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01/10/2024 The Dave Allen Show on 580 Live - Candace Nelson, Crescent Gallagher, Rob Reel · The Dave Allen Show

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to alright, one of my favorite subjects. You know what it is,
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it's food. Charleston's Restaurant Week is coming up soon. It starts Tuesday,
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January thirtieth, then we'll run through Saturday, the third of February. Candace
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Nelson is the director of Marketing and Communications for Capital Market and as she said
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in her email to me, that's her daytime job. Her nighttime job is
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as a volunteer for Restaurant Week. Candace Nelson joins us now to par Marstore
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Studio, Canadace. Good morning, welcome to the show. Good morning,
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thanks for having me, Thank you for being here. Tell us exactly what
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goes on, candas at restaurant Week. So Restaurant Week is the most exciting
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time of year in my opinion. So each restaurant that participates will choose a
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three course meal at a fixed price, and you have two options for each
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course, So that means you can pick one of two different things for an
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appetizer, one of two for an entree, and one of two for a
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dessert. So is really the perfect time to try out a new restaurant or
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maybe check out one of your old favorites and see what they are featuring.
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Now, how did this whole idea of restaurant week come about? Here in
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the Charleston here? What's little histor right behind this? Do you do?
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You know that? Yeah? So about you know ten years ago we had
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eleven years ago, we had the water crisis, as we all know,
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in ten years ago yesterday, yes, the ninth, that's right, so
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we know that. You know, restaurants were struggling. There was a lot
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of folks who were out of a job at that point because we just everything
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was a little bit unsure. So Buzzfood Service decided to come up with an
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idea of trying to help out the servers, the service industry, and our
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local restaurants. So they partnered with them to create this concept of Charleston Restaurant
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Weeks. So our very first one was in twenty fourteen, and we have
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had one every year since except during COVID. So ten years of Restaurant Weeks,
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eleven years in existence. Okay, all right, And so the restaurants
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themselves, I mean they go and we're going to get to that to those
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that are participating in the moment, but that the restaurants themselves go all out
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for this candice, they do, they can have a lot of fun with
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it. So a few years ago we introduced a variable price point so that
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we can really incorporate restaurants on the whole spectrum from fine dining to you know,
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a local pizza joint. So they have a lot of fun with it
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because they know that reservations will start filling up, so they can go all
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out and maybe you know, order some specialty cuts of meat or some specialty
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ingredients and really have fun with their customers. Well, and the restaurants,
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some of the owners tend to be a little bit competitive too, and they
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can have a little fun with it, as you said, right, Yeah,
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absolutely, we have some that have been doing it every year, so
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hoos Bridge Road Bistro and Ichemon have done it every year that we've had it,
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so they always see, you know, who comes out with the newest
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fun item. And since you started dropping names there, I mean, can
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you can you give us the folks that are going to be involved. Yes,
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So just today we've released our fullest of restaurants that are participating. That
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is ten ten Bridge Adelphia, Barcada's Black Sheep Bricks and Barrel's Bridge Road Bistro,
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dem Two Brothers, their new downtown location, DT Prime, Fernbank,
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Itchabon the Lookout Bar and Grill Restaurante, a Bruze, Sim's Uptown Cafe,
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so Host Tidewater Grill, and also knew this year the Volstead Room of the
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Hell Street Center. And what I like about that is you mentioned a couple
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of new ones in there. You mentioned fern Bank and the Volstad place.
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I mean, those are those are new, and that's a great way for
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people here in the Charleston area to go and to patronize these these businesses because,
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let's face it, I mean, as you said, Candice, this
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whole thing was born out of the water crisis, and then we get out
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of that and everything's going pretty well, and then a little thing called COVID
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comes along and so it had to be canceled. So it's been a rough
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ten years for the restaurant community here in not only in downtown Charles but in
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all the kan Valley for that matter. Yeah, absolutely, And you know,
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these are friends and family in our communities who need our support. So
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one of the things that we always really encourage is to turn up the tips.
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So when you're going out to eat, make sure that you are tipping
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your server as well, because they will be very busy that week. Yeah,
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and you're going to have the menus released at a later time because they
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all come up with a special menu items for a restaurant week. Is that
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right? That's right. So today is actually the deadline for our restaurants to
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submit their menus. So by the end of today, hopefully we'll have a
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good idea of what everybody's serving and we'll get that together for everybody within the
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next couple of days, and make sure to start making your reservation. And
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I know people again, Candas and again we're talking with Candace Nelson about Charles's
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Restaurant Week and it runs January the thirtieth through the Saturday, February third.
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I know people that really, I mean, I'm a foodie, you know,
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and there are people that look forward to this every year and they circle
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it on their calendar and you know, there's you know, and they're getting
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out and there supporting these local businesses, and as you said, because in
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other cities that have these sorts of things, sometimes it tends to be nothing
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but the high end or the high brow play and we have places like that
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in Charleston. But it's also nice to have, as you said, some
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more local, localized things and some simpler fare if you will. Yeah,
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absolutely, you can still participate in restaurant Week, whether you you know,
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want a prime cut of steak or whether you want, you know, a
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simple sandwich. So either way you can get out there, try something new
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or return to an old favorite. But supporting the local restaurants, nonetheless,
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where can people learn more? I know we don't have the menus yet,
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but we do have the list. Where can people learn more about a Candice?
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Absolutely, if you check out Charleston, WV Restaurant Week on Facebook,
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we'll post all of our updates right there for you, all right, and
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we're going to have you back when the menus come out, And that's what
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I'm looking forward to. Maybe a little sneak preview of that, and those
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will be and again today is the deadline for that right now. If a
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restaurant is listening right now, somebody one of the owners of the restaurants or
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managers or whatever listening, Is it too late for the restaurants to sign up
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to be a part of this. No, if a restaurant is still interested,
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you know, we've had our big release of the main ones, but
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if you still want to participate, reach out to us. We can see
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what we can do. All right, Well, it sounds good. We're
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looking forward to it again. Restaurant Week here in Charleston is Tuesday, January
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thirtieth through Saturday, February third, and again more information is available. Oh
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yeah, okay, I've got to pass this along to you. I got
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a text to my personal phone from some guy, some Evan Osborne guy.
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You know that guy from the Capitol Market boss. Yeah, yeah, I
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wants to know where you and I are going to be taking him. So
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I think the obvious answer is so hosed. Yeah, yeah, well it's
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that Capital Market yeah and delicious. That makes Ryan, our producer, very
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happy as well when you say that, you know he's got ties there.
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So all right. Uh so Evan, I guess we're going to so host.
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So Candace and I are taking This is Evin Osborne's frequent guest here on
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the show, So he texts my personal phone here to just tell me.
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Why did I ever give him my phone number? I don't know. Candace
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Nelson again, I appreciate you. You she's the director of marketing and communications
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from Capital Market and O we're all just a good volunteer for restaurant weeks.
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So thanks a lot. We'll talk to you. I'll have you on again
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as we get a little bit closer once we get those menus together. And
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by the way, I want to give a big shout out to because I
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know he listens to the show and a regular basis a good friend of mine.
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Stephen Keith, the food guy that writes the column and the exet mail.
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I think he I didn't get to I have the paper setting over here.
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I did not get a chance to make it that far through yet this
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morning, but I understand he did something on it today. So I'll give
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a big shout out to the food guy as well. All Right, Cannis,
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bit later on Chressa Gallagher from American True Prosperity stops buying out cressin. Good
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morning, welcome to the show, Happy new year, how were you hey,
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Dave doing great, Happy to be here. And Creston also pointed out
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to me that it's also his birthday week. Is that right? Yep?
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I'm gonna be watching the Cleveland Browns hopefully win on my birthday. Okay.
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Who the Browns playing? Now? Remind me of they play the Texans?
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Okay, I think they should be able to win. Yeah? Yeahah are
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long? I mean obviously a long time brown long, long time Browns fan.
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I've only seen three winning seasons since I've been alive, so it's a
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long rune. Well, I wish my brother in law lives in Cleveland and
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he's hardcore anything to do with Cleveland from the Guardians, the you know,
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the Calves on down. So so for my brother in law, Ron,
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and for a couple of other of my friends, I'll hope the Browns do
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well. Of course, I'm a Cowboys fan, and this is our year.
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We're going to win the Super Bowl? Yeah every year? Right right?
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Yeah? Okay, all right, So the legislature Christen is back in
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Town, the Greatest Show on Earth or something like that. What are some
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of the things that you folks are going to be keeping an eye on as
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we head into the session, So, Dave, we released our Pathway to
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Prosperity Leslee of Agenda an update to that, and we've been releasing that Americans
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for Prosperity since twenty eighteen. It acts as a roadmap for lawmakers interested in
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expanding freedom and opportunity for all West Virginians. We released an update because last
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year we had largest tax cut in state history, but we also had a
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bill that dealt with student journalism, protecting their First Amendment right, and clarification
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on our open enrollment law. So you know, Osley Republican majorities, especially
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under Governor Jim Justice, have done a lot in the last eight to ten
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years. They've passed Ready to Work, They've controlled spending leading to those tax
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cuts, they passed the Versus Universal ESA program, the Hope Scholarship program.
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They've done a lot, but there's more that needs to be accomplished. I
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just have a feeling given this as Governor Genjustice's last legislave session, he's running
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for the US Senate. That's gonna be a quiet session, but you never
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know. I don't know. I mean normally I would say that, but
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then and I may get into this a little bit later on. I know
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we've got some people that are I know that that center. President Blair and
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say Senator Mike Stewart will be on the show on Friday. By the way,
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have have already put out there that they're gonna they're gonna push death penalty
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stuff this year. The Democrats have said that we may see something on cannabis,
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introducing recreational cannabis. So normally I would say, you're right, but
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I don't know. Yeah, and yeah, with this being the last year,
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you know, we're taking a step back and we're going to probably look
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forward to working with the next governor, given there's a lot on our agenda
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to accomplish. But obviously Leslau's its own creature, its own beast, so
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we'll see what happens. And speaking of the governor, you have already announced
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your endorsement for governor. Oh, yes, and governor. We endorsed Patrick
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Morrissey, we've endorsed AFP Action also endorsed Rally More for US Congress, and
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we released two more endorsements this past week. Okay, and that's really the
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reason I wanted to talk to you. But before we get to that,
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you also issued a press release crescent at the top it said eight years of
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policy wins as it pertains to your group of Americans for prosperity. Now,
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you kind of touched on those a little bit earlier. But what are some
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of those things you mentioned right to work? What are some other breaking breaking
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down as to why you see those as wins for the people of West Virginia.
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Yes, So the Repulican majority took over ten years ago and we've controlled
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spending, leading to record surpluses, record tax cuts. We also passed the
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Hope Scholarship with this is the state's first universal ESA program, which honestly eight
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to ten other states have followed our lead on that. So we were ground
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zero for education reform in this country. We passed right to work, We've
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done open enrollment stuff, First Amendment rights, something, criminal justice. We've
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chipped away at a certificate and need laws. There's a lot that needs to
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be done, but Republicans should be proud of the last eight to ten years.
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And there's no there's no reason to believe that any of that, as
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far as the numbers go, is going to change in my opinion. I
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know you folks in the organization consider yourself to be nonpartisan, and you just
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want the quality men and women, in your opinion, that are going to
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do what you see as being the best path forward for West Virginia. You
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don't really care whether Republican Democrat. But I mean the majority of them you
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know are going to be Republicans, and I don't see I don't see that
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changing anytime soon. No, I don't see that changing either. I think
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it's a sad state of the Democrat Party in this state at least. But
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we're always focused on principal lawmakers, those who really want to affect West Virginia
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for the better, make it a better place to live, work and raise
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a family. So we don't care about partisanship, we don't care about factions.
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We care about those who are willing to do the right things to make
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West Virginia a better place. And we've seen cresten a lot of announcements here
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lately in West Virginia the last couple of years I was talking. I mentioned
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this on the show that I don't know that during my lifetime that I have
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seen as many economic breakthrough announcements as what we've had, you know, from
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New Cores and last week it was it was LG and what's going on in
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various parts of West Virginia. And I would imagine not to put words in
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your mind, but you folks at Americans for Prosperity feel that a lot of
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the changes that have been made in under the Dome have led to a lot
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of these things. Yeah, when you get government out of the way,
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when you lessen regulations, when you cut taxes, when you allow people to
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pursue their own own version of the American dream, you're going to have results
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from that. I think now West Virginia has been been a net migrator into
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the states, and more people are moving into West Virginia than moving out.
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And Governor Justice, he's had a lot of big wins, a lot of
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big companies come to stay a lodge, job creation, and that's because of
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the Republican policies and principal lawmakers that are passing those pro growth policies at the
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state level. And I don't think that people, you know, we kind
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of gloss over some of these statistics and some of these numbers from time to
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time, Crescent, But the fact that we finally do have more people moving
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in than a movie, that's a pretty big deal. That's a big deal
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as a West Virginian by choice. You know, I came here before it
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was cool to come to West Virginia, and I hope more people continue to
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follow our lead. You know, it's easy to come to West Virginia.
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It's a beautiful state. It's the cost of living is it is tremendous.
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You have a lot of opportunity to be in your community, make an impact.
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Know your business owners, know your elected officials. So I'm glad that
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people are finally seeing what West Virginia really can be. We've got something special
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here in West Virginia. I know hobbies talk about this on the show,
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and I've had other guests that have talked on it talked about it as well.
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And that is as you said, we know our elected officials in West
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Virginia. We can pick up the phone and call them and their story after
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story about you know, fill in company, act me. Something is going
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to come to West Virginia and they have a question about something. Somebody from
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the world of Economic development just says well, let's just let's call the governor.
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And this is something this is not anything new. I mean this has
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been around for a while. Well, let's just call the guy who's over
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the Department of Commerce, let's just call a secretary of state, or let's
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just call whoever pick up the phone, call them right right there. And
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that does not go on in other areas. Yeah, I mean West Virginia.
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What's the sayings A, it's just a big town. It's a small
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big town. The entire state. Everyone knows everyone. It's easy to get
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in touch with people. As someone that used to work for the Department of
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bag we had conversations with folks all the time, and they always talked about
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how willing and how able we were to help them get that We got Mountain
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Top Beverage up in Morgantown, and they came to West Virginia because they felt
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like we wanted them here. And I feel like a lot of states lose
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that when you're a big state like Ohio or Virginia or Pennsylvania, because you're
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just another business to them. But here your family. And that's an important
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thing to point out, is because you know, I will have sometimes text
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of the shows, and people will want to, you know, give credit
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to this person or that person whatever. They're choosing West Virginia for a reason,
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you know, And no matter what you thought about the different things that
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have come out of this administration in Washington, you know, they chose West
22:18
Virginia over Kansas, or over Illinois or whatever. That's not based in that
22:23
that's a West Virginia thing. Well, they like doing business here. Yeah,
22:27
And clearly Washington deca is broken. It's hard to get anything done in
22:32
Washington these days. The partisanship, the infighting is so bad. That's really
22:36
hard to get things done here. But at the state level, a lot
22:37
of states are getting things. That's done in West Virginia has seen a lot
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of change over the last eight to ten years, despite the lack of camaraderie
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in Charleston. All right, Chris, and I said, you've already given
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us some of the endorsements that you have for Americans for prosperity, but you
23:18
have a few more to lay on us. I understand. Yeah. This
23:22
last week we endorsed two people there are running for re election in state Senate.
23:26
State Senate President Craig Blair. He's been a great person to work with.
23:30
He's been a leader at the State Senate. Frankly, I don't think
23:34
we get tax cruts done without him, because when that policy was on his
23:37
last leg, he acted as a mediator, He brought some he put some
23:41
personalities in the corner, and he really got that tax cut across the across
23:45
the finish line. Without him, it doesn't get done. So we endorsed
23:49
him for his re election campaign in Senate District fifteen. We also endorsed someone
23:55
in his neck of the woods, Senator Rutgers, Patricia Rutger. She was
23:59
the architect of the Universal ESA program, the Hope Scholarship program. She's been
24:03
a policy champion, She's done the right things time and time again. Without
24:07
her, I don't think we see the educational reform that sweeping across the country.
24:11
I mentioned eight to ten states have also expanded their programs. I think
24:15
what was that Iowa just did it. So what you know, we were
24:18
ground zero for the educational reform coming out of COVID, and Patricia Rutger was
24:25
one of those people that made it happen. So we endorsed both of them.
24:27
Ser Senator Craig Blair and Center Patricia Rucker. We look forward to working
24:30
with them and making sure they win reelection. What is the endorsement selection process
24:37
like for your group? Because every group, you know, from a union
24:41
to a political action committee, whatever, they they all do it a little
24:42
bit differently. I mean, obviously you look at their record and things that
24:45
they've done in the past, but sometimes you may endorse someone that doesn't have
24:48
a record a fall on. How does that process work out? Yeah,
24:52
we have a vetting process, so we look at how they've voted on certain
24:55
policy issues, how they've championed what's their impact on the state of West Virginia.
25:00
Yeah, so we have a vetting process people go through and we want
25:03
to make sure our impact is felt because a lot of organizations they release endorsements,
25:07
they maybe send you a pack check, they put you in their newsletter,
25:10
but they don't do much beyond that. Americans for Prosperity is a grassroots
25:14
organization, so we go out knockdoors, we do paid media, so we
25:17
when we endorse someone, we're in it to win it. So that's a
25:19
little bit different from other organizations. So we're a little more selective on who
25:22
we endorse and we make sure that they're going to win. So, but
25:26
we have a vetting process and we make sure we're endorsing principal law makers that
25:30
want to make a difference in the state. When can we expect some more
25:33
endorsements to come down. We definitely have some more endorsements coming down soon.
25:37
In the House of Delegate races. You know, the filing period just happened
25:41
start staring day, so we're letting that landscape play out a little bit,
25:44
but I know of some House of Delegate candidates that will be endorsing, so
25:48
I imagine those will be coming down in the next couple weeks or so.
25:51
And do you get how far down do you go on the ballot? I
25:52
mean, I know you primarily you're looking at people that make the laws,
25:56
make the decisions and that, but I mean, how far did do you
25:59
get involved in the county races at all? Like a county commissioner share for
26:03
something like that. We typically don't get involved in county races. You know,
26:06
We've endorsed in the governor's race, Patrick Morrissey for that AFB Action,
26:10
endorsed rally More for Congress and that open congressional seat. We mostly focus on
26:15
those state wide races, federal races, and then House of Elegant and State
26:18
center races. So that's where we'll be at this election cycle. And you
26:22
and jas tomplin A both been on the show numerous times, but for people
26:26
that have never heard you on the show, give us the whole basic idea
26:27
behind Americans for Prosperity Sure. American for Prosperity is a grassroots organizations, the
26:33
premier grass roots organization in this country. Our goal is to connect average citizens
26:37
with their lawmakers through knocking doors to embolden those lawmakers to make transformational policies that
26:42
affect and better community for us all across the state. We're in thirty seven
26:48
states, so we have thirty seven state chapters where we affect all fifty states
26:52
though, but you know, when it comes to door knocking and getting people
26:56
elected, we're the premier organization in this country. Well, wish you guys
27:00
the best of luck because as you as we said of the big show is
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starting. I know you guys will be at the Capitol a whole lot and
27:08
keeping a close eye on things. We'll have you on a couple of times
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during the session and if you do anything, give us a yell. It's
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Christin Gallagher again from Americal Prosperity. Appreciate you being here. Bann, thanks
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a situation here Ryan yesterday. The KWS truck's name is Truck Norris. Okay,
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it is Truck Norris. Beautiful, beautiful truck is uh and the folks
32:35
at East Coast T's by the way, did a great, great job on
32:37
that. Uh to truck Norris is the truck's name. That's the name.
32:43
Okay, the truck is going to be accompanying you. Well, I think
32:46
can we drive it? He doesn't drive itself to a live broadcast in Clendennon
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this weekend. Yes, Blanche's family Diner, nuone until too still by seeing
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me get your picture made with truck truck no Norris. Somehow it got started
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it on social media yesterday that we were advertising that Chuck Norris was going to
33:05
be at Blanche's dietary in Clintennon this Saturday. That is not the case.
33:08
It is truck, not Chuck. Correct the Chinese whispers the telephone game.
33:14
Someone was only half paying attention. Maybe needed to change the battery in a
33:19
particular listening device. Okay, yeah, but we had a little fun.
33:22
It's a little fun. And the folks at Blanches had a little fun with
33:25
it, as I saw their social media posts about that. And he'll be
33:28
there. What's the occasional just because you're hungry? Yes? Is it hungry?
33:32
And here is it just me? Yeah? So yeah, we're gonna
33:36
have some great grub and just to have a time. I need some old
33:38
fashioned home cooking and they got it here. Yeah they do. Yeah,
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Blanches in Clindenna. You will be there this Saturday from New to two with
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tomorrow. Talk about that. So I want to paint a little picture here.
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I was raised mostly by my grandparents, my paternal grandparents, who when
34:01
the big white van showed up and invited my older brother and my twin sister
34:06
and I not to live with my parents, my parents anymore. My grandparents
34:10
still had five of their boys in the house, and so they like,
34:14
we could take we could take the boys, but the girl that that's that's
34:17
a long way of setting up that. At one point they then brought in
34:22
one of my male cousins. There were eight boys sharing one bedroom in this
34:25
house. We slept in shifts. This was a small family farm where we
34:30
didn't have much of nothing, and so on the on the brink of poverty
34:35
for most of my childhood. One of the things I quickly got to understand
34:38
was being the youngest and the smallest at the time you got things handed down,
34:44
you got what was left, what was still usable. And that translates
34:50
into our displaced population, our homeless folks around they get they get what's left,
34:54
they get what others toss aside. So when they they go to shelters,
35:00
when they go to service providers, you know what the most request the
35:05
most requested thing by folks who are living on the street, who are homeless.
35:10
You know what that is? Socks? It is socks. Now.
35:14
I know people want to think, you know, underwear and feminine hygiene products,
35:16
and those are very high on the list, but the thing is socks.
35:22
And I remember having just a giant basket of socks in the middle of
35:25
this bedroom that you just you had to find too that came close and you
35:30
know, this was a family that had a home. And so it led
35:32
me to thinking about, well, what little thing can we do, how
35:36
can we eat this elephant of all these folks who are living on the streets
35:40
in the Knaw Valley, who don't have a place to barely change clothes quite
35:46
frankly, And so we have devised this WVRC Media inaugural Drop your Socks Drive
35:53
through Sock Drive next Thursday, week from tomorrow seven am to six pm.
35:59
You come rolling through our parking lot at eleven eleven Virginia Street East with a
36:02
package of brand new socks. You drop them off. Maybe you want to
36:06
do a cash or a check donation. Mountain Mission can take those and we
36:09
will help keep folks warm this winter. That's our whole goal. Yeah,
36:14
just socks. So and this is one of those things we do. We
36:16
do two or three for a year. A lot of these have been you
36:20
know, thanks to you, because we did the Turkey Drop and it was
36:22
it was I mean, the first time we did the Turkey Drop, it
36:24
was beyond our Oh how successful it would be. Yeah, vastly exceeded my
36:30
expectation, not not my expectation for how kind West Virginians are to one another,
36:34
but just the numbers beyond what I could have hoped for our first time
36:37
around. And I'm hoping we'll be in the same sort of situation a week
36:40
from now. And this is again kind of your your baby, but we're
36:45
all going to be involved. I mean, V one hundred to beat the
36:46
Mountain, the Station, We're all going to be taking part in it.
36:52
Yeah, everybody is gonna take a turn outside and say hello, hold up
36:55
outside. Yeah, the same thing about it being outside outside, Well,
37:00
I mean it's all good, it's all good. At kidding, I say,
37:05
think about the folks who are living in doorway twenty four to seven and
37:07
you're gonna be outside for an hour very you'll be fine. Yeah, yeah,
37:10
I'll be okay. And so we're just asking people. It's just real
37:15
simple. Just go to whatever your favorite place is to buy socks and get
37:21
a couple packages. If you can afford one package, if you can afford
37:23
a box of them, I mean, you know, with thirty or forty,
37:27
that's fine. Or we'll take cash or check donations as well. Yes.
37:30
One of the great things about about collecting socks is there's really only two
37:34
sizes, adult and kid. That's pretty much it. I mean fits sizes
37:38
seven to thirty whatever. It's a package of socks. And you reach a
37:45
certain age where getting the socks for Christmas actually becomes a thing again, where
37:49
you're like happy to get the new socks. So remember that maturation process.
37:53
Once you get to be our age, you're like, hey, those are
37:55
some pretty pretty dog on nice socks, pretty warm and comfortable. So remember
38:00
that feeling and you're gonna be able to give it to what several folks in
38:05
need, some of our neediest friends and neighbors. Next Thursday the eighteenth,
38:09
the WVRC media drop your socks drive through. Anybody who has been in basic
38:15
training is laughing at that name, okay, And I can't explain why on
38:19
the radio because there's a don't give there's a connotation. I'll tell you off
38:24
the air if you get me fired from this place, I'm just gonna hang
38:28
out downstairs with you, okay, So don't get me fired, all right,
38:30
Believe me. I can't afford. Uh, I can't afford for either
38:34
of us to get fired from this place. Again. Only one of us
38:37
has been fired once. That wasn't me. But that's besides the point.
38:42
So it's a basic training thing. I'll have to look at it. What
38:44
to get the Google machine out and figure that out exactly what that is.
38:46
Everybody who has been in basic training has had a drill instructor holler words that
38:52
yes, okay, there there are a couple of soldier, sailors, marines
38:54
and airmen who are laughing hysteria. I was going to say, there are
38:58
people out there now listed to this God, I know exactly what he's talking
39:00
about. It Those and those like myself that didn't survive cub scouts, Sir,
39:04
are thinking, I don't know what the hell this guy's talking about.
39:07
Before that coworker three cubicles over convinces you to explain it, he'll end up
39:12
in HR. You will end up in Ashley's office, sou, a place
39:15
where you and I have been before. I got a text here for we,
39:19
Robert says, do footies or ankle cuts work? Or do you need
39:22
a half cut? You know what, if you've got them, bring them.
39:27
Okay, you know something about folks not being too choosy in this situation.
39:32
I do know that the crew and over the calf are probably the best
39:37
choice because that's the most coverage. But you know, if you're one of
39:44
those folks who got like the Runners socks, somebody thought they were being clever
39:49
and got you a twelve pack of Runners socks for Christmas and the only thing
39:52
you run as a bar tab. So did you look at me when you
39:54
said that? Feeling guilty? So you know you know we you're never gonna
40:00
you have never opened this package. It's like to bring them. We'll get
40:02
we'll get them put to good use, I promise, yeah, and we
40:05
do ask that they're new. We we're not taking your used socks. I
40:07
mean as much as the as the uh uh it's a great thought. We're
40:12
not using this for you to use an opportunity to clean out your drawer.
40:15
I mean we actually want some. We actually would like to have some,
40:17
and they're not that expensive. You can go to any any department store and
40:21
h and pick them up. Or like I said, like you just said,
40:23
if you're if you've got some for Christmas that you're not going to be
40:25
using, and bring them down to us. And we don't care what they
40:29
look like. They can be wild multi colored socks, so they can be
40:31
the old fashioned tube socks whatever. Yep, plain white, plain black.
40:36
I managed to get twenty pair yesterday while I was doing some shopping for under
40:38
ten bucks. Okay, so it can be done. Uh this this should
40:43
not break your bank. Okay, but let me throw this out here right
40:46
now to any of our civic organizations that may be live listing your lions,
40:51
Elks, rotaries, Kowanas, whatever, or I'll throw this out there too.
40:55
You know, Rob, I don't know whether you know this but it
40:59
may be the same in Indiana where you're from, but in West Virginia,
41:01
in order to graduate from high school, students have to have so many hours
41:06
of community service. We'll put you to work. I mean, we could
41:08
do that, yeah, I mean because these high school kids, unlike us,
41:12
community service is not always court ordered, you know, so you are
41:15
not required to wear orange. No, no, but we would like to
41:19
have you maybe kind of help out. So if you're or maybe you're your
41:22
church is listening right now, you know whatever, we'll take it. We'll
41:24
take it. Well, here's what I know for sure. I have lived
41:28
in seventeen states. I have lived in three other countries, and in every
41:31
single place, rural, suburban, the biggest cities internationally. Homelessness is a
41:38
problem. Displaced folks is a problem, and keeping them warm and dry in
41:44
the winter is a problem. Lieutenant Dan said, take care of your feet.
41:47
So that's that We're going to do it literally from the ground up.
41:51
And I will throw this out here before we cut you loose. And that
41:52
is we don't ever want to turn any of this into a political thing.
41:55
However, if I can shame some politicians into getting them out to to get
42:00
some stocks and people. I'll do it because I'm not above it. I'm
42:02
just saying, you know, the majority of people that listen to the show
42:05
are at least involved in politics, the legislatures in town. Attention candidates.
42:09
We're not gonna let you put signs up out there, but I will tell
42:12
you if you show up and you're running for you fiell the name here and
42:15
you want to make a nice donation, we'll take it and make a post
42:19
and get your picture made. I understand. I mean whatever it takes,
42:22
you know. Yeah, I don't get into the policy and the saber rattling
42:24
over that's that is not my domain. That is not what I do.
42:29
I am for pardon the pun. I am boots on the ground. Let's
42:34
get stuff done for people and then let the people who handle the policy.
42:37
Okay, y'all do that, all right? So throwing a lot of groups
42:39
make it all possible. Big shout out to them. It's we start at
42:43
seven a m. Next Thursday. That's a week from tomorrow. We'll go
42:45
to six o'clock that evening, so we give you plenty of time. There'll
42:49
be somebody out there on the parking lot the whole time. Throughout the day.
42:52
So if you come through, if you're on your lunch hour, you
42:54
can stop buying your way in. That's fine. I'll have you or somebody
42:57
on you, maybe FF Mountain Mission or something to talk about it. Between
43:00
now and then. You're going to be hearing a lot about this on all
43:01
of our stations and on the news in the news department as well. So
43:06
Rob, great idea. Man, you're doing good stuff. We may have
43:07
to keep you around. We may not fire you this time around. Well,
43:12
so many things I want to say, but I don't want to end
43:14
up in Ashley's office again. All Right, Rob Real from our sister station
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ninety six one Superstar Country KWS, Robert, I appreciate it, man.
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V one hundred over the Red Carpet Lounge on Elizabeth Street and Charlestown. Some
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wild weather yesterday and this morning, high winds, some rain, a little
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bit of snow. Not so much snow in this area, but there was
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a little bit when I left the house. This one should the winds should
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be dying down. I do want to mention that those big old potholes that
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were a major issue on I sixty four yesterday near that entryway. If you're
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coming out of the Nitro area and you're getting on the interstate to head to
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Charleston and you're going to eastbound, there were some major major potholes. Matter
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of fact, I think I even mentioned him on the show yesterday morning.
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So what they had to do that was basically they had to shut that whole
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thing down yesterday at least knock it down to one lane, and those have
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been repaired. I understand there were several several busted up tires yesterday morning,
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so they knocked it back down to one lane yesterday so they could do the
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repair in that area. And when I drove this morning through that area,
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everything appeared to be okay. Maybe said a little bit rough, but just
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letting you know that. But man, it was backed up for miles.
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I was headed that way. I was headed westbound yesterday about one o'clock yesterday
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afternoon, man, and it was backed up for miles I mean near the
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Tayes Valley exit. But all that appears to be cleared up as of right
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now. So glad that they were able to get that fixed. So Dave
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Tex says, I'm so confused. First, Chuck Norris is a truck or
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something. Now we're gonna eat an elephant. What exactly is this event?
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You gotta understand the way the mind of Rob Reel works. Okay, it's
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you think my mind is warped. Get into the mind of Rob real all
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right, So Chuck Norris is an actor, martial arts guy whatever. Our
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truck that we have with our sister station is called truck Norse. So we're
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doing a live broadcast from Blanche's Diner in Clintena this Saturday afternoon. Rob will
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be there from noon to two, some good home cooking that sort of thing.
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And somehow it got going. I understand on social media that it was
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going to be Chuck Norris that was going to be making an appearance in Blanche
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is not so it is actually truck Norris, the truck, the not the
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actor. Coming up on the show tomorrow and later this week. Tomorrow,
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as I mentioned, Brad Michailhaney and Stephen Allen Adams are going to be here
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to recap the Governor's State of the State, which is tonight also tomorrow.
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Angie Collier from the United Way and Attorney Rusty Webb's going to be stopping by
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the studio tomorrow talk about the opioid settlement. Rusty's been traveling all around like
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Oprah lately. You know, you get a check and you get a check.
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Well, he's going to talk about that on the show tomorrow. On
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Friday's show, Hannah Gardner from the Kannaal Charlest New Main Association is always in
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her Friday slide. Doctor Casey Sacksonbridge Valley will be stopping by and her old
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friend state Senator and one of the guys who wants to be the next Attorney
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General of the State of West Virginia, Mike Stewart. Now, Mike's been
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in the news a lot lately for really pushing bringing the death penalty back to
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West Virginia. Send at President Craig Blair is also stated on this show in
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other places and he would like to see that happen as well. So we're
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going to get Mike's take on that coming up on Friday's show, and again
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that is on Friday. We have a new delegate here in Canawa County,
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the governor yesterday pointing Charleston attorney jb Acres to more Capitol's old seat from the
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fifty fifth delegate district Capital, of course, resigning to focus on his campaign
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for governor, and there's a story posted about that at wv metronews dot com.
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Jb Acres of course ran for mayor at one time against the current mayor,
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Amy Goodwin. He lost that race, so he was sworn in by
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his wife, Judge Mary Claire Acres, yesterday. So the new delegate is
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jb Acres. And of course, not a whole lot of time to,
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you know, learn where the restrooms are and learn where the good vending machines
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are in the Capitol because the session starts today. But we did I did
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talk to jb last night and he is going to be on the show this
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coming Monday. We'll probably have to call us up from the Capitol because the
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legislature will be in session by that point, but he is going to be
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on the show on Monday. The new delegate from the fifty fifth is Delegate
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jb Acres, appointed by the governor yesterday. He will be on the show
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coming up on Monday, A Close with Us Jared Lewis as the story posted
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about this WV metro News dot com, the vice president of local union one
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thirty three of the Postal workers has said they are going to file a national
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grievance against the Post Office because, according to Tim Holstein, to the union,
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the Postal Service did not hold a public meeting in a timely manner concerning
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the future of the Charleston distribution Center. Now, mister Hosting says that according
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to the Postal Service's own rules, that should have already happened by now.
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And again, Jared Lewis breaks it all down as part of his story WV
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Metronews dot com. And we're talking about a center that employees around eight hundred
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people, while around five hundred or so are represented by the union. Now,
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this is the only processing and distribution center that's left in the state of
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West Virginia, and there had been talking of closing it down, perhaps combining
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it or moving it to Pennsylvania. Both Senators Mansion and Capitol have UH issued
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statements and written letters and so on and so forth that they'll do whatever they
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can to make sure that facility, says hoping again. Go over to the
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website wv metronews dot comree Jared's story. All right, gotta go. Thank
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you so much to our producer Ryan Nicholson and all our guests on the show
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today. Coming up tomorrow again we'll review the Governor's stay of the State,
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which is tonight. You can catch that, by the way on the website
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and on this Metro news station. Brad mcklheady and Stephen al Adams will join
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us to talk about that tomorrow. Ang you call here from the United Way,
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We'll be talking about the studios tomorrow, as will Attorney Rusty web Hoppys
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live at the Capitol coming up at ten oh six. I will see you
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tomorrow till then, have fun. I love SOMEBODYSAM ninety six Preston one O
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