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know that. there is some culpability on the part of the constituents in places like san francisco. if you know how your city function if you know they re not communicating with the federal government then that is partly your responsibility. well clearly the cities are getting the word out, sandra, even this guy, sanchez lopez said if they find me guilty in the court i will not be mad about that. i m not paraphasing him. that was disturbing to hear him say that how can you force change in sanctuary cities if he is not acknowledging there is a problem? i didn t listen to every word he said but i never heard him criticize the sanctuary cities. no he didn t. i asked if he reached out to kate steinle s family he hadn t and not clear if any other members of the administration had. that is question you might have thought he was prepared to get because we ve been talking about it as a nation for several days. we ll move on. for the first time donald trump is leading a new nationwide re
hole. dylan, just go to the city of chicago and ask them what happened to the parking meters. this was obviously a city function for decades, generations, which was ultimately sold to a private entity for 75 years. it changed things dramatically and very quickly. one of the things it changed was the cost to park on the streets of chicago, and the increased cost at the parking lots, because as the parking meters went up, the parking lots raised their charges, as well. so for travelers and consumers and people in the city of chicago, it s an added expense. what the city received and returned was supposed to be a rainy-day fund for this 75-year lease. it turned out we fell on hard times and spent the money and the rainy-day fund is gone and the meter concession is there for another 70 years plus. so you see what happens here when you take an asset, a public asset owned by the taxpayers, and turn it over on the private side.