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Most people will never know and will

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never remember the...

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the hard-working professionals

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in the Department. You know,

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that department gets beat up a lot

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because it's a social service agency.

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Sometimes it's hard to measure the results.

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It was different for me

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when I went into the

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Department of Transportation

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and I ran that department.

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There you could measure results.

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You put the concrete down

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and the bituminous down

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and you get a new road.

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You build a new bridge,

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and you can see it

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and you can cut the ribbon.

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It's hard really to see it

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in the social service field, many times.

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Except in this case you could see

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the stark difference

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between people who were in...

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in... in prison

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as compared to homes.

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There were no longer bars

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on windows. They were...

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they were in a home

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like we live in a home.

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And... and they had the ;ove

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and caring attention

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of dedicated professionals.

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That's... I mean, that's my legacy.

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It's part of what I did,

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and I look back on it with great pride.

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So, maybe like Abraham Lincoln said,

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"The world will little note, nor long

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remember what we say here,

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but they'll remember

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what was done there."

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And in this case maybe

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people won't know how it

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all came about. But one thing

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thing will be clear:

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Life will be better for people

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who are disadvantaged and vulnerable

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and who are people,

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just like we're people,

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and who are living in homes

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all across the state

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because of what was done here in Minnesota.

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So I'm proud to have been a part of that.