That'd be

awesome.

You mentioned a key thing too is, one, you don't start out perfect.

Anybody that says they're perfect from the start.

Yeah, red flag.

But you also want to pay attention to somebody who learns from their mistakes or mistakes or stuff that they don't know yet.

Listening to those feedback.

it's going to keep it nobody's going to rough anymore it's glamping to the it's going to be cool in here we've had

Can you give me a little background on it and what we need to know?

It started in 1980 and And the very first one was at 5%.

It focused in on Visit Norman, which got 50% of it.

The Arts Council, which they used their money and handed out 26 different grants to a whole lot of arts organizations that are based here in Norman.

And then 25% of that went to the Norman Parks Department.

A few years ago, they changed that.

It went up to 8%, and percentages changed a little bit.

June,

Why has this proposition been placed on the ballot now to Norman voters?

Well, first of all, this proposition, when you start talking about the guest tax, it's a tax that goes and funds quality of life issues.

So when we start talking about Visit Norman, which markets all of our events and Norman to other communities and trying to get those guests to come in here, then you have a The Norman Art Council receives a quarter of all that tax, and all the arts communities that stuck to that, so they hand out 26 grants to different organizations like Medieval Fair, Jazz in June, Norman Music Festival, all these great art organizations in our cities and festivals they're all connected to.

And then there's the park system, and that's the reason I'm here talking about it.

We get a quarter of it.

And you start talking about everything that goes along with that, that goes to pay for our capital portion.

So anytime we would like to go get new playgrounds, restroom buildings, do some upgrades to the Young Family Athletic Center or Westwood Pool and so on and so on, that's where we would get that money from to keep those fresh, nice, new, and all that good stuff.

How much revenue does the guest tax generate currently, and how much would be brought in if this new rate is approved? So currently,