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- 2:12Speaker 2: as well. Coming up on the show this morning, Sean
- 2:15Speaker 2: Hill of KRT is here. We are going to introduce
- 2:18Speaker 2: you to another couple of candidate. Jared Page will join us.
- 2:20Speaker 2: He's running for a seat on the Kanawha County Commission
- 2:22Speaker 2: and the gentleman across from me is running to keep
- 2:25Speaker 2: his seat as a Canawha County Magistrate. He is Harry Carpenter. Harry,
- 2:28Speaker 2: welcome to the show, Thanks for being here. Good morning Dave.
- 2:32Speaker 2: You are appointed to the seat and now you have
- 2:35Speaker 2: to run to keep it. Talk about your appointment to
- 2:37Speaker 2: magistrate court and how it's worked out for.
- 2:38Speaker 5: You, and well it's worked out quite well. I mean,
- 2:41Speaker 5: there really weren't any surprises when you go in. You
- 2:48Speaker 5: go in, feet on the ground, time to go to work.
- 2:52Speaker 5: And I'll tell you the the only I don't want
- 2:57Speaker 5: to use words surprise, but the thing that opened my
- 3:00Speaker 5: eyes and has opened my eyes this past year has
- 3:05Speaker 5: been the magistrate assistants. I tell you those folks over there.
- 3:11Speaker 5: They keep that court going. And my assistant, Curry reveal
- 3:16Speaker 5: she had from day one. She just points and shoots
- 3:20Speaker 5: and there we went.
- 3:22Speaker 2: What exactly does a magistrate's assistant do? Explain that everything?
- 3:26Speaker 5: Every everything, They they set the hearings, they mail the notices,
- 3:33Speaker 5: they keep the dock at going there with you on
- 3:36Speaker 5: the bench, and as you make your rulings, you know,
- 3:40Speaker 5: they enter into the database. And they're really the unsung heroes,
- 3:47Speaker 5: I'm telling you. And you know I spent many, many
- 3:50Speaker 5: many years in that building with the Sheriff's office, and
- 3:54Speaker 5: it's just one of those positions you took for granted.
- 3:57Speaker 5: You know, you just you never saw the stress.
- 4:00Speaker 2: Well without without good backup, supporting, good teams, no matter
- 4:04Speaker 2: what the job is.
- 4:05Speaker 5: No, absolutely, it doesn't work. Absolutely. And you know, through
- 4:09Speaker 5: the course of the year, you know, you've worked with
- 4:12Speaker 5: several different assistants. If you're filling in for a magistrate,
- 4:15Speaker 5: then you've worked with that magistrate's assistant and they all
- 4:22Speaker 5: I have no complaints about any of them. They all
- 4:24Speaker 5: got there, they got their ducks.
- 4:26Speaker 6: In a row.
- 4:27Speaker 2: Give us the bio and Harry Carpenter for the We
- 4:29Speaker 2: talked about your time in the Sheriff's office. But yeah,
- 4:31Speaker 2: the pre magister or outside magister court, who was Harry Carpenter.
- 4:34Speaker 5: Well, I worked for the Sheriff's Office for twenty five years.
- 4:38Speaker 5: Well actually with my part time service there almost thirty years.
- 4:42Speaker 5: And uh, I guess maybe the last fifteen or so
- 4:48Speaker 5: since Mike Ruthfert his first term as sheriff. I was
- 4:51Speaker 5: the chief of their home confinement section. So I was
- 4:55Speaker 5: in and out of the court every day, you know,
- 4:57Speaker 5: and worked with the magistrates in the circuit judges and
- 5:00Speaker 5: the prosecutors and defense attorneys. So when I say this
- 5:05Speaker 5: wasn't new to me, it wasn't new. And I retired
- 5:10Speaker 5: and Magister Polly, Uh, when he took his retirement, I
- 5:16Speaker 5: got a call from Chief Judge Kenny Ballard, uh asking
- 5:21Speaker 5: if I was interested, and absolutely, so, here we are.
- 5:26Speaker 2: What was it about, not just Magistrate Harry, but also
- 5:31Speaker 2: your time and with the Sheriff's Apartment of other things
- 5:33Speaker 2: you did. Why why is that important to you to
- 5:35Speaker 2: serve people?
- 5:36Speaker 5: Well, you know how the system works, you and in
- 5:41Speaker 5: my position with the Sheriff's Office, I got a little
- 5:44Speaker 5: closer to the people within the system. I mean we
- 5:51Speaker 5: were in their homes. Uh, you know, we saw them weekly.
- 5:56Speaker 5: So you know, again when I say that it was
- 6:00Speaker 5: a big transition for me, it wasn't. And and and
- 6:05Speaker 5: you know, sometimes that's a good thing. Sometimes it can
- 6:07Speaker 5: be a bad thing. I mean, you've got to understand that.
- 6:11Speaker 5: You know, when you're sitting on the bench, you have
- 6:13Speaker 5: to be unbassed. You can't take one side or the other.
- 6:16Speaker 5: You just listen to what's presented and you make a
- 6:18Speaker 5: rational decision.
- 6:20Speaker 6: Uh.
- 6:22Speaker 5: To be honest, you know, you've still got that law
- 6:25Speaker 5: enforcement brain you uh, and you've got to you've got
- 6:29Speaker 5: to fight to keep that to the side. And I
- 6:32Speaker 5: think I've done done a good job.
- 6:34Speaker 2: With that as somebody who was in law enforcement. Does
- 6:36Speaker 2: it give you a little bit of an advantage being
- 6:41Speaker 2: a magistrate.
- 6:42Speaker 5: Well, I think it does because again, if you spend
- 6:45Speaker 5: a lot of time in the court, you know the
- 6:47Speaker 5: system and how the court works. So and being a magistrate,
- 6:52Speaker 5: you know, if you get appointed particularly or if you
- 6:55Speaker 5: get elected, Uh, you go to work. I mean, you
- 6:59Speaker 5: know there is I guess it's just basically OJT on
- 7:03Speaker 5: the job training and you go to work. And but
- 7:07Speaker 5: let me tell you, if you don't have a background
- 7:09Speaker 5: into it. You're going to lean on them assistance, Okay,
- 7:13Speaker 5: they are going to be your life blood to learning.
- 7:16Speaker 2: What are some of the biggest misconceptions you think the
- 7:18Speaker 2: public has about the job of a magistrate or magistrate court.
- 7:21Speaker 5: Well, it just it just doesn't In the magistrate court,
- 7:28Speaker 5: of course, the magistrate I like to look at it
- 7:32Speaker 5: as the mascate is the hub of the wheel. Okay,
- 7:35Speaker 5: you had the spokes, which are the prosecutors, the defense attorneys,
- 7:39Speaker 5: the defendants, the law enforcement, the witnesses, and of course
- 7:43Speaker 5: the assistants. When that wheels rolling, everything's fine. But if
- 7:48Speaker 5: just one of those fractures, then you know, that's when
- 7:54Speaker 5: you have to start making tough decisions. And you know,
- 7:59Speaker 5: fortunately for us, you know, we've we've got the magistrate
- 8:03Speaker 5: at court as itself as a good team of prosecutors,
- 8:06Speaker 5: and the Public Defender's Office is to me second to
- 8:11Speaker 5: none of any in this state. I mean, those are
- 8:15Speaker 5: very hard working individuals and realistic, you know. So a
- 8:21Speaker 5: lot of times with the cases, you hope that everybody
- 8:26Speaker 5: can get their heads together and we can come to
- 8:29Speaker 5: a resolution, and that happens from the majority.
- 8:34Speaker 2: Of Someone once said to me that if you're in
- 8:36Speaker 2: magister court, Harry, and we're talking with Harry Carpenter, who's
- 8:39Speaker 2: a Gnaw County matters. Someone once told me in matter court,
- 8:42Speaker 2: it could be the best day of your life or
- 8:44Speaker 2: the worst day of your life. I don't know if
- 8:47Speaker 2: it's gonna be the worst day of dramatic maybe, yeah,
- 8:50Speaker 2: I don't think.
- 8:50Speaker 5: It's gonna be the worst day of your life. I mean,
- 8:53Speaker 5: you know, on a day to day basis, we're just
- 8:56Speaker 5: dealing with mister me or crimes, okay, So you know,
- 9:00Speaker 5: it's not the end of the world now. So people
- 9:03Speaker 5: that have never been involved in the system, yeah, it
- 9:06Speaker 5: could be traumatic. I mean, if you've never been arrested before,
- 9:09Speaker 5: you get arrested and charged with the crime, sure it
- 9:12Speaker 5: could be traumatic for you. You know, you you don't.
- 9:15Speaker 6: Know, but.
- 9:18Speaker 5: You know there's and we do. The only felonies that
- 9:21Speaker 5: we handle is the preliminary hearing, okay.
- 9:26Speaker 2: And that's what you see on TV.
- 9:27Speaker 5: That's what that could be a bad day of your life,
- 9:32Speaker 5: you know, you know.
- 9:34Speaker 2: It's it is interesting I think because I think sometimes
- 9:36Speaker 2: the public thinks that the magic and I'm not trying
- 9:38Speaker 2: to downplay the magistrate court at all, but I think
- 9:40Speaker 2: sometimes people think that the magistrates have more power than
- 9:45Speaker 2: they actually do.
- 9:46Speaker 4: You have.
- 9:46Speaker 2: They have a big thick codebook right there, and that
- 9:48Speaker 2: how much tells you what you what you can and
- 9:50Speaker 2: can't do. What is it that makes up the majority
- 9:53Speaker 2: of magistrates dockets here in Kanan County?
- 9:55Speaker 5: I tell you for me personally, I've seen a big
- 9:59Speaker 5: influence looks of domestic crimes. I mean a lot of
- 10:03Speaker 5: domestic crimes. And uh, you know, of course our prosecutor,
- 10:07Speaker 5: you know, she she uh uh she has a tough
- 10:12Speaker 5: stance on domestic crimes, which is a good thing, and
- 10:16Speaker 5: but domestics just seems to be on the rise for
- 10:19Speaker 5: some reason.
- 10:20Speaker 7: Uh.
- 10:20Speaker 5: You know, minor drug charges you know, obviously you're going
- 10:23Speaker 5: to see them every day, but uh in DUIs. But uh,
- 10:31Speaker 5: the aggravating ones are your trespassing and your shoplifters.
- 10:35Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot of repeat offenders there, kids.
- 10:38Speaker 5: Yes, yes, And that's uh uh, that's a sad testament.
- 10:44Speaker 2: Do you have a website or social media or anything
- 10:46Speaker 2: to learn more about you?
- 10:47Speaker 6: Just me?
- 10:48Speaker 2: Just you, just me, all right, the final thirty just you.
- 10:51Speaker 2: Why should someone vote to keep Harry Carpenter's knack Anty Magistrate.
- 10:54Speaker 5: Well, I'm doing the job because I want to do it.
- 10:57Speaker 5: It's not because uh board and retired. It's not because
- 11:02Speaker 5: somebody said, hey, do you want to do this. I
- 11:05Speaker 5: have run in the past, and I wanted the job,
- 11:09Speaker 5: and in doing such, I try to bring as much
- 11:13Speaker 5: common sense to the job as I can. And I
- 11:18Speaker 5: try to run a quick docket. You know, it's not
- 11:21Speaker 5: a cattle call for your scheduled at nine o'clock. I
- 11:23Speaker 5: won't hear you at nine o'clock, and I just I
- 11:28Speaker 5: don't try. I am fair. I am fair and unbiased,
- 11:32Speaker 5: and that's how I run the court.
- 11:35Speaker 2: Gerry Carpenter, Kanaan County Magistrate, appreciate you being here, man.
- 11:38Speaker 2: Thanks so Dave, I appreciate you having me brother. All right,
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- 15:15Speaker 2: show now, Jared Page, who is a candidate for Kanawha
- 15:18Speaker 2: County Commission on the Republican ticket. How you doing, my friend,
- 15:20Speaker 2: I'm well about you. I'm doing well. I'm doing well.
- 15:23Speaker 2: Who are you? You've been on the show in the
- 15:25Speaker 2: past in various roles, but for the people that may
- 15:28Speaker 2: not have heard you, give us your bio.
- 15:30Speaker 10: Well as you said, my name is Jared Page, and
- 15:33Speaker 10: I am a candidate for the Kanall County Commission on
- 15:35Speaker 10: the Republican side. Currently, I am the Vice Mayor and
- 15:40Speaker 10: Councilor at Large for the City of Saint albans. I
- 15:43Speaker 10: was born and raised here in Kanall County. Went to
- 15:47Speaker 10: Saint Abbas High School proud Red Dragon alumnus, and then
- 15:50Speaker 10: graduated from the University of Charleston with undergraduate and graduate degrees.
- 15:56Speaker 10: Been here my whole life. Currently my day job, I say,
- 15:59Speaker 10: is I worked for the State of West Virginia, so
- 16:02Speaker 10: I said earlier, vice mayor for the City of Saint Om's.
- 16:04Speaker 10: Prior to that, I was the municipal judge for three
- 16:07Speaker 10: and a half years, and I've been around. I've worked
- 16:12Speaker 10: at a kind of a multitude of places within the
- 16:17Speaker 10: state government and around. So I have a lot of experience,
- 16:20Speaker 10: whether that be with our criminal justice system, whether that
- 16:24Speaker 10: be with our state legislature, whether that be dealing with
- 16:30Speaker 10: constituent matters and protecting our seniors. I have a plethor
- 16:34Speaker 10: experience on the outside as far as my elected history.
- 16:39Speaker 4: I currently serve on.
- 16:40Speaker 10: The Municipal Utilities Commission Board and serve on a water board,
- 16:46Speaker 10: waste water board, storm water board, as well as chairman
- 16:49Speaker 10: of our Origins Committee. So I have a lot of
- 16:51Speaker 10: experience when it comes to legislation, working with others, even
- 16:56Speaker 10: with others that you may not agree with all the time,
- 16:59Speaker 10: to produce what is best for our constituents and throughout
- 17:03Speaker 10: all citizens of Kannall County.
- 17:04Speaker 2: So, with all of your experience and all the things
- 17:07Speaker 2: that you've done, why the run for County Commission?
- 17:10Speaker 10: So I think I come from a unique background. I
- 17:12Speaker 10: come from a municipal background as well as a state background.
- 17:16Speaker 10: I think that we can apply things that I have
- 17:19Speaker 10: done on both to the county level. I first and
- 17:23Speaker 10: foremost want to say I believe the County Commission has
- 17:25Speaker 10: done a great job with dealing with a lot of
- 17:29Speaker 10: its programs. But I can bring that As we know
- 17:34Speaker 10: for the listeners that Commissioner Lance Wheeler is running for
- 17:38Speaker 10: the West Virginia Senate and so that the seat will
- 17:41Speaker 10: be vacated. I'm not running against him. I want to
- 17:43Speaker 10: make that abundantly clear. I've had a few people ask
- 17:46Speaker 10: me that, and Lance has actually endorsed my canadacy for
- 17:49Speaker 10: the County Commission to take his spot. But you know,
- 17:53Speaker 10: let's talk about things that Kanall Countians want. We all
- 17:58Speaker 10: know that utilities continue you to increase. We know that
- 18:02Speaker 10: people are hurting throughout the county. I'm the only candidate
- 18:06Speaker 10: in this race that has stood up to utilities. We
- 18:09Speaker 10: had a utility tried to purchase our water and sewer system.
- 18:13Speaker 10: I was the council person who stood up and against
- 18:16Speaker 10: that and made sure that our constituents race stayed at
- 18:19Speaker 10: an affordable price. Our people in Kanall County care about
- 18:24Speaker 10: clean water throughout the county. I'm the only candidate that
- 18:29Speaker 10: serves on a water board, wastewater board, and stormwater board.
- 18:33Speaker 10: I've experienced in water projects. We're currently dealing and just
- 18:37Speaker 10: approved a multi million dollar capital improvement plan for water
- 18:42Speaker 10: for thousands of Kannal Countians. We've improved our storm waters
- 18:46Speaker 10: to deal with the flooding issues that we've had just
- 18:48Speaker 10: minor flooding, I don't want to say in major flooding.
- 18:51Speaker 10: I've experienced with that dilapidata structures. That's something that all
- 18:57Speaker 10: across Kannall County people taught talk about. There can be
- 19:01Speaker 10: a hot bed of political I'm sorry, political activity. You
- 19:04Speaker 10: can see where my mind's at. Hotbed of criminal activity.
- 19:09Speaker 10: I've seen it throughout the county myself. I've experienced doing that.
- 19:13Speaker 10: When I was a municipal judge. One of the largest
- 19:16Speaker 10: dilapidata structures in our community came before my court and
- 19:21Speaker 10: we were able to work some things out with that
- 19:24Speaker 10: and get that building torn down or we're working to
- 19:26Speaker 10: promote economic development on that property. I think that experience,
- 19:32Speaker 10: on top of my passion and enthusiasm and work on
- 19:36Speaker 10: a state level as well as municipal level, can bring
- 19:40Speaker 10: that all together and work really well for the Kennall
- 19:43Speaker 10: County Commission. You know, I also serve on two Local
- 19:48Speaker 10: School Improvement Councils ls i C. I started that this year,
- 19:53Speaker 10: something I'm proud to do. I'm proud to work with
- 19:55Speaker 10: our school systems to make sure our students have adequate information,
- 20:01Speaker 10: are funded well, and help to really get funding and
- 20:06Speaker 10: ideas for our school system of our local schools. And
- 20:09Speaker 10: while those are local community schools, those ideas can go
- 20:13Speaker 10: county wide and we have seen that and that's something
- 20:16Speaker 10: that while the County Commission doesn't directly touch schools day
- 20:22Speaker 10: to day, that's the role of the county school Board.
- 20:27Speaker 10: It helps to have a commissioner who is involved and
- 20:30Speaker 10: familiar with the school system, have relationships with students, with educators,
- 20:35Speaker 10: with administrators, as well as our Sheriff's department. You know,
- 20:40Speaker 10: many municipalities have school Resource Office prevention resource officers. My
- 20:45Speaker 10: father was actually the first p r O in Kenall County.
- 20:48Speaker 10: And it's important that the schools who are not in
- 20:52Speaker 10: city limits that do not have a municipality uniformed officer
- 20:57Speaker 10: there that our Sheriff's Department continues to prove guide an
- 21:02Speaker 10: uniformed officer for those schools as well as collaborate with
- 21:05Speaker 10: the resource officer program with the state. UH and I
- 21:12Speaker 10: have that relationship obviously with Sheriff Crawford to continue to
- 21:16Speaker 10: make that happen.
- 21:17Speaker 4: And as a commissioner.
- 21:19Speaker 10: I'm able to go to these schools, talk to these children,
- 21:22Speaker 10: help them learn, help and help really improve the school
- 21:25Speaker 10: system and generally UH and if if there's a school
- 21:28Speaker 10: that may be in need, I have that experience.
- 21:33Speaker 2: To do that.
- 21:34Speaker 10: I'm also the president of our area Chamber of Commerce.
- 21:37Speaker 10: You know, we focused on recruiting jobs throughout our community.
- 21:41Speaker 10: Our Chamber of Commerce is not just one city extends
- 21:44Speaker 10: we have even in multiple different counties are our membership expands.
- 21:49Speaker 10: So I think economic development our county is a very
- 21:52Speaker 10: top issue. So that way we have our citizens have
- 21:57Speaker 10: quality jobs here and people want to stay here. You know,
- 22:00Speaker 10: small business is the backbone of any community, any county.
- 22:05Speaker 10: And I've said through a multitude away strong community, strong
- 22:09Speaker 10: cities equally strong county and strong counties equal a strong state.
- 22:14Speaker 10: Everything is local, shop local. I believe it is a
- 22:18Speaker 10: small business Week this week, so I definitely encourage all
- 22:21Speaker 10: of you to get out in the shop local.
- 22:24Speaker 1: For that.
- 22:26Speaker 10: And so I think if you combine all of my
- 22:29Speaker 10: experience and on one other issue, sports tourism, look at
- 22:33Speaker 10: the success that Shawnee has had.
- 22:36Speaker 2: You see people.
- 22:37Speaker 10: I see people all the time coming in for different events.
- 22:41Speaker 10: They're spending money in our communities, They're shopping in our communities,
- 22:44Speaker 10: they're going out to eat. I'm the candidate with experience.
- 22:48Speaker 10: I was able alongside our administration to secure a former
- 22:54Speaker 10: school that was consolidated, to negotiate to lease that property
- 23:00Speaker 10: for our community as a community center. I have people
- 23:03Speaker 10: all the time, their their children are coming in for
- 23:06Speaker 10: basketball using that facility. We're having a grand opening her
- 23:10Speaker 10: ribbon cutting, open ribbon cutting tomorrow evening. And I was
- 23:16Speaker 10: also able to secure funding for new pickleball court for
- 23:20Speaker 10: our community. We'll have a grand opening, slash, ribbon cutting
- 23:23Speaker 10: in the next few weeks for that. So I have
- 23:25Speaker 10: experienced in that. I know that that's something that's important
- 23:28Speaker 10: to the county, in the county revenue and people coming
- 23:32Speaker 10: to our county. And I'm going to continue to use
- 23:34Speaker 10: that experience that I just listed in the multitude areas
- 23:38Speaker 10: to brand bring that to Kenall County Commission.
- 23:41Speaker 2: Talking to Jared Page again, who's the candidate for Canawa
- 23:43Speaker 2: County Commission nine thirty one to Dave Island, showing five
- 23:46Speaker 2: Indieline brought you and part by at Charleston Dirty Birds.
- 23:48Speaker 2: Birds are on the road this week in Staten Island
- 23:50Speaker 2: back at Gomart Ballpark on election to day, Tuesday the twelfth.
- 23:53Speaker 2: Get your tickets now Dirtybirds Baseball dot com. As you said,
- 23:56Speaker 2: you are running for the seat currently held by Lance Wheeler.
- 23:59Speaker 2: He's stepping away. We still serve me now, but I
- 24:01Speaker 2: mean to take a run at State Senate. If elected,
- 24:04Speaker 2: you'll be working alongside Commissioned President Minsolango and Natalie Tenant,
- 24:07Speaker 2: the other commissioner.
- 24:08Speaker 10: How are you working well with others? I believe I
- 24:11Speaker 10: work very well with others. As a you know, as
- 24:14Speaker 10: a member of a city council of twelve members, you
- 24:18Speaker 10: have to be able to to work well to get
- 24:22Speaker 10: initiatives passed and to collaborate. And I've also seen that
- 24:26Speaker 10: firsthand with the state Legislature and my experience there. It
- 24:31Speaker 10: takes a team to to to get along with everybody.
- 24:34Speaker 10: It takes a team to get things done, and it
- 24:37Speaker 10: also takes a at a time where we see divisions
- 24:42Speaker 10: within the Republican Party, within the Democratic Party, and definitely
- 24:47Speaker 10: those two parties fighting each other. I think it's important
- 24:51Speaker 10: to have an individual who can get along with both sides,
- 24:54Speaker 10: who has a proven record of being able to work
- 24:56Speaker 10: with both sides of the political aisle to get things done.
- 25:00Speaker 10: I believe that the Canall County Commission is a entity
- 25:04Speaker 10: that well, really county commissions across Western using entity that
- 25:08Speaker 10: needs to focus on results versus partisanship.
- 25:11Speaker 4: And that is my that's my passion. I want to
- 25:13Speaker 4: get things done.
- 25:14Speaker 10: I'm not a talker, I'm a doer, and I thank
- 25:18Speaker 10: you my record in the City of Saint Oms as
- 25:20Speaker 10: municipal judge and as a city councilman, as well as
- 25:25Speaker 10: multitude of boards. I think that you can see my
- 25:28Speaker 10: record of getting things done, not not partisanship, and not
- 25:32Speaker 10: just talking the talk I walked the walk.
- 25:34Speaker 2: County commissions are kind of different, you know, Kandall County
- 25:36Speaker 2: have three county commissioners. I mean there's less than there are,
- 25:39Speaker 2: let's say, with Board of Educations, and certainly less than
- 25:42Speaker 2: what you have on city councils and the legislature. There's
- 25:45Speaker 2: only three of you, yes, and so sometimes regardless of party.
- 25:48Speaker 2: I mean, you know, sometimes you're going to have well
- 25:51Speaker 2: three different opinions. You're going to have two different opinions,
- 25:54Speaker 2: and these two disagree with this one, you know, and
- 25:58Speaker 2: sometimes you know, you got to it's a unique way
- 26:01Speaker 2: that you got to kind of work it out. It
- 26:03Speaker 2: is if there if there issues may not be, but
- 26:05Speaker 2: if there are issues.
- 26:06Speaker 10: Yeah, and it is, and I think are the current
- 26:08Speaker 10: structure County Commission it is. I've worked very well with
- 26:14Speaker 10: President Selango. Although he is a Dallas Cowboy fan, that's
- 26:18Speaker 10: the only kind of downside there.
- 26:19Speaker 2: But here we got fire.
- 26:22Speaker 10: Yes, I told him I will say that, but but no,
- 26:25Speaker 10: I work very well with President Selango, and I think
- 26:27Speaker 10: his vision for Kennall County UH with its economic development
- 26:32Speaker 10: and sports tourism UH plans with the Keynot Capital Sports Center,
- 26:38Speaker 10: I believe that we will work very well together. I
- 26:41Speaker 10: have a relationship with the Commissioner intended as well from
- 26:45Speaker 10: my time at State Capital while while she was there
- 26:51Speaker 10: many many years ago. So I think I will work
- 26:54Speaker 10: very well on the commission. I'm a team player, UH,
- 26:58Speaker 10: and I'm also always willing to come compromise. I'm willing
- 27:01Speaker 10: to now, I'm willing to fight for what I believe in,
- 27:03Speaker 10: but I also understand the compromise is the way of
- 27:07Speaker 10: the game, and I think that we need to have
- 27:09Speaker 10: someone in that position because I think Lance has done
- 27:12Speaker 10: a tremendous job on the County commission. He was able
- 27:15Speaker 10: to work with with multiple different commissioners during his tenure,
- 27:19Speaker 10: and some of the progress that he has made at
- 27:21Speaker 10: Meadowood Park and some of the other park projects, as
- 27:25Speaker 10: well as bringing economic development here to the county. I
- 27:29Speaker 10: really will turn to his counsel on how to be
- 27:33Speaker 10: a commissioner, so to speak, and I think he is
- 27:36Speaker 10: the the the the standard bearer of how to work
- 27:39Speaker 10: with get along with everyone. I tend to get along
- 27:44Speaker 10: with everyone. That may be a fault of mine, but
- 27:47Speaker 10: I tend to be friends with everybody because I treat
- 27:52Speaker 10: people how I want to be treated. I treat I've
- 27:55Speaker 10: been in a room with with multiple different pro at
- 27:58Speaker 10: the same time, but I've been in room with multiple presidents.
- 28:01Speaker 10: I treat them as much as the same as I
- 28:03Speaker 10: will treat anybody else. And that's how I've always been,
- 28:06Speaker 10: That's how I've governed. Treat people with respect, honesty, transparency,
- 28:11Speaker 10: and ethics. At a time you know, we we see
- 28:13Speaker 10: what's going on in the state on both sides of
- 28:17Speaker 10: the al mudsling negative ads, and it's not one party,
- 28:21Speaker 10: it's not one group. I'm not singling anybody out, but
- 28:25Speaker 10: you know, I try to be ethical, honest, and who
- 28:30Speaker 10: I am, and that's how I was raised.
- 28:33Speaker 4: Son of a law enforcement officer.
- 28:35Speaker 10: I was raised that way, and that's how I want
- 28:37Speaker 10: to govern and that's how I plan to work with
- 28:40Speaker 10: the President Selango and and Commissioner Tenant on multitude of projects.
- 28:46Speaker 2: You have a social media or a website people can
- 28:48Speaker 2: learn more about you.
- 28:49Speaker 4: Yeah, you can go to uh Facebook.
- 28:51Speaker 10: I've got a campaign Facebook page as well as a
- 28:55Speaker 10: website that just has a little bit about me.
- 28:59Speaker 4: And generic background about me.
- 29:01Speaker 6: Yes, sir.
- 29:01Speaker 4: It was under Jared Page for County Commission.
- 29:04Speaker 2: Final thirty watching someone votes for Jared Page for Canon
- 29:07Speaker 2: County Commission. Okay, Well, the County Commission is important position.
- 29:12Speaker 4: We all know that.
- 29:15Speaker 10: The Kanall County Commission deserves a candidate someone who has
- 29:18Speaker 10: experience in fighting back against utility race to keep more
- 29:22Speaker 10: money in your pocket. The County Commission deserves someone who
- 29:25Speaker 10: has a track record of success in water projects, wastewater projects,
- 29:31Speaker 10: and stormwater projects, so that way to ensure that all
- 29:35Speaker 10: Kanaal Counties have clean drinking water. They also deserve someone
- 29:39Speaker 10: who has experience keeping our community safe and our schools safe,
- 29:44Speaker 10: and I'm that candidate. I don't like to be selfish
- 29:48Speaker 10: or brag about it. That's not who I am. But
- 29:50Speaker 10: the contrast is clear. I have experience in what actually
- 29:54Speaker 10: matters in Kannall County, not just writing checks. I have
- 29:58Speaker 10: real experience, and I want to bring at from a
- 30:00Speaker 10: municipal standpoint and a state standpoint to the Kanall County Commission.
- 30:05Speaker 10: I look forward to serving all the Kanaal Countians and
- 30:10Speaker 10: humbly ask for your support this coming Tuesday or for
- 30:13Speaker 10: the rest of early voting.
- 30:14Speaker 2: Sharon Page, I appreciate you and being here.
- 30:16Speaker 4: Thank you very much.
- 30:17Speaker 10: I want to give one shout out to a friend
- 30:18Speaker 10: of mine's got to have a big day saying, I'm
- 30:21Speaker 10: his name is More and she got a little event
- 30:22Speaker 10: tonight that's really nervous about it. So I told her
- 30:24Speaker 10: I was going to give her a shout out and
- 30:25Speaker 10: good luck tonight. So I got to give her a
- 30:27Speaker 10: shout out, and Dave, I just want to say thank
- 30:29Speaker 10: you for everything and I hope everything's going well with
- 30:33Speaker 10: your health, and we've been praying for you and really
- 30:37Speaker 10: really hope everything's going well.
- 30:38Speaker 2: I appreciate it. Thanks a lot, men, Thank you. We're
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- 34:22Speaker 2: powered by Selangul Law coming up at new Welcome into
- 34:24Speaker 2: the show now, Sean Hill of KRT, Good morning, Sair,
- 34:27Speaker 2: Welcome to the show.
- 34:28Speaker 6: Good morning Dave. Thanks for having me on.
- 34:29Speaker 2: Now what office are you running for?
- 34:31Speaker 7: Sir?
- 34:31Speaker 6: Thankfully?
- 34:32Speaker 12: I'm going to make it easy for your listeners, and
- 34:33Speaker 12: I'm not saying vote for this person or that person,
- 34:36Speaker 12: just want to talk to you about the public safety.
- 34:38Speaker 2: Have you ever ate all seriousness own? You and I've
- 34:39Speaker 2: been friends lot, Have you ever considered running for office?
- 34:42Speaker 13: Uh?
- 34:43Speaker 12: I would consider it even less nowadays with the atmosphere
- 34:47Speaker 12: that you see, and you know, if I did, I
- 34:51Speaker 12: would hope I could focus more on here's why you
- 34:53Speaker 12: should vote for me, Here's why you should not vote
- 34:55Speaker 12: for someone.
- 34:56Speaker 2: All right, Well, let's live at that. That could be
- 34:57Speaker 2: down the line at some port. One thing, though, speaking
- 35:01Speaker 2: of elections, that I don't think has gotten a whole
- 35:03Speaker 2: lot of oxygen this primary season, is the Kanawha County
- 35:06Speaker 2: Public Safety Levee. What is it, what does it do?
- 35:10Speaker 2: And why is it so important? A KRT sure?
- 35:12Speaker 12: So, the Public Safety Levee has been around for almost
- 35:14Speaker 12: fifty four years, so longer than I've been here on earth,
- 35:18Speaker 12: and you know, it's it's an opportunity for the citizens
- 35:20Speaker 12: of Kanawa County to say, hey, there are things that
- 35:22Speaker 12: are unanimously important to us. That is the public safety.
- 35:25Speaker 12: So when we talk about first responders, we talk about
- 35:28Speaker 12: volunteer fire departments, we talk about ambulance, you talk about
- 35:32Speaker 12: protective equipment for our law enforcement, and you talk about
- 35:35Speaker 12: public transit and we're kind of the outlier there. You think, hey,
- 35:38Speaker 12: wire buses, public you know, public safety. But we recognize
- 35:42Speaker 12: the importance of the levee. It provides about sixty percent
- 35:46Speaker 12: funding for KRT. So I got asked the question earlier
- 35:49Speaker 12: what would KRT look like without the public Safety levee?
- 35:52Speaker 12: And the answer is, just to be honest, is it
- 35:54Speaker 12: wouldn't look anything like KRT does today. So tremendously important
- 35:58Speaker 12: to us, and we're really proud that it has been
- 36:01Speaker 12: in existence for so long. And again, not a new tax,
- 36:04Speaker 12: but just actually and that's.
- 36:05Speaker 2: The number one question that you get is people say,
- 36:07Speaker 2: and this is something that a lot of people just
- 36:09Speaker 2: you know, may not remember in this you kind of
- 36:13Speaker 2: talked about this, you know, how this primary has been
- 36:16Speaker 2: so far that I mean, it's kind of got out
- 36:19Speaker 2: of the public eye a little bit on this safe levee.
- 36:20Speaker 2: But it's not a new tax as you say, it's
- 36:23Speaker 2: been in existence for how many years.
- 36:24Speaker 6: It's been about fifty four years.
- 36:26Speaker 2: Fifty four years now, all right, because that's the number
- 36:28Speaker 2: one question, I know, you get it. This is going
- 36:29Speaker 2: to raise my taxes?
- 36:30Speaker 6: No, and so it's definitely not.
- 36:31Speaker 12: And what it's going to do is allow us to
- 36:33Speaker 12: continue to serve all areas of the county. It's going
- 36:36Speaker 12: to allow you know, God forbid, you need an ambulance
- 36:38Speaker 12: to show up, it's going to show up thanks to
- 36:40Speaker 12: this levee if you live in one of the communities
- 36:43Speaker 12: that need access from a VFD to show up if
- 36:45Speaker 12: your house catches on fire. The public safety kind of
- 36:47Speaker 12: the things that I think we can all agree upon
- 36:49Speaker 12: are so important for Kanawah County. This just continues that
- 36:52Speaker 12: path forward to allow us to continue to address those
- 36:55Speaker 12: those problems when they pop up. And one of the
- 36:59Speaker 12: things too, you know that happens when you talk about
- 37:01Speaker 12: KRT and how is this public safety? We do a
- 37:04Speaker 12: lot with our million passengers. We take a year you
- 37:07Speaker 12: know on the bus service that you think of KRT for,
- 37:10Speaker 12: but we do so much more, we move about fifty
- 37:12Speaker 12: thousand individuals a year and pair of transit trips, So
- 37:14Speaker 12: people who may have mobility challenges, we take them door
- 37:17Speaker 12: to door to medical appointments, we take them to the
- 37:19Speaker 12: grocery store, to school, to work. So we like to
- 37:22Speaker 12: say we connect people to opportunity and this is a
- 37:24Speaker 12: way that we do that. And we also do some
- 37:26Speaker 12: other things behind the scenes that we don't talk about enough,
- 37:29Speaker 12: but we we like we appreciate that we get a
- 37:31Speaker 12: chance to do it. So situations like a few weeks
- 37:34Speaker 12: ago that tragedy and institute, when first responders need someone
- 37:38Speaker 12: to show up and move a large.
- 37:39Speaker 6: Group of people quick, they call KRT.
- 37:41Speaker 12: We also manage the Kenaw County Fuel Consortium, where we
- 37:44Speaker 12: provide fueling services for sheriffs, ambulance, senior services about almost
- 37:50Speaker 12: one hundred agencies, which has saved almost half a million
- 37:53Speaker 12: dollars already this year in taxpayer dollars. So we're really
- 37:55Speaker 12: proud of those contracts that we help manage and administer.
- 37:58Speaker 12: And it's little things that you don't think about, and hey,
- 38:00Speaker 12: I maybe never ride the bus, but as a taxpayer,
- 38:03Speaker 12: I hope you know that we are doing everything we
- 38:04Speaker 12: can to be responsible with your funds.
- 38:06Speaker 2: And a lot of people listening right now, we're going
- 38:07Speaker 2: to well, I had no idea what they did that.
- 38:09Speaker 2: You know, we need to talk about that more. I
- 38:11Speaker 2: want to talk about that situation. I know you don't
- 38:13Speaker 2: like to pat yourselves on the back, but that was
- 38:15Speaker 2: a very very tense situation and tragically couple of people,
- 38:19Speaker 2: you know, lost their lives out there a couple of
- 38:21Speaker 2: weeks ago, and the chemical spill there and institute and
- 38:25Speaker 2: or the chemical incident is sure, I think is the
- 38:27Speaker 2: correct term for it. And you said to and I
- 38:30Speaker 2: know we were talking about on the air, the KRT
- 38:32Speaker 2: was involved in that did and you do a lot
- 38:34Speaker 2: of planning for as you said, moving mass numbers of people,
- 38:38Speaker 2: you know, into medical facilities. How did that work out?
- 38:41Speaker 12: Yeah, And so you know, we don't pretend that we're
- 38:43Speaker 12: first responders day in and day out like the rest
- 38:45Speaker 12: of the individuals that are supported through this public safety levee,
- 38:48Speaker 12: but we are really proud of the role we play.
- 38:50Speaker 12: So working with emergency management, we do scenarios basically tabletop
- 38:55Speaker 12: exercises or drills that we go through a couple of
- 38:58Speaker 12: times a year to be prepared and thankfully. The majority
- 39:01Speaker 12: of the time we get called out, it's for a
- 39:03Speaker 12: flood or some situation where they want us to stage,
- 39:06Speaker 12: and we haven't been used as often, thankfully, But there
- 39:09Speaker 12: are instances where, you know, we get a call on
- 39:11Speaker 12: our evac team, which is made up of different volunteers
- 39:14Speaker 12: at our staff, our supervisors. And this time I was
- 39:17Speaker 12: so proud because by the time I got to the
- 39:19Speaker 12: end of the hallway, two buses had already.
- 39:20Speaker 6: Been dispatched on the way to the institute.
- 39:22Speaker 12: So we're driving down there saying, hey, you know, when
- 39:24Speaker 12: we get there, we're going to look for emergency management
- 39:26Speaker 12: and CW Stigmad is going to tell us, hey, here's
- 39:28Speaker 12: what you can do. And it really went flawless, and
- 39:32Speaker 12: I appreciate our operators for performing that. And again it
- 39:35Speaker 12: is something kind of quiet we don't like to talk
- 39:37Speaker 12: about because we hope it doesn't happen. But I do
- 39:40Speaker 12: want people to know that when those situations arise, we're
- 39:42Speaker 12: going to be there.
- 39:43Speaker 2: I do want to pass us note a long too,
- 39:44Speaker 2: you totally unrelated anything. Sean's talking about what we did
- 39:46Speaker 2: have that traffic alert that was textased into us about
- 39:48Speaker 2: twenty minutes or so ago, and I haven't had an
- 39:51Speaker 2: update on that, but we were told at that time
- 39:53Speaker 2: the Corkle Street entrance ramped I sixty four East and
- 39:56Speaker 2: South Charleston closed traffic backups. Also, Texas said there's a
- 40:00Speaker 2: wreck on the Corcyland Montrose, so down to one lane
- 40:02Speaker 2: in both those areas. It was about twenty minutes ago.
- 40:05Speaker 2: Just want to make sure everybody realizes that with the
- 40:08Speaker 2: high price of gas, Sean, are you seeing more people
- 40:10Speaker 2: choosing Charante?
- 40:11Speaker 12: We are, and so last month we were proud to
- 40:14Speaker 12: see it about a four percent increase in ridership in
- 40:17Speaker 12: this April over last April it's up five percent. So
- 40:20Speaker 12: when people are going out and they're looking in saying, hey,
- 40:22Speaker 12: you know, four dollars or more a gallon versus a
- 40:25Speaker 12: dollar fifty to ride the bus, we're seeing people choosing
- 40:27Speaker 12: the bus, and so I hope that people can look
- 40:30Speaker 12: into our service and say, hey, maybe I've never decided
- 40:32Speaker 12: that this was an option for me, but when I
- 40:34Speaker 12: look at the my wallet, it's much easier for me
- 40:37Speaker 12: to ride the bus. And we're doing everything we can
- 40:39Speaker 12: to attract new passengers and inform them of how to
- 40:42Speaker 12: use our service.
- 40:43Speaker 2: What else is new with KRT.
- 40:45Speaker 12: So another thing I want to make sure, I say,
- 40:47Speaker 12: for the upcoming election on the twelfth, we are doing
- 40:50Speaker 12: a fair free day on Tuesday May twelfth, So any individuals,
- 40:54Speaker 12: it doesn't matter where you're going. You don't have to
- 40:56Speaker 12: be going to the polling place, but we want to
- 40:57Speaker 12: make sure it's as easy as possible for people to
- 40:59Speaker 12: get out and vote. It doesn't matter what you vote for.
- 41:01Speaker 12: We're not telling you how to do that, but we
- 41:03Speaker 12: want to make sure that it's as easy as possible.
- 41:05Speaker 12: That includes individuals who take our pair of transit trips,
- 41:07Speaker 12: will take your door to door or if you're riding
- 41:10Speaker 12: the bus, and just like a normal Tuesday, it's going
- 41:12Speaker 12: to be free on election day.
- 41:13Speaker 6: And I appreciate my.
- 41:14Speaker 2: So it doesn't matter whether you're going to the board
- 41:16Speaker 2: I mean, I mean to the polling place or whatever
- 41:18Speaker 2: you're you're going to ride for free on two dirrect.
- 41:20Speaker 12: We don't think that, you know, having access to private
- 41:24Speaker 12: transportation should be a prerequisite to doing the things you
- 41:27Speaker 12: want to do in Kanawa County. So whether that's going
- 41:29Speaker 12: to work, school, medical appointment, or going to vote. And
- 41:32Speaker 12: then on Tuesday May twelfth, we'll be able to do.
- 41:34Speaker 6: That for free. So we're really proud to offer that service.
- 41:36Speaker 2: But a violance show and find Vadieline Brown to you
- 41:38Speaker 2: in part by Morgan to Morgan with more than twenty
- 41:40Speaker 2: billion dollars recovered. They believe that when you're injured, you
- 41:43Speaker 2: deserve more. Morga to Morgan, America's largest injury low firm.
- 41:46Speaker 2: I'm going to give you like the file just like
- 41:47Speaker 2: you're a candidate, because you know, with all the candidates,
- 41:49Speaker 2: I do the final thirty and I say, you know,
- 41:52Speaker 2: tell us watch them why someone should vote for you.
- 41:54Speaker 2: So for this I'm going to say on the emergency
- 41:57Speaker 2: Levey your final thirty.
- 41:58Speaker 6: Yes, And so I'm technically an allowed to say vote
- 42:00Speaker 6: for the safety level. But I can tell you. I
- 42:02Speaker 6: can tell you how.
- 42:03Speaker 12: Important it is to care that's all you got to do.
- 42:05Speaker 12: I can tell you how important it is to the
- 42:07Speaker 12: ambulance authority. I can tell you how important it is
- 42:10Speaker 12: to police and a volunteer fire. You know, I hope
- 42:12Speaker 12: that in your lifetime you don't have to use these
- 42:14Speaker 12: services in Kanawac County, but there may come a time
- 42:17Speaker 12: that you do need it. And this public Safety Levey
- 42:19Speaker 12: is exactly what keeps those services moving forward for years
- 42:22Speaker 12: in the future, and we're really proud to be a
- 42:24Speaker 12: part of it and appreciate the support we've received over
- 42:26Speaker 12: the last fifty years.
- 42:27Speaker 2: Sean Hill KRT, It's always a pleasure to have on
- 42:29Speaker 2: the show.
- 42:29Speaker 6: Thanks for all sir.
- 42:30Speaker 2: Ten minutes away from ten back after this on the
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- 45:37Speaker 2: go to the phones. Bob, you're on the show. Good morning,
- 45:40Speaker 2: Welcome to the show, Dave.
- 45:42Speaker 16: Yes, it's starting to look like we ought to organize
- 45:47Speaker 16: a no King's rally against Patrick Marcy.
- 45:51Speaker 2: Okay, then why so, Jose.
- 45:55Speaker 16: He's acting as the king, trying to get his paw
- 46:00Speaker 16: runs into the legislature so he can direct their every move.
- 46:05Speaker 2: He said, though, Bob, I appreciate it. But he said
- 46:09Speaker 2: that yesterday in an interview that that's his first Amendment right.
- 46:12Speaker 2: Jenny mentioned a couple other people. Governor Morrisey said it
- 46:14Speaker 2: is his first Amendment right to say whatever he wants
- 46:17Speaker 2: to that you would say, what it is.
- 46:19Speaker 16: His right, But what's his reason for it?
- 46:24Speaker 2: Well, I mean, obviously he wants to have people in
- 46:27Speaker 2: office that he thinks are going to further his agenda.
- 46:29Speaker 2: I'm not speaking for the governor, but I mean I
- 46:31Speaker 2: think that's a pretty fair statement.
- 46:33Speaker 16: That's exactly what and they will follow his every whim.
- 46:39Speaker 2: Well, that's why we have elections and the early votings
- 46:42Speaker 2: going on. Now we'll talk about that a little bit.
- 46:43Speaker 2: And election day is Tuesday.
- 46:46Speaker 16: The representatives are elected to represent their district, not to
- 46:52Speaker 16: bow down to everything Morris he wants to do.
- 46:56Speaker 2: All right, Bob, We appreciate your phone call, Thanks a lot.
- 46:59Speaker 2: It's early voting does continue today in the stain Kana County.
- 47:02Speaker 2: You can early vote through Saturday at the Voter's office
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- 48:49Speaker 6: That's funny.
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- 48:50Speaker 2: Meadows is coming up a talk line at ten and
- 48:51Speaker 2: six along with Dave Wilson. When do you think about
- 48:53Speaker 2: Bob's call?
- 48:54Speaker 6: There?
- 48:54Speaker 13: So a couple of things. Number one, I did not
- 48:57Speaker 13: know that someone in government agency individual had somehow threatened
- 49:03Speaker 13: the governor's speech when it comes to politics.
- 49:06Speaker 2: He said that yesterday. I mean he didn't say the
- 49:07Speaker 2: threatening I mean, but he said he is a First
- 49:09Speaker 2: Amendment The First Amendment protects you from government intervention on
- 49:14Speaker 2: your speech. Has nothing to do with the private market.
- 49:20Speaker 2: Here's the thing.
- 49:21Speaker 13: He say whatever he wants doesn't mean it's not going
- 49:23Speaker 13: to be immune to public opinion. Doesn't mean the market
- 49:25Speaker 13: is not going to act on it. Also, I think
- 49:27Speaker 13: it's glaring. You know, I'm exercising my First Amendment rights
- 49:31Speaker 13: like Shelley Moore, Capito, like Senator Capito, fine who started
- 49:35Speaker 13: all this, who threw the first punch, I know.
- 49:40Speaker 2: Do you Yeah, well, you know you're you're you're alluding
- 49:43Speaker 2: to Governor Patrick. So I mean, isn't that a bit
- 49:47Speaker 2: critically But you know, here's the thing to play Devil's
- 49:49Speaker 2: advocate here. And I've said this on the show and
- 49:51Speaker 2: the shows many times, TJ is governors have done this
- 49:55Speaker 2: in the past, elected officials, but I don't know that
- 49:59Speaker 2: they have been is overt about it. I mean, there's
- 50:02Speaker 2: always been conversation over a cocktail at a at a ballgame,
- 50:07Speaker 2: a church, well should be a church, but supermarkets, whatever
- 50:10Speaker 2: the case may be, when they said, hey, we need
- 50:11Speaker 2: or a phone call, we need to get Ryan in
- 50:15Speaker 2: office because Ryan is the guy that was going to
- 50:17Speaker 2: work with me.
- 50:18Speaker 13: And you know what, that's a good thing, right, Okay,
- 50:21Speaker 13: fine own it. And look, man, there's nothing new under
- 50:26Speaker 13: the sun here. But I do think, and I'm going
- 50:32Speaker 13: back to an ad I just saw this morning, the
- 50:37Speaker 13: relationship that we have with truth in these ads is
- 50:40Speaker 13: so cavalier. It is so lacking in context. The truth
- 50:44Speaker 13: is absolute and it is complete. Either give me the
- 50:48Speaker 13: entire truth and don't parse out part of it in
- 50:52Speaker 13: order to make your case and ignore the rest of it.
- 50:54Speaker 13: And I'm sorry, I just don't think that is our
- 50:57Speaker 13: best self. That's wrong, and somebody needs to say that.
- 51:03Speaker 13: And until we all start saying stop giving me half truths,
- 51:07Speaker 13: we're not going to be any He says that. I mean,
- 51:09Speaker 13: if somebody ought to, I mean, you and I have
- 51:11Speaker 13: that's how you lose the republic.
- 51:13Speaker 2: You and I have a platform on the radio. And
- 51:16Speaker 2: but for people that don't follow this stuff, we have
- 51:18Speaker 2: a tendency to think that everybody is in deep and
- 51:20Speaker 2: this is what we are. America ain't free, buddy, You've
- 51:22Speaker 2: got to participate. And people see these Oh I didn't
- 51:25Speaker 2: know this, And I mean, and there's there's a lot
- 51:27Speaker 2: of quite frankly editorial comment here. There is a lot
- 51:30Speaker 2: of crap out there right now that is absolutely not true,
- 51:33Speaker 2: playing loose with the facts, playing on fears that don't exist.
- 51:37Speaker 13: Yeah, So it's hard, man. Democracy is hard. At Republic's hard.
- 51:41Speaker 13: You have to want it.
- 51:42Speaker 2: What you got on your show to day.
- 51:44Speaker 13: So coming up at ten o six, Dave and I
- 51:47Speaker 13: are going to do something.
- 51:48Speaker 6: I lost my notes.
- 51:49Speaker 2: I apologize. I heard it was interpretive dance. That's what
- 51:52Speaker 2: I heard. It was interpretive dance. They're coming up with
- 51:55Speaker 2: ten oh six. It'll be a fantastic show. Trust me.
- 51:57Speaker 2: I saw the lineup at Howard Poward Monroe. I'll see
- 52:00Speaker 2: you later today on midday and tomorrow right back here.
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