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<v Speaker 1>Bill Cunningham, the Great America, and welcome the Thursday afternoon

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<v Speaker 1>in the Tri State. I would note that if it's

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen degrees, public schools shut down. We can't operate. The

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<v Speaker 1>metro bus system is fine, the buildings are fine. But

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<v Speaker 1>if it's seventeen degrees, CPS says we're done. We're not

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<v Speaker 1>going to educate today, which by the way, is totally ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 1>Continuing as we always do. Kentucky's my home state. Rob

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<v Speaker 1>Sanders is the prosecutor of Kenton County. We spent the

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<v Speaker 1>last day or two talking about homelessness under bridges and

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that it's likely the homeless encampments have caused

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<v Speaker 1>the difficulties in I four seventy one. The official report

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<v Speaker 1>not out yet, coming out either today or tomorrow. We're

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<v Speaker 1>told maybe on Monday, but until then, Rob Sanders, welcome

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<v Speaker 1>again to the Bill Cunningham Show. And Rob, is there

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<v Speaker 1>a policy in Covington or Kenton County to your knowledge,

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<v Speaker 1>in which, in writing you tell Covington cops in Kenton

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<v Speaker 1>County and all the other law enforcement agencies in Kenton

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<v Speaker 1>County there are certain laws we're not going to enforce.

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<v Speaker 1>One of them being criminal trespass. The City of Cincinnati

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<v Speaker 1>has told it's cops, which is a great unit of

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<v Speaker 1>CPD Kenkobra, etc. A great unit, saying to them, you

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<v Speaker 1>shall not enforce criminal trespass statutes unless in other crimes

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<v Speaker 1>being committed. In other words, there's some criminal laws we violate,

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<v Speaker 1>we will prosecute some we will not. Is there any

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<v Speaker 1>indication in Covington or Kenton County that Rob Sanders says

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<v Speaker 1>ordering Covington police do not arrest somebody for certain offenses.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely not, Willie. Thanks for having me back on.

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<v Speaker 3>I heard your interview yesterday day before with the new

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<v Speaker 3>FOP president.

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<v Speaker 2>At least he's new to me. I haven't met him yet.

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<v Speaker 3>Didn't realize that Lieutenant Dan wouldn't ran anymore. But nevertheless,

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<v Speaker 3>the instructions they've been given are not instructions that we

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<v Speaker 3>give police on the South side of the River. I

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<v Speaker 3>think that's one of the reasons that we maintain a

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<v Speaker 3>very high standard and quality of life for our residents.

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<v Speaker 3>We have a great community to live, work and raise

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<v Speaker 3>a family, and that's why people enjoyed open to the

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<v Speaker 3>South side of the River.

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<v Speaker 2>Willie.

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<v Speaker 3>That's why we still have that big condo down on

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<v Speaker 3>the Covington Riverfront with your name on every You're in

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<v Speaker 3>the people's judge just waiting for you to move in.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I'll tell you what happens when someone is homeless

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<v Speaker 1>in Covington. Do you allow them to sleep on business fronts?

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<v Speaker 1>Do allow them? And overpasses to allow them?

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<v Speaker 4>In parks?

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<v Speaker 1>Andbury Park and Mount Washington has a terrible problem. How

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<v Speaker 1>does Covington handle the criminal act of invading a park

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<v Speaker 1>and occupying it using drugs, fornicating, urinating, and all the rest.

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<v Speaker 4>Why is that the what happens in Covington?

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<v Speaker 3>If that occurs, generally speaking, the folks that decide to

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<v Speaker 3>take up camp in a public space, in a park

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<v Speaker 3>or in a business entrance or something like that, are

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<v Speaker 3>are moved along by the police. They generally aren't arrested

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<v Speaker 3>unless they're committing some other kind of offense, but they

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<v Speaker 3>are encouraged to move on down the road or else.

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<v Speaker 3>There's going to be a problem because we can't have this.

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<v Speaker 3>We can't have homeless shutting down our businesses. We can't

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<v Speaker 3>have homeless folks discouraging people from visiting all the fine

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<v Speaker 3>businesses and eating establishments and night spots in the Covington

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<v Speaker 3>business district. Recently, the Covington legislature passed what's commonly been

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<v Speaker 3>known as House Bill five. And although it's been probably

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<v Speaker 3>the greatest criminal justice for form in terms of improving

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<v Speaker 3>public safety in my lifetime, in terms of treating violent

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<v Speaker 3>offenders as violent offenders, and totally redoing Kentucky's parole structures

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<v Speaker 3>so that violent offenders actually have to stay in prison

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<v Speaker 3>for the majority of their sentence, all kinds of great

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<v Speaker 3>things came out of House Bill five. What got all

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<v Speaker 3>the attention was the portion of House Bill five that

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<v Speaker 3>allowed police to make an arrest for camping on public property,

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<v Speaker 3>which is not something that we've had a giant problem with.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't want to say we've had no problems with it,

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<v Speaker 3>but it's not been nearly the problem in Northern Kentucky

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<v Speaker 3>as it has been in places like Louisville and Lexington,

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<v Speaker 3>and where police were being given messages much like the

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<v Speaker 3>ones that the Cincinnati police apparently been given, and that's

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<v Speaker 3>to not arrest people for certain offenses, to not enforce

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<v Speaker 3>certain laws. In northern Kentucky, to my knowledge, we've been

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<v Speaker 3>doing it all along. And I realized that Covington's born

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<v Speaker 3>the brunt of a lot of that homelessness. There's been

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<v Speaker 3>a long ongoing debate in the City of Covington about

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<v Speaker 3>burdening the city with more than its fair share of

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<v Speaker 3>the social service organizations and things like that that tend

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<v Speaker 3>to congregate in Covington, because that's understandably where most of

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<v Speaker 3>the homelessness is. But Covington is long encouraged other Northern

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<v Speaker 3>Kentucky cities to do their part in taking on social

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<v Speaker 3>services so that we can move these folks into shelters,

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<v Speaker 3>that we can find them housing, that we can get

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<v Speaker 3>them off the streets, out of the parks, and at

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<v Speaker 3>the very least out of the public eye, so that

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<v Speaker 3>if there has to be a homeless encamp and the

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<v Speaker 3>last place we want it is on main Street or

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<v Speaker 3>right in the middle of our entertainment district or right

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<v Speaker 3>along the interstate. It's visible to everybody that comes and

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<v Speaker 3>goes from our fine towns. So we've been doing that

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<v Speaker 3>for a long time. It's always worked. We've never really

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<v Speaker 3>had a big problem with it. It's never been real controversial,

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<v Speaker 3>and I don't understand why other cities can't learn from

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<v Speaker 3>that and do the same thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, we need mental hospitals, which we don't have those

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<v Speaker 1>facilities anymore. We used to have large mental hospitals. We

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<v Speaker 1>really don't have them anymore. And as a consequence, you

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<v Speaker 1>have group homes voluntarily taking drugs or not taking drugs.

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<v Speaker 1>But this particular encampment, the city was told a year

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<v Speaker 1>ago by ODOT check the overpasses to make sure there's

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<v Speaker 1>not homeless encampments there, because across the country there's many

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<v Speaker 1>fires and other circumstances, and that wasn't done. The finger

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<v Speaker 1>pointing every which way is unbelievable. But as a consequence,

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<v Speaker 1>you have four to five hundred million dollars in repair

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<v Speaker 1>costs born by the taxpayer. You have millions and millions

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<v Speaker 1>of man ours, a wasted time, and it's all because

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<v Speaker 1>this city's not paying attention to what's happening in their overpasses.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a failure of compassion.

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<v Speaker 1>Is not compassionate to tell someone mentally ill it's okay

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<v Speaker 1>to live outside, take drugs, panhandle, go back under the bridge,

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<v Speaker 1>set fires underneath four seventy one, no consequences. Ken Kober

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<v Speaker 1>basically said yesterday it was a homeless encampment, and we're

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<v Speaker 1>told more or less to leave them alone, and so

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<v Speaker 1>we're not going to rouse them away from bridge overpasses

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<v Speaker 1>when the city doesn't want us to prosecute. In fact,

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<v Speaker 1>if we disregard a directive from the city manager's share along,

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<v Speaker 1>if we disregard it, we might face discipline in a sense.

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<v Speaker 1>So hell, we're not going to put ourselves out there.

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<v Speaker 1>And the other thing of Rob Sanders that cops do

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<v Speaker 1>not want to rouse a whole bunch of homeless individuals

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<v Speaker 1>because the homeless homeless shelters they don't want to go

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<v Speaker 1>into because there's rules and regulations. You can't do what

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<v Speaker 1>you want to do and a homeless shelter, but damn it,

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<v Speaker 1>society has rules you have to follow.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Secondly, there was an article in the inquire about possible

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<v Speaker 1>death threats against Rob Sanders having your throat slit. What

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<v Speaker 1>can you tell us about with that? I know it's

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<v Speaker 1>a sense of theive issue. What can tell us about that?

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<v Speaker 1>If anything, Willie?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't want to go into a whole lot of

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<v Speaker 3>details except that this is an unfortunate reality that a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of public officials face in many different realms, but

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<v Speaker 3>especially in the criminal justice system. Certainly not the first

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<v Speaker 3>death threat that I've received. I'm not special by any

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<v Speaker 3>means when it comes to that. I know other prosecutors

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<v Speaker 3>had received death threats as well. Assistant prosecutors to get

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<v Speaker 3>death threats. Cops get their lives threatened all the time,

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<v Speaker 3>Judges get death threats. But in this case, when you

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<v Speaker 3>have a very specific death threat about a location that

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<v Speaker 3>I do in fact frequent in terms of that attack

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<v Speaker 3>being planned at the gym that I go to, and

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<v Speaker 3>he had the right gym, and he was a member

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<v Speaker 3>of that gym, did have access to that gym, that

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<v Speaker 3>obviously raises red flags. And when the police start looking

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<v Speaker 3>into it and people that know this suspect this individual

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<v Speaker 3>start indicating the police that he's not acting right, that

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<v Speaker 3>he hasn't been home in days, and that he's having

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<v Speaker 3>some sort of mental break.

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<v Speaker 2>Obviously, that is when things go to a whole other

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<v Speaker 2>level that it's not just my life.

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<v Speaker 3>That is at stake, It is the lives of anybody

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<v Speaker 3>that's around me, whether it be my family, whether it

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<v Speaker 3>be my co workers, whether it be other court workers

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<v Speaker 3>or other people around the courthouse, or even other people

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<v Speaker 3>in the gym. Will it's just nobody wants to be

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<v Speaker 3>around any kind of violence like like that. Nobody wants

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<v Speaker 3>the violence like that. And frankly, if we tolerate that

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<v Speaker 3>kind of violence and those kinds of threats, nobody's going

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<v Speaker 3>to be willing to take the job a prosecutor, and

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<v Speaker 3>nobody's going to be willing to take the job of judge.

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<v Speaker 3>We're already having trouble finding people that are willing to

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<v Speaker 3>take the job a police officer, and understandably, so, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>we take it very seriously.

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<v Speaker 2>In Kenton County. Anytime somebody tells the.

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<v Speaker 3>Police officer that when I get out of here, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>gonna find you, or I'm gonna find your family and

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<v Speaker 3>I'm gonna hurt you, or I'm gonna hurt them, or

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<v Speaker 3>any number of different threats they can make.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, for a long time, police.

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<v Speaker 3>Officers endure things like that and people just think it's

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<v Speaker 3>part of the job. But not in Kenton County to

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<v Speaker 3>take it very seriously because the police officers don't have

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<v Speaker 3>they don't deserve to have'll be looking over their shoulder

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<v Speaker 3>all the time. So anytime somebody makes threats like that

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<v Speaker 3>against a police officer, it might be something they're saying

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<v Speaker 3>out of anger, out of drunkenness out of drug intoxication

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<v Speaker 3>while they're being arrested, and they're pissed off. But we

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<v Speaker 3>take that very seriously because it doesn't excuse that behavior.

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<v Speaker 3>And I don't expect the police to take it any

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<v Speaker 3>more or less serious when it happens to me than

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<v Speaker 3>I do when it happens to them. And I anticipate

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<v Speaker 3>in this case, like any case that we have against

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<v Speaker 3>the life of a police officer, it'll be taken very seriously. Ultimately,

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<v Speaker 3>it'll probably have to call in a special prosecutor to

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<v Speaker 3>handle the case because I'm gonna end up being a

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<v Speaker 3>witness in the case, I'm sure. But once we get

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<v Speaker 3>this case bound over the grand jury, we'll contact the

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<v Speaker 3>Journey General's office and let the justice system run its course.

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<v Speaker 4>I know one thing.

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<v Speaker 1>If you threaten to judge, have you threatened to kill

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<v Speaker 1>a cop or a prosecutor, the system will arise and

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<v Speaker 1>make sure that person number one is full due process rights. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>we got to make sure you have the rights of

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<v Speaker 1>this and the rights of that. You got the fourth,

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<v Speaker 1>you got, the fifth, you got, the seventh, got the eighth,

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<v Speaker 1>got the ninth, got the tenth, got the fourteenth, get

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<v Speaker 1>all the amendments. A guy or the woman gets all

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<v Speaker 1>the benefits of the criminal justice system, but once you're convicted,

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<v Speaker 1>now you're dealing with different circumstance.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's unfortunate, will it that Kentucky law right now

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<v Speaker 3>treats of retaliation against participants in the legal processes. What's

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<v Speaker 3>the technical term of that that threat that crime is called?

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<v Speaker 3>It treat it as a non violent offense. And I

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<v Speaker 3>can tell you that it's certainly violent to me when

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<v Speaker 3>it's my life that's that's at stake, when it's my

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<v Speaker 3>that have been threatened in other cases, and the judge

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<v Speaker 3>that was threatened in this case. But you know, that's

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<v Speaker 3>something that Kentucky law needs to revisit. And I don't know,

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<v Speaker 3>maybe maybe it'll take legislators having their life set in

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<v Speaker 3>on occasion, but maybe that's something that we can convince

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<v Speaker 3>them to revisit before it's a legislator's life that is threatened,

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<v Speaker 3>so that we can treat it as a violent offense.

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<v Speaker 2>As it should be, is it should have been treated

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<v Speaker 1>Now lastly, and we spoke off there about this about

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<v Speaker 1>really a political killing. Deny, defend and depose those rewards

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<v Speaker 1>put on the shellcasings on the nine millimeter semi auto

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<v Speaker 1>This is in Manhattan, Brian Thompson's CEO of United Healthcare. Deny,

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<v Speaker 1>defend and depose. There's not much shall we say, room

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<v Speaker 1>on a shellcasing you put that. Just as an investigator,

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<v Speaker 3>Well, certainly somebody's trying to send a message there, William right.

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<v Speaker 3>of the company, or if perhaps this was strictly a

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<v Speaker 3>business deal gone bad of some sort, somebody putting a

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<v Speaker 3>putting those words on a shellcasing in order to throw

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<v Speaker 3>customer of some sorts or something along those lines. But

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<v Speaker 3>on the CEO. It's unusual for a hit man to

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<v Speaker 3>leave evidence behind, and oftentimes somebody committing a heinous crime

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<v Speaker 3>like this would use a revolver because it doesn't eject

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<v Speaker 3>the shells like a semi automatic weapon would do. But

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<v Speaker 3>to convey a message of some sort to the rest

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<v Speaker 3>certainly it's too fresh and too new for us to

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<v Speaker 3>know exactly what that message means. But that's something I'm

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<v Speaker 3>sure investigators are working hard on to trying to try

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<v Speaker 1>We'll see what happens at Rob Sanders, I know you're

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<v Speaker 1>in Kentucky teaching other prosecutors how to prosecute you just

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<v Speaker 1>got elected. Tony Benner told me you had a tough race,

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<v Speaker 1>barely one in November.

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<v Speaker 4>You snuck in.

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<v Speaker 1>What can you tell me about how the citizens of

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<v Speaker 3>What happened, well, Willie, I was very fortunate I was

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<v Speaker 3>up for re elections. Just I'm in the process of

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<v Speaker 3>finishing up my third term, my eighteenth years.

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<v Speaker 2>He elected to come on with attorney here in Kenton County.

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<v Speaker 3>But I've just been fortunate enough, left enough by the

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<v Speaker 3>voters in Kenton County to be erected elected to my

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<v Speaker 3>fourth six year term. Was the lucky beneficiary of running

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<v Speaker 3>a post. But nevertheless name had to appear on the docket,

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<v Speaker 3>on the docket, on the ballot, and I'm proud to

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<v Speaker 3>say that I got more votes than any other person

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<v Speaker 3>running for any office, including President Donald Trump. He didn't

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<v Speaker 3>this was a great outcome from me. Very proud of

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<v Speaker 3>the work that I do, that my staff does. Fortunate

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<v Speaker 3>and blessed to be the kamalth attorney in Kenton County.

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<v Speaker 3>So now all fifty seven comalth attorneys We're on the

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<v Speaker 3>ballot in Kentucky just this past November and we had

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<v Speaker 3>eighteen newly elected comalth attorneys. So I'm in Lexington, Kentucky

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<v Speaker 3>today training some of my new fellow comonwalth attorneys, including

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<v Speaker 3>his office in Newport. He's down here with me, and

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<v Speaker 3>of course Lewis Kelly from Boone County. He's been around

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<v Speaker 3>for a term. He just got reelected his second term.

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<v Speaker 3>Lewis is down here teaching the newcomalalth attorneys alongside me.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's a nice little day trip for us.

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<v Speaker 3>To get out of the office and meet our newest

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<v Speaker 3>elected comalth attorneys, sell any prosecutors, and to come all

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<v Speaker 3>out of Kentucky. And we're giving them a few pointers

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<v Speaker 3>on how to run things, hopefully not screw anything up, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, learn from our mistakes along the way, that sort

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<v Speaker 3>But I'm blessed and fortunate that I'll be around, be

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<v Speaker 3>doing more interviews with you, Willie for the next couple years,

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<v Speaker 3>and I'm looking forward to well, how.

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<v Speaker 1>About you running for Attorney General US Senate. You're undefeated,

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<v Speaker 1>untied on scored on. Why don't you run for something else?

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<v Speaker 1>Or are you happy?

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<v Speaker 2>You know?

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<v Speaker 4>People say to me, why don't you do this?

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<v Speaker 3>Do that?

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<v Speaker 1>And I said, look, I have what I seek. I

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<v Speaker 1>want happiness, fulfillment. I like to do what I'm doing.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody pays me a few bucks to do it. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>motivated to do the job. Why do I want something

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<v Speaker 1>when I already have happiness and peace and joy. I

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<v Speaker 1>know Kamala Harris gave me a lot of joy in

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<v Speaker 1>this election. But nonetheless, have you thought about running for

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<v Speaker 1>something bigger and better? Or is this the best it

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<v Speaker 2>Well, Willie.

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<v Speaker 3>I love what I do and I could die to

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<v Speaker 3>have spent my entire career there, and I.

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<v Speaker 2>Will die happy. I love my job, I love the

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<v Speaker 3>I love serving the citizens Kent and County, working with

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<v Speaker 3>the awesome police departments that we have in Kent County

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm happy where I am.

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<v Speaker 3>But most importantly, I'm not about to turn my office

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<v Speaker 2>My place if I were to step down and move

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<v Speaker 3>So until we have a Republican governor, I won't even

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<v Speaker 3>saying that I'm thinking about any other jobs as it is,

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<v Speaker 3>but I promise you I'm at least here until we

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<v Speaker 2>Along those lines.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe then we end up with a new governor, one

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<v Speaker 3>that would appoint a replacement from within my own office.

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<v Speaker 3>I would have a number of different assistant prosecutors that

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<v Speaker 3>But I'm not going to turn it over to somebody

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<v Speaker 3>and God willing a lot longer after that. Lord knows,

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<v Speaker 3>if I was doing another job, I might not have

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<v Speaker 3>time to do your show, and I'd know that.

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<v Speaker 1>The thing is, I know you're an honorary Kentucky colonel.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a I'm a Kentucky colonel. I could see Colonel

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<v Speaker 1>Sanders for Kentucky. I see those signs, Colonel Sanders. Who

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<v Speaker 1>in the hell would vote against Colonel Sanders for Kentucky.

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<v Speaker 1>Just an idea, It's something to think about. Billboards all

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<v Speaker 1>over Colonel Sanders for Kentucky.

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<v Speaker 4>A chicken wing in every pot?

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<v Speaker 3>We got? What do you think I'm gonna have to

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<v Speaker 4>Colonel Sanders, chicken wing in every pot?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean it would, colonels in Kentucky.

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<v Speaker 4>You wouldn't but dominate.

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<v Speaker 1>You get all the votes against an opponent, you get

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<v Speaker 3>I'm gonna have to change my campaign signed to red

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<v Speaker 3>and white stripes though, so you know that branding.

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<v Speaker 2>But we'll work on that, Willie, We'll work on that.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a brilliant IDEA chicken wing in every pot? All right,

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<v Speaker 1>Colonel Sanders, you're the best thing. Can I call you?

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<v Speaker 1>Colonel you're an honorary colonel. Everybody in Kentucky's an honorary colonel. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>I got a.

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<v Speaker 3>In a Kentucky colonel, Willie.

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<v Speaker 2>It got that for me, that designation when I was

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<v Speaker 1>Kid, Colonel Sanders, for Kentucky. It believe me, you would

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<v Speaker 1>not lose, all right, Rob, Colonel, thank you very much

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<v Speaker 1>for coming on the Bill Cunningham Show. Gets your eye on,

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<v Speaker 1>get your head on a swivel, Look left, look right, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>We're working on that, Willie.

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<v Speaker 3>I appreciate the thought though, and the all the expressions

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<v Speaker 3>support that I've received from everybody all around Northern Kentucky

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<v Speaker 3>and Greater Cincinnati. It's really been nice to have folks

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<v Speaker 2>But certainly we're gonna be real careful going forward.

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<v Speaker 4>Please please, colonel, thanks for having me.

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<v Speaker 2>Will you have a great day.

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<v Speaker 4>Thank you, Colonel, thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's continue with more chicken wing in every pot on

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