<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMimi nafikiri kwamba karibu nusu ya watu wa mji huu walipiga kura kwa ajili ya hii ambayo ilikuwa ni kwenda kuongeza kodi yako na ilikuwa kama ishirini na tano elfu au kitu kama hicho, unajua.  <response>: you would have thought we would have had close to half of the people in the city voting for this that was going to raise your taxes and it was like twenty five thousand or something like that you know 