:08,455 --> 00:12:11,083
I'll push anything through anything.
You know me.

253
00:12:11,158 --> 00:12:12,455
Are you sweating
through your suit?

254
00:12:12,526 --> 00:12:14,517
I doubt it. It's a very
breathable fabric...

255
00:12:14,595 --> 00:12:15,892
Oh, yeah. I am.

256
00:12:16,684 --> 00:12:18,117
Jerry, what's up, man?

257
00:12:18,185 --> 00:12:19,277
Hey, you're into
pretzels, right?

258
00:12:19,353 --> 00:12:20,684
Bam!
Hit them up, man.

259
00:12:20,754 --> 00:12:22,881
Thanks for coming down. I got a
seat taped off for you over there.

260
00:12:22,919 --> 00:12:25,080
My top priority with this park,
getting your fences in there.

261
00:12:25,104 --> 00:12:26,485
I drove by one of your
fences the other day.

262
00:12:26,504 --> 00:12:29,542
I was like, "Man, that fence looks
awesome." I was like, of course, Roy's.

263
00:12:29,563 --> 00:12:31,861
If you're into chocolate muffins,
grab as many you want.

264
00:12:31,932 --> 00:12:35,163
Some people may say that bringing
in these contractors this early

265
00:12:35,235 --> 00:12:36,634
is jumping the gun
a little bit.

266
00:12:36,704 --> 00:12:38,604
Well, guess what?
Here's the gun, here's me.

267
00:12:38,672 --> 00:12:39,696
Boom!

268
00:12:39,773 --> 00:12:42,867
Victor Miles.
Tom Haverford. How are you?

269
00:12:42,943 --> 00:12:44,205
Thank you so much
for coming down.

270
00:12:44,278 --> 00:12:46,838
I want to introduce
you to Leslie.

271
00:12:46,914 --> 00:12:48,176
- Victor Miles.
- Hi.

272
00:12:48,248 --> 00:12:49,715
He's a gentleman
I met canvassing.

273
00:12:49,783 --> 00:12:52,411
He also happens to be the
top sod guy in Indiana.

274
00:12:52,486 --> 00:12:53,783
That's terrific.

275
00:12:53,854 --> 00:12:55,845
Hey, Leslie. Hey.

276
00:12:56,190 --> 00:12:58,351
I really want you to nail this.

277
00:12:58,425 --> 00:13:01,292
Don from Don's Cement.
Tom Haverford. Good to see you.

278
00:13:01,362 --> 00:13:03,660
I was thinking of a jingle
for your company. How's this?

279
00:13:03,731 --> 00:13:06,928
Don's cement
It's the best you can get

280
00:13:07,001 --> 00:13:07,990
Don's

281
00:13:08,202 --> 00:13:09,999
I'm so glad you're here.

282
00:13:10,070 --> 00:13:11,901
Yeah. Andy came, too,
to give his support.

283
00:13:11,972 --> 00:13:13,997
I have a lot of
stage experience, so...

284
00:13:14,074 --> 00:13:15,166
This will be fine, right?

285
00:13:15,242 --> 00:13:16,300
It's a park for God's sakes.

286
00:13:16,377 --> 00:13:17,435
How much can they hate a park?

287
00:13:17,511 --> 00:13:19,103
A lot of them seemed to
hate a park yesterday.

288
00:13:19,179 --> 00:13:21,340
April.
April, I need you in the audience. Okay.

289
00:13:21,415 --> 00:13:24,350
Wait, and if the questions start
getting negative, I'm gonna call on you.

290
00:13:24,418 --> 00:13:26,909
And I need you to sell the crap
out of the park. Can you do that?

291
00:13:26,987 --> 00:13:29,353
- Why?
- Please, April! This is serious!

292
00:13:29,423 --> 00:13:30,913
Can you do that?

293
00:13:30,991 --> 00:13:32,015
Probably.

294
00:13:32,092 --> 00:13:34,253
Good girl, good girl,
good "probably."

295
00:13:34,328 --> 00:13:36,956
Good girl. Okay, here we go.
Line up, everybody.

296
00:13:40,701 --> 00:13:43,499
My mom's here.
My mom's here.

297
00:13:45,139 --> 00:13:46,731
My mom's here.

298
00:13:46,807 --> 00:13:50,106
No. I can't do that.
That's illegal.

299
00:13:50,544 --> 00:13:52,205
Thank you so much
for coming out tonight.

300
00:13:52,279 --> 00:13:55,737
This is our first town
meeting about the proposal

301
00:13:55,816 --> 00:13:59,343
to turn Lot 48 on Sullivan
Street into a community park.

302
00:14:02,089 --> 00:14:03,181
Yeah!

303
00:14:03,857 --> 00:14:06,087
This is gonna be a train wreck.

304
00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:08,060
I want my
daughter to be successful,

305
00:14:08,128 --> 00:14:09,993
which is why I always tell her,

306
00:14:10,064 --> 00:14:12,294
"There's nothing wrong
with being a wife and mother."

307
00:14:12,566 --> 00:14:15,228
Now, there are many
people that I spoke to

308
00:14:15,302 --> 00:14:18,601
who are passionately
in support of this idea.

309
00:14:18,672 --> 00:14:21,436
None of them were able to make
it tonight, unfortunately.

310
00:14:21,508 --> 00:14:26,070
But they totally exist.
I did not make them up.

311
00:14:26,747 --> 00:14:29,443
Oh, I see a question.
Okay. No, no.

312
00:14:29,516 --> 00:14:31,416
No. No questions
right now.

313
00:14:31,485 --> 00:14:33,385
- My name is Kate Spivack.
- Mmm-hmm. I remember you.

314
00:14:33,454 --> 00:14:35,251
And I live in the neighborhood.

315
00:14:35,322 --> 00:14:38,951
And I am 100%
against this park.

316
00:14:39,359 --> 00:14:41,919
I cannot believe the department
is moving forward with a project

317
00:14:41,995 --> 00:14:44,589
without a single
environmental impact study,

318
00:14:44,665 --> 00:14:47,896
and if you guys agree with me,
let's take a stand.

319
00:14:51,338 --> 00:14:52,362
Okay.

320
00:14:56,143 --> 00:14:58,407
We are a little
ahead of schedule,

321
00:14:58,479 --> 00:15:01,778
because we're holding this
town hall meeting so soon,

322
00:15:01,849 --> 00:15:04,647
which I was warned about
by Mark Brendanawicz,

323
00:15:04,718 --> 00:15:06,913
our city planner
assigned to this project.

324
00:15:07,521 --> 00:15:10,581
Uh... So what would he say?

325
00:15:13,227 --> 00:15:14,956
Here we are.

326
00:15:15,028 --> 00:15:19,089
Leslie, should I give
them some background info on the site?

327
00:15:19,500 --> 00:15:21,627
Absolutely. Okay.

328
00:15:21,702 --> 00:15:24,034
Mark Brendanawicz knows the
answer to every question.

329
00:15:24,104 --> 00:15:26,664
He's amazing and congratulations
for hearing him speak.

330
00:15:27,841 --> 00:15:30,776
Hi there. Leslie might have
oversold me a little bit.

331
00:15:30,844 --> 00:15:32,402
Certainly did not.
He's the man.

332
00:15:32,546 --> 00:15:34,104
He's capable of anything.
Okay.

333
00:15:34,715 --> 00:15:38,116
Lot 48 is...
It's a rectangular lot.

334
00:15:38,185 --> 00:15:41,780
It's got excellent drainage. And it's
on the corner of Sullivan and Collins.

335
00:15:42,589 --> 00:15:43,613
Any questions?

336
00:15:43,690 --> 00:15:46,124
I have more of a comment
than a question. Go for it.

337
00:15:46,193 --> 00:15:47,660
It's for the guy in the casts.

338
00:15:47,728 --> 00:15:49,161
Here we go, Lawrence.

339
00:15:49,229 --> 00:15:51,026
Yes. Yes. Yes.

340
00:15:51,098 --> 00:15:52,395
That is Andy Dwyer.

341
00:15:52,466 --> 00:15:56,197
He is a local resident and he
tragically fell in the pit.

342
00:15:56,270 --> 00:15:58,761
Uh, yeah. I don't
care about any of that.

343
00:15:58,839 --> 00:16:01,034
He's the guy that plays music
all night in his garage.

344
00:16:01,108 --> 00:16:02,666
It's driving me nuts.

345
00:16:02,743 --> 00:16:06,144
Lawrence lives
with his grandma.

346
00:16:07,381 --> 00:16:08,848
Which is pretty awesome.

347
00:16:08,916 --> 00:16:09,974
He takes care of her, I guess.

348
00:16:10,050 --> 00:16:12,177
But whatever, he's a douchebag.

349
00:16:12,553 --> 00:16:15,545
It's loud, it's abusive,
and it's waking up my birds.

350
00:16:15,622 --> 00:16:17,283
You have birds, now?

351
00:16:17,357 --> 00:16:20,849
Yeah, I have birds.
I have nice, pretty, expensive birds,

352
00:16:20,928 --> 00:16:22,759
and you play that music,
and it wakes them up.

353
00:16:22,830 --> 00:16:24,764
Look, I don't work for
the government, okay?

354
00:16:24,832 --> 00:16:26,629
Uh, I do play rock and roll.

355
00:16:26,700 --> 00:16:28,861
Guilty as charged.
I'm in a band.

356
00:16:29,269 --> 00:16:30,930
It's called Just the Tip.

357
00:16:31,004 --> 00:16:34,167
And actually, if anyone here plays bass,
we need a bassist.

358
00:16:34,241 --> 00:16:36,869
Yes. Okay, let's take a
five-minute break, shall we?

359
00:16:38,779 --> 00:16:42,237
- Uh. It is not going well at all.
- Mmm-hmm.

360
00:16:42,316 --> 00:16:44,682
It's going very poorly.
Okay? - Mmm-hmm.

361
00:16:45,252 --> 00:16:46,742
Like, you're
crashing and burning.

362
00:16:46,820 --> 00:16:47,946
Democracy's happening.

363
00:16:48,021 --> 00:16:51,354
People are talking. I mean,
at least they aren't apathetic, right?

364
00:16:51,425 --> 00:16:53,859
You're right about that.
They're deeply negative.

365
00:16:53,927 --> 00:16:55,588
You need to put
a happy face on this,

366
00:16:55,662 --> 00:16:57,596
give me a few positive talking points,

367
00:16:57,664 --> 00:17:00,098
and whatever you do,
avoid a vote.

368
00:17:07,207 --> 00:17:09,732
I'm oddly attracted
to Kate Spivack.

369
00:17:11,845 --> 00:17:16,805
Before we continue, I'd love to just
give you a little history of Pawnee.

370
00:17:16,884 --> 00:17:20,342
The City of Pawnee
was incorporated in 1817,

371
00:17:20,420 --> 00:17:24,254
when a young man by the name
of Reverend Luther Howell

372
00:17:24,324 --> 00:17:26,792
came from Terre Haute on an ox.

373
00:17:26,860 --> 00:17:28,919
He planted his flag
in the ground

374
00:17:28,996 --> 00:17:33,695
and was met soon after by an
angry tribe of Wamapoke Indians,

375
00:17:34,234 --> 00:17:38,534
who, when seeing the whiteness of
his skin, twisted him to death.

376
00:17:39,406 --> 00:17:42,000
Flash forward to 1969.

377
00:17:42,075 --> 00:17:44,236
Man walks on the moon.

378
00:17:44,311 --> 00:17:46,336
Pawnee is lousy with hippies...

379
00:17:46,413 --> 00:17:50,008
My, God.
She's filibustering her own meeting.

380
00:17:50,083 --> 00:17:51,482
Filibuster!

381
00:17:51,551 --> 00:17:52,575
Boom!

382
00:17:52,653 --> 00:17:54,382
They can't touch you
if you talk forever.

383
00:17:54,454 --> 00:17:57,753
I can't speak of
the future, but I will.

384
00:17:57,824 --> 00:18:01,851
The future of Pawnee will involve
us flying around in space taxis,

385
00:18:02,296 --> 00:18:05,094
where we will
communicate on watches,

386
00:18:06,333 --> 00:18:11,066
and blink our feelings to each other,
rather than use words.

387
00:18:11,805 --> 00:18:14,399
And now, I'd like to
take a magical journey

388
00:18:14,474 --> 00:18:18,069
through a little something I like
to call The Phantom Tollbooth,

389
00:18:18,145 --> 00:18:19,476
by Norton Juster.

390
00:18:19,546 --> 00:18:22,037
Excuse me? Can't you read that
children's book on your own time?

391
00:18:22,115 --> 00:18:23,742
I have the floor!

392
00:18:26,954 --> 00:18:28,285
"There once was
a boy named Milo,

393
00:18:28,355 --> 00:18:30,585
"who didn't know what to do with
himself, not just sometimes, but..."

394
00:18:30,657 --> 00:18:33,251
Okay, all right. You know what?
This is a public forum,

395
00:18:33,327 --> 00:18:36,194
which means that we all get
to tell you what we think.

396
00:18:36,263 --> 00:18:38,697
Well, you did
already talk, ma'am.

397
00:18:38,765 --> 00:18:41,928
And I would love to listen to
someone else. Someone I don't know.

398
00:18:42,002 --> 00:18:45,267
Uh... That girl over there with the
long brown hair and the yellow top.

399
00:18:45,339 --> 00:18:48,069
Could you tell us how
you feel about this park?

400
00:18:48,141 --> 00:18:49,665
- Go ahead.
- Hi.

401
00:18:51,044 --> 00:18:56,812
Uh, I'm a youth in the community and
I think a new park is a great idea.

402
00:18:57,384 --> 00:19:01,081
And I fully support it, as would the
rest of the youth in the community.

403
00:19:01,154 --> 00:19:04,180
Hey! I recognize her.

404
00:19:04,257 --> 00:19:05,884
That kid came to
my door yesterday.

405
00:19:05,959 --> 00:19:09,759
Oh, my God! Okay, they have
planted people in this audience.

406
00:19:09,830 --> 00:19:11,195
Unbelievable!

407
00:19:11,264 --> 00:19:13,494
You know what? We all agree
that this park is a bad idea.

408
00:19:13,567 --> 00:19:15,296
We should just take a vote.
Right? - Yeah.

409
00:19:15,369 --> 00:19:16,427
Okay, we will take a vote.

410
00:19:16,503 --> 00:19:18,733
Before we do that,
I want everyone up,

411
00:19:18,805 --> 00:19:19,965
lined up behind
that microphone,

412
00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:22,270
and I want to hear from all of you.
One by one.

413
00:19:22,342 --> 00:19:23,536
That was brutal.

414
00:19:23,610 --> 00:19:26,408
A couple of weeks ago, I was
yelling at Leslie at a public forum.

415
00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,778
God, I hope I wasn't
as obnoxious as those people.

416
00:19:30,517 --> 00:19:32,109
I wasn't, right?

417
00:19:32,352 --> 00:19:35,719
At 5:00 in the morning,
every morning, beep, beep, beep!

418
00:19:35,789 --> 00:19:38,383
I don't want to hear that. Now, how
long is this project gonna take?

419
00:19:38,458 --> 00:19:40,756
That's what I want to know.
That's what's important to me.

420
00:19:40,827 --> 00:19:42,021
Because I need my sleep.
I put some...

421
00:19:42,095 --> 00:19:43,790
Thank you, ma'am.
Thank you, ma'am.

422
00:19:43,864 --> 00:19:45,161
That concludes our meeting.

423
00:19:45,232 --> 00:19:46,358
What about the vote?

424
00:19:46,433 --> 00:19:49,061
We're out of time.
It's 9:00.

425
00:19:49,169 --> 00:19:52,229
But we will have many
public forums in the future,

426
00:19:52,305 --> 00:19:55,331
and we hope to see you all there.
Thank you so much for coming.

427
00:20:07,921 --> 00:20:09,388
It was tough.

428
00:20:09,456 --> 00:20:12,653
But, you know, that's Pawnee.
That's democracy.

429
00:20:12,726 --> 00:20:14,785
There are a lot of people
here that want this park.

430
00:20:14,861 --> 00:20:18,490
You just gotta get past the
negative people. But guess what?

431
00:20:18,565 --> 00:20:21,591
My subcommittee held its first
town hall meeting tonight.

432
00:20:22,569 --> 00:20:23,968
God, I loved it!

433
00:20:25,172 --> 00:20:27,003
I loved every minute of it.

434
00:20:28,642 --> 00:20:30,576
- Hey, park lady.
- Yeah?

435
00:20:30,644 --> 00:20:31,906
You suck.

436
00:20:34,214 --> 00:20:36,842
Hear that?
He called me "park lady."

437
00:20:39,259 --> 00:20:41,853
You know, normally, I don't
agree with Leslie about anything,

438
00:20:41,928 --> 00:20:44,226
but this book is awesome.

439
00:20:45,345 --> 00:20:55,345
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