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CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THIS. VIEWER FROM LAUDERDALE.
VIEWER FROM LAUDERDALE. THEY ARE TRACKING A WIDE VARIETY
THEY ARE TRACKING A WIDE VARIETY OF ISSUES, AND THEY ARE NOT
OF ISSUES, AND THEY ARE NOT AFRAID TO CALL IN AND PUT OUR
AFRAID TO CALL IN AND PUT OUR DISTINGUISHED PANEL ON THE SPOT
DISTINGUISHED PANEL ON THE SPOT ABOUT ISSUES THAT ARE NOT IN THE
ABOUT ISSUES THAT ARE NOT IN THE HEADLINES, AND THIS VIEWER FROM
HEADLINES, AND THIS VIEWER FROM OTTERTAIL HAS BEEN WATCHING
OTTERTAIL HAS BEEN WATCHING ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR VETERANS
ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR VETERANS HOMES, AND HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT
HOMES, AND HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF THAT IS AND WHAT
THE STATUS OF THAT IS AND WHAT FEEDBACK HE HAS HEARD FROM
FEEDBACK HE HAS HEARD FROM VETERANS AND VETERANS SERVICE
VETERANS AND VETERANS SERVICE STAFF.
STAFF. DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING IN
DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING IN DETAIL ABOUT THAT ISSUE?
DETAIL ABOUT THAT ISSUE? >> THAT'S PARTICULARLY THE
>> THAT'S PARTICULARLY THE CRITERIA FOR ADMISSIONS, RIGHT?
CRITERIA FOR ADMISSIONS, RIGHT? >> CORRECT.
>> CORRECT. >> I BELIEVE THERE WAS JUST A
>> I BELIEVE THERE WAS JUST A DECISION.
DECISION. IT'S A BILL THAT'S MOVING
IT'S A BILL THAT'S MOVING FORWARD, AND THE CRITERIA WERE,
FORWARD, AND THE CRITERIA WERE, AND THEY WERE SUGGESTING THE
AND THEY WERE SUGGESTING THE FIRST PERSON IN SHOULD BE THE
FIRST PERSON IN SHOULD BE THE DISABLED VETERAN, AND WOUNDED
DISABLED VETERAN, AND WOUNDED VETERAN, AND OTHER VETERANS, AND
VETERAN, AND OTHER VETERANS, AND SPOUSES OF VETERANS AND LAST
SPOUSES OF VETERANS AND LAST FAMILY MEMBERS OF VETERANS, AND
FAMILY MEMBERS OF VETERANS, AND I THINK -- I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK -- I DON'T KNOW. I THINK MOST OF US WOULD SAY A
I THINK MOST OF US WOULD SAY A WOUNDED VETERAN OR DISABLED
WOUNDED VETERAN OR DISABLED VETERAN SHOULD HAVE TOP
VETERAN SHOULD HAVE TOP PRIORITY, BUT THIS HAS
PRIORITY, BUT THIS HAS APPARENTLY BECOME VERY, VERY
APPARENTLY BECOME VERY, VERY CONTROVERSIAL, AND WHETHER
CONTROVERSIAL, AND WHETHER THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT
THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF HOW WE ARE
IT IN TERMS OF HOW WE ARE COMMUNICATING IT, AND HOW
COMMUNICATING IT, AND HOW VETERANS ARE HEARING IT, BUT IT
VETERANS ARE HEARING IT, BUT IT HAS BEEN STRONGLY OPPOSED BY
HAS BEEN STRONGLY OPPOSED BY VETERANS, AND I THINK THAT PART
VETERANS, AND I THINK THAT PART AT LEAST IN THE HOUSE IS NOW
AT LEAST IN THE HOUSE IS NOW GOING TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE
GOING TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE BILL IN TERMS OF WHAT I HAVE
BILL IN TERMS OF WHAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT.
BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT. >> ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO
>> ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT OR THAT SUMMARY?
ADD TO THAT OR THAT SUMMARY? >> WELL, WE HAVE BEEN AROUND THE
>> WELL, WE HAVE BEEN AROUND THE STATE AND MANY VETERANS HOMES,
STATE AND MANY VETERANS HOMES, AND I THINK WE HAVE QUICKLY COME
AND I THINK WE HAVE QUICKLY COME TO REALIZE, OF COURSE YOU GET
TO REALIZE, OF COURSE YOU GET INPUT FROM BACK HOME, AND YOU
INPUT FROM BACK HOME, AND YOU REALIZE THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE
REALIZE THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE DEMAND HERE THAN ARE BEDS, AND
DEMAND HERE THAN ARE BEDS, AND THE NUMBERS OF BEDS ARE ACTUALLY
THE NUMBERS OF BEDS ARE ACTUALLY A FUNCTION OF A FEDERAL
A FUNCTION OF A FEDERAL ALLOCATION, AND WE CAN ONLY HAVE
ALLOCATION, AND WE CAN ONLY HAVE SO MANY, AND SO THE ENTRANCE
SO MANY, AND SO THE ENTRANCE CRITERIA BECOMES EVEN TIGHTER IN
CRITERIA BECOMES EVEN TIGHTER IN TERMS OF WHO SHOULD BE FIRST AND
TERMS OF WHO SHOULD BE FIRST AND SECOND.
SECOND. >> AND NO FEDERAL MONEY IS
>> AND NO FEDERAL MONEY IS FORTHCOMING.
FORTHCOMING. LAST YEAR WE PUT 18 MILLION IN
LAST YEAR WE PUT 18 MILLION IN THE BILL, BECAUSE THE VETERANS
THE BILL, BECAUSE THE VETERANS REALLY EXPECTED THAT WOULD BE
REALLY EXPECTED THAT WOULD BE MATCHED BY THE FEDERAL
MATCHED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. WE WAITED IN AUGUST,:SEPTEMBER,
WE WAITED IN AUGUST,:SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, AND
OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, AND JANUARY.
JANUARY. THERE'S VERY LITTLE FEDERAL
THERE'S VERY LITTLE FEDERAL MONEY ANYMORE.
MONEY ANYMORE. SOME OF US FEEL UNTIL THEY
SOME OF US FEEL UNTIL THEY FIGURE IT OUT IN WASHINGTON, WE
FIGURE IT OUT IN WASHINGTON, WE SHOULD STILL SAY WHAT SHOULD WE
SHOULD STILL SAY WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING LOCALLY TO ASSURE THAT
BE DOING LOCALLY TO ASSURE THAT THERE IS HOUSING FOR VETERANS
THERE IS HOUSING FOR VETERANS AND HEALTHCARE FOR VETERANS.
AND HEALTHCARE FOR VETERANS. MUCH SO IF IT MEANS WE COME UP
MUCH SO IF IT MEANS WE COME UP WITH SOME MODELS OURSELVES IN
WITH SOME MODELS OURSELVES IN THE INTERIM, I THINK WE ARE