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11/14/23 The Gas Crisis, Judicial Aspirations, and Secret Santa · The Dave Allen Show

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zero. Waight. Now we all know the story. Sadly, we don't
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have a lot of answers. We do know. This whole thing with the
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gas crisis started Friday night when Mountaineer Gas's distribution system was in effect flooded after
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a West Virginia American Water Company water main break that happened on Friday. Now,
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that break sent water through the gas lines that was so powerful that it
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ripped a hole in the main line from Mountaineer Gas from Patrick Street to pretty
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much Pennsylvania Avenue. And that's where we are now. Moses Skaff is with
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Mountaineer Gas and he joins us now, mister scaff good morning, welcome to
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the show. Good morning, thank you for being here. Now, is
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the account, and you heard it on hold are the account. What happened
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was pretty accurate as far as what happened to cause all this, Yes,
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sir, that's pretty much exactly accurate. On Friday afternoon, high pressure water
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line infiltrated our main line are the main line, which is a main steel
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line, and subsequently flooded approximately forty six miles of gas line on the west
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side of Charleston. Wow, that's that's a lot. How many people approximately
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ballpark figures are being affected about eleven hundred at this time. Okay, so
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that's that's residences and customs and not businesses. And so for novices, mister
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scaff like myself and perhaps others who don't understand, how could this happen,
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I'll ask the I'll ask the most obvious question, how could this happen?
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Well, Well, eventually, once water enters our line, our line is
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a is a continuous main line. It's kind of like an interstate, all
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right. We have our main gas flowing through and then it have branches going
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out through the streets into the house systems. Once we found out about it
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on Friday, we started looking for the issue and subsequently found out that it
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was a water entering our system, and by the time that the water company
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had shut off the gas or shut off the water, it had completely permeated
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our forty six miles of gas lines. So what is that time frame like?
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And again, please forget my ignorance you but you, as someone once
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told me, you don't know what you don't know? What is that time
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frame like from when they made the decision to shut the water down to where
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you guys could try to ascertain the situation. Well that the timeframe was almost
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immediate on Friday. We were there on site okay Friday to ascertain what the
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issue was. We started getting what we call no gas calls immediately and we
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had crews out there. And then once the water company found out where the
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water was coming from, then they took the ball from there and we really
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couldn't do anything at that point because the water had already gone through our system.
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So, uh, mister Skav, what is a process like now?
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Is what are you folks doing right now? Okay? It's essentially Well,
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first of all, let me let me apologize to our gas customers on the
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West side and that we're doing as everything as possible to provide the safe,
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reliable gas services back to them in an expedited manner. It's essentially a four
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or five stage process. The first stage and the new customers. Our customers
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absolutely have the right to know what the process is, and we understand that
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they want gas back as soon as possible. Our goal was to get it,
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to get it too, and as soon as possible in a safe manner.
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The first step is we have to clear what we call the main of
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all the water right once. Once we purge our main line of all the
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water, then we have to go to what we call the service lines that
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go to the house. The house lines have to be purged and water and
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it has to be dry. In order us to provide the gas to the
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house, we have to go inside the house, to test their house lines,
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to make sure there's no water on the inside of their house lines,
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and to clear the house lines. Only after those first three steps will we
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be introducing gas into their house lines. And then we will also be going
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in and testing their lines to make sure that the gas is held. So
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again, clear the main clear the house line, clear the inside line of
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their houses, introduce gas into the system, okay, test the system,
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and only then will we be lighting them up. We urge customers do not
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attempt to light up or introduce gas to your houses unless it is done by
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a Mountaineer gas company or one of its contractors. Yeah, that's something that
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I mean, you've got to be a professional to know exactly what you're doing
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there. So again, and we want to make sure people realize, sir,
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that when you talk about going into these houses, you're talking about every
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individual house, not a city block or whatever. You're talking literally every house.
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Every single house has to be manually touched. It has to be inspected,
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they have to be purged, make sure there's no water in it.
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Uh. And it is a manual, door to door, labor intensive process
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and it's not like that you can flick a switch on or turn a valve
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on. A natural gas has to be done in a sequence and in a
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proper order to make sure it is safe. If some during this process,
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as we interject our gas into the system, customers may be smelling gas,
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all right, because we're be purging, just purging the system of our gas
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as well. That will be natural. But we urge them if they smell
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gas to go to a safe place and make a call into our number,
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or into our one eight hundred number, or or call nine one one.
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Our our one eight hundred number is one eight one hundred eight three four twenty
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seventy eight three four twenty seventy. That's one eight hundred, okay, one
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eight hundred eight three four twenty seventy. So how many people do you have
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working on the problem at this particular time, sir? We have over one
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hundred employees and contractors working on the problems. Since Friday. We've been working
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overnights, twenty four hours a day. Since Friday. We will be working
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up till nine or ten o'clock for the rest of the week. We have
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also called in crews from around the state, certified crews. You have to
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be operator qualified by the Public Service Commission in order to operate on gas lines.
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The Public Service Commission also is in the area working with us as well.
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Now, you stated in the story I think that the news team did
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with you yesterday that in your thirty two years in this business, sir,
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you've never seen anything like this. That's a long time, and that's saying
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something, sir. Yes, the magnitude and the magnitude of the water and
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through a system like this. I have, Like I said, I've been
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with Mountain Air Gas for thirty two years that I've never seen the situation of
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this nature. So I'm presuming, sir, that you've been in constant contact.
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I mean, I would hope and you've and you've been talking with West
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Virginia American Water about the situation, how we can prevent something like this in
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the future. We have been talking with them just operational issues at this time.
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You know, we're our main concern is getting the customers back online.
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Okay, Well, I appreciate, I know it's been busy. It's been
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a busy several days for you. Are we still holding that same timeline now
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that by the time we can all sort of on that side get back to
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normal. I mean, i've heard seven to seven to ten days. Is
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that still a pretty accurate time? I know it's impossible to pinpoint, but
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is that pretty accurate? Yes, the seven to ten days is when we'll
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should be fully operational in that area. Customers will start saying certain areas come
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on gradually, but there's an issue with that. When we bring customers on
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gradually, we may still find some water pockets because water moves ebbs and flows.
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As you know, you get low areas, high areas, those types
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of things, all right, so we urge the in which they have been.
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The West Side folks have been wonderful. They've been patient with us.
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They've come out and talked with our crews, so we appreciate their patients.
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But this will be at least, you know, a seven to ten day
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process. And additionally, after that's done, Mountaineer Gas will be on site.
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They will see us routinely doing what we call leak surveys to make sure
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the system is held held its pressure. So you're not just going to flip
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the switch in and go back home. I mean you're going to be there
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on site to kind of monitor things even afterwards as long as it takes absolutely
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we will be there doing what we call leak inspections, going up and down
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the streets and making sure everything is buttoned up and safe. That's our main
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priority is provide the gas services safe to the community and the residence. And
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unfortunately it takes time, and we're going to and time is against us because
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we know we want to get there before. Unfortunately, we've had somewhat decent
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weather. We know it's cold in the evenings, but we want to get
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there before the cold weather sets in, and so we're doing everything possible to
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get customer back on. All right, So mister staff, I appreciate you
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taking time and your schedule to be here. Thanks a lot, and the
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lines are always open for you, sir. If you need to back on
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for any point, all you got to do is just have your folks getting
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touches. We'll put you back on anytime. Thank you very much for your
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coverage. Thank you very much. Again. That's Moses scaff who's the vice
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The situation on the West Side. Am I the minority of thought thinking that
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utilities shouldn't be ran by publicly traded companies. A publicly traded company's goal isn't
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happen? Meaning why was a gas opening low enough for water to enter it
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Shulter Goodwin is with us. Mayor good morning. Oh I guess I should
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turn your microphone. I'm sorry about that. All right, doing fine,
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Thank you, thank you for being here. So first, let's just start
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from the top. When did your office first hear of the problem on the
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westside. You know, we started hearing about late Friday night. Our Director
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of Homeland Security Emergency Management Chief Chad Jones hollered at me via text saying,
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hey, we have this issue. We're troubleshooting with folks right now. I'll
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keep you posted. It should be remedied, and I'll go ahead and note
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something that you just said to Moses scaff who's been there for thirty two years,
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never happened before. But we have you know, gas outages and what
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are outes and normally it's a twenty four to seventy two kind of hour thing,
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right, certainly not of this master, so to you never yeah,
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yeah, I mean eleven hundred people for seven to ten days. And so
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on Saturday morning, literally my first phone calls and texts. We were on
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the phone from seven am through welcome to today, trying to do what I
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think municipal government's role is in this. Get everybody on the phone, figure
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out what the heck happened, how can we keep people safe, and how
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do we organize people? So yesterday I hosted a meeting in my office with
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all of the players. And when I mean all of the players, not
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only do I mean Mountaineer Gas in West Virginia, American Water who are at
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the table, but Kanaull County Schools, United Way, the Red Cross County
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c W Sigmund. I mean, you know, you want to talk about
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somebody who's the king of crisis, you know, bringing in experts in the
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field to say what are we doing, how long is this going to take,
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and what are the resources we need to deploy? And then you know,
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working, working, and keeping communication. You know, we see you
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and I joke behind the scenes all the time. Communication is is king,
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but distribution and delivery of that communication is queen, and she's actually in charge.
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That's what we have to do. Distribution and delivery of critical information is
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something that I asked of West Virginia, American Water and Mountaineer Gas to turn
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it up. You're at a three. You need to be at about a
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twenty on the level mark of communicating with customers, communicating with us as fast
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as you possibly can. There's a caveat to that, as fast as you
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can with correct information. You know, one thing I learned, Dave from
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the you know, from being involved Durchio's Hurricane Sandy's nine to eleven when we
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had evacuate. I'm in communications directors for governors, mayors, senators, delegates.
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My whole career is that provide information, even if it is I don't
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have an update to give you right now, Dave, but I should buy
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three or I should by four. Even if you're giving folks that update.
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What we you know, what we always know in municipal government. I did
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it when I ran walked to and nineteen houses, so I know the streets
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of the West Side, I know our neighborhoods, and so when we started
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walking door to door, because that's the in my opinion, it's the only
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way that you can figure out what do you need? Because some of our
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West Side residents said, Oh, I'm met my sister's I moved out.
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Okay, no problem. Yesterday a council member, more council member, Pharaoh,
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myself, police fire representatives. Not only do we go to a couple
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of high rises, but also door to door individual homes. What what a
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need is at this house, Dave, I can promise you it is far
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and away different at the next house. And that's okay. No, my
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daughter just brought me a hot meal. I don't need anything, Okay,
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great, next house. I need a heater or I need a way to
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get you know this that or other? Where do I get a hot shower?
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By the way, the rec centers are open nine to nine hot showers
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Martin Luther King North Charleston Community rec Center. You get your warm place and
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a hot shower. No problem, We're working with United Way. You want
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to talk about somebody who also wears the crown, Margaret O'Neil. I don't
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know how many nice things I can say about our in the amount of time
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we have in the Red Cross Erica. Manny. They do this well,
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knowing what people need and getting the right resources because everybody wants to help but
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sometimes we need to make sure what are people asking for, what do they
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really need? And that's what I think we do that pretty well. I
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want to talk about the communication. You mentioned that you hosted people in your
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office yesterday from the United Way and for the different parties. What about the
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two companies here, West Virginian American Water Mountain Air Gas. We just had,
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mister scaffad They actually reached out to me about coming on the show.
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I would welcome somebody from Westvigian American Water if they would like to come on
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the show to answer any questions or to make statements or whatever. They're more
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than welcome to. What has your relationship been like with him? You union?
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Sure, Well, our relationship. You know, we're a municipal government.
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We have to work with and do work with and well all of our
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utilities. That doesn't mean that sometimes we get turned around sideways and you know,
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have questions and concerns as well. Oh, by the way, these
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are our family and friends too, So what I expressed to them yesterday,
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and I think I even did it in a statement as well. But it's
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no secret. Just tell folks what's going on. Just be honest, don't
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say we're not sure. If you know that it's going to be seven to
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ten days, by golly, let's just say it, because I would rather
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get my head wrapped around. I've been a mom of two two under two.
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What am I going to do with them? I gotta I gotta call
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my work or if Mary's he snow is actually going to be shut down the
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rest of the week, gosh, you is, I'm gonna call my mom,
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Hey, can you come and help with the babies. You've got to
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give people time to plan. And so I am thankful that Mountaineer Gas is
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doing that and sharing that information. And I suggest that, you know,
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everyone continue it, including us. By the way, I will say that
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sometimes even if you don't see us out there communicating or you know, we're
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not on face book taking photos every single second of every single day of what
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we're doing, we've been working on this from the jump and working and pulling
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people together who do this. Well, that's what managing a crisis like this
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is all about. And then I'll just go back to there's a reason why
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I'm actually wearing a name tag today. She is just so you know it
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all, Yeah, she comes in with a name tag that said good one
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on it on our jacket. I was like, yeah, I know who
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you are, and most people when they open up the door. And I'm
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very thankful, by the way, because i will say this and I'm very
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proud of this. This isn't the first time I've knocked on these neighbors doors.
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I've been there the whole time. And not to pat myself on the
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back. That's what municipal government should do. We should be knocking on people's
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doors, not just in times of crisis. So folks know me. But
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if I'm going to tell folks on our west side, in any part of
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this thirty three square mile city, don't you dare open your door unless you
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see a badge. I better be wearing one as well. I have my
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badge on. We have our information and I'm glad you brought that up.
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Please don't open your door unless somebody has got to people are you know in
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these situations. There's two things that make me nervous day. If I can,
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don't open your door unless you know who it is, you cannot.
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You know you're not gonna be rude to anybody. Your safety is first.
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People are there to help, for sure, but make sure you ask questions.
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It's your right to ask these questions. Number one, and then number
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two, the good spirit and nature of everyone. Gosh, she whiz passing
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out heaters and supplies. I was with members of our fire department. We
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went door to door. We were invited in too many homes yesterday, which
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was just so lovely. That's, by the way, that's the West Side.
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That's who they are. They don't allow you to stand on their own
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frontman, step come in, s down to get you something so sweet,
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even when they're in crisis. But I'll be honest that the space heaters they
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make our firefighters. I want to talk make them nervous. I want to
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talk about that and to get Mayor Goodwin is here to talk about this situation
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and missus caff and I kind of alluded to it. You know, we've
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had we've got night, we've got nice warm weather dy in today. But
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again my vehicle frosted over. When I get ready to come to work.
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Someone it's thirty one thirty two degrees. The immediate response is we need to
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get heat to people, which is understandable, but it's got to be done
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in a safe way and just handing out heaters, although well intentioned, God
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bless people that are doing that. That's that's not always the smartest thing to
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do. Talk about that, so you know, and God bless Larry Moore
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and Michael Farrell council members who were with me yesterday when somebody would say to
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me, oh my, my nephew just brought me a space heater. No
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problem, here's a flyer plug it directly to the wall, straight to the
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wall. No power strips. Do not use a power strip. Please do
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not use an extension cord, right because what you're thinking is, oh,
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I like to sit in this chair, but I need an extension cord.
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You need help moving your chair to that plug. I promise you, as
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I'm sure, as I'm sitting here in Dave's studio, call me. I'll
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move the chair for you. We got to have you closer to the heater,
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not the heater, closer to wherever you need to be. So that's
24:03
number one. Number two. We all know this, but it's worth repeating.
24:08
You're bundling up with blankets and clothes. Keep them away, I mean
24:11
three feet away, is what I'm saying. They're safer, they're better manufactured
24:18
right now, but a small, tiny hand grabbing onto one of those,
24:22
that's a trip to the emergency room. So those are the things that we
24:26
need to So your parents are grandparents, or sisters or brothers. We passed
24:30
out hundreds of flyers yesterday. We intend to do the same thing. We're
24:33
going to go door when I leave here, I'm going door to door again
24:37
all night, all day, all night, and through the rest of the
24:41
week getting those individual assessments. But the real credit goes to and I'll just
24:47
give them props again, the West Side and the West Side community. They
24:51
know what their neighbors need. They know what their church is hosting or what
24:56
they need to host. So you know, nine times out of ten you
25:00
go to a door and they say, oh, Sarah down the block already
25:02
brought me x y Z. That is what I have always known about the
25:07
West Side is that this is a community unlike any other community that I have
25:14
ever had the pleasure of working and by the way, living in I used
25:18
to live with. One of my very first apartments was on the West Side.
25:21
They're a tight knit community and we're here to help. Two to one
25:26
one. Let me just say that two to one one. Uh, if
25:30
you have a need. Two to one one is the best place to go.
25:33
We're going to be continuing to put out information, but at that two
25:37
to one one. What happens is when you get a central location to call
25:41
in Dave, then we can start to monitor. One of my first phone
25:45
calls with was with Margaret O'Neil this morning at seven thirty in the morning,
25:48
is to say, what are you hearing? What are the calls that are
25:52
coming in? Hot meals is one of them. Uh, but it's also
25:56
how do you get non perishable food? So if you're listening out there on
26:00
perishable food that you can put in the microwave, think of those little mac
26:03
and cheese cups that I buy for my boys in their dorm rooms, or
26:07
those pasta lunches or things. Those are things that we're collecting at the Martin
26:12
Luther King Center and the North Charleston Community rec Center. But our community just
26:18
always rallies through. That's what they do and they and they do best.
26:23
I want to throw this souther Just speaking of food, I understand the Charleston
26:27
Police Department, in conjunction with the CPAAA, as giving out free barbecue meals
26:33
to those affected by the utility outage. It's at the North Charleston Community Center
26:37
and that is happening Thursday, on Thursday, and they're going to start at
26:41
ten thirty am. This is the Charleston Police Department, sits in Police Academy
26:45
Alumni Association. That's going to be at the North Charleston Community Center and that
26:48
will be Thursday, starting at ten thirty am. Yeah, ten the Charleston
26:52
Police Department. Ten thirty and our car will have meals, some of those
26:56
sandwiches packed up and ready to transport to folks who know the good news about
27:03
our churches and our community organizations. They're very good, they're very in touch
27:08
with folks, and so we knew when we were going out yesterday, Hey,
27:14
where are some of the houses we need to hit? Where are the
27:15
moms with little babies? Where are the homes with seniors and some of our
27:21
high rises as well? What do they need and how may we assist them
27:26
in this process? You know, it is if you're sitting in your house
27:33
this morning, and you got out of your warm bed, and you jumped
27:36
in your shower last night before you soaked in your soaked in your tub.
27:41
If I take those things away from you, this morning. It's problem,
27:44
yea. And it is a challenge too. As one of the gentlemen said
27:48
to me yesterday walking on the West side with council Member More said, you
27:52
know, Amy, thank you for the hot shower at Martin Luther k.
27:56
Thanks for that. We appreciate you opening up. My wife doesn't want to
27:59
get all all of her things and all, you know, pack a bag
28:02
and go down. It is a significant inconvenience. Mother nature is being good
28:08
to us. But it's a problem. It is is definite challenge, and
28:15
we are up to the occasion to assist and to help. And I'm glad
28:18
to see Mountaineer Gas doing this. And when it was really dark last night,
28:25
and I have a I have a thing. At a certain time,
28:26
I stopped going door to door because nobody wants somebody knocking on the door when
28:30
you're, you know, trying to tuck away for the night. But we
28:33
saw the crews out there working and I said this to Moses scaff This morning,
28:38
we went down the firefighters and the police officers and I went down to
28:42
who were walking with me yesterday, went down to talk to some of the
28:48
contractors and some of the folks who work for mountaineer gas folks. They are
28:52
working hard. They're working as fast and as safely as they possibly can.
28:56
I know it's loud, I know they're you know they're gonna be signs traffic
29:00
only you know you have to turn around, go the other way. Be
29:03
patient with them, because I promise you they are. They are the folks
29:07
and the laborers who are really trying to get it done. They want it
29:10
turned on as fast as you do, if not quicker. But there is
29:15
a process I know Mo talked about a little bit this morning, Dave on
29:18
your show, But there's a process now to keeping you safe, to make
29:21
sure that that happens. And they're going to do that. And sometimes you're
29:22
going to see people working in areas that look like they may not be affected,
29:26
and I mean they could be working, you know, two miles away,
29:30
and you're thinking, well, why the heck are they working down there?
29:33
Because that's the way. I got a text here for you. Yeah,
29:36
And I don't know if there's something you can answer or not, but
29:37
it says, once the crisis is over, will there be an investigation as
29:41
to how this happened to begin with, and will anyone be held accountable?
29:45
If there was negligence. I don't know if that's necessarily a question for you.
29:47
I can't imagine that there wouldn't be Okay, that's kind of what it
29:49
where. I am too, Yeah, I couldn't imagine. I mean when
29:52
you hear things like this hasn't happened in thirty years. And you know again,
29:59
I've only been doing this close to twenty eight years, and in communications,
30:03
in crisis communications, I've never and I've dealt with everything, almost everything,
30:07
not this. This is really unique and very It's concerning. There's no
30:14
question it's concerning. I am glad this isn't in February in January. I'm
30:19
glad that mother nature. So there are a couple of things that are positives
30:23
out of this, if you can see any positive about it, are great
30:26
community, our weather staying semi stable. But it's more than a challenge.
30:33
Let me be clear about my statement. It's much more than a challenge.
30:37
It's significant. What do you want to say as we close may or what
30:41
do you want to say to the people at Charleston on the west side right
30:42
now? Thanks for always coming together, and those of you who don't live
30:47
on the West Side, I know you have deep affection. Give in the
30:51
most appropriate way and whatever appropriate way that is for you. If it's just
30:55
in your thoughts and in your prayer, it's fantastic. If it's by dropping
30:57
a box of ready mac and cheese at one of our recreation centers, will
31:03
take it right to them. If you know of somebody on the West Side,
31:06
please give them a call, maybe invite them into your home for the
31:10
week, or share with them some hot dinners. You know there's apps on
31:15
your phones where you can do hot dinners for families. Sign up and you
31:21
know the United Way. I'll just give them a plug because of that two
31:23
to one one. If you are in the giving spirit, man O'Day,
31:27
I call Margaret O'Neill about every other day and Eric a Manny with the Red
31:33
Cross. That is the way to help us get exactly what folks need,
31:38
not what we're guessing folks need, but we think it's exactly what we need
31:42
because we're going door to door and we're talking to these folks. We have
31:45
the list of folks who are affected and we're dealing with them one on one.
31:49
And thank you. Thank you to the Charleston community for always stepping up
31:52
and always being there. You know, in times of crisis, you know,
31:57
people say you really can judge the content of someone's character, Dave,
32:04
Not on the fun day, not on the parties, not on the great
32:07
you know, all pres conferences. Hey, hey, at seven thirty at
32:10
night, when somebody's struggling to get a you know, just a hot cup
32:14
of tea before they go to bed, who's there. That is the content
32:16
of someone's character. And these are the folks that we work with every day
32:20
on the West Side. Thank you, thank you for just being good,
32:22
good humans. And thank you to bring church. Thank you because they opened
32:27
up their doors to host blankets and heaters and snacks and respite for folks.
32:32
Because when we called them on Saturday, when we called them on Saturday,
32:37
they said, yep, you bet, no problem. Let me open the
32:39
door up for you. That fast, that fast, that fast, no
32:43
hesitation. And that's big, that's really big. So thanks thanks to those
32:47
folks as well. May I appreciate you being here. Get back at it.
32:51
Well, we'll talk again soon, and again I'll tell you the same
32:53
thing that I told mister scaff and he tell you know, if you need
32:57
on tomorrow, the next day, whatever, you just tell you to do
32:59
you know, I just reach out? All right? Thank you well.
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mayor, county official, state leaders, and the Public Service Commission have all
36:15
known about these ancient failing watermans in Charleston for a very long time. It's
36:21
time to double down and replacing every one of them before another crisis becomes a
36:24
regular occurrence. I want to bring in a current Charleston City attorney, Kevin
36:30
Baker. Good morning, sir, how are you doing well? Good morning,
36:31
Thanks for having me on, Thank you for being here. I know
36:35
that before we get into because you've announced that you're going to be running for
36:37
one of the judge positions in Kanankann we get in that little bit later on.
36:40
Anything you want to say to the folks on the west side there,
36:43
Well, I just want everyone to know that the mayor and the city staff
36:46
are working, you know, night and day to try to help move this
36:49
along as fast as possible, and we're obviously centering our help as much as
36:53
we can. All right now, you announced last week, sir, that
36:57
you will be running for one of the judge positions. Explain exactly which one,
37:00
because he's all run together after a while, so explain it to it.
37:02
Sure, So there's a lot of people out there that are, you
37:05
know, posturing that try to figure out which slot there is. There are
37:07
eight different divisions in Kanaw County and really, although you know judges have been
37:13
elected from ones in the past, they don't have to necessarily run in the
37:15
same division. And no one can officially pick a division till January. So
37:19
I'm out here planning to run and which division that is is sort of a
37:23
two be determined situation for me. But right now, you know, with
37:28
the fortunate passing a Judge Tabit, I'm going to put my name in for
37:30
the appointment. I already have put my name in for the appointment for that
37:34
seat. Judge Tabat is a legal hero of mine and it would be an
37:37
honor to get that appointment. And obviously if I were to get that appointment,
37:40
I would certainly run for that seat. So why is this important to
37:45
you? I mean, you talked about a relationship with Judge Tabbat, but
37:46
overall, why do you want to be a judge? Well? I view
37:50
a circuit court judge as the highest public service position that an attorney can have.
37:54
It's the most important position. You're right there dealing with people at their
37:59
most vulnerable state. Eight to try to help folks, whether they're a victim
38:01
of crime, whether it's a civil case, whether it's an abuse and neglect
38:05
case, all those cases that folks don't necessarily want to be in court to
38:09
deal with, and so they need someone who can listen, who can distill
38:14
the difficult and complicated legal concepts into clear language and communicate a clear decision to
38:20
them. And I feel like I'm very equipped to do that, and I
38:22
have a unique background and experience to suit me for the job. Give us
38:27
the background on Kevin Baker. We all know you a city attorney, but
38:30
talk about Kevin Baker, the guy. Sure bio not professional. Let's talk.
38:34
Let's start personal and then we'll go to professional. Sure, Well,
38:37
personally, I mean what I'm most involved in right now is youth soccer.
38:39
I'm the president of the West Side Soccer Association. I've been coaching there for
38:44
five years and I have really enjoyed working with kids from all walks of life
38:47
on the West Side and other parts of town that come play with us on
38:51
the West Side. So that's a lot of my outside of work time for
38:54
sure. And I've also been involved in an other non p it's and organizations
39:00
across the city over the years that I've lived here up in Charleston now for
39:04
fifteen years since I graduated law school and professionally, you know, in addition
39:08
to being city attorney before that, I worked for the West Virginia Legislature,
39:13
worked with lawmakers on both sides of the Aisle to help write the laws that
39:16
we have on the books here, and I think that sort of uniquely situates
39:22
me to read the law and follow the law and make sure that as a
39:25
judge, I would do that, not create law. I know who creates
39:29
the laws, and I'll be there to interpret them and follow them. What's
39:31
the biggest challenge for holding any position on a bench in America these days?
39:37
So what's the biggest challenge with some of the things that I know you're looking
39:42
forward to the challenge, but what are some of the things that maybe give
39:45
you concerned about the court system? Well, I think a lot of folks
39:47
in this country have lost confidence in the court system. They don't necessarily feel
39:52
like they're going to get a fair shake in the courts. And that's sort
39:55
of a passion of mine to make sure that everyone has access to justice,
39:59
they have the ability to show up in court and know that they'll be treated
40:01
fairly and listen to and that a person will make a fair decision based on
40:07
the law and the facts and not any preconceived notion that they may have or
40:10
any of their own biases. So I feel confident that I'll be able to
40:16
be that person to step up to listen, to do the work to get
40:20
there, and whether it's the drug courts, whether it's the abuse and neglect
40:23
cases, whatever it is, I'm motivated to get there early, stay late,
40:28
and get the work done. Talking with Kevin Baker again, So what's
40:30
a campaign strategy? Look like a lot of door knocking, a lot of
40:35
just getting out there talking to people. What's the plan. Yeah, I'll
40:37
definitely be knocking doors and talking to people I'm sure we'll try to raise money.
40:42
I have a committee that's looking at raising money to try to put some
40:45
mail together, maybe some radio ads to We'll see what we can figure.
40:47
We'd like to hear that, yes, sir, go ahead. So that's
40:50
the whole idea. Do you have a website or social media or anything of
40:53
that nature yet? I do. The website is Kevin Baker WV dot com
40:58
and it's the same. I think it's just Heaven Baker for Circuit Court on
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right, I do a thing Kevin called the Final thirty. Anytime I have
41:28
a political candidate on the show, and I give them thirty It's not really
41:31
timed thirty or so odd seconds to tell people why they should vote for you.
41:36
So why should they vote for you for judge when the time comes.
41:38
Well, for one, for the most important part is I'm here to do
41:42
the work. I'm going to be someone who, like I just said,
41:45
gets there early and stays late to make sure that cases move forward, that
41:49
everyone is heard, and that everyone gets a fair and thoughtful decision in their
41:53
in their case, and whether that's something that you you're in court for the
41:57
first time because you're trying to adopt a child, or whether you're there for
42:01
a criminal matter, or whether you're there for a very complex civil case.
42:06
I will be diligently working to make sure that everyone is heard fairly and that
42:10
a fair decision is rendered timely. Kevin Baker's always a pleasure to have you
42:15
on the show. The first time I've ever had on. I've had you
42:16
on as a candidate, You've been on the show several times, but I
42:19
appreciate you being here. Wish you the best of luck. Thanks a lot,
42:22
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and they take donations for children up to age twelve to get presents three presents
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Christmas morning. Okay, So how do you get the names of the kids.
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I'm not sure how well. Actually, I think it's applications that go
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with the United Way. That's what they do. They have the United Way
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in charge of that, so that everybody is sure to get what they need
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right now. And how did you yourself get involved through the Hillston How did
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you get involved with Well, I just actually chose them because I personally know
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what it's like, you know, growing up not having your parents, maybe
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not having a lot of money. You can't get a lot of presents or
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things of that nature. And I just I really feel like that every kid
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should have something to wake up to, because you know, you hear that
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when you're a little kid, saying that if you know, if you're good,
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you'll get this, or don't be bad or whatever, and so I
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feel like, you know, kids who can't their parents can't afford to get
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them something, they must think that they were bad. All. Yeah,
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I've always wondered that. And again I'm a non parent, but I've always
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wondered that. And I remember when I was a kid that'd always say,
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you know, behave yourself. In May, parents are saying Santa Claus is
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watching exact and then you do all the stuff right, and you come December
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and you don't need a present. You're like, what did I do wrong?
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I know that stinks. So I just feel like that this charity,
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it does really good work, and I wanted to raise toys and money for
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them. So what kind of stuff we looking for for the kids? Well,
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it's got to be a new unwrapped present they liked. The value needs
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to be at least twenty five dollars. That's the only requirements. And the
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charity that I'm doing, or the fundraiser that I'm doing, is on December
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eighth, I am having a Christmas party at the Hail Street Center where all
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the fee to get in is either a brand new toy or a cash donation
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of twenty five dollars, and you can also get that. You can buy
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a ticket on through event bright or Facebook the same way. There's no tickets
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to enter the party. You can bring a toy, but if you want
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to, you can go online and get a ticket instead. And we're going
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to have a DJ a dance party, We're going to have Christmas karaoke,
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and we're gonna have free comedy shows at this party and free food. So
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there's going to be lots to do. What time does it start? Eight
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pm? And it starts on it's on December the eighth, Is it right
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at eight ps? So it sounds like you had a little bit of everything,
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got a lot on comedy. Yeah, yeah, free comedy shows.
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I mean, hopefully it's going to be a really good night and we're gonna
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have plenty to do and it should be super fun for everyone. And then
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the only thing is you have to bring something to give away to a kid
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in need. So I don't think that's too bad of an entry fee.
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So you got a text here waiting on you, So you're important, oh,
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says Dave. Niki Ellis is also a movie star in the future film
49:22
River of Pope, about the funding of West Virginia State University. I bet
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I know who that's from. I have no idea. I just get a
49:28
text. So so you don't tell me you're a movie star. I'm not
49:30
a movie star. I did appear in that movie, which I was very
49:36
proud of. Yes I did. And I'm willing to bet that that is
49:39
the director of the movie that sent you that text. So tell me about
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about the film. The River. Don't know about it. It was the
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story of the founder of West Virginia State College down there in institute the land.
49:55
She was a actually she was a slave who mayor read her owner.
50:01
I guess you said they fell in love and then he died and left her
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all the money, and I was I played one of her children, her
50:08
oldest child. Yes, in the movie. Okay, And that's what was
50:12
that like. It was really an interesting process. I mean, first of
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all, I don't envy movie makers at all. Like it was August,
50:20
it was one hundred degrees. I'm wearing like period clothing. You know.
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It was torture, but it was also very rewarding. I'm very fun.
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Well that's cool. I didn't mean to get all starstruck there, but you
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said I was, like, she's been in a movie. I mean,
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yeah, I was. They don't even let me see movies. No,
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it's on Amazon Prime if you want to see I think it's still on there.
50:38
Okay, Well cool, all right, let's get back because we got
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about a minute a half left in the show. Let's get back to this
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again about your event on the eighth. If people are listening to us right
50:45
now and they say, hey, that sounds cool, I want to help
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out, what do they need to do? Well, they can go to
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the House Street Center Facebook page and they can purchase a ticket for the party
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through there, or they can go to the Secret Santa Foundation website and just
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make a donation through that if they just want to make a donation and don't
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want to come to the party, of course, and they also Secret Sanda
51:07
has donation drop off places where they can take toys. Do they need any
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help for the party? I mean it's for because sometimes they just need bodies
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to help get people to the line. Is that something that they need or
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do you know the party, I'm going to use the staff at hell Street
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Center. But the Secret Santa Foundation is always looking for volunteers and they should
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be easy to find, as you said on Facebook. Absolutely, Yeah,
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you just go online Secret Santa Foundation United Way, go through there. They
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always need help at Christmas time. Yeah. Actually, when I got the
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little graphic I used in the preview, I just went to your Facebook page
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and got it onto you. So all right, so I appreciate you being
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here again. The event is going to be on December the eighth, starts
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at what time eight pm? And information is available on the Haill Street Center
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and Facebook page, and also on the Secret hopefully on the Secret Santa Foundation
51:47
yes op page as well. All right, Nick, it's been a pleasure
51:51
to have you on the show. I appreciate you being here. Thanks all
51:52
now to hang out with me here in just one second. My thanks to
51:54
all the guests this morning, including Mayor Amy Goodwin and also Moses scaff from
52:00
Mountaineer Gas and Kevin Baker. Coming up on the show tomorrow, Millie Snyder
52:05
is going to be here. We'll talk a little bit about the Holly Jolly
52:07
Brawley event and say Democratic Party chairing down a good. Mike Pushkin, fresh
52:12
off interims in Wheeling will be on the show coming up tomorrow as well.
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will see you tomorrow. Till then, have fun. I love somebody