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"They are one of many tools that Lubbock needs to start using, in the context of smart roads, to make sure that we're encouraging development back inside the loop, which is where we can afford to do it, vs this continuous Dallas-like suburban sprawl that we've been doing to the south …

"Personally I'm not a fan of small SUVs, but I know they're popular and a lot of people like them. And Kia really knocked it out of the park with this thing," Jerry said.

Jerry described the car as a, "street legal dragster."

"The interior is just drop dead gorgeous," Jerry said, going on to say that the seats have the King Ranch emblem embroidered on them.

Griffith was asked if the city council, in any way, would have any sort of lowering of the funding for the police department, to which he strongly stated, "Absolutely not. Not even a question...It's not even a topic in my opinion."

"This thing will absolutely fly when you floorboard it. It really surprised me the first time," Jerry said.

"We've talked, as superintendents in our network, how it's like flying the plane while it's being built." She thanks the strong team and the strong Lubbock community.

"If you have a short commute, and you're ten, twelve, maybe even fifteen miles away one way from work, when everyone gets back to work, you would never visit a gas station again. Yet, if you wanted to take this thing across the country on vacation, you could do that," Jerry said.

WalletHub compared the 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, and used 3 key factors to get their results, such as the change in state's unemployment during April 2020, then comparing that to April 2019, as well as January 2020.

"This is the most popular luxury SUV sold in America, and it has been for a lot of years. And there's a lot of reasons for it. I mean, it's a Lexus," Jerry said