Abby Ottenhoff
Abby Ottenhoff
budget merit worked
We see a lot of merit in the bill, but it is a budget issue. It would have to be worked out as part of the budget process.
billion directed education focused four goes governor passing
The governor is focused on passing the budget, and if all goes well, he will have directed $3.8 billion to education in four years, more than any other governor has done.
sooner wish
We wish they would've done it sooner or lowered drug prices.
groups happened level meetings number recently staff took
We've had a number of meetings with different groups and individuals. It's happened at the governor's level as well as the staff level and took place as recently as yesterday.
costs cut good position revenue
Revenue is way up and we've cut costs in other areas, so we're in a good position to do these things.
commit onto people putting street sure
We want to make sure we're not putting people back onto the street who are going to commit crimes.
dealing great hope offenders replicate seen success
We've seen great success at Sheridan in dealing with drug offenders and hope that we will be able to replicate that success.
contact law office range regular talk wide
Our office is in regular contact with law enforcement on a wide range of issues, but we don't talk about subpoenas because they are confidential,
attempts consumer position raise sort
His position would be the same. These are sort of back-door attempts to raise consumer rates.
step supposed
He's done everything he's supposed to do to step down.
allow beliefs hold religious respect rights serving
We respect the pharmacists' rights to hold personal, moral, religious beliefs, but they can't allow those beliefs to get in the way of serving their customers.
cities good people service thank wish worked
We want to thank him for his service to DNR and for many years before that to the people of the Quad Cities when he worked in the legislature. He has done a good job, and we wish him all the best.
looking storage united vaccine
We're still looking at some (donation) options. The vaccine is still in storage in the United Kingdom.
directly fall leave pay people situation sure work
We are going to work directly with the pharmacies to make sure that people who fall into this situation don't leave a pharmacy without the meds they need or pay more than they need to.