WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.840 --> 00:00:06.480 Yeah, it's another special Sunday Nights nightcap, well. 2 00:00:06.440 --> 00:00:08.480 Not quite a night cap. It's a little early for 3 00:00:08.560 --> 00:00:08.960 most of you. 4 00:00:09.119 --> 00:00:09.359 For that. 5 00:00:11.439 --> 00:00:14.560 I'm always ready, Gary Jeff Walker with you just a 6 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:17.359 few minutes after seven o'clock on this Sunday evening, the 7 00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:22.879 July sixth, on the home of the Reds, Bad News. 8 00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:29.399 Reds louse the series in Philadelphia, a master performance by 9 00:00:29.719 --> 00:00:33.640 Zach Wheeler, and you guys have broken that down for 10 00:00:33.679 --> 00:00:38.240 the last couple of hours, So won't dwell on the 11 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:41.200 Reds loss. But still they are the only team in 12 00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:42.920 the major leagues that has not been swept in a 13 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:45.640 series all season long. And they are still above five hundred, 14 00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:49.000 and they are still very very much with an eye 15 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:51.640 to the future. And I'm not talking about next year. 16 00:00:51.679 --> 00:00:55.200 I'm talking about this year. Too early to talk about playoffs, 17 00:00:55.240 --> 00:00:57.600 but there you go. Speaking of playoffs, there was one 18 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:00.560 in the John Deere Classic. If you don't know, I'm 19 00:01:01.159 --> 00:01:07.000 a huge professional golf fan because I'm awful at golf, 20 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:10.040 but I'm great at watching it, and so's my wife, 21 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:14.519 Chris the two point zero. So I start this evening 22 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:20.439 by telling you that I had a wonderful celebration of 23 00:01:20.480 --> 00:01:25.879 this country's independence this weekend. And then I'll second that 24 00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:32.400 with the fact that I wasn't in Newport, I wasn't 25 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:38.079 in Cincinnati, I wasn't in Blue Ash. Location location, location 26 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:40.879 not only for celebrations, but also real estate. 27 00:01:42.239 --> 00:01:43.719 And I say that. 28 00:01:45.400 --> 00:01:49.519 Because, as you may have noted in the news, the Red, White, 29 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:53.719 and Blue Ash end of celebration marred by out of 30 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:57.959 controlled teenagers who apparently were raised by wolves with no 31 00:01:58.159 --> 00:02:02.159 parental supervision, shooting off fireworks claiming that they were gun 32 00:02:02.200 --> 00:02:05.480 shots and the like. Of course, in Cincinnati in the 33 00:02:05.519 --> 00:02:08.240 past week, we had a ten year old child shot 34 00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:13.800 and killed. Because of the continuing violence in this city. 35 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:20.840 And a Newport the celebration there on Thursday night, not 36 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:29.639 without a blemish, not without a hitch. When I say location, location, location, Thursday, 37 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:33.159 I was in Newport working Friday, my wife and I 38 00:02:33.319 --> 00:02:36.879 because the bar where we work there on Mama Street 39 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:42.360 was amazingly closed on a Friday, Fourth of July, so 40 00:02:43.759 --> 00:02:48.560 we went out to our friend's river camp in Patriot, Indiana. 41 00:02:48.719 --> 00:02:51.159 Is there any better place to spend the Fourth of 42 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:56.439 July than Patriot, Indiana? Come on, and it was amazing. 43 00:02:56.759 --> 00:02:59.280 We'll talk to one of the celebrants who was there 44 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:02.560 in our first half hour tonight, in just a few minutes. 45 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:07.960 And you know, it's all about family, It's all about independence. 46 00:03:08.840 --> 00:03:12.400 They have a golf cart parade along the river every 47 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:17.199 Fourth of July and Patriot Indiana. I've actually ridden in it, 48 00:03:17.439 --> 00:03:20.879 I've driven. I was almost the Grand Marshal one year. 49 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:23.319 And I don't have a trailer or a camp there. 50 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:28.280 But my friends, the Pasqually brothers and their extended families 51 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:31.240 invited us out since we didn't have anything else to do. 52 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:36.080 And I cannot think of a better way to spend 53 00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:39.400 the Fourth of July than under a huge shade tree 54 00:03:39.439 --> 00:03:42.599 on the side of a hill overlooking the gorgeous Ohio River, 55 00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:47.680 with a bunch of wonderful people and not a bunch 56 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:50.960 of knuckleheads, and of course the red, white and Blue 57 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:57.439 ash again. After a throng of some sixty thousand people 58 00:03:57.520 --> 00:04:00.280 enjoyed a wonderful free concert, I'm told by my friend 59 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:04.000 Greg Jones of Billy Gibbons of Zez Top and his band. 60 00:04:05.759 --> 00:04:12.199 The end not so fun people, I understand from my 61 00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:15.759 friend Greg Jones who went, some of them broke out weapons, 62 00:04:17.959 --> 00:04:26.399 kids were shooting fireworks at people, there's some serious problems 63 00:04:26.439 --> 00:04:30.800 in our society. Obviously, there always have been, but this 64 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:35.319 just underscores the crowd and the place you choose to 65 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:39.199 be in and I choose whenever I get the opportunity 66 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:42.439 to go. It is far away from major cities, whether 67 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:46.480 it be Cincinnati or anywhere else in this country, because 68 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:52.319 that's where the real people usually are. Today, my friend 69 00:04:52.399 --> 00:04:57.959 Chris Gohens and I played our continuing Farewell Tour series 70 00:04:58.160 --> 00:05:02.920 playing some music at Brookie Saloon on Main Street and Ripley, Ohio. 71 00:05:02.959 --> 00:05:06.040 Again far away from the maddening crowd. But there was 72 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:10.120 a crowd there because of course they are gathering at 73 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:12.360 Brookies on a daily basis for the rest of the 74 00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:15.879 week until Wednesday night for the Queen of Hearts drawing 75 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:19.199 that will probably be in excess of one point five 76 00:05:19.360 --> 00:05:23.519 million dollars. When they draw the last four cards, someone 77 00:05:23.639 --> 00:05:27.319 will win. They had to cut off ticket sales at 78 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:30.879 three o'clock because they simply could not handle the crowd 79 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:31.360 that was there. 80 00:05:31.399 --> 00:05:32.680 There was a line out the door. 81 00:05:33.360 --> 00:05:38.959 The streets of Ripley are clogged with traffic from all 82 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:44.800 of the tri State. After local media outlets publicize the 83 00:05:44.839 --> 00:05:47.519 fact that there was a million dollar draw this past 84 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:49.120 week that was not one. 85 00:05:50.519 --> 00:05:52.480 Somebody is going to win a lot of money next 86 00:05:52.480 --> 00:05:53.120 Wednesday night. 87 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:57.439 If you're there, you get it all minus the irs, 88 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:00.439 and there's a cut I guess for the organization that 89 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:05.600 runs it. And then if you're not there and you 90 00:06:05.639 --> 00:06:07.800 have a ticket and it's drawn and you have the 91 00:06:07.879 --> 00:06:10.240 Queen of Hearts, it will be worth half of what 92 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:13.519 that jackpot is minus all those other things I mentioned. 93 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:17.199 And we played music and we had a great time. 94 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:19.800 Hello to Ron who was at the bar. Hello to 95 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:24.160 Pat from Dayton, Hello to Ed Doug and Angie Bohnson, 96 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:28.240 Brian McLeod and other people that it was like old 97 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:31.000 Home week and it was wonderful. 98 00:06:31.920 --> 00:06:32.240 Again. 99 00:06:32.399 --> 00:06:41.639 Location, location, location, And why can't everywhere, including Cincinnati or 100 00:06:41.800 --> 00:06:47.680 Newport or Blue Ash be as tranquil and as well 101 00:06:47.759 --> 00:06:54.079 mannered as places like Ripley, Ohio or Patriot, Indiana. I 102 00:06:54.120 --> 00:06:58.680 don't have the answer, but I'm just curious. I got 103 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:02.800 some sad news to so I'm gonna save that till 104 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:09.000 later because someone that is well beloved in northern Kentucky 105 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:14.120 passed away today and I've not spoken to the family, 106 00:07:14.199 --> 00:07:15.839 so I don't know how much I can say but 107 00:07:16.519 --> 00:07:18.959 I will talk about that before we're done. Up next 108 00:07:18.959 --> 00:07:20.800 to guy you may have heard with Willie from time 109 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:25.079 to time. He is known simply on the radio as 110 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:28.959 Brett from Dell High. And again he was at that 111 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:35.120 River Camp celebration in Patriot, Indiana on Friday. And we'll 112 00:07:35.160 --> 00:07:38.439 get his perspective on being a resident of Cincinnati and 113 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:44.439 then being able to be privileged enough or lucky enough 114 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:48.639 or smart enough to hang out in a place like Patriot. 115 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:55.800 We'll do that next on seven hundred WLW. If you 116 00:07:55.920 --> 00:08:00.319 do business or live in a large met will is 117 00:08:00.360 --> 00:08:03.439 an area anywhere in the country, chances are you face 118 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:09.639 certain obstacles and hurdles that you don't face in the hitherlands, 119 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:16.160 in counties that are outside of big city. And as 120 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:19.800 I was mentioning in the opening, my time in Switzerland 121 00:08:19.839 --> 00:08:23.839 County on the fourth of July, the couple of hours 122 00:08:23.879 --> 00:08:26.199 that my wife and I spent out there with our friends, 123 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:31.839 the Pisquallys and their friends was so choice and so 124 00:08:32.080 --> 00:08:36.519 different than a lot of other people's experiences if they 125 00:08:36.559 --> 00:08:42.919 were closer to the city. This guy lives in del High, 126 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:47.399 but he parties in Patriot just like we did. And 127 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:51.200 I had a chance to see him again. We saw 128 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:54.679 him a few years ago at a similar celebration for 129 00:08:54.799 --> 00:08:59.480 Independence Day, and he always has some pretty cogent thoughts 130 00:08:59.519 --> 00:09:02.600 on what's going on in society and especially in Cincinnati. 131 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:04.000 So I wanted to bring him on for a few 132 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:09.039 minutes just to talk about his experiences in the challenges 133 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:13.240 that we all face if we do business in the city. 134 00:09:14.440 --> 00:09:18.519 Known as only Brett from Dell High for our purposes. 135 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:20.759 Here he is on the telephone. Brett, how are you 136 00:09:20.799 --> 00:09:22.440 doing good? 137 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:23.360 Gary, Jeff, how are you. 138 00:09:23.720 --> 00:09:24.639 It's great to have you on. 139 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:27.879 Man. I've talked to you before in the year. I 140 00:09:27.919 --> 00:09:32.039 know that you've spoken with Willie on several occasions, and 141 00:09:32.159 --> 00:09:37.399 I appreciate your insight and your acumen on the challenges 142 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:41.559 and the problems that you may face if you do business, 143 00:09:42.639 --> 00:09:45.879 say in Cincinnati, for example, since that is your experience, 144 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:47.559 So tell me. 145 00:09:47.559 --> 00:09:50.840 What you can about. 146 00:09:51.080 --> 00:09:56.159 Sure why you think that Cincinnati could be a far 147 00:09:56.360 --> 00:09:57.600 finer place than it is. 148 00:09:59.279 --> 00:09:59.759 Absolutely? 149 00:09:59.840 --> 00:10:02.519 Yeah, you know, thanks for having me on. I appreciate 150 00:10:02.559 --> 00:10:06.759 the opportunity. But yeah, I I you know so. I'm 151 00:10:06.759 --> 00:10:11.720 a demolition and excavation contractor, very small business, been in 152 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:15.480 business for twenty five years as of this year, so 153 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:19.399 I've defied the odds despite UH having to deal with 154 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:23.320 organizations like the City of Cincinnati government. 155 00:10:25.159 --> 00:10:25.840 Just recently. 156 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:28.039 You know, I had I had employees years ago, and 157 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:30.879 I've just taken someone on in the last six months. 158 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:32.480 So basically I'm a two man operation. 159 00:10:32.639 --> 00:10:34.879 So I'm about I'm about as small as you can get, 160 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:35.440 no doubt. 161 00:10:35.960 --> 00:10:39.519 And in the City of Cincinnati has an SBE program, 162 00:10:39.519 --> 00:10:43.360 which is a small business Enterprise. Now, I was a 163 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:46.799 City of Cincinnati registered small business enterprise when I was 164 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:50.240 in my twenties, when I was just transitioning out of 165 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:53.759 the landscape business and into the demolition and excavation business. 166 00:10:53.879 --> 00:10:57.279 Right and to qualify as an SPE, I mean, they 167 00:10:57.399 --> 00:11:02.600 really do a deep dive into you, and you really 168 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:04.879 need an office staff to complete it. It took me 169 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:08.240 over a month in the winter during my slow season 170 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:12.480 to submit everything that the city needed to be an SPE, 171 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:17.080 and I did. I was successful in becoming an SPE. 172 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:20.240 And what that did was that helped me get into 173 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:24.440 city work because, for example, thirty percent of the City 174 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:30.320 of Cincinnati's construction contracts have to go to an SPE 175 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:35.279 have to go to an SPE. Another percentage has to 176 00:11:35.279 --> 00:11:38.600 go to an NBA, a minority owned business that could 177 00:11:38.600 --> 00:11:45.279 be either a female or an African American that renews 178 00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:48.879 every so many years. And it's not just a simple renewal, 179 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:52.480 it's basically a whole other deep dive and you know, 180 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:55.279 another eighty hours of you gathering all kinds of information 181 00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:58.120 and forums and submitting it. So I actually lost my 182 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:03.919 SPE because one of the core requirements to be an 183 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:06.559 SPE is you can't have a net worth of over 184 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:09.000 seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. So I don't know 185 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:13.600 how many married couples because it includes your spouse's networth, 186 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:16.000 I don't know how many married couples that have three 187 00:12:16.080 --> 00:12:18.759 jobs between us that business, my full time my other 188 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:20.840 full time job, my wife has a full time job. 189 00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:25.919 We just simply don't qualify. We have a networth of 190 00:12:25.919 --> 00:12:28.480 over seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. So I despite 191 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:32.919 being a two man operation and no longer an SPE. 192 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:37.679 But it's funny you'll still see companies doing work for 193 00:12:37.759 --> 00:12:41.879 the city that do qualify as an SPE. And you 194 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:44.320 can drive by a job site and see that that 195 00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:48.399 company that is somehow an SPE, just on one job 196 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:50.919 site has over a million dollars worth of trucks and equipment. 197 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:55.519 So it's well, well, it would seem it would seem 198 00:12:55.559 --> 00:12:59.840 then that they have an overall worth of more than 199 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:02.679 seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars spread, wouldn't it. 200 00:13:03.399 --> 00:13:08.799 Huh, clearly and easily, And obviously it's it's it's just 201 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:11.720 how well can you play the game. I don't have 202 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:15.159 the time, the resources, and you know, resources being a lawyer, 203 00:13:15.279 --> 00:13:21.360 to funagle the system to do that. So that's a 204 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:24.399 real disconcerting thing that the problem with that, and this 205 00:13:24.440 --> 00:13:26.399 is you know, I'm glad you had me on because 206 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:30.840 what people don't realize is I recently I come highly 207 00:13:30.840 --> 00:13:35.360 recommended by arson investigators in the city of Cincinnati, the 208 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:38.320 crime scene Unit of the Cincinnati Police Department, and the 209 00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:41.759 Building Department, because when suspicious fires happen where there may 210 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:43.559 be bodies that need to be recovered and it's too 211 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:46.080 dangerous to send people in, they'll call me in the 212 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:48.480 middle of the night and I've got an hour to 213 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:51.039 get there with a thirty five thousand pound excavator and 214 00:13:51.039 --> 00:13:54.360 a truck and work with FIU and the crime scene 215 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:57.440 in the corner and dig through buildings and recover bodies 216 00:13:57.480 --> 00:13:59.799 and try to preserve the crime scenes as much as 217 00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:02.320 possible with heavy equipment. 218 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:05.039 So I have a very good relationship with. 219 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:06.960 Some building inspectors, and the building in spectors called me 220 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:08.480 and said, hey, why aren't you bidding on all this 221 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:10.559 city work. You know we're tearing down over one hundred 222 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:13.320 houses a year. I said, because I'm not an spe 223 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:15.639 And I was like, well, what's that got. 224 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:16.159 To do with anything? 225 00:14:16.240 --> 00:14:19.120 I said, all of your demo contracts have to be 226 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:23.559 an sbe They're like, oh, I think we can get 227 00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:26.000 around that because there's not that many people bidding on them. 228 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:27.840 Just put some bids in on them. 229 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:28.799 So I go out. 230 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:31.679 I waste a lot of time traveling all across the city, 231 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:34.200 look at about fifteen properties, put in these bids. 232 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:36.120 Lo and behold. 233 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:39.840 You can watch through the procurement process on online where 234 00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:41.679 the bids come in at and I'm low bitter on 235 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:46.440 several of them. I get a note back from purchasing 236 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:49.879 even though I'm the low bidder, even though I'm a 237 00:14:49.919 --> 00:14:55.080 two man operation, I can't have these contracts. They're going 238 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:58.720 to go to a higher bidder. The taxpayers are are 239 00:14:58.759 --> 00:15:02.440 going to pay a higher amount to raise these buildings 240 00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:07.799 and refurbish these properties just because of this simple red tape. 241 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:12.039 Well, and you know this is this is not uncommon 242 00:15:12.159 --> 00:15:15.720 again in these I think one of the great things. 243 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:19.360 And I haven't picked apart every piece of the so 244 00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:21.919 called big beautiful bill which I see bad things and 245 00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:25.039 good things in it that just passed that President Trump 246 00:15:25.080 --> 00:15:29.840 signed on Friday, But one of the key components is deregulation, 247 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:32.759 and we need to look at that in a broader 248 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:37.399 sense all across the country if we want good people 249 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:46.559 to be doing good work without all of these with 250 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:49.879 all of these obstacles placed in front of people. Like 251 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:52.679 I said, I would think that the fire Investigative Unit 252 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:56.159 and the work you've done with the Cincinnati Police and 253 00:15:56.799 --> 00:16:01.759 everything else would alone kind of flag your business as 254 00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:06.519 a must for the city of Cincinnati. But because of 255 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:11.240 all the nitpicking and as you mentioned, and you very 256 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:15.080 eloquently describe the obstacles you're facing as a small business 257 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:19.600 owner have to face. We not only need to be 258 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:25.440 taxed less, we all need to be regulated less by 259 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:30.799 absolutely by these bureaucracies that these bureaucracies that stand in 260 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:33.480 the way of real progress. These some of these people 261 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:37.200 call themselves progressives and all they are are regressive in 262 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:39.200 almost every sense of the word. 263 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:41.159 Absolutely. 264 00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:43.039 I mean, I work with a lot of realtors who 265 00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:45.279 will bring me a person and say, hey, you know, 266 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:47.759 we're looking at this building on Eastern Avenue. We want 267 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:49.759 to we want to tear this building down and we 268 00:16:49.799 --> 00:16:52.759 want to build this facility for our business. And I'll 269 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:54.519 look at it and I'll and i'll, you know, give 270 00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:57.279 them the pricing and everything. And I always, I always 271 00:16:57.279 --> 00:16:59.039 look them in the eye and I say, you know, 272 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:02.519 if you will just move another mile and a half 273 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:08.799 east into Anderson Township, you're gonna save months on your construction, 274 00:17:08.880 --> 00:17:11.440 which is gonna save you thousands on your construction loan. 275 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:16.119 And you're gonna save so much stress with not having 276 00:17:16.119 --> 00:17:20.119 to deal with Cincinnati City of Cincinnati building inspections versus 277 00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:23.240 dealing with Hamilton County, which they're not perfect, but they 278 00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:27.440 are way better than Cincinnati. And just for a simple example, 279 00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:30.559 when I pull a demo permit a wrecking permit in 280 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:33.599 the City of Cincinnati, say for a fifteen hundred square 281 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:37.319 foot wood frame single family house, that permit in the 282 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:40.359 City of Cincinnati is gonna cost me about three hundred 283 00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:42.720 and eighty nine dollars and then it'll take at least 284 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:45.440 six weeks to get it, and all it is is 285 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:47.960 a piece of paper. They don't come out, They don't 286 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:49.920 have to schedule anyone to come out and watch me 287 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:52.519 wreck this house. They don't they come out at the 288 00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:54.839 end to make sure that I put seed and straw 289 00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:57.640 down and that the lot will not hold wat. 290 00:17:58.160 --> 00:18:01.599 It is a pure bureaucratic money, Brett, and we know it. 291 00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:04.599 You know it, and listen. I'm sorry, I wish we 292 00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:06.920 had more time, but I'm running up against the news. 293 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:10.079 But man, I am so glad you were on tonight 294 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:12.680 to talk about this because I know you're not the 295 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:16.680 only person dealing with it, obviously. And all I can 296 00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:19.759 say in closing, Brett is when you look at the 297 00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:24.759 red tape and the bureaucracy and just the literal inequality 298 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:29.640 in their practices. Yeah, look no further than Karen Bass 299 00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:31.839 in the city of Los Angeles, with people wanting to 300 00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:34.759 rebuild their homes in the wake of the Palisades fires, 301 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:35.559 for example. 302 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:37.200 It's disgusting. 303 00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:42.359 You know, the President promised to help and Karen Bass 304 00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:46.039 and the government there in Los Angeles is standing in 305 00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:49.640 the way of progress. The progressives are standing in the 306 00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:52.319 way of progress once again, Brett, thank you so much 307 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:54.440 for your time and it was great to see you 308 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:59.759 on on Friday. You all right up next, one of 309 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:04.640 my all time favorites, the fur Ball, joins us on 310 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:08.880 a special Sunday Night Almost Nightcap on seven hundred WLW. 311 00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:12.359 He was mentioning the gang in Ripley today at Brookies 312 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:16.000 Queen of Hearts ticket sales and May and Chris Going's 313 00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:22.640 farewell concert until the next one. A shout out to 314 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:26.400 my friend Scott Snyder, who suffered a horrific life changing 315 00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:32.799 snowmobile accident back during snowmobile season. And for the first 316 00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:35.920 time that I've seen Scott in months today look great, 317 00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:40.960 no crutches, no leg brace, no wheelchair. And he was 318 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:43.960 there too, and it was a blessing. Praise God to 319 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:49.400 see him and praise God for this guy even though 320 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:52.079 he's Jewish, but I mean Jewish people believe in God. 321 00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:54.920 I haven't had a chance to talk to him as 322 00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:57.480 often as I like to because, of course the Reds 323 00:19:57.880 --> 00:20:00.799 take over my usual nightcaps life that's on Monday and 324 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:04.200 Tuesday night. I will have her be on unless they 325 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:08.960 change the schedule. On me and greatly upset me on 326 00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:12.319 July fourteenth and fifteenth during the All Star break. And 327 00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:14.680 by the way, congrats to La Da La Cruz back 328 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:16.720 on the All Star team for the National League for 329 00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:19.480 the second year in a row. I'm talking, of course, 330 00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:26.000 about the Maven. He is like the king of Cincinnati 331 00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:30.559 sports talk radio for his many years of service here 332 00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:34.839 on seven hundred WLW, and these days he is on 333 00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:38.400 Fox Sports thirteen sixty. You can hear him on Sunday 334 00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:40.359 mornings from six to nine, and you can hear him 335 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:44.200 right now, the fur Ball himself, Andy Furman. Good evening 336 00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:44.839 for a ball. 337 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:47.920 Good evening. It's great on a Sunday, easny to wrap 338 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:49.519 up a holiday weekend. And I got to ask you 339 00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:51.039 a question. First of all, hope you had a great 340 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:54.039 Fourth of July weekend. I gotta believe. Also, I'm not 341 00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:56.440 that smart, but I think July bought this passed. And 342 00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:59.279 there's those shooting fireworks in my neighborhood. Why does it stop? 343 00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:03.160 One of those guys? No, look, look, I'm not a 344 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:05.160 gruffy old guy, and stop that. 345 00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:08.279 Really tell me, Andy, when when you have a Fourth 346 00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:12.240 of July that falls on a Friday, that makes it 347 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:16.000 a fourth of July weekend, and and the weekend is 348 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:20.119 not over yet. As long as they're not shooting fireworks 349 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:22.480 at you. Are they shooting fireworks at you? 350 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:22.720 No? 351 00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:25.920 No, the guy I bought it my windows up, they not. 352 00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:29.240 I can't even look windows up for fourth series. Oh yeah, 353 00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:31.559 I did. I got to run this by you, all right, 354 00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:33.960 because you you were the man of intelligence. 355 00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:36.920 I mean, you will give me the answer, right, I'll try. 356 00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:39.799 This thing on the fourth of July. Is not the fireworks. 357 00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:42.319 I mean, fireworks are great. I love fireworks, But it's 358 00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:46.839 the Nathan's famous hot dog gaining context. Oh my god, Champions, 359 00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:49.839 Joey George Testna, he was the guy the Fendi Champions. 360 00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:52.400 He won it. He consumed like seventy and a half 361 00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:54.880 hot dogs in ten minutes. His rector was seventy six 362 00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:55.960 back of twenty twenty one. 363 00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:56.960 Here's the question. 364 00:21:57.240 --> 00:22:00.000 Yeah, no, what you're saying, hold on, but before before 365 00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:03.119 where you get to your question about Joey Chestnut. His 366 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:06.400 record is seventy six, So he's lost a few miles 367 00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:08.119 off of his fastball, hasn't he. 368 00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:11.000 Well, he was wrong. I mean, I think it's the 369 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:13.119 most disgusting event in the world because I watched them 370 00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:15.279 ready to stick my singer down my throat, puke. They're 371 00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:17.880 shoving hot those down they would water and buns. But 372 00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:20.440 I just want to see why they do it, who's 373 00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:22.440 doing it, and whatever it may be. But the question 374 00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:24.480 I have for you and you'll have the answer, is 375 00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:28.039 hot talk eating a sport? No, it's on the pull 376 00:22:28.119 --> 00:22:30.160 letter network? Is it considered a sport? 377 00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:35.640 Well, understand that the four letters in ESPN Entertainment and 378 00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:42.519 Sports Programming Network, and some people consider that entertainment. So no, no, 379 00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:46.440 no it is. It is not a sport. It is, well, 380 00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:48.960 I say, a disgusting spectacle. 381 00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:51.680 Right, it's an event. 382 00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:54.759 But you know, a sport to me has to have 383 00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:59.119 competition versus perhaps time and requires training, which he does. 384 00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:03.359 Well, Okay, all of those components go into hot dog eating. 385 00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:04.680 There's no doubt about it. 386 00:23:05.119 --> 00:23:08.599 Right, Okay, But the big question is this is Joey 387 00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.519 Chest and would. 388 00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:14.079 You consider him an athlete? Is he an athlete? And 389 00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:15.119 I looked that up too. 390 00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:18.759 An athlete is a person who is proficient in sports 391 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:22.480 and other forms of physical exercises, right, also participating in 392 00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:26.920 organized competitions. All right, They typically possess physical strength, speed, agility, 393 00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:30.519 and stamina and maybe professional or amateur. So again, I 394 00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:33.599 would have to say Joey Chestnut would be considered an athlete. 395 00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:37.799 Right, So you're saying that hot dog eating competitions are 396 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:40.359 in fact sports number one and are in fact, by 397 00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:44.200 definition that people who participate in them are athletes. 398 00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:45.160 That's what you're telling me. 399 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:47.279 And I tell you why I brought this up. I'm 400 00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:50.240 leading up to something, of course, Hope, because he's dominated 401 00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:54.839