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More Businesses Ban Cops · ToddCast Podcast with Todd Starnes

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  Speaker 1: From the principal Toyota studios, it's Morning in Memphis with
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  Speaker 1: Todd Starnes.
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  Speaker 2: And what better way to survive the heat wave than
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  Speaker 2: to hang out with us right here on the Mighty 990. Hello, everybody.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Todd Starnes. Good Tuesday morning to you. Good Wednesday morning.
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  Speaker 2: What day is it? Is it Wednesday? It is Wednesday.
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  Speaker 2: Good Wednesday morning to you. I'm halfway through my first
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  Speaker 2: cup of coffee, folks, so bear with me until my
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  Speaker 2: brain kicks into high gear. Look, Laura Huckabee says it's
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  Speaker 2: going to be hotter than blue blazes. That is an
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  Speaker 2: official meteorological term. She'll be along here in just a
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  Speaker 2: few moments with an updated forecast. Also, Commander Chuck taking
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  Speaker 2: a look at the roadways and those massive construction zones.
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  Speaker 2: They're on I-240 as well as 55 and I-40. So
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  Speaker 2: a lot going on out there. By the way, if
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  Speaker 2: you haven't been to our social media pages, that insane
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  Speaker 2: big rig accident, Amazon delivery truck apparently blew a tire.
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  Speaker 2: The driver lost control, went into the opposite lanes of traffic.
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  Speaker 2: All of this happening now. on Interstate 40 eastbound between
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  Speaker 2: Memphis and Jackson yesterday. And one fatality, the driver of
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  Speaker 2: the truck, they were not able to rescue him. But
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  Speaker 2: a lot of people, a lot of people got hurt.
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  Speaker 2: But the good news is there were not multiple fatalities. Certainly,
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  Speaker 2: we feel for the poor guy in the truck. But
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  Speaker 2: we've got the video of that over on our KWM
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  Speaker 2: social media pages. Would be happy for you to check
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  Speaker 2: that out. Our telephone number, if you want to call
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  Speaker 2: in and weigh in today, 901-260-5926 is, again, our telephone number.
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  Speaker 2: our official KWAM financial advisor, is going to drop by
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  Speaker 2: a little bit later on answering your financial questions. So
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  Speaker 2: free of charge on the radio. That's coming up in
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  Speaker 2: just a little while. You know, it's interesting. John Thune
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  Speaker 2: yesterday was the Senate majority leader, was on Fox, and
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  Speaker 2: he was confirming something that has concerned me. And one
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  Speaker 2: of the big challenges as we look towards the midterm
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  Speaker 2: elections is There just seems to be some lethargy within
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  Speaker 2: the Republican side of the aisle. And it's beginning to
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  Speaker 2: look like this is all intentional. So the majority leader
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  Speaker 2: on Fox News yesterday, as well as Senator John Kennedy
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  Speaker 2: from Louisiana, and they're both confirming that the Senate will
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  Speaker 2: not be helping Ken Paxton defeat James Talafrico. Now, this
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  Speaker 2: is a major Senate race in Texas, but it impacts
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  Speaker 2: all of us because The way this is shaping up,
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  Speaker 2: there could be a chance for the Democrats to actually
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  Speaker 2: get control of the Senate and possibly the House of Representatives.
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  Speaker 2: That's how lethargic Republicans are right now. But what I
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  Speaker 2: find fascinating about this Kim Paxton story, and we talked
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  Speaker 2: about this on the national radio show yesterday at 11
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  Speaker 2: o'clock right here on the Mighty 990. One of the
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  Speaker 2: big concerns is that the Senate Republicans actually spent $ 100
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  Speaker 2: million in for John Cornyn to try and beat Ken
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  Speaker 2: Paxton in the primary, and now all of a sudden
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  Speaker 2: they say they got no money, and they're not going
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  Speaker 2: to be helping Ken Paxton. So both Kennedy and Thune
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  Speaker 2: say if Ken Paxton needs money, he's going to have
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  Speaker 2: to ask President Trump. I am telling you that there
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  Speaker 2: are establishment Republicans, and I know these guys are– some
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  Speaker 2: of you say, well, Todd, all of these guys are
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  Speaker 2: really pro-Trump. No, they're not. Do not be deceived. They
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  Speaker 2: are not pro-Trump. Many of them are closet never-Trumpers. They
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  Speaker 2: may get out in front of the cameras and smile
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  Speaker 2: and say, make America great again, but they are not pro-Trump.
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  Speaker 2: And this is their opportunity to take back the Republican Party.
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  Speaker 2: They know after the midterms Trump is pretty much a
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  Speaker 2: de facto lame duck president at that point, and they're
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  Speaker 2: going to do what they want to do. And if
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  Speaker 2: that means going back into the minority, many of those
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  Speaker 2: Republicans are okay with that. They have absolutely no problem
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  Speaker 2: with that. So here is John Kennedy yesterday on Fox.
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  Speaker 2: Cut number 27, please.
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  Speaker 3: It didn't sound from his answer that the president made
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  Speaker 3: any commitments, either himself or through his super PAC, to
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  Speaker 3: write checks for Paxton, at least right now.
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  Speaker 4: Does Senate Leadership.
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  Speaker 3: Fund or NRSC have any plans for TV ads to
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  Speaker 3: support him? Because he's down in spending there.
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  Speaker 5: Well, I listened to your interview. It was very good,
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  Speaker 5: by the way, with the attorney general. Look, there's no
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  Speaker 5: sense bubble wrapping it.
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  Speaker 2: We've got a race in Texas.
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  Speaker 5: And the attorney general is going to have to do
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  Speaker 5: two things. He's going to have to point out the
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  Speaker 5: deficiencies of Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Tabarrico.
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  Speaker 5: He really is a lulu.
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  Speaker 2: Linen, and he's a little bit of a weenie. But
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  Speaker 2: at the same time, Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Paxton is going to have to talk about what he's
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  Speaker 5: going to do, a positive platform for the United States Senate.
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  Speaker 5: You can't win an election by saying the other guy
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  Speaker 5: is worse than me.
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  Speaker 6: Money is an issue.
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  Speaker 2: Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Tallarico has been raising bucket loads of money from California, Hollywood,
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  Speaker 5: all the beautiful people who partied with Harvey Weinstein. we
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  Speaker 5: in the Senate don't have the money budgeted for Texas.
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  Speaker 5: We need help from the president. The president says he
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  Speaker 5: has $ 850 million in his campaign accounts.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. We're done. We're done. So, look, here's the deal here. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: the president's got that money. The president is going to
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  Speaker 2: spend money in Texas as well as here in Tennessee.
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  Speaker 2: I have no doubt about that. But the reality is,
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  Speaker 2: What are the members of Congress doing? What are the
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  Speaker 2: Republican members of Congress doing? So last night, so let's
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  Speaker 2: bring this back to Tennessee. Last night on News Nation,
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  Speaker 2: this was the subject of discussion as they talk about
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  Speaker 2: the lethargic nature of the Republicans. Cut number 32, please.
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  Speaker 4: And Steve, I was going to ask you too quickly,
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  Speaker 4: in your home of Hamilton County, Tennessee, where you are now,
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  Speaker 4: the Republican barely squeezed out a win in the mayoral
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  Speaker 4: election after winning in 2022 by 16 points. And the
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  Speaker 4: Republican in Knox County also barely won the mayoral election.
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  Speaker 4: Trump carried both of these counties in 2024. So should
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  Speaker 4: the GOP be taking these early warning signs seriously before
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  Speaker 4: the midterms?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, yes.
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  Speaker 1: I wrote an article about this because, frankly, I was astounded.
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  Speaker 2: I live here.
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  Speaker 1: This is one of the reddest parts in America, eastern Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: These should be easy races. They were easy races four
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  Speaker 1: years ago, and they got uncomfortably tight this time. That
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  Speaker 1: tells me that on a turnout basis, Democrats are incredibly
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  Speaker 1: fired up, even in deeply red parts of the country.
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  Speaker 2: So the Democrats aren't going to win Tennessee. They're certainly
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  Speaker 2: not going to win eastern Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: But the fact that they made this uncomfortable for us
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  Speaker 1: in Hamilton County, where I live, that is absolutely absolutely
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  Speaker 1: a warning sign to all of America and to Republicans.
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  Speaker 1: You better develop a sense of urgency right now, because
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  Speaker 1: as things stand today, we're in trouble.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, look, it's a great word of warning and it's
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  Speaker 2: a caution. And I can promise you I'll get text
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  Speaker 2: messages from Starnes, stop being a negative Nancy. No, stop
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  Speaker 2: being a negative Nancy. I'm just telling you, got to
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  Speaker 2: wake up Republicans, and otherwise you could be surprised on
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  Speaker 2: Election Day. And my question to you here in the Mid-South,
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  Speaker 2: what do you want to see Republicans do that they
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  Speaker 2: are not doing? Give us a call, 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to take a quick break here. When we
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  Speaker 2: come back, There are even more businesses that have now
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  Speaker 2: announced they're going to refuse service to law enforcement officers
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  Speaker 2: here in the Mid-South. So we're going to name these names.
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  Speaker 2: We've got the list of the businesses. We're going to
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  Speaker 2: name those only so you know these are the businesses.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not telling you to boycott these businesses. We're just
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  Speaker 2: telling you these are the businesses on the record saying
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  Speaker 2: they don't like cops. They're pro-criminal. So therefore, and just
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  Speaker 2: keep this in mind, if you go to these establishments,
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  Speaker 2: there may be criminals there. And why would the criminals
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  Speaker 2: not be there? I mean, the criminals are going to
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  Speaker 2: want to go wherever there are not cops, right? So
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  Speaker 2: it makes perfect sense. So anyway, we're going to be
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  Speaker 2: naming names. Also, some poignant video and audio we've got
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  Speaker 2: as Sheriff Lloyd Bonner calls it a day and rides
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  Speaker 2: off into the sunset. You're going to want to stick
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  Speaker 2: around for that. Might want to grab some tissue as well.
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  Speaker 2: You'll get a little misty there on that one. Also,
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  Speaker 2: your chance to win a pair of tickets to go
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  Speaker 2: see Alabama right now at Live at the Garden. All
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  Speaker 2: you have to do is answer the trivia question. Republicans
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  Speaker 2: next week holding a big midterm rally. What city in
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  Speaker 2: America are the Republicans gathering in for their big midterm
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  Speaker 2: rally next week. If you know the answer, give us
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  Speaker 2: a call. You win a pair of tickets to see
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  Speaker 2: Alabama live at the Garden, 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. I'm Todd
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  Speaker 2: Stearns in the principal Toyota Memphis studios. We'll be right back.
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  Speaker 2: All right, it is going to be a hot one today, everybody.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning. I'm Todd Starnes, and we are just getting
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  Speaker 2: cranked up here in the Mid-South. Hope you're having a
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  Speaker 2: great start to the day. All you folks from West
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  Speaker 2: Memphis coming across the Mississippi River Bridge there, good morning
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  Speaker 2: to you as well. By the way, I told you,
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  Speaker 2: today we just have a weird day because we have
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  Speaker 2: a lot of stuff to give away. But here's what
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  Speaker 2: we're going to do. Right now we've got an autographed copy.
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  Speaker 2: My brand new book, it's called The Golden Age, How
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  Speaker 2: All right, we've got to talk about this. There is
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  Speaker 2: a crazy situation happening in Collierville where there is a
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  Speaker 2: lot of anger. I mean, the citizens of with torches
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  Speaker 2: and pitchforks. I mean, that's how crazy it is right now.
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  Speaker 2: And there's been a lot of concern over the treatment
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  Speaker 2: of the former fire chief, who by all indications is
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  Speaker 2: a good and decent man, who literally has been treated
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  Speaker 2: so unfairly. And there is just a lot of frustration
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  Speaker 2: about over how all of this went down and, honestly,
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  Speaker 2: what happens next. And most of the controversy seems to
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  Speaker 2: be around the town administrator, Molly Maynor, who, by the way,
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  Speaker 2: and this is sort of odd, apparently there's been at
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  Speaker 2: least one other Collierville employee who got a nasty letter
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  Speaker 2: from the administrator because of something he wrote on his
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  Speaker 2: personal Facebook page, on his personal social media page. And
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  Speaker 2: this guy is not, I mean, I tell you, I
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  Speaker 2: didn't know who the guy was. And so it was
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  Speaker 2: like he was, you know, a, you know, you don't
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  Speaker 2: want to diminish anyone, but this was not some sort
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  Speaker 2: of a high profile position here. But what business is
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  Speaker 2: it of the town administrator? What anybody post on their
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  Speaker 2: personal Facebook page in all seriousness?
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: But it seems as though this town administrator there in
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  Speaker 2: Collierville is basically ruling like this is her own fiefdom,
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  Speaker 2: and you will do as she says or you will
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  Speaker 2: be gone. And it certainly appears that's what happened to
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  Speaker 2: the poor fire chief. John Selberg, who all of this
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  Speaker 2: started a couple of weeks ago, placed on administrative leave,
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  Speaker 2: And this thing just exploded. And I know Justin Johnson,
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  Speaker 2: one of the conservative leaders in Collierville, has been all
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  Speaker 2: over this story. And a lot of people are just really,
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  Speaker 2: really frustrated. But there have been a lot of problems.
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  Speaker 2: And I think this is the accumulation of those problems
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  Speaker 2: is that these little issues— have just reached finally to
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  Speaker 2: a boiling point in Collierville, and people are really demanding
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  Speaker 2: to know what's going on. Former town employees are very concerned.
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  Speaker 2: There have been terminations, disciplinary actions, a lot going on there.
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  Speaker 2: So the question is, how do you guys handle this
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  Speaker 2: in Collierville? I mean, we're talking about one of the
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  Speaker 2: fastest growing cities in West Tennessee, well over 50,000 people.
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  Speaker 2: And you do have to wonder, where the blame falls here.
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  Speaker 2: Is it the town administrator? Is it the mayor? Is
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  Speaker 2: it the board of aldermen? They've got to get it
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  Speaker 2: together out there in Collierville. But a very disturbing, a
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  Speaker 2: very disturbing situation. And it certainly seems at the very
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  Speaker 2: least the fire chief deserves his job back if he
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  Speaker 2: would even be willing to come back. I mean, after
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  Speaker 2: the way he was treated, that's insane. And I've heard
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  Speaker 2: some of the backstories And it's troubling. It is absolutely troubling.
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  Speaker 2: And it seems to me if this was happening in
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  Speaker 2: any other city, this would be major, major news. It
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  Speaker 2: is not getting as much attention. And one of the
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  Speaker 2: reasons why, apparently, I mean, there are reports that town
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  Speaker 2: leaders are actually going after local citizens who are basically
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  Speaker 2: just trying to say, hey, folks, we've got problems here. Jeezaloo.
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  Speaker 2: So good luck to all you folks in Collierville. We're
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  Speaker 2: going to keep an eye on this, and any of
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  Speaker 2: you folks in Collierville want to weigh in, 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926.
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  Speaker 2: All right, let's go to the phone lines here. Kathy,
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  Speaker 2: and Kathy, where are you calling us from? Well, I'm
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  Speaker 2: on the road between Jackson and Gadsden, Todd.
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  Speaker 7: Good morning.
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  Speaker 2: Kathy, good morning. So Gadsden and Jackson, that's a lot
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  Speaker 2: of roadway right there. It is, but it's.
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  Speaker 7: For my grandbaby, and you know you do anything for
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  Speaker 7: your grandkids.
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  Speaker 2: Kathy, you got to. Absolutely. So if they call, you
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  Speaker 2: got to put down what you're doing, and you got
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  Speaker 2: to hop in the car and go.
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  Speaker 8: And be happy about it.
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  Speaker 5: That's right.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. All right. Well, Kathy, you're making the right choice
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  Speaker 2: by listening to KWAM. And congratulations, because you've just won
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  Speaker 2: a signed copy of my new book. It's called The
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  Speaker 2: Golden Age, How Trump Saved America. Thank you. Kathy, we're
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  Speaker 2: going to put you on hold, and we're going to–
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  Speaker 2: Helen's going to get all your information, and we'll get
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  Speaker 2: that book to you, and we just wish you safe
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  Speaker 2: travels to visit the grandkids.
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  Speaker 8: Thank you, Todd. I hope you have a good day today.
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  Speaker 2: Well, thank you, Kathy. I appreciate that. Wow, Kathy's in
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  Speaker 2: a very chipper mood this morning. Congratulations, and it is
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  Speaker 2: that simple, and we're just honored. Look, we just love
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  Speaker 2: you guys. We have the best audience in all of
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  Speaker 2: is our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. On kwamradio.com. We have
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  Speaker 2: the story of these 50 business. There are more than
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  Speaker 2: 50 businesses now that have announced they will not do
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  Speaker 2: business with anyone associated with the Memphis Safe Task Force.
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: And by the way, that includes law enforcement. And I
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: doubt that many of you folks are going to these
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  Speaker 2: places anyway. But I want to go through some of
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  Speaker 2: the list here. The first one is called the sandwich spot.
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  Speaker 2: The next one, the four-way soul food restaurant, Boycott Coffee.
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  Speaker 2: What a weird name for a coffee shop there. La
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  Speaker 2: Fiesta Market. Panadaria, number three and number four. I'm not
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  Speaker 2: sure about number one or number two. Tamboli's Pasta and Pizza. Man,
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  Speaker 2: those guys. Those guys are off the charts insane. Lulu's
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  Speaker 2: Cafe and Bakery, Underground Art, and the Midtown Bramble and Bloom.
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  Speaker 2: Got to take a break. We'll be right back. All right.
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  Speaker 2: It's getting a little steamy in Eads. 79 degrees right
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  Speaker 2: now over at Briarcrest Christian. You know, we shouldn't use
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  Speaker 2: the word steamy in Briarcrest Christian School in the same sentence.
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  Speaker 2: So sorry about that, Briarcrest. It's it's hot. Hotter than
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  Speaker 2: blue blazes out there at Eads. 79 degrees right now.
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  Speaker 2: The high today expected to be 99 degrees. If you
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  Speaker 2: think that's bad, wait until Friday. 100 degrees, the literal high.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll keep you updated. Laura Huckabee standing by in
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  Speaker 2: a kiddie pool, and she'll have the complete KWM forecast.
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  Speaker 2: Before we bring in Adam Martin, I want to go
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  Speaker 2: to the phone lines. Jason in Collierville wants to weigh
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  Speaker 2: in on what's happening there in the lovely town of Collierville. Hi, Jason.
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  Speaker 2: Good to have you with us this morning.
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  Speaker 7: Thanks, Todd, as always, for having me on and bringing
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  Speaker 7: up the news in Collierville.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, let's get right to it. What's going on?
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  Speaker 7: Well, look, the entire town is fed up about our
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  Speaker 7: fire chief being basically forced to retire. And now we've
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  Speaker 7: got people doing a lot of Freedom of Information Request
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  Speaker 7: acts and pulling a lot of stuff that these people
• 19:54
  Speaker 7: thought would stand to rest. We've seen the $ 14, 000 overpayment
• 19:58
  Speaker 7: of our town administrator's car stipend to $ 450 a month.
• 20:03
  Speaker 7: We've seen in four years her salary go from $ 170, 000
• 20:05
  Speaker 7: to $ 217, 000. We've seen the addition of a deputy town administrator,
• 20:13
  Speaker 7: a position that was never here before. That's what I
• 20:16
  Speaker 7: assume is about $ 125, 000 a year. We're seeing our HR
• 20:22
  Speaker 7: director reported for using a cuss word on his own
• 20:25
  Speaker 7: private social media and given a final write-up and warning.
• 20:29
  Speaker 7: We're seeing a click, a mean girl thing, and it
• 20:31
  Speaker 7: involves people on the board of mayor and aldermen. and
• 20:35
  Speaker 7: our town administrator, and we are absolutely sick of it.
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: Yeah, let me ask you a question. I'm sorry, you
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: said she's making, what, over $ 200, 000 as the town administrator?
• 20:46
  Speaker 7: Our town administrator's published salary is $ 217, 000, on top of
• 20:48
  Speaker 7: the $ 450 a month car stipend she gets that for
• 20:50
  Speaker 7: the past 58 pay cycles was doubled over And now
• 20:59
  Speaker 7: she got a $ 14, 000 interest-free loan that she's now paying
• 21:03
  Speaker 7: back at $ 200 a pay cycle.
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: This is insane. According to, and again, these are the
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: numbers out there, and don't hold me to these. She's
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: making more money than the mayor of Memphis, Paul Young,
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: who is making about $ 210, 000 a year. And of course,
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: the president of the United States is making $ 400, 000 a year.
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: You wonder what in the world is she doing to
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: earn that kind of cash in Collierville?
• 21:32
  Speaker 7: Well, and why does she now, why all of a
• 21:35
  Speaker 7: sudden do we need a deputy? She has an assistant.
• 21:38
  Speaker 7: Now we have a deputy. We have an HR director.
• 21:40
  Speaker 7: You know, we're spending well over half a million dollars
• 21:44
  Speaker 7: on the administrator staff that she's got. And I'm just
• 21:48
  Speaker 7: wondering why. We just saw recently a PIO opinion piece
• 21:52
  Speaker 7: came out in the Daily Breeze praising the Molly, which
• 21:56
  Speaker 7: is a clear and direct violation of our town's policy
• 22:01
  Speaker 7: when talking to the media. She did not do the
• 22:03
  Speaker 7: disclaimer that her views represented her own, and she clearly
• 22:07
  Speaker 7: identified herself as the PIO.
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: So ultimately, Jason, what's the bottom line here? What are
• 22:14
  Speaker 2: you guys, what needs to happen? What are people calling
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: for there in Collierville?
• 22:19
  Speaker 7: Well, they're calling for, I think the biggest thing people
• 22:21
  Speaker 7: are calling for is Molly Maynard needs to go. And
• 22:25
  Speaker 7: everybody on the Board of Aldermen that have had this issue,
• 22:29
  Speaker 7: that are pushing for our fire chief to be fired,
• 22:32
  Speaker 7: they need.
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: To go as well.
• 22:34
  Speaker 7: And that's going to be the biggest thing on the
• 22:36
  Speaker 7: ballot coming up in November for us during the midterms.
• 22:39
  Speaker 7: There's the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. There's three seats open.
• 22:43
  Speaker 7: I'm running for seat one. And there's a reason, because
• 22:46
  Speaker 7: the people of Collierville are fed up.
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: Yeah, this is– it is not a good situation. You
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: guys are getting a black eye. I mean, just set
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: aside everything else. And you're right. This sounds like mean
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: girls is what– I think that's a great way to
• 23:00
  Speaker 2: frame it. But beyond that, I mean, the black eye
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: you guys are getting, people are laughing. I mean, Collierville
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: is becoming a laughingstock because of the ineptness of the
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: board of mayor and aldermen and what's happening there with
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: the town administrator.
• 23:13
  Speaker 7: Yeah, we disrespected a man with nearly 50 years of
• 23:18
  Speaker 7: fire service.
• 23:19
  Speaker 8: Yeah.
• 23:21
  Speaker 7: Four years ago, when he was unanimously selected for the job,
• 23:25
  Speaker 7: he was called one of the most inspirational and respected
• 23:29
  Speaker 7: leaders in the entire state for fire services. And now
• 23:32
  Speaker 7: we're paying him a year's salary to stay home. And
• 23:35
  Speaker 7: then we're going to pay another person. So we're going
• 23:38
  Speaker 7: to pay over $ 320, 000 this year for a fire chief.
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: That's nuts. Jay, let me ask you, is this true?
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: We had heard that the fire chief, all of this
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: started because the fire chief did not want to embrace diversity, equity,
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: and inclusion policies. Is that accurate?
• 23:56
  Speaker 7: Now, it's something that we've all heard. And when you
• 23:59
  Speaker 7: hear it enough times, there's got to be some truth
• 24:01
  Speaker 7: to that. You know, we've also heard that People on
• 24:05
  Speaker 7: the board of mayor and aldermen wanted somebody else in
• 24:07
  Speaker 7: that position. So who knows? You know, we're going to
• 24:11
  Speaker 7: get to the bottom of it.
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: Yeah, got to request.
• 24:15
  Speaker 7: We are getting these things and we are publishing them
• 24:17
  Speaker 7: and we're posting. We've got people doing it every single day.
• 24:20
  Speaker 7: We're going to find emails. We're going to find messages.
• 24:22
  Speaker 7: We're going to find meeting notes. that are public record
• 24:25
  Speaker 7: that they don't realize it. And we are going to
• 24:27
  Speaker 7: publish these things until the full truth comes out.
• 24:29
  Speaker 2: Well, good for you. And look, you guys have an
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: open platform here. Jason Lettervine, thank you for phoning in
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: and good luck to you out there on the campaign trail.
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: um and and again it's just chaos in collierville right
• 24:45
  Speaker 2: now it's just kind of a shock you kind of
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: thought they would have their act together unbelievable 901-260-5926 our
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: telephone number that's 901-260-5926 we are honored to have our
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: good friend adam martin from bluffcityadvisory.com joining us a financial
• 25:04
  Speaker 2: advisor adam good to see you it's been a while
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: it has i'm glad to be Yeah, and congratulations, new gig,
• 25:11
  Speaker 2: Bluff City Advisory. So what are you guys advising the
• 25:14
  Speaker 2: Bluff City on?
• 25:15
  Speaker 6: So we are a comprehensive financial planning firm. Obviously, that's
• 25:19
  Speaker 6: what my background is. We have, you know, decades of
• 25:23
  Speaker 6: experience there. It's me and two other guys, Sharag Shohan
• 25:27
  Speaker 6: and Ben Steele. You know, Sharag graduated from Rhodes College,
• 25:31
  Speaker 6: so he's a local guy. Ben went to Ole Miss.
• 25:33
  Speaker 6: He actually played football for them, four-year starter, during the
• 25:37
  Speaker 6: Hugh Freeze era. It was a good fit for me.
• 25:41
  Speaker 6: We cleared through LPL Financial, who is the largest independent
• 25:45
  Speaker 6: broker dealer in the country. And why is that important?
• 25:49
  Speaker 6: Independent is a non-proprietary firm. So when we sit down
• 25:54
  Speaker 6: with a client, we have the opportunity to listen first
• 25:57
  Speaker 6: and understand, okay, what is it that you guys need?
• 26:00
  Speaker 6: And then we get to go to the marketplace and
• 26:02
  Speaker 6: we're not held to a certain company trying to drive
• 26:04
  Speaker 6: profits for a certain company. This is What's the best fit?
• 26:08
  Speaker 6: Is that through this carrier? Is it through this carrier?
• 26:11
  Speaker 6: Is it this mutual fund? Is it this ETF? So
• 26:13
  Speaker 6: it's just a really good opportunity to serve the Mid-South
• 26:16
  Speaker 6: community better.
• 26:17
  Speaker 2: Adam Martin, again, with BluffCityAdvisory.com. That's BluffCityAdvisory.com. You know, we
• 26:23
  Speaker 2: have a pretty diverse audience out there, a lot of youngsters,
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: a lot of folks that are senior Saints. I'm curious,
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: you know, the folks that are coming to you guys,
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: what are the big issues that you are seeing right now?
• 26:37
  Speaker 6: You know, the interest rates is the biggest topic of
• 26:40
  Speaker 6: conversation these days is like, how does this affect me?
• 26:43
  Speaker 6: And when we think about like bond portfolios, interest rates
• 26:46
  Speaker 6: have a direct reflect on those. So when those retirees
• 26:50
  Speaker 6: get into, you know, are closer to retirement, One of
• 26:53
  Speaker 6: the things that we typically do is we scale back risk.
• 26:56
  Speaker 6: So we go less of the equity stock positions and
• 26:59
  Speaker 6: more towards fixed income bonds. And so the topics of
• 27:02
  Speaker 6: conversations right now is really around what happened at the
• 27:06
  Speaker 6: symposium in Jackson Hole and what Kevin Warsh elated to
• 27:10
  Speaker 6: is the inflation is still sticky. And that the interest
• 27:15
  Speaker 6: rates were in an environment where we may have to
• 27:17
  Speaker 6: raise the rates, we may keep them stable. So the
• 27:20
  Speaker 6: uncertainty there is what we've been talking a lot about
• 27:22
  Speaker 6: these days.
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: I know there's been a lot of talk nationally about
• 27:26
  Speaker 2: issues like affordability, young people trying to figure out how
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: you get that first job. first home. How do you
• 27:32
  Speaker 2: guys walk people and counsel people through those big life
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: decisions financially?
• 27:37
  Speaker 6: Well, you know, we try to just have a realistic
• 27:40
  Speaker 6: conversation and get them to a point of like, okay,
• 27:45
  Speaker 6: we have a really bad tendency in today's age to
• 27:47
  Speaker 6: want it now and instantaneous gratification. So we literally get
• 27:52
  Speaker 6: back to a humble conversation of let's see if all
• 27:56
  Speaker 6: the foundation of what you're trying to do is in
• 27:58
  Speaker 6: place first. So like cash reserves, we don't want you
• 28:00
  Speaker 6: over leveraging yourself. So having those conversations, especially with the
• 28:04
  Speaker 6: younger crowd, it's an educational opportunity for them to say.
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: Okay, I will buy that house one.
• 28:12
  Speaker 6: Day, but maybe not today. Maybe I need to stack
• 28:14
  Speaker 6: my cash up first. And then whenever, I do get
• 28:18
  Speaker 6: to a position where I can buy a home, then
• 28:20
  Speaker 6: the interest rates may have changed.
• 28:22
  Speaker 2: They may be lower.
• 28:23
  Speaker 6: So it may be a better opportunity for a younger
• 28:25
  Speaker 6: person to buy a house and not get into a
• 28:27
  Speaker 6: very expensive mortgage at a high interest rate.
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: Adam Martin joining us, financial advisor for BluffCityAdvisory.com. That's BluffCityAdvisory.com.
• 28:38
  Speaker 2: A lot of folks also looking at retirement. You know,
• 28:41
  Speaker 2: I hear this from a lot of people my own age,
• 28:43
  Speaker 2: and I'm like, how are you retiring? You know, I've
• 28:45
  Speaker 2: still got good 20 years, but a lot of people
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: are looking at doing early retirement. What are some of
• 28:51
  Speaker 2: the things that people who are looking to retire need
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: to start doing now?
• 28:55
  Speaker 6: You know, I would literally just come have a conversation.
• 28:59
  Speaker 6: What we do is we do comprehensive planning. So we
• 29:02
  Speaker 6: have a software that gets to run a thousand trials.
• 29:05
  Speaker 6: We call it a Monte Carlo scenario. So it runs
• 29:08
  Speaker 6: bull market scenarios, bear market scenarios, high inflation, stagflation. And
• 29:14
  Speaker 6: why that's a good thing if you're planning for retirement
• 29:16
  Speaker 6: is that we call this a stress test.
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: We can see what kind of assets do you have.
• 29:21
  Speaker 6: And if we challenge it with these different scenarios, do
• 29:24
  Speaker 6: you still run a high probability of success?
• 29:27
  Speaker 2: So a lot of.
• 29:27
  Speaker 6: Times what we see is just getting that score and
• 29:31
  Speaker 6: knowing where you sit today provides a lot of mental
• 29:35
  Speaker 6: clarity and gives you more confidence to feel like I'm
• 29:38
  Speaker 6: ready to do this. Or I need to probably work
• 29:42
  Speaker 6: a little bit longer just to get myself in a
• 29:44
  Speaker 6: better position. But at least you know where you're starting
• 29:47
  Speaker 6: from to know where you want to go.
• 29:49
  Speaker 2: Let's say, you know, what age do you start, like,
• 29:52
  Speaker 2: planning for retirement? The sooner the better.
• 29:55
  Speaker 6: You know, I would always say that time value of
• 29:57
  Speaker 6: money is one of the most important aspects of financial planning,
• 30:00
  Speaker 6: and that's why it's important for compound interest to work
• 30:03
  Speaker 6: over the long term.
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: But if you're.
• 30:04
  Speaker 6: Somebody who is 55 and you're thinking– Age 65 retirement.
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: Is what I would like to do.
• 30:10
  Speaker 6: That gives you a 10 year run runway to to
• 30:13
  Speaker 6: really get things in order. If you're playing catch up
• 30:16
  Speaker 6: and we need to do some extra contributions, which, you know,
• 30:19
  Speaker 6: through the catch up contribution, you can do that. So
• 30:23
  Speaker 6: about a 10 year window from when you want to retire.
• 30:25
  Speaker 6: It's really good to sit down and start planning.
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: So really, any financial questions that people have, they can
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: give you a call and you'll take them through the process.
• 30:34
  Speaker 6: That's absolutely correct. I mean, and our team is great.
• 30:37
  Speaker 6: We've got an admin who, her name is Sandra Purdom.
• 30:40
  Speaker 6: She's been in the business, who was previously licensed, and
• 30:43
  Speaker 6: she does a great job of, you know, getting everybody scheduled,
• 30:47
  Speaker 6: getting them in, introducing all the team members, and, you know,
• 30:51
  Speaker 6: The playbook is wide open. There's not a situation out
• 30:54
  Speaker 6: there that we can't handle.
• 30:54
  Speaker 2: See, I love this. And I say get them as
• 30:57
  Speaker 2: young as you possibly can. You're 16 years old. You've
• 31:00
  Speaker 2: got your own little lawn mowing business. Man, start putting
• 31:03
  Speaker 2: some of that money away. You don't have to put
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: all of it away. You don't want to get the
• 31:06
  Speaker 2: video games and whatnot.
• 31:07
  Speaker 6: I'm a big believer in pay yourself first. Before you
• 31:10
  Speaker 6: go and pay any bills, take 10% of what you
• 31:13
  Speaker 6: made and put it in a piggy bank.
• 31:14
  Speaker 2: I love that. It's great advice. And folks, That's the
• 31:19
  Speaker 2: whole point of this is we want to make sure
• 31:20
  Speaker 2: our audience is financially secure and prepared, and we want
• 31:24
  Speaker 2: to start them young, as they say.
• 31:27
  Speaker 7: Absolutely.
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: All right, Adam, where can people reach you? You can
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: give me a call.
• 31:32
  Speaker 6: Our office number is 901-365-3447, or just simply send me
• 31:38
  Speaker 6: an email. It's adam at bluffcityadvisory.com.
• 31:42
  Speaker 2: All right. Again, bluffcityadvisory.com. That's bluffcityadvisory.com. That number, 901-365-3447. That's 901-365-3447.
• 31:53
  Speaker 2: All right, we've got to take a quick break here.
• 31:59
  Speaker 2: Before we do, Adam, we'll see you every Wednesday, right?
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: That's right. Every Wednesday, 735, right here on the Mighty 990.
• 32:07
  Speaker 2: Some sad news. I mean, Sheriff Floyd Bonner leaving. He's
• 32:11
  Speaker 2: retiring and leaving law enforcement. And yesterday, I want you
• 32:16
  Speaker 2: to hear what happened as Floyd Bonner decided to drive
• 32:21
  Speaker 2: off into the sunset. Cut number 30. Car 20.
• 32:26
  Speaker 8: Car 20, I'd like to signal C for the very
• 32:36
  Speaker 8: last time. It has been an honor, pleasure to serve
• 32:40
  Speaker 8: all of you, the men and women of Shelby County
• 32:42
  Speaker 8: Sheriff's Office. as your sheriff. I wish you nothing but
• 32:46
  Speaker 8: the best in the future. God bless you all. Stay safe.
• 32:50
  Speaker 8: Car 21.
• 32:55
  Speaker 5: Check card 20.
• 32:56
  Speaker 6: Attention all cars.
• 32:57
  Speaker 4: Attention all cars.
• 32:59
  Speaker 2: Significance for special transmission.
• 33:04
  Speaker 7: Today I present years of dedicated service.
• 33:06
  Speaker 6: To the citizens of Shield County.
• 33:08
  Speaker 7: In eight years leading as our sheriff, Mr.
• 33:11
  Speaker 5: Ford Bonner Jr. has given signals for the final time.
• 33:15
  Speaker 4: Throughout a career marked by unwavering commitment, honor, and.
• 33:19
  Speaker 1: Integrity, On behalf of the Chevy County Sheriff's Office, the
• 33:23
  Speaker 1: citizens you have protected, and the.
• 33:26
  Speaker 7: County fliers you have touched, we thank you, Sheriff Flutter.
• 33:42
  Speaker 8: For your lifetime of service, sacrifice, and leadership, your.
• 33:47
  Speaker 7: Existence helped me to wear the badge and.
• 33:50
  Speaker 2: Honor the brand.
• 33:51
  Speaker 6: Even though your wife is Indian, your legacy.
• 33:54
  Speaker 1: Will be defined.
• 33:55
  Speaker 4: You knew me trying.
• 33:57
  Speaker 5: The lives you touched and the community you made safer.
• 34:00
  Speaker 8: Sheriff Bonner, you are.
• 34:01
  Speaker 2: Officially Sigma Zed. We wish you a long.
• 34:04
  Speaker 6: Happy, and well-deserved permit.
• 34:07
  Speaker 5: God bless you.
• 34:08
  Speaker 2: And know that you will always.
• 34:09
  Speaker 7: Be a part of the Shelby County Sheriff's Office. You
• 34:13
  Speaker 7: may resume normal traffic.
• 34:15
  Speaker 8: Amazing. They'll be zooming by in a few minutes.
• 34:25
  Speaker 1: And that's when John gets into gear.
• 34:28
  Speaker 2: You know, though, that.
• 34:33
  Speaker 2: Now they're starting lots of traffic going by here.
• 34:38
  Speaker 1: Most mornings and afternoons, if the weather isn't bad, you'll
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: find John waving away.
• 34:43
  Speaker 2: Rush hour stress and frustration.
• 34:45
  Speaker 3: I think it's nice.
• 34:46
  Speaker 1: His reason is simple and pure.
• 34:48
  Speaker 5: Smiling away is contagious.
• 34:51
  Speaker 6: John caught the hello habit during 31 years as a
• 34:55
  Speaker 6: railroad engineer.
• 34:56
  Speaker 5: Everybody waved to the train crew, and I'd wave back.
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: Now he's got the fastest wave.
• 35:03
  Speaker 2: In the South.
• 35:05
  Speaker 7: Wow.
• 35:05
  Speaker 2: All right. Anybody remember John E. Martin? He was known
• 35:10
  Speaker 2: back in the 1980s and 90s as the waving man
• 35:14
  Speaker 2: of Memphis, and he was... He was like a local celebrity. Mr.
• 35:19
  Speaker 2: Martin would stand close to, what, East High School, and
• 35:23
  Speaker 2: he would just smile and wave at motorists. I mean,
• 35:26
  Speaker 2: it was something very simple. And he became so popular
• 35:30
  Speaker 2: that David Letterman actually invited Mr. Martin onto the Late
• 35:34
  Speaker 2: Night with David Letterman show. That was, what, 1989, right?
• 35:39
  Speaker 2: I think Billy Crystal. It was Johnny Martin and Billy Crystal.
• 35:43
  Speaker 2: And Mr. Martin said a smile and a wave are contagious. So, wow,
• 35:49
  Speaker 2: what a great. I mean, again, just going back, remembering
• 35:52
  Speaker 2: how great things used to be in Memphis. Maybe we
• 35:56
  Speaker 2: need more people waving on the sides of the roads,
• 35:59
  Speaker 2: not waving guns, but just saying, how do you do Memphis?
• 36:04
  Speaker 2: I don't know. Anyway, Mr. Martin, he passed away in 2001.
• 36:07
  Speaker 2: He was 95 years old, but he was known to
• 36:12
  Speaker 2: the rest of the nation as the Waving Man. Oh,
• 36:15
  Speaker 2: he also had his dog out there, a little dog
• 36:17
  Speaker 2: named Tiger. So, well done. All right. So, if you
• 36:22
  Speaker 2: remember Mr. Martin, give us a call, 901-260-5926. A little
• 36:25
  Speaker 2: blast from the past of Memphis history. Tomorrow, we have
• 36:32
  Speaker 2: a great show lined up for you. We're going to
• 36:34
  Speaker 2: be talking politics, also the very latest on the Memphis
• 36:38
  Speaker 2: Safe Task Force. And we're going to have folks from
• 36:41
  Speaker 2: the Highland 100 joining us, the big booster club for
• 36:44
  Speaker 2: Memphis Tigers. Of course, the big game Saturday. And we're
• 36:47
  Speaker 2: going to be talking about all the great things that
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: are happening there at Liberty Stadium. So it's going to
• 36:52
  Speaker 2: be a lot of fun. and a chance for you
• 36:53
  Speaker 2: to win more free stuff as well. Folks, get out
• 36:57
  Speaker 2: there and have a great one. I will see you
• 36:58
  Speaker 2: back here at 11 o'clock right here on the Mighty 990.