Dr. John R. Finnegan

I mean, certainly I would argue that if the governor were to support something along these lines, he's pretty much a good leader that could really help get this going.

And I am impressed with our governor.

because I know he's been meeting with people on the conservative side of politics in other places.

And he's been listening and he's been very humble about those meetings.

He isn't coming in there to say, well, your philosophy is all wrong.

He's been coming in there to listen to people.

And I think he's got the skills to do this.

And what I would say, I like the idea of the forum that you're talking about.

That's really important because that's really where it starts.

It's gotta be about people.

And it's got to be about what people are afraid of.

It's got to be about what people see, feel, and so forth.

But I think there are organizations of various kinds that are already here.

We've got the Chamber of Commerce at a state level.

We've got the Itasca Group, which really thinks about planning and things of that kind.

And there are other groups like that where I think it becomes necessary for us to say, are we going to sit here and wait until Minnesota and the surrounding areas health infrastructure collapses?

Right.

And then say, oh, dear, oh, dear, what could we have done in the past?

Too late.

Too late.