WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:04.440 It's seven thirty two fifty five KRCD Talks Station. I've 2 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:07.000 been looking forward to this since I found out from 3 00:00:07.080 --> 00:00:09.279 West Side Jim Kiefer, who always seems to get the 4 00:00:09.320 --> 00:00:12.119 information before anybody else. He's one of my favorite little 5 00:00:12.119 --> 00:00:18.239 birds feeding me information in studio. Mayor old candidate Corey Bowman. Corey, 6 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:19.760 great to have you here. I'm glad you made the 7 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:20.640 trip into the studio. 8 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:22.399 Great to be here. Thanks for having me, Brian. 9 00:00:22.600 --> 00:00:26.120 And you know, it's a parenthetical for me, because I 10 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:28.199 doubt you put it on your resume, but I think 11 00:00:28.199 --> 00:00:30.839 it's important for my listeners to know your brother happens 12 00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:32.799 to be the Vice president of the United States of America. 13 00:00:32.920 --> 00:00:35.560 Yeah, I'm considering putting on my resume just for the 14 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:37.880 heck of it, you know, maybe get some benefits there 15 00:00:37.880 --> 00:00:40.119 as well. But yes, he is my half brother on 16 00:00:40.159 --> 00:00:41.320 my father's side. 17 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:44.520 It's inspiring to you or I think you have a 18 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:45.880 huge measure of pride for him. 19 00:00:46.039 --> 00:00:46.719 Absolutely. 20 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:50.119 You know, I've just did an interview yesterday and I 21 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:52.320 just told people that the number one thing is that 22 00:00:52.359 --> 00:00:54.240 he's a big brother to me, and he's a role 23 00:00:54.280 --> 00:00:54.880 model to me. 24 00:00:55.840 --> 00:00:57.159 You know, he's four years older than me. 25 00:00:57.280 --> 00:00:59.240 And to be able to see what he's been able 26 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:01.759 to accomplish, and to be able to see it on 27 00:01:01.880 --> 00:01:04.519 that big of a stage is just so inspiring. 28 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:07.239 It's got to be incredible. And I mean, he you know, 29 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:11.000 I'll be speaking out loud. I'm fifty ifty sixty in September, 30 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:13.840 and I consider him and you know young young men, 31 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:17.319 and that I never in my wildest thank you. I 32 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:19.480 wouldn't imagine, I mean, even in my age, with my 33 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:21.959 life experience, I mean, taking on a role of even 34 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:23.560 being mayor of the City of Cincinnati. 35 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:26.319 I think I'd be out of my element or out 36 00:01:26.359 --> 00:01:26.840 of your mind. 37 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:30.560 Yeah, or people have told me you're running as a 38 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:33.560 Republican in the city of Cincinnati, and I have to 39 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:36.959 give and sorry, Taylor, Uh, hold on, where's my reading 40 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:41.799 glasses on my head? Taylor whiter Weader from WCPO wrote 41 00:01:41.799 --> 00:01:44.640 a little article about you, and he said Cincinnati has 42 00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:47.159 not had a Republican mayor since Bill Gradison Junior in 43 00:01:47.239 --> 00:01:50.760 nineteen seventy one, who was elected after Eugene Rouhman, but 44 00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:53.959 no Ken Blackwell was mayor between nineteen seventy nine and 45 00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:56.760 nineteen eighty. I think he was the last Republican. So 46 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:01.079 obviously a Sisyphian like challenge for a Republican to become 47 00:02:01.159 --> 00:02:03.400 mayor of the City of Cincinnati. But you know what, 48 00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:07.040 Donald Trump just got elected but and won the popular vote. 49 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:10.479 People are upset with the direction of the Democrat Party. 50 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:13.680 So you know, it's within the realm of possibility. Obviously 51 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:15.680 you wouldn't be taking a stab at running. 52 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:19.120 Yeah, I to be honest with you, this didn't even 53 00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:22.840 cross my mind in recent days, but I put on 54 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:25.680 a post for my announcement that a few weeks ago 55 00:02:26.479 --> 00:02:29.479 we landed in CVG from coming back from the inauguration. 56 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:32.560 And one thing, if you know me and my wife 57 00:02:32.639 --> 00:02:35.080 and our family, is that we love the city of Cincinnati. 58 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:38.080 Oh yeah, and this is just our home. This isn't 59 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:41.039 a stepping stone. This is like we came here four 60 00:02:41.120 --> 00:02:43.439 years ago, which I'm from the area. I was in 61 00:02:43.759 --> 00:02:47.319 Tampa for nine years, but whenever I came back, we 62 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:49.280 came back because this is our home. That's where we 63 00:02:49.319 --> 00:02:51.719 want to raise our family. And it wasn't even on 64 00:02:51.719 --> 00:02:54.840 the outskirts. We love the downtown area in Cincinnati proper. 65 00:02:55.280 --> 00:02:55.520 Well. 66 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:59.280 Then as time started, you know, going on and seeing 67 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:02.800 what happened at the inauguration. I just ended up saying, hey, 68 00:03:03.479 --> 00:03:05.919 is this a realm that can help this city in 69 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:08.199 my life? And so I looked it up and the 70 00:03:08.280 --> 00:03:10.360 last I saw was all the stats that you just said, 71 00:03:10.360 --> 00:03:14.439 and no Republican mayor since the seventies. And it's basically 72 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:18.919 like bullies in my mind, and I don't like bullies. Well, 73 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:23.120 and we need a dissenting opinion. It's an echo chamber. 74 00:03:23.199 --> 00:03:25.520 Since they counseling the mayor, all they do is talk 75 00:03:25.560 --> 00:03:28.280 amongst themselves and say, yeah, you're right, No, you're right, 76 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:31.439 yet absolutely without anybody raising their hand, just sort of questioning, 77 00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:36.520 like wait a second, hold on, let's contemplate perhaps. 78 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:39.240 This or that angle to any particular solution. So that's 79 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:41.639 exactly how I saw it. Wonderful. All right, Well to 80 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:43.280 take a break at is break time. We're going to 81 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:48.080 continue this conversation with Corey Bowman. Corey needs signatures in 82 00:03:48.159 --> 00:03:49.919 order to become a candidate for the mayor of City 83 00:03:49.919 --> 00:03:52.560 of Cincinnati. He's got to collect and submit one thousand 84 00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:56.840 qualified signatures. So everybody gets together and helps support Corey 85 00:03:56.840 --> 00:03:59.319 in his effort along those lines real quick here though, 86 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:02.080 first a word for twenty two three Firearms range gun 87 00:04:02.120 --> 00:04:04.560 Store Route forty two between Mason eleven and my favorite 88 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:08.000 gun store ever. The owners there, Wendy and Jeff, are 89 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:10.879 just the best people, best people, And if you have 90 00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:12.599 never been to twenty two three, you got a great 91 00:04:12.639 --> 00:04:15.000 incentive to do that because this Saturday between ten am 92 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:18.959 and four pm, Shaw Armament will be there on hand, 93 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:23.279 displaying and showing off the amazing suppressors. 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Beyond that, just 104 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:58.879 an outstanding store, knowledgeable folks, friendly folks, a huge selection 105 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:03.360 of firearms of all types, ammunition accessories, and a gunsmith 106 00:05:03.399 --> 00:05:05.959 plus that indoor range. Find them online good at twenty 107 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:07.600 two three the number twenty two five by the word 108 00:05:07.639 --> 00:05:11.000 three spelled out twenty two to three. Dot Com fifty 109 00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:13.639 five KRC the talk station. 110 00:05:13.879 --> 00:05:17.319 Have you taken your family to dip uh nine? 111 00:05:17.360 --> 00:05:20.040 First forecast? We have an overcast, downer hands with rains 112 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:22.480 showing up sometime around four pm, and we'll have a 113 00:05:22.519 --> 00:05:24.759 high of thirty six then to thirty five. Overnight showers 114 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:28.160 and storms are possible, but north of the city northern 115 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:31.879 counties you may see freezing rain. Tomorrow's high sixty one 116 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:34.240 with a little rain in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy 117 00:05:34.839 --> 00:05:37.079 over night, partly cloudy as well, with a little thirty 118 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:39.800 and a mostly sunny Friday, which is good but a 119 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:41.759 little cooler at a high of forty two to thirty 120 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:43.439 three degrees. Right now, let's do what Chuck has to 121 00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:47.279 say about traffic. Chuck Ingram from the UC out Traffic Center. 122 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:50.480 Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US. 123 00:05:50.839 --> 00:05:54.079 If you're at risk, pruss the experts. Hey, do you 124 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:57.199 see health for innovative and personalized heart and care. 125 00:05:57.279 --> 00:05:58.600 Expect more you see health. 126 00:05:58.600 --> 00:06:01.920 Dot Com South Bend seventy five continues to build through 127 00:06:01.959 --> 00:06:04.680 block from that there's an accident inbound seventy four after 128 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:07.720 you got pants north Bend on the left shoulder, slowing 129 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:10.399 traffic a bit and a wreck and ross on Cincinnati 130 00:06:10.399 --> 00:06:13.680 Brookville at Bay High Chuck King, Vermont fifty five KR 131 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:15.199 scene the talk station. 132 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:21.720 Seven fifty five PARRACD talk station. What a great guy. 133 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:23.920 I'm having a good time talking on and off air 134 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:26.160 with Corey Bowman, who is running for mayor, at least 135 00:06:26.160 --> 00:06:28.079 he hopes to. He needs signatures, and there's a way 136 00:06:28.079 --> 00:06:30.759 you can help Corey get the signatures. He'll be at 137 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:34.759 his coffee shop in addition to being the pastor and 138 00:06:34.839 --> 00:06:36.839 founder of the River Church. We're gonna learn about that 139 00:06:36.839 --> 00:06:39.439 from Corey here at a moment. He also with his wife, 140 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:41.920 owns King's Arms coffee shop. 141 00:06:41.959 --> 00:06:43.839 He said, it's in the West End. Yes, sir, Yeah, 142 00:06:43.839 --> 00:06:45.160 it's on Bay Miller. 143 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:47.560 Bay Miller in the West End on a website. 144 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:51.000 Nineteen hundred Bay Miller Street, and we are it's King's 145 00:06:51.079 --> 00:06:53.199 Arms Coffee dot com. 146 00:06:53.240 --> 00:06:55.160 Wonderful. So if you can show up at King's Arms. 147 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:57.720 He's actually working today, he said. His head Maurista, has 148 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:00.439 taken a couple of days off, so behind the counter 149 00:07:00.519 --> 00:07:02.199 he will be, you get to shake hands with him, 150 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:04.680 meet him and sign a petition to have Corey run 151 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:07.680 for mayor now pivoting over in addition to the owning 152 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:11.480 King's Arms coffee shop, the River Church. Tell my listeners 153 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:14.839 about the mission, the denomination, if there is one, and 154 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:17.160 how you ended up founding that church. 155 00:07:17.399 --> 00:07:17.600 Yeah. 156 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:20.240 Absolutely, So, you know, I grew up in the area. 157 00:07:20.399 --> 00:07:23.279 I had what I would call as an encounter with 158 00:07:23.399 --> 00:07:27.560 the Lord, just basically me making that decision for myself 159 00:07:27.600 --> 00:07:30.000 for the first time in my life to follow whatever 160 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:31.800 God's plan was for my life. I think a lot 161 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:34.319 of people need to come to that place in themselves. 162 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:36.759 Don't just get your religion from what you grew up 163 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:39.439 when with, but you have to make that decision yourself. 164 00:07:39.519 --> 00:07:42.519 So I got to that point about fourteen years ago, 165 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:46.600 still in Cincinnati area, but I felt, hey, I just 166 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:50.879 graduated from Miami of Ohio with business, but before I 167 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:53.519 venture off in anything, I'm going to go to Bible 168 00:07:53.519 --> 00:07:55.839 School in Tampa, Florida. It was a ministry that helped 169 00:07:55.879 --> 00:07:58.439 change my life. It was Pastors Rodney and Donica Howard 170 00:07:58.480 --> 00:07:59.959 Brown in Tampa, Florida. 171 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:01.040 That was The River Church. 172 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:05.480 So long story short, we basically went to school there 173 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:08.279 that my wife there started raising our family there. I 174 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:10.360 was there for nine years, and in the final year 175 00:08:10.360 --> 00:08:14.240 that I was there, COVID happened, and my pastor was 176 00:08:14.319 --> 00:08:17.399 the first one in Florida to be arrested just for having. 177 00:08:17.319 --> 00:08:21.759 Church leader of the resistance I just mentioned off. Eric went, 178 00:08:21.839 --> 00:08:24.040 I mean, have you ever seen the First Amendment of 179 00:08:24.079 --> 00:08:27.360 the United States Constitution trampled on more than during COVID. 180 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:31.199 Absolutely not freedom of assembly, a free exercise of religion, 181 00:08:31.439 --> 00:08:34.679 freedom of speech, all thrown out the door in the 182 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:38.519 name of this nonsensical COVID nineteen thing we had going on. 183 00:08:38.879 --> 00:08:40.679 But you could still go to Best Buy. 184 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:43.240 No. Absolutely. That was during that time. 185 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:47.159 That's when we realized how important local government was because 186 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:50.120 they could say things from the federal level. But if 187 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:52.960 the local government is fighting tooth and nail against those 188 00:08:53.080 --> 00:08:56.159 or fighting against the constitution, then that's where the rights 189 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:59.000 are going to be hindered. And so what happened with 190 00:08:59.080 --> 00:09:01.919 us was that we saw firsthand them trying to shut 191 00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:04.559 down our church. During COVID. We were feeding a thousand 192 00:09:04.559 --> 00:09:06.960 families a week. My wife was the head of a 193 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:10.639 call center. We were taking prayer calls we had student 194 00:09:10.679 --> 00:09:13.799 body that we were helping as well, many members that 195 00:09:14.120 --> 00:09:16.039 just needed that sense of community, and they were trying 196 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:19.480 to shut that down. So whenever we saw that firsthand 197 00:09:19.480 --> 00:09:22.919 and all the craziness, that's probably what started a little 198 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:26.039 bit in me of realizing the importance of local government. 199 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:30.600 And when that happened during that time, our heart has 200 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:33.799 always been the people of Cincinnati. You can ask any 201 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:35.639 of my friends. Whenever I was going to Bible school 202 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:38.240 or even whenever I was at Miami is that downtown 203 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:40.840 Cincinnati was my heart. That's where I'm always gonna be. 204 00:09:40.840 --> 00:09:43.120 That's where the Reds games are, That's where Skyline is. 205 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:47.200 That's where Skyline and Greaters have combined right now, hallelujah. 206 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:49.720 And so there's all these things that are just ingrained 207 00:09:49.759 --> 00:09:52.639 in me about the city. Well, during that time, we 208 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:55.480 realized that people were suffering, that people needed that sense 209 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:58.919 of community, they needed that sense of belonging in the 210 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:01.919 downtown area. So in twenty twenty, we just packed our 211 00:10:01.960 --> 00:10:05.240 bags and we started the River Church Cincinnati, right in 212 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:06.159 the middle of all of it. 213 00:10:06.720 --> 00:10:08.960 That's truly amazing, and I hate that we have taken 214 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:10.840 another break. We're gonna come back and find out what 215 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:15.039 Corey's ideas are for the City of Cincinnati if he 216 00:10:15.159 --> 00:10:18.399 were mayor, and I'm looking forward to seeing that and 217 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:21.559 how he's gonna well deal with the challenges he invariably 218 00:10:21.559 --> 00:10:24.000 will face given the makeup of the political makeup rather 219 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:27.440 the City of Cincinnati. First of calling electric Andrew Cullen 220 00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:29.320 is an amazing team of electricians there to help you 221 00:10:29.360 --> 00:10:32.799 with any residential electric need. They're outstanding of what they do. 222 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:35.360 The price is always right, and the service is second 223 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:38.120 to none. They take great care of you. They will 224 00:10:38.200 --> 00:10:42.559 efficiently manage your electric issue, regardless of how tiny or 225 00:10:42.639 --> 00:10:44.559 large it may be. I've seen them in action. I 226 00:10:44.559 --> 00:10:46.799 always like to call them a well oiled machine. And 227 00:10:47.200 --> 00:10:49.960 they put in candlight to my basically my whole house 228 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:53.200 and pretty much one day, and just love the work 229 00:10:53.240 --> 00:10:55.399 that they've done for us over the years. Just got 230 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:57.840 done with my bathroom project last year and they did 231 00:10:57.840 --> 00:10:59.799 all the wiring for that. They wired in my whole 232 00:10:59.799 --> 00:11:03.480 house generator. So big project, small projects, anything in between, 233 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:06.039 you're in the best possible hands. They join a plus 234 00:11:06.039 --> 00:11:08.639 with a better business bureau and you get a ten 235 00:11:08.720 --> 00:11:11.480 year wiring warranty on anything they do. So tell Andrew 236 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:13.080 Cullen and the team. Brian said, Hi, when you give 237 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:15.639 them a call to schedule that appointment five one three 238 00:11:15.799 --> 00:11:18.480 two two seven four one one two five one three 239 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:21.679 two two seven four one one two learn more online. 240 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:24.000 You can schedule appointment online as well. Just go to 241 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:26.519 call on Electric Cincinnati dot com CEE U L L 242 00:11:26.559 --> 00:11:30.679 E N Cullen Electric Cincinnati dot Com fifty five krc. 243 00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:34.799 UH. 244 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:37.120 Here's a nine verse twenty one to forecast cloudy skys today, 245 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:39.799 rain shown up around four pm and I F thirty six, 246 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:42.519 showers and storms overnight with maybe some freezing rain to 247 00:11:42.559 --> 00:11:45.320 the north. Overnight low on thirty five sixty one the 248 00:11:45.399 --> 00:11:48.679 high tomorrow, rain in the morning, clouds the rest of 249 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:50.759 the day, cloudy overnight as well, thirty for the low 250 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:53.159 and on Friday mostly sunny skies and if forty two 251 00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:59.000 thirty three. Now, let's hear from Chuck Ingram. 252 00:11:57.120 --> 00:11:59.759 From the uc UP Traffic Center. Heart disease is the 253 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:03.559 eating cause of death in the US. If you're at risk, 254 00:12:04.159 --> 00:12:07.320 trust the experts at you see help for innovative and 255 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:11.440 personalized herdcare. Expect more you see help dot Com. Southbound 256 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:14.200 seventy five continues to build through block when there's an 257 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:17.480 accident inbound seventy four after you got pants north Ben 258 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:20.399 on the left shoulder, slowing traffic a bit. And Arek 259 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:24.279 and Ross on Cincinnati Brookville at Bay High Chucking, Vermont 260 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:26.679 fifty five krc the talk station. 261 00:12:29.320 --> 00:12:32.200 A forty eight fifty five KRCD talk station in studio 262 00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:34.960 mayoral candidate Corey Bowman. Assume you can get the thousand 263 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:37.000 signatures he needs and you can help him out doing that. 264 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:39.759 Just head on over at some point today or tomorrow. 265 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:41.840 He's going to be at his coffee shop, King's Arms 266 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:44.759 coffee Shop. And you can also consider checking out the 267 00:12:44.919 --> 00:12:48.919 River Church, which is Pastor Bowman's church. 268 00:12:48.919 --> 00:12:51.399 Where's the church located right in the west end Still, 269 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:55.519 it's right, it's about a block away from Taft High School, 270 00:12:55.559 --> 00:12:59.320 and it's rock Cross Street from Stargul Football Stadium where 271 00:12:59.320 --> 00:12:59.960 the CPS. 272 00:13:00.600 --> 00:13:03.679 And it's it is non denominational, it's just it's it's 273 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:06.600 christ base. It's it's Bible based, but you don't adhere 274 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:09.639 to like a Catherine doctor and Episcopalian doctrine or. 275 00:13:10.159 --> 00:13:12.240 Yeah, no, I just tell people A lot of times 276 00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:14.679 people ask if it's non denominational, but that's kind of 277 00:13:14.720 --> 00:13:18.320 becoming a denomination itself, and people kind of assume something 278 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:19.039 about that as well. 279 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:20.440 Ross Roads exactly. 280 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:22.320 I wish it, you know, not bad talking to any 281 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:24.720 of these others. I basically just tell people we believe 282 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:27.120 the Bible, we believe the power of God, and that's 283 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:30.480 something we've received and that we want other people to experience. 284 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:33.159 Father of three with one on the way, when's your 285 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:34.000 When does your wife do? 286 00:13:34.320 --> 00:13:36.159 For this is to do at the end of June 287 00:13:36.240 --> 00:13:36.840 early July. 288 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:40.080 Well, I wish you all the best in the world 289 00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:42.399 on that, Thank you, family man. He is all right. 290 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:44.840 Pivoting over to politics, of course, being the mayor of 291 00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:48.000 the City of Cincinnati, of all's politics. You obviously perceived 292 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:50.279 the city to be going in the wrong direction. Otherwise 293 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:52.480 you wouldn't want to challenge mayor. I have to have purvall, 294 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:55.519 what's your plan for the city? What do you want 295 00:13:55.559 --> 00:13:57.559 to accomplish? If you were in that role. 296 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:01.120 Well, I think what got me started on it was 297 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:05.159 the fact that there was wasn't really any opposition. And 298 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:07.279 like what we talked about earlier, you cannot be in 299 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:10.960 an echo chamber. There has to be conversation, There has 300 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:13.840 to be debate, there has to be differences of opinion. 301 00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:16.759 Over the last years of being downtown, I've had a 302 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:19.720 chance to talk with people on the streets, leaders in 303 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:23.639 the community, but also just residents that are suffering. And 304 00:14:23.720 --> 00:14:26.720 we don't start the conversation off with hey, I'm blue, 305 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:30.840 you're red or whatever. We actually just like talk about 306 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:34.759 experience and then whatever the conversation leads to. It was 307 00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:37.720 not based on the side. It was based on the 308 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:40.360 experience and what common sense might. 309 00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:44.840 Be perceived solutions as opposed to politics governing the discussion exactly. Yeah, 310 00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:46.559 we live in such a divided society. You could come 311 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:48.159 up with the best idea in the world, but if 312 00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:50.559 you articulate it by saying, you know, I'm a Republican 313 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:53.279 and I think we should do this, the other side 314 00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:55.679 just can immediately say no, yeah, yeah, I hate that 315 00:14:55.720 --> 00:14:56.480 about politics. 316 00:14:56.559 --> 00:14:58.320 And I believe a reporter asked me yesterday are you 317 00:14:58.440 --> 00:15:00.679 running as a Republican or Democrat? And I just I 318 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:02.279 told her, I said, well, in the city, you can't 319 00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:05.120 run as a Republican or Democrats a non parson you know, 320 00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:09.480 you know, actual position. But I will say that my 321 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:12.799 views are on the side of more conservative, but that 322 00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:16.440 doesn't mean that there isn't a room for debate and conversation. 323 00:15:17.399 --> 00:15:20.000 What I've seen over the last four years of being 324 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:23.279 downtown is that first and foremost, I love the city. 325 00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:25.679 I'm not here to say this. You know, city as 326 00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:27.600 a hell hole and we need to fix everything. There's 327 00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:29.600 a reason why I love the city so much. I 328 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:32.759 believe this is and people think I'm biased, which I am, 329 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:34.679 but I truly believe it's the greatest city on the 330 00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:37.080 face of the earth. It's the queen City, It's the 331 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:39.360 epicenter of the Midwest. I really believe that has the 332 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:42.720 greatest potential of any city that we see in our area. 333 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:46.399 But I truly believe also that there's policies that have 334 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:48.720 been in place over the last four years that have 335 00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:52.399 really hindered an acceleration of growth in our city and 336 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:56.320 also has left certain communities just left in the dust. 337 00:15:56.440 --> 00:15:58.639 Yeah, that's typically the case, and you'll hear from those 338 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:01.080 communities every time a new election comes around. You know, 339 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:02.919 are you going to come over here and pay attention 340 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:08.679 to us for a change in terms of prioritization law enforcement? 341 00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:11.679 You in favor and pro law enforcement, not as opposed 342 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:13.879 to being a defund police, kind of anti polity. 343 00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:17.639 We have to support our public offices and we have 344 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:20.320 to support our police department. I think one of the 345 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:23.679 biggest things is that you have to increase the morale 346 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:27.840 and the out how people perceive law enforcement is that 347 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:30.519 law enforcement we are at the coffee shop. When police 348 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:33.200 officers come by, they're there to help the community, they're 349 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:35.639 there to protect the community. And we're living in a 350 00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:41.039 city to where people are actually afraid to make a report. 351 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:45.279 Businesses specifically sometimes are afraid for the cops to even 352 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:48.639 come because if it's a false alarm, instead of just saying, hey, 353 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:51.080 we're here to help, they get a fee because it 354 00:16:51.200 --> 00:16:53.679 was a false alarm. And so these are things to 355 00:16:53.679 --> 00:16:56.840 where that's on the individuals of the police department. Those 356 00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:59.120 are just policies and a culture that we need to 357 00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:02.399 kind of change. Just realize we back the police department, 358 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:05.279 we back our fire department, but they're here to help 359 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:05.880 the community. 360 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:08.519 Okay, I'd be remiss if I didn't ask you what 361 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:11.759 your stand is on we already got one leg your 362 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:14.079 stance on a streetcar expansion. 363 00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:19.240 I believe that public transportation is a huge issue, and 364 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:22.359 I think that if you are in the city, infrastructure, roads, 365 00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:24.880 these are things that have to be a priority. Sometimes 366 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:29.200 we put these blanket statements on things based on issues 367 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:32.240 that don't really affect the everyday people. The streetcar is 368 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:35.440 a huge topic. I will say this that being downtown, 369 00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:38.960 the streetcar does benefit certain people and it is a 370 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:42.119 good thing. But there are certain ways that's been implemented 371 00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:45.799 or perceived, or maybe putting too much effort into something 372 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:48.039 that could be put into something else. I believe that 373 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:50.359 you just got to look at it and kind of 374 00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:51.920 just rethink some things. 375 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:54.000 Well, and we're not going to unring that bell, but 376 00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:57.240 you know, my favorite gripe is, you know the sunset. 377 00:17:57.400 --> 00:18:00.000 The road has been in a state of horrific districts 378 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:04.759 for probably fifteen years, if not longer, and no one's 379 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:07.000 ever bothered to fix it. And I'm not the only one. 380 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:09.000 We had a caller that used to call every once 381 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:11.720 in a while named Fred, and he's like, fix my street. 382 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:15.400 I just want my street fixed. And infrastructure seems to 383 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:18.079 be falling apart while the powers that be are pursuing 384 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:20.720 all these you know, bright and shiny objects. 385 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:24.400 I also think too, that people wouldn't be as frustrated 386 00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:26.440 about it if they weren't promised for the last four 387 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:29.160 years that the purchases and the money and the funding 388 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:32.680 that have come in will go toward infrastructure. If anything, 389 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:35.799 this last winter has showed that that money isn't being 390 00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:36.519 used properly. 391 00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:39.680 Yeah, I certainly echo that sentiment. And then of course 392 00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:44.759 we have outstanding pension problems. Not sure that you're capable 393 00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:47.240 of dealing with that, but it's got to be a 394 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:49.240 priority at some point because people are going to be 395 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:49.960 relying on that. 396 00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:50.240 Well. 397 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:53.640 Yeah, I think that you know this term and this 398 00:18:53.799 --> 00:18:57.200 is actually ring true with the federal government as well 399 00:18:57.240 --> 00:18:59.440 as One of the biggest issues is we have to 400 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:02.440 manage my properly. We have to be able to look 401 00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:04.039