There were other, you know, nonprofits and other agencies within the Midlands, we call the middle of South Carolina the Midlands, who were having to teach these people that, you know, when you call 911 and you need an ambulance, it’s gotta show up, you know. And so they were learning, fortunately, and we were teaching that you just can’t stop raising taxes, you know, if your community is gonna grow, if your citizens are gonna be safe, if they’re gonna have good roads to drive on and all those other things. They reluctantly raised taxes. And I like to think that I played some small part in that education process even apart from the zoo by just meeting with these people. And not all of them were that way. We had some good folks. We started having women get elected. Most of them were great.
