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<v Speaker 1>By Billy Cunningham. The great American workings glorious appen in

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<v Speaker 1>the tri State. A little bit frosty, a little bit cold.

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<v Speaker 1>I think winter is coming slowly, but nonetheless get ready

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<v Speaker 1>for that and so much more. And of course once

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<v Speaker 1>again the Bengals play Sunday against the Brown He's like

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<v Speaker 1>two and eight the last ten games. Not too good.

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<v Speaker 1>But we'll see what happens this Sunday actually starts about

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<v Speaker 1>nine am with pregame shows, etc. But Jonan, you and

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<v Speaker 1>I now is the great Brendan Call cu Ll Brendan Call,

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<v Speaker 1>who was the chief of staff, the Haldeman and the Erlickman,

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<v Speaker 1>friend David Axelrod to Charlie Lucan for so many years.

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<v Speaker 1>Now he's with the Chamber the last ten or fifteen years.

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<v Speaker 1>And first of all, Brendan Call, do you miss the

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<v Speaker 1>good old days with you and Lucan controlled things with

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<v Speaker 1>then on grip or are you're happy to be in

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<v Speaker 1>your plushy job? Which would you prefer.

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<v Speaker 2>I've got a great job. I get to work with

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<v Speaker 2>my good friends at City Hall, and Charlie is still

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<v Speaker 2>a very good friend, and we remnants about the good

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<v Speaker 2>old days A lot.

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<v Speaker 1>In other words, you don't answer the question the question,

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<v Speaker 1>which is good, but nonetheless, if you thought about a

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<v Speaker 1>bloodless coup. Segment suggested yesterday that you and Charlie get

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<v Speaker 1>a tank, maybe from Butler County, and take over eight

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<v Speaker 1>to one Plump Street. This or a chance we're getting

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<v Speaker 1>ready for.

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<v Speaker 2>We're getting ready for Blink right now, which is I

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<v Speaker 2>think what we're going to talk about. And I got

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<v Speaker 2>a golf cart. Do you think I could? Do you

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<v Speaker 2>think I could take over a city hall with a

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<v Speaker 2>golf cart? Or do you think I need to be

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<v Speaker 2>more heavily armed?

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<v Speaker 1>More heavily armed? I talked to side leasey still as

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<v Speaker 1>the Navy and the Air Force ready to go, but

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<v Speaker 1>we got major problems. We'll leave that off to the side. Blink,

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<v Speaker 1>as I understand it, correctly helped me. Melissa Powers may

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<v Speaker 1>weigh in and open up the jail cells. Charmaine McGuffey

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<v Speaker 1>will be there making sure everyone is tied to the wall,

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<v Speaker 1>beaten to death if they don't go with you where

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<v Speaker 1>you want to go. But we have nothing but issues

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<v Speaker 1>at eight to one Plump Street. I like the good

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<v Speaker 1>old days.

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<v Speaker 2>Street. I got to give him great credit because we're

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<v Speaker 2>working really closely with the city right now to reduce

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<v Speaker 2>blank blank, which is an absolutely spectacular event for this

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<v Speaker 2>community and the city. My good friend Mayor Puir Ball,

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<v Speaker 2>the city manager Surel Long have done an unbelievable job

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<v Speaker 2>supporting this both financially and with the great police and

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<v Speaker 2>fire departments of the City of Cincinnati. This event, there's

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<v Speaker 2>nothing like this in the country, and people are coming

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<v Speaker 2>from all over the world to see this event. And

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<v Speaker 2>it is really great that Cincinnati and Newport and Covington

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<v Speaker 2>have this free public art event that inspires people and

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<v Speaker 2>brings them downtown phenomenal.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I think it's great. I don't understand it. I

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<v Speaker 1>was there one time. I saw these projections of light

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<v Speaker 1>on the sides of buildings and like mainly women walking

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<v Speaker 1>around taking photographs going ooh and ah. My good friend

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<v Speaker 1>Sean Donovan has a flower pod out in front of

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<v Speaker 1>his brickstone and they're on court straight, but he puts

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<v Speaker 1>flowers in there and women stand next to it with

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<v Speaker 1>pictures taken. I don't understand it, but I don't. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't understand a lot of things. As I understand.

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<v Speaker 2>If you go to hang out with me, I'll drive

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<v Speaker 2>you around it's going to be awesome. Here's what you guys.

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<v Speaker 2>You have an unbelievable listening audience, and I bet a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of them are going to be down here for

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<v Speaker 2>Blink and I want to tell them three things that

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<v Speaker 2>I think they should absolutely see. Do you want me

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<v Speaker 2>to do that?

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<v Speaker 1>Let me write that time? I got one? What's number one?

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<v Speaker 1>Write this time?

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<v Speaker 2>Number one? Do not miss music Hall. Many people remember

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<v Speaker 2>Luminosity from ten years ago. We are going to relte

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<v Speaker 2>music Hall for the first time since Luminosity. Four different

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<v Speaker 2>artists who are local with sound. It's going to be

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely magic. You can't It's a can't miss part of Blink.

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<v Speaker 1>Number one is music number number two. What's number two?

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<v Speaker 2>Yep, number two. I'm going to give you four. I lied.

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<v Speaker 2>Number two is at the corner of sixth and Walnut.

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<v Speaker 2>There is an awesome mural of Neil Armstrong, perhaps but

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<v Speaker 2>one of the greatest Americans. No clue, I agree.

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<v Speaker 1>And five hundred years from now, forget about the Taps,

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<v Speaker 1>forget about Pete Rose, forget about Joe Burrow. The only

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<v Speaker 1>name known from the century will be Neil Armstrong. That's

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<v Speaker 1>the only name known.

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<v Speaker 2>In Neil Armstrong's mural on the back of the fifth

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<v Speaker 2>third building. Another general sponsor. We're going to light the

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<v Speaker 2>Neil Armstrong mural. It includes sound that has him talking

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<v Speaker 2>to you know, mission control, talking to Richard Nixon. It

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<v Speaker 2>gives me goosebumps every time I see it. It's going

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<v Speaker 2>to not it's gonna not your socks.

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<v Speaker 1>Off number one music call number number two, sixth and Walnut,

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<v Speaker 1>Neil Armstrong number.

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<v Speaker 2>Three, yep, number three. I think kids and families are

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<v Speaker 2>going to absolutely love the Newport on the Levee mural.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>It features dinosaurs and animals. My good friends, it's the

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<v Speaker 2>Cincinni Museum Center helping us produce it. It's it's total magic.

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<v Speaker 2>If you've got kids and your coming down, check out

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<v Speaker 2>the Newport area. The ovation development Newport on the Levee

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<v Speaker 2>is where that mural is, and it's really phenomenal.

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<v Speaker 1>Got that down. I watched number four, the four Bag

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<v Speaker 1>of four Bager go.

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<v Speaker 2>Up to Finley Market area at sixteen six Race Street.

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<v Speaker 2>Now it's a little further up, but it's in the

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<v Speaker 2>heart of over the Rhine. There is a mural, a

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<v Speaker 2>brand new mural. Part of the cool thing about Blink

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<v Speaker 2>is that we fifteen new murals from all over the world.

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<v Speaker 2>Artists come here to paint on walls. We now have

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<v Speaker 2>one of the largest collections of public art murals in

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<v Speaker 2>the world. Two artists from the Netherlands I met yesterday

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<v Speaker 2>painted an image of a payphone on this building. It

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<v Speaker 2>is huge. It looks like it's coming out of the

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<v Speaker 2>building and it will. It's it's so cool. It's just

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<v Speaker 2>so cool, and you'll be up in your friendly market

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<v Speaker 2>and there's a lot to do up there.

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<v Speaker 1>So you're saying a picture of a payphone.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't describe it to you, Bill, but it is

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<v Speaker 2>it's it is a okay, the entire side of a building,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's magic. It's so cool.

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<v Speaker 1>I could tell my grandkids about that and they would say, Poppy,

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<v Speaker 1>what is that?

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<v Speaker 2>I know, but that's why I think. That's why. I

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<v Speaker 2>think that's why people are gonna love seeing it. It's

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<v Speaker 2>it's gonna be great down here, you know. I would

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<v Speaker 2>tell people all four nights, you come back multiple times,

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<v Speaker 2>make sure you see Newport and Covington. That great partners

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<v Speaker 2>that meet nky you know, helps this happen. Thank you

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<v Speaker 2>police and fire officials who are down here making sure

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<v Speaker 2>everyth's safe because it's you know, it's one of the

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<v Speaker 2>best weekends to be downtown or in Newport and Covington.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I encourage people to try and ride a

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<v Speaker 2>bus down here because you know, parking, you got to

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<v Speaker 2>park and everything. But it's we've got it all worked out.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you go to our website at blink Cincinnati

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<v Speaker 2>dot com, all the informations there.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's deal with facts. I don't want to deal with

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<v Speaker 1>hyperbole and depictions of payphones. I understand that two million

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<v Speaker 1>people are going to come, which is if you take

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<v Speaker 1>the Taste and october Fest together, they're half a blink.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that true?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, it's really difficult to do crowd estimates,

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<v Speaker 2>so we work with police and fire about this, and

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<v Speaker 2>we know we count people, you know, if they're here

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<v Speaker 2>multiple nights. But we we have an enormous crowd. It is,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, in the past, definitely more than a million people.

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<v Speaker 2>We will release official estimates after the event, but I

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<v Speaker 2>think what's most important is just the economic impact from it.

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<v Speaker 2>I was talking to a friend of mine who owns

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<v Speaker 2>The Pony, which is a bar up on Main Street,

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<v Speaker 2>Great Wings, Great Beast Sandwich, and he said, this is

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<v Speaker 2>like the best weekend for them. They just they love it.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's true for the guy to own not I

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<v Speaker 2>mean this is this is a small business boost in

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<v Speaker 2>the arms. So if you're down here, you're running a

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<v Speaker 2>restaurant or bar or an art gallery, this is this

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<v Speaker 2>is the hottest weekend. Your hotels are full. I saw

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<v Speaker 2>one hotel had a room. It was probably the last

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<v Speaker 2>room left. It was fifteen hundred dollars a night, which

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<v Speaker 2>is bonkers but awesome. And you know that's great. That's

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<v Speaker 2>awesome for the economy in the city.

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<v Speaker 1>No question. So at It starts tomorrow, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

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<v Speaker 1>I think Sunday too. It'sday night to Sunday night.

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<v Speaker 2>Just ro tip. Sunday Sunday is a great night to

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<v Speaker 2>come because you're going to be My pro tip for

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<v Speaker 2>your listening on it, Sunday is a really great night

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<v Speaker 2>to be down here.

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<v Speaker 1>All right now, As far as admission, Tony Bender's cheap.

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<v Speaker 1>He's from Boone County. It's kind of a rural kind

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<v Speaker 1>of a guy's got chickens, rose, carrots and peas. He's

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<v Speaker 1>a farmer. Why should someone from the hinterland, from the

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<v Speaker 1>outreaches of Boone County or Butler County or Wilmington come

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<v Speaker 1>to Blink.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, people are coming from all over the world. I

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<v Speaker 2>think the guy the family who's in Butler County who

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<v Speaker 2>will make a trip downtown is gonna if they haven't

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<v Speaker 2>been in a while, they'll rediscover how fortunate we are

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<v Speaker 2>to have this urban core with so much to do,

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<v Speaker 2>so many great restaurants, buildings that are you know, architecturally beautiful.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, this is a great city. We are very

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<v Speaker 2>lucky to live in Cincinnati, Ohio. Not every downtown urban

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<v Speaker 2>core across the country has fared as well as Cincinnati has.

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<v Speaker 2>We have, you know, thousands of people living down here

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<v Speaker 2>in apartments. There's four apartments within a block of where

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sitting right now that are turning into residences. It's

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<v Speaker 2>the greatest collection of art and culture probably in the Midwest. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>You've got stadiums down here, so people come down here

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<v Speaker 2>for that, but to be able to walk around and

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<v Speaker 2>be Fountain Square and you can ride the street car

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<v Speaker 2>for free all weekend and see much of Blink. We're

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<v Speaker 2>so lucky to live in a place where whether you

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<v Speaker 2>live in Butler County or Boone County at night to

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<v Speaker 2>come down here and experience this economy in our city.

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<v Speaker 2>This is this is great, it's great for for us.

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<v Speaker 1>Why doesn't it exist somewhere else? Because I watched this

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<v Speaker 1>interview on Channel nineties too, this couple from the Netherlands

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<v Speaker 1>who come here. I'm thinking, what are you? What are

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<v Speaker 1>you kidding me?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm thinking, why can you explain? I don't get blank.

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<v Speaker 1>I walked around a couple of years ago, looked at

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<v Speaker 1>some holographic images on old buildings, and women are taking picture.

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<v Speaker 1>Who look at that? Look at that? Hey, look at that?

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm thinking. I kept saying, where in the hell's blank?

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<v Speaker 1>Where's blank? And blank is everywhere? What the hell is blank?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, what are you talking about?

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<v Speaker 2>Blank? You want me to get super You don't make

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<v Speaker 2>it super corny with you, Like there's a spirit of

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<v Speaker 2>blink too. So you know people are down here, You're

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<v Speaker 2>standing with your friends and neighbors. I don't tell people,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Billy, I grew up in Columbus, Ohio, moved

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<v Speaker 2>here in nineteen ninety five, and you you got to

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<v Speaker 2>come down to Fountain Square when the Reds won the

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<v Speaker 2>World Series. Who's a great, great moment in Cincinnati history.

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<v Speaker 2>There have been other moments with our sports teams. Going

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<v Speaker 2>art and seeing the buildings. That will be a lifelong

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<v Speaker 2>memory for them. Standing with their friends and neighbors. The

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<v Speaker 2>in Cincinnati, and it's a pretty special thing. And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>these people come in from all over public art murals.

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<v Speaker 2>To me, that is as high form of an art

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<v Speaker 2>as somebody who paints on a piece of canvas. And

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<v Speaker 2>you could sit in your studio and paint a piece

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<v Speaker 2>same quality art on the side of the building and

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<v Speaker 2>over the Rhine and we all get to see it

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<v Speaker 2>for the next one hundred years. That's pretty lucky that

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<v Speaker 1>I said the other day that we're blessed to have

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<v Speaker 1>But I said three c DC, the Reds, the Bengals, FC,

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<v Speaker 1>Proctor and god fitth Third Bank, that Joseph Automotive Group,

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<v Speaker 1>Xavier NKU. You could take fifteen miles from downtown Cincinnati

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<v Speaker 1>and there's not a town anywhere in the country that

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<v Speaker 1>does the kinds of things Cincinnati does well. And one

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<v Speaker 1>of them was Blink, which I don't understand. We also

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<v Speaker 1>have music Hall with all the dancing and the orchestration

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<v Speaker 1>and the symphony and the ballet and all that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of crap, none of which I like it all. But nonetheless,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people aren't like me. You know what

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<v Speaker 1>I'm saying, Brandon, People of differentations, you know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 1>Many people think I'm not normal, Brandon, call are you normal?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I think that's a debatable question. I would

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<v Speaker 2>probably say there people like you who say I'm not normal,

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<v Speaker 2>not normal. But that's the best part about this city

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<v Speaker 2>is that you know you might be the biggest Bengals fan.

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<v Speaker 2>And maybe art doesn't mean anything to you, but I

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<v Speaker 2>promise you if you walk around downtown, walk around, you're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna see something that catches your eye. And it's funny thing.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, for a person who doesn't care about

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<v Speaker 2>the Bengals. No, they get swept up in the Super

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<v Speaker 2>Bowl spirit. And we're you know, you're right built Cincinnati, Ohio.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no other city that I can think of who

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<v Speaker 1>I lived in Toledo a long time in law school

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<v Speaker 1>I watched the death of Toledo. It's really not come

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<v Speaker 1>even exist. Dayton's got problems. And comparing us to Indianapolis

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<v Speaker 1>or Milwaukee or Kansas City, I'd live here in a

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<v Speaker 1>heartbeat because of large numbers of individuals that make this

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<v Speaker 1>Bank and take three C D C unbelievable stuff being

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<v Speaker 1>done that doesn't happen anywhere else. Once again, what's the website?

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<v Speaker 1>People can go there look at blink maybe down looking

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<v Speaker 1>a stare at a wall somewhere on a holograph. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know. You can go from Newport to Covington to

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<v Speaker 1>Findlay Market. It's probably two or three miles walk. You

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<v Speaker 1>can't take it all in one night. What is the website?

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<v Speaker 1>Tony Founder wants to know he wants to bring the kids,

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<v Speaker 1>the chickens, he wants to bring the farm animals and

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<v Speaker 1>marching around. What is the website?

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<v Speaker 2>Blink Cincinnati dot com. All of the information you need

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<v Speaker 2>is there, follow on social too. I hope to see

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<v Speaker 1>And should new council members be picked upon qualifications or

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<v Speaker 2>You know, Bill, I've been I've been reading about this.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to say, I know I wanted that wish wish.

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<v Speaker 2>Evan Nolan quite a lot of luck. I've gotten the

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<v Speaker 2>chance to work with him when he was at the

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<v Speaker 2>city and good man. He's a good city man, cares

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<v Speaker 2>a lot about the neighbor of Oakley, which is where

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<v Speaker 2>he and his family live. And like all of the

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<v Speaker 2>nine folks down there, I think you know, go ahead.

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<v Speaker 2>There are things that you could talk about no I

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<v Speaker 2>talk about on your program like you do. But that

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<v Speaker 2>group comes together to support the big things that matter,

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<v Speaker 2>whether it's three CDC, the convention Center, Blink, housing in

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<v Speaker 1>You're staying out of politics until you seize power once again.

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<v Speaker 1>It'll be Axelrod and Obama is going to be calling

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<v Speaker 1>Lucan at some point ruling for a thousand years.

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<v Speaker 2>Golf cart the golf cart brigade.

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<v Speaker 1>We have an M fifty on top, just letting it rip,

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<v Speaker 1>all right once again, Brendan Call, thanks for coming on.

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<v Speaker 1>You're the head of the chamber. You're in charge of

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<v Speaker 1>all things happening, including the taste in Octoberfest and Blinking

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<v Speaker 1>so much more and get my best to all the

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<v Speaker 1>folks at Blink.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, thanks so much for having me on.

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<v Speaker 1>God bless Blink. Let's continue and Brendan Call, thank you

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<v Speaker 1>very much. You can't talk about politics. I often do

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<v Speaker 1>and I will. A person should be judged by the

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<v Speaker 1>not the color of their skin, but the content of

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<v Speaker 1>their character. And someone out to tell Joe Mallory at

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<v Speaker 1>the NAACP that's the way it ought to be. You

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<v Speaker 1>can't be a civil rights group concerned about racism when

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<v Speaker 1>you practice it yourself. Let's continue with more Bill cunning

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<v Speaker 1>and the Grant Americans speaking truth to power on news

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<v Speaker 1>radio seven hundred WLW