WEBVTT 1 00:00:15.119 --> 00:00:18.640 It's seven oh six fifty five kr c DE talk 2 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:21.879 station in studio and it's great having him back in 3 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:23.719 the studio Corey Bowman and find him online at Corey 4 00:00:23.719 --> 00:00:25.320 Bowman dot com. Because you're a resident of the city 5 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:27.000 of Cincinnati, you do have a choice. You don't have 6 00:00:27.039 --> 00:00:30.039 to continue banging your head against the wall. The definition 7 00:00:30.280 --> 00:00:32.399 of stupidity is doing the same thing over and over 8 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:34.600 again expecting a different outcome. And that's in the case 9 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:36.640 with the city of Cincinnati for the last forty years, 10 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:40.399 exclusively Democrat run Corey Bowman, It's great to see. 11 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:42.159 You, great to be here. Thank you so much for 12 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:42.520 having me. 13 00:00:42.520 --> 00:00:44.399 Brian, happy to be happy to do it and happy 14 00:00:44.479 --> 00:00:47.840 to talk with you. And one of first off start off. 15 00:00:48.359 --> 00:00:51.039 If Corey has to end the segment, he's planning on 16 00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:53.399 spending the full hour in the studio. But a shout 17 00:00:53.399 --> 00:00:57.359 out to his beautiful wife Jordan. Today's the official due date. 18 00:00:57.920 --> 00:01:02.280 Yesterday was oh, yesterday today was yeah. So we are 19 00:01:02.759 --> 00:01:06.920 do with our fourth child, the third boy. So I 20 00:01:06.959 --> 00:01:10.000 still have my princess that I can, you know, spoil 21 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:12.680 and let the boys just run around. But yeah, she 22 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:16.040 was due yesterday. But yeah, we basically take it day 23 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:18.640 by day with that. So I'm watching my phone very closely. 24 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:20.799 I know you got your phone out, and it's not 25 00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:24.319 it's not out of disrespect for our conversations, but the 26 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:25.560 call may very well come in. 27 00:01:25.799 --> 00:01:25.959 You know. 28 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:29.840 It's funny because both of our children and we stopped 29 00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:32.640 it too, which I thought was enough. I grew up 30 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:34.480 in a family and my sister and I that was it, 31 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:36.879 and that was enough for my mom and dad. But 32 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:39.959 both of them were a month early. It was just 33 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:41.680 out of nowhere. My wife and are getting ready to 34 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:43.280 settle down, and I think we were going to play 35 00:01:43.319 --> 00:01:45.560 a game of Monopoly or something that when when our 36 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:48.000 son and you know, she's outside getting ready to come 37 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:49.680 back inside, and that's when the water broke. Is like, 38 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:53.400 holy cow. We didn't even have We had nothing by 39 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:55.680 way of supplies in the house. There were no diapers 40 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:59.280 or you know, blankets or everything else that you need 41 00:01:59.840 --> 00:02:01.760 to care for a baby. So we had to run around, 42 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:04.599 scramble and get all that stuff. But before we brought 43 00:02:04.680 --> 00:02:06.799 him home, but out of nowhere, and then the same 44 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:07.879 thing happened with my daughter. 45 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:12.199 All my kids were two weeks late from what we've 46 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:14.840 done in the previous so We basically are just on 47 00:02:14.919 --> 00:02:17.759 call right now until whenever the baby shows up. We're 48 00:02:17.800 --> 00:02:18.560 ready for anything. 49 00:02:18.800 --> 00:02:20.960 Well, you know, I always think about that when and 50 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:23.159 I don't want to go down a conversation about abortion. 51 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:25.479 When it comes to late term abortion, I'm thinking to myself, 52 00:02:25.840 --> 00:02:28.360 both of my kids were fully baked at eight months. 53 00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:30.159 They were ready to hit the ground running. They were 54 00:02:30.159 --> 00:02:32.879 done over with, they wanted out, and they were healthy 55 00:02:32.879 --> 00:02:36.840 as they could be. So you know that's reality right there. 56 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:39.159 Yeah, yeah, I know you have timing on you know 57 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:43.360 what the average is. But every woman, I tell my wife, 58 00:02:43.400 --> 00:02:45.800 every oven is different, you know. So yeah, some cook 59 00:02:45.840 --> 00:02:47.639 them a little bit hotter, some cook them a little 60 00:02:47.639 --> 00:02:50.879 bit lower, And so you gotta let each woman basically 61 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:53.599 do it the way that they need to exactly. 62 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:55.319 And you know, I imagine for a baby, it's a 63 00:02:55.319 --> 00:02:57.719 pretty comfortable environment. Everything's taken care of. 64 00:02:58.000 --> 00:02:59.800 Yeah, I wouldn't want to come out. 65 00:03:01.039 --> 00:03:06.360 Mind poor opposite. Anyhow, Coreybowman dot com and remind folks 66 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:08.280 he could use the help in terms of a donation. 67 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:09.800 If you want to donate some you want to learn 68 00:03:09.800 --> 00:03:13.039 about his campaign philosophy and what his principles are, Maybe 69 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:14.879 get a yard sign and put it in your yard. 70 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:16.520 Anything you can do to help Cory out. I think 71 00:03:16.520 --> 00:03:19.800 it'll be a wonderful thing because we I think we 72 00:03:19.879 --> 00:03:20.800 need a change. 73 00:03:21.479 --> 00:03:25.080 Yeah, yeah, well we're under one and forty eight. We're 74 00:03:25.120 --> 00:03:27.479 actually one hundred and thirty eight days away from the 75 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:31.479 November election, and so time flying. Yeah, and so time 76 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:33.520 is flying, but we do have some time to let 77 00:03:33.599 --> 00:03:35.800 people know at least that there is an election. You know, 78 00:03:35.919 --> 00:03:39.240 I was asked by a local newspaper recently, you know, 79 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:41.280 how do we feel about the primary? I said, my 80 00:03:41.319 --> 00:03:44.400 biggest takeaway from the primary is that we only had 81 00:03:44.439 --> 00:03:47.199 about eight percent voter turnout, and so we've got to 82 00:03:47.240 --> 00:03:50.000 get people involved. I think that you know, that has 83 00:03:50.039 --> 00:03:52.800 to speak louder than anything else, is that people want 84 00:03:52.840 --> 00:03:56.240 to be involved in these elections. Myself included. This is 85 00:03:56.280 --> 00:03:59.439 something from a city perspective, somebody that's lived in the city. 86 00:03:59.520 --> 00:04:01.719 We have to realize that all of us half the 87 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:02.680 parts to play in this. 88 00:04:03.400 --> 00:04:05.840 Yes, we do, and you know, you and I have 89 00:04:05.879 --> 00:04:08.360 talked about the situation in Hyde Park. Of course, this 90 00:04:08.439 --> 00:04:11.680 is the ballot initiative to give the citizens an opportunity 91 00:04:11.719 --> 00:04:13.759 to vote on their own and chart their own destiny. 92 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:16.519 Rather than having the destiny of their neighborhood being shoved 93 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:19.000 down their throats by a city council and the current mayor. 94 00:04:21.240 --> 00:04:24.639 I was really hoping and praying that that would net 95 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:29.040 you some support. Corey Bowman. Didn't force this development on 96 00:04:29.560 --> 00:04:32.560 Hide Park, and Corey Bowman, as I understand, it wouldn't 97 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:35.879 have forced this development down the residence of Hyde Park's throats. 98 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:37.959 You would allow the residents of Hyde Park to choose 99 00:04:37.959 --> 00:04:40.319 their own destiny, much in the way a bond Hill 100 00:04:40.399 --> 00:04:43.680 probably feels. And all the other neighborhoods who rose up 101 00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:47.279 and in defiance of city council voted to get this 102 00:04:47.399 --> 00:04:49.519 on the ballot so they could control their own destiny. 103 00:04:49.560 --> 00:04:51.560 I mean it's a cautionary tale for these current city 104 00:04:51.600 --> 00:04:54.959 council members and the mayor. And I think it's the 105 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:58.639 illustration of the failure of representative government. 106 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:01.680 Well yeah, what you said, representative government. And you know 107 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:04.079 I was in the City Hall whenever they had the 108 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:07.680 meetings and had the initial vote for the rezoning of 109 00:05:07.720 --> 00:05:11.800 this project. And when you have hundreds of people, one 110 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:16.199 after another, stopping on this microphone to voice their overwhelming 111 00:05:16.199 --> 00:05:19.319 opposition toward this project. These are members of the community. 112 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:21.480 These aren't just people that have been flown in. These 113 00:05:21.480 --> 00:05:25.399 are people that are very very much involved in the community. 114 00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:27.600 And then on top of that, you have a petition 115 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:31.199 of over four thousand signatures of city residents that are 116 00:05:31.240 --> 00:05:34.319 saying we are opposing this, and then you look and 117 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:37.680 you vote seven to two in opposition of that community. 118 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:40.040 That's something that I'm trying to tell people is that 119 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:43.319 I know that we're very polarized in our politics in 120 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:46.839 this nation, but this campaign that we're running is for 121 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:49.839 the city of Cincinnati. We're running on city issues because 122 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:52.720 that's what's important to people. And one thing that I 123 00:05:52.800 --> 00:05:57.000 learned through this whole process of researching this development in 124 00:05:57.079 --> 00:05:59.959 Hyde Park is that the voices of the community council, 125 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:04.120 not the city council. Right, community councils are not being 126 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:08.120 heard properly and even considered. From that I gather and 127 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:11.399 if anything, I've been in these meanings of the community councils. 128 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:14.360 These are the members that care the most about their communities. 129 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:17.199 They're the ones that actually should be talked to when 130 00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:19.519 it comes to where should we put speed humps, if 131 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:22.199 any where should we put these, Where should we improve 132 00:06:22.240 --> 00:06:25.360 the streets, Where should we do these these community councils 133 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:30.240 have an invaluable opinion that is based in their local 134 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:33.040 involvement in their neighborhoods, and I think that that's something 135 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:35.759 that we need to start taking more action toward. 136 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:36.240 Amen. 137 00:06:36.720 --> 00:06:39.279 They live there, they know what goes on day to day. 138 00:06:39.319 --> 00:06:42.680 You know, local government is really important, it's most effective. 139 00:06:42.680 --> 00:06:44.000 This is, you know, one of the reasons why I 140 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:47.639 reject decisions being made in Washington, d C. Which impact 141 00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:50.920 my day to day life. No, they're so far removed 142 00:06:50.920 --> 00:06:54.879 from the realities of each individual person. Nonetheless, that each 143 00:06:54.920 --> 00:06:57.519 individual community the city, since they made up of multiple 144 00:06:57.560 --> 00:07:01.240 different communities, each with their own struggles and challenges and needs, 145 00:07:01.839 --> 00:07:06.000 and often inconsistent in their challenges and needs. High Park 146 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:07.480 is nothing like bond Hill. 147 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:10.720 No, no, And but the thing is is that they've 148 00:07:10.759 --> 00:07:14.040 already had these policies shoved down the throats of people 149 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:17.199 and other neighborhoods. Just so happens that Hyde Park has 150 00:07:17.240 --> 00:07:19.560 the resources and the grit to be able to fight back. 151 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:20.879 Point. 152 00:07:20.959 --> 00:07:21.199 Yeah. 153 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:24.800 So this vote that makes the ballot in November, if 154 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:28.040 it still carries on through that, I would encourage everybody 155 00:07:28.079 --> 00:07:30.759 to know that this isn't just a vote for Hyde Park. 156 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:33.759 This is a vote for all of the neighborhoods of Cincinnati, 157 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:37.720 because there's many neighborhoods that haven't had the fees for 158 00:07:37.800 --> 00:07:40.319 the lawyers, or haven't had the ability to fight where 159 00:07:40.360 --> 00:07:43.959 the organizational structure in their community councils, but they're still 160 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:46.959 being taken advantage of. And it's all about this high 161 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:51.000 density housing. It's always about this. You're only zoning what 162 00:07:51.040 --> 00:07:53.279 we want you to zone for. It's not about the 163 00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:56.199 community developers, it's not about the community councils. It's not 164 00:07:56.240 --> 00:07:58.519 about the people and the residents of these neighborhoods. It's 165 00:07:58.519 --> 00:08:01.240 about this is our over we're all vision that we 166 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:04.040 have as your elected officials, and you just need to 167 00:08:04.079 --> 00:08:05.000 fall in line with it. 168 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:08.040 Yeah, it's just like Agenda twenty one stuff. The Connected 169 00:08:08.040 --> 00:08:10.639 Communities is an illustration to that, and you know that 170 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:14.399 you got to start with that. That was an insult 171 00:08:14.839 --> 00:08:19.600 to all of the entire city of Cincinnati. This is 172 00:08:19.879 --> 00:08:22.959 what we are laying upon you, connected communities. This is 173 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:24.319 what you're gonna have to do if you want to 174 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:25.680 build something that's got to be in aligned with this 175 00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:28.759 Connected Communities program. Period and a story and then until 176 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:30.879 a well connected developer puts its hand up and says, 177 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:33.080 I need a waiver so I can put in a 178 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:36.840 giant apartment building and a giant hotel in High Park, 179 00:08:36.879 --> 00:08:40.399 and they ignore their their their their their connection with 180 00:08:40.519 --> 00:08:44.840 this environmentally correct walking community concept of connecting community is like, oh, okay, 181 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:47.919 well connected developer. I wonder if there was any money 182 00:08:47.919 --> 00:08:48.840 involved in that, Corey. 183 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:49.120 You know? 184 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:54.080 Well, well, so, I'm reminded of this book that we 185 00:08:54.120 --> 00:08:55.799 read when we were a little called give a mouse 186 00:08:55.840 --> 00:08:57.679 a cookie and they and they're going to want a 187 00:08:57.720 --> 00:09:00.320 glass of milk. It's this story. A lot of people 188 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:02.159 actually don't know about this book. I don't know. 189 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:04.480 I just read it so many times. 190 00:09:04.559 --> 00:09:06.960 So kind of like that and Where the Wild Things Are? 191 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:09.440 These are two books that, like, we just read NonStop. 192 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:11.320 My mom used to read Where the Wild Things Are 193 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:12.639 to me, that's the whole book. 194 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:15.399 Yeah, I love those. But the thing is is that 195 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:18.240 the premise of this story is that this mouse asked 196 00:09:18.279 --> 00:09:20.879 for a cookie, and then once this kid gives the 197 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:22.559 mouse a cookie, who he says, can I have a 198 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:23.240 glass of milk? 199 00:09:23.480 --> 00:09:23.600 Well? 200 00:09:23.639 --> 00:09:25.320 Can I have a straw? Can I have a napkin? 201 00:09:25.320 --> 00:09:27.480 Can I have this it's like every single time you 202 00:09:27.519 --> 00:09:29.080 give it, you think this is going to be the 203 00:09:29.120 --> 00:09:32.120 final thing that you have to give this mouse, and 204 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:35.279 also you just ask for something more. And that's really 205 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:39.000 what it's like with these elected officials and connected developers, 206 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:41.519 if you want to call them, is that these people 207 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:44.879 are always just asking for more, and they're always pushing 208 00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:47.960 the boundary. And I think that the time needs to 209 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:50.159 come to where they need to start listening more to 210 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:52.080 the individuals in their neighborhoods. 211 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:55.000 Hey Man, well can continue with Corey Bowman in studio 212 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:57.759 unless he gets a phone call from his wife. It's 213 00:09:58.120 --> 00:10:01.919 seven fifteen. I have carecy Detok station. 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Corey 261 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:30.919 Bowman in studio Coreyboma dot com. Check him out. He 262 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:33.120 is running for the mayor of the city Cincinnati and 263 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:36.000 his wife is listening and she corrected him, No, today 264 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:39.759 is actually the due date, not yesterday. So Corey lost 265 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:41.039 track of what day of the week it is, and 266 00:12:41.080 --> 00:12:44.879 we're hoping for the best for Jordan. And props to you, Jordan. 267 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:47.000 This is number four. She knows what to do. She's 268 00:12:47.039 --> 00:12:51.159 been down this road before. Anyway, Moving over to mayoral topics, 269 00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:54.679 let's talk about crime. I was looking at the proposed 270 00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:56.720 budget and a bunch of line items that I don't understand, 271 00:12:56.720 --> 00:12:59.120 and a bunch of non governmental organizations which have their 272 00:12:59.120 --> 00:13:02.240 hand in the trough. Not sure what they're out there 273 00:13:02.279 --> 00:13:04.320 doing in the world, on the heels of my rant 274 00:13:04.360 --> 00:13:08.919 about my taxpayer dollars being used to fund political activism, 275 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:11.919 which I find absolutely offensive and not part of what 276 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:15.360 government should be. Sorry, had to go down that road again, 277 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:17.360 but there seems to be a lot of that going on. 278 00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:19.679 But in so far as the police is concerned in crime, 279 00:13:19.720 --> 00:13:21.360 and I know this is an important topic to you. 280 00:13:21.360 --> 00:13:23.279 You live in the West End, you know about crime, 281 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:26.960 and you have talked to a bunch of police officers 282 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:27.320 of late. 283 00:13:27.879 --> 00:13:31.679 Yeah, and so you know, whenever we announced this race, 284 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:36.200 I asked everybody what their biggest issues were. And as 285 00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:39.879 we started developing our policies, developing you know what we 286 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:42.519 want to stand on, which I mean we stand on things, 287 00:13:42.559 --> 00:13:44.960 as you know, as part of our character as par 288 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:47.679 as what we believe, but you have to have practical 289 00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:50.039 application of it. You have to be able to give 290 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:52.279 people a plan of This is what we will do 291 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:54.519 from day one of being mayor. And one of the 292 00:13:54.559 --> 00:13:56.639 biggest things that we're seeing right now in our city 293 00:13:56.799 --> 00:13:59.120 is that there is an uptick in crime. There's an 294 00:13:59.200 --> 00:14:01.080 uptick in a lot of things that are going on 295 00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:04.200 in our community. If you live downtown, you know that 296 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:08.399 the the statement crime is down couldn't be farther from 297 00:14:08.440 --> 00:14:11.240 the truth. And there are certain key issues that are 298 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:13.799 happening in our city right now that we have to address, 299 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:16.399 and one of one of it has to be with 300 00:14:16.919 --> 00:14:22.279 the understaffed police department that's happening right now and the 301 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:25.519 lack of morale and the lack of proper recruitment that's 302 00:14:25.559 --> 00:14:28.320 been happening over the past few years. And a lot 303 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:31.559 of this is catching up to us. Like like I said, 304 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:33.320 I've talked with a lot of police officers. Many of 305 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:35.720 them will come into our coffee shop and I don't 306 00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:38.919 push my agenda on I say, hey, what's going on 307 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:43.200 in your department, what's going on from the police department standpoint, 308 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:46.039 and we're the biggest the biggest things that we can fix. 309 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:48.320 And I've repeated this over and over. I think the 310 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:50.759 biggest thing that we have to focus on is the 311 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:54.600 relationship between the community and the police officers. There's been 312 00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:58.840 a huge divide between the local law enforcement, the officers 313 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:01.240 that are there to protect and ser our community, which 314 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:03.279 I've talked to them. They have a heart for our city, 315 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:05.639 they have a heart for the community. They want to 316 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:07.879 be in harm's way to be able to protect the 317 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:10.320 people that they love. But then at the same time, 318 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:13.279 the city and the communities that they serve, there's this 319 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:16.120 disconnect because a lot of these policies that are in place, 320 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:19.000 when we see the three to one one, when we 321 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:22.559 see the ARC programs, when we see from the top down, 322 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:25.720 the culture that's being set that the police officers are 323 00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:29.519 only there for worst case scenario. It creates this disparity 324 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:31.720 and a lot of the morale of the police officers 325 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:32.399 has been lost. 326 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:35.559 Well, that's the development from the defund the police movement. 327 00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:38.679 This is a fringe element that has the loudest, squeakiest 328 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:42.120 wheel and is among you know, that fringe element that's 329 00:15:42.159 --> 00:15:44.720 taken over the Democratic Party. You know, I've talked to 330 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:46.519 many people and I can't remember who I just talked 331 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:48.759 with the other day, Position of Authority, and oh it 332 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:51.000 was FOP president. 333 00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:53.559 He was on the programs at Canday Yeah can. 334 00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:57.399 Cover, And I asked him, you know, if you're a 335 00:15:57.399 --> 00:16:00.080 be patrol officer and you're out there, how are you 336 00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:02.720 generally received by the communities that you serve and they 337 00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:06.600 say they want us there. I mean, they want police presence, 338 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:09.879 they want safety. They are not against the police. It's 339 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:12.720 that really just irks me to go in that the 340 00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:16.440 voice that's elevated is the small minority of the people 341 00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:19.519 who think police are inherently evil and bad and that 342 00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:21.919 there should be a different way of doing things. 343 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:24.799 No. Absolutely, And what we're seeing in the city right 344 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:27.279 now at the moment that the temperatures start rising, the 345 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:29.799 moment that the summer months start happening, well, then the 346 00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:33.120 crime starts going up. These shootings go up. I'm sure 347 00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:35.080 many of the listeners are aware. But there was a 348 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:38.000 stabbing that took place a couple of weeks ago with 349 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:38.759 Patrick Harric. 350 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:39.559 Yeah. 351 00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:41.799 And the thing is that this brought light to a 352 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:45.360 lot of different issues that people in OTR are going through. 353 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:48.399 But here's something that happened too. Not only do we 354 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:51.120 need to recognize what happened with Patrick Harringer, but there's 355 00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:54.879 a man named Charles Smith who was in the North 356 00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:58.799 Side area, South Cummingsville area that what happened was on 357 00:16:58.879 --> 00:17:03.360 Friday night. Basically for the sake of optics, really, a 358 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:07.119 lot of these officers were taken from their districts and 359 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:10.440 put into OTR to make sure they look like they 360 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:13.079 were covering the area. Well, some of the districts that 361 00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:16.079 were suffering because of this on that night was South 362 00:17:16.119 --> 00:17:19.160 Cummingsville and North Side. Well, then there's a man he's 363 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:22.799 a Veteran's he's a Navy veteran and he worked at 364 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:25.920 the Via Medical Center for over twenty five years. Charles 365 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:28.720 Smith is his name, and he was murdered that night 366 00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:32.960 as well, just because of lack of the proper policing 367 00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:35.039 or the proper patrols that were put in the area. 368 00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:38.039 And that was just an administrative error on the chief's part. 369 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:41.119 To be able to say from optics over outcomes is 370 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:42.839 what we've been saying, Well. 371 00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:45.240 There should be police in every neighborhood all the time. 372 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:48.640 And I know that having a police presence doesn't prevent 373 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:53.319 crime from happening necessarily, but the optics of having regular 374 00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:57.160 patrols and police departments around does have a calming effect 375 00:17:57.279 --> 00:17:59.799 and does serve as a warning shot over the balist 376 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:02.039 one you might commit a crime like well, there's a 377 00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:04.039 cop right there, or I'm going to get arrested because 378 00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:05.720 the cop is going to be here within minutes and 379 00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:07.440 I'm not going to have a chance to get away. No, 380 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:10.599 that's not really the case. When seconds counts, the police 381 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:13.400 will be there in maybe an hour six seven twenty six. 382 00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:15.480 Will continue with Corey Bowman. Got to take quick break 383 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:17.880 care mention my good friends at USA Installation. What a 384 00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:21.240 great product. I've been talking return on investment in you know, 385 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:23.599 drawing a parallel to the market over time. Yeah, you're 386 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:25.440 probably going to get a great return on investment if 387 00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:27.599 you keep your money invested in the market. But you're 388 00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:31.000 guaranteed to get a return on investment with USA's premium phone. 389 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:34.400 First off, in terms of comfort, improve comfort from day one. 390 00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:38.160 But the key is the energy bills. 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