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Jeff Miller: That is your desired, your goal. But then they will come back, they are going to adjust a number. They say, well, your…

On the recordMarch 18, 1999
That is your desired, your goal. But then they will come back, they are going to adjust a number. They say, well, your scale shows 193, but we think because your shoes are heavy and your tie weighs so much, we are going to jump that up to 247. That is how they are going to adjust. They are doing it a little different than the sample originally proposed.
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Jeff Miller
Florida

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Discussing adjustments to proposed measurements in a legislative context.

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