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He’s panicked and pointing and everyone looks and SEES -- A goat walk out of the woods. Munching on vegetation. MANNY It’s a goat, Freddy. Cal Fire uses them to help manage vegetation. Everyone’s laughing. VARIOUS INMATES Oh my God./Dude freaked at a goat./It’s a goat! BODE Hey, Freddy, I think you just got yourself a new nickname! 24 Vince makes his pitch to the Cal Fire Board, overseen by CHERYL (50s, smartest person in most rooms). 2-3 other CAL FIRE EXECS are in the room, taking notes, etc. A big screen dominates one wall where Vince is showing a Powerpoint. On the screen is a slide of a bulldozer. VINCE INT. CAL FIRE HQ - CONFERENCE ROOM - SACRAMENTO - DAY
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With a Caterpillar D6N I can clear vegetation at a rate of eight miles an hour. Asking me to make do with a hand crew instead of a dozer is like asking me to cut down a tree with a butter knife. CHERYL No one’s asking you to make do. You have a dozer -- VINCE Glen Ellen has a dozer -- CHERYL That you share -- VINCE Glen Ellen’s 45 minutes away. By the time it comes to me, the fire’s out of control -- CHERYL Vince --
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