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Attendees with disabilities navigate muddy ACL, Latest on governor’s race, Ride to End Alzheimer’s · Austin Signal

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Weekend one of the ACL music fest is
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in the books.
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Now the park grounds have a few days
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to recover before round two.
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The rain and mud made for a messy
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first weekend, but it was an even
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tougher outing for people with
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mobility issues.
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We've got more about that.
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And it's the last day to get
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registered in time to vote in the
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upcoming midterms.
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What you need to do today to
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cast your ballot in a few weeks.
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Plus, much of the focus this
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election cycle in Texas has been on
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the open US Senate seat.
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Today we're going to focus on the
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race for governor between the
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incumbent three times over and an
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Austin state representative.
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That is coming up on today's show.
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The Austin Signal is a production
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of KUT News, hosted by
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Jerry Quijano.
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The Texas edition of the ride to end
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Alzheimer's is happening soon down
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in Dripping Springs.
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We've got more about the various
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bike rides and the many ways that
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you can help them out.
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That's up next on Austin Signal.
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Howdy out there, this is Austin
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Signal. I'm your host Jerry Quijano.
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It is Monday, October 5th.
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Thank you for tuning in.
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Nothing but clear blue skies today
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in the Austin area.
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We're expecting plenty more of that
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this week with highs in the mid-80s
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to around 90 degrees.
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There's a small chance of rain on
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Friday, but that's the day the
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Austin Signal team is gonna be
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broadcasting live from the Fest, so
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we're keeping our eyes on that, and
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we'll keep you updated on the
1:34
weather all week long here on the
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show. That sunshine, though, is
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a welcome sight after a few days of
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gray and thunderstorms.
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That rain made for a messy first
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weekend of this year's Austin City
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Limits Music Fest and already names
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like ACL Mudfest or Mudfest
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2026 are floating around to describe
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it.
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But as KUT's Gabriel Velasquez-Neda
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found out, dealing with the tricky
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terrain was better for some than
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for others.
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It was a type of mud that if you
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stand too long in one spot you might
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sink and lose a shoe.
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Thank you.
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It was a fun experience for some
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event goers. This is a cultural
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moment.
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Macella. I love it.
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But for people in wheelchairs,
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crutches, or canes, navigating the
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terrain was a bit more difficult.
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Elliot Briones was at ACL on Friday
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and Saturday.
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He was getting through the mud on a
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motorized wheelchair.
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I think they should have planned
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for extra
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options for people with
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ADA.
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Other than that, it's been pretty
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good.
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Riones says people with other
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disabilities or situations have it
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worse.
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People in the manual chair.
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If it's not a leg finger, it's
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basically, you're in a tough
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spot.
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After I talked with him, we parted
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ways, but then I briefly looked
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back.
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Briones just got stuck in the mud
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twice, so
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yeah, it is pretty rough.
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The wheels of Briones' motorized
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wheelchair sunk several inches into
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the mud.
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Bystanders had to push him out.
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KUT reached out to C3, the event
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organizers of ACL.
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We asked how they were preparing
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additional accommodations to account
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for muddy conditions for vent goers
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with disabilities. C3 responded
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in an email saying, in part,
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quote, We have been working to
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improve ground conditions for all
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patrons this weekend.
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We have placed a significant amount
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of additional Mobi mat for our
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accessibility patrons, as well as
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ground protection around the park."
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On Saturday, event staff started
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laying out artificial turf and
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plastic mat walkways in limited
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areas of the event.
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They actually didn't have those
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yesterday. It was a lot deeper,
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maybe about two, sometimes three
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inches worth of mud in the really
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low spots. There was high dry spots
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and low spots too.
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That's Derek Shagan.
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This is day two for him at ACL.
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Shagan is getting around the
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festival on a crutch and a knee
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brace after an injury.
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He says navigating the mud is
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tricky, but he's been cautious.
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Moving really, really slow.
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Definitely trying to avoid the
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standstill crowds and
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just keeping the crutch nearby as a
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don't touch me stick.
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During the festival, unoccupied
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stages and screens urged festival
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goers to visit ACL's Accessibility
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Center, north of Barton Springs
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Road, if they had any accessibility
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questions.
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They just had to figure out how to
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get there first.
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I'm Gabriel Velazquez-Neda in
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Austin.
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By now, Texas Governor Greg Abbott
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has become something of an
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institution in Republican politics.
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This is his 12th year leading the
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state. That makes him the country's
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longest-serving governor in office
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right now.
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And if re-elected in November,
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Abbott would be on track to become
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the longest- serving governor in
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Texas history.
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While most polls currently show him
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in the lead over his Democratic
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challenger Gina Hinojosa, the
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race has tightened as early voting
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and
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The Texas newsroom's Blaise Ganey
4:51
reports on what's making this race
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more competitive and what
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Abbott is doing to turn up the
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pressure.
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When Governor Greg Abbott won his
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first governor's race in 2014,
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he did it by nearly 20 percentage
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points. Four years later, he
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won reelection by 13 percentage
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points. His tightest reelection
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win, if you could even call it that,
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was in 2022 when he beat
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Democrat Beto O'Rourke by about
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11 percentage points, so
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Abbott's used to decisive victories
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against Democrats, and that showed
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in his campaigning.
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For most of this year, he didn't
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even mention Gina Hinojosa by
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name. But that changed in the last
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few weeks.
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I don't have anything to deceive you
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on. Of course I'm not deceiving you.
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When Abbott posted this ad on social
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media and finally called out his
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opponent, the shift came as Enahosa
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rose in the polls.
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While most still show another wins
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likely for the incoming governor,
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it's a narrower spread than he's
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used to.
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Two recent polls even showed the
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Democrat with a narrow lead, but
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Abbott's dismissed it.
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Poles don't win elections,
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and Poles are often wrong.
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This is the governor at a recent
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campaign stop in Gainesville,
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where CBS Texas asked him about
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the numbers.
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Abbott's campaign didn't respond to
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the Texas newsroom's interview
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request for this story.
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Is exactly where
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my campaign stands and the
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outcome that I'm going to win this
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race.
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Yet that same day, his campaign
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announced a $12 million ad
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buy against Inahosa, targeting
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her voting record on property taxes
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in the Texas Legislature.
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Enahosa will make your property
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taxes go even higher.
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Abbott's also making that argument
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directly.
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She voted more than 40 times
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for higher property taxes.
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Talk about dismantling our economy.
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Hinojosa disputes those claims.
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I have never not once voted to
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increase property taxes and
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anyone who says otherwise is lying.
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The Democrat says the 40
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votes cited by Abbott's campaign are
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being taken out of context.
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While Abbott campaign argues they
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did give local officials more room
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to raise taxes.
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But that's just part of Abbott new
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push against Hinojosa.
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His campaign is also going after his
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opponent on education, public
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safety and policies around
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transgender Texans.
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Kirby Goidle is a professor of
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political science at Texas A&M
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University.
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He thinks the calculation inside
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Abbott's campaign might sound
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something like this.
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Who's polling better than
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we think she should and
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too close for comfort and
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what we want to do is define
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her for voters.
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Enahosa has a much lower statewide
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profile than Abbott, so those
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ads could introduce her to voters
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who haven't formed an opinion of her
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yet.
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Goito says the tighter governor's
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race is also part of a broader
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political environment, an
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environment being shaped by economic
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concerns and cost of living
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nationally and in Texas,
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plus issues like the state's data
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center boom.
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You look at the Senate, the
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governor, the lieutenant governor,
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the attorney general, any of the
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races that we have polling on in the
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generic ballot, they're all showing
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surprising democratic strength, even
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when the candidates aren't very well
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known.
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But that's only part of the picture.
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Joshua Blank is a research director
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for the Texas Politics Project at
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UT Austin.
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He says Inahosa used Abbott's
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delayed focus on her to her
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advantage.
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You know, Hossa took the space
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that Abbott gave her in the summer
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and really went hard
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introducing herself to Democrats.
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And that's really been important for
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her, and it's really what's made the
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race more competitive in a lot of
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ways.
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Inajosa also focused much of
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her campaign around affordability.
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She says Texans often tell her
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they're having a hard time getting
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by.
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This high cost economy, people are
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struggling in a big way, and
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they need a governor who's going to
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work to bring costs down.
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Governor Abbott's also making this
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issue a central campaign theme.
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His Gainesville stop was part of a
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statewide tour focused on what
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he's calling the Abbott
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affordability agenda, aimed
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at bringing down property taxes and
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other everyday costs.
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Another thing Blank at UT says
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might be weighing down Abbott
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reelection bid, some of the
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other Texas Republicans on the
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ballot.
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Abbott's job is made more difficult
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by the fact that there are people on
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the ticket like Paxton, like
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Beau French, who've taken positions
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that make running
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statewide more difficult.
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But ultimately Abbott is the leader
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of the party in Texas.
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And as election day approaches,
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Blink says more voters will start
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paying attention, including
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undecided ones.
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Ultimately, no matter who wins,
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the tight polls mean this will
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likely be the most genuinely
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interesting governance race Texas
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has seen in a long time.
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I'm Blase Ganey in Austin.
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All right, you are tuned into
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listener-supported public radio.
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This is Austin Signal right
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here on KUT News.
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We have plenty more coming your way.
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That's after this break,
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but just a reminder that ACL
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Fest is continuing this weekend,
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and you can check out photos from
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weekend one on the KUT app
9:55
and over at kut.org.
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This is Austin Signal, welcome back
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to the show.
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A reminder, we'll keep saying it,
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today is the deadline to register
10:08
to vote or to update your voter
10:10
registration here in Texas for the
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upcoming midterms.
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That means mailed registrations must
10:15
be postmarked by today.
10:17
To make sure you meet that deadline,
10:19
you can even visit a post office and
10:20
request a manual postmark at
10:22
the counter when mailing your
10:24
application.
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And you can find out more about
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registering or just checking your
10:28
registration status.
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At votetexas.gov.
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And the Austin Signal team
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was out at Austin City Limits Fest
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this past weekend talking to
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attendees about what's on their
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mind. Here's what some folks had to
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say about voting and those midterms.
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You
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My name is Brayden Fleeman.
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Yes, I am registered to vote.
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I am currently still dealing with
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some of the de-registration
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part. Whenever they suspended
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1.2 million voters, I was part
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of that that was impacted.
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I have since re-registered and
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I believe I'm correct on that.
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I'm still waiting on my updated
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card.
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But again, that's been a whole,
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can I swear or can I like?
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It's a show. Quite frankly, on the
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whole suspense stuff, I've fixed it.
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But the whole process has been a
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mess.
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I definitely plan to vote.
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I'm damn sure I'll be ready to vote
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for this midterms because I think
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it's one of the most important ones
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we have quite frankly in our
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lifetime. I think its a big chance
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to try and help impact and set
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things right for the future.
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Caleb Workhub.
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Leona Rain.
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Yeah, everyone around our age is
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talking about voting, voting for the
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midterms, get registered.
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I've seen all over social media as
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well. My friends posting about it,
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yeah.
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Yeah, I think it's important to vote
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for sure.
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I'm 19.
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I'm 18, so first time
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voting.
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First time ever for me too.
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I mean, I like keeping an eye on the
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local stuff.
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Funny enough, my job gives me time
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off to go vote, so more
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incentive to go vote, not that I
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needed more, but I just
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really keep track of
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everything because it starts slow,
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gets higher, and I'm also even
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keeping up with the elections
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out of state, you know, like
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I was keeping a close eye on on
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Tommy getting elected.
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Daniel, Castro.
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I think the race that I'm like most
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watching right now is like
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Probably the Senate race for the
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Texas Senate.
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So yeah, I'm looking forward to
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that. Looking forward to vote for that
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one too.
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Sofia Di Loretto Chuddy.
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Hailey Bosworth.
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Oh yeah, I'm very excited about the
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election coming up.
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I have high hopes for James
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Salarico. I feel like there are
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people coming out of the woodwork
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who've never talked to me about
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politics before in their life, that
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are like, I can't wait for him to
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win. Like this man has to win, and
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like we've talked a lot about like
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the failing of democratic staffing.
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Yeah.
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This is like a pervasive issue that
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they don't have enough staff to
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be running these campaigns the way
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that they need to be run.
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And that's like a whole long issue
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to get into, but it really does
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feel like they're just like
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we're not meeting the moment as
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a party.
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They're playing it safe, trying to
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reach Republican leaning,
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former conservatives, exactly.
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And don't get me wrong, like shades
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of gray, shades of purple here
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in Austin, but there's so
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many who are then feeling
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still not heard because it feels
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like such a canned response to
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everything. Like, I'm an
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independent, but I'm like...
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There's no way that you're
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gonna see me vote for the
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guy out in Texas 23
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though At the AK guy or like
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both French after the stuff that he
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said
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Guillermo Dungo.
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We are definitely registered early
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on October 15th.
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This administration right now,
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honestly, they're f***ing everybody
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up.
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Just anybody, Republican, Democrat,
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anybody.
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We've got to get Texas back.
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My name is Kaden Nelson.
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Mason DuPont, Strider, Sartor,
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and I just came with these guys, so
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yeah. I am not registered to
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vote now. I don't bother.
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I just rather worry about myself
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than the politics.
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Because it's too much stress, try
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to scare us too much.
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So, I better off being by myself.
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So, I just don't pay attention.
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Personally, I just think it's
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important to, I mean...
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I just, I find it important to
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be involved in politics because it
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does affect me.
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October 17th is the ride to end
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Alzheimer's here in Texas.
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That's happening out in Dripping
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Springs. And today we've got David
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Cox and Laura Estes here to talk
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about it. David, Laura, welcome to
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the show. Thank you.
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Thanks for having us.
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So Alzheimer's is the sixth leading
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cause of death.
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And I know that has to mean
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somebody out in the audience knows
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somebody who's been impacted.
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So I wanted to start the interview
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by asking, what is your connection
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to this event? Why does it mean so
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much to you, Laura?
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Start with you.
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Great. It's what we call our why.
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And the why for me is my mother,
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Pauline.
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She had Alzheimer's and passed in
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2021.
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But not only her, but her mother
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had Alzheimer and both of her
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sisters had Alzheimer's.
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So I have a family connection on the
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female side.
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So it's really, really important to
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me to be involved with
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this organization and also to raise
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funds for research.
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And how many years have you been
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involved with the organization?
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I've been involved since the start
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of the ride. So we're in our sixth
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year right now.
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I have co-chaired the committee, the
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volunteer committee that David's on
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for the last six years and
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have enjoyed the heck out of it and
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we put on a great ride.
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Well, David, what is your way?
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I lost my wife last year.
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And prior to that, her mother had
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been in a home for
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eight years. So she took care of her
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mother, and then I took care her.
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And my daughter, who
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just turned 40 years old, has
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genetically tested positive for
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Alzheimer's.
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And she's already on a medication
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program to help.
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So I got a lot of
16:19
before and after ties right now.
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Okay, so tell us a little bit about
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what goes on on one of these bike
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rides.
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Yeah, I'll start with this one,
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since I've been probably involved
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with it for the whole six years.
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It's an amazing bike ride.
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We have distances from 13 miles
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all the way for the gearheads
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that love to do 100 miles.
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And so there's other distances in
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between.
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It's fully supported, rest stops,
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plenty of food, breakfast before,
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lunch after.
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It's just a great way for people to
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fundraise, ride for an
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excellent cause.
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Yeah, yeah, so I'm guessing I'm
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just assuming here.
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Do you both ride your bikes during
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during this event?
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I'm a rider.
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I'm not a rider Okay, but do
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you still get joy out of watching
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people get involved with?
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With the race itself?
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Last year was my first year to
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attend it, and my daughter actually
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participated. We didn't find out
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about the event until like 10 days
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before the event happened.
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And I just picked it up
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in a community impact magazine,
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and we were able to raise almost
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$5,000 in 10 days.
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So I had a lot of very generous
17:23
friends that helped out,
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and it was just fun watching
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it. And it was a beautiful day.
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I mean, it wasn't too hot.
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For me.
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The writers had a little bit
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different opinion there.
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I guess there's a hill out there
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that they don't like.
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But it's just special
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to see people out there doing
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something like this.
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And I think the really, really
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special part of that about this
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whole thing is over the course of
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the last six years, we
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have raised three and a half
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million dollars with just this ride
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alone in those five years.
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This year we're on track to raise
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another million dollar plus.
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And so it's not only great
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for the riders and great for those
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that become and volunteer, but
18:04
those that are also very generous
18:06
with donations, a hundred percent of
18:08
every dollar that we raise goes
18:09
directly to research.
18:10
And if people want to get involved,
18:12
how is the best way they can go
18:13
about that?
18:13
So Ride to End All's Texas.
18:15
If you just Google that, it'll pop
18:17
up. It'll bring the page up
18:19
there. You can register to ride.
18:21
If people are interested, obviously
18:23
you can still sign up.
18:24
There is a $500 minimum fundraising
18:25
requirement.
18:27
But also on that page, if you scroll
18:28
down towards the bottom, there's a
18:30
volunteer link.
18:31
Would love for people to click on
18:32
that, come out and join us.
18:34
Dripping Springs is beautiful this
18:35
time of the year.
18:36
Hopefully the weather's gonna be
18:37
great. But it is Texas.
18:40
And so there's lots of
18:41
opportunities. Speeding Springs is
18:43
the location that we have it.
18:44
So it's a little bit outside of
18:45
Dripping Springs, a little more
18:46
towards Henley.
18:48
But the grounds are beautiful.
18:50
And like I said, it's it's fully
18:52
supported ride and it's just
18:54
a lot of fun.
18:55
And it's you know, most people think
18:57
about Alzheimer's and Alzheimer's
18:59
disease and they think you know
19:00
there's not a whole lot of hope, but
19:02
there is a ton of hope.
19:03
And this ride is all about research
19:05
and research money to give us more
19:07
Hope. More medications for
19:09
folks that are getting early
19:11
diagnosis, more things that can be
19:13
done. Five years ago, there wasn't
19:15
much you could do when you had an
19:16
Alzheimer's diagnosis.
19:17
Today, it is 10,
19:20
20 times better than it was then and
19:22
only getting better every year.
19:23
OK, well, you mentioned that
19:25
fundraising goal that people should
19:26
need to reach before participating.
19:28
Can you just say that again and just
19:30
remind us of how people can get
19:31
involved?
19:31
Absolutely, it's a $500 minimum
19:33
fundraising ride.
19:35
And so as long as they raise that by
19:37
the time that the ride starts on
19:38
Saturday morning the 17th, then
19:40
all is good. You get a t-shirt and a
19:42
medal with that.
19:42
And then if you raise 750, you
19:44
get a really cool ride into
19:46
Alzheimer's Texas Jersey.
19:48
And so we find that
19:50
most folks that have some sort of
19:51
connection and tell their story
19:53
really have a pretty easy
19:55
task on the fundraising side of
19:56
things.
19:57
Well, my last question, David, you
19:59
said last year was your first
20:01
year participating, getting to be
20:03
there in person.
20:05
What is one of your favorite
20:06
memories? I know you've been there
20:07
all six years.
20:08
What is on of your favorite memories
20:09
from participating, being there and
20:11
just being in community with
20:12
everyone?
20:13
Well, it's special when you
20:14
see somebody, especially, you
20:17
know, you'll have somebody come in
20:18
and say, how could they ever get on
20:20
a bicycle? You know, they're older
20:21
than me and I'm an old man.
20:23
And they come in, and they're happy,
20:25
they are smiling most of the time.
20:27
And maybe not during the hell, but
20:29
And they've enjoyed doing
20:31
something, you know,
20:33
just the physical exercise,
20:35
being out with other people doing
20:36
the same thing, but it's also
20:38
helping people.
20:40
So it's kind of special in
20:42
that way.
20:43
It gives you a good feeling when
20:44
somebody comes across the finish
20:46
line. My daughter, who rowed last
20:47
year, is a marathoner.
20:49
And it's the same.
20:50
I've been to so many marathons the
20:52
last 10 years.
20:53
Do you see these people?
20:55
How could they ever run 26.2
20:57
miles? But they do it and they come
20:59
across, they're hurting, they're
21:00
crying, they are smiling, but it's,
21:03
you know, they've accomplished
21:04
something and that's the same thing
21:05
you see when these people cross the
21:07
finish line. Hey, I did something
21:08
and not only that, I did good
21:10
for other people in
21:12
doing this event.
21:13
Yeah, yeah, we hear it in public
21:15
radio. We always say it feels good
21:16
to do good You know, and I think is
21:17
this event sounds a little bit like
21:19
that for you Laura. What about you?
21:20
Yeah, you know, for me, I think
21:22
a lot of folks that have had that
21:24
have dealt with Alzheimer's as
21:25
caregivers, et cetera,
21:27
feel like they're on a very solitary
21:28
journey.
21:29
So you really feel alone.
21:31
A lot of the times, this is
21:33
a sense of community.
21:34
You're there with people who have
21:35
been through the same thing that
21:36
you've been through in many ways.
21:39
And so it's just that overall sense
21:41
that that as a community,
21:43
we are making a difference.
21:44
And there's just joy in
21:46
that. And it's just a lovely
21:49
feeling all day long.
21:50
It's very positive, very uplifting,
21:52
and you know you're doing good work
21:54
for the right reasons.
21:57
All right. We have been speaking
21:58
with David Cox and Laura Estes
22:00
from Riot and Alls.
22:01
We're going to have more about this
22:02
in today's podcast, Show Notes.
22:04
Sounds like there's plenty of ways
22:05
to get involved.
22:06
Laura, David, thank you for your
22:07
time. Thank you.
22:08
Thanks for having us.
22:09
Come out and enjoy us.
22:10
Enjoy the ride with us.
22:12
That's right. And thank you out
22:13
there for spending part of the day
22:15
here with Austin Signal.
22:16
That is it for us today.
22:18
But we have more in the show notes
22:19
in kut.org
22:21
slash Signal.
22:23
And another reminder, this Friday
22:24
we're planning a one hour live
22:25
special coming to you from ACL Fest
22:27
at Zilker Park.
22:29
That is if the weather cooperates.
22:30
Still a small chance of rain on
22:32
Friday, so we'll keep our fingers
22:33
crossed and keep you updated with
22:35
the latest. We've got some great
22:36
interviews and stories to share with
22:38
you. So put that on your calendar.
22:40
The Austin Signal team is Reina
22:42
Sevilla, Alexandra Hart,
22:44
Kristen Cabrera, and I'm your host,
22:45
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22:46
We'll be back at the same time
22:47
tomorrow. Talk to you then.