WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.519 --> 00:00:10.599 Bill Cunningham, the Great America. Welcome this glorious Monday afternoon 2 00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:13.080 the Tri State. The first time since nineteen eighty four, 3 00:00:13.199 --> 00:00:16.800 or sought. Mike McConnell's not been here. And I listened 4 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:20.079 this morning to Tom Brenneman beginning at five oh seven am. 5 00:00:20.399 --> 00:00:23.399 And we have more than a capable sub Mike. I 6 00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:27.000 say all, Hail Mike, Tom Brenneman, get the job done. 7 00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:30.320 Let's continue once again. Flooding is all over the Tri State, 8 00:00:30.359 --> 00:00:33.119 from Cincinnati to Covington, from New Richmond to Aurora, all 9 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:37.600 places in between. And Reds Baseball kicks off tonight in 10 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:40.560 the Left coast, starting about eight forty five, first pitch 11 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:42.359 about nine to forty five. As you know, the Reds 12 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:45.640 do very well on the West coast. Bat Tony Benner 13 00:00:45.679 --> 00:00:47.439 told me when we were at the Holy Grail. It's 14 00:00:47.479 --> 00:00:50.240 critical critical this year that the red start off strong 15 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:52.920 with a new manager, a new attitude. They're three and 16 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:55.719 seven and by May first, according to the record book, 17 00:00:55.799 --> 00:00:58.240 one time in the last eleven seasons they've had a 18 00:00:58.280 --> 00:01:01.000 winning record on May first time to do so. They're 19 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:03.560 abtle to get busy against coming up San Francisco and 20 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:06.760 in Pittsburgh and Seattle and Baltimore. They should be easy, 21 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:09.079 and then the New York Yankees, et cetera should be 22 00:01:09.079 --> 00:01:09.599 no problem. 23 00:01:09.879 --> 00:01:12.519 But until then, Adam Byrd's date rep but more or. 24 00:01:12.560 --> 00:01:14.519 Less now, as a father and a husband and a 25 00:01:14.519 --> 00:01:17.120 resident of New Richmond, Ohio, welcome to the Bill Cunningham 26 00:01:17.120 --> 00:01:19.959 Show and Adam Bird. As we sit here this Monday 27 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:22.879 afternoon in the tries day, can you describe the circumstances 28 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:26.040 right now in downtown New Richmond, the home of the Lions. 29 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:29.719 Sure, Bill, thanks for letting me be on and describe 30 00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:34.120 what's going on in my hometown. And So, the river 31 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:37.640 is up, and it's at sixty around sixty and a 32 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:41.640 half feet, and that is the forecasted crest by the 33 00:01:41.760 --> 00:01:44.480 National Weather Service. So we're expecting it to start going 34 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:49.079 down here later today. And so businesses along front streets 35 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:52.480 they're definitely closed. The school is on a remote learning day. 36 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:56.159 And you know, it's a resilient community that keeps an 37 00:01:56.200 --> 00:01:57.439 eye on the river at all times. 38 00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:00.680 The thing is, I love the front Street grill which 39 00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:02.680 is right there and the main drag, and I love 40 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:04.519 going in there get a little pork chops and some 41 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:05.079 bean soup. 42 00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:05.799 It's wonderful. 43 00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:10.240 Describe all those businesses in New Richmond on the front 44 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:12.680 street there right by the Ohio River. You walk out 45 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:15.599 the front door and there's the river. Describe what's happening 46 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:16.439 there as we speak. 47 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:20.240 Well, well, Billy, I haven't been able to get up there. 48 00:02:20.280 --> 00:02:22.919 You cannot get up there unless you're the business owner 49 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:25.400 or unless you own property up there. So the police 50 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:28.919 have had that area blocked off, and so no one 51 00:02:28.919 --> 00:02:31.599 should be in that area for sight seeing. No one 52 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:34.400 should be there unless they live there or there to help. 53 00:02:34.520 --> 00:02:37.919 And so you know, right now all of those businesses 54 00:02:37.919 --> 00:02:41.319 are closed along front Street, and half the village does 55 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:43.800 have water in them. But I've communicated with the mayor, 56 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:47.599 Glenn Ewing, and you know, I've also been in contact 57 00:02:47.680 --> 00:02:49.919 with the governor over this. He's aware of what's going 58 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:53.960 on along the river and so he's keeping an eye 59 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:56.400 on it very closely, and I appreciate his care and 60 00:02:56.439 --> 00:02:58.879 concern about villages and cities along the river. 61 00:02:59.319 --> 00:03:01.879 I watch some of the media coverage over the weekend, 62 00:03:01.960 --> 00:03:04.479 and it appears there was a lot of sweat labor 63 00:03:04.479 --> 00:03:08.639 that had to occur those businesses, which are always fragile. 64 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:11.520 I can't imagine you can get flood insurance when flooding 65 00:03:11.560 --> 00:03:14.000 is a regular two or three time a decade event. 66 00:03:14.439 --> 00:03:17.159 So what happened this weekend when a lot of business owners, 67 00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:20.439 especially older women, needed help moving things out, putting them 68 00:03:20.439 --> 00:03:21.840 in trucks and moving a higher ground. 69 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:22.439 What occurred? 70 00:03:23.759 --> 00:03:27.199 Well, you know, this is a great thing about our community, Billy. 71 00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:31.000 The schools, New Richmond Schools sent athletes, and we have 72 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:34.159 a tradition of being very helpful to each other. New 73 00:03:34.240 --> 00:03:38.080 Richmond Schools sent athletes to help businesses, to help the 74 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:43.960 VFW and residents, and very thankful for young people who 75 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:46.240 are willing to come and serve. And I think it's 76 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:49.599 a great characteristic to get later in life. We all 77 00:03:49.639 --> 00:03:53.680 should be serving, loving, caring for each other. And so, 78 00:03:53.960 --> 00:03:56.599 you know, pulling together with each other is a part 79 00:03:56.639 --> 00:04:00.280 of life that I think is exhibited in New Richmond. Know. 80 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:02.960 And the pool stage is about twenty six or twenty 81 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:06.400 seven feet. When I come out of the front street cafe, 82 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:09.080 I walk up to the little flood wall which is 83 00:04:09.080 --> 00:04:11.240 about three feet. I put my foot up in there 84 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:12.919 and I look at the high River and it seems 85 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:15.560 like it's so low, Like in July, and August. The 86 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:18.399 pool stage might be twenty five twenty six feet, so 87 00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:21.560 you can imagine when the river is flowing at sixty 88 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:24.279 one feet, it's more than double the height of the 89 00:04:24.360 --> 00:04:27.199 High River. And then what comes into your business is 90 00:04:27.279 --> 00:04:29.639 things you don't want into your business. You always have 91 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:33.199 drywall problem, you have plumbing problem, electrical problems. And when 92 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:36.120 these things happen, you were there a few years ago 93 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:38.120 when they had another serious flood. How long does it 94 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:40.800 take for these businesses to recover? I would imagine there 95 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:43.000 will be several weeks. And I want to coordinate efforts 96 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:46.639 among the tri state residents to flood those businesses with business. 97 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:49.560 And so this is coming out a particularly bad time, 98 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:51.839 which is in April. They want to get ready for 99 00:04:51.839 --> 00:04:54.279 the season which is now May, June, July, and August. 100 00:04:54.360 --> 00:04:56.279 But this is going to be an event that may 101 00:04:56.319 --> 00:04:57.199 take several weeks. 102 00:04:57.199 --> 00:05:01.920 Correct, absolutely, and people should not be coming to New 103 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:05.519 Richmond as the floodwaters go down. They shouldn't be coming 104 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:08.240 unless they mean to help. They don't need people there, 105 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:12.879 and so yes, it will take several weeks to recover. 106 00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:15.639 There's business owners and the volunteers that are there to 107 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:19.480 help will have to be spraying down walls, spraying down 108 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:22.319 floors as the water recedes, to make sure that there's 109 00:05:22.360 --> 00:05:26.240 no huge layers of mud there. But you know, you 110 00:05:26.319 --> 00:05:28.959 talk about how quickly it came up Billy. Just five 111 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:31.319 days ago, it was at about thirty feet. The Ohio 112 00:05:31.399 --> 00:05:33.800 River was at thirty feet on April the third, and 113 00:05:33.879 --> 00:05:37.839 here we are on April the seventh, and it climbed 114 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:40.720 thirty feet in just a couple of days. It's a crazy, 115 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:45.959 crazy amount of water that we've gotten lately. And you 116 00:05:45.959 --> 00:05:48.360 know that's why people are always watching the river who 117 00:05:48.439 --> 00:05:50.399 live live around places like New Rishmond. 118 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:55.040 As far as the insurance coverage, as Tony Bender, my producer, said, 119 00:05:55.079 --> 00:05:57.240 we always have flood insurance, and I'm trying to tell 120 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:02.160 Tony the flood insurance is extremely expensive. You just can't 121 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:04.680 you sign up for Let's pay a small premium. I 122 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:07.920 would imagine most businesses in the Richmond can't get flood 123 00:06:07.959 --> 00:06:10.360 insurance because they generally operate on small margins. 124 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:11.879 Anyway, am I right about that? 125 00:06:13.360 --> 00:06:15.839 I can't speak specifically, but I think you're right. It's 126 00:06:15.959 --> 00:06:18.639 very expensive if you can get it, and when you're 127 00:06:18.680 --> 00:06:21.120 living only or your business is just a couple of 128 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:23.560 feet from the river. You're probably not going to be 129 00:06:23.560 --> 00:06:27.160 able to get that. So when the floodwaters go down, 130 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:29.199 Billy and they get cleaned up and they're ready to 131 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:31.600 roll again, you do need to go down there. And 132 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:34.600 we need to patronize those businesses, give them support, give 133 00:06:34.639 --> 00:06:37.000 them love, give them encouragement, and make sure that they 134 00:06:37.040 --> 00:06:38.279 know we appreciate. 135 00:06:37.839 --> 00:06:38.879 Them all right now. 136 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:43.199 Secondly, you're in leadership of the house in Columbus and 137 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:45.800 they buy annual budgets coming up. A lot of people 138 00:06:45.800 --> 00:06:48.560 are going thither and fro. My sister's on the library boards. 139 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:52.240 He wants library funding. We have fentanyl crises, which is lessening. 140 00:06:52.240 --> 00:06:54.360 By the way, the seizures at the border, if that's 141 00:06:54.399 --> 00:06:57.639 an indication how many are getting over because who knows, 142 00:06:57.639 --> 00:07:00.120 seizure tend to reflect about ten to twenty percent of 143 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:02.800 the total are down by more than sixty percent, So 144 00:07:02.839 --> 00:07:05.439 that's a positive. So what's new in the by annual 145 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:07.759 budget and Columbus that people need to be. 146 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:12.079 Aware of, sure, Billy, lot there to look at. And 147 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:15.560 so school funding. We're planning on sending an extra five 148 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:19.040 hundred over the two years, an extra five hundred million 149 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:23.279 dollars to our public schools and so we definitely want 150 00:07:23.279 --> 00:07:27.120 to support them, and as far as library funding goes, 151 00:07:27.959 --> 00:07:30.160 it is not our intent to send them less money 152 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:31.959 next year. Bill. There was a little bit of a 153 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:34.639 miscommunication over the last couple of days. We're not going 154 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:36.560 to send them less money, but we are going to 155 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:41.399 delink the library funding from the general revenue fund. We're 156 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:44.199 going to set that line item now and in the future, 157 00:07:44.680 --> 00:07:47.480 and so that that is going to cost some people concerned, 158 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:51.600 but it's not our intent to defund them. There's issues 159 00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:54.920 when it comes to Medicaid. We're making some changes there. 160 00:07:55.720 --> 00:07:59.600 So we're going to find a lot find out a lot. 161 00:07:59.720 --> 00:08:03.399 This week. We have Finance Committee tomorrow morning. People will 162 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:05.240 be able to see what's in that bill, and we 163 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:08.560 plan to vote a budget out on Wednesday of this week. 164 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:12.120 Bill school vouchers. What about school voucher program? A lot 165 00:08:12.120 --> 00:08:14.199 of people and when they have their kids in failing 166 00:08:14.199 --> 00:08:16.600 public schools, want to get out and kind of put 167 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:20.800 them in a different circumstances, give them opportunity to succeed. 168 00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:23.680 In Hamilton County, we had a terrible closure of Dones 169 00:08:23.720 --> 00:08:26.519 Community High School, which is where the kids that could 170 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:28.839 not make it at us or Achin or West High 171 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:31.879 or Woodward would put in done community school to give 172 00:08:31.920 --> 00:08:35.200 them an opportunity at getting a high school diploma. I'm 173 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:38.120 not sure the quality of education at DONES. I don't 174 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:40.360 think it's quite the same as Deer Park or Santax 175 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:44.679 High School. But nonetheless, what is the status of school 176 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:47.080 vouchers where moms and desk can take the kids out 177 00:08:47.080 --> 00:08:49.919 of failing public schools and put them in an approxrial 178 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:51.720 school to some other situation. 179 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:55.879 Sure Bill that the voucher program is in place, It's 180 00:08:55.919 --> 00:08:58.120 going to stay in place. Those who have accessed it 181 00:08:58.159 --> 00:08:59.960 in the past will be able to access it in 182 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:03.600 in the future. We are making some changes to homeschooling. 183 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:05.919 I believe that instead of getting a tax credit at 184 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:09.159 two hundred and fifty dollars per child I'm sorry, per family, 185 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:11.039 You're going to get two hundred and fifty dollars tax 186 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:14.279 credit per child now, so you can do that. You're 187 00:09:14.320 --> 00:09:16.879 going to be able to There may be a little 188 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:20.279 bit of an expansion with educational savings accounts for the 189 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:24.440 non public, non chartered schools. That'll be a new feature 190 00:09:24.559 --> 00:09:29.360 in the budget. And so we believe, and a workforce 191 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:34.200 productivity and making sure that we're producing people who are 192 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:37.279 ready to help businesses grow. And education is a big 193 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:39.960 part of that. So that's why we're funding public schools, 194 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:43.639 we're funding private schools, we're funding the non public, non 195 00:09:43.759 --> 00:09:46.240 charter schools, and we're making sure that those who are 196 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:47.960 homeschooling have the ability to do that. 197 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:51.080 When I had on Vivek Ramaswami and David Yos those 198 00:09:51.279 --> 00:09:53.440 two are going to butt heads to become the next governor. 199 00:09:53.559 --> 00:09:57.039 Likely whoever wins the Republican primary and about a year 200 00:09:57.080 --> 00:09:59.200 is going to be the next governor. He talks about 201 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:01.559 getting rid of the state income text. First of all, 202 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:05.200 as Adam Bird made a pick between Ramaswami and David Yost. 203 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:08.039 And secondly, what is the status of elimiting the state 204 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:08.679 income text? 205 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:13.279 Well, this is this is a difficult call because Dave 206 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:16.000 Yost is a good man, he's a he's a conservative, 207 00:10:16.080 --> 00:10:18.919 he's got a conservative track record for Bake Rama Swam. 208 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:22.720 He's been endorsed by President Trump, he's been endorsed by 209 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:25.519 Bernie Marino, and and so I like both of these 210 00:10:25.559 --> 00:10:27.879 men a lot. And so we're going to continue to 211 00:10:27.960 --> 00:10:30.720 watch that as time goes on. What was the second question. 212 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:33.080 Second question, Well, first of all, who would you vote 213 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:35.759 for the primary was today? Would you vote for Yost 214 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:36.600 or Ramaswami. 215 00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:41.399 I'm probably going to vote for for Ramaswamy, but I 216 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:44.840 like Dave Jost too, And uh, it's a tough call 217 00:10:44.919 --> 00:10:48.159 because these are both good people, good men that care 218 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:52.159 about Ohio, care about our country, concern care about conservative values, 219 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:54.840 and and so that's that's the kind of people that 220 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:55.840 I want leading our state. 221 00:10:56.120 --> 00:10:57.919 As far as the state income tax, one of the 222 00:10:57.919 --> 00:11:00.279 things Ramaswami wants to do is what Indiana and other 223 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:02.559 states have done, I think about seventeen have done it, 224 00:11:02.799 --> 00:11:05.279 which is to eliminate the state income tax. If so, 225 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:07.759 that's a great idea. People say, yay, it sounds good, 226 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:10.200 eliminate it. But then how do you substitute all the money, 227 00:11:10.200 --> 00:11:12.600 the billions of dollars that come in number one on 228 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:14.679 you in favor of eliminating the state income tax? And 229 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:17.480 if so, where would you get the resources to take 230 00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:18.000 its place. 231 00:11:19.440 --> 00:11:23.600 Yeah, we have continued to flatten and lower the income 232 00:11:23.679 --> 00:11:27.360 tax over the last several General assemblies, and the budget 233 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:29.879 proposal that we're going to come up with tomorrow and 234 00:11:29.960 --> 00:11:34.159 vote on Wednesday is not going to include an income 235 00:11:34.240 --> 00:11:38.000 tax reduction. Now, if we do that, though, you look 236 00:11:38.039 --> 00:11:40.879 at the states that have done that, like Tennessee, Texas, 237 00:11:40.919 --> 00:11:46.759 and Florida, they have way higher sales taxes to compensate 238 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:50.039 for that. And they all have high tourism in those states, 239 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:53.480 and so they're able to balance their budget on the 240 00:11:53.519 --> 00:11:57.360 backs of tourists and sales taxes. And so if we 241 00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:59.639 were to do that, we would, I believe, have to 242 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:02.399 make for it with a higher sales stat I'm not 243 00:12:02.480 --> 00:12:05.279 opposed to that. But we also have the issue of 244 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:09.000 property taxes. Build they're out of control right now, property taxes, 245 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:12.039 and so if you're going to provide relief to those 246 00:12:12.159 --> 00:12:14.799 property tax payers, we're going to have to find a 247 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:17.720 way to continue to do that. And so if you're 248 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:22.320 going to support libraries and parks and schools and everything 249 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:26.240 else that in county government, that's right now done through 250 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:29.759 property taxes, and that is real relief that's needed. And 251 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:32.320 I never hear a single person complain about their income 252 00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:34.960 tax bill, but I do hear them complain about property 253 00:12:34.960 --> 00:12:38.120 tax and that's going to be a first priority for 254 00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:38.759 us right now. 255 00:12:38.799 --> 00:12:41.679 I think Ohio's income tax is about two point five percent. 256 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:45.200 It's not exactly confiscatory, but what is is property taxes. 257 00:12:45.440 --> 00:12:45.919 I like him. 258 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:48.000 Maybe it's your idea, might have been someone else's that 259 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:50.240 if you make less than fifty thousand dollars a year 260 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:52.840 and your home is worth less than five hundred thousand 261 00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:55.320 dollars a year, there's property tax relief. 262 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:56.399 Do are you in favor of that? 263 00:12:58.159 --> 00:13:01.679 I am in favor of property Actually, the specifics of 264 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:04.279 that need to be worked out, and committee we've got 265 00:13:04.279 --> 00:13:06.159 to talk about it. We've got to let the people 266 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:10.240 that are the sharp financial folks take a look at that. 267 00:13:10.759 --> 00:13:14.840 But I don't think anybody could have predicted the wild 268 00:13:14.919 --> 00:13:19.360 property valuation spikes that have occurred in our state that 269 00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:22.759 have caused property taxes to go up. And we have 270 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:25.000 to be able to deal with that, and maybe, you know, 271 00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:28.320 maybe a bill that's as simple as not allowing your 272 00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:30.919 property taxes to go up higher than the rate of inflation. 273 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:33.279 There's been a lot of ideas out there, and right 274 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:36.159 now we've got about six or seven property tax bills 275 00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:39.200 that have been introduced, and I suspect at least two 276 00:13:39.279 --> 00:13:41.120 or three of them will make it to the governor's 277 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:43.559 death sometime in the next six months now. 278 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:44.039 Let's do this. 279 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:47.240 We'll see what happens, and the budget becomes effective when 280 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:49.320 June thirtieth July first, is that correct? 281 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:53.480 We have to constitutionally have something to the Governor's deat 282 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:55.600 by the end of June. And so after we pass 283 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:58.440 this budget on Wednesday, BIL, it goes over to the Senate. 284 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:01.039 They're going to add to it, they're going to subtract 285 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:02.919 from it, they're going to chew it up, they're gonna 286 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:05.559 whatever they want to do to it. And then in 287 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:09.000 June the Senate in the House, the two different versions 288 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:11.679 will have to get together with them and a conference 289 00:14:11.679 --> 00:14:14.879 committee and agree to uh to whatever we're going to 290 00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:16.840 agree to before we send it to the governor. So 291 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:18.559 there's a lot left in this process. 292 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:21.639 Lastly, Adam Byrd, for those in and around New Richmond, 293 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:24.159 your message is today to do what this afternoon? 294 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:26.600 Number one? Stay away, is that correct? And don't be 295 00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:27.440 a lucky loon. 296 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:31.279 Yeah, we don't. We don't need anybody coming around. The 297 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:33.639 police are there. They're not going to let you into 298 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:37.200 the village unless you're a resident, unless you're there to help, 299 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:40.440 unless you're a business owner. And so you know the 300 00:14:40.679 --> 00:14:44.759 the crest I think the forecasted crest is sometime in 301 00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:47.440 the next hour or two it'll start going down, but 302 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:49.759 it's it's not forecast to go down quickly. It's going 303 00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:53.240 to go down slowly. And and so you know, if 304 00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:55.759 if you really have a heart to serve and a 305 00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:58.000 heart to help, you know, I would get a hold 306 00:14:58.039 --> 00:15:00.720 of somebody and and talk about how how is the 307 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:04.559 best way to serve those businesses and the VFW and 308 00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:07.440 other organizations along Front Street and find out how you 309 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:10.039 can help them when it's cleanup time. But cleanup time 310 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:12.279 won't come today, and it won't come tomorrow because the 311 00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:14.759 river's going down slowly. It'll come, you know, four or 312 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:16.000 five days from now. 313 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:18.679 Is the flood up As far as the Boys and 314 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:21.360 Girls Club is that I said, like one hundred yards 315 00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:22.919 into the village or longer? 316 00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:25.720 Do you know at this point, well. 317 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:28.440 It creeps around. It comes up from the river, but 318 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:31.279 it also creeps up from the backside because there are 319 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:34.639 lower parts of the village that are actually not close 320 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:38.879 to the river. And so you know, it is getting 321 00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:41.519 close to the Highway fifty two, but it's not going 322 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:44.320 Remember in nineteen ninety seven when it got to sixty 323 00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:46.799 four and a half feet. It was actually over the 324 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:50.720 four lane highway Highway fifty two there and it's not 325 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:55.600 going to get close to that, but yeah, it's out 326 00:15:55.600 --> 00:15:56.440 of heights right now. 327 00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:57.639 It's amazing. 328 00:15:57.840 --> 00:16:00.879 Representative Adam Byrd and the leadership of the House, thanks 329 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:03.360 for coming on the Bill Cunningham Show. And sometime this summer, 330 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:06.080 let's have a pork chop at the Front Street to Cafe. 331 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:06.720 What do you say? 332 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:10.480 I will, I will be there happily, Bill will join 333 00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:13.919 you together. And there's some great businesses there like the 334 00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:17.440 Green Kayak and yeah, and the Front Street Cafe and 335 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:20.600 and so love, love love meeting you there. Let's do it. 336 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:23.159 It's beautiful and New Richmond in the summertime. Let's continue 337 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:26.120 with more Adam, Adam Bird, are you related to Larry Bird? 338 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:28.120 Tony Benner wanted to know. He heard a rumor that 339 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:30.519 maybe you were related to Larry Bird. Is that true? 340 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:34.240 Well, you know Larry Bird. He's a handsome man, so 341 00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:36.279 maybe I am. I don't know. 342 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:41.159 We'll see what happens. But good luck to all the 343 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:43.720 folks in New Richmond. Also Auror at Covington, et cetera. 344 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:46.120 And Adam Bird, once again, thanks for coming on the 345 00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:47.919 Bill Cunningham Show this Monday afternoon. 346 00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:50.120 Thank you very much, Thank you Bill. 347 00:16:50.320 --> 00:16:52.519 Let's continue with more news is coming up and more 348 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:55.240 at your home of the Reds and Bengals. The markets 349 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:58.559 are recovering as we speak, a little bit of an announcement. 350 00:16:58.720 --> 00:17:01.519 The Trumpster said there might be a ninety day window 351 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:03.879 here to negotiate. All of a sudden hold up on 352 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:06.400 that car. Wise gentlemen, right there, all of a sudden. 353 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:08.200 Trump is not the fool we think he is, or 354 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:10.559 at least you think he is. A news radio seven 355 00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:15.880 hundred WLW. All right, Dave Keaton hit the music. Don't 356 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:18.799 care much for it, but it's music set up to 357 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:21.480 rest of today's big show. After one o'clock today will 358 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:24.880 be the new mayor of Covington, my hometown, born on 359 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:29.319 Saint Ees Hospital, as I was. And that's Mayor Ron Washington. 360 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:32.319 Not the manager of the Texas Rangers about seven or 361 00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:36.039 eight years ago, but rather the mayor of Covington. He's 362 00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:38.640 only been in office about three months. He's tested by fire, 363 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:41.759 by ice, and now by flood about what's happening in Covington. 364 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:45.279 There's some media reporting that there's been some minor evacuations 365 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:47.480 in downtown Covington, So we want to check out with 366 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:50.200 the mayor himself and about twenty minutes to say about that. 367 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:54.200 And then after two o'clock today we scheduled Hamiley County 368 00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:56.599 Prosecutor Connie Pillage to be here to talk about her 369 00:17:56.640 --> 00:18:00.000 decision not to indict a police officer in the shoot 370 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:03.640 an I seventy five, And we'll get more of the facts. 371 00:18:03.640 --> 00:18:05.640 But if the media accounts are accurate, I think it 372 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:08.240 was a no brainer to say to a police officer 373 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:11.039 at three o'clock in the morning, having been part of 374 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:13.359 a chase that began in Westchester, crash your car in 375 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:16.400 I seventy five, get out of the vehicle, as the 376 00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:19.039 media reports, and that he was tased twice according to 377 00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:22.240 the media, and then he did not respond to that, 378 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:24.200 didn't put his hands up. In fact, he had a 379 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:27.079 pipe in one hand and made a furtive gesture that 380 00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:29.400 made the officer think that maybe his life was in 381 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:32.359 jeopardy at three o'clock in the morning. Oh, hell's breaking loose. 382 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:35.440 Dark And of course, the argument on the other side, 383 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:38.599 which I do not buy, is that this particular person 384 00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:41.519 who was killed because of his own behavior, did not 385 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:44.079 speak of the English very well, and maybe he could 386 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:48.119 not understand the demands of the officer, the commands to 387 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:52.279 drop the pipe and put your hands up, And when 388 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:55.920 you involve yourself in serious criminal misbehavior, it might be 389 00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:58.680 good at some point to understand the consequences thereof even 390 00:18:58.720 --> 00:19:00.839 though he might have been an immigrant who couldn't speak 391 00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:04.279 of the English. I'd rather have a live cop go 392 00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:07.880 home on a split second decision when someone who brought 393 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:10.279 that cop to the side of I seventy five at 394 00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:13.200 three o'clock in the morning, and the CoP's life I 395 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:16.359 think was in jeopardy. And so assuming this is the case, 396 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:19.519 she's going to Countie. Pillage held a news conference about 397 00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:23.039 fifteen twenty minutes ago, and she made the right decision. 398 00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:26.559 As Brian Combs has pointed out, this is the third 399 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:29.119 cop shooting in the last ninety days, which is a 400 00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:33.119 large number, but nonetheless each stands on its own. And 401 00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:37.200