Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.
It's time now for a community connection right here on K one, the
one you trust and we are rock. And how are we doing today,
Quinn And hey, we're doing good. It's Thursday. Thursday's sunny out there.
Well, you know, last time we spoke it was starting to get
a little bit cold, but the things have changed into Well, we've got
the Association of Republican and Other Conservatives Washington County all set up for a big
to do coming up on the nineteen. Tell us about it. Well,
that to do is we are promoting today. Well, we talked about our
our meeting coming up, but Congressman josh Urkeen is going to be back in
town. He's doing three days of live town halls and concluding Mondays travels around
the district here in Bartlesville. So he's going to be at the center from
six to seven o'clock and we are encouraging everybody who is listening and to tell
their friends come out and dialogue with the congressman. He did a teletown hall
very recently and he's really big on engaging with people live telecommunications, So we
want people to get up to that, so we moved our meeting to accommodate
him being here. All right, well, this is great, And speaking
of the meeting coming up on the twenty sixth, Miss Julie, what can
we expect, Well, we can expect to talk about everything Washington County eating.
So we're going to have a panel and we're going to have a great
discussion about our county politics and who our leaders are and what that looks like
to take Washington County forward in the future. And so we'll have some of
our commissioners there, We're going to have our assessor there, the sheriff is
going to be there, and so you know, we've always said that to
know what is going on locally is just as important as knowing what's going on
nationally. So you're going to have an opportunity to go all the way up
nationally and see Josh purkein on Monday and then come to see us the next
Monday and talk about county. So that's that's a really comprehensive look at what's
going on and how you can be involved and how like Quinn said, have
that dialogue because it's important. You know, when I was younger, we
get that Civics lesson in junior high and in high school. I guess they
teach it somewhat these days, but it's not necessarily probably as rigorous as it
once was. This is a great way to kind of catch up on just
how things work, and you know, it's not hard, but it's always
great to learn or relearn exactly. So one of our goals as an organ
as an association is to inform and educate the electorates. And so part of
the program a week from Monday is going to be, as you said,
one of the commissioners would be there, Mike Dunlap. We're also going to
have the district attorney, so we're giving a scope of what goes on in
the county and a lot of people just don't understand all that goes on in
the county, and it's going to be interesting that way. But also you
had Mike Bouvier in here recently, Yes, a commissioner who's not going to
file for reelection, and so filing comes up. It's April third, fourth,
and fifth, I believe it is at the election board here downtown,
and so we know there's going to be one seat open. So our meeting
actually last November to run with it was what should you be thinking about before
you even file? And we had a good turnoff for that and some interested
people in that particular position, maybe exploring others, because again, we don't
want just an informed electorate. We want people informed who want to be elected,
understood, undersould. There's a lot more of that goes along with just
the title and a meeting on Mondays downtown. And if you're not aware of
what that's all about, who you're in for an education, you're in for
an education. And so we have Todd mathis the assessor, and Todd is
like one of the youngest and one of the longest standing assessor like in the
States. And you probably at least need know how to run a calculator to
be an assessor. I don't know what the qualifications are, but I've worked
with Todd. He's very very smart, smart smart, And to know what's
behind the role and the responsibility and the elected position is important. And these
are people and they have lives outside of what they do for us as a
community, and so just to get to know them and dialogue with them,
because I think for a lot of people it's like, oh, well,
that's Josh Brokeen. He goes to Washington, it might be intimidating to them.
So to kind of drill down and understand who they are as a person
and understand what they're representing us as we the people is important too. So
I think think it's good to kind of break down that that stance of well,
they're so and so, and I'm just you know, a local person
here in Bartlesville. So about year and a half ago, Jock was just
a local. Yeah, he was running those horses. I think that's important,
you know, developed that relationship or just know them as a person.
I think that's important too. And the role that they carry, because it's
not just that's not the only thing. They are their husband and a friend
and a community member, and so that's important to understand who they are as
a person as well. And sometimes they're trying to run their family business all
in between exactly. And so joshuad congress member Keen will have members of its
Josh because you know, yeah, you have to know he's members of his
team with whom he always does. And so locally, Derek Sisney is the
field wrap in our area and Dan Harrigan is going to be there, others
will be there with him. But one thing I I love about associating with
this wider group, it's not just about the politics. We recently had a
ribbon cutting for the Chambers of Commerce as had joined that last year, had
a ribbon cutting. Had a lot of fun with that, and to be
able to promote things like their legislative programs they have the first one, I
think the first one of the year is today with pat Nick Farren, thank
you over at Tri County Tech. And so we want to let people know
about those kind of events as well. They're important to benefit of learning and
being informed. Now, if I'm noticed taking back to the guy with the
numbers, he is the numbers guy, and boy wow, yeah he's a
numbers Guy's a lot of fooling. And that's important too because we're going to
see some big things come up this next year. Both nationally. I think
we're going to hear a lot about immigration. We're going to hear about,
you know, the stance on abortion. We're going to we're going to see
some of those that are running for election talk about those topics. And then
locally, what will our issues be. I think fiscal responsibility will be up
there, all those things that stand firm for what Republican or conservative stands for.
And so I think we'll see that pop up as well. And so
you know you're going to get it from national all the way down to county
level in the next couple of weeks if you join us. Wow. So
coming up on the nineteenth, who can attend the town hall with Josh Murkin?
Anybody can attend. This's the one spot in Washington County where he will
be speaking on the if I recall in this particular day, and so we
have people come out from north to southeast to west and come here Josh Murkin
dialogue with him. He wants to hear from people, and he does dialogue
with you and on the media. On the twenty sixth All Things Washington County
crossing seconds starting at six thirty. Is this anyone who's interesting if you live
in Washington County, we want to see there. You know, we are
Republicans and we stand for conservative values, and so that will be kind of
where we lean in terms of what they talk about. But it's going to
take it's going to give you a comprehensive view of some of the things we
stand for as a party, and then some things that they stand for individually
as they work through their roles for our county. Hey, Quinn, how
can people find out more about the Association of Republican and Other Conservatives of Washington
Guide That is, they can type all that out on our Facebook page,
which which is growing, so we will encourage people you know, like and
share and help us together where we're adding more information to that. If you
have questions, if you have information you want to share, send that to
info at r OCWC dot com. Our contact list is actually growing, and
we are Republican and other Conservatives and we're having other conservatives showing a lot of
interest. Yeah, and we're having fun in a conversation and the dialogue and
we're open to, you know, hearing each other out. And I think
it's been a great opportunity for a lot of people in our community who might
not want to be necessarily locked into, you know, some things, and
so we give them an opportunity to come and have dinner and laugh and get
educated and learn to build relationships and yeah, and learn something and be open
to the conversation to move our county and move our nation forward. Exactly.
You know, we can either talk at each other and talk with each other.
That's think that's what you're doing. That's a big thing. Yeah,
thank you for coming in today. It's always great to have you. Thanks
for having us. Thanks, thank you very much. We've got more coming up.