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Ed!
:31:17
Aisha, how you been?
:31:21
I'm very upset about
what happened today.
:31:24
Frank, I did the best that I could,
and you know that.
:31:28
- Edward... how are you?
- Hello, counsellor! How are you?
:31:32
- Alicia, how are you?
- Aisha.
:31:34
The city councilman
was explaining to me...
:31:37
...why that hospital in the South Bronx
didn't survive the fiscal cut today.
:31:41
I'm telling him how disappointed I am.
:31:44
I was explaining that there simply
wasn't money in the budget.
:31:48
In a city of 12 million,
I find that hard to believe.
:31:51
I'd hoped we could do better.
:31:53
I'd hoped so, too, Frank,
but there simply was no money.
:31:57
If you think it's so easy,
try funding it yourself.
:32:01
- Maybe I will.
- OK.
:32:03
How about 16 million
by the end of the quarter?
:32:09
Tell your friends they'll have the money.
:32:13
Counsellor,
you're this man's legal advisor.
:32:16
Explain to him the hard financial facts
of running a municipality.
:32:20
I know what this city needs.
:32:23
Privileged districts shouldn't be
the only ones with hospitals!
:32:26
- Forget it, Frank.
- I want that place kept open.
:32:30
The city can't afford it. Neither can you.
:32:33
The city doesn't know
where to get the money.
:32:36
Let me give you some expensive advice:
Go where you can stay out of trouble.
:32:41
That's what I pay you for.
:32:58
- Hello, Frank. I wanna talk to you.
- I don't think so.