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through this with you again.

Okay?

Okay.

Okay. Good.

Now how long can

you and Reegan stay?

It's Reagan.

Reagan.

Actually, we're gonna leave right

after the meeting tonight.

Oh, now, come on.

What is the hurry?

I just have a couple things

that I got to take care of.

It's good to see you.

It's good to see you.

Oh.

Come on. Let's go.

Okay.

I think that we'd like

to thank the church for the

use of the hall, of course,

and the ladies

of the synagogue

for all the fine refreshments

that they've supplied.

Yea, thank you.

They are a great bunch.

It's good to see

everybody here tonight.

It's a great turnout,

to say the least.

You all know why we're here.

It's pretty important.

I guess we should call

this meeting to order.

That's Wayne Beauregard.

All he ever used to do

was play scratch tickets.

I swear, he'd get 20

of those things a day.

Now, it's my understanding

that Alexander Malone

would like

to address the town,

Am I correct with that, Rick?

Yes, Mr. Mayor.

Traitor.

Shame on you.

You grew up in this town, too.

Yea, thank you.

Who is that?

You don't know her.

She's new.

Oh.

We won't have any more outbursts

like that, please. Okay?

Uh, where is Mr. Malone?

Is he here?

Actually, we have a DVD.

Well, I-I was

under the impression

he was going to be

speaking for himself.

What does a DVD

have to do with this?

Well, I'll just turn it

over to you, Rick.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I'd like to present

Mr. Alexander Malone.

Malone.

Progress.

Good evening,

ladies and gentlemen.

I just want to say

it's an honor

to be with you tonight.

I want to share

a vision that I have,

a vision for Fillmore...

Fillmore's past,

Fillmore's present,

and Fillmore's future.

Now I love

the intrinsic small-town

values that you have.

I really do.

And that's why I decided

to make it the site

of my newest development.

Now, I was looking around,

and I noticed that

there's something

really important missing.

Maybe you've seen it, too.

Snow.

Now you can't

call yourself a ski town

if you don't have snow.

No snow, no skiing.

No skiing, no customers.

No customers, no cash.

And why should we rely on Mother

Nature for our prosperity?

I mean, what has Mother

Nature done for us lately?

Earthquakes,

hurricanes, tsunami,

not to mention

global warming,

and it's real, folks.

Now here's my vision.

of the future of Fillmore.

A beautiful 5-star

resort and spa

open 12 months a year,

snow or shine,

packed full of people.

Busloads of senior citizens

driving up there.

Can't wait to spend

their Social Security checks,

great cell phone service,

free wi-fi, plenty of jobs...

I know what you're thinking.

We don't want to lose

our small-town charm.

We don't want

to become too rich.

Folks, that's what

I love about this place.

We're not going

to lose the charm.

And you can never

be too rich, believe me.

We're going to make it better.

That's right, together,

we're going to have

more small-town charm.

When you hear

the name Malone,

I want you

to think progress.

It has truly been my honor

to be with you this evening.

Thank you very much,

and I hope to see you all

in the future.

That was quite impressive.

Lisa, would you like

to make a rebuttal?

Yes, Mr. Mayor.

Please, Lisa.

Lisa.

Oh. I'm kind of nervous.

Hi, guys.

Um, so are we talking

about our town of Fillmore?

Or are we talking about

some new theme park?

But, Lisa, come on.

I mean, our schools

are overcrowded.

Our fire and police

department,

we really need equipment

that we can't afford.

I second that.

Right. And you know, so do I.

But there are ways

of finding funding,

without all of us

having to sell our homes.

We have always been a town

about helping each other,

a community,

a community of families.

Rosemary, remember

when you lost Bruiser?

Yeah. Everybody helped

look for him all night.

Yeah, and they

found him, right?

Let's think about

the small businesses,

the local business owners

like Joshua.

Joshua, who has run our local

pharmacy for what, 20...

25 years.

25 years.

So Fillmore doesn't

need progress.

No, because thanks to each and

every one of us in this room,

we have exactly

what we need...

everything right here,

right now.

Yeah.

And Casey, who has run

that dry cleaning service

and listened to our pro...

Everything we need?

Well, yeah. I mean,

I think everything we need.

Do you remember when

you had pneumonia?

Yeah. What about it?

I had to drive

all the way to Lincoln.

Okay, he had to drive

all the way...

15 miles to Lincoln.

Okay, so we're not perfect.

But it doesn't have

to be that way.

You shouldn't have

to wait for medicine

just because Joshua's

store is out of stock.

No offense.

Okay, and is that how

you judge the quality of life?

I see, probably so.

But we don't.

We're a family.

And we've always been

a town about being there

for each other,

and being a community.

And I guess that's something

that you, and her,

and Alexander Malone

will never really understand.

Listen.

I think it's great

that you all helped

find Rosemary's dog

Why not have the best

of both worlds?

Why not be quaint

and efficient?

Alexander Malone is not trying

to steal the character

of this town, or its spirit.

He... We...

are just trying

to make it better.

Thanks.

Well,

I guess that's it.

We'll let you know

what the results are.

Meeting's adjourned.

Thanks for coming.

Good night.

Daddy, it was amazing.

The bill passed 6 to 4.

Yes. I will call you

when we're back.

Bye-bye.

Uh, two words.

Two words.

First word...

Pregnant woman.

Pregnant Godzilla woman.

I just want to see my mom

for two minutes.

Why can't we

just leave now?

The Rickmeister!

Hey!

Hey!

What are they

doing here?

Maybe I, kind of,

sort of, invited them.

Oh, you look great, right.

Oh, look at the love.

Ow. Yes.

Come in, come in.

Okay.

Look who I found.

Hey.

Hi, Mom.

Hi.

How are you?

Hey.

Hey. Hey.

So, um, I heard you did

a great job

at the meeting tonight.

Yeah.

You did a great job

in there, too.

Well, you won.

Well, I hope everyone

has an appetite

because I made

my very special holiday pie.

- Mmm.

- Mmm.

God bless you, Maggie.

Yummy. Mmm.

So, Reegan,

what do you do?

Uh, Reagan.

It's Reagan.

Reagan, what do you do?

I oversee the design

of all of Malone Development's

construction projects.

Actually,

the spa was my idea.

Rick was showing me

some pictures of the town,

and I said even though

it looks like a real pit,

we could probably

do something with it.

A pit?

What she means is that

we're really excited

about improving the town.

Right, sweetie?

Yeah.

So Lisa, I hear

you're an attorney, too.

A lot of pro bono work?

Wow.

Well, yeah, I guess we can't

all move to the big city

and be ambulance

chasers, can we?

As a matter of fact,

Rick happens to be

one of the youngest,

most successful

attorneys in his firm.

And after this proposal,

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