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Tuesday 3pm hour 06/02/26 · Ron Verb

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  Speaker 1: WKBN. Yes, 3.07 in the afternoon. Another gorgeous day here
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  Speaker 1: in my neck of the woods. Tiffany Boulevard in Boardman,
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  Speaker 1: where our studios are at 77. Sun is shining. And
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  Speaker 1: it's a comfortable, what is it, Tuesday afternoon. We'll be
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  Speaker 1: with you until 6.30 tonight. Guardians pregame at 6.30 on
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  Speaker 1: News Radio 570 WKBN. Well, I know what you're saying, Ron.
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  Speaker 1: What's the top secret number in case we want to
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  Speaker 1: get on a program? All right, it's 330-729-9977.
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  Speaker 2: 330-729-9977. 99-77.
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  Speaker 1: One more time, 330-729-9977. That will get you through to
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  Speaker 1: us here on News Radio 570 WKBN, so keep that
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  Speaker 1: in mind. Well, let's see here. This is from the Trib.
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  Speaker 1: Today is Tuesday, June 2nd. Front page, city officials move
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  Speaker 1: forward with action to quell residents' concerns about potential data centers.
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  Speaker 1: Placing a suspension on any action that would allow one
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  Speaker 1: to enter the community. Now, I'm just asking you this question.
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  Speaker 1: When I read this kind of stuff, what is the fear?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, what is it just based on that's to say, hey,
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  Speaker 1: nothing's happening, but we want to go on record to
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  Speaker 1: say that we want to make sure, let's see, a
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  Speaker 1: suspension on any action that would allow a data center
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  Speaker 1: to enter the community. I mean, why is that? Do
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  Speaker 1: you sense this... fear out there of these things? So
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  Speaker 1: let's see. Officials at Monday's regular council meeting approved a
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  Speaker 1: 12-month moratorium on the construction, placement, or operation of a
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  Speaker 1: data center within a city and declared an emergency. So
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  Speaker 1: let's see what some of these council people had to say.
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  Speaker 1: And the law director drew up the necessary legislation to
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  Speaker 1: For it, on May 18th meeting, said officials normally do
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  Speaker 1: three readings on most matters to allow everyone time to
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  Speaker 1: review the resolution. She said in some instances, however, the
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  Speaker 1: second and third readings are suspended to push through. Typically, though,
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  Speaker 1: we don't like to do this because... Continue on page A3.
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  Speaker 1: I know you're saying, well, why is that, Ron? Because
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  Speaker 1: we like to give the community time to mull things over.
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  Speaker 1: But this is a different situation. The mayor says Ben
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  Speaker 1: Kyle's back in a job. Incidentally, after that accident, he
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  Speaker 1: had reiterated during his reports that the city has received
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  Speaker 1: no proposals regarding Project Milo, an economic development project alongside
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  Speaker 1: Jobs Ohio, a partner of Lake to River Economic Developments,
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  Speaker 1: while he first mentioned in February's 2025 meeting. The discussion
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  Speaker 1: involves an unidentified company exploring a project that promises significant
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  Speaker 1: economic impact and benefit for the city. Kyle confirmed last
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  Speaker 1: month that he signaled an NDA in December 2024 for
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  Speaker 1: the project with the intent of allowing the city to
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  Speaker 1: gather the technical and utility information necessary to see whether
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  Speaker 1: the city could accommodate something of that scale. Cal said
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  Speaker 1: his duty as a mayor is to be unbiased in
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  Speaker 1: economic developments, conversations by collecting information to bring to the
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  Speaker 1: city's planning and zoning commission. That is something that is needed.
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  Speaker 1: That is exactly what has happened during this whole entire process.
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  Speaker 1: The only way the business in question would agree to
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  Speaker 1: give us as necessary information that we needed in order
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  Speaker 1: to evaluate the logistical needs of from our water and
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  Speaker 1: electric department was to be able to sign the NDA.
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  Speaker 1: All right. I guess NDA, what's that, non-disclosure agreement? Kyle
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  Speaker 1: said Villano allowed him to sign the NDA so the
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  Speaker 1: city could get the information. Adding that council was also informed.
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  Speaker 1: It just goes on. Project Milo. Doesn't that sound intriguing?
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's just, now you have residents. Also named
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  Speaker 1: the instance of Project Milo being named at past meetings.
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  Speaker 1: Let's see, Kyle referred to it as a light industrial
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  Speaker 1: mixed-use technology project that he would keep residents updated on,
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  Speaker 1: noting that the data center or NDA was never mentioned.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know, but I'm just looking at this kind
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  Speaker 1: of stuff. As you go through this, it's like everybody's
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  Speaker 1: opposed to these data centers. I mean, just here we
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  Speaker 1: go in Hubbard. We don't want one. And I go
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  Speaker 1: back and I say to you, you will all end
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  Speaker 1: up using it. I mean, they certainly have an evil reputation.
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  Speaker 1: It's really strange. It's very strange to me. I understand
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  Speaker 1: people say, okay, well, we're concerned about electric use and
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  Speaker 1: will our rates go up? That's a fair concern to have.
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  Speaker 1: But if they don't locate in your community and locate
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  Speaker 1: anywhere in the grid, the electric grid, which is states, well,
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  Speaker 1: your electric rate would still go up and you wouldn't
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  Speaker 1: get any of the benefits. I mean, it's just what
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  Speaker 1: I'm trying to figure out here when it comes to
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  Speaker 1: these data centers. And it seems like so many people
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  Speaker 1: are against so many things. It's just it's strange. It's
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  Speaker 1: very strange. But we shall see.
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  Speaker 2: 330-729-9977.
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  Speaker 1: Are we going to miss the boat? Are we going
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  Speaker 1: to miss the boat? Because so many people seem to
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  Speaker 1: have a fear of data centers without really saying, here
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  Speaker 1: specifically is what is of concern. Here's why we don't
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  Speaker 1: want it in our town. It's almost like there's a
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  Speaker 1: movement to prohibit things and make it fearful. It's very strange. Now,
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  Speaker 1: on a positive note, gas prices today, I saw, were
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  Speaker 1: down like to $ 4. 35, $ 4. 40 a gallon. So gas prices
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  Speaker 1: have come down. Why is that? Why are gas prices
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  Speaker 1: coming down? Did we end the war? Did we reach
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  Speaker 1: an agreement? Is this trade open again? What's going on
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  Speaker 1: as far as gas prices are concerned? Now they're down.
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  Speaker 1: It's interesting when you see these stations that have a
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  Speaker 1: lower price, let's say $ 4 and something, and they're jammed
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  Speaker 1: with cars. And it's all subjective. I mean, it's like
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  Speaker 1: it's still a high price. It's still way higher than
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  Speaker 1: it should be. But, you know, they're jammed with cars,
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  Speaker 1: so I got to top off. I got to fill up.
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  Speaker 1: Like you're getting a deal at $ 435 or $ 440. I
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  Speaker 1: guess it's better than five bucks, right? Obviously. Or $ 4. 85
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  Speaker 1: and that kind of stuff. But needless to say, it's
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  Speaker 1: still a high price. And the war goes on. Can
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  Speaker 1: you call it a war? The war goes on with
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  Speaker 1: no end in sight. There you have it. Now let's
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  Speaker 1: see what awaits me. You're on the air.
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  Speaker 2: Ronald.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, it's Ted the Conservative. Now this is a good
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  Speaker 1: way to start the broadcast.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, down here in the metropolis of Columbiana, gas is
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  Speaker 2: $ 4. 09 a gallon. It actually dropped a few pennies from
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  Speaker 2: what I left earlier.
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  Speaker 1: Isn't it interesting that we're, I didn't want to say bragging,
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  Speaker 1: but we're notifying people, hey, it's just a little bit
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  Speaker 1: above $ 4. It's still high.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I guess.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I got to tell you, the reason I called you.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: I missed yesterday's program. I was busy. But let's just
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  Speaker 2: listen to the podcast. And I don't know if your
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  Speaker 2: listeners realize the podcast is after. But I thought you
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  Speaker 2: had a great show. And the greatest part about the
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  Speaker 2: podcast is when certain callers call that upset you and
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  Speaker 2: just have no desire to hear anything they say, you
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  Speaker 2: can just fast forward to them. And I did that.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, see?
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  Speaker 2: How about that? I thought you had a great show.
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  Speaker 2: I thought J.J.
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  Speaker 3: Was good.
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  Speaker 1: So you fast-forwarded. Basically, you heard the open, fast-forwarded to
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  Speaker 1: the ending of the show and said, oh, that's a
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  Speaker 1: good show.
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  Speaker 2: No, no, I listened to all of it except one guy.
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  Speaker 2: I just ignore him as soon as the anti-Israel stuff starts.
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  Speaker 2: I just fast forward him. But I thought JJ was good.
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  Speaker 2: JJ's a good guy. Emmanuel's angry. Then you had Jake
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  Speaker 2: from State Farm, I think. Isn't that the guy's name, Jake? Yes. Yes.
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  Speaker 2: You've got to give him that name. That's got to
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  Speaker 2: be Jake from State Farm.
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  Speaker 1: Monday's program was where I revealed this is I spent
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  Speaker 1: all kinds of time over the weekend doing my oil
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  Speaker 1: research and reading these which is, there's four main ones
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  Speaker 1: I've come to realize, four that are like the biggest
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  Speaker 1: four in the country. And so I'm through two of them.
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  Speaker 1: And frankly, I'll have to see next weekend if I
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  Speaker 1: go through the other two.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I was glad you got your therapy session out
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  Speaker 2: of the week early. You and Boss Lady, I was
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  Speaker 2: glad she was able to sit you on the couch
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  Speaker 2: for a while and get you straightened out.
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  Speaker 1: Although somebody sent me a thing that said... Once again,
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  Speaker 1: where was this? Former college building to be demolished. The
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  Speaker 1: Eastern Gateway project looks like that's underway. Do you ever
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  Speaker 1: remember any public input on this? I mean, or is
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  Speaker 1: this just something that was shoved on us, gang? So
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  Speaker 1: we're going to pay to... Who was an excellent call? Oh,
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  Speaker 1: Rich the pharmacist yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: I heard Rich talking about expansion of the cement.
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  Speaker 1: A little beyond my engineering skills. He's got a call
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  Speaker 1: again today. He brought up an excellent point. He said
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  Speaker 1: that the Port Authority owns this Eastern Gateway building, and
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  Speaker 1: it costs them like $ 25, 000 a month just to have
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  Speaker 1: the building. You know, because you've got to heat it
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  Speaker 1: and all that kind of stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, and then you made reference to some
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  Speaker 2: information I sent you about a year ago. So you
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  Speaker 2: do read the stuff that's sent to you about the Pittsburgh,
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  Speaker 2: about the buildings in downtown Pittsburgh and the mess that
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  Speaker 2: they got down there. You commented on that.
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  Speaker 1: Wasn't that interesting? Now tell that story. That is where
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  Speaker 1: I'm glad you did that. This was a beautiful building.
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  Speaker 1: It was a bank building in downtown Pittsburgh. And it
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  Speaker 1: wasn't dilapidated or anything. It was just a huge building
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  Speaker 1: that the bank had everything in there leaving it.
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  Speaker 2: And they can't find tenants for those buildings. And it's
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  Speaker 2: basically going to be cheaper to take them down and
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  Speaker 2: to keep them up and running because you've got to
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  Speaker 2: keep utilities on. You've got to keep the water lines unfroze.
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  Speaker 2: There's a lot of maintenance, just like the building downtown.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm surprised, $ 25, 000 a month. That seems really high
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  Speaker 2: to me. I would question that.
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  Speaker 1: Well, remember the article that you sent me. They were
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  Speaker 1: saying they were talking to, in this article, this was
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  Speaker 1: in Pittsburgh. I wish I could remember the name of
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  Speaker 1: that bank building. But they were talking to a guy
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  Speaker 1: that was a developer of these big buildings. And so
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  Speaker 1: they said to him, would you take this building? He said,
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  Speaker 1: I wouldn't take that building if they gave it to me.
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  Speaker 1: And you would say, well, what's going on here? And
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  Speaker 1: his point in that was how expensive it is to
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  Speaker 1: let it sit there to try to find that many
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  Speaker 1: tenants and what it's going to cost you just to
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  Speaker 1: maintain that building while it's sitting there. And if it
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  Speaker 1: doesn't work out, how expensive it is to take that
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  Speaker 1: building down. He said so.
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  Speaker 2: You've got to take it down the same way they
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  Speaker 2: build them, basically. Yeah. In downtown Pittsburgh, it's so compact. Plus,
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  Speaker 2: we're forgetting to mention taxes. See, that was a Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that wasn't a government-owned building, so they're paying taxes on
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  Speaker 2: all that stuff.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, that was a fascinating article, because you looked
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  Speaker 1: at this building and said, oh, it's a beautiful building,
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  Speaker 1: but it's so big, they said, by the time you
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  Speaker 1: fill that building, you'll be broke.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and you've got to take it down just like
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  Speaker 2: you build it, floor by floor, and it's very expensive
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  Speaker 2: to take it down. I forget it was millions of
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  Speaker 2: dollars to take it down, but it's actually, over the
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  Speaker 2: long haul, it's cheaper to spend that money now and
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  Speaker 2: take it down and repurpose that property for something else,
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  Speaker 2: because you'll never fill those buildings.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, just..
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  Speaker 2: It was interesting.
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  Speaker 1: This whole demolishing Eastern Gateway to make a county building,
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  Speaker 1: it's ridiculous. And the problem is that the county's on
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  Speaker 1: the hook for all the bonds and expenditures, and yet
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  Speaker 1: the public really hasn't had any say-so on it at all.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, we elect officeholders to make decisions, and
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  Speaker 2: if we're not happy with those decisions, we have a say,
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  Speaker 2: but I don't think we know enough to really... I
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  Speaker 2: don't know enough. I should rephrase that. I can't take
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  Speaker 2: a strong position on it one way or the other,
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  Speaker 2: to be honest with you. Because I know that that
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  Speaker 2: place that they're in right now, that Southside Annex, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: you go down there and it's just nothing good about it.
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  Speaker 2: And I will say this. I agree with Rich. I
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  Speaker 2: think last week Rich called about the Board of Elections.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's a horrible location to take people down
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  Speaker 2: to Glenwood Avenue. I mean, it's just not a safe area.
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  Speaker 2: Why not go out to Borden? I just don't get it.
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  Speaker 2: Same thing with the Board of Elections. I mean, the
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  Speaker 2: county building that you said they purchased. I don't know
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  Speaker 2: if it was the right decision or not. I haven't
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  Speaker 2: seen numbers. Geographically, why Youngstown? Why stayed in downtown? I
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  Speaker 2: don't know. I think there's a lot of good options
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  Speaker 2: in Borden that you've talked about, but I don't have
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  Speaker 2: all the information, so I can't say that they made
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  Speaker 2: the right or wrong decision.
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  Speaker 1: Right, but I mean, it's like, what's wrong with, it's just,
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  Speaker 1: you sit back and wonder. The Patriot building in Austintown
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  Speaker 1: would have been a great location. There's a lot of
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  Speaker 1: property out there. Yeah, and a lot of parking. Well,
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  Speaker 1: we've got to put some money in to fix it up.
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  Speaker 1: It's not that old of a building.
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  Speaker 2: I even like the idea of going into the Southern
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  Speaker 2: Park Mall. You've got so many empty anchor stores that
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  Speaker 2: were out there. Why not turn that into a government complex?
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  Speaker 2: You've got a food court there. It might help save
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  Speaker 2: that property. You know, let's be honest, malls are dying
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  Speaker 2: and that place is on life support. So, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know how much thought was put into it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we really don't know. Like you said, there
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  Speaker 2: wasn't public discussion and that's unfortunate.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, because there should be more put into it. What
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  Speaker 1: was Rich saying? He was outside yesterday. He sent me
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  Speaker 1: a picture. He was outside the IBM building yesterday, and
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  Speaker 1: he said, well, what about this place? Hang on a second.
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  Speaker 1: It's Ted the Conservative. When you start a day with
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  Speaker 1: Ted the Conservative, it's a good day. All right. I
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  Speaker 1: got to ask Ted the Conservative a few things here. Now, Ted,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to bounce this off of you, all right,
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  Speaker 1: because you're a straight shooter. And it's hard for me
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  Speaker 1: to explain this to folks, but it's really bothering me,
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  Speaker 1: this idea of having this, what is it, fighting or
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  Speaker 1: wrestling or whatever Trump wants to do on the White
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  Speaker 1: House property. I mean, I'm sitting back thinking, okay, when
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  Speaker 1: I think of the White House property, I think of
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  Speaker 1: pardoning the turkeys at Thanksgiving and the Easter egg hunt
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  Speaker 1: for kids. It seems to me, having events like this
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  Speaker 1: on the White House grounds, It bothers me as much
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  Speaker 1: as when Biden had that whole transgender thing. I'm not
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  Speaker 1: saying it's sacred ground, but it kind of is sacred ground.
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  Speaker 1: What are your thoughts?
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  Speaker 2: I agree with you. I agree. I don't think that's
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  Speaker 2: the proper location. Just as I didn't agree when Biden
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  Speaker 2: had the transgender gay pride festival out there. I don't
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  Speaker 2: agree with it. But, again, I'm not a president of
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  Speaker 2: the United States. That's Donald Trump's decision, and that's what
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  Speaker 2: he's doing. And now I'm.
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  Speaker 1: Going to bounce another thing off of you.
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  Speaker 2: Every single thing that goes on in the world, you'll
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  Speaker 2: drive yourself nuts. I think you've got to always look
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  Speaker 2: at the glass half full.
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  Speaker 4: I agree.
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  Speaker 2: Enjoy the ride while we're here.
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  Speaker 1: I agree with that.
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  Speaker 2: You need to sit on the couch for a little bit,
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  Speaker 2: have the boss lady call, and she can set you
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  Speaker 2: down for 30 minutes and get you cleared up.
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  Speaker 1: Give me my therapy. But see, I'm going to ask
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  Speaker 1: you one other question, which I brought up yesterday. Also,
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  Speaker 1: I am not offended. Now, this isn't anything against Trump.
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  Speaker 1: I voted for him. I would certainly vote for him
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  Speaker 1: over Kamala Harris again. But here's the reality. When the
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  Speaker 1: court said, you've got to take your name off the
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  Speaker 1: Kennedy Center, you can't put it up there. I'm cool
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  Speaker 1: with that. I mean, it's the Kennedy Center. Trump's got
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  Speaker 1: to stop putting his name on everything. He's got to
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  Speaker 1: stop with this. So I'm going to have these fights.
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  Speaker 1: Some of this stuff is it's just not.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I agree with you. You're spot on. And
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  Speaker 2: I think it goes to what I said something a
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  Speaker 2: long time ago, and people got really– the MAGA cult
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  Speaker 2: didn't like it. And there was some backlash.
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  Speaker 1: Do you remember when I argued with you about the
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  Speaker 1: MAGA cult, and then I had to admit how a
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  Speaker 1: year later you were right?
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  Speaker 2: You know, I'm not wrong on many things. I'm not perfect,
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  Speaker 2: but I think I have a lot of life experience.
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  Speaker 2: And I think I could, you know, look at situations
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  Speaker 2: and call a spade a spade, you know?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: But that cult is dangerous. I'll tell you what, they're
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  Speaker 2: just as dangerous as the AOC cult. Trust me. You know,
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  Speaker 2: whether you're far right or far left, that's not good.
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  Speaker 2: I'd rather you be far right because, you know, I
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  Speaker 2: don't want to deal with anyone that's on the left
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  Speaker 2: of center. But, you know, it is. It's a cult.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you can't speak against them. But the crazy
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  Speaker 2: thing I'm seeing happening, Ron, I don't know if you
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  Speaker 2: are too, but that cult is changing a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: They're becoming very disgruntled with decisions, whether it's Iran or
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  Speaker 2: the wrestling thing, you know. And some of those cult
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: members are now saying... that they're upset with him for
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: one thing or the other. Some are upset because he's
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: not bombed the living hell out of Iran yet. You know,
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: and he keeps dragging his feet there. They think someone,
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: some of the cult members think he should just destroy them.
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: So it's crazy. It's a crazy world. But I'll tell
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: you this too. Something else that's crazy is the reach
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: of the Ron verb show. How many people listen to
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: your program? I'm amazed. I got to tell you, ever
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: since my picture with Christine Oliver was put out there
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: on social media, uh, I go places and people come
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: up to me and they say, Ted, the conservative. I'm like,
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: holy crap. Let me run and hide. I'm getting noticed
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: from the wrong verb show. And I'm not lying to you.
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: Because you are Ted, the conservative.
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I've been asked to take pictures. I had a
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: buddy who I haven't seen in person since high school,
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: but we talk on Facebook and we're friends. And one
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: day he said, holy crap, you're Ted, the conservative. And
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: I'm just amazed at the outreach of the Ron Verb
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: program that I've lost a little bit of privacy now. Yeah,
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: but you're Ted the Conservative.
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: You got away with it for 30 years before you
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: were outed.
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: Yeah, because I'm really a quiet guy. I keep to myself.
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: I don't do much, you know. I'm an introverted guy.
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: A quiet guy, folks. Listen to this. A quiet guy.
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: Ted the Conservative, a quiet guy. that called, who asked
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: me the key question. If you had to do it
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: over again, would you vote for Romney over Obama, even
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: though you hate Romney? And I had to admit to him, yes.
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: It was like the biggest defeat, because I can't stand
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: Mitt Romney. And he said, now, if you had to
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: do it again. And I said, yes. And Ted the
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: Conservative said to me, see, I told you so. And
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: then Ted the Conservative, about a year ago, I argued
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: over the mega cult. And then about a year later,
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: I had to say, boy, he's right. And then he
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: came back. It's not easy. It's not. All right, Ted
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: the Conservative. Thank you.
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: You have a good day.
• 20:17
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  Speaker 2: Yes, 335.
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: Ted the Conservative is a smart guy. I mean, he's
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: always got an interesting take on everything. Just when he
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: figures stuff out. I've probably talked to Ted the Conservative
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: for every bit of 30-plus years, if I had to
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: say so. And he's always been Ted the Conservative. This
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: guy has been conservative before conservative was cool, to quote
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: the country song. You're on the air.
• 20:54
  Speaker 5: Fine.
• 20:58
  Speaker 6: No, this should be relaxing to you.
• 21:02
  Speaker 3: Oh, okay.
• 21:02
  Speaker 6: Breathe in and breathe out.
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: All right, thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, it's the boss lady.
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: I always tense up a little bit. You never know.
• 21:09
  Speaker 6: Oh, no, this is a good one. So I was just,
• 21:13
  Speaker 6: you know, all this AI data center talk. I was
• 21:18
  Speaker 6: doing some research. And did you see what NVIDIA.
• 21:22
  Speaker 3: Came out with yesterday?
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: I did not.
• 21:24
  Speaker 6: I think it was yesterday that they came out with it.
• 21:27
  Speaker 3: Did you happen to see it?
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: No.
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: What did they come out with?
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 21:33
  Speaker 6: It's so crazy. So it's a tip that you put
• 21:36
  Speaker 6: into your computer that turns your computer into an AI machine.
• 21:41
  Speaker 6: Coupled with, there's a company out there, and I read
• 21:45
  Speaker 6: this again, or not again, I read this this morning.
• 21:49
  Speaker 6: There's another company out there called Span, and they basically
• 21:53
  Speaker 6: put a unit on your home And now listen, I'm
• 21:56
  Speaker 6: no electrical expert or electricity expert, but all the, I
• 22:00
  Speaker 6: think the problem that people have and the fear that
• 22:04
  Speaker 6: people have with these data centers are massively in consumption.
• 22:07
  Speaker 6: What happens with the water? There are these big, clunky,
• 22:11
  Speaker 6: your farming land, all this stuff, right?
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: The environmental.
• 22:14
  Speaker 6: And then what tax benefits? I don't think people are
• 22:17
  Speaker 6: against technology. They just don't want to carry the cost.
• 22:20
  Speaker 6: with a downside to the environment and little benefit in
• 22:24
  Speaker 6: terms of cost to them, right?
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 22:26
  Speaker 6: So I think with NVIDIA's being a, product that they
• 22:33
  Speaker 6: came out with with this chip coupled with this new
• 22:36
  Speaker 6: technology span which is basically going to reduce pressure on
• 22:40
  Speaker 6: the electrical grid so it basically utilizes the because everybody
• 22:44
  Speaker 6: has like 200 amps on their home but you very
• 22:46
  Speaker 6: rarely utilize the 200 amps i guess is what i
• 22:49
  Speaker 6: read it's a it's a device that you put on
• 22:52
  Speaker 6: your home and it powers.
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: The the uh.
• 23:00
  Speaker 6: The same thing that a data center would do, except
• 23:03
  Speaker 6: it's homes do it and homes actually receive all of
• 23:07
  Speaker 6: the benefits. So they would not pay their electric. They
• 23:10
  Speaker 6: would pay all of their electric and utilities for running
• 23:13
  Speaker 6: this thing.
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: I don't know.
• 23:15
  Speaker 3: It's just very interesting.
• 23:16
  Speaker 6: And if you think about how fast all these conversations
• 23:19
  Speaker 6: are moving and how massive these data centers are, imagine.
• 23:23
  Speaker 3: Throwing up these data centers and they're massive.
• 23:26
  Speaker 6: And then somebody comes out with this little gadget that
• 23:29
  Speaker 6: The homeowner reaps all the benefits. They get all of
• 23:32
  Speaker 6: their electricity paid for. It's not putting as much pressure
• 23:35
  Speaker 6: on the system. And then this NVIDIA chip is local.
• 23:41
  Speaker 6: It's not relying heavily on the cloud. And I think
• 23:45
  Speaker 6: it all goes back to, are we moving so fast
• 23:51
  Speaker 6: or too fast?
• 23:52
  Speaker 3: Do you hear what I'm saying?
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: Well, I haven't seen anything about that chip. Let's see.
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: Microsoft unveils new AI model to lessen reliance on open
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: AI and lower costs for developers. That's one of the headlines.
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon says markets are in greed
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: mode as AI companies seek billions. For Alec, Bitcoin drops
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: back under $ 70, 000. Uh, let's see. S and P 500.
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: It's a little changed. Tuesday is alphabet slides. I'm just
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: trying to, I'm going over the headlines. I don't see
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: anything about it, but, and I.
• 24:36
  Speaker 3: Don't really, it's pretty interesting.
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: I don't understand it either. I'm not, I'm.
• 24:42
  Speaker 3: Not, I, yeah, I'm not extremely, um, technical.
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: Well, here's what I wanted to ask you about since,
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: since you're on the phone line, what's the deal with, uh,
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: Let's see. My buddy sent me this article. Okay. Okay.
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: Former college building to be demolished and replaced with the
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: Eastern Gateway Project. Oh. I mean, this is basically— Do
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: you remember.
• 25:08
  Speaker 3: When I called you?
• 25:09
  Speaker 6: Don't you remember I called into the show and I
• 25:11
  Speaker 6: said I would have loved to have been in the
• 25:13
  Speaker 6: meeting where those guys from the Port Authority approached the
• 25:18
  Speaker 6: commissioners and said, I got an amazing idea. We'll give
• 25:21
  Speaker 6: you back— you know, you give us.
• 25:23
  Speaker 3: The Patriot Building and we'll give you the Gateway Building.
• 25:25
  Speaker 6: And those three looked at each other and giggled and said.
• 25:27
  Speaker 3: Oh, we got a great deal. Don't you remember my call?
• 25:30
  Speaker 3: I did a whole skit.
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: Yeah, but I do remember your call.
• 25:33
  Speaker 3: It's crazy.
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: It's crazy. Did you hear Rich, the pharmacist, yesterday?
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: Did you hear what he was saying? I mean, I
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: got to get him to reiterate that today where he
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: was saying it was cost so much a month for
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: the dollar.
• 25:47
  Speaker 6: And it was basically a scam.
• 25:49
  Speaker 3: Like, you know, it was like a Swiss and Bay.
• 25:51
  Speaker 6: Like, oh, they thought they were getting this great deal
• 25:53
  Speaker 6: for a dollar. And then you've got structural problems with
• 25:56
  Speaker 6: some concrete beams that apparently explode and all the utility
• 26:00
  Speaker 6: costs are through the roof. And it's going to cost
• 26:02
  Speaker 6: millions to just You know, demolish this thing.
• 26:05
  Speaker 3: I mean, it sounds like we got swindled here. Right.
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: And so like Richard Pharmacist, I thought he made a
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: great point. What a great call where he said, really,
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: did the Port Authority push us on the county to
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: unload this albatross? from around their neck.
• 26:21
  Speaker 3: They did, and they got back the Patriot building. Yeah,
• 26:24
  Speaker 3: they did.
• 26:25
  Speaker 6: Well, it's not their fault. You can't hate the player,
• 26:27
  Speaker 6: hate the game. I mean, if I was them, I
• 26:30
  Speaker 6: probably wouldn't, you know, if I see three people, they're
• 26:32
  Speaker 6: going to bob their heads, yeah, and think this was
• 26:34
  Speaker 6: an amazing idea, and I could sell them, you know,
• 26:36
  Speaker 6: popsicles in hell. I would, you know, probably sell them
• 26:40
  Speaker 6: popsicles in hell, too, I guess.
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: Yeah, but I mean, so they unload... Now I got
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: another follow-up question. So they unload this building and the
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: expense of tearing it down and the expense of maintaining
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: it monthly, and we get stuck with bonds that are
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: going to be our responsibility, and yet we never have
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: a say-so on it. Which leads me to my next question.
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: What is the deal here where they're talking about, like,
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: for example, bottom dollar, if the Board of Elections would
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: move to the bottom dollar, they'll rent it for 20
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: years at like $ 25, 000 a month or something. Why wouldn't
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: we own it?
• 27:18
  Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, I don't understand this. Yeah, if they
• 27:23
  Speaker 6: stay in Youngstown, why? The city has a vested interest
• 27:28
  Speaker 6: in them staying in Youngstown.
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: But it's a county office. Exactly. So if the.
• 27:33
  Speaker 6: City wants them to stay in Youngstown, they can provide
• 27:36
  Speaker 6: them with the benefit to do so, is my point.
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: Well, I mean, they're trying to say, oh, you sell
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: a building to the Port Authority for a dollar. Then
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: the Board of Elections will rent it from who? The
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: Port Authority or somebody? I mean, I don't get any
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: of this kind of stuff. There's another thing Rich was saying.
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: It's a horrible location based on where it's at, how
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: much money you've got to put into that building. The
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: parking lot isn't big enough. And it's just a horrible location.
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: But it seems like, oh, well, let's push that building
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: as opposed to the Patriot building. Either way, I keep saying,
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: why shouldn't a county own a building and maintain a
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: building so that you're not stuck just paying rent forever?
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: I don't get it.
• 28:20
  Speaker 6: I think we give tax abatements everywhere.
• 28:22
  Speaker 3: Why are they going to..
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: You know what I mean?
• 28:24
  Speaker 6: Like, you're going to charge a county office for a building.
• 28:28
  Speaker 7: That nobody's using?
• 28:31
  Speaker 6: When you're going to get their income tax anyway?
• 28:34
  Speaker 3: I mean..
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: I just don't get it. I'm just trying to figure
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: it all out. Because I've said it before, and I
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: would say it to you when people say, well, Youngstown's
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: the hub and all that. I think Boardman's the hub.
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: Boardman is the economic hub of Mahoning County. I mean,
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: that's where your main commerce is in a strip. I
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: don't think it's just because Youngstown has these tall buildings
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: and all that kind of stuff. I wouldn't say that's
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: the economic hub of Mahoning County. Boardman would be it.
• 29:05
  Speaker 6: I would like to see, if you're talking about moving
• 29:09
  Speaker 6: the board of elections, how many people vote that have
• 29:14
  Speaker 6: to come from the city of Youngstown versus come from
• 29:16
  Speaker 6: the other areas? I think you're going to see that
• 29:19
  Speaker 6: people from the other areas are voting at a higher
• 29:22
  Speaker 6: rate than the people coming from the city of Youngstown
• 29:24
  Speaker 6: would be another thing I think they should look at.
• 29:26
  Speaker 6: Because where you're trying to put it in approximate, proximity.
• 29:32
  Speaker 3: That is close to the people that are going to
• 29:34
  Speaker 3: use it, I would suspect, right?
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: I don't know.
• 29:36
  Speaker 3: Does that make sense?
• 29:37
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: I mean, like the health department. out in Austintown. Well,
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: what's wrong with that? I mean, that's a pretty central location.
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: Why shouldn't it? Some of this stuff just doesn't make
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: a lick of sense to me. I mean, just from a,
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: just from a, what do you say, a Joe Bagadona
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: citizen perspective, it's like, well, what are they thinking here?
• 29:57
  Speaker 3: Now, you know I got booed by my husband last
• 29:59
  Speaker 3: night when he came home.
• 30:00
  Speaker 6: He heard me on the radio.
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: Why did he boo you?
• 30:03
  Speaker 6: He booed me because I was soft and I should
• 30:05
  Speaker 6: have been more pro- wrestling on the White House lawn.
• 30:14
  Speaker 1: Now, seriously, I think it shocks most of our listeners
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: that you would even like wrestling. I mean, it's a
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: little bit sad. But needless to say, no, I mean,
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: it doesn't seem like an appropriate thing to have. Stand
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: your ground. Don't let that bully of her husband of
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: yours try to push you around. Here's the reality. To me,
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: it's like classless.
• 30:39
  Speaker 6: It's going to be the greatest MMA card. It's going
• 30:41
  Speaker 6: to be the greatest card of all time, and nothing
• 30:44
  Speaker 6: brings people together, both sides of the aisle. Even countries
• 30:48
  Speaker 6: will be watching. That's how big of a massive deal
• 30:51
  Speaker 6: it is. So he booed me. I got booed. I mean,
• 30:53
  Speaker 6: I went in soft. He said I should have went
• 30:55
  Speaker 6: in stronger and held my ground.
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: Yeah, but the reality is it doesn't belong at the
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: White House or on the White House property.
• 31:03
  Speaker 3: Yeah, he's calling it a celebration.
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah. Well..
• 31:07
  Speaker 6: A celebration of the 250th, and, you know, and you're
• 31:11
  Speaker 6: going to have some country bands.
• 31:12
  Speaker 3: You're going to have some.
• 31:12
  Speaker 6: Bands there, some music.
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: I mean, what's next? Are we going to have, like,
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: it's going to be like the Mahoney County Fair? Are
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: we going to have the zipper and the Ferris wheel?
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: You might.
• 31:22
  Speaker 6: You might have some circus clowns.
• 31:24
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: I mean, it's sacred. It's supposed to be special ground.
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: It's our... It seems like there's this aspect of Trump
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: that's a little bit too much of a showman and
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: not enough of the sanctity of that property, the history
• 31:39
  Speaker 1: of that property. That's what I'm trying to say.
• 31:41
  Speaker 6: Do you think they should have anyone there is the question?
• 31:44
  Speaker 1: I don't think they should have. No, I don't think that. Listen,
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: you can have like a fireworks for Trump. For the celebration.
• 31:54
  Speaker 1: You can have kids with the Easter egg hunt. I
• 31:57
  Speaker 1: love it when they pardon Tom the turkey every year.
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: That kind of stuff. I don't want to see that
• 32:03
  Speaker 1: transgender stuff that Biden did. And I don't want to
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: see the, whatever this fight of the century at the
• 32:08
  Speaker 1: White House is. This isn't a, this is not a, look,
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: Covelli Center. This isn't like an event place. You were
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: in agreement yesterday. Don't let your husband intimidate you. You
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: know as well as I do. Listen, stand your ground, sister.
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: Here's the reality. I mean, I go along with the courts.
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: I thought when I first heard it, I thought they
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: were joking. The Kennedy Trump Center. I thought, are they kidding?
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: Is this a joke? But it wasn't a joke. And
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: it's like, what the hell is his name doing on
• 32:40
  Speaker 1: that now? Oh, whatever this board is or whatever, put
• 32:44
  Speaker 1: it on some board I'm sure he put there, whatever.
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: And it's like, get his name off of there. Some
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: of this stuff has got to stop. It's the Kennedy Center.
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: I'm glad the judge says you can't put Trump's name
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: on that. Enough of some of this nonsense. Enough.
• 32:58
  Speaker 6: Well, yeah, I can respect that. I can respect that.
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: Well, I certainly hope you can because I'm sure when
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: he comes home tonight, he's going to throw another temper tantrum.
• 33:08
  Speaker 6: He may not cook steak tonight.
• 33:11
  Speaker 3: I don't know.
• 33:11
  Speaker 6: I didn't start anything for dinner, so I may be
• 33:14
  Speaker 6: starving tonight.
• 33:15
  Speaker 1: Well, Taco Bell or whatever. You starve.
• 33:19
  Speaker 6: And it cooks zero.
• 33:20
  Speaker 1: That's right. Or go down to that Rican place or
• 33:23
  Speaker 1: whatever it is that you like.
• 33:25
  Speaker 6: The Red Rican. It's delicious. Everybody should try it.
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: I mean, go do that, and you won't have to worry.
• 33:30
  Speaker 1: Don't be held hostage to him being the king of barbecue.
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: I mean, come on, man.
• 33:35
  Speaker 6: I told you I won't do it. I burned my eyebrow.
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: It doesn't matter. You stand your ground with that guy.
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: Tell him to start.
• 33:43
  Speaker 3: I'm going to have him call in.
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: I'm going to have him call in. Shape up or
• 33:48
  Speaker 1: ship out. Lay that on him. Tell him that. Tell
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: him to start, you know, agree. He's not supposed to
• 33:58
  Speaker 1: be disagreeing with you. That's not how it works in
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: my house. Let me tell you that right now.
• 34:04
  Speaker 3: I think she probably does plenty disagree with you.
• 34:07
  Speaker 1: No, I agree with that. I really say, is that
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: what I'm thinking? And she says, yes. And I say, absolutely.
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: That's what I'm thinking.
• 34:14
  Speaker 3: See that?
• 34:15
  Speaker 6: There you go.
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: That's the way it's supposed to be. All right. Now,
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: if you find out..
• 34:19
  Speaker 3: I sent you those articles.
• 34:20
  Speaker 6: I sent you two articles, both on Span and on
• 34:22
  Speaker 6: the NVIDIA chip. It's pretty cool.
• 34:24
  Speaker 1: All right.
• 34:24
  Speaker 2: Think about it.
• 34:25
  Speaker 3: I think it might change all of this.
• 34:26
  Speaker 1: I'm going to have to research. Thank you. It's the
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: boss lady. Thank you. She's my therapist on News Radio
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: 570 WQN. I just... The best point... I thought this
• 34:43
  Speaker 1: was a really good point when we talk about these
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: data centers. Brought to our attention by the great G2.
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  Speaker 1: And he brought up something. He says, okay, when we build,
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  Speaker 1: let's say we build all these data centers. And you
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  Speaker 1: are familiar with the fact that they're giant. These giant
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  Speaker 1: buildings are these data centers. They're huge. And he was saying,
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  Speaker 1: what happens with as fast as technology advances? And those
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  Speaker 1: buildings become outdated in 10 years. The technology is moving
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  Speaker 1: so fast that when they build these data centers and
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  Speaker 1: these huge facilities, what happens is technology marches on and
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  Speaker 1: everything gets smaller, and you don't need that much space anymore.
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  Speaker 1: And he said there has to be any community that
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  Speaker 1: has a... and it should have some type of agreement
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  Speaker 1: to say what happens if you abandon the data center?
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  Speaker 1: Who's going to be responsible for either emptying it out
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  Speaker 1: or demolishing it? Because there's so many of them. Unless
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  Speaker 1: you can repurpose these giant buildings into something like an
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  Speaker 1: Amazon warehouse, but how many of those do you need? Anyway,
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  Speaker 1: I thought that was a really good point that he
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  Speaker 1: brought up the other day. What do you do long-term?
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  Speaker 1: Because technology is moving tremendously. Like, we have a whole
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  Speaker 1: section over here at the radio station that has all
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  Speaker 1: of this computer stuff in it and more. And it
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  Speaker 1: is shrinking. This room, the amount of space that is
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  Speaker 1: needed as the technology advances is shrinking tremendously. All right,
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  Speaker 1: 3.56 in the afternoon. Here's something I just thought was interesting.
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  Speaker 1: State Rep. Tex Fisher, whose eligibility the vindicator says as
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  Speaker 1: a candidate in 2024 was decided by the Ohio Secretary
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  Speaker 1: of State because of a name change, introduced legislation that
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  Speaker 1: would not require candidates to use their former names on
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  Speaker 1: future ballots. Fisher from Canfield said he hopes the state
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  Speaker 1: legislature could pass a bill after the November 3rd election.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not sure of the prospects, Fisher said, of the bill,
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  Speaker 1: but it's something that should be addressed. Fisher changed his
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  Speaker 1: name May 19, 2020, from Austin James Fisher to Austin
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  Speaker 1: James Texford Fisher. So everybody calls him Tex Fisher, but
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  Speaker 1: so his name is Austin James Fisher, and he changed
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  Speaker 1: his name to Austin James Texford Fisher. Isn't that interesting?
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  Speaker 1: Under state law, If any person desiring to become a
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  Speaker 1: candidate for public office has had a change of name
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  Speaker 1: within five years immediately preceding the filing of his statement
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  Speaker 1: of candidacy, both his statements and nominating petitions must contain
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  Speaker 1: immediately following the person's present name, the person's former name.
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  Speaker 1: You know, formerly known as Prince. The law doesn't apply
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  Speaker 1: to those who change your name through marriage or to
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  Speaker 1: a candidate who was once before so marriage doesn't apply
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  Speaker 1: so okay but isn't that something next time I interview
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  Speaker 1: Tex Fisher I'm going to have to ask him why
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  Speaker 1: did he want to add Texford Austin James Fisher to
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  Speaker 1: Austin James Texford Fisher I think I'm going to change
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  Speaker 1: my name I think it sounds a lot hipper instead
• 38:33
  Speaker 1: of Ron Verb I'm going to change it to Jerry
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  Speaker 1: Reno I think it has a hipper sound to it
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  Speaker 1: I was born with the name Ron Verb. But with
• 38:43
  Speaker 1: Jerry Reno, I think I'm going to change it. I'll
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  Speaker 1: be right back. From ABC News.
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  Speaker 5: I'm Michelle Franzen. It's primary day across six states. Today
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  Speaker 5: in California, the race for governor could be a close
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  Speaker 5: call amid a crowded field of candidates. Here's ABC News
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  Speaker 5: political director Avery Harper.
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  Speaker 4: Given the fact that there are so many candidates on
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  Speaker 4: the ballot, and when you look at recent polling, no
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  Speaker 4: one is really running away with this. At last check,
• 39:11
  Speaker 4: Javier Becerra was atop only by a couple of points
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  Speaker 4: by some estimates. And so we really do have to
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  Speaker 4: wait and see what California does. voters ultimately say. Any
• 39:21
  Speaker 4: small shift could make a huge impact here.
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  Speaker 5: Voters are also casting ballots in the L.A. mayor's race.
• 39:27
  Speaker 5: More fallout following weekend protests at Delane Hall in New
• 39:30
  Speaker 5: Jersey and clashes with law enforcement officers. Newark's mayor announcing
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  Speaker 5: today the city's expanding its lawsuit against the ICE facility
• 39:38
  Speaker 5: over conditions. ABC's Aaron Katursky has more.
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  Speaker 7: A separate effort by the city of Newark. is to
• 39:43
  Speaker 7: try to get the place to shut down. And that,
• 39:47
  Speaker 7: Newark Mayor Raz Baraka says, is probably the ultimate goal,
• 39:53
  Speaker 7: even as he focuses on trying to secure it so
• 39:55
  Speaker 7: it's safe for protesters.
• 39:57
  Speaker 5: Federal authorities deny detainees are not receiving proper treatment. Escalating
• 40:01
  Speaker 5: tensions between the U.S. and Iran over Israeli strikes in Lebanon.
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  Speaker 5: President Trump yesterday says he called Israel's prime minister, along
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  Speaker 5: with Hezbollah mediators, To get both sides, he says, to
• 40:12
  Speaker 5: back down, ABC's Karen Travers has new details about the
• 40:15
  Speaker 5: president's call with Benjamin Netanyahu.
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  Speaker 8: The sources were saying this was a tense phone call
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  Speaker 8: between the president and the prime minister.
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  Speaker 6: Who he has a very close relationship.
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  Speaker 8: With, that the president was angry when he spoke to him,
• 40:26
  Speaker 8: and that at one point when they were talking, he
• 40:28
  Speaker 8: said to him, what the expletive are you doing?
• 40:31
  Speaker 6: He accused Netanyahu.
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  Speaker 5: Of being ungrateful. The Vatican coming out in support of
• 40:35
  Speaker 5: mandating radio receivers and broadcasts remain fully accessible, especially in vehicles.
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  Speaker 5: It comes as the Digital Networks Act is being debated
• 40:43
  Speaker 5: at the European level. That regulation aims to reshape Europe's
• 40:47
  Speaker 5: digital communications landscape.
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