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They're not destiny, right? They're signals. But I think if we pay attention to them, we'll be better positioned when we go through strategic planning. And then finally, you know, with the Fourth of July, with the 250th anniversary of American independence coming up, I wanted to kind of talk about the history of assemblies So the borough assembly is modern. It's a modern form of local government, but the idea behind it goes back about 1,000 years.