WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:09.359 My Billy Cunningham, the Great America. Welcome to the floor. 2 00:00:09.439 --> 00:00:11.720 It's Thursday afternoon, the Shrine state of bit cloudy, but 3 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:13.800 the weather looks perfect for the weekend concert with the 4 00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:17.039 Voice of America, where I may be introducing Jason Aldeen 5 00:00:17.120 --> 00:00:19.359 and his big green tractor. I'm not sure it's a 6 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:22.000 big green tractor or a little green tractor, but there'll be 7 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:25.000 a big tractor there. But until then, of course, writes. 8 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:27.320 Baseball kicks off first pitch at six ' ten tonight 9 00:00:27.399 --> 00:00:29.879 bit early, and we're going to begin coverage about five 10 00:00:29.920 --> 00:00:32.399 to ten as the Reds blue one last night big time. 11 00:00:32.759 --> 00:00:34.920 Hopefully they'll win today, win the series, and move on 12 00:00:34.960 --> 00:00:37.520 to Milwaukee. They play good teams better than bad teams. 13 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:40.200 But until then, Melissa Powers, of course, is the Amley 14 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:43.439 County Prosecutor walking in the shoes of Joe Eaters, Artney 15 00:00:43.520 --> 00:00:46.359 and Simon Leees and Melissa Powers, welcome again to the 16 00:00:46.359 --> 00:00:48.960 Bill Cunningham Show. And Melissa, with your permission, I have 17 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:50.880 a few questions to ask about marijuana. 18 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:51.880 Here's the first one. 19 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:56.159 Let's say you're a Tony Bender type that lives in 20 00:00:56.759 --> 00:01:02.320 Green Township and you legally possess a handgun because you 21 00:01:02.479 --> 00:01:04.439 like to carry one. And right now we are kind 22 00:01:04.439 --> 00:01:06.359 of an open carry We don't have to have a 23 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:10.239 permit anymore, and you have no disability. Is it legal 24 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:12.760 for a Tony bender in Green Township or a Tony 25 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:18.480 rosyellow to have possession of a legal handgun in their 26 00:01:18.519 --> 00:01:20.959 pocket or purse or whatever, and then they go in 27 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:23.879 to buy marijuana which is now legal. And can you 28 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:26.640 walk around the streets, the mean streets of Green Township 29 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:30.719 with a gun and possessing legally marijuana. 30 00:01:32.079 --> 00:01:35.319 With The short answer is yes you can. You must 31 00:01:35.359 --> 00:01:38.799 be an adult twenty one years or older. You can 32 00:01:38.879 --> 00:01:43.799 legally possess two point five ounces of marijuana now that's 33 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:48.599 our law. And carry a firearm if you're legally allowed 34 00:01:48.599 --> 00:01:52.680 to possess a firearm. Now you can't be smoking the marijuana, 35 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:59.560 but it's packaged in a baggy you and you have 36 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:02.079 a fire Yes, you can carry both at the same time. 37 00:02:02.519 --> 00:02:05.239 You can transport it in a car at the same 38 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:08.199 time that you've got to follow the proper firearm you 39 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:10.599 know how to transport a firearm in a vehicle. But 40 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:13.360 yes you can. You can be in possession of both 41 00:02:13.759 --> 00:02:17.319 as long as you're two point five or under bounces 42 00:02:17.639 --> 00:02:20.280 and and you can carry a firearm. 43 00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:24.199 When I talked to lawmakers Bill Sitz and Huffman and others, 44 00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:26.639 and the Speaker of the House, when I speak to them, 45 00:02:26.680 --> 00:02:29.520 they both say there's needs to update the law because 46 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:32.199 as a prosecutor, you don't you don't create law or 47 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:36.240 make law. You follow the law. And there is some 48 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:39.280 dispute as to the level of marijuana you can have 49 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:42.199 when you're driving a motor vehicle. There was there was 50 00:02:42.439 --> 00:02:44.800 a testimony I think I had on Stevens, you Speaker 51 00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:46.560 of the House, about a week or ten days ago, 52 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:50.400 and he talked about using a swab inside your inside 53 00:02:50.439 --> 00:02:54.479 your cheek to see the level of THCHC. As a 54 00:02:54.919 --> 00:03:00.479 frontline prosecutor, is there a clear delineation when you operate 55 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:03.120 a motor vehicle as far as what is and what 56 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:06.280 is not the proper level of marijuana in your system 57 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:07.439 while you're driving a car. 58 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:11.919 There is a clear delineation. The law is written that 59 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:15.719 you cannot operate a motor vehicle under the ensigns of 60 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:19.199 the marijuana metabolite and the prohibited level in your blooder 61 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:24.319 urine for blood is five nanograms per marijuana metabolite per 62 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:28.360 milli liter of your blood, and for urine it's fifteen 63 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:31.879 nanograms per milli leader of your urine. So there is 64 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:35.759 they do hant this. There are levels that you cannot 65 00:03:35.800 --> 00:03:39.199 have in your system while you're operating a motor vehicle. 66 00:03:39.639 --> 00:03:42.159 That's a great answer. So let's say Tony Bender is 67 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:45.280 in Anderson Township driving around. He said, had a couple 68 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:48.520 of hits on the joint, and you're talking about blood 69 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:53.639 and urine unlike breath, and uh, one may try at 70 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:55.840 the scene to have them do finger to nose and 71 00:03:55.879 --> 00:04:01.919 all those tests and then maybe an intoxalizer handheld Tony 72 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:04.759 might blow into it. But at the present time, as 73 00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:08.840 I understand it, is there a test using breath to 74 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:10.800 determine level of intoxication. 75 00:04:11.879 --> 00:04:14.319 There is not a test for breath. It's what's in 76 00:04:14.360 --> 00:04:17.439 your blood, blood or urine at the time you're operating 77 00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:19.879 the motor vehicle. So that's Those are the tests that 78 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:22.319 would be requested of you if you were pulled over 79 00:04:22.399 --> 00:04:27.759 and suspected of operating a motor vehicle impaired and under 80 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:29.800 the influence of marijuana. 81 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:32.839 So Tony would have to take it, please please. So 82 00:04:32.920 --> 00:04:35.079 Tony would have to go to the hospital with the cop. 83 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:37.240 How do you get urine or blood at the scene 84 00:04:37.240 --> 00:04:37.720 of a stop? 85 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:38.600 How do you do that? 86 00:04:39.600 --> 00:04:41.920 Well, the urine they can take the blood that they 87 00:04:41.959 --> 00:04:44.120 would have to have a nurse or if any MT 88 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:49.360 or as you said, from the hospital. So there's limited 89 00:04:49.399 --> 00:04:53.000 ways to get the sample need it in order to 90 00:04:53.040 --> 00:04:56.199 test it to see if you're impaired. But it's not 91 00:04:56.279 --> 00:04:57.959 as easy as breath. You're correct. 92 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:00.800 Well, when I talked to lawmakers, they want to develop 93 00:05:00.879 --> 00:05:03.480 some tests at the scene where you can swab inside 94 00:05:03.480 --> 00:05:06.519 of the cheek. And I'm thinking, man, how would that work? 95 00:05:07.480 --> 00:05:09.040 And when you. 96 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:12.560 Advise police agencies in Hamlety County have they have they 97 00:05:12.600 --> 00:05:14.920 called recently the last few days about what to do 98 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:18.160 in these circumstances of blood urine And the person said, no, 99 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:19.800 you know, I had a little bit of marijuana. I 100 00:05:19.800 --> 00:05:21.560 smoked a little bit. But how do you determine if 101 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:24.639 they're under the influence? If there if you have take 102 00:05:24.639 --> 00:05:26.800 blood or urine, it's a little bit messy at times, 103 00:05:26.839 --> 00:05:30.199 and there is no test for breath, and so would 104 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:33.839 it be helpful for frontline prosecutors to have the lawmakers 105 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:35.000 and columbus clean that up? 106 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:35.439 A little bit. 107 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:40.240 Well, that's you know, as you as you stated earlier, 108 00:05:40.279 --> 00:05:42.800 as the prosecutor, I follow the law. I don't create 109 00:05:42.839 --> 00:05:46.519 the law. Sometimes we weigh in and make suggestions we 110 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:51.000 can be in favor or pose. So basically, you know, 111 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:54.160 that's up to the state legislatures. And and and they're 112 00:05:54.199 --> 00:05:58.319 on break I think for until October, so they've had 113 00:05:58.360 --> 00:06:00.680 a year to sit there and figure this out. But 114 00:06:00.720 --> 00:06:04.360 they also this is not anything new. I mean, this 115 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:08.199 is testing for marijuana, testing for other drugs. As you said, 116 00:06:08.240 --> 00:06:11.639 I mean, very few officers are trained to be able 117 00:06:11.680 --> 00:06:15.000 to detect and be they you know, and be able 118 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:18.839 to pay. They're specialized officers that actually figure out that 119 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:21.680 are trained to recognize the symptoms of drug abuse. And 120 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:26.240 they do that through different exercises involving pupils. It's been 121 00:06:26.279 --> 00:06:29.000 a while since ide been in the courtroom where these 122 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:31.319 tests were being done, but they do have sun at 123 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:34.279 their disposal. I think they're going to have to do 124 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:37.759 more training. I think also what has to be changed is, 125 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:40.279 you know, all the canines that were trained to hit 126 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:43.680 on a car if they smelled we're all marijuana. I mean, 127 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:45.920 there's all kinds of things that will need to change 128 00:06:46.199 --> 00:06:47.639 with this now that this. 129 00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:49.879 Is legal and they haven't done it. 130 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:53.480 And I like to think when Republicans don't have Democrats 131 00:06:53.480 --> 00:06:56.879 to fight with, they fight with other Republicans, and Democrats 132 00:06:56.920 --> 00:07:00.319 don't have democrats to fight with Republicans, they've fight with 133 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:02.839 other Democrats, like on the county Commissioner. They're fighting all 134 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:05.959 the time. So at this point, it would be helpful 135 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:09.279 if lawmakers actually got together, did their job and not 136 00:07:09.399 --> 00:07:12.360 going break until October and tell the eighty eight county 137 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:14.519 prosecutors this is what to do, this is what not 138 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:18.480 to do. Now, you mentioned about smoking marijuana in public. 139 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:22.240 If Tony Bender wants to walk around Washington Park on 140 00:07:22.319 --> 00:07:26.920 a Sunday afternoon lighting up his weed, can he legally 141 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:31.279 walk around the city of Cincinnati with marijuana just smoking it? 142 00:07:31.360 --> 00:07:31.920 Is that legal? 143 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:36.560 No? No, it's not legal. You cannot smoke pot on 144 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:40.240 any federal, state, or locally owned land in the state 145 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:45.800 of Ohio, so parks, streets, all of that is illegal now. 146 00:07:45.920 --> 00:07:47.959 But we've got a mayor in the city of Cincinnati 147 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:51.800 that doesn't enforce possession of marijuana at one hundred grands. 148 00:07:52.160 --> 00:07:55.480 There's no enforcement of that law. So I guess it's 149 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:58.439 going to depend and hopefully our mayor will step up 150 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:01.720 and be able to you know, put this in line 151 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:06.120 because Saniley's for example, I mean hot stinks. Yeah, who 152 00:08:06.160 --> 00:08:09.560 wants to be walking around and smelling it? And say 153 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:13.199 in the public area. Another place that it doesn't apply 154 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:18.199 with the restaurants and bars. You cannot smoke there because 155 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:21.079 of the no smoking laws that were passed with regard 156 00:08:21.079 --> 00:08:25.120 to cigarettes. So you can't smoke in no smoking areas, 157 00:08:25.199 --> 00:08:27.839 you can't smoke in public areas, you can't smoke in 158 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:30.759 the but you can't smoke and you cannot smoke in 159 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:34.200 your car. So that's another that's also ill legal. 160 00:08:34.639 --> 00:08:35.639 So let me get this straight. 161 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:40.000 You can't smoke in a park, you can't smoke it 162 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:43.440 on state property, you can't smoke it on federal property, 163 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:46.679 you can't smoke it on city property, you can't smoke 164 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:49.919 it in your car, you can't smoke it inside restaurants 165 00:08:49.919 --> 00:08:52.679 and bars, and you can't smoke it in any facility 166 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:56.080 like I don't know, uh, Dillard's, they have signed you 167 00:08:56.120 --> 00:08:56.960 can't smoke there. 168 00:08:57.559 --> 00:08:59.519 So where can you smoke it? At home? 169 00:08:59.600 --> 00:08:59.759 Right? 170 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:04.720 It's pretty much at home, your own yard. You know 171 00:09:04.799 --> 00:09:09.639 that is obvious. Now, somebody that has a public let's 172 00:09:09.679 --> 00:09:12.720 say what. I'm kind of curious. I think in the 173 00:09:12.840 --> 00:09:16.440 doorra areas, you know where you're allowed to drink. You 174 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:18.799 know that it's legal to drink out on the street. 175 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:21.480 I don't think they allow smoking. That's in the smoking 176 00:09:21.519 --> 00:09:24.480 area too, So you can't smoke there. So you can 177 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:28.279 smoke in designated areas, that's permissible, And you can smoke 178 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:30.840 in your home, but you cannot smoke or in your 179 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:34.360 yard or on your property. But you cannot smoke in 180 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:38.639 a car or any public area or any area that's 181 00:09:38.639 --> 00:09:40.600 been designated for no smoking. 182 00:09:40.919 --> 00:09:43.600 So I'm going to bring this up to you. I'm 183 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:46.279 in Washington Park about a week ago Sunday with the 184 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:50.639 People's Judge, Penelope Are along with Sean Donovan, who lives downtown. 185 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:53.759 We take a walk from his home on Court Street, 186 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:57.320 walk up to OTR walk through Washington Park on a 187 00:09:57.360 --> 00:10:01.519 Sunday Sunday evening about six thirty pm. And the smell 188 00:10:01.559 --> 00:10:05.279 of marijuana was everywhere, and there were numerous people sitting 189 00:10:05.279 --> 00:10:10.200 on park benches smoking like crazy, and uh, just publicly. 190 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:12.559 And I'm looking around, I'm smelling it, and I'm looking 191 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:17.519 and there's cops walking around and guess what, nobody's cited, 192 00:10:17.639 --> 00:10:19.919 nobody arrested, and. 193 00:10:19.840 --> 00:10:23.000 That's our mayor. That's our mayor is responsible for that. 194 00:10:23.279 --> 00:10:26.240 He does not. He has told Distance Act Police Department 195 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:30.440 that even though it's illegal to possess, you know, you're 196 00:10:30.960 --> 00:10:33.440 at one hundred grams of marijuana. So the current law 197 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:37.039 of recreation is actually less than what is permitted on 198 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:41.519 the books, but you and you can't and it's it's 199 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:44.840 a minor misdemeanor to smoke in public areas. They're not 200 00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:47.960 enforcing that law. They've been told not to enforce that law. 201 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:53.679 So hopefully, hopefully the public outcry would be is to 202 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:56.919 ask our mayor to enforce the law so that we, 203 00:10:57.360 --> 00:11:00.639 you know, families and people that want to enjoy the 204 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:04.120 parks without having to smell that because it does stink. 205 00:11:05.159 --> 00:11:07.879 You know, people don't like it, and it's illegal to 206 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:08.799 enforce the law. 207 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:12.120 So I went up to a cop in uniform and 208 00:11:12.159 --> 00:11:14.399 I said to this nice officer, I looked at his name, 209 00:11:14.440 --> 00:11:16.639 but his name's not relevant. I said, let me ask 210 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:20.399 you a question, officer. I'm in Washington Park. It's illegal 211 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:23.000 to smoke marijuana here, and I see a few dozen 212 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:25.799 people smoking pot. I said, why aren't you citing. Somebody 213 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:27.799 looked at me and said, I don't want to deal 214 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:29.919 with it, and I said, what do you mean. He said, well, 215 00:11:29.919 --> 00:11:33.759 we're told not to a site and not to arrest anyone, 216 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:36.039 and I don't want to deal with it. I said, well, 217 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:39.120 I don't want to be argumentative, but you took an 218 00:11:39.159 --> 00:11:42.000 oath to follow the law of the State of Ohio, 219 00:11:42.039 --> 00:11:46.000 the City of Cincinnati, the US Constitution, and obviously you're 220 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:48.120 not doing it. And he said, I just don't want 221 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:52.120 to deal with it. I'm thinking, well, that's not good 222 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:55.440 when you have law enforcement that would do their job, 223 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:58.919 but they're told by Chief Thiji and the city manager 224 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:02.559 share along, and they're told by the mayor don't We're 225 00:12:02.559 --> 00:12:05.000 not gonna We're going to enforce some laws but not 226 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:09.000 enforce other laws because of that's just what we're going 227 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:12.200 to do. If I'm in Warren County, I don't see 228 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:17.200 people walking around smoking pot because in Lebanon you'll be cited. Now. 229 00:12:17.440 --> 00:12:20.720 You know, maybe it's good or bad, but you don't wantuh. 230 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:24.960 You don't want mayors or even prosecutors creating law. You 231 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:27.600 want them enforcing the law. And it's a breakdown of 232 00:12:27.639 --> 00:12:29.519 law and order in a small way, but it's a 233 00:12:29.759 --> 00:12:30.679 it's a serious one. 234 00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:30.840 Now. 235 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:34.559 Now, lastly, we have a big election coming up, and 236 00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:36.919 if you can take off your prosecutorial hat and put 237 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:41.399 on your candidate hat. I've said publicly that the most 238 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:45.440 important election outside of the presidency is for county prosecutor. 239 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:50.759 Practically every urban area has elected liberal Democrats to be 240 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:54.559 their prosecutors. We see the results in Chicago, Columbus, Ohio, 241 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:57.039 we see in New York City. Can you tell the 242 00:12:57.080 --> 00:13:01.360 American people, Missy Powers, how important this election is, especially 243 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:04.440 suburbanites who want to see laws enforced and I want 244 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:07.720 to see criminals prosecutor. How important is this election coming 245 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:11.399 November fifth for you and for the people of Hamilton County. 246 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:15.200 Well, Bill, you couldn't be more right about how critical 247 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:18.679 this election is through the future of Hamilton County. And 248 00:13:18.799 --> 00:13:22.679 what's on the ballot is public safety, and people need 249 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:25.759 to have to really be concerned. The public safety obviously 250 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:30.240 affects everybody. You should be feel safe walking down the street, 251 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:34.840 going to an FC game, going to the grocery store. 252 00:13:34.879 --> 00:13:37.440 You should not be afraid that somebody is going to 253 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:40.320 hurt you. Or a family member, and if you are, 254 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:43.799 unfortunately the victim of a crime, or someone that you 255 00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:46.559 love is a victim of a crime, you want justice 256 00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:49.720 and you want accountability. And what we see across the 257 00:13:49.799 --> 00:13:53.759 country is that there are prosecutors that are not enforcing 258 00:13:53.799 --> 00:13:57.720 the law, that are lenient, that are not holding people accountable, 259 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:04.759 and the victims rights are being trampled on. This election 260 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:08.519 in our county, we're at a crossroads and it's going 261 00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:10.960 to be what direction do we want the county to go? 262 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:14.600 And you cannot be thinking you just vote down ballot 263 00:14:14.679 --> 00:14:18.360 or it's all about politics, because public safety has nothing 264 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:21.120 to do with politics. At this point. You're going to want, 265 00:14:21.240 --> 00:14:24.840 hopefully a prosecutor that has experience and that is law 266 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:27.919 in order. I've got over thirty two years of experienced, 267 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:30.919 thirty one of them in the courtroom where I was 268 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:34.519 a prosecutor. I worked in the office for eight years, 269 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:38.679 was a defense attorney, and in private practice for seven years, 270 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:42.240 was a judge for sixteen years. My opponent can't say 271 00:14:42.279 --> 00:14:44.679 any of that. The last time she was in the 272 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:47.960 courtroom was in two thousand and five, and she did 273 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:51.960 public defense work, so she's never tried a murder case. 274 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:55.879 She's never prosecuted a case. And in fact, even last 275 00:14:55.919 --> 00:14:56.639 year she didn't have. 276 00:14:56.639 --> 00:14:57.519 A law license. 277 00:14:58.200 --> 00:14:59.200 She let that lapse. 278 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:04.960 So it's a very very important election. And you know, 279 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:07.639 where is she. She's not speaking out when these judges 280 00:15:07.679 --> 00:15:11.320 are setting low bonds and letting violent criminals to go 281 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:14.639 right back into the neighborhood. She's not making any any 282 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:17.440 you know, saying making any stand on that. Where is 283 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:21.200 she where I'm speaking out against that. I'm trying to 284 00:15:21.240 --> 00:15:24.639 make sure that we are making judges think about public safety, 285 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:28.240 that we are fighting for victims, that we are trying 286 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:32.600 to make sure there's accountability, and we are supporting law enforcement. 287 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:36.639 So that's the difference. It's you have a clear choice. 288 00:15:36.799 --> 00:15:39.320 If you vote down the party line, you're going to 289 00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:42.240 pick the wrong person. I guarantee you that is not 290 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:44.960 what you're going to want. Because most people when they 291 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:48.840 hear that somebody wasn't held accountable, somebody was released on 292 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:51.840 I know, our bond that was on a violent offense, 293 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:55.120 they like, how does this happen? Well, they've been voting 294 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:58.720 down the party line. They're not looking at the people, 295 00:15:59.039 --> 00:16:01.960 They're not looking at who's law in order. Because I 296 00:16:01.960 --> 00:16:04.720 think the majority of people want to feel safe, and 297 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:08.200 what majority of people want accountability and a majority of 298 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:10.879 people we know we want law in order. We know 299 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:13.399 what happens if it doesn't. Just look in all these cities, 300 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:17.120 in the neighborhoods that need it the most are the 301 00:16:17.159 --> 00:16:20.320 neighborhoods that are getting hurt the worst because these violent 302 00:16:20.320 --> 00:16:23.200 criminals going right back in the same neighborhood and they're 303 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:25.480 hurting more people. And we want to put a stop 304 00:16:25.559 --> 00:16:25.799 to that. 305 00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:30.120 Car break ins, murders, robberies, thieveries, way up and in 306 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:33.559 the suburbs, they're often the victims of crime. Melissa Powers, 307 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:35.200 good luck. We'll see what happens. You gave us a 308 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:38.320 lot of good information about marijuana laws and things of 309 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:41.279 that character. And the American people should know that your 310 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:44.320 opponent did not have a law license last year. I 311 00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:47.519 mean last year she couldn't spell prosecutor. Now she is one, 312 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:51.240 hopefully not. And Melissa Powers, once again, thank you for 313 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:53.399 coming on the Bill Cunningham Show. May God bless you 314 00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:55.840 and God bless America. Melissa, thank you very much. 315 00:16:56.919 --> 00:16:58.240 Thank you, Bell God bless you too. 316 00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:01.360 Let's continue with more if a line become available. Five one, three, seven, 317 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:04.119 four nine, seven thousand. Red Baseball kicks off about five 318 00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:07.680 to ten. Imagine running a big city prosecutor office with 319 00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:10.440 about one hundred and fifty employees, and last year you 320 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:12.920 couldn't prosecute because you didn't have a law license. 321 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:14.799 Not good. 322 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:20.519 Let's continue, Bill Cunningham, News Radio seven hundred WLW. All right, 323 00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:23.319 Philly Cunningham hit the music. Red should have won last 324 00:17:23.400 --> 00:17:27.079 night in Miami, did not win. Marlin's outed begin tonight 325 00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:29.559 with the Reds a little bit earlier, first pitch about 326 00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:31.599 six ' ten. We go to the coverage about five 327 00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:35.799 oh five this afternoon. Then they're on in Milwaukee. See 328 00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:40.039 what happens there. Two steps forward, one step back, and 329 00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:43.440 we continue with more than this weekend Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. 330 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:46.400 In addition at the Great Music Festival with Jason Alden 331 00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:48.279 et cetera, the Voice of America. 332 00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:50.319 You also have Reds Baseball. 333 00:17:49.880 --> 00:17:53.599 In Milwaukee and more to pick up the pieces of 334 00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:58.559 what Melissa Missy Powers has said. Imagine having a prosecutor 335 00:17:58.559 --> 00:18:00.960 of Hamlet County who last year did have a law license. 336 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:06.000 It can't happen, and I know it's difficult. There are few, 337 00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:12.440 if any, urban counties with a conservative Republican prosecutor. It's 338 00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:16.640 quite rare. In fact, I was told that there's only 339 00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:20.920 two of fifty the largest counties in the United States 340 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:24.799 that have a Republican prosecutor. Because many voters are simply 341 00:18:24.839 --> 00:18:27.480 ignorant when they go into the polls who's the prosecutor, 342 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:30.880 who are the judges? Don't pay attention. And as I 343 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:34.359 said to Missy Powers, next to the presidency, this is 344 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:37.119 the most important election in Hamlety County. And when you 345 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:39.599 talk to Rob Sanders in Kenton County, he'll tell you 346 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:42.599 this is an important election because if you don't prosecute 347 00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:44.599 criminals in Hamlton County, they're going to go to Kenton 348 00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:49.359 County and Warren County horns. Everyone is concerned about what's 349 00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:52.079 going to happen to criminal justice in Hamlinton County, which 350 00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:56.079 is teetering anyway, because so many liberal Democrats are occupying 351 00:18:56.119 --> 00:18:57.200 the judicial positions. 352 00:18:58.480 --> 00:18:59.720 But she brings up a great point. 353 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:01.759 I want to pull back the curtain a little bit, 354 00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:05.559 tell you what's going on. And Columbus all controlled only 355 00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:09.519 by Republicans. They cannot get together to pass almost any law. 356 00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:13.240 In fact, they're on hiatus until October or so. Because 357 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:16.079 they can't get together and pass anything. The Republicans in 358 00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:19.759 the House are feuding with this Speaker of the House, 359 00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:24.799 Jason Stevens, because Jason Stevens became the Speaker when he 360 00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:27.240 had the majority of Democratic votes to become the speaker 361 00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:29.279 and a few Republican votes put him over the top. 362 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:32.200 There was a big pow wow in which the Republicans 363 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:35.519 got together and there's about sixty sixty five Republicans out 364 00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:38.480 of ninety nine and they all agree that whoever wins 365 00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:41.720 our caucus with the most votes will be the Speaker. Well, 366 00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:45.200 there was a large group of Republicans that broke ranks 367 00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:48.359 after that agreement was made, and they voted for an 368 00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:52.839 acceptable Republican and his name was Jason Stevens. Along with 369 00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:56.079 all the Democratic votes and a few Republican votes, he 370 00:19:56.160 --> 00:20:00.440 became the speaker. That angered a whole bunch of Republicans House. 371 00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:04.640 So when their primary battles came up in this primary 372 00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:08.519 season in May a couple of three months ago, Jason Stevens, 373 00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:13.160 as a speaker control of the money, would run primary 374 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:17.160 opponents against those Republicans against him who didn't vote for 375 00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:21.000 him for speaker. A lot of those Republicans like Genie Schmid, 376 00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:23.759 et cetera. She's one of many, are very angry about that. 377 00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:26.440 So you have a chunk of the Republicans in the 378 00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:29.720 House that will not look at, speak with, or interact 379 00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:32.599 with the speaker who's a Republican, Jason Stevens. 380 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:33.599 Layer. 381 00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:35.519 On top of that, the fact that the president of 382 00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:40.000 the Ohio Senate, a fine Centerman named Matt Huffman, is 383 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:42.480 the President of the Senate. As you may know, there's 384 00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:46.039 thirty three Senate seats and the Republicans have about twenty 385 00:20:46.079 --> 00:20:52.599 of those. So Matt Hoffman is announced because of term limits, 386 00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:55.720 he's going to run for the House this November and 387 00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:59.480 become the Speaker of the House. So you got Matt Huffman, 388 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:04.640 publican president of the Senate, wanting to pass laws about 389 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:08.720 marijuana that will not be accepted by Jason Stevens in 390 00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:12.160 the House because the Republicans in the House don't want 391 00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:15.480 to vote with Jason Stevens on anything who don't want 392 00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:18.359 it does not also want to work with Matt Huffman. 393 00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:22.480 Winning an adult somewhere in the room, and that's the 394 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:25.240 Governor Mike DeWine, who I speak with often, who says 395 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:28.319 he's got them together, knocked their heads together, and both 396 00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:31.359 sides are immovable. There's all kind of laws that need 397 00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:37.759 to be passed surrounding marijuana dispensaries, the growers, the et cetera, 398 00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:43.000 and the processors, that there's chaos about what is legal 399 00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:46.119 what is illegal. Cops tell me they pull somebody they 400 00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:49.039 think maybe high on marijuana, and as the prosecutor just 401 00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:52.599