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06-20-2024 - The Dave Allen Show on 580 Live: Dr. Casey Sacks from BridgeValley and Celebrating West Virginia · WCHS Network Podcasts

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So we're gonna talk to Rusty about that coming up. And by the
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way, it is West Virginia Day, so happy, Happy West Virginia Day
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to you. Pigley Wiggly Hotline three zero four three four five fifty eight fifty
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zero zero eight. The esteemed doctor, doctor Casey sachs Bridge Valley's here morning,
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Welcome to the show, Dave. Happy West Virginia Day in West Virginia
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did all right. So here's what I'm gonna do, because I'll say this,
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Hoppy is gonna, as he always does on talk line, on West
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Virginia Day, is going to celebrate the state, have different people on to
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talk about their experience at West Virginia. You are not a West Virginian by
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birth, I am, But as the old saying goes, you're by choice,
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and you got here as quickly as you could. That's right, all
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right. And you are from originally tell us where you're from. Originally Colorado?
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Gotlorado, all right? So what is it that led you to West
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Virginia other than just the job at Bridge? Because jobs are one thing,
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okay, but people don't work twenty four hours a day, it seems like
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it sometimes when people don't work twenty four hours a day, there's got to
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be lifestyle, there's got to be all these other things. What is it
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that appealed to West Virginia about doctor Casey Sax? Well, you know,
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I actually I moved to West Virginia, and then I moved away to go
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to work in Washington, d C. And I moved back to West Virginia.
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So the more interesting question is why do you move back to West Virgia.
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Okay, that's a very good question. Yeah, And I moved back
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because it's a wonderful state. It's such a beautiful place. There's so much
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going on here. I'm constantly amazed by my students and community and just really
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believe in helping to make this place better. And when you say it's a
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beautiful state, you're from Colorado, I am, I know beautiful states.
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Yeah, what is so beautiful about West Virginia to you? So? I
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love deciduous trees. I'm frequently found out in the forest hiking with my dogs.
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I think just the biodiversity here is incredible. I'd never seen ghost plants
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before. I had never seen I mean, I see bears in the woods.
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It's just it's really fun. Well, loves are not on your front
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porch, It's okay, I guess right, they're not eating the trash,
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They're in the perfect spot. Well, you know, I'm gonna get my
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opinions on West Virginia a little bit later on too. But you know,
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a lot of us have had opportunities to go other places and opted to stay
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here. And you're somebody who's not from here that came here and then moved
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away and then came back. So that may be the most unique story we
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hear all day. Well, nice on the air. When I texted you
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yesterday, doctor and I asked you about what you want to talk about today,
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you said, Goldman sachs Now, I have to admit I wasn't quite
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prepared for that. Explain to me the correlation between Bridge Valley and Goldman Sachs.
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So Goldman Sachs has an initiative that's called ten Thousand Small Businesses. They
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saw that there's not a place where small business owners can get the training they
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need to grow their businesses. That that sort of a gap in the marketplace.
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So they created a training that they've rolled out to great, big markets
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all over the country and actually they've served about fifteen thousand small businesses so far.
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And they decided they really wanted to do this in rural communities, so
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they came to West Virginia. They looked at what was going on here and
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they picked Bridge Valley and they said, we want to deliver this training out
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of Bridge Valley for free two small business owners from anywhere in West Virginia that
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want to come in and do it. It's really about growing small businesses in
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rural communities. So we're so excited about it and hope that small business owners
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who are listening today decide to sign up for this incredible free opportunity. What
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kind of things would go on in the training for them so they'll learn things
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about finance, they're looking at revenue streams. The other small business owners who
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have done it have seen increases in their revenue. They've hired new employees,
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they've created more jobs. They're trying to figure out how do we help you
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grow your business. So there's a business coach. There's nine modules. The
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first couple of days are face to face, and then there's a set of
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learning that are once a week online, and then at the very end there's
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a face to face and it's about helping small business owners know each other and
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use each other's businesses. One of the things they've seen in other cohorts is
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they start using each other for their supply chain issues. Just all kinds of
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things to help grow our small business pipeline right here in West Virginia. What
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kinds of small businesses are there any particular types they'd be looking at, or
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maybe in your role as college president of Bridge Valley, what do you see
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as a need for small business Because I know sometimes you need guys work with
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the toyotas and it's all wonderful, but small business is the lifeblood of America,
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of the American economy. So kind of small businesses are we looking at?
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Are we talking about it. I mean, it really could be anything.
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Goldman's criteria is that the business has revenue over seventy five thousand dollars in
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the most recent fiscal year, that the person who takes the classes the small
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business owner or co owner, that they've been in business for at least two
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years, and that they have at least two employees. And the two employees
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counts the business owner and someone else, and so that leaves the field wide
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open. I know, I've talked to a man who owns a small tech
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firm. They do a lot of computer support for families. They're a very
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small, family run business. They're signing up, they've been interested. I
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talk to a woman who owns a salon. She has a couple of employees
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and is trying to figure out how do you grow revenue and what kind of
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inventory do I need and what does this look like? So she's signing up.
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I mean, it's really a huge spectrum of what's possible, and really
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we're excited to welcome anyone interested in So it's kind of through that out there
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to small businesses. If there're small businesses that are listening right now, the
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owners, managers, whatever, what do they need to do get involved in
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this, so we have links to sign up on our website. It's a
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very short application and it's the ten thousand Small Businesses Initiative Bridge Valley. Goldman
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Sachs would get you all in the right place talking again with doctor Casey Sachs
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So time wise, the switch gears here. What is happening now at
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Bridge Valley to get ready for the upcoming I guess fall semester. Yeah,
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So every week we're still doing fafts so Fridays, trying to help families and
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students make sure they know how to fill out financial aid forms. One of
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the really interesting things that we've seen this semester is that we've had huge numbers
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of students transfer into Bridge Valley from four year institutions. And I think from
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the students I've talked to us for a couple of reasons, and one of
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them's financial aid. Bridge Valley's a lot more affordable than four year institutions are
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credits all transfer and so students because FAFSO has been so hairy this year,
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they've said, I'll just go to Bridge Valley for a year and then make
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other choices and see what it is I want to do. So we're excited
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about that and excited that students are choosing to live right here in Charleston and
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go to school at their communities college. We're happy to have folks when these
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when these students are coming in where primarily are they coming from, just I
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guess to all different institutions of higher learning when they transfer into it. For
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you, we see the biggest numbers who come to us from WVU and Marshall,
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But that's because they're the biggest instance. Sure, yeah, yeah,
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And sometimes you know, it's not necessarily reflection on those on those institutions of
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higher learning. I mean, you know, everybody's got different personalities. They
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go away and they think, well, maybe this isn't for me. I
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don't like living in these areas, or maybe something's happened at home, they
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got a family situation. It's not necessarily a negative reflection on WVU, and
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in fact, we transfer just as many students back out to those institutions every
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year, so we're also excited to be able to do that. That students
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often start at Bridge Valley and then decide, Gosh, I want to move
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to Huntington and have a different experience, and that's wonderful. I think what's
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great about it is that you can go back and forth, and that it
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is so flexible, and and that because Bridge Valleys credits are transferable, it
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means students' lives can change and they can come home for a family issue or
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make other choices. And we're glad that we can serve them that way and
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be flexible that well. So no issues at all with things transferring. Their
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records are I mean, classes they've taken. Everything's good, right. It's
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so every school sets their own graduation criteria, So if you know where you're
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going to transfer, we always want to start with let's look at that institution's
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graduation requirements, because we don't want you to take things twice, so we
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want to make sure we advise you into the classes that are required for the
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institution that you're planning to go to. Let's talk about the connections to the
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business community Bridge Valley. It's something that we're always big on. I mentioned
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the relationship that you have with some of the larger employers and some of the
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smaller ones too here in the Kanawa Valley and surrounding areas. So what news
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can you report to us there? So we're always excited to work with different
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employers for various activities, exactly like what you're saying. But one of the
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programs that we're especially proud of that I like to make sure to talk about
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is called Learn and Earn, And so what it is is it's a wage
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match for employers who are willing to take a student out of one of our
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programs and give them a chance, because we see that the best employment opportunities
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happen for our students if they've had real work experience. So, for example,
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you might be in our accounting program, but if you've never worked in
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an accounting firm or in a bookkeeping capacity or any kind of accounting space,
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it's much harder for you to get a job. And so what we try
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and do is place our students who are in every single program with employers who
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want those particular skills and to incentivize it for employers will match wages with them.
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So if you needed a student who was in accounting, we'd work through
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the details of a learn and earn And let's just say you say, I'm
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going to pay my accounting student twenty dollars an hour. So you pay them
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twenty dollars an hour, and at the end of each pay period, you
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send us the receipts, the payroll proof that you paid the student twenty dollars
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an hour, and will reimburse you, as the business owner, ten dollars
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an hour. So it decreases your risk in being able to take someone who's
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not fully trained, and it gives our students a really great authentic opportunity.
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I mean so like it's a wonderful thing for businesses because the one thing that
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I get doctor Saxon talking to business owners here in the area, and this
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this is problem nationwide, is we can't get people. Yes, we cannot
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get people to work. It's challenging and it's also hard because you are taking
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a risk in hiring a student. And so all of the community colleges in
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West Virginia actually participate in this program because we're really committed to helping our students
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get those work based learning experiences. Give us the website again for Bridge Valley
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Bridge Valley dot edu. All right, well, always a pleasure to have
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you, to have you on the show, and we'll be talking to you
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and some of your co workers in the future. So thanks a lot,
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best luck and happy West Virginia Day. Thank you, so nice to see
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nine three five five zero zero eight. Well, it is West Virginia Day.
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Indeed it is. And uh, you know, I was kind of
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good to save this for the for the end of the show. But maybe
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I'll go ahead and since we're trying to see where Rusty Web is, maybe
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well maybe possibly you can get him on the phone or or or not at
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all. But your thoughts on West Virginia. And I know that's a very
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very vague statement. I am someone. I'll start with myself. I am
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someone, as you well know, a native West Virginia, from southern West
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Virginia. Been in the Canau Valley for ten years now, love it,
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love it here, loved it in southern West Virginia where I'm from in Logan
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County. I have had opportunities to work and live in other areas, but
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I've chosen to be here. And one of the things in talking to a
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lot of political figures that I talked to on a regular basis on the show,
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I talk about the need of getting the need of getting quality people to
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want to stay in West Virginia. Talking about our young people. You know,
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I'm a kid of the eighties, as you well know, graduated high
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school nineteen eighty eight, and so many of the people of my generation left
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West Virginia at the time. The economy. West Virginia's economy has a tendency
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to sometimes do the opposite of what the nation's economy is doing. The coal
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mining industry was booming when I graduated high school nineteen eighty eight, and I
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had friends of mine who went into the coal mines. I mean literally a
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week or so or started the process with the training and whatever a week or
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so after graduating high school and continue to work in the coal industry in one
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way or the other. Not necessarily in the minds all of them. But
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some were truck drivers and some were some of the ancillary industries. But a
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lot of people of my generation did did leave. They went to the hot
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During my dad's generation, everybody went to Columbus, or everybody went to Detroit,
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or everybody you know, went to some of those areas. My generation
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was more North Carolina. I joked. I was on the planning committee for
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my ten year high school reunion, and I said, we could have had
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this high school reunion in Charlotte because that's where everybody seemed to want to be,
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or everybody was at that time. But getting back to my original point
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is, you've when I talk to these political people, I say, what
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is it that we need to do to make West Virginians want to stay West
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Virginians and not to move off to wherever. And when I talk to younger
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people, and which is not often, but I, you know, frequently,
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will talk to young people on the show and ask them, you know,
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why why are you still here? And I think it's it's interesting how
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the answers have changed over the years, because again, with my generation,
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it was jobs. It was it was all about jobs. But it seems
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like with a younger generation it tends to be more about experiences. And they
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all mention the great outdoors. And I know people that have moved to West
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Virginia specifically for they came here to Whitewater raft, they came here for the
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bike trails, they came here to ski or whatever, and they liked it
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here and they liked the people here. So I guess the question that I'm
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What is it that makes you stay in West Virginia? Now, if you're
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somebody because of the age of the internets that we have now, a majority
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of our listeners to this show and other programming on this station and our other
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stations into building aren't listening on a terrestrial radio anymore. They're listening online.
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They're listening on the apps or whatever. I had a regular texture from Florida
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every day. I've got another one from Indiana that has told me that they're
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listening. If you're living out of state, I'm gonna go take the negative
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with the positive here. If you're somebody who's living out of state, what
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is it about that state that makes you want to stay there as opposed to
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coming home to West Virginia. I have said, as I talked to doctor
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Sachs, I said, you know, look, the jobs are one thing,
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but people don't work. There's got to be more than jobs, especially
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with the younger generation. It's not just about employment. A person only works
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so many hours a day. So what is it that makes you either want
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to stay in West Virginia or that makes you happy that you left either one?
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And what could we do to try to get you to come back to
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West Virginia. I have known a number of people, some of my generations,
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maybe some of a little bit older, that have said that they're out
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of state, they're working. I've got a very very good friend, my
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best friend from high school, lives in Carmel, Indiana, and she and
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her husband have great jobs up there. They've been gone from West Virginia for
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five six years so, and she and her husband have both told me that
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as soon as they retire, they cannot wait to come back to West Virginia.
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And that's an interesting answer to me. Now, does that mean that
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they can't get the gainful employment because they're both my age, which means they're
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old, you know, they're in their mid fifties. That can they not
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get the game of employment. That's why they left was because of employment opportunities.
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They had much more at that time in Indiana than what they do here
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or what they had here at that time. But as soon as they retire,
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they can't wait to come back to West Virginia. And one of the
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things that they talk about with West Virginia is the friendliness of the people.
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My friends lived, as I said, in Carmel, Indiana, which is
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a very well to do city. It's consistently ranked as one of the top
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ten cities in America to live in, with the schools and low crime rate
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and all the stuff. But they said they don't know their neighbors, They
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have no idea they see them. My friend said, you know, my
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friend Rich lives up there, says when he moved in, he just kind
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of looked across the street and waded his neighbor, and his neighbor just looked
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at him went back in the house. Maybe that's because he knew he was
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from West Virginia, you know, maybe he saw the West Virginia flag and
23:55
said, okay, these people are going to have a Chevy Silverado up on
23:57
blocks within the first a couple of hours. But the friendliness is not there
24:04
from what I hear from a lot of people. But you know, kind
24:10
of broad questions, as I said, what is it that makes you love
24:12
West Virginia? What is that makes you want to stay in West Virginia if
24:18
you do want to stay in West Virginia, And what is it that makes
24:21
you want to get the heck out of West Virginia? And if you did,
24:23
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Today. Text says Happy West Virginia Day, Dave. I will never forget
25:11
when the great John F. Kennedy said, the people of West Virginia aren't
25:15
very pretty, but the mountain sure are, or something like that. I
25:18
don't think that was the exact quote text. I think the the uh,
25:23
I think the text was more or the not the text. I think the
25:26
quote was more something like the he came he was campaigning in West Virginia.
25:32
As the story goes, and I think I'm correct on this he was campaigning
25:33
in West Virginia, uh and and he made a statement. It was pouring
25:38
down rain in West Virginia, and he made the statement, the sun may
25:42
not always shine in West Virginia, but the people always do. That was
25:48
the actual statement that was made from John Kennedy. And and you know,
25:53
John Kennedy was one that came here and seemed to fall in love with West
25:59
Virginia. And obviously we know how that story ended and how he had to
26:04
you know, he did not get to complete his presidency, but he was
26:08
somebody I think that loved West Virginia. And with all of the changes that
26:14
we've seen politically in West Virginia, the Republicans, you know, take over
26:18
pretty much in twenty fourteen with a super majority which became a super duper majority,
26:22
which after this fall I think is going to be a super super super
26:25
super duper majority. Does that change your opinion of West Virginia in any way?
26:34
Are you? Are you serious? Right now, my producer Dale Cooper
26:38
is telling me that Joe Manchin, Senator Manchin just canceled on the show today.
26:45
I'm over to am I actually am I actually here? I'm over to
26:49
today Rusty Web canceled and Joe Mantionin canceled. Well, there goes the whole
26:56
show right there. Let me see, let me knock out a couple of
27:00
texts here, because apparently That's what I'm going to be doing for the rest
27:03
of the show. Tex says, I love my hometown in Ohio that has
27:10
more people than West Virginia has total but literally wasting an hour of my life
27:15
as traffic lights every day is soul crushing. I'm a male and a mile
27:22
sorry. I'm a mile from work in an amazing capital city the size of
27:26
a typical suburb, and can get from one side of town to the other
27:30
in ten minutes and the rest of the valley in a half hour. I'm
27:33
just an hour away from some of the most beautiful scenery in state and national
27:37
parks with great skiing, hiking, and whitewater rafting a day's drive from any
27:42
place on the East coast to the Mississippi River. I love my hometown.
27:49
See they started out to Texas saying I live my hometown. That's what confused
27:52
me. What they said was I love my hometown. I love my hometown
27:56
in Ohio, and it has more people in West Virginia. But I think
27:59
they were saying that they like that, they that they love being here,
28:03
and that's that's one of the things that you hear a lot, and especially
28:07
from the people who just kind of showed up at West Virginia. All Right,
28:11
we gotta gotta call, I think. All right, let's go to
28:15
the phones. Good morning, you're on the air. Good morning morning,
28:18
Happy West Virginia Day, Happy West Virginia Day. What can we do for
28:22
you? Well, I'm just calling to tell you why I love West Virginia.
28:25
Go right ahead and staying here. West Virginia is America's best small town.
28:30
And the people are the greatest, okay, And it's one of the
28:34
most beautiful places. And when you were talking about the Republican takeover and all
28:37
of that, I worked as a lobbyist and I also held electric office,
28:44
and so I was you know, I'm one of your more liberal listeners,
28:47
Okay, I as I know, and I have friends across the aisle and
28:52
across the spectrum, and I just think that West Virginia is a place where
28:56
we try to focus on our commonalities and really will do what we can to
29:03
help each other. And that's why I love it. Can I ask you
29:07
some personal questions? Are you from West Virginia originally? Yes, all right,
29:11
I mean from this area, not that it matters, but are you
29:14
from the Kenaw Valley area? So? I was born in Charleston, And
29:18
if you want to get real personal, my parents divorced and I grew up
29:22
in a suburb of Columbus, Okay, So I spent summers here and you
29:27
know, Christmas time here, and then I moved back in the early nineties.
29:33
What is it that we need to do to have more stories like yours?
29:40
What can we do as well? I mean you said that you tend
29:42
to be a little bit more on the liberal side, and that's okay.
29:47
What is it that we need to do to attract more people not only to
29:49
come to West Virginia, but what do we need to do to get people
29:55
to want to stay in West Virginia? Because to me, that is as
29:57
big a problem is not getting people to want to move here, is trying
30:02
to get our young people when they graduate high school and they go away to
30:04
college or whatever or whatever it is they decide to do post high school,
30:08
is to get them to want to stay here. What can we do to
30:11
get young people here. I really think that we need to diversify our economy.
30:15
I mean, I think for a long time to regardless of what your
30:18
opinion is about fossil fuels, for a long time, I think West Virginia
30:23
was fairly beholden to coal and it was a little bit of a mono economy.
30:29
And so I think that that, you know, that can have an
30:33
impact on what other jobs are coming here. I think now as we begin
30:37
to transition our electric sector into you know, different fuels, we have an
30:44
opportunity to create jobs. And I think that the Development Office you know,
30:49
is doing that. You see different programs under the IRA to bring clean energy
30:56
here. But I think despite that, I think also working on remote work
31:03
jobs, service jobs, that kind of thing, highlighting our natural resources,
31:07
which I think the Tourism Office does well, and getting young people who are
31:14
interested in you know, that kind of small town quality that we have here.
31:18
It's a great place to raise a family, there's plenty to do.
31:22
There's plenty to do in Charleston, and then you know, you go out
31:26
to the National Forest and the National Park. So we've got it all as
31:33
far as I'm concerned, And you know, how do we get that message
31:36
out, Well, I appreciate you you bailing me out and calling here this
31:40
morning. Thanks a lot. I know, I'm so sorry that everyone.
31:44
Yeah, I'm beginning to think, you know, I mean, I know,
31:45
I'll put the odorant on this morning, so it can't be that.
31:48
So I was beginning to wonder very interesting comments from you, and I appreciate
31:52
you calling. Thanks a lot. Okay, I have a great day.
31:56
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bit today. I just check my email there during the break, I did
36:15
get an email from Senator Manson's office that they had an emergency situation they had
36:20
to take care of and that they're going to try to reschedule probably one day
36:24
next week. He actually offered up tomorrow. I got to check some things,
36:28
see if I can move some things around. But well, I'll definitely
36:30
have Senator Mansion on the show at some point. That's a rusty web.
36:35
Yeah, I got nothing now. So we're talking about West Virginia Day and
36:38
I posed the question to you. I'm giving you the opportunity to sound off
36:42
in West Virginia. I love it. I think it's the greatest state ever.
36:45
I hate it. I can't wait to get out of here. I
36:46
moved away. I'm glad I did. I moved away, and I can't
36:50
wait to get back. Somebody whose job it is to try to make West
36:54
Virginia as great as possible, to get more people here a senator aiming a
36:59
Cole Gray, and she joined us. Now Senator Grady, good morning,
37:01
welcome to the show, Senator Grady, Are okay? All right? Are
37:08
you there? I'm here, okay, I got you. How you doing.
37:13
I'm doing good. I was checking my emails this morning as I often
37:15
do, and listen to your show, and heard you say that you needed
37:19
some time the worse I send out, hold on, that's not what I
37:22
said. I didn't say it that way. I just said I had two
37:25
guests in a road that cancel. But that's okay because sometimes it, you
37:29
know, after thirty six years, it gives the old guy an opportunity,
37:31
an opportunity to just riff a little bit and throw it out there and go
37:34
out and you know, and walk the tightrope a little bit. But you
37:37
offered, but you offered a called up, so I'm not gonna I'm gonna
37:39
talk to you. Now, you are someone who, as I said,
37:44
among your other jobs, it is your job to try to get people to
37:46
want to come to West Virginia or get our people to stay here. What
37:50
is the selling point to West Virginia for you? You're a native West Virginia,
37:53
right, yes, absolutely, you know. I've lived in Mason County
37:57
my whole life, and I love West Virginia and so you know, my
38:01
husband and our kids, we like to travel, and so often when I
38:05
talk to people outside of this state, we talk a lot that you know,
38:09
a lot of people still don't know or don't recall that West Virginia is
38:15
a separate from Virginia. Yes, yes, So I often get the question,
38:20
well, how close how close do you live close to Virginia Beach?
38:22
You know? Known, so then it gives me that opportunity, or do
38:24
you live close to Richmond? So I always take that opportunity to tell them
38:30
about West Virginia and let them know the things that we have to do.
38:34
And I like to generally talk a lot about our outdoor activities and then also
38:38
you know, our beautiful state parks. I try to get them to come
38:40
to visit, and I always tell them, you know, if you come
38:43
to visit West Virginia once, you'll come back and then you'll want to move
38:45
here because our people are people, I think is the selling point. So
38:49
we have that of the friendliest people. I agree with that, and that
38:52
was kind of the story that I told earlier about my friends who live in
38:53
Indiana. I think that the people and I know that's that's such a corny
38:59
state to say and so cliche to say, well, it's the people of
39:01
West Virginia, but by god, it's right in my opinion, I think
39:06
it's right on yes. And every time you know, I talk to people
39:08
that come from out of state that come either whether whether they come to talk
39:12
to the legislature, they just you know, I run into them. That's
39:15
what people from out outside of West Virginia say, they really do. And
39:19
I know it sounds corny. I agree with you, David does, because
39:21
we hear that all the time. But that's what they tell me, you
39:23
know, they say, you know, the people here are just so friendly
39:27
and nice everybody, and I think that's really our greatest asset and that to
39:31
get people to come here. So you know, I've never been one of
39:34
those people, even as a teenager that always thought, you know, I
39:37
want to grow up and move away from here. I've never I've never felt
39:39
that way. I've always felt really appreciative of everything West Virginia has to offer.
39:44
And I have never wanted to leave and never want to leave, and
39:46
hope my children feel the same way. Let's talk about the work of the
39:50
legislature as somebody you know, as I said, I mentioned earlier that the
39:53
Republicans you know, pretty much to go over in twenty fourteen. It became
39:57
a super majority, found out a super duper majority. No indication that that's
40:00
going to change anytime soon. What have you folks under and I know you've
40:04
just been there a few years of that. What have you folks done under
40:07
the dome that you think makes West Virginia a more attractive place for people?
40:12
Well, you know, we try to focus on things that focus a lot
40:15
on families and personal freedoms, and so, you know, I think those
40:19
are really important to people. And you know, being this is I'm finishing
40:22
up my first term. This is an election year for me, and so
40:27
I really really like to try to talk to people and let them know that,
40:30
you know, when I went in Dave. When I went into legislature,
40:32
I went in not knowing completely what I was getting myself into. Honestly,
40:37
you know, the people that I would work with, who I could
40:40
trust, what I could do. And I was pleasantly surprised because you have
40:45
this mindset when you're outside of politics of how quote unquote politicians are, you
40:50
know, power hungry, and all these different words come to mind. And
40:52
when I got there, I was really shocked and surprised and pleased that everybody
40:57
that I work with in the Senate seems to have the best interest of the
41:00
people of West Virginia in mind. You know, they want to do things
41:04
for the right reasons. And I'm really really proud of that, is that
41:07
everybody, even though we might have different views or different ideas, the thirty
41:10
four members of the Senate typically work together and try to make sure that we
41:15
accomplish something for West Virginia as a whole, and we don't work against each
41:20
other. And I think, you know, that is something everybody can be
41:22
proud of. Senator Amian, the old Grady, It's always a pleasure to
41:24
have you on the show, and I hope that when you are traveling,
41:29
you and your husband and your family. And people say ask you. If
41:31
you say if they ask you, are you close to Virginia Beach or Richmond
41:34
or Roanoke, you say no, I'm closer to downtown Leon, West,
41:37
Virginia. I am. That's absolutely right. All right, Senator, we'll
41:40
talk again soon. Thanks a lot. I appreciate it all right, Thanks
41:44
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I know what young people want more hate, bigotry and Christian nationalism and
42:10
fewer rights. They also like being ignored on gun violence, abortion rights,
42:14
privacy rights, voting rights, minimum wage increases, rights for Palestinians, education,
42:19
foster care, and housing affordability. They told me they appreciate being told
42:22
they're stupid by their legislature, says a texture. Well should I read this
42:31
with going to my boss's on the other side of the glass. Dear Dave,
42:35
the Columbus color lady sounds super hot, happy West Virginia day. Well,
42:39
there you go, There you go, Texas. While a number of
42:46
relatives live now in Carmel, Westfield, et cetera, Indiana, Carmel is
42:50
a fake town, yes, but they relate opposite your relatives. Neighborhood pools
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or people are all friendly, progressive area, bicycle walking, friendly and unbelievable
42:59
education. All three kids in early twenties from different universities, all have great
43:02
jobs in that area not available around West Virginia. I love visiting here,
43:07
and it's clean. There's not trash everywhere, says a texture. Let's go
43:13
to the phones, so let's talk to Richard. You're on the show,
43:15
Richard. Good morning, Hey Dave, this is rich Lindsay, how you
43:17
doing. Okay, I've got all the political folks listening today. You had
43:22
me follow Senator Grady. That's a hard one. Well it just well,
43:25
you were supposed to be that was supposed to be Joe Manchin. That was
43:29
oh all right, I mean you're you're with good folks today, all right,
43:32
Judge Richard lindsay, Judge to be right, Yeah, Judge elect,
43:37
I saw you at Fonma the Donal a couple of weeks ago, and I
43:39
wondered, I told you then, I said, why are you not practicing
43:43
wearing the road like out in public? Well, it's kind of hot out.
43:49
Nothing says you have to wear anything under it. I'm just saying,
43:51
all right, what can we do? What can we do for you,
43:52
sir oh I was just calling in, you know, I just hearing the
43:55
good conversations and follow up with what people have already said, you know,
44:00
as far as West Virginia, and the best part about it it is our
44:04
people. I mean, you know it. I love my neighborhood. I
44:07
live on the East End. I've got neighbors that we all help each other
44:12
out, take out the trash or shovel of snow or or or you know,
44:16
you know, broom the walkway or whatever. So we're all looking out
44:19
for each other. And then, as you know, I love the campaign.
44:22
I love meeting people. And I can't tell you how many times I've
44:27
had people come in. I knock on their door and they say, well,
44:29
come on in, let's talk. They I've had folks fro potatoes for
44:32
me and sit down and talk about issues and whatnot. So, you know,
44:37
just to kind of follow up on what Centeria Grady said, our people
44:39
are our greatest. And then on top of that, you have here locally
44:44
in Knall County, just great leadership You've got, you know, Mary Goodwin
44:47
and Mayor Somemmrs and Clinton and a Mary case Bolton Nitro and Mary Elliott and
44:52
Dunbar and they and Mayor James and Saint Albans and you there. There's not
44:57
a weekend during the nice warm months where there is something to do here in
45:00
the area. I mean, there's so many things going on. It's specific,
45:04
and I know it's not this way all over the sate of West Virginia,
45:07
but there's so many things going on in Charleston on a regular basis in
45:09
the entire Kanawa Valley that I can't mention them all. I mean literally I
45:13
can't. And I have people that call up and say, well, we'd
45:15
like to come on and talk about this and about that. You know,
45:17
we have the Taco Festival which starts today in South Charles that's right up your
45:22
alley. We got that going on. We got wine and jazz. This
45:24
weekend, we got live on the levee. We got festival that's continuing.
45:27
There's a big, big, major concert, all day concert festival, music
45:31
festival going on in Putdam County over at Valley Park this weekend. And I
45:36
haven't even had a chance to talk about that, but I agree with you
45:37
there there's a lot of stuff going on. Hey a judge, it's always
45:42
good to have you on the show man. I appreciate you listening. Thanks
45:45
a lot, Thank you, Dave. Happy West Virginia Day to West Virginia
45:46
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46:36
like us. We're polite to folks that pass the eye tests as white Christians.
46:39
Black friends I brought back with me when visiting were not treated well here.
46:43
I've never been singled out for being a West Virginian. At the five
46:45
states, three counties and two continents where I've lived, the stereotype trolling exists,
46:51
but we are ultra sensitive and love this fantasy. This is the only
46:54
place where people are nice. Nice people exist everywhere, says a text to
47:00
exercise. It seems like young people stay in West Virginia that go to trade
47:02
school, but leave that go to college. Mountaineers enough said, says a
47:09
texture Texas says, just look at those who chose to came here, some
47:13
lived here. Leslie Nielson bobbed in for Dean Kine. They all have the
47:16
love of our people. That's who West Virginia is gonna take a break.
47:22
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47:23
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News TV app, just kind of turn the show around that I decide to
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talk about West Virginia, the pros, the cons, the good, the
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bad, the ugly. So time to get your calls text in Big Lee,
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Pickley Wiggly hotline three zero four three four five fifty eight fifty eight Fruit
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Pharmacy text three zero four nine three five five zero zero. A text says
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Dave, I've left West Virginia three times to come back three times. I
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think it's a good thing for kids to get away from home and experience the
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world. It creates a well rounded adult. West Virginia is beautiful, the
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people are wonderful, and pace of life is amazing. The stuff we need
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to work on that will bring those kids home our job opportunities, improved infrastructure,
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sell internet coverage, to reduce extreme politics. We went from extreme left
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to extreme right. Most people are somewhere in between, healthcare access. I
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think we are really making strides towards some of those things. Some of them
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we seem to be moving backwards as a texture. The only thing I would
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disagree with on that is I don't know that West Virginia was ever extreme left.
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Yes we were a Democrat state, but we were still always always a
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conservative state. But good points made by the texture. Uh Texas, Dave,
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I have roots in West Virginia and the other Virginia. After my military
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service, I was on the fence which states to return to to make a
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permanent home or broke. The time for me was West Virginia State University.
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They were a great choice for a non traditional college student in my mid twenties.
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At the time, WVSU was and is a great education right for veterans.
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Go Yellowjackets. All right, good point. I'm working to get doctor
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Eric Cage from Western New State on the show one day next week. As
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you know, they just made a major announcement about their agriculture school there,
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So I was in contact with those folks yesterday about possibly getting doctor Cage,
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who's a frequent guest on the show, coming up one day next week.
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Texas, Dave, I have lived here all my life and raised five kids.
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The only complaint I have is the laws and agenda that are now passed
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by the legislature do not appeal to most young people, including my kids.
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The discrimination and uses of public education funds for private institutions, and many other
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things imposed by them by this current legislature does not appeal to them. Three
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Gone, says the text Texas. So it's the biggest problem with this state
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is our closed minded conservative majority voters who would let a New Jersey trump boot
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liquor over a real West Virginian. It's pathetic. Would have been nice to
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have the other West Virginia gubernatorial candidates Chris Miller, Moore Capitol, Macwarner and
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and Governor Justice too to show they actually are by a partisan and get behind
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Steve Williams in his bid for governor. He's a great guy, experienced and
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is a real West Virginian. Morrissey is no Jay Rockefeller says a texta Texas
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to Dave. Can we have the Columbus caller lady a regular show contributor.
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I'll just listen every day. Well, whoever you are, you got a
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fan there, tex says Our legislator kind of got thrown into the fire this
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morning because we had two guests that we want to cancel, one that just
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didn't show up. So there you go. So ants Wine a great job.
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Appreciate you a young fellow. That's how you near getting old. And
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you say, young fellow, just sell you a young whipper snapper. Hobby's
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coming up with a talk line at ten oh six. I will be back
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tomorrow morning to do it all again. We'll have Hannah Gardner tomorrow from the
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Canal to Charleston. He made association with our adopt Me Police Pet of the
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Week. On the show tomorrow, we'll talk wine in Jazz and are coming
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up then and Jim Starmer live on the Levy c the Until then, have
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fun and love somebody. Sam six point five. That's then Charleston one oh
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four point five Cross Lanes, WVRC Media Station. We're proud to live here too.