Speaker 1: It's seven o five here a fifty five caress and
Speaker 1: talks Dagen in a very happy seed day. Team try
Speaker 1: to make it so anyway, I admit to being a
Speaker 1: little bit down in the aftermath of all that violence
Speaker 1: we keep discussing in downtown Cincinnati by to talk about
Speaker 1: something slightly more uplifting, of course, way more uplifting. Welcome
Speaker 1: back to the fifty five Kroose Morning Show. I wish
Speaker 1: I could say Congressman Orlando Sonza maybe someday, but welcome back, Orlando.
Speaker 1: It's a pleasure to have you on the prayer and program.
Speaker 1: It's been a while since we've talked. How have you
Speaker 1: been lately, my friend, Orlando.
Speaker 2: Brian, my gosh, it has been a while, but always
Speaker 2: great to be on with you. We are doing well,
Speaker 2: doing well.
Speaker 1: Glad to hear that family all in good shape.
Speaker 2: We're gearing up for I think a wild and crazy season,
Speaker 2: but as the sonss like to say, we're always.
Speaker 1: Up for a challenge.
Speaker 2: So they are doing well and ready to go great.
Speaker 1: I wish you all the best and getting ready for school.
Speaker 1: I suppose with the kids real quick, Orlando, I don't
Speaker 1: want to throw a curveball out you put you on
Speaker 1: the spot, and I know you're here to talk about
Speaker 1: the Hamlin County Veterans Appreciation Day and parenthetically your appointment
Speaker 1: to the Civil Rights Division with the US Department of
Speaker 1: Justice under the Trump administration. Wonderful appointment and congratulations on that.
Speaker 1: We'll get to that in a moment. Can I just
Speaker 1: get your reactions to the violence on the twenty sixth
Speaker 1: of July and downtown Cincinnati, And if you were in
Speaker 1: elected capacity, you certainly would be put on the spot
Speaker 1: on that. I'm just curious to know what you have
Speaker 1: to say about it and what your reaction is and
Speaker 1: if you think there are any solutions that could solve
Speaker 1: what seems to be a broader societal breakdown problem.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Brian, you know what. I first and foremost just
Speaker 2: want to say that it really has been honored to
Speaker 2: serve the Hamilton County Veterans over the past fifteen months,
Speaker 2: you know, and I'm incredibly grateful now for the opportunity
Speaker 2: to serve at the national level as counsel in the
Speaker 2: Civil Rights Division. Well, I can't discuss specifics, you know,
Speaker 2: of what's just been going on. I would just say
Speaker 2: that I remain committed to defending constitutional freedoms for all Americans,
Speaker 2: whether it's Cincinnati or across the country, and upholding our
Speaker 2: rules law. That's all I'll say at the moment.
Speaker 1: Fair enough, And your role as counselor for the Civil
Speaker 1: Rights Division, I'm working on case law litigation. What will
Speaker 1: you be taking on here, Orlando? Again?
Speaker 2: You know, the opportunity to focus on legal matters involving
Speaker 2: civil rights litigation. I mean, Brian, you can't get more
Speaker 2: tip of the spear than that, and helping implement the
Speaker 2: administration's legal priorities. So it will be litigation heavy and
Speaker 2: I'm excited to hit the ground running on day one.
Speaker 1: Well, I hope you get a good staff. You know,
Speaker 1: having been a litigation attorney for sixteen years, there's a
Speaker 1: lot of work that goes into that and evidence gathering
Speaker 1: and briefs and motion practice and all that. So you're
Speaker 1: up for the challenge. I am certain of that, and
Speaker 1: that's why the Trump administration turned you for that appointment.
Speaker 1: So congratulations from me, and by listening audience on the apploytment,
Speaker 1: we expect big things from you, Orlando, that's for damn sure.
Speaker 2: Thanks.
Speaker 1: And as you're you're no longer in the role as
Speaker 1: head of the Hemon County Veterans Service Commission. I guess
Speaker 1: your last day was August thirteenth, if I read that correctly.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so coming up next Wednesday would be my final day.
Speaker 1: That's right, final day next Wednesday. Glenn Welling, I suppose
Speaker 1: he's a commission member. He's going to be serving as
Speaker 1: the interim director. I guess the veterans are in good
Speaker 1: hands with Glenn Welling at the HELM after your absence.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, I mean there's no better person I can think
Speaker 2: of to leave the transition and continue the incredible momentum
Speaker 2: that we've just seen. Brian. I mean, we went from
Speaker 2: an office of six full time employees trying to service
Speaker 2: thirty eight thousand veterans in Hamilton County and we've essentially
Speaker 2: tripled that. We're now eighteen strong of all veterans or
Speaker 2: dependent of veterans that are fully committed to serving the
Speaker 2: over thirty eight thousand veterans that we have in Hamilton County.
Speaker 2: So no better person to lead that than massa chief
Speaker 2: Glenn Welling, who currently serves as the executive director of
Speaker 2: the Xavier University, a Military and Veterans career center and
Speaker 2: so I'm just excited to see him take the helm
Speaker 2: and continue on the progress we've made and the transformation
Speaker 2: we've seen just over the last year plus.
Speaker 1: Wonderful news. Appreciate your optimism on that. And I guess
Speaker 1: I suppose as you depart the role, one of your
Speaker 1: final acts and duties is to coordinate this upcoming military
Speaker 1: our Hamilton County Military and Veterans Appreciation Day, which has
Speaker 1: taking place Saturday, August twenty third. And saw your point.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about this what's going on on that day? Orlando?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, you know no better I think thing
Speaker 2: to kind of cap off the work that we've just
Speaker 2: done and tried to do for Hamilton County veterans and
Speaker 2: their families, right then, a huge celebration, a community celebration
Speaker 2: to honor those that have served our country. You know, Brian,
Speaker 2: you know that my wife and I Jessica, we donned
Speaker 2: the uniform at one point, honored to have served. And
Speaker 2: I can't tell you how much we appreciated just in
Speaker 2: our time and service and out when the entire community
Speaker 2: gets together and just honors the sacrifice of our brave
Speaker 2: men and women that have wear the warned the uniform
Speaker 2: or are currently serving. And so we've got a huge
Speaker 2: military and Veterans Appreciation Day down at Sawyer Point coming
Speaker 2: up in two weeks August twenty third. It's a Saturday,
Speaker 2: two to ten pm. It's going to be an awesome
Speaker 2: time to just celebrate our military members and veterans in
Speaker 2: an extraordinary event open to the entire community. You do
Speaker 2: not have to be military to join in on the fund.
Speaker 2: And we've got you know, family fund zoned for kids
Speaker 2: that's just going to be Cincinnati Circus is going to
Speaker 2: be there, a rock wall display of military equipment and vehicles,
Speaker 2: and then free food for Hamilton County veterans and their
Speaker 2: family members. Food trucks are going to be out there,
Speaker 2: ConA ice truck's going to be out there. But you
Speaker 2: got to register. That's what we're trying to press is
Speaker 2: you've got to go onto our website that's HCVSC dot
Speaker 2: org hcvsc dot org to register so you can get
Speaker 2: your meal voucher and get your free food. We'll have
Speaker 2: live music and Brian I do want to highlight I
Speaker 2: think the most important thing about this event is a
Speaker 2: Veterans resource fare from PM on August twenty third, I mean,
Speaker 2: we're gonna have over eighty organizations representing all veterans service,
Speaker 2: whether it's employment, health and wellness, education, financial counseling, legal services.
Speaker 2: The VA is going to be out there answering your
Speaker 2: VA claims questions. So it's going to be awesome. And
Speaker 2: it's just a build off of what we did for
Speaker 2: our inaugural event last year when we had over two thousand,
Speaker 2: five hundred veterans at the ballpark show up for our
Speaker 2: inaugural Appreciation Day. So we're doing it again and we're
Speaker 2: gonna do it even bigger.
Speaker 1: Well, of course, we appreciate your service and your wife
Speaker 1: service to our country. You did allude to it. You
Speaker 1: appreciate the veterans, and you were active do you in
Speaker 1: your time and when you went into events like this
Speaker 1: and the community came out in support of veterans. It
Speaker 1: truly means a lot to the service members and the
Speaker 1: veterans when we do show or support you enjoy and
Speaker 1: appreciate that. And I'm happy that you did say that
Speaker 1: out loud, because I want to encourage people to come
Speaker 1: out and do that. You know, it's like police officers.
Speaker 1: When I see a police officer on the street, I
Speaker 1: thank them for their service to their community. You know,
Speaker 1: it's an easy thing to do, and you know, sometimes
Speaker 1: you get a really you know, happy reaction. Sometimes it's
Speaker 1: like a little you know, kind of like I appreciate
Speaker 1: it and then move on. But I mean, it's got
Speaker 1: to mean a lot to you to know that we
Speaker 1: do care and we were coming out and to pat
Speaker 1: you on the back in essence by our mere presence there.
Speaker 2: That's right. It's a thank you for your service. And
Speaker 2: we've seen it time and time again at the Veteran
Speaker 2: Service Commission, Brian, where someone will come in and say,
Speaker 2: you know, I'm not a veteran. You know I didn't
Speaker 2: deploy or you know, thank god I didn't get injured,
Speaker 2: and so I don't think I fit the death finished
Speaker 2: definition of veteran. No, no, you are a veteran. You
Speaker 2: raise your right hand. You swore to protect and defend
Speaker 2: this constitution. You wore the uniform, you were ready at
Speaker 2: moments notice to serve this great country. You are a veteran,
Speaker 2: and we are here to serve you, and we are
Speaker 2: here to say thank you for your service, no matter
Speaker 2: what era, no matter what branch of service. Although you
Speaker 2: know the just and I are army bias, right, Brian, Yes,
Speaker 2: it's one fight and we honor the service of all
Speaker 2: of our veterans.
Speaker 1: Well, the event begins at two pm and it lasts
Speaker 1: till ten PM. And I did see you do have
Speaker 1: musical entertainment going on during the day on addition to
Speaker 1: the food trucks and the eighty organizations for there, for
Speaker 1: the for the veterans, and career opportunities, et cetera, of
Speaker 1: the military equipment. But you have music, that's right.
Speaker 2: We got four cover bands that are that are gonna
Speaker 2: be awesome. They're going to be playing from two to
Speaker 2: eight pm, you know Varner Netherton Revival. We've got PM
Speaker 2: I never sent Price in the all star band the Menus,
Speaker 2: Zal Gonzalez and Stephen Cochrane. And then we're going to
Speaker 2: cap off the night with how else do you end
Speaker 2: a celebration, Brian, Nine to thirty pm. We're gonna have
Speaker 2: fireworks by Rossie Fireworks. Oh, it's gonna be an awesome event.
Speaker 1: Well, you see, I specifically asked you Orland about the
Speaker 1: musical acts because I know the Menus are a huge draw,
Speaker 1: and I know the lead singer, Tim Goldringer, he and
Speaker 1: I went to high school together, and he used to
Speaker 1: perform at my dad's Alzheimer's Memory facility when my dad
Speaker 1: was there, and my dad absolutely loved him. He is
Speaker 1: such a great entertainer. But the menus is a huge draw,
Speaker 1: so you're gonna get a lot of folks showing up
Speaker 1: for that and then saluting the veterans while they're there
Speaker 1: as well. Orlando Sonza, thank you for your work, your
Speaker 1: hard work and tireless work on behalf of the American
Speaker 1: veterans and your role with the Hamlin County Veteran Services Commission.
Speaker 1: Of course, congratulations again on your appointment to the Council
Speaker 1: for the Civil Rights Division. I'm looking forward to the
Speaker 1: work that you do for the Trump administration, and I
Speaker 1: thank you again for all that you've done for the
Speaker 1: veterans in your capacity at the Hamlin County Veterans Services
Speaker 1: It's HCV HCVSC dot org, HCVSSE. My veteran friends in
Speaker 1: the audience, make sure you register so you can get
Speaker 1: the free food and free parking and uh well, you'll
Speaker 1: also be eligible for door prizes by entering as well.
Speaker 1: Or Land to thank you again for your time and
Speaker 1: spending some time today this morning with my listeners and me.
Speaker 2: I appreciate it, Brian, always a pleasure. Take care of
Speaker 2: my friend and we'll talk soon.
Speaker 1: Always here for you. Anything you got to talk about,
Speaker 1: you can feel free to speak your voice on the
Speaker 1: morning show, my friend. Good luck in d C too.
Speaker 1: You hope you're getting you get in combat. Pay for that.
Speaker 2: I wish, I wish. It's an honor to serve. I said,
Speaker 2: you got it, you got it.
Speaker 1: You are going to be serving. I don't envy you
Speaker 1: for having to live in the swamp, but I know
Speaker 1: you're going to do a great job. Take care, buddy.
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