WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.720 --> 00:00:03.080 Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome. 2 00:00:03.120 --> 00:00:06.120 It is time now for our community connection right here on K one, 3 00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:10.480 the one you trust, and it's a eight to fifteen. Corey Shibble is 4 00:00:10.599 --> 00:00:12.919 in the well. There's a long time no see Corey. How you doing, 5 00:00:13.599 --> 00:00:16.719 Yeah, long time no see right. I think Tuesday, Tuesday night, 6 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:21.800 something like that. But it is, of course election season open, 7 00:00:22.480 --> 00:00:26.039 and of course the early voting gets underway here this morning, just got underway 8 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:30.719 a little bit ago. And you are running for commissioner of District two and 9 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:36.479 it's a contested race. You've got two other challengers and it's a it's gonna 10 00:00:36.520 --> 00:00:40.119 be interesting. It has been interesting. Tell us about the campaign up to 11 00:00:40.159 --> 00:00:43.520 this point, other than it's been busy. Oh yeah, absolutely, it's 12 00:00:43.640 --> 00:00:48.880 it's been busy. Actually it's it's been a little bit exhausting, to be 13 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:53.719 honest with you. But uh, there's a lot that goes into these campaigns. 14 00:00:54.399 --> 00:01:02.079 And you know, we we have what is there three candidates. Darryl 15 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:03.920 I'm not real. I don't know Darryl very well. I've met him a 16 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:08.239 couple of times. Uh. That other guy though, I've met him quite 17 00:01:08.239 --> 00:01:15.319 a bit. And so we've We've visited quite quite a bit over the over 18 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:21.040 the past few weeks, and you know, it's been a real a very 19 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:29.079 civil campaign and and yeah, absolutely, so we all understand we're just guys 20 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:32.159 running for the you know, applying for a job is what we're doing. 21 00:01:32.239 --> 00:01:34.359 So and that application process, like you said, has it been something. 22 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:38.280 You've had three or four forums right now and and and everything, and you've 23 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:42.799 done a lot of door knocking and talking to people. What are people telling 24 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:46.120 you when you visit with him and you ask them about their concerns as far 25 00:01:46.120 --> 00:01:51.519 as the commissioner, Well, yeah, we we get I get questions of 26 00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:57.000 obviously roads and bridges are are is the top? That's the top question? 27 00:01:57.159 --> 00:02:02.319 That's yeah, that's that's how they they relate a commissioners to the two roads 28 00:02:02.319 --> 00:02:09.039 and bridges, you know. And so I've had questions about the expo building, 29 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:13.520 the fair grounds, that kind of stuff. So so yeah, it's 30 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:16.280 been it's been pretty good. I've had some wild questions that you know, 31 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:22.319 does not concern the county commissioner at all, but but yeah, those are 32 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:25.360 the typical questions. Sure, Now, when it comes to experience, what 33 00:02:25.360 --> 00:02:30.039 can you tell people who are not familiar with you or have not been to 34 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:35.280 one of the forums. Tell us a little bit about your background and your 35 00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:38.800 experience and what makes you qualified best for this job. Sure, yeah, 36 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:43.800 well I brought some notes here because you know, I've done four or five 37 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:47.960 of these these things, and I always leave something out. So but i 38 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:53.319 have worked with Washington County for twenty eight and a half years, so obviously 39 00:02:53.400 --> 00:03:00.039 I've learned a lot, I've seen a lot. I've been I've been the 40 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:07.639 supervisor for the past fourteen years. I'm under Commissioner Mike Dunlap, and I'm 41 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:14.319 a graduate of the Oklahoma State Road Management Program. I've got twenty eight years 42 00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:20.960 safety achievement, and I've supervised eight new bridge projects. I've been a part 43 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:30.439 of building miles and miles of roads, resurfacing miles and miles of roads, 44 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:35.560 and you know, as a supervisor, I've taken on a lot of responsibilities 45 00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:45.039 that I think, you know, really kind of get me into the commissioner's 46 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:53.560 job as far as you know, assessing roads and bridges and overseeing the upkeep 47 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:59.919 on equipment and the building of that department, tracking inventory, managing personnel, 48 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:06.800 and assisting the commissioner. Commissioner dunlap with the budget of that department. So 49 00:04:10.520 --> 00:04:15.480 I've built a good working relationship with the commissioner. So it has allowed me 50 00:04:15.600 --> 00:04:21.439 to see their day to day duties and understand their job. So, you 51 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:26.839 know, all of that plays a huge part in I believe my ability to 52 00:04:27.720 --> 00:04:30.720 know the job on day one. Very good. Very good. Now, 53 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:33.199 for folks who don't know you personally, tell us a little bit about you, 54 00:04:33.240 --> 00:04:36.360 your family. You've been around here for a long time. Yes, 55 00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:43.480 I'm a lifelong resident of Washington County. I've been in the Ocelida area in 56 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:47.639 my entire life. I'm married, been married for thirty one years. I 57 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:54.680 have two adult kids. I've got three grandkids. So yeah, three grandkids. 58 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:59.839 The oldest one is not quite four yet. So they keep us on, 59 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:04.519 they keep us on our toes for sure. You know, as we 60 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:06.839 go in, folks are going to the polls right now as a matter of 61 00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:11.639 fact, to early vote, and of course on the eighteenth that we've got 62 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:15.759 to election day, what would you like to tell voters, as pretty much 63 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:19.639 one of the last four ris here before everybody goes and votes, are conscious? 64 00:05:19.720 --> 00:05:24.480 Yeah, absolutely, I just I encourage people get out and vote, 65 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:30.519 and you know, just do a little bit of homework, find out, 66 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:34.319 you know a little bit about your candidates, and you know, vote for 67 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:42.199 the person you think is best fitting for the job. Now we've got some 68 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:46.199 more time here and I want to give that to you here. We had 69 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:49.360 a few questions that came up during the forum, and one of them, 70 00:05:49.480 --> 00:05:54.920 of all things, by golly, it was roads and bridges. And it 71 00:05:55.519 --> 00:05:59.240 took me by surprise, but it didn't. And I kind of got that 72 00:05:59.279 --> 00:06:02.360 look from every one on up there on the at the desk that they had 73 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:05.319 the same thing, like, well, I kind of figured this might be 74 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:10.160 coming. It was a person who lives on a gravel road, and he 75 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:17.279 asked, how would a commissioner suggest taking care of maintaining and repairing a gravel 76 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:19.680 road that he lives on. Yes, and kind of an open enter, 77 00:06:19.759 --> 00:06:23.560 but it was, it was, it was there. Yeah, it's a 78 00:06:23.680 --> 00:06:26.560 legitimate question, no doubt about it. You know, you have people that 79 00:06:26.680 --> 00:06:30.279 live in these rural areas and they drive those roads every day. It's it's 80 00:06:30.319 --> 00:06:35.040 not just a one time over and and you know they they hit bumps every 81 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:41.199 day and it gets aggravating. So I completely understand that, you know, 82 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:46.800 and and our take my take has always been, you know, driving these 83 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:51.199 roads, making sure that the potholes are taken care of on the gravel roads 84 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:57.000 as well as the asphalt roads. And what I was saying the other night 85 00:06:57.120 --> 00:07:00.720 is is, you know, I drive these roads. I try to hit 86 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:05.959 all of them at least once every two weeks. You know, there's one 87 00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:11.879 hundred and eighty six miles to drive. And it's not just a straight shot. 88 00:07:11.959 --> 00:07:15.040 You know, you have to you drive, you have to turn around 89 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:19.199 and come back and go another direction and all that stuff. But anyhow, 90 00:07:19.240 --> 00:07:23.360 on the on the gravel roads, yeah, we I feel like we maintain 91 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:27.360 our gravel roads very well. You know, we keep we keep the right 92 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:30.279 amount of rock on them, and if they get potholed out, we we 93 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:36.680 grade them. Weather dictates so much, it does so much. You know, 94 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:42.399 this spring has been has been really wet, which is great. You 95 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:47.639 know, we've needed the water. But with that comes a lot of grading. 96 00:07:47.959 --> 00:07:51.399 So you know, we may grade these roads two or three, two 97 00:07:51.519 --> 00:07:56.399 or three times a month, and then there's times where it may be once 98 00:07:56.439 --> 00:07:59.920 a month. You just you really you never can tell. It's an ongoing 99 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:05.279 process. Yeah, absolutely right. Yeah, And also when it comes to 100 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:09.399 winter stuff, there are people that are moving in here from all over the 101 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:13.800 place, and some of them can't understand why we don't have twenty seven blades 102 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:18.759 out there plowing snow. And there's a reason for that. It's because we 103 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:22.360 don't always get that kind of stuff. Yeah, there really is. You 104 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:28.399 know, some winters. I believe it's twenty eleven. We could have used 105 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:31.320 twenty seven blades, you know, and then there's winners. We don't need 106 00:08:31.399 --> 00:08:41.159 any. So we are not set up for a heavy snowstorm because it's so 107 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:46.000 rare. It is rare, It is rare, and it costs so much. 108 00:08:46.360 --> 00:08:52.840 We have we have two graders. We have two trucks with snowplows on 109 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:58.559 them, and then we have two little trucks that we carry the sand and 110 00:08:58.679 --> 00:09:03.240 chips and salt, and that's what we you know, that's what we spread 111 00:09:03.279 --> 00:09:11.720 on intersections and hills. We cannot do like go down a mile of road. 112 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:16.840 We try to hit intersections and hills to you know, give them a 113 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:20.600 little bit of stopping distance. And then the graters and the and the plows 114 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:28.440 are obviously pushing snow off the road. Ice is our arch nemesis. Ice 115 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:33.960 is terrible. You can't push it off the road. All you can do 116 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:37.960 is, you know, get the sand and salt the hills and intersections, 117 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:43.919 and you know, just tell everybody to be careful driving or stay in if 118 00:09:43.919 --> 00:09:48.240 they possibly can. That is absolutely true. And usually when we get a 119 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:52.039 snow overnight or into the winter, by afternoon it's all gone. It is. 120 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:56.799 Yeah, there there is nothing better than the sunshine. Yeah, that's 121 00:09:56.799 --> 00:10:01.200 where the folks that came in here from New York, Slovania, Illinois, 122 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:05.240 and Iowa who recently moved in here. I hope we answered your question because 123 00:10:05.279 --> 00:10:07.919 I've been getting the emails on it ask about the story walk. Yeah. 124 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:13.080 But anyway, once again, we have election day on the eighteenth. We 125 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:18.000 have early voting going on right now, Corey. If someone has a question 126 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:22.120 they'd like to ask, they can get a hold of you, and they 127 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:24.000 can also get ahold of your Facebook page. Right. Yes, I have 128 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:31.759 a Facebook page Corey Shivell for County Commissioner District too. You can find an 129 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:35.879 email on that on that page as well, And yeah, you can message 130 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:41.679 me on there, and you know I'm quick to respond to that, and 131 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:45.519 yeah, I'll take I'll take any questions and be happy to try to answer 132 00:10:45.559 --> 00:10:50.919 them. All right, Corey is running for district to Commissioner Mike Moouvier is 133 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:54.159 not running for re election. It's a three way race and if you live 134 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:58.080 in District two you need to get out in vote. This is a competitive 135 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:01.440 race going on right now, and of course, as we mentioned, early 136 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:05.200 voting today, tomorrow, Saturday, and election day on Tuesday. Corey show 137 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:07.919 well, thank you for being with us, Thank you Tom for having me. 138 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:13.320 Folks, you have been listening and watching our community connection right here on 139 00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:13.720 K one, the one you trust.