9.7% on average. almost 10%, that far out paces the national average, and this is impacting small businesses, especially restaurants who have to work through the supply chain, to get the chicken and the alcohol that they need. and we spoke to one business owner who s really feeling that, based on his suppliers, and here s what he told us, the albany restaurant, brian bow. we don t want to raise prices. we see it creeping up, see our margin getting smaller, and at some point something has to give. you have to take care of your guests and employees and take care of the business to make sure it s here in another 80 years. reporter: now president biden has reacted to this very challenging inflation number, 9.7%, right, and it s the number one issue for so many people as we approach the midterm elections right now, and he said this in part, a large contributor to inflation this
[inaudible] i would say that s a fair characterization. but i m going to stop now. good evening, i m brian bow, the executive director of the garlic festival. to reiterate a little bit of what scott smithee said. gilroy is an amazing community. a tightly knit community. we are family. we have the wonderful opportunity in the community to celebrate our family through our garlic festival, and for over four decade that festival has been our annual family reunion. such a sad just more any upsetting circumstance that has happened on the third and final day of this year s festival.
i wouldn t say that s a fair characterization. i m going to stop now. good evening. i m brian bow. executive director of the gilroy garlic festival. to reiterate what he said, gilroy is an amazing community. a tightly nit community. we are family. we have the wonderful opportunity in the community to celebrate our family through our garlic festival. and for over four decades that festival has been our annual family reunion. and it is such a sad just horribly upsetting circumstance that this happened. on the third and final day of
thing. and it s just incredibly sad and disheartening that an event that does so much good for our community has to suffer from a tragedy like this. is a man hunt under way for the second suspect? is that a fair characterization? i would say that s a fair characterization. i m going to stop now. we re going to allow the executive director of the festival to say a couple of comments. good evening. i m brian bow, the executive director of the gilroy garlic festival. to reiterate a little bit of what scott smithy said, gilroy is an amazing community, a tightly knit community. we are family. we have the wonderful opportunity in this community to celebrate our family through our