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Mayor Ginther news with Joe Motil · Chuck Douglas

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  Speaker 1: I'm Chuck Douglas. This is the Power Hour six ten
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  Speaker 1: do WUTV and Columbus City School Board taking a vote
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  Speaker 1: last night. Don't worry, it means nothing. I'm just I'll
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  Speaker 1: fill you in on that here in a minute. It
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  Speaker 1: trust me, it means nothing. The big break in up
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  Speaker 1: at Easton the car break in. I forget how many
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  Speaker 1: they had, but it keeps happening over and over again.
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  Speaker 1: And I offered something to Mike Elliott on Columbus's Morning
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  Speaker 1: News this morning. I will share that with you before
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  Speaker 1: I get out of it. I think I can solve
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  Speaker 1: the problem, or at least largely deflate the reason for
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  Speaker 1: the problem with just a little bit of common sense,
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  Speaker 1: which will never happen because common sense is I think
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  Speaker 1: it's like a third degree felony. Now, speaking of which,
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  Speaker 1: Columbus may Or Andy Ginther skates scot free on the charges,
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  Speaker 1: the allegation, the investigation whatever, of him making a phone
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  Speaker 1: call to Judge Mingo regarding the greyhound bus station issue
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  Speaker 1: on my beloved West Side, which is still there and
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  Speaker 1: still a pain in the butt if you're trying to
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  Speaker 1: get to seventy. But he called the judge outside of
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  Speaker 1: the trial and said you gotta do something about this
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  Speaker 1: exparte communications. I can't walk into a courtroom and speak,
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  Speaker 1: or into a judge's chambers and speak to them about
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  Speaker 1: something going on in the courtroom. Everyone involved in the trial,
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  Speaker 1: both sides, have to be involved. Private conversations with the
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  Speaker 1: judge are not allowed. So you would think if I
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  Speaker 1: would get a little admonishment, a fine, a slap on
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  Speaker 1: the wrist, something, you would think maybe that would be
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  Speaker 1: appropriate for the person that's supposed to be setting the
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  Speaker 1: example in leading the city. But I guess not. I
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  Speaker 1: guess not. I guess that's not. Plus it was being
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  Speaker 1: investigated by somebody from Whitehall, like how much confidence do
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  Speaker 1: I have in that Whitehall is a little a little
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  Speaker 1: less than pristine lately? Joe Motil ran for mayor. He
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  Speaker 1: tried to get you to vote for him. From mayor.
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  Speaker 1: I put a sign in my yard that said Joel
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  Speaker 1: from here on it. Yes, yes I did. And he's
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  Speaker 1: not a Republican. That's how fair and balanced the fat
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  Speaker 1: man is. I do. Common sense is common sense, And
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  Speaker 1: there was a degree of anybody. But again there yes,
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  Speaker 1: there was also an appreciation for Joe's ability to uh
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  Speaker 1: to watch out for the dollars, watch out for the processes,
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  Speaker 1: take hold of these ridiculous tax incentives that are handed
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  Speaker 1: out the corporations like trick or treat candy in the
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  Speaker 1: City of Columbus. I was impressed by that, but alas
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  Speaker 1: the City of Columbus once again showed the sheep that
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  Speaker 1: they were and kept the status quo. I know that
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  Speaker 1: Joe was equally as frustrated about this situation as I
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  Speaker 1: could ever possibly be. Joe Otill, Welcome to sixtn WTV,
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  Speaker 1: and how are you.
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  Speaker 2: Hi, Chuck, and thanks for the kind words. I appreciate it,
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, I was. You know, I tried to remain
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  Speaker 2: optimistic about this, and then you know, reality sets in
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  Speaker 2: when you get these decisions handed down like this, and
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  Speaker 2: you know they use Nicodemus, Whitehall City Attorney, and damn
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  Speaker 2: good and will that he's going to provide him with
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  Speaker 2: a favorable outcome. And that's exactly what happened. And what's
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  Speaker 2: ironic about all this. I was there last night at
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  Speaker 2: the Whitehall City Council meeting and testified to state and
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  Speaker 2: stated in Nicodemus asking him where the investigation was and
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  Speaker 2: why he hadn't it's taken a year for him to
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  Speaker 2: do a completed investigation and hear what happens. You know,
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  Speaker 2: the next day, he didn't even say anything to him.
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  Speaker 2: He didn't speak or nothing. He sat there with his
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  Speaker 2: head down, and he could have at least had the
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  Speaker 2: decency to say, mister Motil, you know the report will
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  Speaker 2: be forthcoming. We didn't even get my attorney didn't even
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  Speaker 2: receive his decision. I had to find out from a
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  Speaker 2: news reporter at about three o'clock this afternoon.
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  Speaker 1: And your complaint was the catalyst for the investigation in
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  Speaker 1: the first place.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly exactly. If I don't follow that complaint, nothing happens this.
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  Speaker 1: I don't even know what investigating needed to be done.
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  Speaker 1: If not a violational law, definitely violates a protocol, definitely
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  Speaker 1: deserving of some sort of slap on the risk, some
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  Speaker 1: sort of end management. I don't know what you were
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  Speaker 1: hoping for in the end here, but didn't you hope
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  Speaker 1: for at least something? Joe?
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  Speaker 2: Oh? Yeah, absolutely. And you know, really, the logic of
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  Speaker 2: his decision that he made is it's just not sound
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  Speaker 2: and Ginther obstructed justice and he violated the constitutional rights
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  Speaker 2: of the parties by contacting the judge. I mean, he
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  Speaker 2: admitted to contacting the judge on a news report that
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  Speaker 2: was given by Channel six back in It's quite months
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  Speaker 2: and months ago. And in my opinion, you know, the
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  Speaker 2: decision is just it's politically biased in favor of Ginther.
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  Speaker 2: And this this means that Ginther or the mayor or
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  Speaker 2: anybody can he can interfere now with any penny case
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  Speaker 2: he wants. Basically, that's what he said. It's okay, he's
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  Speaker 2: I mean, in his decision, he actually says that Mayor
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  Speaker 2: Ginther did not want to delay the trial. You know,
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  Speaker 2: he had no business contacting the judge in the first place.
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  Speaker 2: You know, what did he think was going to happen?
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  Speaker 2: And if the judge turned him in? I mean, how
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  Speaker 2: many times has he actually done this and got away
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  Speaker 2: with it and probably figured, well, Judge Mingo isn't going
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  Speaker 2: to say anything. Well, finally somebody said something. She had
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  Speaker 2: to recuse herself and this delayed the trial. This had
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's ridiculous. This is one of those things
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  Speaker 2: where you're right his decision.
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  Speaker 1: He admitted to doing it. There was the recording of
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  Speaker 1: him leaving the voicemail for the judge and what he
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  Speaker 1: did his sentiment, his his goal, I think is what
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  Speaker 1: all of us want. We want, but it's not something
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  Speaker 1: you can do behind closed doors. He properly should have
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  Speaker 1: called a press conference and said I am calling on
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  Speaker 1: the court system, I'm calling on the judge and all
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  Speaker 1: involved to do what makes sense here and get this
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  Speaker 1: thing out of its current location in someplace it is
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  Speaker 1: more appropriate. That would have been fine, But the private
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  Speaker 1: phone call is the problem. You cannot do anything as
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  Speaker 1: part of a public hearing, public trial behind closed doors
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  Speaker 1: without all parties being notified and aware of what's going on.
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  Speaker 2: And that's especially because the City of Columbus is the
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  Speaker 2: one who has filed the complaint, and he is the
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  Speaker 2: City of Columbus, and that is the city of attorney's
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  Speaker 2: job to do to make any kind of calls or
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  Speaker 2: or to state anything to the judge during a hearing,
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  Speaker 2: and he has you know, he's not allowed to interfere
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  Speaker 2: with that. He That's why they had to hire a
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  Speaker 2: special investigator to investigate this, because the city attorney had
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  Speaker 2: a conflict of interest and what a joke, you know.
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  Speaker 2: That's what our appeals have been over the last six
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  Speaker 2: to seven months through the District Court in the Ohio
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  Speaker 2: Supreme Court was to have Nicodemus removed because we knew
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  Speaker 2: we couldn't get a fair and impartial response from Nicodemus
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  Speaker 2: we had we needed a judge to appoint a special
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  Speaker 2: prosecutor from outside Franklin County. That's the only possibility of
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  Speaker 2: getting a fair, you know, hearing on this case.
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  Speaker 1: This is Joe Motiel, by the way, joining me on
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  Speaker 1: the Legacy Retirement Group dot com foam lines just a
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  Speaker 1: couple of minutes left. Joe, let me ask you, is
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  Speaker 1: there another step, a next step or is this dead
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  Speaker 1: in the water and over.
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  Speaker 2: With I Unfortunately, I believe it is. I think w
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  Speaker 2: S you said they're going to maybe look into doing
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  Speaker 2: a full story on this, you know, everything that's happened
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  Speaker 2: and occurred, and other than that, you know, our appeals
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  Speaker 2: through the Supreme Court of Ohio ended November, I think
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  Speaker 2: it was in the middle of the month. Is when
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  Speaker 2: they came down with their decision that they wouldn't hear
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  Speaker 2: the case. And that's so that probably pretty much put
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  Speaker 2: an end to that. But you know, it's it's really
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  Speaker 2: sad that this is the way the City of Columbus
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  Speaker 2: and Franklin County Operates. I mean, you can't. You know,
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  Speaker 2: there's just no justice in terms of whenever it's a
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  Speaker 2: you know, politician who's involved with something like this. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: it's it's almost it's impossible. Worst corrupt here in Columbus,
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  Speaker 2: at Chicago or Cleveland or any of those cities, and
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  Speaker 2: but there these people are protected. I mean, it's it's
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  Speaker 2: so sad.
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  Speaker 1: The biggest question of all do you still have your
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  Speaker 1: campaign signs in the garage?
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  Speaker 2: I saved a few, but not many. Yeah. I Actually
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  Speaker 2: it's funny you say that. I've cleaned out my basement
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  Speaker 2: the other day and I have campaign signs back from
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  Speaker 2: nineteen ninety five when I first ran for counsel and
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  Speaker 2: saved a few of everything. Just put them in a box.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, you never say no. But we'll see
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  Speaker 2: what happens in a couple of years and you know
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  Speaker 2: who plans on running and such.
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  Speaker 1: You would be the first mayor to ever play piano
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  Speaker 1: at his own inauguration, you know that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that's a good idea.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for doing that. By the way, when you get
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  Speaker 1: on Facebook and sit down at the piano and play
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  Speaker 1: on Facebook Live, I appreciate it. You play well. I
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  Speaker 1: enjoy sitting and listening to you, so thank you for
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  Speaker 1: doing that.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks. Yeah, I actually I am planning on doing one
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  Speaker 2: pretty soon.
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  Speaker 1: All right, well, I'll be watching. I'll be watching Joe
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  Speaker 1: Motil buddy. Thanks very much for joining me on short
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  Speaker 1: notice tonight. I appreciate you doing that, and we'll talk
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  Speaker 1: again very soon.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks, Chuck. I appreciate the time you too.
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  Speaker 1: It's the Kuluma City Schools last night taking their vote.
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  Speaker 1: They say they're gonna close down several schools, one of
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  Speaker 1: which is Westbroad Elementaries. I was telling Mike this morning
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  Speaker 1: as I joined him unk Colomus this morning News. I
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  Speaker 1: think it's kind of a meaning. Look, look, if you
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  Speaker 1: know anything about these schools, especially West Broad Elementary on
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  Speaker 1: might be loved West Side, all of the little bodies
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  Speaker 1: coming out of there every day, where are they're gonna go?
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  Speaker 1: Where are they gonna go? The closest schools, Value View
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  Speaker 1: Elementary they can't handle that overflow, Highland Elementary, they can't
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  Speaker 1: handle that overflow. So you're gonna spread them out to
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  Speaker 1: other schools, and then what's gonna happen? Then you'll hear
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  Speaker 1: about over crowded classrooms. What's next, Levy request. You know
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  Speaker 1: it's coming. You know it's coming. I don't think it'll happen.
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  Speaker 1: The vote was posturing just because they had to do something.
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  Speaker 1: They've drawn this out for so long. They had to
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  Speaker 1: do something. And I do believe that the results of
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  Speaker 1: that vote will be rescinded. Write it down, see what happens.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe I'll be wrong, maybe I'll be right.