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07/20/2023 580 Live with Dave Allen - Crescent Gallagher, Kevin Baker, Marty Roth · The Dave Allen Show

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could segment We're gonna have Kevin Baker on, who's the city attorney for Charleston.
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A bit of a follow up on this. H Well, all the
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statements I guess came out yesterday from the city as far as their investigation into
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the police chief tight hunt situation, and we're gonna talk to Kevin Baker about
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that covered up in the second part of the show. Also, a little
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later on, doctor Marty Roth from the University of Charleston is going to stop
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by the studios to let us know some things that we have going on there
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exciting times with UC and not only on campus but also downtown as well.
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We're gonna talk to doctor Marty Roth about that. But welcome. I want
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to welcome into the show making a return appearance, Chrest and Gallagher, Deputy
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State director for Americans for Prosperity. Good morning, sir, how are you
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good. Thanks for having me, Dave, thank you for being here.
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You know, Chrest, and we spend an awful lot of time talking about
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an election that isn't even until next year, but that's the nature of politics,
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I guess. Twenty twenty three. Now you folks with your group of
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Americans for Prosperity. Yesterday Crest and you released your first endorsement for the twenty
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twenty four election, and it was for governor a crowded field for governor Attorney
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General Patrick Morrissey to more Capital Secretary State Warner, State Dodditor mccusky, automagnate
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Chris Miller. But your folks chose to endorse A. G. Morrissey before
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we get to Patrick and your endorsement. Why so early, Why are the
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endorsements coming out now? Well, Dave, I think for your listeners,
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you know, Americans Were Prosperity is the premier grassroots organization in this country.
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We do more things than anyone else in this country as far as elections go.
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But we do a couple of things really well. We connect citizens with
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their lawmakers, then bolden them to pass good legislation in their statehouses. But
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we also help those policy champions out when it comes to election time by making
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sure they can return to their state capitals or Washington DC do pass policies that
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expand freedom opportunity for all Americans. So, given the importance of this next
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election and some of the previous elections, Americans Were Prosperity is signaling to the
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folks that around the country that we're getting in primaries competitive primary earlier than we
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ever had before. So we've already released ten endorsements across the country, five
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congressional, three US Senate, and two governors endorsements, which in West Virginia
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we released our first endorsement for Patrick Morrissey, the attorney general and the Repulican
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primary. So we just know that this election is important. We're starting early.
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We're signaling folks who are our people and who are our candidates, and
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we're going to make sure they win in twenty twenty four. It's a it's
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a good it's a crowded and a good field of candidates on the Republican side
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in my opinion. And I'm sure it wasn't an easy choice. Maybe it
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wasn't. He's a choice. I don't know why. Patrick Morrisey. Well,
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I think Patrick Morrissey has done a really good job as our West Virginia
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Attorney General. He's continuing to show that he's fighting for West Virginia values,
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fighting for West Virginia jobs, fighting against bureaucratic federal over each coming out of
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Washington, DC. And frankly, he has some great wins at the United
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States Supreme Court he fought back against Obama's Clean Power Plan, he fought back
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against the burdensome regulations of the Waters of the US. He's also defended a
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lot of great legislation at our state Supreme Court, including the Hope Scholarship.
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So Patrick Morrissey has proven that he can lead coalitions of attorney generals around the
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country to fight back against federal overreach and protect West Virginia jobs. And frankly,
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he's done a great job as attorney general. He's he's really left a
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blueprint for how a West Virginia Attorney general should operate. And it's sad that
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we're going to lose him as our attorney general after ten or twelve years,
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but frankly, you know, we're looking forward to working with him as governor
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in twenty twenty five. Again, we're talking with crest and Gallagher, who
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is the deputy state director, a director of Americans for Prosperity here on five
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to eighty Alive about the their endorsement of Patrick Morrissey for governor. And you
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hit on a couple of key things there, Cressell. One of those is
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the Ternament's and I have mister Morrisey on the show at least once a month
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or so, and he's actually it's gonna be on next week, I think.
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And that's the term federal overreach. But now as a as a governor,
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and when played Devil's Advocate here just least asked question as a as a
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governor is somebody who fights federal overreach? Is it going to be that big
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of a deal as a governor? Well, I mean, you understand federalism,
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Dave's lost. The states have a lot of power, a lot of
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real policy changes happen in the state. And we've seen Governor Justice through this
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time and time again where he's disagreed with the administration in Washington, DC.
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And Patrick I believe has that vision in those leadership capabilities to do things in
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the state that fights back against some of these bad policies that's coming out of
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Washington, DC. And frankly, he's going to be the voice for West
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Virginia. And if we as a state gonna stick up and fight back against
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some of these bad policies coming out of Washington, you need a governor that's
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a strong leader and has a vision, a clear aggressive a vision for how
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we need to better our state and Frankly, after all the policies we've passed
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in recent years, the Hope scholarship tax cuts, we need a governor that's
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go double down on these policies and not nibble around the edges. So we
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believe Patrick Morrisey has those leadership capabilities as well as the clear vision to make
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sure West Virginia is a better place to live, work and raise a family.
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If Patrick Morrisey is not the nominee for governor, I mean, the
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poles as of right now, the Chamber of Commerce came out there, there
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has been others and have Patrick Morrissey in the league. But if that doesn't
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hold and Poles do change and the opinions change, would you indorse another candidates
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or I mean, you don't have to give me a name, but I
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mean, are you all in on Patrick Morrisey and nobody else or would you
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just move on if Patrick Morrisey is not the nominate Well, I mean,
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right now we're all in on Patrick Morrissey, and Frankly, an engagement from
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us, Like there's a lot of groups that endorse in these primaries, and
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you get a nice letter, a donation to her campaign, and maybe that's
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it. But when an engagement from Americans prosperity comes out, we're in it
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to win it. So for governor, that's a seven figure by it's hundreds
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of thousands of door knocks. So we believe Patrick Morrisey is gonna be the
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next governor. But frankly, all the other candidates are great. I remember
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ten years ago, Dave, I moved to West Virginia in August ten years
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ago, and back then, when I was working for the Repulican Party,
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we were desperate for just candidates to fill the ballot. I know, I
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know, I've told the story on the show several times that in the nineteen
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nineties, being from southern West Virginia, we didn't have enough Republicans to be
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poll workers. We had to get permission to have Democrats and pull in what's
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supposed to be the Republican poll workers business because we didn't have another. And
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now it's it's totally changed. Yeah, and frankly, that's that's a good
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sign for the Repulican Party. It's the sign that we have great competitive primaries
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across the board. Um, So any of the any of the candidates,
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we would be welcome to work with. But Patrick Morrisey showed he's a step
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above the others. He has a clear vision for the state, the leadership
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capabilities because we did go through a vetting process, we did review the race,
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and we did review how we would engage in this race. And but
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we're we're in it to win it from Patrick Morrissey. When can we expect
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other endorsements from some of the other officers or how many of those endorsements are
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you going to do? There's absolutely good be other endorsements. I can't I
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can't reveal our trade secrets him. But you know, US Senate, that's
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a very important race, probably probably the top race in this country with a
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center Joe Mansion running for reelection. If he does, do you think you'll
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run? You know, frankly, I think he's running for president if I
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had laid in that way too. But um, so, we have that
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US Senate primary, we have an open congressional sea. We have a very
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competitive Attorney General's race. But we also have our bread and butter state Senates
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House of Delegate races. And that's as far down as you go. Right.
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You don't get into any county races or anything like that. Right,
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special occasions we might do some some local races, but mostly it's a House
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Senate and things that nice. Okay, I want to move away from the
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election for just a moment. You folks are hitting the road in an RV
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next week. Now, Number one, how do I sign up for that
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gig? But what's this whole RV tour about that you guys are doing?
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So I think the RV is called the Notorious pip Or and it's the Prosperities
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Possible campaign. So we launched an eight figure spend in seven states the show
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that you know, we all know Washington, DC's broken, and we all
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know inflation and byonomics is is ruining this country. But we are We are
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going out to folks and telling them that there's a better pathway forward if politicians
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stopped playing games and past common sense policies. So our RV is coming July
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twenty six through August. First, we're going to Serbian chicken dinner, some
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luncheon, some state fairs, and just showing folks that, hey, there's
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a better pathway forward if we elect some common sense politicians and also some common
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sense solutions. So we'll be having some round federal round tables with some state
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lawmakers about like what issues they've been doing to help the state of West Virginia.
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But it's just showing there's a better pathway forward. So you'll be seeing
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that that green RV with the statue of Liberty coming through your your neck of
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the woods. Don't call the cops, right, yeah, don't. Well,
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we got lawyers for that. I was gonna say, let's say get
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out of hand. Yeah, we did have a text to the show,
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and I want to and you've been on the show before you and others Adjason
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with the organization as well, and we've had a frequent text to the show.
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So I'll do it again. Is it possible for somebody to look up
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a list of your donors? Is that something that you have to do or
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do you want to do? Or well we we we we we fallow all
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election near campaign laws. And frankly, um, there's been articles out there
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recently. We've raised seventy million dollars and our biggest contributor is Charles Coke in
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the coke industries. But um, you know you can we fall all election
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laws of folks can figure out where are our moneys are coming from? And
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and and frankly, if they want to learn more, they can go Americans
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for Prosperity dot org. All right, sounds good, all right, Chrescent
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to GALLAGHERY, Deputy State director of Americans for Prosperity, hitting the hitting the
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trail and the art. It's an old RV, new RV something. I
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guess it's brand new. He just wrapped it. Uh, you know it's
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it's it's been in all. You're driving. I don't have a CDL,
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so I can't drive. You have to the CDL to drive the RV.
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Okay, I didn't realize allegedly, so that's what. Maybe they just don't
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want you to drive. Think about that, all right, Chris and GALLAGHERY.
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Give us the website again for Americans for Prosperity. Americans for Prosperity dot
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org. All right, Chris, is always a pleasure to have you have
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PT dot com. Tech says, I love Morrissey is Attorney General. He's
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so good rather he's stayed there good oven or yes, but I think best
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at ag according to a texture. It's um. It's been a difficult few
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days within the city hall walls here in Charleston with the allegations of actual propriety
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against Charleston Police Chief th Ti Hunt. The allegations against Chief Hunt were brought
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up, brought up on the record Monday evening at Charleston City Council meeting my
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council person Shannon Snidograss. No comment from the city until met yesterday afternoon when
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a letter was released by the office of the City Attorney to city Council and
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to the media. And the person who issued that statement is with us now,
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the City Attorney, Kevin Baker. Kevin, good morning. How are
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you, sir? Doing well? How are you? I'm doing fine.
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Thank you for for being here. Let's count Let's go back to the beginning.
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A complaint was made by a woman against Chief of Police Thy Hunt.
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When did you, as the city attorney, first become aware of all this.
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It was a late April of twenty twenty two. I got I got
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forwarded the email that made some allegations and began doing an investigation at that point.
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So in that complaint, which you can read just about anywhere, the
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woman in question here emailed the city. And so the email you said you
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received at a city attorney. That's the kind of the way it happens.
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But just for the record, was it was it email to the mayor the
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city in general, to whom I concern. How did it come in?
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It came into the Mayor's office at City of Charleston dot org email address,
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which is sort of a general email account. That's that's a monitor by staff,
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right, the email state of the Chief Hunt in the in the opinion
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of the person making the complaint, that Chief Hunt used his political position as
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a Charleston police chief to initiate an FBI investigation into this woman because of the
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nature of said complaint. It was sent to your office, correct, So
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you just want to take the story from there. Yeah, Well, you
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know, that's obviously a very concerning allegation, and so it's something that I
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took very seriously, and I spoke initially with the Chief of Police to determine
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whether or not there was any legitimacy to this, and the chief essentially confirmed
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that there was some legitimacy that there was a complaint file with the FBI,
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and that I need and I took from that that I needed to look into
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this further, and I did reach out to the FBI. I spoke with
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the FBI on the phone that same day and had a good conversation, relatively
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lengthy conversation. Well, why the FBI. I mean, as a novice,
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why would you reach out to the FBI? I wanted to know whether
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or not the FBI would normally do what was purported to be done, whether
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if my wife, for example, called in and said to the FBI,
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I'm being harassed by a person. I need you to look in I want
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you to look into it, whether or not that was something that they would
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take into consideration and investigate or not. Okay, So so you contacted and
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said is this in your wheelhouse? Basically, I mean, is this something
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because it just seems to me on the surface, and again I'm a novice,
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you're the professional. I'm not. It seems to me on the service
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that when you say the FBI that it seems like it's kind of a kind
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of extreme. I mean, those are the guys that are, you know,
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the in the coats and the sunglasses and the whole deal we see on
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TV. I just it seems it seemed to me on the service to be
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kind of extreme. But but it's not. Well, I agree. I
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mean, at first, blush, I thought it was extreme as well.
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It was only after speaking with the FBI where they assured me that they have
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a national tip line. They get tips all the time, and imagine they
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have to follow up on every tip because if they don't follow up on it
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and it turns out something else was going on, then they could you know,
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it can come back to bite them. Okay, So you fast forward
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now to I guess it's May. And if I get my dates wrong on
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this, I apologize. There's just a lot of dates to remember. So
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fast forward now to May of twenty twenty two. You spoke with the FBI.
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Yeah, and and they confirmed that they conduct these types of investigations when
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complaints come in. Yeah, they have to, yes, Okay, And
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you looked into it and came to the conclusion of what exactly because some have
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asked the question, and I think it is a fair question on the surface.
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Did Police Chief tie Cutt receive special treatment in this case and involved the
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FBI? That's right? And I looked into that directly with the FBI,
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and the FBI confirmed to me that he did not receive special treatment. That
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this is something that they would do for any complaint that comes in. And
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you know, quite frankly, I think that because the FBI is the logical
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entity to investigate public official wrongdoing, any allegations of a public official who perhaps
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used their office for an inappropriate reason, the FBI is the place to investigate
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that anyway. So the fact that they had it in their hands actually gave
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me some comfort that they're looking into this, they're taking it seriously. I
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learned from miss Harless that she filed a complaint as well. This was the
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woman that was involved with allegedly involved with with the with the police chief.
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Hi. Yes, and she she told me that she filed a complaint with
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the FBI as well. The FBI confirmed to me that they were taking all
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the complaints serious and looking into them appropriately, and so no violations of actual
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law were found. Is that correct? That that is my understanding at this
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point. Yes, And I've spoken with the FBI and multiple occasions since that
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first time, and they aren't they don't they don't confirm or deny anything but
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it's not funny that way, based on my conversations with them, that they
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found no wrongdoing on behalf of any party involved. Because that and I know
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people are right now rolling their eyes on hearing what came out yesterday. We're
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gonna get that a little bit later and go on again. We're talking with
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city Attorney Kevin Baker. There's a difference, Kevin, as you well know,
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you're the expert on this, not me. There's a difference between a
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violation of law and a violation of maybe ethical standard. They're not always the
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same thing. That's correct there. So from there, with no real crimes
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being committed, in your opinion, it appears what happened was consensual. It
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appears that way, and this is all in the report from your office.
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So no crimes were committed, but but there were ethical concerns. I guess
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is that a fair way of putting it. Yeah, I mean I think
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that it's it's clear that it was consensual. That that was the allegation from
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the complainant. When I spoke with her initially, there was no uh,
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she didn't say anything about it not being consensual. Okay, so we weren't
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concerned. I was not concerned, um that there was some crime, some
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sexual crime committee and she never alleged that much. She never alleged that,
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Okay, um and and so. But there was some allegations of some text
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messages back and forth that she said came from a city, which is that's
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where the problem lies. It had it, you know, perhaps been on
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a personal phone or something, but it was it was or was under can
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you confirm it was a city issued cell phone. So those are the allegations,
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and that's what we investigated it. Okay. I really don't want to
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get into the details of what that investigation understood, understood, but but I
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can tell you that the Human resources director and I met with Miss Harless in
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person, that we reviewed the items on her cell phone she showed us,
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which I believe is a close to full picture of what was going on,
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okay, And we interviewed Chief Hunt separately as well, and we came to
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a final conclusion and report that we submitted to the mayor for her actions,
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and your office wrapped up your investigation, I think in June of twenty twenty
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two. That's right, that's correct, And once you were done with your
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findings, then they're as they are. In all cases like this, they're
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turned over to the mayor, so take it from there and the mayor,
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as as Chief Hunt stated yesterday, the mayor did lay down a suspension of
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three days unpaid and that you know that that is the end result of that
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discipline, okay, And that was in June of twenty twenty two, because
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he's already served that right, correct, That was in June of twenty twenty
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two. And I will say that I I take a lot of pride in
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the fact that keeping matters of HR confidential is important because when I first came
22:56
in a city attorney about four and a half years ago, there was a
23:00
perception that if you took something to HR, it became gossip immediately. And
23:06
that's something that we've worked really hard to try to stop. And it's to
23:07
protect everyone involved, not just the employees, but also the members of the
23:12
public that are coming forward and making these complaints. Because if there are complaints
23:17
about city employees that are misusing city property, we want to know. We
23:21
want you to come to HR, to come to the city and let us
23:23
know so that we can investigate and take the appropriate action. And it's an
23:27
unusual circumstances went circumstance when a year later the complainant would come forward and make
23:33
all these things public. Usually these things are not spoken about in public.
23:37
They're just dealt with behind the scenes through our human resources well, and that's
23:42
therein lies a bit of an issue for me as to why it went public,
23:47
but that's another story for another time. Again, we're talking with Kevin
23:49
Baker, who is the city attorney for Charleston. In his statement yesterday Kevin
23:56
police shoot Ti Hunt says, I'm truly sorry for the hurt that my actually
24:00
because my family, my colleagues, and the citizens of Charleston. I made
24:03
a mistake and I owned my actions. I fully cooperated with the city's human
24:06
resources investigation. Through the investigation, I agree that I misused city property for
24:11
a personal matter and was disciplined with a three day unpaid suspension back in June
24:15
of last year. That was a lapse in personal judgment, and I know
24:18
I must work harder than ever to rebuild trust. I appreciate the faith that
24:22
mayor good one has in me to continue to leave the Charleston Police Department.
24:26
I have spent my entire career serving the citizens of Charleston, and it's an
24:30
honor to serve as chief. My dedication and commitment to our city has not
24:33
waned for one second over the last year, and I will continue working hard
24:37
to repair personal and professional relationships. In quote signed James ty Hunt of the
24:41
Charleston Police Department, So there's a tight Hunt's statement, in your opinion,
24:47
Is this issue over now? I believe so. I believe the issue was
24:52
over in June, frankly, but I think that it's it's very good of
24:56
Chief Hunt to come forward and explain the situation in his own words. That's
24:59
something that I would not have brought forward from my position. I was not
25:03
going to make the result of that investigation public. But it's certainly within his
25:07
rights and an ability to bring it forward, just as it's within the rights
25:11
of the complainant to bring the complaint for it. If she's so choosing.
25:14
Was that something and I don't know, you may not know the answer to
25:15
this, Kevin. Was that something that he was asked by the city to
25:18
do or something he did on his own or do you have any idea?
25:21
I do not know. Okay, well, you don't know what lies on
25:23
the heart. So people I guess I completely understand that. So, Kevin,
25:26
I, if I'm reading all this correctly, basically what he got in
25:30
trouble for was the use of police properties, meaning could be a physical location,
25:33
could be devices like a phone or something that. That's basically what do
25:37
you got in trouble for. I think you've read through the between the lines.
25:41
Well, yes, okay, all right, so that's it. Any
25:44
further comment on the situation, I don't think so. I just want to
25:48
reiterate that the City of Charleston wants people to come forward if they believe city
25:52
employees are misusing city property. We investigate complaints through our Human Resources department all
25:59
the time. We will continue to do that, and I hope that this
26:03
situation does not dissuade people from coming forward. I hope they continue to come
26:07
forward knowing that we will protect confidentiality and any complaints that are made will not
26:12
be spread around. Kevin Baker, it's not an easy position for you to
26:17
be in like this. I have to do this, but it's what you
26:18
signed up for, right, That's right. But you're scratch you're going,
26:21
man, Maybe I did, and I don't know, but Kevin Baker,
26:23
City Attorney, for the City of Charleson's definitely any time to deal with a
26:26
situation like this. It is never easy, and I appreciate you taking time
26:30
to come on the show, and I appreciate everybody's City Hall from making you
26:33
available for us. Thanks a lot. I appreciate it. Thank you.
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Today. Doctor Marty Roth from the University Charleston's here. Talk to him here
30:04
in just a capital moments, but a couple of quick texts. Tex says,
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Crescent going back to the Crest and Gallaghery interview with Americans for Prosperity,
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Crescent must be smoking some of Pushkin's weed. Bad endorsement. Morrissey has the
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According to a texture textra says, there's been more overdose deaths in the
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state under Morrissey than there's ever been. He sold out to big Pharma,
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no one with the jail, and we're still losing fifteen hundred dollars senteen hundre
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dollar. I'm sorry, fifteen hundred people a year overall deaths. Texas,
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Americans for Prosperity and the Koch Brothers don't speak for the people of West Virginia
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in any way, shape, form or fashion. People of West Virginia may
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be voting for Republicans, but Republicans don't vote for the people of West Virginia.
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Texter says, haha, a real grassroots getting funded by Coke. The
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Conservative version of Warren Buffett Americans for Prosperities, exactly like Jason Aldeen. Big
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city, big money and panders to the working class, but doesn't know a
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thing about the working class. According to a text or textra says Dave,
31:15
the chief hunt allegations but public because the city covered it up. Should have
31:19
been full transparency from day one of the complaints. According to a text,
31:26
doctor Marty Roth from University of Charleston is in studio with us right now.
31:30
Good morning, doctor, how are you. I do an excellent Dave,
31:33
thanks for having me, Thank you for being here. Big happenings last week.
31:37
You always have big happenings going on to campus, so you see,
31:40
but downtown this time with its Downtown Business Hub. Talk about them. Yeah.
31:44
So we're really excited to have launched the new University of Charleston Downtown Innovation
31:48
Hub. So it's a purposely designed space to help existing small businesses scale up
31:55
and grow. We did some research and found that there's a pretty robust system
32:00
here in Charleston to support entrepreneurship. A lot of resources to help somebody start
32:05
a business, but once they're up and running and have an established enterprise,
32:08
not a lot left to help them scale up and grow. So that's where
32:12
UC comes in. We have a business Accelerator program where we put cohorts of
32:17
small businesses through training and workshops, coaching, advising, networking over a six
32:23
month period to help them get their resources, tools and connections they need to
32:29
really grow their businesses and create jobs here in the valley. And I think,
32:32
doctor Roth, I think that's so important because what happens is and I
32:36
found this and some of the business some of the other jobs I've had beside
32:38
this one, is that somebody gets an idea for a business. You know,
32:42
whether you know they're making these We used to say in the Stay government
32:45
when you're making widgets, you know, so you're gonna make widgets or you're
32:47
gonna make cookies or whatever you're gonna do. You got the idea, you
32:51
got the plan in your head. But it's a whole different world when it
32:53
comes to marketing that plan, getting people to understand how much you know you've
32:59
got you've got a passion for it, but getting to make John down the
33:02
street understand why he has to have a passion for it, and getting to
33:05
know the right people. And from what I'm hearing here. This is kind
33:07
of what the whole concept of this thing is. Yeah. Absolutely, I
33:10
mean it's complicated to run a successful business. Like you said, you may
33:15
have a great idea and have some really solid concepts for marketing it, but
33:20
probably don't have a good foundation in accounting and finance, or operations or human
33:24
resources. So that's part of what you want to do, is give somebody
33:28
all the knowledge and tools that they need to successfully run a business, but
33:32
also don't make the same mistakes that others have made. Have the opportunity to
33:37
learn from and connect with experienced business owners who can say, hey, these
33:43
are some mistakes I made that if I knew now what I knew then,
33:46
or knew then what I knew now, I would have been able to really
33:52
get things up and running a whole lot faster. So don't make the same
33:54
mistakes that I did. And by the way, here's some people to help
33:57
me along the way on my journey, and let me connect you with them
34:00
so they can help you too. So I've got this business idea, as
34:02
I said, I'm I'm making widgets. Okay, how do I get involved
34:07
with the center downtown? What do I need to do? Sure? So
34:08
if you have a new idea and you're just getting up and running tap into
34:13
the Charlestonary Alliance Advantage valley. The state has lots of resources through the Development
34:20
Office. But once you're established and you're starting to generate some consistent revenue,
34:24
you're generating two hundred and fifty five hundred thousand dollars a year, you've gotten
34:29
to a point where you have a couple of employees working for you. That's
34:31
where the University of Charleston is now the resource for you to help you take
34:37
that business once you get there. Yeah, because that's that's the biggest part.
34:39
I mean, if you look at any small business or whatever, you
34:43
know, they a lot of them don't make it till the secret or third
34:45
year. Once they once they get over that hump, the statistics are proven,
34:49
they're usually in pretty good shape. But it's just getting getting to that
34:51
point. We're talking with doctor Marty Roth of the University of Charleston and from
34:53
the looks doctor of the turnout for the ribbon cutting, looks like the community
34:58
and the business leaders are pretty excited about this as well. And I think
35:00
that says something about the business community here in the valley because a lot of
35:06
those people that I saw it. I didn't get to attend because I was
35:07
doing a little radio show at that time, But from when I saw those,
35:12
a lot of people that showed up for that were people that have already
35:15
quote unquote made it and either want to give back or just want to network
35:19
and help other people. Absolutely, because a lot of research shows that while
35:23
we try to attract big businesses here to the state of West Virginia, it's
35:29
hard to do. Every other state in the country is trying to do the
35:30
same thing. Where most states see consistent growth is through the growth of small
35:37
businesses. So the state understands that, the city understands that. So an
35:40
effort like ours to help small businesses scale up and grow has been really well
35:45
received. So it's truly a win across multiple dimensions. It's a win for
35:50
the city. It's a win for the small business community. It's a win
35:53
for the existing businesses, the banks and the attorneys, and the digital marketing
35:58
companies that need new clients that they can bring their expertise to bear. It's
36:04
going to be a win for our students who will now have an opportunity to
36:07
do projects and internships with these small businesses that see what it's really like to
36:12
try to make a small business successful. And I think it'll be a win
36:15
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A call three or four four four zero one zero one. Doctor. We
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read in the news every day about the struggles that institutions of higher learning are
36:36
having across the country. You know, these issues are our nationwide, from
36:38
the biggest colleges to the smallest. And is the head of a of a
36:43
what would be considered a smaller university here in Charleston, West Virginia, how
36:47
do you and your administration go about addressing some of the concerns that we're seen
36:51
now in the world of higher education in America. Yeah, these are definitely
36:54
challenging times in higher education. A lot of it's driven by shifts in demographic
37:00
So West Virginia is not a growing state population wise, but more importantly,
37:05
people who have been having fewer children for a couple of decades now. So
37:08
now what we're seeing is fewer kids are graduating from high school each year compared
37:15
to the last and is expected to see the most precipitive decline in twenty twenty
37:20
six. So what we refer to in the industry as the demographic cliff that
37:24
our core audience of students is getting smaller. Yet no college or university wants
37:30
to go out of business, so there's a lot of supply in the market
37:36
but decreasing demands. So some of the things that we've done to try to
37:38
address that is broaden the types of students that we serve. So now over
37:44
half of our students are working adults, they're not traditional age college students.
37:50
Over half of our students are engaged with us fully online. The only time
37:52
they may come to campus is when it's time for commencement and they have the
37:57
opportunity to come and celebrate that momentous Asian with their families. So we've been
38:01
expanding our portfolio of programs, primarily focusing on those that would really resonate with
38:09
adults, so things like a new Masters of Nursing program for current nurses to
38:15
become a family nurse practitioner a master's an occupational therapy program. We're going to
38:20
be launching a Doctor of Physical Therapy program. Programs that require a body of
38:27
knowledge and certification and licensure which help people advance their careers are the types of
38:34
things that we're keenly focused on and adding to our portfolio. Some of them
38:37
are delivered on campus, whether it's here in Charleston or in Beckley. Some
38:40
of them are delivered fully online, and some are blended where we'll do some
38:45
online delivery but bring students to campus a couple of weekends as semester where they
38:51
can do lab work and clinical work and so forth. So it's really about
38:53
being innovative, being creative, and the old Wayne Gretzky expression, trying to
38:59
skate to where the puck is. And if you just stay focused in today's
39:02
higher education market, on the traditional high school market, it's a it's going
39:07
to be a tough road because there are just fewer students graduating each year.
39:10
Yeah, and it's it's really amazing. And I actually I was on the
39:15
campus of a community college elsewhere outside of Charleston yesterday doing some some business type
39:21
things, and it's just amazing how much it's it's changed. I mean,
39:23
as somebody who went to college in the eighties and early nineties, it's it's
39:27
and you've been you've been in this for a little while. What are some
39:30
of the changes that you've seen. I mean, we talked about the online
39:32
and how you can get full degrees now online and things of that nature.
39:36
It's a different a different ball game than what it was. And you got
39:37
involved with this, doctor absolutely, and I think the customer, the student,
39:43
or the family is just much more focused on return on investment than they've
39:46
ever been before. The Internet makes information widely available, so individuals can really
39:55
become very well informed customers and they know they have a lot of choices,
40:00
and they do their homework and they're going to focus on investing their time and
40:05
their money where it's going to get the best payoff. And that means at
40:09
an institution like the University of Charleston, we have to be very value focused,
40:14
we have to be affordable, but we also have to make sure that
40:17
we're very student focused. Great experiences with you seeing no matter how you engage
40:23
with us in seat or online, faculty who are passionate about student development and
40:30
student learning and making sure that what we're doing is going to help students attain
40:36
their personal professional goals. It's not just about learning material for a course.
40:40
It's where do these students want to see themselves after graduation five years from now,
40:45
ten years from now, and making sure that we're putting them on the
40:50
best path for success. The way to end that they when to classes start
40:53
on campus. Yeah, so classes will start in mid August, so about
40:59
two weeks we'll have some student athletes coming back to campus. So even though
41:02
we have seventeen eighteen hundred students enrolled, this summer has been pretty quiet across
41:07
the river, but things to start picking back up again the first week in
41:12
August. We'll get the football team, soccer teams, some other student athletes
41:15
back, and by around the eighteenth of August, we'll be back in full
41:21
session. Back to school. Always exciting. All right, doctor Marty Roth,
41:24
doing great things here at the University of Charleston. I appreciate you being
41:27
here, sir. As always, we'll talk again, Zoon absolutely, Dave,
41:30
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from farm to table, Bigley Piggley Wiggily the best kept secret in Charleston.
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And texting services provided by Fruit Pharmacy, your hometown family Pharmacy. So,
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in all the talk about Chief Ti Hunt in that situation, we haven't had
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an opportunity. We haven't heard much about the situation with Knack County Commission Kin
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Carper. Well, there is some stuff to report. Kanaw County Commission President
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Kink Carper is looking at his under federal investigation as well to state investigation,
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and reports are more serious charges could be considered. Now, this is kind
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of complicated, and I was doing a deep dive on this stuff last night
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and this morning to make sure you understand what I'm talking about here. This
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all comes off of a briefing by State Police Superintendent Jack Chambers yesterday. Quote
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from Superintendent Chambers, I assigned a seasoned trooper from the State Police side the
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special prosecutor that I reached out to. This is Superintendent Chambers talking the special
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prosecutor that I reached out to the US Attorney's office as well. Are they
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reached out, I should say, to the US Attorney's office. So the
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investigation is being run by two state troopers through state court as well as with
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a federal nexus. End quote. That's a quote from Superintendent Jack Chambers,
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and that came as part of the briefing yesterday. Now you will recall a
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special prosecutor was named, that being Logan County Prosecuting Attorney David Widley. He
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then asked for police involvement, and some have said some that Kent Carper emailing
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a county employee and offering her a job could could be considered bribery or at
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least obstruction of justice, considering that the woman that he sent the email too
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is the girlfriend of the police officer who was investigating the famed Now nine one
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call from Daniel Boone Park back in May, and that caller you know,
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the story by now seems like it was years ago, but it was just
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a couple of months ago that caller accused someone matching the description of Canon County
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Commistser Kent Carper of exposing himself. Now, the story is is that Commissier
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Kent Carper sent the woman an email as sing if she had an interest in
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working at Big Bend. And you will also recall that shortly thereafter, I
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had County Commissioner been Silango on the show and asked him to expound upon it,
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which he did, and he said that that was a kind of paraphrase
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in trying to remember the interview exactly the way he phrased it, but basically
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what he said was is that that was not an official offer because there was
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no opportunity there and so without input from either mister Selango or the other county
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Commissioner, Lance Wheeler, that it could not be considered an official job offer.
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Now, the federal aspect, if it happens you' you may be wondering,
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Okay, well, what would the Feds have to do with this?
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Well, it could be reaching a little bit here, but it could be
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because the offer or perceived offer, however, you want to phrase, it
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was done over the internet. And this internet thing that apparently it's going to
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be sticking around a while from what they tell me. Uh, this internet
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thing has changed everything because once you hit sin on an email, it becomes
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a federal issue. Because crossing state lines, it's not the same as you
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know, running into somebody's showne's and saying, hey, would you like to
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have you know, would you would you consider this or whatever. It's not
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the same once you do once you do it on the internet, as they
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say, it's out there forever. So let this be a lesson. Don't
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count communicate anything over the internet. Now. There's still no comment from the
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from the Carper camp. And I had reached out to his office once he
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came back, and he was at a county commission meeting a couple of thursdays
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ago, and I reached out to his office. They've always been very accommodating,
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as is he to come on the show. And I asked him if
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he would like to come on the show and he declined. And I get
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that, you know, because he's declined interviews that everybody else. Why,
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you know, why why would you talk to me? And I get that
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but a spokesperson for a commissioner, Kawfer Carper, that is offered up the
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attorney for Ken Carper, Jesse Forbes. But as I replied to them,
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with all due respect to mister Forbes, I actually don't know Jesse Forbes the
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attorney at all, but with all due respect to him and his credentials,
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I was really more interested in talking with Ken Carper. And I'm sure you
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understand that, not his attorney or a spokesperson. And the spokesperson happens to
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be a very close personal friend of mine. But I said, no,
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no, not not really going to go that route. Final Tech says the
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one way to really tick the people office, to keep things from them,
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lie about nothing to see here, trip all over yourself trying to cover it
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up, dismiss it. Then when it finally comes to light, you admit
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to it, but refuse to apologize or make amends for not acknowledging at all
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in the very beginning. That's according to a text. All right, we
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gotta go. Thank you so much for Ryan Nicholson. Thank you so much
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to Charleston City Attorney Kevin Baker, and to doctor Marty Roth, and also
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Crest and Gallagher for Americans for Prosperity. Friday Funhouse coming up tomorrow. Full
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is here, What he Woods is here, and whoever else we can throw
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