WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:01.879 It is a toh four here Kentucky in this morning 2 00:00:01.919 --> 00:00:05.440 news on news radio eight forty whas Nick, coffee with you, 3 00:00:05.519 --> 00:00:08.919 and we are now joined by Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg. 4 00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:11.160 Good to see you, may great, how we doing. Great 5 00:00:11.199 --> 00:00:13.880 to see you, Nick, Congratulations on this new role. I'm 6 00:00:13.919 --> 00:00:17.359 so excited that you are in this position and it's 7 00:00:17.399 --> 00:00:18.280 going to be a great run. 8 00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:20.079 If I didn't know you a little and first of all, 9 00:00:20.079 --> 00:00:21.320 thank you. If I didn't know you at least a 10 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:23.480 little bit before this, I will admit I would be 11 00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:25.920 very nervous. I'm about to have a conversation on news 12 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:28.440 radio eight forty WHS with the mayor of Louisville. 13 00:00:28.800 --> 00:00:30.079 Is this real? Don't wake me up? 14 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:33.079 So glad to have you here and really looking forward 15 00:00:33.119 --> 00:00:34.880 to hopefully having you on every now and then to 16 00:00:34.960 --> 00:00:36.960 talk about some big things. And I think abolutely the 17 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:40.560 biggest conversation this week, at least consistently throughout the week 18 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:43.320 for me, has been the last couple of weekends in 19 00:00:43.359 --> 00:00:46.840 the Highlands. What has taken place overnight early morning. Obviously, 20 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:49.200 you guys are going to hold people accountable who do 21 00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:51.960 things they're not supposed to that have contributed to this issue. 22 00:00:52.280 --> 00:00:54.960 But as far as things that are in place now 23 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:57.880 moving forward to prevent this for happening at third straight week, 24 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:00.600 third straight weekend, what's the plan here. 25 00:01:01.039 --> 00:01:03.640 There's a lot. And first let me say that we 26 00:01:03.679 --> 00:01:06.879 are not afraid to take action. Already, we have closed 27 00:01:06.879 --> 00:01:09.359 down three bars in the Highlands over the past year 28 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:13.000 long Barstown Road bars that were not playing by the rules. 29 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:15.959 So unlike what's happened in the past, we are taking 30 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:18.000 action and we are not afraid to take action when 31 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:20.719 we need to, and we'll keep doing that. Earlier this week, 32 00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:23.519 we revoked a license of a hookah lounge that didn't well. 33 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:25.079 They didn't have a license, so we shut them down 34 00:01:25.159 --> 00:01:29.280 until they got their license. Met yesterday with several business 35 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:33.599 owners and residents along the Barstown Road corridor yesterday, the chief, myself, 36 00:01:34.120 --> 00:01:38.000 the director of the Alcohol Beverage Control for our city, 37 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:40.719 Deputy mayor, my chief of staff, all talking about what 38 00:01:40.799 --> 00:01:43.400 our plans are for the weekend, for the summer, and 39 00:01:43.400 --> 00:01:45.480 then what are the long term solutions as well. We 40 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:50.159 will have a significant LMPD presence all weekend long, this weekend, 41 00:01:50.239 --> 00:01:53.280 next weekend, throughout the summer. We will prevent this from 42 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:56.920 happening as we move forward, but we also have need 43 00:01:56.959 --> 00:01:59.799 longer term solutions. We don't want Barstown Road to be 44 00:02:00.239 --> 00:02:03.319 a street that just has late night nightclubs. That's not 45 00:02:03.359 --> 00:02:06.319 what it's about. It's about the balance between, yes, having 46 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:09.800 great bars, having great restaurants, having great retail, and having 47 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:13.800 great residents that can all coexist peacefully. That's our goal, 48 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:15.800 and so we talked about a lot of long term solutions. 49 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:18.240 Whether we need to use the zoning code locally and 50 00:02:18.280 --> 00:02:20.439 at the state level. What are things we can do 51 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:24.159 beyond just the force of LMPD and alcohol beverage control 52 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:26.439 to crack down. We want to prevent it from happening 53 00:02:26.479 --> 00:02:28.080 in the first place and make it a great place 54 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:29.199 to live and enjoy yourself. 55 00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:32.639 What is the most consistent thing you're hearing from residents 56 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:35.919 in the area that clearly want this addressed, and it's 57 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:38.199 probably not been in the last couple of weeknds, certainly 58 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:40.680 what they what they thought when they purchased a home there, 59 00:02:40.719 --> 00:02:42.319 or what it's been for the majority of their time there, 60 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:43.680 what's been I guess. 61 00:02:43.159 --> 00:02:46.759 The consistence themes that we hear are people love where 62 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:50.159 they live. They made a choice to live near Bargstown Road, 63 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:53.159 near a thriving commercial corridor where they could walk to 64 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:56.240 restaurants and stores and bars. That's why they live there. 65 00:02:56.599 --> 00:02:58.840 But they've had enough. This has gone too far. Whether 66 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:02.479 it's the noise violation, whether it's these extreme crowds, or 67 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:06.439 violence that's taking place outside of these bars. They've had 68 00:03:06.520 --> 00:03:10.319 enough with the violence. They want the action. They don't 69 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:12.479 want violence, and we're going to prevent that. 70 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:15.439 In your conversation yesterday that you had with residents and 71 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:16.879 business owners, does. 72 00:03:16.759 --> 00:03:19.199 It feel as if they're they're aware. 73 00:03:18.919 --> 00:03:21.120 That you guys have not only made it clear that 74 00:03:21.159 --> 00:03:24.000 you understand this, people will be held accountable. As we discussed, 75 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:25.599 it's not going to happen, but we're going to prevent it. 76 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:27.039 Does it seem as if as we head into this 77 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:30.159 weekend that there's been an appreciation to how much attention 78 00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:31.080 you guys have put on this. 79 00:03:31.479 --> 00:03:33.000 I think there's some of that. I mean, certainly, they're 80 00:03:33.080 --> 00:03:34.879 very frustrated and they want to see action, and I 81 00:03:34.919 --> 00:03:37.400 get that. I get that on this issue or any issue. 82 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:40.439 And you know, I've been working with South Louisville residents 83 00:03:40.439 --> 00:03:43.240 this week too on some concerns they have about issues 84 00:03:43.280 --> 00:03:45.439 that are facing their part of the city. Every part 85 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:49.520 of the city deserves to enjoy whatever they are doing safely. 86 00:03:49.800 --> 00:03:53.439 Public safety is the foundation for everything else. Whether it's 87 00:03:53.439 --> 00:03:56.039 going to the UFL basketball game this afternoon, going to 88 00:03:56.039 --> 00:03:58.400 Barstown Road tonight for a drink, or going to the 89 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:01.639 South End and enjoying yourself at the new Tom Wallace 90 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:05.080 Recreational Area at Jefferson Memorial Park. Everyone deserves the right 91 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:07.000 to do all of that safely. And that's our goal. 92 00:04:07.199 --> 00:04:09.039 That's what I'm working with Chief Humphrey on and that's 93 00:04:09.039 --> 00:04:09.879 what will continue to do. 94 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:12.319 Louivill may Or Kreugerenberg joins us here on News Radio 95 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:16.720 eight forty whas you recently appointed Bill Bell as the 96 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:20.959 inaugural director of the first Louisville Department of Transportation. Talk 97 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:22.720 a little bit about that as well as sort of 98 00:04:22.759 --> 00:04:26.199 I guess what stood out about Bill. 99 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:26.720 Well speaking of public safety. 100 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:28.800 I mean, when we travel a lot, we need to 101 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:30.839 make sure that people are getting to where they go safely. 102 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:33.279 Whether you're in a car or whether you're walking, whether 103 00:04:33.279 --> 00:04:34.800 you're on a bike. We want to make sure that 104 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:37.920 our roads are safe. And so the Department of Transportation 105 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:40.120 really has a couple folds. First is to ensure that 106 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:43.079 all the infrastructure we're building around the city is safe 107 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:45.160 and improves the neighborhoods. Look at what we're doing in 108 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:47.879 New lou right now, where we're really shrinking the street. 109 00:04:47.920 --> 00:04:49.639 We're going to make it safer for cars. We're going 110 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:51.600 to make it better for pedestrians and the businesses that 111 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:53.600 are there. It's going to be a better neighborhood as 112 00:04:53.639 --> 00:04:56.759 a result. So make sure we get our infrastructure done 113 00:04:56.959 --> 00:05:00.000 on time and on budget, and that we actually implement 114 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:02.279 this stuff. And then it's also got to be done safely. 115 00:05:02.279 --> 00:05:05.720 And so Bill comes from the Kentucky Highway Transportation Cabinet. 116 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:08.560 I were really excited about his experience. He's going to 117 00:05:08.600 --> 00:05:11.920 help us get these projects done and ensure safety for everybody. 118 00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:14.360 Now I know this, and I'm sure a lot of 119 00:05:14.360 --> 00:05:16.920 people know this. That Craig is a big Louisville Cardinal fan. 120 00:05:17.000 --> 00:05:17.439 That's right. 121 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:20.600 And how about this run Dan McDonald the baseball team, 122 00:05:21.160 --> 00:05:23.199 they have had a lot. I mean, Dan's done a 123 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:25.240 great job since he's been here. We got really spoiled 124 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:28.519 for a while because it was Super Regionals. Seemingly every 125 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:31.399 year we're hosting them, and then many trips to Omaha, 126 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:33.279 and this year was a good bounce back season, but 127 00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:35.839 the momentum had really faded towards the end of the season. 128 00:05:36.240 --> 00:05:38.360 And now here they are. They are two wins away 129 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:41.959 from omahall hosting once again a super regional. I think, 130 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:45.319 from my perspective, whenever you've had something so consistent and 131 00:05:45.319 --> 00:05:46.600 then it's gone for a while. This is the first 132 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:48.959 time they've hosted or super regional I believe since twenty nineteen. 133 00:05:50.040 --> 00:05:52.240 The excitement's back and you learn to appreciate it a 134 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:54.079 little bit more. Kind of like when Pat Kelsey brought 135 00:05:54.079 --> 00:05:56.879 Louisville basketball tack to life. Things that used to just 136 00:05:56.920 --> 00:05:59.399 be the norm, the expectation. Man, they felt a lot 137 00:05:59.399 --> 00:06:01.680 better because gone a while without it. I can sense 138 00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:04.680 the baseball fans, I mean all the texting, Hey, anybody 139 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:07.680 got tickets? Are you going? Are we pregaming somewhere? There's 140 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:09.879 excitement once again and again it's a big event to 141 00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:10.959 host here in the city Louisville. 142 00:06:11.040 --> 00:06:13.759 Oh, it's so wonderful. Rachel and I are so excited 143 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:16.079 to go out and cheer on the cards at Jim 144 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:19.439 Patterson Stadium this afternoon. It's going to be wonderful. I mean, 145 00:06:19.480 --> 00:06:21.800 I know that the city is buzzing again. We love 146 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:24.160 sports here, we love I know there are a lot 147 00:06:24.199 --> 00:06:28.360 of UK fans as well. That's wonderful. We love our 148 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:30.519 sports and so be able to bring our city together 149 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:33.959 around events like this, to see this program shining. Coach 150 00:06:34.040 --> 00:06:36.920 McDonald is such a wonderful human being. He's of course 151 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:40.040 a great coach, he's also a great person. He's done 152 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:42.839 so much for his teams, for our cities, for every 153 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:45.519 player that's been through the program, and I'm excited that 154 00:06:45.560 --> 00:06:47.199 the city is going to and hopefully this leads to 155 00:06:47.240 --> 00:06:50.600 even more support for the baseball team. It's a challenging 156 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:53.759 sport right now to be in the ACC here, competing 157 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:56.560 with some of the bigger programs in the SEC that 158 00:06:56.680 --> 00:06:59.480 have a lot more funding for their baseball programs. I'm 159 00:06:59.480 --> 00:07:01.800 hopeful that this continues to build the support for u 160 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:02.519 of L baseball. 161 00:07:02.720 --> 00:07:07.720 Whenever there are NCAA postseason events where the winner gets 162 00:07:07.720 --> 00:07:09.639 a chance to host, what kind of an impact. I 163 00:07:09.639 --> 00:07:12.040 guess it depends on the sport, but obviously the good 164 00:07:12.079 --> 00:07:13.959 thing whenever you can have and there's going to be 165 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:16.519 ESPN coverage and they're going to be showing that beautiful ballpark, 166 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:17.240 showing this city. 167 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:19.439 That's great for the city. Oh, it's great visibility for 168 00:07:19.480 --> 00:07:21.000 the city. It's just like, I mean, how about our 169 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:22.879 women's volleyball team at u of L too. They had 170 00:07:22.879 --> 00:07:25.319 a great run this year having the final four, the 171 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:26.480 women's volleyball final four. 172 00:07:26.519 --> 00:07:27.680 That was huge for the city. 173 00:07:27.920 --> 00:07:30.160 Of course, it's dollars people coming here to eat and 174 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:32.279 to spend the night and to buy things. But it's 175 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:35.519 also great exposure to keep Louisville on the map as 176 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:39.199 this amazing college sports city that we are. It's going 177 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:41.399 to build it for professional sports and for so many 178 00:07:41.480 --> 00:07:45.560 other economic development things that we're doing. It's really really helpful. 179 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:47.920 When I hear that the city of Louisville has better 180 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:50.360 vibes and things are just booming in a much better 181 00:07:50.399 --> 00:07:53.279 way when the Cards are having success. That's a no brainer. 182 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:54.839 Because I've lived here my whole life. I'm a big 183 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:58.160 Louisville fan myself, but recently it's really stood out again 184 00:07:58.160 --> 00:08:00.920 with the basketball coming back to life. You mentioned volleyball 185 00:08:00.959 --> 00:08:03.759 that's become now a new sport that the die hard 186 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:06.079 fans just always you know, they get into more so, 187 00:08:06.079 --> 00:08:07.600 so yeah, I know, things are better for them. 188 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:11.240 We're looking at we had that there's a new volleyball 189 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:13.759 professional buyball league that has strumed for women as well, 190 00:08:14.160 --> 00:08:15.959 and we're looking can we get one of a professional 191 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:17.920 volleyball teams here in Louisville. It'd be a great fit. 192 00:08:18.360 --> 00:08:21.639 That's only possible because of the success of our collegiate teams, 193 00:08:21.759 --> 00:08:23.560 because of the great high school programs that we have, 194 00:08:23.639 --> 00:08:26.959 the club programs we have in that sport, baseball can 195 00:08:27.000 --> 00:08:27.560 be the same thing. 196 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:30.120 It's a it's a big part of our culture. Sports. 197 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:33.480 It's something that I'll always be passionate about, but now 198 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:35.399 I get to talk about some other things, which you know, 199 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:36.159 a lot of fun. 200 00:08:36.039 --> 00:08:38.480 I love about sports is you know, there's so many 201 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:40.639 parts of our lives these days in the world that 202 00:08:40.759 --> 00:08:44.080 are working to divide us. Sports bring us together. Yes, 203 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:46.799 there are rivalries, but that's also bringing us together to 204 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:49.399 have great fun with these rivalries, and so that's one 205 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:51.039 of the great things about sports. It's going to be 206 00:08:51.080 --> 00:08:53.440 great to watch the Cards win today at three. 207 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:56.440 That's right, you hear that on taking on Miami, two 208 00:08:56.480 --> 00:08:58.759 wins away from another trip to Omaha. Lastly, Craig, go 209 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:00.720 want to ask you you're gonna You're gonna be making 210 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:05.080 an appearance tomorrow at the Miracle League Baseball the Miracle 211 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:06.799 League Baseball league, which is out in Fern Creek, and 212 00:09:06.799 --> 00:09:08.559 I've talked about it quite a bit. My daughter Maya, 213 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:10.879 she's a part of this league and she's a specially 214 00:09:10.919 --> 00:09:14.480 each child. She has an intellectual disability. She's also also autistic. 215 00:09:14.480 --> 00:09:16.720 And we've been in this league for three years. You're 216 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:18.320 going to be in for a treat. It is such 217 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:20.480 an awesome atmosphere to see all the kids play and 218 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:23.639 having fun. They put so much into it. For me 219 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:26.120 as a parent, it's just great to be around other families. 220 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:28.519 It's just been so such a great thing for me. 221 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:31.080 And my family. But they go all out. 222 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:32.919 They've got a big video board where they put the 223 00:09:32.960 --> 00:09:36.240 picture of the players up there. They announce them as 224 00:09:36.240 --> 00:09:38.639 they walk up to the plate. It's a lot of excitement. 225 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:40.440 I know you're making an appearance. Are you thrown out 226 00:09:40.440 --> 00:09:40.960 a first pitch? 227 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:43.240 Not thrown out a first pist Rachel and k will 228 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:45.399 both be there and we're gonna be paired with athletes. 229 00:09:45.519 --> 00:09:47.080 We're going to be each be paired with the kid. 230 00:09:47.240 --> 00:09:48.440 Yes, you're gonna be one of the buddies. 231 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:49.799 We're going to be one of the buddies for the 232 00:09:49.919 --> 00:09:52.720 entire game, and so we were out opening the pick off. 233 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:54.919 Of course, had seen you know on socialdia here I 234 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:56.519 heard you talking about your experiences there. 235 00:09:56.559 --> 00:09:57.159 I knew of it. 236 00:09:57.399 --> 00:09:59.240 And then recently when I was out at Fern Creek 237 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:02.519 Park opening one of our new thirty four pick aball 238 00:10:02.519 --> 00:10:05.320 courts that we've opened this year throughout the city, I 239 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:08.840 was talking to the individual who organizes the Miracle League, 240 00:10:08.840 --> 00:10:10.720 and so I knew there would be something that Rachel 241 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:12.840 and I really wanted to do. We've been meaning to 242 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:14.759 do it, and so we're excited tomorrow to be buddies 243 00:10:14.799 --> 00:10:18.639 with two great young people for the Miracle League baseball game. 244 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:20.039 And we're really looking forward to that at at Fern 245 00:10:20.120 --> 00:10:21.120 Creek Park tomorrow morning. 246 00:10:21.159 --> 00:10:22.480 It is going to be a lot of fun. I 247 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:23.960 hate that I'm going to miss it. It's actually the 248 00:10:23.960 --> 00:10:25.360 one game this year we won't be able to be 249 00:10:25.399 --> 00:10:27.279 at because we're traveling. But I know you'll have fun, 250 00:10:27.799 --> 00:10:30.320 and I know Rachel will have fun as well. So 251 00:10:30.679 --> 00:10:31.519 have a great weekend. 252 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:33.519 Go cards. Let's hope they can go cards. 253 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:34.960 And I do want to say one last thing, which 254 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:38.320 is today's National Gun Violence Awareness Day. Here in Louisville, 255 00:10:38.440 --> 00:10:41.440 we are making tremendous progress. We are down thirty percent 256 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:44.799 year over year in shootings and homicides, but we still 257 00:10:44.799 --> 00:10:46.639 have a lot of work to do. I want to 258 00:10:46.679 --> 00:10:49.720 invite everyone to join us as we advocate for change, 259 00:10:49.799 --> 00:10:53.000 as we work to support victims and their families, as 260 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:56.600 we work to hold perpetrators accountable. We can and must 261 00:10:56.600 --> 00:10:59.639 do more. We're making great progress, but you will see 262 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:03.000 me main committed every day to making Louisville safer, and 263 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:05.159 I just wanted to say that on today, National Gun 264 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:09.080 Violence Awareness Day. Nick, Congratulations again. Excited to continue these 265 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:10.639 conversations for many years to come. 266 00:11:10.759 --> 00:11:12.639 Thank you so much, Thank you so much. It still 267 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:15.080 doesn't seem real, but I'm enjoying it. This is great 268 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:16.639 doing a great job. Thank you so much. 269 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:18.200 Greg. We'll take a quick break. 270 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:20.679 We've got news in traffic, weather coming your way right 271 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:23.320 here on news Radio eight forty whas. 272 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:26.200 It is eight forty five here on. 273 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:31.960 A Friday morning on news radio eight forty whas, good vibes. 274 00:11:32.279 --> 00:11:34.679 Thank you for doing this for me, John. For those 275 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:37.480 who don't know, whenever John used to be my producer 276 00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:40.879 before he was ripped away from me, and that's what 277 00:11:40.919 --> 00:11:43.720 it was too. Exactly what it was made it a 278 00:11:43.799 --> 00:11:46.320 little bit easier to deal with because it would have 279 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:48.080 been more emotional on mi end if it was like 280 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:50.799 a long sind off. They just took you, He just 281 00:11:50.879 --> 00:11:53.039 kidnapped you and brought you to has and now I'm 282 00:11:53.039 --> 00:11:55.559 here where we are reunited. But this was always the 283 00:11:55.600 --> 00:11:58.080 final song you heard in the last segment on a 284 00:11:58.080 --> 00:11:59.679 Friday before we get out of here for the weekend. 285 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:03.000 So thank you good vibes here. Really appreciate it. 286 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:04.879 So we're gonna hand it off to Tony and Dwight 287 00:12:04.919 --> 00:12:06.840 coming up here shortly. They're gonna be at Mercurial Wealth 288 00:12:06.840 --> 00:12:09.600 Advisors for the show today, so this will be the 289 00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:11.720 last last time you hear me before we come back 290 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:14.320 next week. Hopefully they let me come back after one 291 00:12:14.399 --> 00:12:17.759 week in this position, and I do believe they plan 292 00:12:17.799 --> 00:12:19.840 on allowing me to return next week and hopefully for 293 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:22.360 a long time. And it's it's been a lot of fun, 294 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:27.120 been a big adjustment, but still just so appreciative to 295 00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:30.960 be in this position. So hopefully you guys have enjoyed 296 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:34.480 what you have taken from this if not, come back 297 00:12:34.519 --> 00:12:37.120 next week, we'll try it again. Done work, come back 298 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:39.360 the week after, We'll give it another shot. And if 299 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:41.519 you just say that you're out, that's that's your fault, 300 00:12:41.559 --> 00:12:44.159 that's a you problem. I say that sarcastically because I 301 00:12:44.200 --> 00:12:46.240 do realize that this is a big change for a 302 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:48.080 lot of people. You've heard the same voice in this 303 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:50.840 position for twenty plus years, and he's a legend. That's 304 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:54.840 Tony Cruz. And you know, I miss him greatly. But 305 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:57.559 I'm I'm gonna be me as best I can, because 306 00:12:57.600 --> 00:12:59.879 if we could all be Tony Cruz, we would've said 307 00:12:59.879 --> 00:13:00.519 that throughout the week. 308 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:00.879 It's true. 309 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:02.440 Who wouldn't want to be Tony Cruz. I mean, what 310 00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:05.480 a cool name, Tony Cruz, and he's a cool gen. 311 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:08.000 Hear his story on where that came from. It was 312 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:11.000 from Michael did did He isn't like a prostitute or something. 313 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:13.919 I'm not kidding, I know, but I wouldn't have. I 314 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:18.200 wouldn't have. There's a lot of ways people can take 315 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:21.919 what you just said. I mean, if you missed the story, 316 00:13:21.960 --> 00:13:23.440 go back and listen. So he did talk about it 317 00:13:23.440 --> 00:13:25.039 on the air. It did, okay, I did. Yeah, that's 318 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:26.519 why I'm People. 319 00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:29.320 Who didn't hear it might think prostitute gave Tony Cruz 320 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:29.799 his name. 321 00:13:29.919 --> 00:13:32.080 No, there's teas, though, there's your teas. 322 00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:35.039 Just go check out last week's podcast from his farewell 323 00:13:35.039 --> 00:13:36.759 shows and you can find out the full story on 324 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:37.559 where it came from. 325 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:39.399 And it is a wild story. But again, to be clear, 326 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:42.480 it wasn't the prostitute gave him that name. But yeah, 327 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:44.840 he was sharing some great stories in the last couple 328 00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:48.720 of weeks that I really enjoyed. Not only is somebody 329 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:51.399 that enjoys hearing stories from people like Tony, who I 330 00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:54.200 look up to, who obviously had a legendary run in 331 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:57.240 broadcasting and I hope to to, you know, have half 332 00:13:57.320 --> 00:13:59.720 the success that he did, maybe a fraction of it. 333 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:03.240 But it also let people who maybe listened for you know, 334 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:05.879 ten twelve years that you know, they probably didn't know 335 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:07.559 that a lot about him, so they were able to, 336 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:09.799 I think, connect with him in a way that they 337 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:12.480 hadn't before. And I thought that was really awesome. But yeah, 338 00:14:12.519 --> 00:14:15.519 Tony Cruz, he's he's been gone a week. You think 339 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:16.240 he misses us? 340 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:17.360 I doubt it. I don't know. 341 00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:19.679 I bet he felt out of place for the first 342 00:14:19.679 --> 00:14:22.399 couple of days, because when that's your routine for twenty 343 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:24.799 plus years and then it's all of a sudden not 344 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:25.919 your routine anymore. 345 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:27.519 I'm sure it was weird. 346 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:29.200 It was weird at first, but I bet he got 347 00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:31.559 acclimated pretty quickly, and I'm sure he's sleeping a lot 348 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:32.519 better than he ever has. 349 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:35.120 Yeah, I mean he was. He was a wild one 350 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:35.679 last night. 351 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:37.159 I said this earlier in the show if you guys 352 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:39.840 weren't with us, but I have reason to believe he 353 00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:41.960 was up past eleven o'clock last night and it did 354 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:45.159 not take him long to become I mean a night ol, 355 00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:46.960 I guess. I mean that's not technically what being up 356 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:50.720 past eleven PM I think would would get you classified. 357 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:50.720 As a night oul. 358 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:53.759 But when you've been getting up really really early for many, 359 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:56.600 many years, I'm sure the sleeping in will be a 360 00:14:56.600 --> 00:14:58.919 big thing for him if he can. Hopefully he can, 361 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:00.360 because some people when you get up a early for 362 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:03.200 so long, it just mentally you're just you're gonna wake 363 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:04.720 up on your own and you're gonna try to go 364 00:15:04.759 --> 00:15:07.000 back to sleep and maybe you'll get a little bit 365 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:10.000 more sleep. But yeah, wishing him well after one week 366 00:15:10.039 --> 00:15:12.879 away and really happy to be one week in here 367 00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:14.840 real quick before we hand it off to the fellas, 368 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:17.000 this is something I wanted to share with you, John, 369 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:20.279 because you and I, again we're not super close in age, 370 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:22.799 but on the younger side, I think I can say 371 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:25.279 that right, I'm thirty six, I'll be thirty seven. I'm 372 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:28.480 not old, but I'm not young. There's now a list 373 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:30.159 here that I wanted. This is a guy named Aaron 374 00:15:30.200 --> 00:15:35.360 Marino who is a men's lifestyle influencer with over eight 375 00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:40.080 million followers. So he's got recommendations for things that men 376 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:44.240 should stop doing at a certain age. Living with your parents. 377 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:47.600 He says, age twenty five, you shouldn't be living with 378 00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:48.320 your parents anymore. 379 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:50.159 I think that's a good number me too. 380 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:52.679 I mean I was out earlier than that, but it 381 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:54.960 was really just a circumstantial kind of thing. My wife 382 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:57.759 and I were together, we weren't married at the time, 383 00:15:57.799 --> 00:16:00.600 but my mom had just moved in with my now 384 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:03.559 stepdad and and she was just getting out of high 385 00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:06.320 school at that around that time, so we just decided, okay. 386 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:09.080 Let's let's let's let's have it. 387 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:11.399 Let's get an apartment, and we did that, and now 388 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:13.360 we're you know, we're still together. So yeah, twenty five. 389 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:15.200 I guess everybody's situation is different, but I think twenty 390 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:18.240 five is fair. What about taking money from your parents. 391 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:21.480 I think once you're I'd like to say, once you 392 00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:24.279 graduate high school is probably when you should be. I'm 393 00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:26.159 with you, you should be you should have your own job, 394 00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:27.799 that sort of thing. By that point, I feel like, 395 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:29.879 even if it's just, you know, something temporary, I think 396 00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:30.960 that's a good time to do that. 397 00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:32.120 He says twenty three. 398 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:35.279 And I feel like that aid that number is mentioned 399 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:37.840 because it isn't uncommon, and I hope people are very 400 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:41.399 appreciative if parents are able to pay or at least 401 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:44.120