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Columbus City School Board and your calls · Chuck Douglas

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  Speaker 1: Talking about Columbus City Schools right now and the elimination.
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  Speaker 1: I believe it was thirty three positions, the majority of
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  Speaker 1: which are our administration in their attempt to save what
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  Speaker 1: they say they need to say, fifty million dollars off
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  Speaker 1: their budget. I continue to contend and always will it
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  Speaker 1: should start with the buses, and until that has dealt with,
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  Speaker 1: I won't take anything else seriously. Or maybe that's just
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  Speaker 1: me A two one ninety eighty six, Bob, you're on
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  Speaker 1: six ten dou WTV at height.
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  Speaker 2: Juck.
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  Speaker 3: I looked it up on Google AI and you know
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  Speaker 3: you can trust that, and they said seventy seven million
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  Speaker 3: dollars a year spent on transportation for the Columbus Public school.
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  Speaker 1: That would save your fifty dollars.
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  Speaker 3: Pretty much take care of the debt if you eliminated
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  Speaker 3: their buses. But one other point I wanted to add
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  Speaker 3: was that busing started right around they started the Department
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  Speaker 3: of Education under Jimmy Carter. So I think it was
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  Speaker 3: nationalizing of school systems that they were shooting for, and
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  Speaker 3: I think they ultimately got that.
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  Speaker 1: You know, that's that's not an out of bounds theory,
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  Speaker 1: because yeah, having everybody, well you know they keep trying
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  Speaker 1: to do things on a national level and uh uh
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  Speaker 1: you remember when they tried to kick us off to
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  Speaker 1: the metric system that didn't work, and then the concept
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  Speaker 1: of new math and that really didn't work. Yeah. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you only need to know what drug.
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  Speaker 3: You knew all about the metric system.
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  Speaker 1: They and you even gasoline? Bob. Do you remember going
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  Speaker 1: to the gas station and they were trying to sell
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  Speaker 1: gas by the leader.
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  Speaker 3: Oh yeah, it didn't last long at all. People thought
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  Speaker 3: they were getting ripped off. I did well, thought they
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  Speaker 3: were getting a good deal.
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  Speaker 1: I remember Dad going to Certified to fill up with
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  Speaker 1: gas and U and he said, I don't know what
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  Speaker 1: it is in leaders here, here's fifteen dollars. Just give
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  Speaker 1: me fifteen dollars worth. Guess Oh that works in Europe maybe.
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  Speaker 1: So that's why I'm here, buddy. I appreciate your Bob,
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  Speaker 1: thanks very much for the call eight two one nine
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  Speaker 1: at eighty six eight two one WTV. And let me
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  Speaker 1: push that button again because I think I might have
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  Speaker 1: broken the button. I don't want to leave that for
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  Speaker 1: Mic in the morning. Who's next, Aaron, You're on six
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  Speaker 1: ten DOUBLETV at hight.
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  Speaker 4: Hey, Chuck, great show, bro's hat, so that the last
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  Speaker 4: caller kind of hit on I. You know, if it
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  Speaker 4: was really about the kids, they would let a dose style,
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  Speaker 4: you know, forensic accounting team coming there and tear things
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  Speaker 4: apart and tell them where the waste is. I think,
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  Speaker 4: a anti we don't want to end the Department of
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  Speaker 4: Education culture trying to mix with a Hey, the Department
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  Speaker 4: of Education is ending. Culture is just not getting along.
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  Speaker 4: And I think though I do think the bussing, I
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  Speaker 4: don't know if you could get rid of it, but
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  Speaker 4: you could. I think you could greatly reduce it. You know,
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  Speaker 4: at one time, believe it or not, Southern California, their
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  Speaker 4: educational system was run by Republicans and it was awesome.
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  Speaker 4: It was a great place to grow up. It was
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  Speaker 4: a great place to go to school. Now I can't imagine.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know anybody that's got kids out there anymore,
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  Speaker 4: So I don't know what it's like, but I can't
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  Speaker 4: imagine it's awesome. And I think Columbus has got the
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  Speaker 4: same issue, but probably on a smaller scale, but still
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  Speaker 4: millions of dollars worth of scale of waste and entitlement.
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  Speaker 4: You know, you've got too many, you know, it's obvious
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  Speaker 4: too much money going out and not enough money coming in.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I don't think it's a bad idea erin for
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  Speaker 1: any agency, department or whatever that is, uh that is
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  Speaker 1: relying on taxpayer dollars to do what it does. I
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  Speaker 1: don't think anybody should be skipped when it comes to
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  Speaker 1: doze in the place and finding the waste.
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  Speaker 4: I agree. I think if if if are, if the
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  Speaker 4: superintendent at city Schools was absolutely sure that her books
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  Speaker 4: were driving, that's what you would do. And she would say, Hey, look,
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  Speaker 4: but they don't.
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  Speaker 1: They don't, they don't, they don't.
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  Speaker 4: All they do they are, They're gonna find everybody. They're
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  Speaker 4: gonna they're gonna quit busting our kids. Oh my god,
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  Speaker 4: what are we gonna do? Hey, you know what, Chuck.
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  Speaker 4: I never rode on a bus. My mom always figured
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  Speaker 4: it out.
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  Speaker 1: I did that one year because they made me, but
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  Speaker 1: that was it, and uh, and I didn't like it
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  Speaker 1: at all. I'd much prefer to h to have walk
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  Speaker 1: to school. And like I said, the distance between Hiltonia
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  Speaker 1: and West War from my parents' house was pretty much
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  Speaker 1: the same. So I don't know why they put me
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  Speaker 1: on a bus. Air And I really don't. And the
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  Speaker 1: the idea that you know I've I've heard people in
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  Speaker 1: the pastco well, you would have had to cross broad
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  Speaker 1: Street to get to westmore Well in order to get
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  Speaker 1: to Hiltonia. I was crossing Sullivan Avenue and West Mound Street,
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  Speaker 1: so that that didn't fly with me either. And I
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  Speaker 1: got Jessica says here, you haven't said anything about the
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  Speaker 1: radio station. I always say something about the radio station.
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  Speaker 1: CLUBUS Board of Education has no need to own a
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  Speaker 1: radio station. They don't do anything with it that is
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  Speaker 1: that is affecting our children's education. It's just basically a
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  Speaker 1: rebroadcast of the same stuff you can get on WOSU
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  Speaker 1: and UH. And for the you know, the the school
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  Speaker 1: board for the Board of Education to own radio station
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  Speaker 1: doesn't make sense. WCB should be put on the market
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  Speaker 1: and let some other education facility by the station, maybe
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  Speaker 1: one that would actually teach broadcasting. The Lord knows we
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  Speaker 1: could use that. Sorry, I'm just being honest, And let
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  Speaker 1: me while I'm while I'm picking on the people in broadcasting,
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  Speaker 1: let me also pick on the people in education. I
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  Speaker 1: I I find it concerning, if not offensive, that people.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not gonna call anyone out by name. I won't
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  Speaker 1: single anybody out with people who are perhaps you know,
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  Speaker 1: affiliated with education here in the city of Columbus or
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  Speaker 1: anywhere for that matter, who get on television and and
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  Speaker 1: and speak badly. You're there to educate our children. No
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  Speaker 1: one will ever ask you a question that is not English.
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  Speaker 1: How can you have risen to the level to what
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  Speaker 1: you have risen in the process and say acts? How? How?
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  Speaker 1: And you're educating our children? I yeah, I'm concerned about that.
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  Speaker 1: That's what passes is being proficient. It's not just in
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  Speaker 1: case you didn't know, or again, maybe that's just a
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  Speaker 1: two one nine, eight eighty six. Uh, you just got
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  Speaker 1: mystery man on here, So a mystery man. You're on
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  Speaker 1: six nd WCV on Hype.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, Chuck, first time caller, longtime listener.
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  Speaker 1: Well, thank you, I appreciate it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I just want to tell you I think your
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  Speaker 2: subject matter is right to the point. And I think
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  Speaker 2: that Lalli school districts, not just Columbus, they need to
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  Speaker 2: look at the overall pitcher, you know, as far as
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  Speaker 2: how their budgeting their money. They just don't look at
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  Speaker 2: They keep raising taxes and people just keep paying that.
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  Speaker 2: I think people are finally taxed to death. I mean
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  Speaker 2: you see it everywhere. Sales tax, you know, income tax,
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  Speaker 2: property tax. There's just too many taxes, and then accountability
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  Speaker 2: doesn't come into play. There's a lot of people teaching
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  Speaker 2: that probably shouldn't be teaching.
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  Speaker 1: I agree with that too, Not just the higher ups
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  Speaker 1: I was complaining about just now, but those who are
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  Speaker 1: actually in the classroom ground level that that. I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 1: You know, speaking is primary. Even if you cannot master
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  Speaker 1: the quadratic if quadratic equation in algebra two, you should
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  Speaker 1: be able to speak correctly to to present yourself well.
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  Speaker 1: And if the teachers can't do it, how do we
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  Speaker 1: expect the students to do it?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely? And as far as busting, I grew up in Michigan.
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  Speaker 2: They're great straight up North.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I'm so sorry, are you okay?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? I don't take that game too serious. I love you, Chuck.
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  Speaker 2: I don't take that game. That game too serious, you know,
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  Speaker 2: but I like it. It's interesting, and I love the
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  Speaker 2: Buckeye fans. I think they're great fans. I mean, I
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  Speaker 2: root for the Big ten, period, but yeah, it's not
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  Speaker 2: that big a definating to the subject matter. I think
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  Speaker 2: that you know, a lot of these these parents are
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  Speaker 2: out here. They're struggling, and I understand that, but it's
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  Speaker 2: like you know, a lot of times, it's who you
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  Speaker 2: vote for. You got to remember you may have some
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  Speaker 2: social issues that you think are great, but you got
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  Speaker 2: to look at the entire thing on that ballots you're
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  Speaker 2: looking at, and then also go to PTA beds.
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  Speaker 4: How many?
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  Speaker 2: How many parents don't go to their kids PTA bings
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  Speaker 2: to find out what's going on where the money is
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  Speaker 2: being spent. There's probably programs and all school districts, not
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  Speaker 2: just Columbus, where people are budgeting money and it's getting
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  Speaker 2: wasted on stupid programs. I mean, I don't know, it's
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  Speaker 2: frustrating to listen to the conversations on the radio. There's
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  Speaker 2: got to be a solution. I think that people need
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  Speaker 2: to just sit down and digest everything. But your busting
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  Speaker 2: idea to get rid of the buses a right there
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  Speaker 2: with you. I think that's a good idea.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry that you've never called before, because quite frankly,
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  Speaker 1: I can tell you've listened while you sound a great
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  Speaker 1: deal like I sound when I constantly tell you've got
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  Speaker 1: to get involved, whether it's school board meetings, township trustee meetings,
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  Speaker 1: your your homeowners association meeting, your area commission meeting, if
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  Speaker 1: you live in the city, Get in there, look him
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  Speaker 1: in the face, see what they're doing, Hear what they're doing,
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  Speaker 1: raise your hand, ask questions and objective things that are objectionable.
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  Speaker 1: Be involved. You can't just go home at night and
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  Speaker 1: listen to me Randon go oh yeah. If you wanted
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  Speaker 1: to change, you have to do something.
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  Speaker 2: That keeps them accountable. When you're accountable, you have a
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  Speaker 2: little bit higher standard yourself. Hopefully you do. Therefore, you're
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  Speaker 2: going to do the best at your job, whatever it is,
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  Speaker 2: because you are hell accountable. But if you're not going
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  Speaker 2: to these meetings and voting for the proper things, then
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  Speaker 2: it's kind of your own fault. As a tax player.
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  Speaker 2: It's like you've got to be concerned about everything, not
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  Speaker 2: just your own issues. And sometimes you may have to
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  Speaker 2: go to the other side of the to the left,
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  Speaker 2: I'll say, to vote for some time that maybe you
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  Speaker 2: really did want even though you didn't want to. But
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  Speaker 2: also keep in mind when you do that, there's other
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  Speaker 2: stuff that you not getting on the other side that
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  Speaker 2: you should have got. So it's just it's it's not
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  Speaker 2: that tough. But I think that our whole country as
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  Speaker 2: a whole, the nation education system is broken. If you
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  Speaker 2: look at stuff, all these standards of testing. We spend
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  Speaker 2: so much money on that. How about we spend money
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  Speaker 2: on just educating teachers the proper you know, basic skills
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  Speaker 2: that we need to function in our country. You know,
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  Speaker 2: not everybody's going to need trigonometry, They're just not. Not
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  Speaker 2: everybody needs, you know, physical education, not everybody. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: that's stuff that's important. And if you have a school
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  Speaker 2: that specializes in those certain things and the kids can
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  Speaker 2: go there. But on the bussing issue as a whole,
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  Speaker 2: I think your spot on with get rid of the
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  Speaker 2: actual busting itself because kids need.
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  Speaker 1: Exercise, appreciate the call. You are welcome here anytime, and
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  Speaker 1: thanks for making tonight. You're a your maiden voyage. I
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  Speaker 1: just you know, I think it's a it's a legitimate
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  Speaker 1: concern and a very practical answer to a very big question.
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  Speaker 1: And if the schools need more money, we need to
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  Speaker 1: see results. We need to see a better state report card,
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  Speaker 1: we need to see higher graduation numbers. We need to
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  Speaker 1: see it. My involvement with my alumni association over at
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  Speaker 1: West High School has allowed me to be inside the school,
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  Speaker 1: and I've said before the current principal, doctor Roberts over
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  Speaker 1: there is a dynamo and I'm seeing a lot of
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  Speaker 1: good things happening in that school, socially and academically and
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  Speaker 1: community involvement wise. And I'm hoping that the West High
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  Speaker 1: School Cowboys could be a prototype for what can be.
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  Speaker 1: But even if they set an example, somebody has to
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  Speaker 1: be there to follow it, be willing to follow it,
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  Speaker 1: get off their butts and follow it. And it all
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  Speaker 1: starts with one person getting a little loud sometimes, I
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  Speaker 1: guess