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The Ron Verb Show - 3pm Hour Monday - 07/13/26 · Ron Verb

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  Speaker 1: WKBN. Well, Heidi Ho, 306 here on a Monday afternoon.
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  Speaker 1: Ron Furb with you until 7 o'clock tonight. It's the
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  Speaker 1: Rockport Wealth Truth in Investing program. That comes your way tonight,
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  Speaker 1: 6 to 7, here on NewsRadio 570 WKBN. Welcome on
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  Speaker 1: and all. Boy, it's a hot, humid day. So you say, Ron,
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  Speaker 1: how hot and humid is it out there? Well, I'll
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  Speaker 1: be more than happy to tell you. It's 90 degrees
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  Speaker 1: here at my studios on Tiffany Boulevard in Boardman.
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  Speaker 2: 90 degrees.
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  Speaker 1: On Tiffany Boulevard in Boardman. And it's humid out there,
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  Speaker 1: to say the least. But so be it. We'll make
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  Speaker 1: the best of it, wherever you are, whatever you're doing.
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  Speaker 1: Hope you're having a healthy and happy day.
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  Speaker 2: 330-729-9977.
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  Speaker 1: We'll get you through to us. 330-729-9977. We'll get you
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  Speaker 1: through to us on NewsRadio 570 WQEN. Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to have I'm going to have a discussion
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow on the Poland Library with the architect, the guy
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  Speaker 1: that was the architect of the Poland Library when it
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  Speaker 1: was built. And that'll be tomorrow at 3 o'clock.
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  Speaker 2: All right?
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  Speaker 1: That'll be on the 14th at 3 o'clock. We're going
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  Speaker 1: to be doing that. So I'm looking forward to that.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's a done deal, but we shall see
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  Speaker 1: what happens. what he has to say about all of this,
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  Speaker 1: and where it goes. A lot of people in Poland
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  Speaker 1: are very upset about it. Bob Mastriana, the original architect,
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  Speaker 1: I think, of the Poland Library. So he will be
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  Speaker 1: here tomorrow. And I'll ask him questions about what's going
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  Speaker 1: on there in his... as far as the thing sinking
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  Speaker 1: and everything else. I'll try to pick his brain on
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  Speaker 1: a lot of stuff. For you folks in Poland, a
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  Speaker 1: lot of people in Poland are very upset about the
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  Speaker 1: decision to vacate the Poland Library and build a new
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  Speaker 1: one because of just how spectacular the Poland Library is.
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  Speaker 1: All right, so that'll be tomorrow. Let's see. You're on air. Hey, Ron.
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  Speaker 2: Yes. What's going on, sir? Beautiful, beautiful Ohio day.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, you're back. You're back.
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  Speaker 2: I am back. I'm back from up north.
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  Speaker 3: Good.
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  Speaker 1: Well, it's good to hear your voice.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a nice vacation. We went up to Iceland,
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  Speaker 2: took a cruise. Gorgeous country. I would tell anybody out there,
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  Speaker 2: if you ever get a chance to go, go. It's
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  Speaker 2: just absolutely beautiful. It's a natural wonder. It really is.
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  Speaker 1: There you go.
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  Speaker 2: Now it's Now it's time to come back. I was
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  Speaker 2: out at 6.30 this morning trimming my hedges. I just
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  Speaker 2: spent three hours down at my neighbor's house helping him.
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  Speaker 2: He lost a giant limb on one of those oak
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  Speaker 2: trees during that storm, so I was helping him cut
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  Speaker 2: that up, so... Just figured I'd give you a call
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  Speaker 2: and see what I missed the last week.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you missed a lot. Let me put it that way.
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  Speaker 1: You got a big levy going on on the Canfield schools. Now,
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  Speaker 1: think if you lived in Canfield. Now, just think of this,
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  Speaker 1: what you're facing in Canfield. I think it's like a
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  Speaker 1: 5.9 mil levy. It's a huge levy. All right, so
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  Speaker 1: let's say you're a resident of the city of Canfield.
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  Speaker 1: So you're getting the re-evaluations, right? So they're done with
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  Speaker 1: the re-evaluations. So your property taxes are going to go
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  Speaker 1: up anyway. You follow me? Because of the re-evaluations. So
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  Speaker 1: you're going to get an increase on top of what
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  Speaker 1: you're already paying if you don't vote for anything. Then
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  Speaker 1: they want you to vote for like a 5.9 mil levy,
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  Speaker 1: which is a huge levy on top of that. Then
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  Speaker 1: you're facing an MRDD levy as well that's on the...
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  Speaker 1: on the ballot as well. Can you imagine if any
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  Speaker 1: of those pass and you reside in a city of Canfield?
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  Speaker 2: Well, unfortunately, MRDD probably will because everybody, you know, feels
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  Speaker 2: they've got to support that. And I mean, the problem is,
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  Speaker 2: I bet if we look into it, you're going to
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  Speaker 2: see gross mismanagement. You're going to see salaries and benefit
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  Speaker 2: packages that those of us who are going to be
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  Speaker 2: asked to pay that tax do not get from our employers.
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  Speaker 2: Or from the federal government if we're retired. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: that's the other thing we have to remember. Think of
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  Speaker 2: how many people in this area are actually retired living
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  Speaker 2: on fixed incomes. They don't get those big increases. It's fascinating.
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  Speaker 2: If they get any increase from Social Security, I think
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  Speaker 2: their Medicare premium usually sucks up a good chunk of it.
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  Speaker 2: And now you want these people to keep paying. These
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  Speaker 2: people just don't understand the meaning of the word no.
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  Speaker 2: I had internet access, so I was reading some of
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  Speaker 2: the Vindicator article on that Canfield levy. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: of course they have to threaten. If it doesn't pass,
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  Speaker 2: this is what we're going to cut.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: And one of them was we're going to have to
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  Speaker 2: duplicate administrative costs, I think was one of them. Why
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  Speaker 2: don't you cut it now? Because I can tell you
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  Speaker 2: right now, in the 20 years I've been following local education,
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  Speaker 2: there is no government entity that wastes money like school systems.
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  Speaker 2: And I should call up the treasurer at Canfield and
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  Speaker 2: request copies of their contracts and different things that they sign,
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  Speaker 2: their employee contracts, benefits.
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  Speaker 1: They say it's a 5.9 mil levy. They say if
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  Speaker 1: it doesn't pass the consolidation of administrative duties. Well, why
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  Speaker 1: aren't you doing that now?
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  Speaker 2: Doing it now.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, that's called being more efficient, isn't it?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, I wonder how many principals and assistant
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  Speaker 2: principals you think they have in the high school.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know, but they're saying if we don't get
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  Speaker 1: more money..
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  Speaker 2: Is there an assistant superintendent? There's probably that, or probably
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  Speaker 2: an administrative assistant. These people, if they had to put
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  Speaker 2: in an honest day's work, it'd kill them.
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  Speaker 1: So consolidation of administrative duties. Then they say elementary and
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  Speaker 1: middle school STEM programs. High school?
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  Speaker 2: Go ahead. So you're going to punish the smart kids, then?
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  Speaker 2: We're going to take care of this. The kids that
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  Speaker 2: are in STEM are usually your future engineers, doctors, things
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  Speaker 2: like that. So if you don't pass the levy, we're
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  Speaker 2: going to punish the smart kids.
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  Speaker 1: High school elective courses, including programs such as aviation and forensics,
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  Speaker 1: advanced academic opportunities, including honors, AP, and college credit plus.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, number one, I don't think as a
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  Speaker 2: high school you have to have avionics. And I don't
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  Speaker 2: think you have to have forensics. Yeah. I'm sorry, man,
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  Speaker 2: those are nice if you can afford it and you've
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  Speaker 2: got a couple extra bucks laying around burning a hole
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  Speaker 2: in your pocket and you want to do those, that's fine.
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  Speaker 2: But those are wants, not needs. And I have to wonder,
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  Speaker 2: you know, how many kids really are going to get
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  Speaker 2: jobs in those subject areas? I bet it's not many.
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  Speaker 2: I bet it's one handful, maybe two handfuls tops.
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  Speaker 1: Well, school-sponsored field trips, non-core courses such as art, music,
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  Speaker 1: family and consumer sciences, home economics, or required families.
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  Speaker 2: Foreign language is the first thing that should go. You
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  Speaker 2: know why? There's only one foreign language you really need
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  Speaker 2: in this country if you want it, and that's Spanish.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: But I can tell you right now, like, you've got
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  Speaker 2: all the Koreans that work out at LG Chem, right?
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 2: They would come in. I know a pharmacist that works
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  Speaker 2: over in Austintown. They would come in. Real simple to
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  Speaker 2: talk to them. You just got out your cell phone
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  Speaker 2: and get on Google Translate. No issues at all. So
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  Speaker 2: is there really a need to have foreign language anymore?
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  Speaker 2: Has technology maybe replaced the need for every kid that
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  Speaker 2: wants to go to college? A lot of the colleges,
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  Speaker 2: most of the colleges don't even require it anymore.
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  Speaker 1: And, of course, busing. I mean, all of this stuff,
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  Speaker 1: they're basically saying, listen, if you folks in Canfield don't
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  Speaker 1: pass that 5.9 mil levy, This is what we're threatening
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  Speaker 1: to do. And it's the threats to, once again, to
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  Speaker 1: try to pass a levy. Just like that levy, I
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  Speaker 1: forget what it was. I got to find a levy
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  Speaker 1: for MRDD. I mean, it was a pretty substantial levy
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  Speaker 1: as well. I remember it would increase your taxes $ 85
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  Speaker 1: for every $ 100, 000 of a value.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, so that's, you know, I mean, and what's the average?
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  Speaker 2: I like how they always say the average owner of
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  Speaker 2: $ 100, 000 or $ 125, 000 house. Who owns a $ 125, 000 house anymore?
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  Speaker 2: Take a look at the, Vindicator prints the property sales
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  Speaker 2: every weekend, Saturday, Sunday paper. Take a look at it.
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  Speaker 2: How many city of Youngstown are selling for six figures now?
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  Speaker 3: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 2: And when the mills went under, I mean, I remember,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's been decades since a lot of those
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  Speaker 2: areas did that. You could buy houses for $ 15, 000, $ 20, 000
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  Speaker 2: a decade or two ago.
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  Speaker 1: Well, the guy in charge at MRDD said the cost
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  Speaker 1: of providing all of the services has increased from roughly
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  Speaker 1: $ 60 million annually to $ 100 million. How do you spend
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  Speaker 1: $ 100 million.
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  Speaker 2: On that? I mean, I'm sorry, not to sound unkind, okay,
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  Speaker 2: but if you're going to be spending big chunks of
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  Speaker 2: change like that, you need to put it on the
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  Speaker 2: people that are going to be producers in society. And
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  Speaker 2: we stopped having kids after our third because we had
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  Speaker 2: three healthy kids and I didn't want to risk it.
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  Speaker 2: I can't even fathom. I feel... so bad for people
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  Speaker 2: that have kids that are developmentally challenged.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I said this last week, though, and I said
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  Speaker 1: it again. It was a great discussion.
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  Speaker 2: And I.
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  Speaker 1: Mentioned it last week. Okay, but last week, Clay and Buck,
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  Speaker 1: I was with my son, and Clay and Buck said, well,
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  Speaker 1: about young people, you know, his generation not having a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of kids. And he turned to me and he said,
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  Speaker 1: these guys are out of touch with reality. You want
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  Speaker 1: to know why productive people aren't having a bunch of kids?
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  Speaker 1: Because it's so damn expensive. They made everything so expensive. Housing,
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  Speaker 1: buying a house is expensive. Buying a car, truck, or
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  Speaker 1: SUV is expensive. Having children has become so expensive. So
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  Speaker 1: these people, like Clay and Buck are bitching. that my
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  Speaker 1: generation isn't having more kids, instead of saying, why aren't
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  Speaker 1: they having more kids? You want to know the answer?
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  Speaker 1: They can't afford it, is what he said. And all
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  Speaker 1: of these people who look like, oh, we should be
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  Speaker 1: having more children, the only people having more children are
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  Speaker 1: the people on the dole who don't pay for it
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  Speaker 1: or worry about it. But productive people that actually are
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  Speaker 1: concerned about providing for their children are saying, we can't
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  Speaker 1: afford any more kids, or we're only going to have
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  Speaker 1: one kid or two kids, because look at the cost
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  Speaker 1: of daycare. Look at the cost of everything.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, it's just insane. If you look at
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  Speaker 2: the cost of building a house today, my neighbor went
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  Speaker 2: out to the Parade of Homes, I think it was
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  Speaker 2: in Canfield, maybe four or five weeks ago, he told me.
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  Speaker 2: Him and his wife went out there and they're going around.
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  Speaker 2: I think all the houses were over a million dollars.
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  Speaker 1: Are you serious?
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  Speaker 2: We're not talking mansions. Yeah, we're not talking mansions. I
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  Speaker 2: think he said they were, you know, 2,500, 3,000 square
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  Speaker 2: foot houses, which is a nice size house. But can
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  Speaker 2: you imagine a house.
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  Speaker 1: In my neighborhood? I can't even imagine how you could
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  Speaker 1: justify that kind of cost. Now, here's the shocker. A
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  Speaker 1: lot of times these lots, when we build Verb Manor,
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  Speaker 1: I think our lot cost us $ 25, 000 for three-quarters of
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  Speaker 1: an acre. And today, a lot's much smaller than that, $ 80, 000, $ 90, 000,
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  Speaker 1: just for the lot.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 2: Well, stop and think about it. If you're the developer, okay,
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  Speaker 2: and you have to put in sewers and you have
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  Speaker 2: to put in water lines and you have to probably
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  Speaker 2: pay for the electric.
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  Speaker 1: All that stuff got expensive, too. I mean, inflation has
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  Speaker 1: affected everybody. But what are we doing? This is why
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  Speaker 1: my son's generation aren't having 10 kids or 5 kids
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  Speaker 1: or 3 or 4 kids. They simply can't afford it.
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  Speaker 3: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: Yep. I trust me. I've got, I've got three kids.
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  Speaker 3: Why?
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  Speaker 2: I've got one grandkid now and my daughter and her
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  Speaker 2: husband and his husband would like to have, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: two or three, maybe four and they, and they can
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  Speaker 2: afford it, but there's not many people in their generation
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  Speaker 2: that are making that kind of money. I mean, just
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  Speaker 2: to re you know, you, you see those studies where
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  Speaker 2: they say, yeah, this is how much it costs to
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  Speaker 2: raise a boy. This is girls are always obviously more expensive. Um,
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  Speaker 2: But I think it's like $ 150, $ 300. I can't even
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  Speaker 2: remember what I saw it last time. But it was
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  Speaker 2: a substantial, a huge amount of money. And you divide that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you've got 18 years to pay for that.
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  Speaker 2: So let's say it's a quarter million dollars. And yet..
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  Speaker 1: And yet there's nothing better in life than that. No.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, when the dust settles in life, what was
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  Speaker 1: more important than when you got married and when you
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  Speaker 1: had children? There is nothing better in life.
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  Speaker 2: I will tell you what's better than kids, grandkids. Grandkids is,
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  Speaker 2: I hope to God you get one very soon because
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  Speaker 2: it is a joy. My wife retired. My wife is done,
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  Speaker 2: I think, August 7th is her last day. Because all
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  Speaker 2: she wants to do is go babysit. She just can't
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  Speaker 2: spend enough time with that little girl. Because it is
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  Speaker 2: just a joy. I mean, you watch them, you forget
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  Speaker 2: how quickly they grow up and how fast they develop.
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  Speaker 2: And you're watching this little human being that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: was helpless. And when they're born, they can't do anything.
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  Speaker 2: And then you just start seeing the mile markers, you know,
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  Speaker 2: one month, three months, five months. And it's just amazing
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  Speaker 2: watching them. It's a pure joy.
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  Speaker 1: And being retired, she doesn't have to worry about going
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  Speaker 1: to work and all that kind of stuff. She can
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  Speaker 1: sit back and And take it all in. But that's–
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  Speaker 1: I mean, if you look around, it's just– it's absolute insanity.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's crazy. I mean, just how expensive it
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  Speaker 1: is for our young people to do. And we're not
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  Speaker 1: making it easier on them. We're making it more difficult
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  Speaker 1: for them as we continue to– to dwell on all
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  Speaker 1: the time as we continue to increase property taxes. So
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  Speaker 1: now if they want to buy a house, look at
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  Speaker 1: how much property taxes are on the inflated value of
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  Speaker 1: the house on top of what your payment is. Crazy.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm just, they told us all the, I think
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  Speaker 2: Ralph and all the rest of them told us only
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  Speaker 2: to pay the first half taxes. I haven't gotten my
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  Speaker 2: second half. Second half should be coming up in about
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  Speaker 2: three weeks, right? Isn't it due the beginning of August?
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  Speaker 1: I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's usually due like August 6th, August 10th,
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  Speaker 2: somewhere in there. So, I mean, I don't know where
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  Speaker 2: the bill is. Well, I think I might know. I
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  Speaker 2: think all the laws that Dave Thomas got passed that
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  Speaker 2: affected how much, you know, they're going to be able
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  Speaker 2: to tax and collect from us. I don't think they're
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  Speaker 2: getting any guidance from the state of Ohio on how
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  Speaker 2: to do it. That's just a guess on my part,
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  Speaker 2: but it would be neat if, you know, if Ralph
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  Speaker 2: could call in or if somebody at the auditor's office
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  Speaker 2: could explain, you know, because I looked about three weeks ago.
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  Speaker 2: There's a house in my neighborhood that's sold. And I mean,
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  Speaker 2: young couple, Ron.
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  Speaker 1: Stand by. Stand by one minute. Stand by.
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  Speaker 5: Back with Rich and more of your calls straight ahead. Now,
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  Speaker 5: Ron Verb on NewsRadio 570 WKVN.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Heidi Ho, 306 here on a Monday afternoon. Ron
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  Speaker 1: Verb with you till 7 o'clock tonight. It's the Rockport
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  Speaker 1: Wealth Truth and Investing Program. That comes your way tonight,
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  Speaker 1: 6 to 7. You're on News Radio 570 WKBN. Welcome
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  Speaker 1: on and on. Boy, it's a hot, humid day. So
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  Speaker 1: you say, Rod, how hot and humid is it out there? Well,
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  Speaker 1: I'll be more than happy to tell you. It's 90
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  Speaker 1: degrees here at my studios on Tiffany Boulevard in Boardman.
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  Speaker 1: 90 degrees on Tiffany Boulevard in Boardman. And it's humid
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  Speaker 1: out there, to say the least. But so be it.
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  Speaker 1: We'll make the best of it wherever you are, whatever
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  Speaker 1: you're doing. I hope you're having a healthy and happy day.
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  Speaker 1: 330-729-9977 will get you through to us.
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  Speaker 3: 330-729-9977.
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  Speaker 1: 729-9977. We'll get you through to us on NewsRadio 570 WQEN. Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to have a discussion tomorrow on the Poland
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  Speaker 1: Library with the architect, the guy that was the architect
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  Speaker 1: of the Poland Library when it was built. And that'll
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  Speaker 1: be tomorrow at 3 o'clock.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 1: That'll be on the 14th at 3 o'clock. We're going
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  Speaker 1: to be doing that. So I'm looking forward to that.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's a done deal, but we shall see
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  Speaker 1: what he has to say about all of this and
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  Speaker 1: where it goes. A lot of people in Poland are
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  Speaker 1: very upset about it. Bob Mastriana says, The original architect,
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  Speaker 1: I think, of the Poland Library. So he will be
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  Speaker 1: here tomorrow. And I'll ask him questions about what's going
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  Speaker 1: on there as far as the thing sinking and everything else.
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: I'll try to pick his brain on a lot of stuff.
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: For you folks in Poland, a lot of people in
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: Poland are very upset about the decision to vacate the
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: Poland Library and build a new one. And because of
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: just how spectacular the Poland Library is. All right, so
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: that'll be tomorrow. Let's see. You're on air.
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: Hey, Ron.
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: What's going on, sir? Beautiful, beautiful Ohio day.
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: Oh, you're back.
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: Way on the warm side.
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: You're back.
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: I am back. I'm back from up north.
• 18:04
  Speaker 3: Good.
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: Well, it's good to hear your voice.
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a nice vacation. We went up to
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: Iceland and took a cruise. Gorgeous country. I would tell
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: anybody out there, if you ever get a chance to go, go.
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: It's just absolutely beautiful. It's a natural wonder. It really is.
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: There you go, Steve. Now it's time to come back.
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: I was out at 6.30 this morning trimming my hedges.
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: I just spent three hours down at my neighbor's house
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: helping him. He lost a giant limb on one of
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: those oak trees during that storm, so I was helping
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: him cut that up. Yeah. Just figured I'd give you
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: a call and see what I missed the last week.
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: Well, you missed a lot. Let me put it that way.
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: You got a big levy going on on the Canfield schools. Now,
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: think if you lived in Canfield. Now, just think of this,
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: what you're facing in Canfield. I think it's like a
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: 5.9 mil levy. It's a huge levy. All right. So
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: let's say you're a resident of the city of Canfield.
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: So you're getting the reevaluations, right? So they're done with
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: the reevaluations. So your property taxes are going to go
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: up anyway. You follow me? Because of the reevaluations. So
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: you're going to get an increase on top of what
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: you're already paying if you don't vote for anything. Then
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: they want you to vote for like a 5.9 mil levy,
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: which is a huge levy on top of that. Then
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: you're facing an MRDD levy as well that's on the
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: ballot as well. Can you imagine if any of those
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: pass and you reside in the city of Canfield?
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: Well, unfortunately, MRDD probably will because everybody feels scared. They've
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: got to support that. And, I mean, the problem is,
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: I bet if we look into it, you're going to see.
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: gross mismanagement. You're going to see salaries and benefit packages
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: that those of us who are going to be asked
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: to pay that tax do not get from our employers
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: or from the federal government if we're retired. I mean,
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: that's the other thing they have to remember. Think of
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: how many people in this area are actually retired living
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: on fixed incomes. They don't get those big increases. It's fascinating.
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: If they get any increase from Social Security, I think
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: their Medicare premium usually sucks up a good chunk of it.
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: And now you want these people to keep paying. These
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: people just don't understand the meaning of the word no.
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: I had Internet access, so I was reading some of
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: the Vindicator article on that Canfield levy. And, you know,
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: of course they have to threaten. If it doesn't pass,
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: this is what we're going to cut. And one of
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: them was... We're going to have to duplicate administrative costs,
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: I think was one of them. Why don't you cut
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: it now? Because I can tell you right now, in
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: the 20 years I've been following local education, there is
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: no government entity that wastes money like school systems. And
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: I should call up the treasurer at Canfield and request
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: copies of their contracts and different things that they signed,
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: their employee contracts, benefits.
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: They say it's a 5.9 mil levy. They say if
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: it doesn't pass the consolidation of administrative duties. Well, why
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: aren't you doing that now?
• 21:14
  Speaker 3: Doing it now.
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: I mean, that's called being more efficient, isn't it?
• 21:21
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: I mean, I wonder how many principals and assistant principals
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: you think they have in the high school.
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: I don't know, but they're saying if we don't get
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: more money.
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: Is there an assistant superintendent? There's probably that or probably
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: an administrative assistant. These people, if they had to put
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: in an honest day's work, it'd kill them.
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: So consolidation of administrative duties. Then they say elementary and
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: middle school STEM programs. High school. Go ahead.
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: So you're going to punish the smart kids then? We're
• 21:54
  Speaker 2: going to take care of this. The kids that are
• 21:57
  Speaker 2: in STEM are usually your future engineers, doctors, things like that.
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: So if you don't pass the levy, we're going to
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: punish the smart kids.
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: High school elective courses, including programs such as aviation and forensics,
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: advanced academic opportunities, including honors, AP, and college credit plus.
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, number one, I don't think as a
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: high school you have to have avionics. And I don't
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: think you have to have forensics.
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 22:25
  Speaker 2: I'm sorry, man, those are nice if you can afford
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: it and you've got a couple extra bucks laying around
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: burning a hole in your pocket and you want to
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: do those, that's fine. But those are wants, not needs.
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: And I have to wonder, you know, how many kids
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: really are going to get jobs in those subject areas?
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: I bet it's not many. I bet it's one handful,
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: maybe two handfuls, tops.
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: Well, school-sponsored foreign language, school-sponsored field trips, non-core courses such
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: as art, music, family and consumer sciences, home economics, or
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: required families.
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: Foreign language is the first thing that should go. You
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: know why? There's only one foreign language you really need
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: in this country if you want it, and that's Spanish.
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: But I can tell you right now, like, you've got
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: all the Koreans that work out at LG Chem, right?
• 23:14
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: They would come in. I know a pharmacist that works
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: over in Austintown. They would come in. Real simple to
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: talk to them. You just got out your cell phone
• 23:23
  Speaker 2: and get on Google Translate. No issues at all. So
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: is there really a need to have foreign language anymore?
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: Has technology maybe replaced the need for every kid that
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: wants to go to college? A lot of the colleges,
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: most of the colleges don't even require it anymore.
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: And, of course, busing. I mean, all of this stuff,
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: they're basically saying, listen, if you folks in Canfield don't
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: pass that 5.9 mil levy, This is what we're threatening
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: to do. And it's the threats to, once again, to
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: try to pass a levy. Just like that levy. I
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: forget what it was. I got to find a levy
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: for MRDD. I mean, it was a pretty substantial levy
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: as well. I remember it would increase your taxes $ 85
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: for every $ 100, 000 of a value.
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: Oh, so that's, you know, I mean, and what's the average?
• 24:18
  Speaker 2: I like how they always say the average owner of
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: $ 100, 000 or $ 125, 000 house. Who owns a $ 125, 000 house anymore?
• 24:27
  Speaker 2: Take a look at the, Vindicator prints the property sales
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: every weekend, Saturday, Sunday paper. Take a look at it.
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: How many in the city of Youngstown are selling for
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: six figures now? Mm-hmm. And when the mills went under,
• 24:40
  Speaker 2: I mean, I remember, you know, it's been decades since
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: a lot of those areas did that. You could buy
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: houses for $ 15, 000, $ 20, 000 a decade or two ago.
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: Well, the guy in charge of MRDD said the cost
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: of providing all of the services has increased from roughly
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: $ 60 million annually to $ 100 million. How do you spend
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: $ 100 million.
• 25:04
  Speaker 3: On that?
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: I mean, I'm sorry, not to sound unkind, okay, but
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: if you're going to be spending big chunks of change
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: like that, you need to put it on the people
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: that are going to be producers in society. And we
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: stopped having kids after our third because we had three
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: healthy kids and I didn't want to risk it. I
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: can't even fathom. I feel... So bad for people that
• 25:31
  Speaker 2: have kids that are developmentally challenged.
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: Well, I said this last week, though, and I said
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: it again. It was a great discussion. And I mentioned
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: it last week. Okay, but last week, Clay and Buck,
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: I was with my son, and Clay and Buck said, well,
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: about young people, you know, his generation not having a
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: bunch of kids. And he turned to me and he said,
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: these guys are out of touch with reality. You want
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: to know why productive people aren't having a bunch of kids?
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: Because it's so damn expensive. They made everything so expensive. Housing,
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: buying a house is expensive. Buying a car, truck, or
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: SUV is expensive. Having children has become so expensive. So
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: these people like Clay and Buck are bitching that my
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: generation isn't having more kids. Instead of saying, why aren't
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: they having more kids? You want to know the answer?
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: They can't afford it. is what he said. And all
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: of these people who look like, oh, we should be
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: having more children, the only people having more children are
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: the people on the dole who don't pay for it
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: or worry about it. But productive people that actually are
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: concerned about providing for their children are saying we can't
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: afford any more kids or we're only going to have
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: one kid or two kids because look at the cost
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: of daycare. Look at the cost of everything.
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, it's just insane. If you look at
• 26:47
  Speaker 2: the cost of building a house today, My neighbor went
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: out to the Parade of Homes, I think it was
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: in Canfield, maybe four or five weeks ago, he told me.
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: Him and his wife went out there and they're going around.
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: I think all the houses were over a million dollars.
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: Are you serious?
• 27:00
  Speaker 2: We're not talking mansions. Yeah, we're not talking mansions. I
• 27:03
  Speaker 2: think he said there were 2,500, 3,000 square foot houses,
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: which is a nice size house. But can you imagine
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: a house.
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: In my neighborhood? I can't even imagine how you could
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: justify that kind of cost. Now, here's the shocker. A
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: lot of times these lots, when we build Verb Manor,
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: I think our lot cost us $ 25, 000 for three-quarters of
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: an acre. And today, a lot's much smaller than that, $ 80, 000, $ 90, 000,
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: just for the lot.
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: Well, stop and think about it. If you're the developer, okay,
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: and you have to put in sewers and you have
• 27:39
  Speaker 2: to put in water lines and you have to put in,
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: you know, probably pay for the electric.
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: All that stuff got expensive, too. I mean, inflation has
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: affected everybody. But what are we doing? This is why
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: my son's generation aren't having 10 kids or 5 kids
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: or 3 or 4 kids. They simply are. It's just
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: they can't afford it.
• 28:03
  Speaker 2: Yep.
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: Yep.
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: I trust me. I've got, I've got three kids. Why?
• 28:07
  Speaker 2: I've got one grandkid now and my daughter and her
• 28:11
  Speaker 2: husband and his husband would like to have, uh, you know,
• 28:14
  Speaker 2: two or three, maybe four and they, and they can
• 28:17
  Speaker 2: afford it, but there's not many people in their generation
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: that are making that kind of money. I mean, just
• 28:23
  Speaker 2: to re you know, you, you see those studies where
• 28:25
  Speaker 2: they say, yeah, this is how much it costs to
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: raise a boy. This is girls are always obviously more expensive. Um,
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: But I think it's like $ 150, 000, $ 300, 000. I can't even
• 28:35
  Speaker 2: remember what I saw it last time. But it was
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: a substantial, it was a huge amount of money. And
• 28:40
  Speaker 2: you divide that, you know, you've got 18 years to
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: pay for that. So let's say it's a quarter million dollars.
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: And yet there's nothing better in life than that.
• 28:50
  Speaker 3: No.
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: I mean, when the dust settles in life, what was
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: more important than when you got married and when you
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: had children? There is nothing better in life.
• 29:03
  Speaker 2: I will tell you what's better than kids, grandkids. Grandkids is,
• 29:08
  Speaker 2: I hope to God you get one very soon because
• 29:11
  Speaker 2: it is a joy. My wife retired. My wife is done,
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: I think, August 7th is her last day, because all
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: she wants to do is go babysit. She just can't
• 29:21
  Speaker 2: spend enough time with that little girl, because it is
• 29:24
  Speaker 2: just a joy. I mean, you watch them, you forget
• 29:27
  Speaker 2: how quickly they grow up and how fast they develop.
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: And you're watching this little human being that, you know,
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: was helpless. I mean, when they're born, they can't do anything.
• 29:35
  Speaker 2: And then you just start seeing the mile markers at,
• 29:37
  Speaker 2: you know, one month, three months, five months. It's, and
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: it's just amazing watching. And it's a pure joy.
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: And being retired, she doesn't have to worry about going
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: to work and all that kind of stuff. She can
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: sit back and, and, and take it all in. But that's,
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: I mean, if you look around, it's just, it's an,
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: it's absolute insanity. I mean, it's, It's crazy. I mean,
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: just how expensive it is for our young people to do.
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: And we're not making it easier on them. We're making
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: it more difficult for them as we continue to dwell
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: on all the time, as we continue to increase property taxes.
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: So now if they want to buy a house, look
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: at how much property taxes are on the inflated value
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: of the house on top of what your payment is.
• 30:19
  Speaker 2: Crazy. Yeah, I'm just, they told us all the, I
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: think Ralph and all the rest of them told us
• 30:26
  Speaker 2: only to pay the first half taxes. I haven't gotten
• 30:29
  Speaker 2: my second half. Second half should be coming up in
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: about three weeks, right? Isn't it due the beginning of August?
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: I don't know.
• 30:35
  Speaker 2: I think it's usually due like August 6th, August 10th.
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: Somewhere in there.
• 30:39
  Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know where the bill is, but well,
• 30:42
  Speaker 2: I think I might know. I think all the laws
• 30:45
  Speaker 2: that Dave Thomas got passed that affected how much, you know,
• 30:47
  Speaker 2: they're going to be able to tax and collect from us.
• 30:50
  Speaker 2: I don't think they're getting any guidance from the state
• 30:53
  Speaker 2: of Ohio on how to do it. That's just a
• 30:57
  Speaker 2: guess on my part, but it would be neat if,
• 30:58
  Speaker 2: you know, if Ralph could call in or if somebody
• 31:01
  Speaker 2: at the auditor's office could explain, you know, because I
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: looked about three weeks ago. There's a house in my
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: neighborhood that's sold. And, I mean, a young couple, Ron.
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: Stand by. Stand by one minute. Stand by. Back with
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: Rich in more of your calls straight ahead. Ron, from
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: checking in with Terry C-Mac out at C-Mac's Appliance right
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: there in Youngstown, Poland Road in Struthers, you won't find
• 31:26
  Speaker 1: a better selection, you won't find a more competitive price.
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: In stock, they can get it to you really quick,
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: and great delivery, guys. That's been a tradition at C-Mac's
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: over the years, right, Terry?
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: Absolutely, and at that time of year right now, Ron,
• 31:40
  Speaker 2: when refrigeration breaks, freezers break, we have the largest selection
• 31:45
  Speaker 2: there is in stock, and if not, we can have
• 31:47
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• 31:50
  Speaker 2: any brand you can think of, any.
• 31:52
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• 31:53
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• 31:55
  Speaker 2: It's that simple.
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: Absolutely. And washers, dryers, refrigerators, freezers, all the appliance needs
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: that you have in stock, many of them right there
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: that you can see and touch, and great delivery, guys.
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: Where are you located, Terry?
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: 864 Youngstown Pool Road, a mile and a half north
• 32:11
  Speaker 2: of Poland, a half mile south of Midlothian.
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: Make sure you pay him a visit, and you, too,
• 32:15
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• 32:18
  Speaker 5: Ron Frum checking in with Mike Miller out at the
• 32:20
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• 32:31
  Speaker 1: What else?
• 32:32
  Speaker 2: No, I mean, a young couple, I think about four
• 32:35
  Speaker 2: weeks ago, buys a house in my neighborhood. I mean,
• 32:38
  Speaker 2: our neighborhood, we lived here 20 years. It was probably
• 32:40
  Speaker 2: about a $ 300, 000 neighborhood the vast majority of that time.
• 32:45
  Speaker 2: This house, very nice house, just sold for $ 765, 000. I mean,
• 32:51
  Speaker 2: can you imagine being a young couple? I think they're
• 32:53
  Speaker 2: both probably 30, 31 years old. I think he's a dentist.
• 32:56
  Speaker 2: She's a teacher. I mean, even if you put 20% down,
• 33:00
  Speaker 2: you're financing like, what, $ 600? Plus the property taxes, plus
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: the insurance, plus the utilities? Yep. I can't even fathom.
• 33:10
  Speaker 1: I wouldn't even do it. I would not even participate
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: in it. Under no circumstances would I do that.
• 33:18
  Speaker 2: But, I mean, that's not... Like I said, every Sunday
• 33:22
  Speaker 2: the Vindicator publishes property sales. Take a look at it.
• 33:25
  Speaker 2: It's incredible. I don't know how these poor people are
• 33:28
  Speaker 2: affording it.
• 33:30
  Speaker 1: It just..
• 33:31
  Speaker 2: I mean, God forbid, one of you... Something happens to
• 33:33
  Speaker 2: one of you and you're not working.
• 33:34
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 33:36
  Speaker 2: I mean, because you're probably putting it for sale at
• 33:37
  Speaker 2: that point.
• 33:38
  Speaker 1: You would have to.
• 33:39
  Speaker 2: I just... I just... And I don't know how you
• 33:42
  Speaker 2: fix it. I don't know what we can do to
• 33:44
  Speaker 2: fix it. How do you bring the price of a
• 33:46
  Speaker 2: stick of copper down? Or, you know... 14-2 wire to
• 33:50
  Speaker 2: wire the house. I mean, I think I used to
• 33:52
  Speaker 2: buy that stuff 20 years, 25 years ago. I used
• 33:56
  Speaker 2: to buy 14-2 wire for, what, probably $ 20 for 100-foot coil.
• 34:00
  Speaker 2: Price it now.
• 34:01
  Speaker 1: And then you sit back and you look at the
• 34:03
  Speaker 1: situation in Iran. It's not looking good.
• 34:10
  Speaker 2: I think we just need to basically get serious with them.
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: I think we've been serious with them. I counted that
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: by saying we smacked the living hell out of them.
• 34:22
  Speaker 1: I mean, if you take a look at it, so
• 34:26
  Speaker 1: you can continue to do some more and see what happens.
• 34:29
  Speaker 2: He's been threatening bridge and power plant day. Do it.
• 34:34
  Speaker 2: Take out the oil refineries. Look what's happening in Ukraine.
• 34:38
  Speaker 2: Ukraine's taken out the oil refineries, and now Russia's in
• 34:41
  Speaker 2: worse shape than Ukraine is. You know, so any more today,
• 34:46
  Speaker 2: I think the biggest problem you have right now is
• 34:51
  Speaker 2: you've got us and Russia, China, we have all these expensive, powerful,
• 34:55
  Speaker 2: you know, weapon systems. And you've got these other countries
• 34:58
  Speaker 2: that have a couple thousand dollar drone that you're shooting
• 35:01
  Speaker 2: a $ 3 million missile to take down a $ 50, 000 to
• 35:03
  Speaker 2: $ 20, 000 drone. The economics don't make sense. I don't know
• 35:10
  Speaker 2: why we're building aircraft carriers. That's just a big fat
• 35:13
  Speaker 2: target sitting out in the sea. A couple billion dollars
• 35:17
  Speaker 2: a pop. But the world is just changing so fast.
• 35:25
  Speaker 1: From a world standpoint, five years now for the war
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: in the Ukraine, and now you have this situation where
• 35:34
  Speaker 1: they said, oh, it's over, and And then prices come
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: down and the market adjusts to it. Well, now it's
• 35:40
  Speaker 1: back on. And we shall see where it all goes.
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: A lot of stuff going on in the world. There's
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: a lot of uncertainty that's going on in the world
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: right now. And inflation.
• 35:52
  Speaker 2: On the other hand, you know, you look and Lindsey
• 35:54
  Speaker 2: Graham comes back and one minute he's alive and the
• 35:57
  Speaker 2: next minute he's dead.
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: He's not worried about any bit of it anymore, right?
• 36:03
  Speaker 2: Nope. So, I mean, you know, at what point do
• 36:04
  Speaker 2: you just say, you know, Quit worrying about all this
• 36:07
  Speaker 2: stuff and just live your life and what's to be
• 36:09
  Speaker 2: is to be.
• 36:10
  Speaker 1: Yep.
• 36:11
  Speaker 2: 71.
• 36:11
  Speaker 1: Absolutely. Absolutely right.
• 36:13
  Speaker 2: All right, Rich.
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: Thank you. Appreciate it. News Radio 4. You too. You're
• 36:16
  Speaker 1: on air.
• 36:18
  Speaker 2: Ronald.
• 36:19
  Speaker 1: Ted the Conservative.
• 36:21
  Speaker 3: How are you doing?
• 36:23
  Speaker 1: I am doing well, Theodore. Thank you for asking. An
• 36:25
  Speaker 1: interesting discussion with Rich, a pharmacist, and now Ted the Conservative.
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: You know what I call that, folks? A good day.
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: A good start to the week.
• 36:33
  Speaker 3: How about that? I thought I would check in with you.
• 36:36
  Speaker 3: I wanted to share something with you and then maybe
• 36:39
  Speaker 3: talk about Lindsey Graham.
• 36:40
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 36:41
  Speaker 3: Also wanted to tell you, you know, last week listening
• 36:43
  Speaker 3: to the program, you were discussing your career path and
• 36:49
  Speaker 3: your reduction in hours. And I've got to share my
• 36:53
  Speaker 3: thoughts to myself. Wow, this sounds like the beginning to
• 36:55
  Speaker 3: the end. And I don't know if that's right or not,
• 36:59
  Speaker 3: but that's what I thought last week.
• 37:01
  Speaker 1: I think it could be.
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: It could be.
• 37:04
  Speaker 1: I think it very.
• 37:05
  Speaker 3: Well could be. So we have to cherish the time
• 37:08
  Speaker 3: we have with you.
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: The time we have together. Nothing goes on, you know,
• 37:12
  Speaker 1: like I say, nothing goes on forever. And so everybody
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: gets older every day that goes by, right?
• 37:21
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 37:21
  Speaker 3: And you know what? It's sad and it's unfortunate. I
• 37:25
  Speaker 3: was in the car this morning. I'm not sure what
• 37:27
  Speaker 3: program is on, 5, 7, 8 o'clock in the morning,
• 37:29
  Speaker 3: but It's just not the same. These national programming spots
• 37:34
  Speaker 3: that they fill these voids with, it's just not the same.
• 37:37
  Speaker 2: It just seems like a bunch of smoke and mirrors,
• 37:40
  Speaker 2: nothing very..
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: Well, hold that thought for a second. Hold that thought.
• 37:43
  Speaker 1: Let me do my headlines.
• 37:44
  Speaker 5: Youngstown's News, Weather, and Talk Station, 570 WKBN. All right.
• 37:50
  Speaker 1: All right, Rich. What else?
• 37:53
  Speaker 2: No, I mean, a young couple, I think about four
• 37:56
  Speaker 2: weeks ago, buys a house in my neighborhood. I mean,
• 38:00
  Speaker 2: our neighborhood, we lived here 20 years. It was probably
• 38:02
  Speaker 2: about a $ 300, 000 neighborhood the vast majority of that time.
• 38:07
  Speaker 2: This house, very nice house, just sold for $ 765, 000. I mean,
• 38:13
  Speaker 2: can you imagine being a young couple? I think they're
• 38:15
  Speaker 2: both probably 30, 31 years old. I think he's a dentist.
• 38:18
  Speaker 2: She's a teacher. I mean, even if you put 20% down...
• 38:22
  Speaker 2: you're financing like, what, $ 600? Plus the property taxes, plus
• 38:27
  Speaker 2: the insurance, plus the utilities?
• 38:29
  Speaker 3: Yep.
• 38:30
  Speaker 2: I can't even fathom.
• 38:32
  Speaker 1: I wouldn't even do it. I would not even participate
• 38:35
  Speaker 1: in it. Under no circumstances would I do that.
• 38:40
  Speaker 2: But, I mean, that's not– like I said, every Sunday
• 38:43
  Speaker 2: the Vindicator publishes property sales. Take a look at it.
• 38:47
  Speaker 2: It's incredible. I don't know how these poor people are
• 38:49
  Speaker 2: affording it. It just, I mean, God forbid, one of you,
• 38:54
  Speaker 2: something happens to one of you and you're not working. Right.
• 38:57
  Speaker 2: I mean, because you're probably putting it for sale at
• 38:59
  Speaker 2: that point.
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: You would have to.
• 39:01
  Speaker 2: I just, I just, and I don't know how you
• 39:04
  Speaker 2: fix it. I don't know what we can do to
• 39:06
  Speaker 2: fix it. How do you bring the price of a
• 39:07
  Speaker 2: stick of copper down? Or, you know, 14-2 wire to
• 39:11
  Speaker 2: wire the house. Right. I mean, I think I used
• 39:14
  Speaker 2: to buy that stuff 20 years, 25 years ago. I
• 39:17
  Speaker 2: used to buy 14-2 wire for, what, probably 20 bucks
• 39:20
  Speaker 2: for 100-foot coil. Price it now.
• 39:22
  Speaker 1: And then you sit back and you look, this situation
• 39:26
  Speaker 1: in Iran uh is uh not looking good yeah.
• 39:32
  Speaker 2: I i think we just need to be we need
• 39:34
  Speaker 2: to basically get serious with them and just i think we've.
• 39:38
  Speaker 1: Been serious with them i i counter that by saying
• 39:42
  Speaker 1: we smacked the living hell out of them I mean,
• 39:45
  Speaker 1: if you take a look at it, so you can
• 39:48
  Speaker 1: continue to do some more and see what happens.
• 39:52
  Speaker 2: He's been threatening bridge and power plant day. Do it.
• 39:55
  Speaker 2: Take out the oil refineries. Look what's happened in Ukraine.
• 40:00
  Speaker 2: Ukraine's taken out the oil refineries, and now Russia's in
• 40:02
  Speaker 2: worse shape than Ukraine is. Any more today, I think
• 40:09
  Speaker 2: the biggest problem you have right now is You've got
• 40:14
  Speaker 2: us and Russia, China, we have all these expensive, powerful,
• 40:17
  Speaker 2: you know, weapon systems. And you've got these other countries
• 40:20
  Speaker 2: that have a couple thousand dollar drone that you're shooting
• 40:23
  Speaker 2: a $ 3 million missile to take down a $ 50, 000 or
• 40:25
  Speaker 2: $ 20, 000 drone. The economics don't make sense. It just, you're,
• 40:32
  Speaker 2: I don't know why we're building aircraft carriers. That's just
• 40:34
  Speaker 2: a big fat target sitting out in the sea. You know,
• 40:37
  Speaker 2: a couple billion dollars a pop. It's... But the world
• 40:42
  Speaker 2: is just changing so fast.
• 40:47
  Speaker 1: I mean, from a world standpoint, five years now for
• 40:50
  Speaker 1: the war in the Ukraine, and now you have this
• 40:55
  Speaker 1: situation where they said, oh, it's over, and then prices
• 40:59
  Speaker 1: come down and the market adjusts to it. Well, now
• 41:02
  Speaker 1: it's back on. And we shall see where it all goes.
• 41:05
  Speaker 1: A lot of stuff going on in the world. There's
• 41:08
  Speaker 1: a lot of uncertainty that's going on in the world
• 41:11
  Speaker 1: right now. And inflation.
• 41:13
  Speaker 2: On the other hand, you know, you look and Lindsey
• 41:16
  Speaker 2: Graham comes back and one minute he's alive and the
• 41:18
  Speaker 2: next minute he's dead.
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: He's not worried about any bit of it anymore, right?
• 41:24
  Speaker 2: Nope. So, I mean, you know, at what point do
• 41:26
  Speaker 2: you just say, you know, quit worrying about all this
• 41:29
  Speaker 2: stuff and just live your life and what's to be
• 41:31
  Speaker 2: is to be?
• 41:32
  Speaker 1: Yep, 71. Absolutely. Absolutely right. All right, Rich, thank you.
• 41:36
  Speaker 1: Appreciate it. News Radio 5. You too. You're on air.
• 41:40
  Speaker 2: Ronald.
• 41:41
  Speaker 1: Ted the Conservative.
• 41:43
  Speaker 3: How are you doing?
• 41:45
  Speaker 1: I am doing well, Theodore. Thank you for asking. An
• 41:47
  Speaker 1: interesting discussion with Rich, a pharmacist, and now Ted the Conservative.
• 41:51
  Speaker 1: You know what I call that, folks? A good day,
• 41:53
  Speaker 1: a good start to the week.
• 41:55
  Speaker 3: How about that? I thought I would check in with you.
• 41:58
  Speaker 3: I wanted to share something with you and then maybe
• 42:00
  Speaker 3: talk about Lindsey Graham.
• 42:02
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 42:02
  Speaker 3: Also wanted to tell you, you know, last week listening
• 42:04
  Speaker 3: to the program, you were discussing your career path and
• 42:11
  Speaker 3: your reduction in hours. And I got a tear in
• 42:14
  Speaker 3: my eye and I thought to myself, wow, this sounds
• 42:16
  Speaker 3: like the beginning to the end. And I don't know
• 42:19
  Speaker 3: if that's right or not, but that's what I thought
• 42:22
  Speaker 3: last week.
• 42:23
  Speaker 1: I think it could be. I think it very well
• 42:27
  Speaker 1: could be.
• 42:28
  Speaker 3: So we have to cherish the time we have with you.
• 42:31
  Speaker 1: The time we have together. Nothing goes on, you know,
• 42:34
  Speaker 1: like I say, nothing goes on forever. And so everybody
• 42:39
  Speaker 1: gets older every day that goes by, right?
• 42:42
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 42:43
  Speaker 3: And you know what? It's sad and it's unfortunate. I
• 42:46
  Speaker 3: was in the car this morning. I'm not sure what
• 42:48
  Speaker 3: program is on 5, 7, 8 o'clock in the morning,
• 42:51
  Speaker 3: but it's just not the same. He's National Programming. spots
• 42:56
  Speaker 3: that they fill these voids with. It's just not the same.
• 43:00
  Speaker 3: It just seems like a bunch of smoke and mirrors,
• 43:02
  Speaker 3: nothing very..
• 43:03
  Speaker 1: Well, hold that thought for a second. Hold that thought.
• 43:05
  Speaker 1: Let me do my headlines. I'll come right back here.
• 43:06
  Speaker 1: Good morning and welcome.
• 43:08
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• 43:09
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• 43:11
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• 43:17
  Speaker 1: Pick up the conversation.
• 43:19
  Speaker 3: We'll talk about what's happening anytime.
• 43:21
  Speaker 5: The deal we reached with Iran.
• 43:23
  Speaker 4: The devil's in the details.
• 43:24
  Speaker 6: Bringing the price of gasoline down.
• 43:25
  Speaker 1: Maintain the Fed funds rate.
• 43:27
  Speaker 3: Tying Pfizer to the save app.
• 43:28
  Speaker 1: NATO has been a paper tiger for the very latest.
• 43:32
  Speaker 1: We'll see how that all plays out.
• 43:34
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• 43:39
  Speaker 7: The American Red Cross is putting the call out for
• 43:41
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• 43:46
  Speaker 4: The American Red Cross has deemed an emergency blood shortage
• 43:50
  Speaker 4: due to the fact that our blood supply across the
• 43:53
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• 43:56
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• 43:59
  Speaker 7: O negative and O positive. A Canton man made his
• 44:02
  Speaker 7: first court appearance this morning. 39-year-old Julius Edwards is facing
• 44:05
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• 44:08
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• 44:12
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• 44:14
  Speaker 1: Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, among.
• 44:16
  Speaker 7: Those offering condolences following the news over the weekend of
• 44:19
  Speaker 7: the death of South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, DeWine recalled
• 44:22
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• 44:44
  Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
• 44:45
  Speaker 1: But networks, sir, they have their good and their bad.
• 44:48
  Speaker 1: Let's put it that way.
• 44:49
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, but it's a shame we're losing our top radio.
• 44:53
  Speaker 2: I think..
• 44:55
  Speaker 3: I think times change and we all evolve. I'm sure
• 44:59
  Speaker 3: younger kids today, the last thing they can think about
• 45:01
  Speaker 3: is putting on talk radio.
• 45:04
  Speaker 1: I will tell you something when people talk about radio.
• 45:07
  Speaker 1: I'll educate you on the industry. Radio listening is gigantic.
• 45:12
  Speaker 1: I'm a radio guy. If you look at trends, I
• 45:16
  Speaker 1: don't care what age group you are. It doesn't matter
• 45:19
  Speaker 1: whatever age group you are. Radio listenership is in the 90s,
• 45:25
  Speaker 1: and there's a reason. It's easy, it's convenient, and it's free,
• 45:29
  Speaker 1: whether that's music radio or talk radio or whatever. The
• 45:34
  Speaker 1: listenership is huge. And I'll give you the inside scoop.
• 45:40
  Speaker 1: Radio advertising is more effective than any other form of advertising.
• 45:45
  Speaker 1: That's the spoken word. And listenership is huge.
• 45:50
  Speaker 3: I believe it.
• 45:52
  Speaker 1: I don't think that'll change any time soon. This idea
• 45:56
  Speaker 1: that everybody's listening to podcasts and that kind of stuff
• 45:59
  Speaker 1: is somewhat of a myth, even though a lot of
• 46:05
  Speaker 1: people listen to the podcast. this program when it's posted
• 46:08
  Speaker 1: on podcasts because god did i get a lot of
• 46:10
  Speaker 1: emails from people that were upset it wasn't getting posted
• 46:13
  Speaker 1: they made up for all of that though they posted
• 46:15
  Speaker 1: the previous shows and that kind of stuff because we
• 46:17
  Speaker 1: had some technical problems but It's just interesting. You have
• 46:23
  Speaker 1: people that have maybe cut the cord on cable on TV,
• 46:26
  Speaker 1: but they still watch a lot of TV with streaming.
• 46:29
  Speaker 1: They just get it differently. And that's had a major
• 46:32
  Speaker 1: effect on local television, just as a side note. Local television,
• 46:35
  Speaker 1: like when you would get your TV off the cable,
• 46:39
  Speaker 1: local television got a piece of that fee that you
• 46:42
  Speaker 1: paid every month to, whether it's Spectre or Armstrong or something.
• 46:46
  Speaker 1: the outside of the ads that they sold, they got
• 46:48
  Speaker 1: a big, they got a chunk of, uh, of the
• 46:50
  Speaker 1: money that you paid as a subscriber to cable. Well,
• 46:53
  Speaker 1: they lost all of that money because there's so many
• 46:56
  Speaker 1: people have cut the cord as they say, and they
• 46:58
  Speaker 1: get it all through streaming as opposed to paying a
• 47:01
  Speaker 1: cable bill. So local TV is taking a big financial
• 47:04
  Speaker 1: hit by losing all of that revenue, which is, uh,
• 47:08
  Speaker 1: which is pretty, you know, streaming.
• 47:10
  Speaker 3: Uh, I've been watching a program on HBO Max and,
• 47:14
  Speaker 3: Remember when streaming first came out, they sold it as
• 47:16
  Speaker 3: no commercials. Yeah. You know, just content, content. Well, now
• 47:21
  Speaker 3: you watch streaming and it's like this HBO Max. It's
• 47:23
  Speaker 3: flooded with commercials. It's just crazy how things change. And,
• 47:27
  Speaker 3: you know, they lure you in with with one hand
• 47:31
  Speaker 3: and then they pull you back with the other hand.
• 47:32
  Speaker 3: But that is what it is. I guess the evolution
• 47:35
  Speaker 3: of the world we live in. Right.
• 47:37
  Speaker 1: I was listening to someone that was talking about they
• 47:43
  Speaker 1: would advertise on Facebook, and the guy was talking about
• 47:46
  Speaker 1: how ineffective it was for him, how it was just
• 47:50
  Speaker 1: a monumental waste of his ad dollars. I just think
• 47:55
  Speaker 1: it's interesting, but it's all there. But anyway, with that
• 48:01
  Speaker 1: being said, what else is on your minds?
• 48:04
  Speaker 3: So I was asked a question yesterday, and I thought
• 48:06
  Speaker 3: I'd share it with you and run it up the flagpole.
• 48:09
  Speaker 3: I don't want to talk about Lindsey Graham, but someone,
• 48:12
  Speaker 3: I was having a conversation with someone, and they said,
• 48:14
  Speaker 3: you know, who do you think is the biggest threat
• 48:16
  Speaker 3: to America, China or Russia? And I told them, well,
• 48:19
  Speaker 3: in my humble opinion, I don't think neither of the
• 48:21
  Speaker 3: biggest threats to America. They looked at me like I
• 48:23
  Speaker 3: was crazy. So who's the biggest threat? I told them Democrats.
• 48:28
  Speaker 3: Democrats are the biggest threat to the fabric of our country.
• 48:32
  Speaker 3: And then He looked at me and just pure astonishment.
• 48:35
  Speaker 3: Couldn't believe I said that. And I'm sure some of
• 48:38
  Speaker 3: your callers might freak out on me today. But then
• 48:40
  Speaker 3: what do I wake up to this morning? I read
• 48:42
  Speaker 3: this article out of Minnesota. And for every Democrat that
• 48:48
  Speaker 3: opposes ICE, I say you too are the problem with America.
• 48:52
  Speaker 3: Did you happen to read that article about this guy
• 48:54
  Speaker 3: that Tim Walz pardoned in Minnesota?
• 48:57
  Speaker 1: Tell our listeners about it. Tell them.
• 49:00
  Speaker 3: Raped a 10-year-old child. A 10-year-old child. And these are
• 49:07
  Speaker 3: the same people that are telling you ICE is bad.
• 49:10
  Speaker 3: They're trying to stop ICE from being in Minnesota. Well,
• 49:13
  Speaker 3: Minnesota is like the beehive of the legal immigrants of America.
• 49:16
  Speaker 3: And all you, I'm going to say it, all you
• 49:19
  Speaker 3: dumb Democrats out there fighting for these people need your
• 49:22
  Speaker 3: head examined. This guy raped a 10-year-old kid, girl, not once,
• 49:27
  Speaker 3: not twice, not three times, not four times, for years,
• 49:31
  Speaker 3: for two years or so. And you Democrats are fighting
• 49:36
  Speaker 3: to keep these people in our country. So when I
• 49:38
  Speaker 3: say the Democrats are the biggest threat to America, the
• 49:42
  Speaker 3: America you and I grew up in, I never felt
• 49:46
  Speaker 3: stronger than I did this morning when I read that.
• 49:49
  Speaker 3: You've got to be out of your mind to oppose
• 49:52
  Speaker 3: ICE and the propaganda that the far left is selling you,
• 49:57
  Speaker 3: like these guys are coming into your neighborhood and they're
• 49:59
  Speaker 3: going to shoot and kill you and your neighbors. Come on, people,
• 50:03
  Speaker 3: don't be so dumb. You watch all these social media clips.
• 50:07
  Speaker 3: They only show you what they want you to see.
• 50:09
  Speaker 3: They don't show you the aggravating or the incitement of
• 50:13
  Speaker 3: the riots that begin. They just show you ICE defending
• 50:16
  Speaker 3: themselves or ICE taking action after the incident happened.
• 50:23
  Speaker 1: Here's the story. A 42-year-old illegal immigrant convicted of repeatedly
• 50:27
  Speaker 1: raping a child was awarded a pardon... by Governor Tim Walz,
• 50:33
  Speaker 1: tampon Tim, Board of Pardons, after the state's clemency commission
• 50:37
  Speaker 1: recommended it be granted to him due to immigration concerns.
• 50:42
  Speaker 1: What the hell does that mean? Minnesota Clemency Review Commission,
• 50:46
  Speaker 1: which voted 4-2 to grant a pardon, let's see, following
• 50:51
  Speaker 1: his conviction for criminal sexual conduct, this guy admitted to
• 50:56
  Speaker 1: repeatedly raping a girl over a multi-year period beginning when
• 51:00
  Speaker 1: she was 10 years old. Well, the two board members
• 51:03
  Speaker 1: who voted against granting a pardon noted the serious nature
• 51:06
  Speaker 1: of his offenses. Four members recommending a pardon, each listed
• 51:11
  Speaker 1: concerns about him being deported. One commissioner who voted in
• 51:16
  Speaker 1: favor of granting a pardon wrote in his recommendation, very
• 51:19
  Speaker 1: tough cases, but the kids not having a father is
• 51:26
  Speaker 1: not in the best interest of society. Referring to the
• 51:29
  Speaker 1: rapist's six children.
• 51:32
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 51:33
  Speaker 3: And what are the chances those kids were not born
• 51:35
  Speaker 3: out of rape? I mean, these people, Ron, they are
• 51:40
  Speaker 3: mentally damaged and there's no repair. So when I say
• 51:45
  Speaker 3: Democrats are the biggest threat to America, I never feel
• 51:49
  Speaker 3: stronger about that. You have got to be out of
• 51:51
  Speaker 3: your mind to oppose ICE. You know, when that woman
• 51:54
  Speaker 3: was shot in... in minnesota and killed i remember all
• 51:58
  Speaker 3: the dummies getting on the radio and saying oh how
• 52:01
  Speaker 3: horrible was this she wasn't doing anything and then you
• 52:04
  Speaker 3: give it 20 minutes 30 minutes give it an hour
• 52:06
  Speaker 3: and you see all the whole video come out and
• 52:09
  Speaker 3: you hear how how she's been behaving for days and
• 52:12
  Speaker 3: then they say well they didn't need to shoot and
• 52:14
  Speaker 3: kill her you know what ron this may sound harsh
• 52:17
  Speaker 3: but That's the only way you deal with people like that.
• 52:20
  Speaker 2: Just get rid of them.
• 52:21
  Speaker 3: Just like we're doing with these illegals.
• 52:22
  Speaker 1: Get them out of the country. Governor Tim Walz's decision
• 52:27
  Speaker 1: to pardon an illegal alien convicted of child rapist so
• 52:30
  Speaker 1: he can remain in our country is disgusting. These are criminals,
• 52:35
  Speaker 1: illegal aliens he and his Minnesota sanctuary politicians are protecting.
• 52:39
  Speaker 1: This guy entered the U.S. through California in 1994 and
• 52:42
  Speaker 1: was granted legal status by the Clinton administration between 2002
• 52:46
  Speaker 1: and 2004 when Vang, is his name, was between 18
• 52:50
  Speaker 1: and 20 years old. He had sexual intercourse with the
• 52:53
  Speaker 1: victim four to six times. The abuse took place at St. Paul, Minnesota,
• 52:58
  Speaker 1: and the first rape took place when the victim was
• 53:02
  Speaker 1: in fourth grade. Unbelievable.
• 53:05
  Speaker 3: But yet these dummies will say, you know, they'll get on...
• 53:08
  Speaker 3: They'll get on their soapbox and scream about how bad
• 53:11
  Speaker 3: ice is and how horrible it is. I mean, there's just, Ron,
• 53:15
  Speaker 3: we're living in a country that has two different universes.
• 53:22
  Speaker 3: The universe with common sense who can think for themselves
• 53:26
  Speaker 3: and the universe that has been programmed to just do
• 53:29
  Speaker 3: whatever they're told to do. It's scary. It's really scary
• 53:33
  Speaker 3: how anybody could support this stuff. And it's these far-left states,
• 53:37
  Speaker 3: you know, these quote-unquote progressive states that are leading the way.
• 53:42
  Speaker 3: You're seeing it, you know, I don't have to name
• 53:43
  Speaker 3: the states. You know where they're at. It's just, it's scary.
• 53:47
  Speaker 3: It's really scary.
• 53:50
  Speaker 1: This guy served eight months at the county correctional workhouse.
• 53:54
  Speaker 1: He was discharged for probation early for raping a child.
• 54:01
  Speaker 3: A young child. I mean, I'm sorry, Rahm. People like that,
• 54:06
  Speaker 3: they need to be hung on the town square to
• 54:09
  Speaker 3: be made an example. They need to be put on
• 54:13
  Speaker 3: the firing line and... and broadcast that so people see
• 54:18
  Speaker 3: there are consequences.
• 54:20
  Speaker 1: Well, this Vang told police..
• 54:22
  Speaker 3: But if you're a Democrat, I guess that's okay.
• 54:24
  Speaker 2: You support that stuff.
• 54:25
  Speaker 3: The Democrats think that's okay and that ICE shouldn't be
• 54:27
  Speaker 3: in Minnesota, right?
• 54:29
  Speaker 1: Vang told police, I made a mistake, but this is
• 54:32
  Speaker 1: a minor thing. It is a cultural thing in Thailand
• 54:35
  Speaker 1: to marry and have sex with girls as young as 12.
• 54:39
  Speaker 1: But he's not in Thailand.
• 54:40
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 54:43
  Speaker 3: This is America. If you cannot assimilate to our laws
• 54:47
  Speaker 3: and our way of life, get the.
• 54:48
  Speaker 1: Hell out of here. I didn't ask for you to come.
• 54:52
  Speaker 1: Vang stated that the child should be arrested also because
• 54:55
  Speaker 1: she was as much at fault.
• 54:57
  Speaker 2: Yeah, 10-year-old child.
• 54:58
  Speaker 3: It's her fault she got raped, huh? That's a typical
• 55:02
  Speaker 3: thing Democrats say, though, isn't it? You know, just like
• 55:04
  Speaker 3: this goofy platner up in Maine that the Democrats were
• 55:10
  Speaker 3: dripping from the mouth supporting him. You know, the first
• 55:13
  Speaker 3: victim that came out was a Republican. So obviously they
• 55:16
  Speaker 3: didn't believe her. They said, oh, this can't be true.
• 55:19
  Speaker 3: This is bull crap. You know, and if it did happen,
• 55:22
  Speaker 3: she probably deserved it and she probably asked for it, blah, blah, blah.
• 55:27
  Speaker 3: And then it just snowballs one after the other after
• 55:30
  Speaker 3: the other comes out. And you realize the guy's a
• 55:33
  Speaker 3: serial rapist who the Democrats are propping up on a
• 55:36
  Speaker 3: stool like he's the next great thing in America.
• 55:40
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 55:41
  Speaker 3: And it wasn't until a Democrat came forward and said, yeah,
• 55:44
  Speaker 3: he raped me, too, that they said, oh, we can't
• 55:46
  Speaker 3: have that. Can't have that. I'm telling you, Ron, we've
• 55:50
  Speaker 3: said it a hundred times. There was someone a lot
• 55:52
  Speaker 3: more famous than you and I that said it. Liberalism
• 55:55
  Speaker 3: is a brain disorder. It's a brain disease. And the
• 55:59
  Speaker 3: funny thing is, you know, people like you and I,
• 56:03
  Speaker 3: we were raised as moderate Democrats. You know, we grew
• 56:06
  Speaker 3: up in a different time and we saw the light.
• 56:10
  Speaker 3: And we changed, not only has the world changed, but
• 56:15
  Speaker 3: we went so far as to change political affiliation many, many, many,
• 56:19
  Speaker 3: many years ago. We didn't need to see 10-year-olds getting
• 56:23
  Speaker 3: raped by illegal aliens to realize that this Democrat Party
• 56:26
  Speaker 3: was losing their minds.
• 56:28
  Speaker 1: The fact that anybody would, the actions that were taken
• 56:32
  Speaker 1: in any part of the United States with this guy
• 56:35
  Speaker 1: is amazing to me. It's just unbelievable to me.
• 56:39
  Speaker 3: If you oppose ICE, you need your brain examined.
• 56:42
  Speaker 1: And if you.
• 56:44
  Speaker 3: Didn't gripe when Joe Biden was in office, then maybe
• 56:47
  Speaker 3: we should deport some of these people, too.
• 56:50
  Speaker 1: I would say in a specific situation, everybody on that
• 56:54
  Speaker 1: parole board or everybody involved in that decision should really
• 56:58
  Speaker 1: get a mental test. Because it's just, it's unreal.
• 57:02
  Speaker 3: I'm going to say it again. You've got to be
• 57:04
  Speaker 3: nuts to vote for a Democrat today.
• 57:06
  Speaker 1: There he is.
• 57:06
  Speaker 3: And yeah, I don't care if he's your local county commissioner,
• 57:09
  Speaker 3: your local mayor, your local prosecutor. Guess what? When that
• 57:13
  Speaker 3: person you think is a nice guy and smiles and
• 57:15
  Speaker 3: shakes your hand and talks to you, when they get
• 57:17
  Speaker 3: in that voting booth, they vote for Joe Biden. They
• 57:21
  Speaker 3: vote for the Kamala Harris. They vote for the Tim Walton.
• 57:24
  Speaker 3: They vote for the Comrade Mom Dommies of America. But
• 57:28
  Speaker 3: you really need your head examined if you vote for
• 57:31
  Speaker 3: a Democrat.
• 57:32
  Speaker 1: There he is.
• 57:32
  Speaker 3: If you find that harsh, I don't apologize.
• 57:35
  Speaker 1: There he is, taking a stand.
• 57:37
  Speaker 3: I'll leave it at that, buddy, because I'm getting upset.
• 57:39
  Speaker 1: Thank you, Ted the Conservative. Thank you, Ted. Ted the
• 57:42
  Speaker 1: Conservative on NewsRadio 570, WKBN 347. In the afternoon, you're
• 57:46
  Speaker 1: on the air.
• 57:48
  Speaker 2: Hello, Ron. How are you doing today?
• 57:50
  Speaker 1: Good, thank you. Go ahead.
• 57:51
  Speaker 2: I got an article from Wall Street Journal today.
• 57:54
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 57:54
  Speaker 2: It's going to affect all of us in the very
• 57:56
  Speaker 2: near future. The headlines. Frequent oil draws from the U.S.
• 58:01
  Speaker 2: Strategic Reserve push old systems to breaking point. Fracturing wells,
• 58:06
  Speaker 2: leaky pumps, wear and tear are straining the Gulf Coast
• 58:11
  Speaker 2: salt caverns that make up the reserve. It's going to
• 58:15
  Speaker 2: cause fuel shortages pretty soon, I believe.
• 58:21
  Speaker 1: So you say because of drawing down on the Strategic
• 58:23
  Speaker 1: Oil Reserve to keep gas prices down that we're in
• 58:26
  Speaker 1: a tough spot now, right?
• 58:28
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's depleting it rapidly, according to Wall Street Journal.
• 58:33
  Speaker 2: The U.S. is tapping its national stock of crude with abandon.
• 58:36
  Speaker 2: Withdrawals are taking a toil on the strategic reserve system.
• 58:41
  Speaker 2: There's 60 Gulf Coast salt caverns. Make up the stocks.
• 58:45
  Speaker 2: It can't be drawn down from or refilled at the
• 58:48
  Speaker 2: rate at which they were designed. Wow. And there's a
• 58:53
  Speaker 2: giant gas station. Travel Center, Bucky's.
• 58:58
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 58:59
  Speaker 2: It's in Melissa, Texas. 50 square foot, 50,000 square foot building.
• 59:04
  Speaker 2: 100 fuel pumps. Last week, they only had 60 working.
• 59:08
  Speaker 2: 40 were shut down. for fuel.
• 59:12
  Speaker 1: They didn't have fuel or the pumps were broke?
• 59:15
  Speaker 2: I think they didn't have fuel. I think you're going
• 59:18
  Speaker 2: to start seeing fuel shortages here in the very near future.
• 59:21
  Speaker 2: They're drawing down on their oil reserves rapidly.
• 59:25
  Speaker 1: Well, this is a mess. I mean, I was saying
• 59:28
  Speaker 1: earlier to Rich, this is a disaster. Trump, and let's
• 59:32
  Speaker 1: be realistic, you've got to call him as you see him.
• 59:34
  Speaker 1: The mess that Trump put this country in, As far
• 59:38
  Speaker 1: as this Iran war, it was a gigantic mistake when
• 59:41
  Speaker 1: he got involved in this. I don't know why he
• 59:44
  Speaker 1: reversed himself about getting involved in these endless wars in
• 59:47
  Speaker 1: the Middle East. He did a 180. He reversed himself
• 59:51
  Speaker 1: both on Epstein and this particular situation, both of which
• 59:55
  Speaker 1: I find very troubling. And he got us in a
• 59:57
  Speaker 1: mess that we're certainly not getting out of it, and
• 1:00:03
  Speaker 1: it's just continuing to drag on. And I mean, so
• 1:00:06
  Speaker 1: you got people say the only answer is you got
• 1:00:08
  Speaker 1: to do bomb them more, bomb them more. I mean,
• 1:00:10
  Speaker 1: we bombed them a lot. We bombed them to the
• 1:00:13
  Speaker 1: point where they're concerned about the shortage of our artillery.
• 1:00:18
  Speaker 1: You follow me there? We bombed them so much that
• 1:00:21
  Speaker 1: they're saying, well, wait a minute. With all the weapons
• 1:00:24
  Speaker 1: that we sold to Ukraine and gave to Ukraine and
• 1:00:27
  Speaker 1: with all of this stuff that we just did there,
• 1:00:30
  Speaker 1: we're at a kind of a critically low level there.
• 1:00:32
  Speaker 1: And now now we're right back to the bombing campaign. Well,
• 1:00:36
  Speaker 1: what makes you think it's going to work better this time?
• 1:00:38
  Speaker 2: I agree.
• 1:00:41
  Speaker 1: I mean, you know, what do they say? Insanity's doing
• 1:00:43
  Speaker 1: the same thing again and expecting a different result? I mean,
• 1:00:47
  Speaker 1: I thought we bombed them really, really good last time.
• 1:00:51
  Speaker 2: I mean, it's not prepared to be effective. They keep
• 1:00:56
  Speaker 2: standing against us. Yeah.
• 1:01:00
  Speaker 1: I mean, you take a look at it, and it's like, so...
• 1:01:04
  Speaker 1: I mean, we're right back to where we were, what,
• 1:01:09
  Speaker 1: not that long ago. We're right back to it. And
• 1:01:12
  Speaker 1: the gas prices are right back to $ 4 a gallon.
• 1:01:16
  Speaker 2: And Saudi Arabia attacked the Houthis, which are Iran's terror
• 1:01:20
  Speaker 2: group in Yemen. And Yemen's Houthis are getting ready to retaliate.
• 1:01:26
  Speaker 2: And they say they're going to block the Bab el-Mangab Strait,
• 1:01:29
  Speaker 2: which is even narrower than the Strait of Hormuz. It's
• 1:01:33
  Speaker 2: where the Red Sea comes into the Indian Ocean. It
• 1:01:36
  Speaker 2: goes up to the Suez Canal.
• 1:01:40
  Speaker 1: I mean, this whole situation is Trump's fault. Stand by
• 1:01:45
  Speaker 1: for a minute. I'll come back to him and more
• 1:01:46
  Speaker 1: of your calls ahead. Back to it. News Radio 570.
• 1:01:57
  Speaker 1: All right, Theodore.
• 1:01:59
  Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
• 1:02:00
  Speaker 1: But networks, they have their good and their bad. Let's
• 1:02:04
  Speaker 1: put it that way.
• 1:02:05
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 1:02:06
  Speaker 3: Yeah, but it's a shame we're losing our top radio.
• 1:02:09
  Speaker 3: I think... I think times change and we all evolve.
• 1:02:14
  Speaker 3: I'm sure younger kids today, the last thing they can
• 1:02:16
  Speaker 3: think about is putting on top radio.
• 1:02:19
  Speaker 1: I will tell you something when people talk about radio.
• 1:02:23
  Speaker 1: I'll educate you on the industry. Radio listening is gigantic.
• 1:02:28
  Speaker 1: I mean, if you actually look at trends, I don't
• 1:02:32
  Speaker 1: care what age group you are. It doesn't matter whatever
• 1:02:35
  Speaker 1: age group you are. Radio listenership is in the 90s.
• 1:02:40
  Speaker 1: And there's a reason. It's easy, it's convenient, and it's free.
• 1:02:44
  Speaker 1: Whether that's music radio or talk radio or whatever, the
• 1:02:49
  Speaker 1: listenership is huge. And I'll give you the inside scoop.
• 1:02:56
  Speaker 1: Radio advertising is more effective than any other form of advertising.
• 1:03:00
  Speaker 1: That's the spoken word. And listenership is huge.
• 1:03:07
  Speaker 2: I believe it.
• 1:03:07
  Speaker 1: I don't think that'll change any time soon. This idea
• 1:03:12
  Speaker 1: that everybody's listening to podcasts and that kind of stuff
• 1:03:15
  Speaker 1: is somewhat of a myth. even though a lot of
• 1:03:21
  Speaker 1: people listen to this program when it's posted on podcasts because, God,
• 1:03:25
  Speaker 1: did I get a lot of emails from people that
• 1:03:26
  Speaker 1: were upset it wasn't getting posted. They made up for
• 1:03:29
  Speaker 1: all of that, though. They posted the previous shows and
• 1:03:31
  Speaker 1: that kind of stuff because we had some technical problems.
• 1:03:33
  Speaker 1: But it's just interesting. You have people that have maybe
• 1:03:39
  Speaker 1: cut the cord on cable on TV, but they still
• 1:03:42
  Speaker 1: watch a lot of TV with streaming. They just get
• 1:03:45
  Speaker 1: it differently. And that's had a major effect on local television,
• 1:03:49
  Speaker 1: just as a side note. Local television, like when you
• 1:03:52
  Speaker 1: would get your TV off the cable, local television got
• 1:03:55
  Speaker 1: a piece of that fee that you paid every month to,
• 1:03:59
  Speaker 1: whether it's Spectrum or Armstrong or something, outside of the
• 1:04:02
  Speaker 1: ads that they sold, they got a chunk of... of
• 1:04:06
  Speaker 1: the money that you paid as a subscriber to cable. Well,
• 1:04:09
  Speaker 1: they lost all of that money because so many people
• 1:04:12
  Speaker 1: have cut the cord, as they say, and they get
• 1:04:14
  Speaker 1: it all through streaming as opposed to paying a cable bill.
• 1:04:17
  Speaker 1: So local TV's taking a big financial hit by losing
• 1:04:21
  Speaker 1: all of that revenue, which is pretty substantial.
• 1:04:24
  Speaker 3: You know, it's funny, too, you mentioned streaming. I've been
• 1:04:27
  Speaker 3: watching a program on HBO Max, and remember when streaming
• 1:04:30
  Speaker 3: first came out, they sold it as no commercials.
• 1:04:33
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 1:04:33
  Speaker 3: You know, just content, content. Well, now... You watch streaming,
• 1:04:37
  Speaker 3: and it's like this HBO Max. It's flooded with commercials.
• 1:04:40
  Speaker 3: It's just crazy how things change. And, you know, they
• 1:04:43
  Speaker 3: lure you in with one hand, and then they pull
• 1:04:47
  Speaker 3: you back with the other hand. But that is what
• 1:04:49
  Speaker 3: it is, I guess, the evolution of the world we
• 1:04:51
  Speaker 3: live in, right?
• 1:04:53
  Speaker 1: I was listening to someone that was talking about they
• 1:04:58
  Speaker 1: would advertise on Facebook, and the guy was talking about
• 1:05:02
  Speaker 1: how ineffective it was for him, how it was just
• 1:05:05
  Speaker 1: a monumental waste of his ad dollars. I just think
• 1:05:10
  Speaker 1: it's interesting, but it's all there. But anyway, with that
• 1:05:17
  Speaker 1: being said, what else is on your mind?
• 1:05:19
  Speaker 3: So I was asked a question yesterday, and I thought
• 1:05:21
  Speaker 3: I'd share it with you and run it up the flagpole.
• 1:05:24
  Speaker 2: See if anybody salutes.
• 1:05:25
  Speaker 3: I also want to talk about Lindsey Graham.
• 1:05:26
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 1:05:27
  Speaker 3: Someone, I was having a conversation with someone, and they said,
• 1:05:29
  Speaker 3: you know, who do you think is the bigger threat
• 1:05:31
  Speaker 3: to America, China or Russia? And I told them, well,
• 1:05:35
  Speaker 3: in my humble opinion, I don't think neither are the
• 1:05:37
  Speaker 3: biggest threat to America. They looked at me like I
• 1:05:39
  Speaker 3: was crazy.
• 1:05:39
  Speaker 2: So who's the biggest threat?
• 1:05:41
  Speaker 3: I told them Democrats. Democrats are the biggest threat to
• 1:05:45
  Speaker 3: the fabric of our country.
• 1:05:47
  Speaker 2: And then..
• 1:05:49
  Speaker 3: He looked at me and just pure astonishment. Couldn't believe
• 1:05:51
  Speaker 3: I said that. And I'm sure some of your callers
• 1:05:54
  Speaker 3: might freak out on today, but then what do I
• 1:05:56
  Speaker 3: wake up to this morning? I read this article out of,
• 1:05:59
  Speaker 3: out of Minnesota. And for every Democrat that opposes ice,
• 1:06:05
  Speaker 3: I say you two are the problem with America. Did
• 1:06:08
  Speaker 3: you happen to read that article about this guy that
• 1:06:10
  Speaker 3: Tim waltz pardoned in Minnesota?
• 1:06:12
  Speaker 1: Tell our listeners about it. Tell them.
• 1:06:14
  Speaker 3: A 10 year old child raped, A 10-year-old child. And
• 1:06:22
  Speaker 3: these are the same people that are telling you ICE
• 1:06:25
  Speaker 3: is bad. They're trying to stop ICE from being in Minnesota. Well,
• 1:06:28
  Speaker 3: Minnesota is like the beehive of the legal immigrants of America.
• 1:06:32
  Speaker 3: And all you, I'm going to say it, all you
• 1:06:35
  Speaker 3: dumb Democrats out there fighting for these people need your
• 1:06:37
  Speaker 3: head examined. This guy raped a 10-year-old kid. Girl, not once,
• 1:06:42
  Speaker 3: not twice, not three times, not four times, for years.
• 1:06:47
  Speaker 3: For two years or so. And you Democrats are fighting
• 1:06:51
  Speaker 3: to keep these people in our country. So when I
• 1:06:53
  Speaker 3: say the Democrats are the biggest threat to America, the
• 1:06:57
  Speaker 3: America you and I grew up in, I never felt
• 1:07:01
  Speaker 3: stronger than I did this morning when I read that.
• 1:07:04
  Speaker 3: You've got to be out of your mind to oppose
• 1:07:07
  Speaker 3: ICE and the propaganda that the far left is selling you,
• 1:07:12
  Speaker 3: like these guys are coming into your neighborhood and they're
• 1:07:15
  Speaker 3: going to shoot and kill you and your neighbors. Come on, people,
• 1:07:18
  Speaker 3: don't be so dumb. You watch all these social media clips.
• 1:07:22
  Speaker 3: They only show you what they want you to see.
• 1:07:24
  Speaker 3: They don't show you the aggravating or the incitement of
• 1:07:28
  Speaker 3: the riots that begin. They just show you ICE defending
• 1:07:32
  Speaker 3: themselves or ICE taking action after the incident happened.
• 1:07:39
  Speaker 1: Here's the story. A 42-year-old illegal immigrant convicted of repeatedly
• 1:07:43
  Speaker 1: raping a child was awarded a pardon... by Governor Tim Walz,
• 1:07:48
  Speaker 1: tampon Tim, Board of Pardons, after the state's Clemency Commission
• 1:07:53
  Speaker 1: recommended it be granted to him due to immigration concerns.
• 1:07:58
  Speaker 1: What the hell does that mean? Minnesota Clemency Review Commission,
• 1:08:02
  Speaker 1: which voted 4-2 to grant a pardon, let's see, following
• 1:08:06
  Speaker 1: his conviction for criminal sexual conduct, this guy admitted to
• 1:08:11
  Speaker 1: repeatedly raping a girl over a multi-year period beginning when
• 1:08:15
  Speaker 1: she was 10 years old. Referring to the rapist's six children.
• 1:08:47
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 1:08:48
  Speaker 3: And what are the chances those kids were not born
• 1:08:51
  Speaker 3: out of rape? I mean, these people, Ron, they are
• 1:08:55
  Speaker 3: mentally damaged and there's no repair. so when i say
• 1:09:00
  Speaker 3: democrats are the biggest threat to america i never feel
• 1:09:04
  Speaker 3: stronger about that you have got to be out of
• 1:09:06
  Speaker 3: your mind to oppose ice you know when that woman
• 1:09:09
  Speaker 3: was shot in uh in minnesota and killed i remember
• 1:09:13
  Speaker 3: all the dummies getting on the radio and saying oh
• 1:09:16
  Speaker 3: how horrible was this she wasn't doing anything and then
• 1:09:19
  Speaker 3: you give it 20 minutes 30 minutes give it an
• 1:09:21
  Speaker 3: hour and you see all the whole video come out
• 1:09:24
  Speaker 3: and you hear how how she's been behaving for days
• 1:09:27
  Speaker 3: and then they say well they didn't need to shoot
• 1:09:29
  Speaker 3: and kill her you know what ron this may sound
• 1:09:32
  Speaker 3: harsh but That's the only way you deal with people
• 1:09:35
  Speaker 3: like that. Just get rid of them. Just like we're
• 1:09:37
  Speaker 3: doing with these illegals.
• 1:09:38
  Speaker 1: Get them out of the country. Governor Tim Walz's decision
• 1:09:42
  Speaker 1: to pardon an illegal alien convicted of child rapist so
• 1:09:46
  Speaker 1: he can remain in our country is disgusting. These are criminals,
• 1:09:50
  Speaker 1: illegal aliens he and his Minnesota sanctuary politicians are protecting.
• 1:09:55
  Speaker 1: This guy entered the U.S. through California in 1994 and
• 1:09:58
  Speaker 1: was granted legal status by the Clinton administration between 2002
• 1:10:01
  Speaker 1: and 2004. when Vang is his name, was between 18
• 1:10:05
  Speaker 1: and 20 years old. He had sexual intercourse with the
• 1:10:08
  Speaker 1: victim four to six times. The abuse took place at St. Paul, Minnesota,
• 1:10:13
  Speaker 1: and the first rape took place when the victim was
• 1:10:17
  Speaker 1: in fourth grade. Unbelievable.
• 1:10:21
  Speaker 3: But yet these dummies will say, you know, they'll get
• 1:10:24
  Speaker 3: on their soapbox and scream about how bad ICE is
• 1:10:26
  Speaker 3: and how horrible it is. I mean, there's just, Ron,
• 1:10:30
  Speaker 3: we're living in a country that has two different universes.
• 1:10:37
  Speaker 3: The universe with common sense, who can think for themselves,
• 1:10:41
  Speaker 3: and the universe that has been programmed to just do
• 1:10:44
  Speaker 3: whatever they're told to do. It's scary. It's really scary.
• 1:10:49
  Speaker 3: Anybody could support this stuff. And it's these far-left states,
• 1:10:53
  Speaker 3: you know, these quote-unquote progressive states that are leading the way.
• 1:10:57
  Speaker 3: You're seeing it, you know, I don't have to name
• 1:10:59
  Speaker 3: the states. You know where they're at. Um, it's just,
• 1:11:02
  Speaker 3: it's scary. It's really scary.
• 1:11:04
  Speaker 1: This guy, this guy served eight months at the county
• 1:11:07
  Speaker 1: correctional workhouse or a workhouse. He was discharged for probation
• 1:11:13
  Speaker 1: early for raping a child, a young child.
• 1:11:17
  Speaker 3: I mean, I, I, I'm sorry, Rama, people like that.
• 1:11:22
  Speaker 3: They need to be hung on the town square to
• 1:11:24
  Speaker 3: be made an example. They need to be put on
• 1:11:28
  Speaker 3: the firing line and, and, and broadcast that so people
• 1:11:33
  Speaker 3: see there are consequences.
• 1:11:35
  Speaker 1: Well, this Vang told police..
• 1:11:37
  Speaker 3: But if you're a Democrat, I guess that's okay.
• 1:11:39
  Speaker 2: You support that stuff.
• 1:11:40
  Speaker 3: The Democrats think that's okay and that ICE shouldn't be
• 1:11:43
  Speaker 3: in Minnesota, right?
• 1:11:44
  Speaker 1: Vang told police, I made a mistake, but this is
• 1:11:47
  Speaker 1: a minor thing. It is a cultural thing in Thailand
• 1:11:50
  Speaker 1: to marry and have sex with girls as young as 12.
• 1:11:54
  Speaker 1: But he's not in Thailand.
• 1:11:56
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 1:11:58
  Speaker 3: This is America. If you cannot assimilate to our laws
• 1:12:02
  Speaker 3: and our way of life, get the hell out of here.
• 1:12:05
  Speaker 1: We didn't ask for you to come. Vang stated that
• 1:12:08
  Speaker 1: the child should be arrested also because she was as
• 1:12:10
  Speaker 1: much at fault.
• 1:12:12
  Speaker 3: Yeah, 10-year-old child. It's her fault she got raped, huh?
• 1:12:15
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 1:12:16
  Speaker 3: That's a typical thing Democrats say, though, isn't it? You know,
• 1:12:19
  Speaker 3: just like this goofy platner up in Maine that the
• 1:12:23
  Speaker 3: Democrats were dripping from the mouth supporting him. You know,
• 1:12:28
  Speaker 3: the first victim that came out was a Republican. So
• 1:12:31
  Speaker 3: obviously they didn't believe her. They said, oh, this can't
• 1:12:33
  Speaker 3: be true. This is bull crap, you know. And if
• 1:12:36
  Speaker 3: it did happen, she probably deserved it and she probably
• 1:12:39
  Speaker 3: asked for it, blah, blah, blah. And then it just
• 1:12:43
  Speaker 3: snowballs one after the other after the other comes out.
• 1:12:47
  Speaker 3: And you realize the guy's a serial rapist who the
• 1:12:50
  Speaker 3: Democrats are prompting up on a stool like he's the
• 1:12:53
  Speaker 3: next great thing in America.
• 1:12:55
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 1:12:56
  Speaker 3: And it wasn't until a Democrat came forward and said, yeah,
• 1:12:59
  Speaker 3: he raped me, too, that they said, oh, we can't
• 1:13:01
  Speaker 3: have that. Can't have that. I'm telling you, Ron, we've
• 1:13:05
  Speaker 3: said it a hundred times. There was someone a lot
• 1:13:08
  Speaker 3: more famous than you and I that said it. Liberalism
• 1:13:10
  Speaker 3: is a brain disorder. It's a brain disease. And the
• 1:13:15
  Speaker 3: funny thing is, you know, people like you and I,
• 1:13:17
  Speaker 3: we were raised as moderate Democrats. You know, we grew
• 1:13:21
  Speaker 3: up in a different time. And We saw the light,
• 1:13:25
  Speaker 3: and we changed not only as the world changed, but
• 1:13:31
  Speaker 3: we went so far as to change political affiliation many, many, many,
• 1:13:34
  Speaker 3: many years ago.
• 1:13:36
  Speaker 2: We didn't need.
• 1:13:37
  Speaker 3: To see 10-year-olds getting raped by illegal aliens to realize
• 1:13:40
  Speaker 3: that this Democrat Party was losing their minds.
• 1:13:43
  Speaker 1: The fact that anybody would, the actions that were taken
• 1:13:47
  Speaker 1: in any part of the United States with this guy
• 1:13:50
  Speaker 1: is amazing to me. It's just unbelievable to me. The
• 1:13:55
  Speaker 1: whole story.
• 1:13:56
  Speaker 3: You need your brain examined. And if you didn't gripe
• 1:14:00
  Speaker 3: when Joe Biden was in office, then maybe we should
• 1:14:04
  Speaker 3: deport some of these people, too.
• 1:14:05
  Speaker 1: I would say in a specific situation, everybody on that
• 1:14:09
  Speaker 1: parole board or everybody involved in that decision should really
• 1:14:14
  Speaker 1: get a mental test because it's just unreal.
• 1:14:17
  Speaker 3: I'm going to say it again. You've got to be
• 1:14:19
  Speaker 3: nuts to vote for a Democrat today. And yeah, I
• 1:14:22
  Speaker 3: don't care if he's your local county commissioner, your local mayor,
• 1:14:25
  Speaker 3: your local prosecutor. Guess what? When that person you think
• 1:14:29
  Speaker 3: is a nice guy and smiles and shakes your hand
• 1:14:31
  Speaker 3: and talks to you, when they get in that voting booth,
• 1:14:34
  Speaker 3: they vote for Joe Biden. They vote for the Kamala Harris.
• 1:14:37
  Speaker 3: They vote for the Tim Walton. They vote for the
• 1:14:41
  Speaker 3: Comrade Mom Dommies of America. But you really need your
• 1:14:44
  Speaker 3: head examined if you vote for a Democrat. If you
• 1:14:48
  Speaker 3: find that harsh, I don't apologize.
• 1:14:50
  Speaker 1: There he is, taking a stand.
• 1:14:52
  Speaker 3: I'll leave it at that, buddy, because I'm getting upset.
• 1:14:54
  Speaker 1: Thank you, Ted the Conservative. Thank you, Ted. Ted the
• 1:14:57
  Speaker 1: Conservative on News Radio 570 WKBN 347. In the afternoon,
• 1:15:01
  Speaker 1: you're on the air.
• 1:15:03
  Speaker 2: Hello, Ron. How are you doing today? Good.
• 1:15:05
  Speaker 1: Thank you. Go ahead.
• 1:15:07
  Speaker 2: I got an article from Wall Street Journal today.
• 1:15:09
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 1:15:09
  Speaker 2: It's going to affect all of us in the very
• 1:15:11
  Speaker 2: near future. The headline, frequent oil draws from the U.S.
• 1:15:16
  Speaker 2: Strategic Reserve push old system to breaking point. Fracturing wells,
• 1:15:21
  Speaker 2: leaky pumps, wear and tear are straining the Gulf Coast
• 1:15:26
  Speaker 2: salt caverns that make up the reserve. It's going to
• 1:15:30
  Speaker 2: cause fuel shortages pretty soon, I believe.
• 1:15:36
  Speaker 1: So you say because of drawing down on a strategic
• 1:15:39
  Speaker 1: oil reserve to keep gas prices down that we're in
• 1:15:42
  Speaker 1: a tough spot now, right?
• 1:15:43
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's depleting it rapidly, according to Wall Street Journal.
• 1:15:48
  Speaker 3: The U.S.
• 1:15:48
  Speaker 2: Is tapping its national stock of crude with abandon. Withdrawals
• 1:15:52
  Speaker 2: are taking a toil on the strategic reserve system. The
• 1:15:56
  Speaker 2: 60 Gulf Coast salt caverns make up the stocks. They
• 1:16:01
  Speaker 2: can't be drawn down from or refilled at the rate
• 1:16:04
  Speaker 2: at which they were designed. Wow. And there's a giant
• 1:16:10
  Speaker 2: gas station. Travel Center, Bucky's.
• 1:16:13
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 1:16:14
  Speaker 2: It's in Melissa, Texas. 50 square foot, 50,000 square foot building.
• 1:16:19
  Speaker 2: 100 fuel pumps. Last week, they only had 60 working.
• 1:16:23
  Speaker 2: 40 were shut down for fuel.
• 1:16:27
  Speaker 1: They didn't have fuel or the pumps were broke?
• 1:16:31
  Speaker 2: I think they didn't have fuel. I think you're going
• 1:16:34
  Speaker 2: to start seeing fuel shortages in the very near future.
• 1:16:37
  Speaker 2: They're drawing down on their oil reserves rapidly.
• 1:16:40
  Speaker 1: Well, this is a mess. I mean, I was saying
• 1:16:43
  Speaker 1: earlier to Rich, this is a disaster. Trump, and let's
• 1:16:47
  Speaker 1: be realistic, you got to call him as you see him.
• 1:16:50
  Speaker 1: The mess that Trump put this country in. As far
• 1:16:53
  Speaker 1: as this Iran war, it was a gigantic mistake when
• 1:16:56
  Speaker 1: he got involved in this. I don't know why he
• 1:16:59
  Speaker 1: reversed himself about getting involved in these endless wars in
• 1:17:03
  Speaker 1: the Middle East. He did a 180. He reversed himself
• 1:17:06
  Speaker 1: both on Epstein and this particular situation, both of which
• 1:17:10
  Speaker 1: I find very troubling. And he got us in a
• 1:17:13
  Speaker 1: mess that is... We're certainly not getting out of it,
• 1:17:18
  Speaker 1: and it's just continuing to drag on. And, I mean,
• 1:17:21
  Speaker 1: so you've got people saying the only answer is you've
• 1:17:23
  Speaker 1: got to bomb them more, bomb them more. I mean,
• 1:17:26
  Speaker 1: we bombed them a lot. We bombed them to the
• 1:17:28
  Speaker 1: point where they're concerned about the shortage of our artillery.
• 1:17:33
  Speaker 1: You follow me? We bombed them so much that they're saying, well,
• 1:17:37
  Speaker 1: wait a minute. with all the weapons that we sold
• 1:17:40
  Speaker 1: to Ukraine and gave to Ukraine and with all of
• 1:17:43
  Speaker 1: this stuff that we just did there, we're at a
• 1:17:46
  Speaker 1: kind of a critically low level there. And now, now
• 1:17:48
  Speaker 1: we're right back to the bombing campaign. Well, what makes
• 1:17:51
  Speaker 1: you think it's going to work better this time?
• 1:17:56
  Speaker 3: I agree.
• 1:17:56
  Speaker 1: I mean, you know, what do they say? Insanity is
• 1:17:58
  Speaker 1: doing the same thing again and expecting a different result.
• 1:18:02
  Speaker 1: I mean, I thought, I thought we bombed them really,
• 1:18:05
  Speaker 1: really good last time.
• 1:18:07
  Speaker 2: And so I mean, not prepared to be effective. They
• 1:18:11
  Speaker 2: keep standing against us. Yeah.
• 1:18:15
  Speaker 1: I mean, you take a look at it, and it's like, so,
• 1:18:19
  Speaker 1: I mean, we're right back to where we were, what,
• 1:18:24
  Speaker 1: not that long ago. We're right back to it. And
• 1:18:27
  Speaker 1: the gas prices are right back to $ 4 a gallon.
• 1:18:32
  Speaker 2: And Saudi Arabia attacked the Houthis, which are Iran's terror
• 1:18:35
  Speaker 2: group in Yemen. And Yemen's Houthis are getting ready to retaliate,
• 1:18:41
  Speaker 2: and they say they're going to block the Bab el-Mangab Strait,
• 1:18:44
  Speaker 2: which is even narrower than the Strait of Hormuz. It's
• 1:18:49
  Speaker 2: where the Red Sea comes in. into the Indian Ocean.
• 1:18:51
  Speaker 2: It goes up to the Suez Canal.
• 1:18:55
  Speaker 1: I mean, this whole situation is Trump's fault. And I
• 1:19:00
  Speaker 1: stand by for a minute. I'll come back to him,
• 1:19:01
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  Speaker 1: I just think we're in a mess with this situation.
• 1:19:34
  Speaker 1: And though I voted for Trump and I'd vote for
• 1:19:36
  Speaker 1: him again over Biden, no question about it, or Harris.
• 1:19:39
  Speaker 1: But he got this country into a mess. And I
• 1:19:41
  Speaker 1: think he was duped into this by Israel and Netanyahu.
• 1:19:44
  Speaker 1: I don't know why he did a reversal of himself.
• 1:19:50
  Speaker 1: It's just a mess, and it's not going away anytime soon.
• 1:19:54
  Speaker 1: They're not giving him unconditional surrender. They're not doing much as...
• 1:20:02
  Speaker 1: They're not agreeing to any of this stuff. And we
• 1:20:07
  Speaker 1: bombed a living hell out of them already. Now what?
• 1:20:09
  Speaker 1: We're going to bomb them some more? Now what else
• 1:20:11
  Speaker 1: do you want to bomb? What do you want to
• 1:20:13
  Speaker 1: bomb next? You want to bomb their water desalination plants?
• 1:20:19
  Speaker 1: I mean, where do you want to go next with
• 1:20:21
  Speaker 1: all of this kind of stuff?
• 1:20:23
  Speaker 2: That's a war crime if you do something like that.
• 1:20:25
  Speaker 1: I mean, it's just he got us into a mess.
• 1:20:29
  Speaker 1: And it's like I don't know what his thinking was
• 1:20:33
  Speaker 1: or what Netanyahu sold him on that they would give you.
• 1:20:37
  Speaker 1: Remember when he said, nothing but unconditional surrender will do.
• 1:20:40
  Speaker 1: Then all of a sudden, we're kind of back to
• 1:20:42
  Speaker 1: the Obama agreements. Oh, yeah, we'll give you this. We'll
• 1:20:45
  Speaker 1: give you that. You do this. You do that. And
• 1:20:46
  Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. Kind of back to an agreement
• 1:20:49
  Speaker 1: where they actually somewhat would argue were better off than
• 1:20:53
  Speaker 1: they got under that original deal under Obama.
• 1:20:57
  Speaker 2: Not as straight of our moods. It's pretty much closed again. Right.
• 1:21:01
  Speaker 2: trafficking going in and out like it normally does. It's
• 1:21:04
  Speaker 2: going to cause major world problems, no doubt about it.
• 1:21:08
  Speaker 1: Huge with chemicals and not just fertilizer, but chemicals for
• 1:21:11
  Speaker 1: other products, as well as oil, as well as prices
• 1:21:15
  Speaker 1: going up and inflation coming back, all because of the
• 1:21:20
  Speaker 1: decision that he made with Netanyahu.
• 1:21:25
  Speaker 2: We're heading into serious times, I believe, but I thought
• 1:21:28
  Speaker 2: I'd share that article with Wall Street Journal today.
• 1:21:31
  Speaker 1: So basically the Wall Street Journal is saying we've tapped
• 1:21:34
  Speaker 1: our strategic oil reserves. What?
• 1:21:37
  Speaker 2: Dangerous levels. Low levels.
• 1:21:40
  Speaker 1: And basically, what do they ask the question? What do
• 1:21:43
  Speaker 1: we do now?
• 1:21:46
  Speaker 2: Frequent oil drawdowns from U.S. strategic reserves. There are 60
• 1:21:50
  Speaker 2: salt capers on the Gulf Coast. They're all being drained
• 1:21:54
  Speaker 2: for really bad low levels, according to this article.
• 1:21:58
  Speaker 3: Mm-hmm.
• 1:21:59
  Speaker 2: So it just can't go on forever. They keep doing it.
• 1:22:03
  Speaker 1: Yeah, so where do you go after that is what
• 1:22:05
  Speaker 1: they're saying.
• 1:22:06
  Speaker 2: Yeah, right.
• 1:22:07
  Speaker 1: I'm with you.
• 1:22:08
  Speaker 2: Wall Street. Hey, thanks.
• 1:22:10
  Speaker 1: Keep me posted. I appreciate it. You guys are a
• 1:22:13
  Speaker 1: well-read guy. And it's something to be concerned about. I mean,
• 1:22:17
  Speaker 1: at one point, gas was down like $ 3. 33 or something.
• 1:22:20
  Speaker 1: Remember when he had it down at $ 2. 50 or whatever? Now,
• 1:22:23
  Speaker 1: all of a sudden, in a lot of these stations,
• 1:22:25
  Speaker 1: it's back up to $ 4 a gallon. And now we're
• 1:22:28
  Speaker 1: right back to this situation. 87 degrees. Welcome to Monday,
• 1:22:32
  Speaker 1: July 13th. Ron Verb from the Kingdom of Mahoning. Always
• 1:22:35
  Speaker 1: glad you tuned in. Rockport Wealth Truth and Investing Show.
• 1:22:38
  Speaker 1: I just think we're in a mess with this situation.
• 1:22:43
  Speaker 1: And though I voted for Trump and I'd vote for
• 1:22:45
  Speaker 1: him again over Biden, no question about it, or Harris.
• 1:22:49
  Speaker 1: But he got this country into a mess. And I
• 1:22:51
  Speaker 1: think he was duped into this by Israel and Netanyahu.
• 1:22:54
  Speaker 1: I don't know why he did a reversal of himself.
• 1:22:56
  Speaker 3: And..
• 1:22:58
  Speaker 1: I just, it's just a mess and, and it's not
• 1:23:02
  Speaker 1: going away anytime soon. They're not giving him an unconditional surrender.
• 1:23:08
  Speaker 1: They're not doing, they're not doing much as, uh, they're not, uh,
• 1:23:13
  Speaker 1: they're not agreeing to any of this, any of this stuff.
• 1:23:16
  Speaker 1: And we bombed a living hell out of them already.
• 1:23:18
  Speaker 1: Now what we're going to bomb them some more. Now,
• 1:23:20
  Speaker 1: what else do you want to bomb? You want to buy?
• 1:23:22
  Speaker 1: What do you want to bomb next? Uh, You want
• 1:23:24
  Speaker 1: to bomb their water desalination plants? I mean, where do
• 1:23:28
  Speaker 1: you want to go next with all of this kind
• 1:23:31
  Speaker 1: of stuff?
• 1:23:32
  Speaker 2: That's a war crime if you do something like that.
• 1:23:34
  Speaker 1: I mean, it's just he got us into a mess.
• 1:23:40
  Speaker 1: And and it's like, I don't know what his thinking
• 1:23:42
  Speaker 1: was or what Netanyahu sold him on that they would
• 1:23:45
  Speaker 1: give you. Remember when he said nothing but unconditional surrender
• 1:23:48
  Speaker 1: will do that all of a sudden we're kind of
• 1:23:50
  Speaker 1: back to the Obama agreements. Oh, yeah, we'll give you this.
• 1:23:54
  Speaker 1: We'll give you that. You do this. You do that.
• 1:23:56
  Speaker 1: And that kind of stuff kind of back to an
• 1:23:58
  Speaker 1: agreement where they actually somewhat would argue we're better off
• 1:24:02
  Speaker 1: than they got into that original deal under Obama.
• 1:24:06
  Speaker 2: Not as straight of our moods. It's pretty much closed again. Right.
• 1:24:10
  Speaker 2: Traffic ain't going in and out like it normally does. Right.
• 1:24:14
  Speaker 2: It's going to cause major world problems. No doubt about it.
• 1:24:17
  Speaker 1: Huge with chemicals and not just fertilizer, but chemicals for
• 1:24:21
  Speaker 1: other products, as well as oil, as well as prices
• 1:24:24
  Speaker 1: going up and inflation coming back. All because of the
• 1:24:27
  Speaker 1: decision that he made with Netanyahu.
• 1:24:35
  Speaker 2: We're heading into serious times, I believe. I thought I'd
• 1:24:37
  Speaker 2: share that article with you. Wall Street Journal today.
• 1:24:41
  Speaker 1: So basically the Wall Street Journal is saying we've tapped
• 1:24:43
  Speaker 1: our strategic oil reserves.
• 1:24:47
  Speaker 2: Dangerous levels. Low levels.
• 1:24:49
  Speaker 1: And basically, what do they ask the question? What do
• 1:24:52
  Speaker 1: we do now?
• 1:24:55
  Speaker 2: Frequent oil drawdowns from U.S. strategic reserves. There's 60 salt
• 1:24:59
  Speaker 2: capers on the Gulf Coast. They're all being drained out.
• 1:25:04
  Speaker 2: really bad mood levels, according to this article. So it
• 1:25:09
  Speaker 2: just can't go on forever. They keep doing it.
• 1:25:11
  Speaker 1: Yeah, so where do you go after that is what
• 1:25:14
  Speaker 1: they're saying.
• 1:25:15
  Speaker 2: Yeah, right.
• 1:25:16
  Speaker 1: I'm with you.
• 1:25:17
  Speaker 2: Wall Street.
• 1:25:18
  Speaker 1: Hey, thanks. Keep me posted. I appreciate it. Guy's a
• 1:25:22
  Speaker 1: well-read guy. And it's something to be concerned about. I mean,
• 1:25:26
  Speaker 1: at one point, gas was down like $ 3. 33 or something
• 1:25:29
  Speaker 1: a gallon. Remember when he had it down at $ 2. 50
• 1:25:31
  Speaker 1: or whatever? Now, all of a sudden, in a lot
• 1:25:33
  Speaker 1: of these stations, it's back up to $ 4 a gallon.
• 1:25:36
  Speaker 1: And now we're right back to this situation. 87 degrees.
• 1:25:41
  Speaker 1: Welcome to Monday, July 13th. Ron Verp from the Kingdom
• 1:25:43
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• 1:25:46
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