1 00:00:04,879 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: What's going on? Thank you so much for listening to 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:07,919 this podcast. 3 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 2: It is heard live every day from noon to three 4 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,439 on WBT Radio in Charlotte. And if you want exclusive 5 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:16,800 content like invitations to events, the weekly live stream, my 6 00:00:16,879 --> 00:00:19,239 daily show prep with all the links, become a patron, 7 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,600 go to dpeteclendershow dot com. Make sure you hit the 8 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,160 subscribe button. Get every episode for free right to your 9 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,719 smartphone or tablet, And again, thank you so much for 10 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:28,320 your support. 11 00:00:28,559 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: I would like to. 12 00:00:29,039 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 2: Welcome to the program Terry Donovan. She is the Republican 13 00:00:32,039 --> 00:00:37,079 nominee for mayor of Charlotte. Early voting starts today, so 14 00:00:37,119 --> 00:00:39,759 I'm sure she's actually pretty busy today, so I appreciate 15 00:00:39,759 --> 00:00:41,240 her making time to join us. 16 00:00:41,399 --> 00:00:42,520 Speaker 1: Terry, how are you welcome? 17 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 3: Happy? I'm doing well? How are you doing? 18 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:46,719 Speaker 1: I'm doing all right myself. 19 00:00:46,799 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 2: So i'd imagine you got a pretty jam packed schedule, 20 00:00:50,359 --> 00:00:53,119 are you like bouncing around early voting sites and such today? 21 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:57,359 Speaker 3: Yes, I've got a pretty jam packed last thirty days, 22 00:00:57,399 --> 00:01:01,039 that's for sure. More so than that, then, today is 23 00:01:01,079 --> 00:01:04,560 definitely a bit chaotic. And I've got an event tonight 24 00:01:04,719 --> 00:01:07,879 and another event to stop by before that event. So 25 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:09,959 it's a little it's a little crazy, but I definitely 26 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:11,680 wanted to come on and say hello. 27 00:01:11,599 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: Yes, no, I appreciate that. 28 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:14,599 Speaker 2: And when I reached out to you and I said, oh, 29 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,519 why don't you know come on? And then I was like, oh, 30 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:18,400 it's actually the first day of early voting, so she 31 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,280 might not be able to swing it. So I do 32 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,799 appreciate you coming on, so tell me, yeah, go ahead. 33 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 3: We want I absolutely want to. I've got a great 34 00:01:27,719 --> 00:01:30,480 team of people out there for me, so I'm good. 35 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 2: So tell people a little bit about yourself. You're a 36 00:01:33,519 --> 00:01:37,040 small business owner. What's the what is that small business? 37 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:41,040 And why did you decide to dip your toes into 38 00:01:41,079 --> 00:01:42,480 the political waters. 39 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,799 Speaker 3: Well, I've been in real estate in Charlotte since two 40 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:49,120 thousand and I've just seen, you know a lot of 41 00:01:49,159 --> 00:01:52,159 owned a few different companies in my lifetime, but most recently, 42 00:01:52,359 --> 00:01:54,640 you know, I'm in real estate. I'm a real estate broker, 43 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,120 so I've sull real estate here for years and I 44 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:01,040 just can't sit back and watch what's happening our city anymore. 45 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,560 It's just as awful. And I have I hear from 46 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,079 my clients every day and people just don't feel safe 47 00:02:07,079 --> 00:02:10,639 in their neighborhoods anymore. And that was the main reason 48 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,520 I decided to step up and get involved. I mean, 49 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:16,919 we hear people complain and complain and complain every day, 50 00:02:17,719 --> 00:02:20,319 and we've got to stop that. We've got to step 51 00:02:20,439 --> 00:02:23,719 up and actually do something. So that's why I'm here. 52 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 2: So and I did read I read the op ed 53 00:02:27,479 --> 00:02:30,479 I guess that you wrote for I saw it at 54 00:02:30,479 --> 00:02:33,520 the Daily Caller. And this was back in September, after 55 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:38,360 the murder of Arena Zarutska. Were you already considering a 56 00:02:38,479 --> 00:02:41,439 run before that murder or did that? 57 00:02:41,879 --> 00:02:42,719 Speaker 1: Did that prompt it? 58 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,039 Speaker 3: Well, I'll tell you, I actually filed on the very 59 00:02:47,159 --> 00:02:50,960 last day on the deadline, which was July nineteenth. So 60 00:02:51,039 --> 00:02:55,400 I filed on July nineteenth to run. Arena Zarutska was. 61 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: Murdered on August twenty second. 62 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:04,319 Speaker 3: Second, Yeah, which was horrific. And you know, I'll be honest. 63 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,360 I mean after that incident, everything really escalated. I mean, 64 00:03:08,479 --> 00:03:12,520 just the level of seriousness of everything in our city. Obviously, 65 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:16,520 we've got national media attention, and it's just a horrific 66 00:03:16,599 --> 00:03:21,560 reason to have it, terrible reason to have all of 67 00:03:21,599 --> 00:03:25,800 this negative publicity on Charlotte right now. But you know, 68 00:03:25,879 --> 00:03:27,919 it is really shining a light on a lot of 69 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:32,759 things that were broken in our city, and safety being one. 70 00:03:33,479 --> 00:03:38,159 Speaker 2: Yeah, So what do you attribute the brokenness to? What 71 00:03:38,319 --> 00:03:39,280 broke it? 72 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 3: Well, I think for starters, these cash list bail programs 73 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,240 that we've been doing here in Charlotte are just not working. 74 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:50,360 I mean, we've got people walking around on our streets 75 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,759 that have been arrested more than thirty times. You know, 76 00:03:53,879 --> 00:03:56,599 we've got I spoke to a police officer last week 77 00:03:56,639 --> 00:04:00,319 that arrested the same guy twice in one day. How 78 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:04,199 is that even possible? People hear these things and you know, 79 00:04:04,439 --> 00:04:06,840 just like I did before, I would think, oh, you know, 80 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:10,039 that's just an exaggeration. There's no way that can be true. 81 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:14,080 But you know what, don't even believe me, Go find 82 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:17,360 out for yourself. Get involved. It is true and it 83 00:04:17,439 --> 00:04:20,360 is absolutely happening. And right now, what's happening in our 84 00:04:20,399 --> 00:04:25,079 city is it's absolutely it's just unacceptable and it has 85 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:28,240 got to stop. People do not feel safe in their neighborhoods. 86 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:31,319 People don't feel safe sending their kids to school, and 87 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:34,160 we have got to turn this city around. We can't 88 00:04:34,199 --> 00:04:38,000 have what's happening in our you know, Uptown. Uptown, the 89 00:04:38,079 --> 00:04:42,000 murder rate is up two hundred percent. Since I have 90 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,160 been involved and signed up for this, I now have 91 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:48,279 people sending me things that are happening and that they're 92 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:50,639 dealing with on a daily basis. You know, a lot 93 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:54,160 of things aren't even being reported on local media. And 94 00:04:54,199 --> 00:04:56,720 what I'm hearing from them is that they can't get 95 00:04:56,759 --> 00:05:00,480 to all of the stories because there's so many of them. 96 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 1: Yeah. 97 00:05:01,959 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, and for people who are who don't know 98 00:05:03,759 --> 00:05:09,000 how media operates, like especially TV news, you get assigned 99 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,079 a story. If you're a reporter, you get a story. 100 00:05:12,079 --> 00:05:14,120 You got to turn a story a day, and so 101 00:05:14,319 --> 00:05:16,120 I mean, just do the math on that. If you've 102 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:19,439 got two or three crimes occurring every single day, you 103 00:05:19,759 --> 00:05:21,720 have to make choices on what to go cover. 104 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 3: Exactly. And unfortunately, that's what started to happen here, is 105 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:30,319 that people are almost becoming numb to it because it 106 00:05:30,439 --> 00:05:36,279 happens every day now. I mean, we just had a murder, homicide, 107 00:05:36,319 --> 00:05:40,560 we had a shooting, and a woman died in South Park, Yeah, 108 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:44,879 and her parking garage when she was leaving for work 109 00:05:44,959 --> 00:05:48,959 that morning. And you know, I'm not you just can 110 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,279 hardly process one thing before you're hearing of another one 111 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:54,639 the night after that, I think it was there was 112 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:57,720 a girl on her scooter over near is it Fin 113 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:01,120 and Fino that restaurant and she is pushed off of 114 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:06,279 her scooter by a deranged homeless man, ends up, you know, injured, 115 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,439 and you know, where's the reporting on that? I mean, 116 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:14,240 we're living in some dangerous, dangerous times, and I know 117 00:06:14,319 --> 00:06:18,079 there's a crime report that just came out. In certain stats, 118 00:06:18,079 --> 00:06:21,199 they're saying that have gone down, but you know, we 119 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:24,040 need to look at our murder rate. Our murder rate 120 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:26,959 uptown is up over two hundred percent. 121 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's hard. 122 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I was going over in the last hour. 123 00:06:32,519 --> 00:06:35,120 Overall crime reported for the first nine months of the 124 00:06:35,199 --> 00:06:39,360 year down eight percent, violent crime down twenty percent when 125 00:06:39,399 --> 00:06:43,240 compared to last year first nine months. But like I 126 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:45,399 always take a longer view of it, like, well, what's 127 00:06:45,439 --> 00:06:48,439 the trend from the previous five to ten years, because 128 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:51,439 just being down year over year while good, don't get 129 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:53,959 me wrong, that is good, but that's only that, that's 130 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,399 just one marker, you know, Like, because we saw a 131 00:06:57,439 --> 00:07:01,480 massive jump in crime in twenty twenty, so are we 132 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,279 pre pandemic levels yet? Are were are we going back 133 00:07:04,319 --> 00:07:07,160 to like twenty sixteen, twenty seventeen, Have we gotten back 134 00:07:07,199 --> 00:07:09,720 down to those lows? But there also seems to be 135 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,199 sort of an acceptance. You said that we've gotten numb 136 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:16,360 to it. I completely agree. It's like there's this idea that, oh, well, 137 00:07:16,959 --> 00:07:18,360 you know, if you're going to live in the city 138 00:07:18,439 --> 00:07:21,199 and you know Charlotte's now, you know, top twenty market, 139 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:25,319 So therefore we just have to accept a level of 140 00:07:25,399 --> 00:07:29,160 violence because that's what living in a city means. And 141 00:07:30,079 --> 00:07:33,199 I don't I don't accept that. I just don't accept 142 00:07:33,199 --> 00:07:34,319 that that has to be the case. 143 00:07:35,079 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 3: I was going to say, is that what we want 144 00:07:37,879 --> 00:07:39,959 is that what we want? I mean, is that how 145 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,000 we want our kids to grow up? Is that how 146 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:45,160 we want to you know, what kind of business can 147 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:48,279 drive in that environment? Uptown? I'm hearing some business owners 148 00:07:48,319 --> 00:07:51,160 that are closing their restaurants every week. I mean, they 149 00:07:51,199 --> 00:07:53,720 can't find employees to work because the employees don't feel 150 00:07:53,759 --> 00:07:59,959 safe walking from their car to work. Yeah, it's unaccessible, 151 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:04,120 It's absolutely unacceptable. It's just we've got to focus on this. 152 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,279 We've got to clean up this city, and that is 153 00:08:06,279 --> 00:08:09,079 an absolute top priority. That is the main That is 154 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,560 the main reason I'm decided to get involved. I just 155 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,279 can't sit back and watch this anymore. 156 00:08:13,759 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: So I'm sure you're aware. 157 00:08:15,759 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 2: In North Carolina, Uh, the mayor is a weak position 158 00:08:20,199 --> 00:08:23,240 when it comes to actually, you know, voting on things 159 00:08:23,279 --> 00:08:26,720 and such. So what can a mayor do with regard 160 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:30,519 to crime. It's a council manager form of government a lot. 161 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,919 You know, the mayor's got virtually no real authority. You 162 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:38,480 can't you can't force the judicial branch to behave So 163 00:08:38,519 --> 00:08:40,879 what exactly can you do as mayor if you win? 164 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:44,879 Speaker 3: You're exactly right. Uh, And I'm so glad you brought 165 00:08:44,919 --> 00:08:48,200 that point up. And I will say this, that's why 166 00:08:48,279 --> 00:08:51,559 it's never been more important, ever been more important. We 167 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:54,360 need to vote like our life depends on it. There 168 00:08:54,399 --> 00:08:56,960 are eleven city council members. Nine of them right now 169 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:01,840 are Democrats, to are Republicans. We have some new candidates 170 00:09:01,919 --> 00:09:05,639 running this year. Every single one of these candidates that's 171 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,840 running on the Republican ticket needs to win. We've got 172 00:09:08,879 --> 00:09:11,080 to get them in and if we can do that, 173 00:09:11,279 --> 00:09:13,799 we can turn this whole city around. We've got to 174 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:17,720 have fresh new people on city council. We've got to 175 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:22,480 have new ideas. We've just gotten There's a lot of 176 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,240 questionable things that have happened to as far as transparency go. 177 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:32,120 Here's what will change on day one. Immediately, attitude, attitude, 178 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:36,360 and acknowledgement. We are going to acknowledge that we have 179 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:41,320 a public safety issue. People are not safe now, Businesses 180 00:09:41,399 --> 00:09:44,320 are not able to thrive. This is the heart of 181 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:48,879 our city, our entertainment district, our hospitality district. I'm hearing 182 00:09:48,919 --> 00:09:54,159 from you know, panther players, I'm hearing from you Just 183 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,279 won't believe the number of people contacting me right now. 184 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:01,679 I mean, this city is hurting. Do not have anybody 185 00:10:01,879 --> 00:10:06,320 acknowledging that we have an issue? Instead, what we have 186 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:10,679 is we keep hearing the same old, same old narrative. Oh, 187 00:10:10,799 --> 00:10:13,799 the crime stats are down, and you know we do 188 00:10:13,879 --> 00:10:16,279 have a mental health crisis in this country and we 189 00:10:16,399 --> 00:10:19,639 really need to focus on more mental health solutions. Well, 190 00:10:19,639 --> 00:10:22,440 you're right, we do have a mental health issue in 191 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:26,120 this country. Everybody needs therapy right now. I wonder why 192 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:30,759 we've got to do both. But until we figure that 193 00:10:30,799 --> 00:10:33,840 side out, we can't just have deranged Olympics running around 194 00:10:33,879 --> 00:10:37,120 on our streets attacking people. One of the people working 195 00:10:37,159 --> 00:10:41,440 on my campaign that lives uptown very close to the stadium. 196 00:10:41,879 --> 00:10:47,639 Last night was texting me around midnight he got he 197 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:51,399 almost got attacked last night by another you know person 198 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:54,279 all tweaked out on whatever drug he was on, had 199 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:56,080 a piece of glass in his hands and said he 200 00:10:56,159 --> 00:10:59,840 was going to stab him. This just happened last night. 201 00:11:00,399 --> 00:11:03,200 You know, there were reports and I don't even know 202 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:04,720 if you all have heard about it yet, but there 203 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:08,039 were reports last night of a man walking down Tryon 204 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:12,240 Street threatening people and trying to attack people. 205 00:11:14,039 --> 00:11:16,639 Speaker 2: So I want to ask you also because you touched 206 00:11:16,639 --> 00:11:20,399 on something there about this, about the narratives. But I 207 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:22,799 got to take a break. Terry Donovan can hang on 208 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:24,159 a moment. I'm going to put you on hold here. 209 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:26,320 We'll bring her back. Terry Donovan the Republican nominee for 210 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:28,960 the mayor of Charlotte. She's running in the election. Early 211 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:32,600 voting starts today. 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This is the focus I think, right, 236 00:12:52,279 --> 00:12:54,480 the focus of your campaign seems like it. 237 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:58,799 Speaker 3: Well, is what prompted me to step up and get 238 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:02,360 involved in a you know that I had never considered before. 239 00:13:02,639 --> 00:13:07,519 Speaker 2: Yeah, right, and so, and I mean, look, it's a 240 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:09,679 topic I think that a lot of people relate to 241 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:13,200 and that personal experience with I got an email here 242 00:13:13,799 --> 00:13:16,759 from Ron who is from rock Hill but says he 243 00:13:16,799 --> 00:13:20,559 has been a Broadway Lights series season ticket holder for 244 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,879 twenty five plus years, coming into Uptown to watch the 245 00:13:23,919 --> 00:13:26,399 plays and they would go and walk a couple of 246 00:13:26,399 --> 00:13:29,960 blocks to get a quick drink and a snack before 247 00:13:30,039 --> 00:13:33,120 or after the show. But he says the last time 248 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:35,639 they did that, they had to walk through a gauntlet 249 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:38,759 of homeless people and aggressive panhandlers. And now they just 250 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:42,519 make a b line back to the car because they 251 00:13:42,519 --> 00:13:45,320 don't feel safe walking around. And this gets to this narrative. 252 00:13:45,799 --> 00:13:49,080 Council Member Malcolm Graham is quoted in a Queen City 253 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:51,840 News article as saying, if you don't feel safe, you're 254 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,159 not safe. And too many of the citizens throughout the 255 00:13:54,159 --> 00:13:57,879 city aren't feeling safe. And like this narrative that I 256 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:00,639 keep hearing from city leadership is like, oh, it's the 257 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:04,879 perception of being insecure and unsafe, as if like we 258 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:08,759 are somehow delusional in that, Oh we feel this way, 259 00:14:08,799 --> 00:14:10,360 but that's not really the case. 260 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:13,840 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, yeah, Well, all I can say is that 261 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:16,399 they just chose to how tone death they are. I mean, 262 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:19,399 get out and talk to people, go walk up town 263 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:22,240 and when the last time they actually walked uptown and 264 00:14:22,279 --> 00:14:25,200 walked into the businesses and spoke to business owners and 265 00:14:25,759 --> 00:14:30,159 spoke to all the bar owners. People are not thriving 266 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:33,799 in their businesses anymore. Like I said, they're even having 267 00:14:33,799 --> 00:14:37,200 a hard time hiring people because the employees are scared 268 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:39,559 to walk from the car to the office. I mean, 269 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,000 it's just it's out of control. And for them to 270 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,639 come out and say, oh, there's no issue here, nothing 271 00:14:45,639 --> 00:14:48,480 to see here, you know, people, it's just their perception. 272 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:51,559 What a cruck wowy. Yeah. 273 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 2: While they're unveiling their safety plans to increase police presence 274 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:00,799 in center city, right, so it's p so that's why 275 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:02,679 they're going to put more cops on the streets and such. 276 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:06,399 Did you did you see the their safety plan that 277 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:09,039 they rolled out about two weeks ago or I guess 278 00:15:09,919 --> 00:15:10,200 I am. 279 00:15:10,639 --> 00:15:11,399 Speaker 1: What do you think of that? 280 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:15,639 Speaker 3: Well? You know, first of all, I commend them for 281 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:18,120 making an effort and at least a step in the 282 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:22,279 right direction, So kudos on that, and you know, let's see. 283 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:24,200 But all I can say is, you know, I was 284 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:27,080 just uptown last Friday. I had an event there last Friday, 285 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:30,679 and I can tell you I did not see any 286 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,240 signs of any more police officers on the streets. I mean, 287 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:38,159 we need armed, you know, CMPD officers on the streets. 288 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,399 That's the only way to clean this up. We've got 289 00:15:40,399 --> 00:15:46,840 to fund CMPD. They're understaffed, they're underfunded. I think they 290 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:49,000 are doing this thing now where they've got what they 291 00:15:49,039 --> 00:15:54,039 call public safety awareness officers. It looks like, you know, 292 00:15:54,519 --> 00:15:58,200 people wearing orange vests that say safety Awareness Officers on it. 293 00:15:58,279 --> 00:16:00,679 I'm not sure if these people, you know, go around 294 00:16:00,759 --> 00:16:04,240 giving hugs to people in need or what. But that's 295 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:09,000 not the answer. We need armed officers on our streets, 296 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:13,000 and that's the solution that we need right now. I mean, now, 297 00:16:13,039 --> 00:16:15,279 do I believe that we need other options, that we 298 00:16:15,679 --> 00:16:18,639 also need to look at root causes of all these 299 00:16:18,679 --> 00:16:21,879 issues and obviously come up with other solutions there. But 300 00:16:21,919 --> 00:16:25,000 in the meantime, the answer is not to let these 301 00:16:25,159 --> 00:16:30,120 lunatics roam around attacking people. Like I said, Peter Classic, 302 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,600 that's working on my campaign at the moment. He was 303 00:16:33,799 --> 00:16:35,559 attacked last night. I mean he had to call nine 304 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:37,600 to one one last night. Last time I heard from 305 00:16:37,679 --> 00:16:41,120 him around midnight. It had taken the police officer. He 306 00:16:41,159 --> 00:16:46,360 had waited thirty minutes before anybody even came. And that's 307 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:48,360 what we're having, you know, to deal with now when 308 00:16:48,399 --> 00:16:51,080 you call the police, now you can't even get them. 309 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:54,559 And so all these people who want to push the 310 00:16:54,639 --> 00:16:57,960 narrative that everything's fine, you know, and that people are 311 00:16:58,039 --> 00:17:01,919 just it's their perception, you know, that's great. What are 312 00:17:01,919 --> 00:17:04,200 you going to do when it's your child? What are 313 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:06,680 you going to do when it's your kid? And that's 314 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:08,839 what I want them to think about. They've got to 315 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:12,759 acknowledge that we have an issue, and they're not doing that. 316 00:17:13,599 --> 00:17:16,200 There are is no longer this is no longer an 317 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:19,960 issue over Republicans or Democrats. It's not a matter of that. 318 00:17:20,039 --> 00:17:22,119 It's a matter of common sense or delusion. 319 00:17:23,079 --> 00:17:25,640 Speaker 2: There are other there are other issues that the city 320 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:27,559 is facing. And if you don't mind, can we keep 321 00:17:27,599 --> 00:17:29,319 you for another segment? And I want to go into 322 00:17:29,319 --> 00:17:33,480 some other topics with you real quick after the news. Sure, okay, 323 00:17:33,559 --> 00:17:36,240 Great Terry Donovan is with me. She is the Republican 324 00:17:36,279 --> 00:17:40,240 candidate for mayor of Charlotte again her website Terryford Charlotte 325 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:40,880 dot com. 326 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 1: We'll have more with her in a moment. 327 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 2: So when I was a kid, my grandpa died with Alzheimer's, 328 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:47,720 and before he died, my mom and my dad took 329 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,000 care of him as he got worse. Forty years ago, 330 00:17:50,079 --> 00:17:53,160 there were no treatments and not much support for caregivers 331 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:56,000 and family. Things are different today because of the work 332 00:17:56,039 --> 00:17:59,880 of so many people, including the Alzheimer's Association of Western Carolina. 333 00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:03,400 It's a great organization with awesome people with huge hearts. 334 00:18:03,559 --> 00:18:06,079 I've been a supporter for twenty five years. This cause 335 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:09,559 means a lot to me. I participate in the annual 336 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:12,519 Walk to End Alzheimer's and I'm leading a Charlotte team 337 00:18:12,519 --> 00:18:15,680 again this year, and it's called once again Pete's Pack. 338 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:17,839 You can sign up and you can join the team 339 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:20,880 and walk with us. It's on October eighteenth that truest 340 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:25,000 field sign up at alz dot org slash walk and 341 00:18:25,039 --> 00:18:27,480 then you can search for my team name Pete's pack. 342 00:18:27,759 --> 00:18:30,880 There's also a link at thepetepod dot com. There's also 343 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,759 a link in the description of this podcast. Also, I'll 344 00:18:33,759 --> 00:18:36,839 be am seeing the Gastonia Walk on October eleventh, and 345 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,079 so you can make a team and join that one too, 346 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:41,359 or make a donation and help me hit my goal 347 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:44,279 of five thousand dollars. If you do, I really appreciate it. 348 00:18:44,319 --> 00:18:44,799 Speaker 1: There are a. 349 00:18:44,759 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 2: Bunch of other walks all over the Carolinas. You can 350 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:50,079 go to alz dot org slash walk for all the 351 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:53,720 dates and locations. We're closer than ever to stopping Alzheimer's. 352 00:18:53,799 --> 00:18:55,559 Can you help us get there? Will you walk with me? 353 00:18:55,799 --> 00:18:59,680 For a different future, for families, for more time for treatments? 354 00:19:00,079 --> 00:19:01,079 Speaker 1: This is why we walk. 355 00:19:01,799 --> 00:19:05,319 Speaker 2: Final segment here with Terry Donovan. She is the Republican 356 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:09,039 nominee for Mayor of Charlotte, running for mayor, trying to 357 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:12,759 unseat the incumbent by Liles. Her website Terry for Charlotte 358 00:19:12,759 --> 00:19:16,079 dot com. So we talked about crime. I want to 359 00:19:16,079 --> 00:19:19,640 ask you a couple of questions about other things that 360 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:23,119 the city is dealing with. Number One, the transit referendum, 361 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:24,960 I think is kind of tied to the crime issue, 362 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:29,319 but there's big push for people to increase the sales 363 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:33,599 tax by one cent. Are you in favor of the 364 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:36,119 sales tax referendum? Are you endorsing it or are you 365 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:36,720 opposing it? 366 00:19:38,799 --> 00:19:41,839 Speaker 3: You just said transit right, transit tax. 367 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:44,319 Speaker 1: Yes, the transit reference, yeah, the referendum. 368 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:47,160 Speaker 3: Yes, No, I do not support that. How can we 369 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:50,519 propose a transit tax when people are worried about getting 370 00:19:50,599 --> 00:19:53,640 murdered on our transit I don't support that yet. We 371 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:55,359 don't even need to bring that up yet. We need 372 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:58,640 to table that conversation for later after we clean up 373 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:00,000 this city and make it safe again. 374 00:20:01,079 --> 00:20:04,920 Speaker 2: You talk about, and you mentioned it earlier, about transparency 375 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,119 as well. So how do you if you if you 376 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,920 win your mayor, how do you improve transparency? Are there 377 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:13,039 any concrete steps that you want to take? 378 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:17,880 Speaker 3: Well, we just can't have deals being made behind closed 379 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:21,160 doors any longer. If we're going to be doing things 380 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:24,000 like that. I mean, obviously, how can the public trust 381 00:20:24,559 --> 00:20:29,039 anyone with tax pier funds it's going to make closed 382 00:20:29,039 --> 00:20:36,759 door deals, you know. We can't have that. Yeah, not tolerated. 383 00:20:38,559 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 2: So you coming from the real estate background as well, 384 00:20:41,839 --> 00:20:46,039 you know, housing big problem, housing shortage, the high prices 385 00:20:46,039 --> 00:20:50,799 of housing. No starter homes are getting built, it seems anymore, 386 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:55,160 by anybody anywhere. So how do you how do you 387 00:20:55,200 --> 00:21:00,680 help address the affordability issue of housing in Charlotte. 388 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,839 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's another thing that we've heard just all talk, 389 00:21:04,039 --> 00:21:06,880 all talk, all talk on for so long, you know, 390 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,319 affordable housing. And I know firsthand that we have an 391 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:13,559 issue with that. I mean, when we have listings that 392 00:21:13,599 --> 00:21:17,279 have thirty offers in a weekend, there's a problem. So 393 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,559 it needs to be addressed. And we've got to collaborate 394 00:21:20,559 --> 00:21:23,359 with the right people and bring the right developers to 395 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:25,759 the table. That's the good thing. I do have several 396 00:21:25,799 --> 00:21:29,440 relationships with the right people to collaborate, bring them to 397 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:33,640 the table, and actually make true affordable housing happen, because 398 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:35,440 right now we do not have it. What we have 399 00:21:36,039 --> 00:21:40,079 is we've created a city where people can't even afford 400 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:44,279 to buy homes. People are being forced to rent, and 401 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:47,920 so you know, people just don't have options to even 402 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:49,559 live within city limits. 403 00:21:50,079 --> 00:21:52,440 Speaker 1: So how do you how does the city drive down 404 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:53,039 that price? 405 00:21:55,079 --> 00:21:58,559 Speaker 3: Well, like I said, you've got to bring the right 406 00:21:58,599 --> 00:22:03,119 developers to the table and make those decisions, bring creative 407 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:06,680 solutions that we haven't thought of yet. There's so many 408 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:09,319 things that we can do that just haven't been done yet. 409 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,079 It's a matter of collaborating with the right people. I 410 00:22:12,079 --> 00:22:15,279 think there are a lot of just relationships that are 411 00:22:15,319 --> 00:22:18,559 in place right now that might not be personal relationships 412 00:22:18,559 --> 00:22:22,359 between city council members and so forth. Not necessarily what's 413 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:26,720 best for the public, but what's best for their pockets. 414 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 2: Right If the issue is starter homes, right those are 415 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:34,000 it seems like that's the issue. You've got a lot 416 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,359 of apartments that are sort of filling that gap right 417 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:41,559 now because people can't afford the homes that are getting 418 00:22:41,559 --> 00:22:43,279 built that are brand new and they're running you know, 419 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:47,079 three hundred and fifty to and above the You know, 420 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:49,480 there always used to be sort of this stock of 421 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:54,319 starter homes. Why aren't those getting built anymore? Is that 422 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:57,359 a regulatory framework? If so, do you do you know 423 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:01,640 of like what types of regulations that the city imposes 424 00:23:01,759 --> 00:23:06,039 could be wound down in order to incentivize builders, because 425 00:23:06,039 --> 00:23:08,200 they're like, they've got to make a profit, right, So 426 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,160 you can't ask them to build a bunch of homes 427 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,440 and then lose money on the project. So how do 428 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:16,640 you how do you address the regulatory framework. 429 00:23:17,079 --> 00:23:19,039 Speaker 3: Well, we've got a press for that. We've got to 430 00:23:19,039 --> 00:23:22,680 make it a priority and absolutely just make that a 431 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:26,319 top priority where it hasn't been before. But like I said, 432 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:30,559 for me, going back to the public safety issue, nothing 433 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:34,960 else matters and nothing else will fall into place until 434 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,960 we have a safe city. We've got to fix that. 435 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,759 We've got to clean up this city. People don't even 436 00:23:40,839 --> 00:23:43,440 want to move to certain areas right now because they 437 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:47,519 don't feel safe. Not to mention values, property values on 438 00:23:47,559 --> 00:23:51,720 people's homes. What's that doing to property values right now? 439 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:54,799 You know, we've got to clean up uptown. It just 440 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:56,400 absolutely has to happen. 441 00:23:57,599 --> 00:24:00,839 Speaker 2: So you mentioned in your at your website under the 442 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:05,920 category of infrastructure, you say delayed projects and bureaucratic red 443 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:10,279 tape only hold us back. So what kinds of red 444 00:24:10,319 --> 00:24:12,960 tape do you think are holding us back in the 445 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,400 infrastructure category? 446 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,440 Speaker 3: Well, like I said, the mayor alone isn't going to 447 00:24:18,519 --> 00:24:21,640 have the power to change things in that regard. We've 448 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:24,480 got to get the new city council members that are 449 00:24:24,519 --> 00:24:27,000 running right now on there, and if we can do that, 450 00:24:27,079 --> 00:24:30,200 we can accomplish a lot without that, though, my hands 451 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,480 are going to be somewhat tied. So we've got to 452 00:24:32,519 --> 00:24:37,039 make sure early voting open today. We do have five 453 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:41,279 days of early voting only at one location, which is uptown, 454 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:44,519 the how Marshall Center. But we do need to get 455 00:24:44,559 --> 00:24:48,400 our at large candidates direct you know elected. One is 456 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:55,079 me Son kim Ed Peacock District three. James Bowers absolutely 457 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:58,319 he needs to get on. He's got to win Christa 458 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:02,880 Bakari District six. And then I know the school board 459 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:06,240 members that are running as well, Wan Hill District two, 460 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:10,640 Build Fountain District one, Lisa Kline District Fine, District five, 461 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:14,559 and Justin's Chile District six. We've got to clean this 462 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,119 city up, and I can tell you the best chance 463 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:19,880 that we're going to stand is getting every single one 464 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:24,400 of these candidates elected this November. And now, like I said, 465 00:25:24,759 --> 00:25:27,400 uptown is the only location open right now for the 466 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:29,599 first five days. But we've got to get every single 467 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:32,119 one of these people on there. We've got to shake 468 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,160 up what's been going on in our city, and the 469 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:38,079 only way to do that is to get these new voices, 470 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:42,440 these new people who are not career politicians on city council. 471 00:25:42,759 --> 00:25:46,319 If we just continue with the status quo, which is 472 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:48,839 what we've had going on in Charlotte for years, which 473 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:52,000 is how we got here. Then the truth is is 474 00:25:52,039 --> 00:25:54,519 that I'm going to be able to change very little. 475 00:25:55,079 --> 00:25:58,880 So without having these new members elected, my hands are 476 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:01,200 going to be somewhat tied. We've got to have the 477 00:26:01,319 --> 00:26:04,480 right city council members on city council and then we 478 00:26:04,519 --> 00:26:07,319 can accomplish everything we need to accomplish. 479 00:26:07,839 --> 00:26:13,440 Speaker 2: So obviously, you know the voter demographics here. Democrats have 480 00:26:13,559 --> 00:26:18,039 like forty two percent of the party affiliation, unaffiliated's forty 481 00:26:18,039 --> 00:26:21,240 one percent, and Republicans only seventeen percent. So how do 482 00:26:21,319 --> 00:26:23,799 you overcome those demographics? 483 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 3: Hey, look, here's the thing. We are not even talking 484 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:31,920 about Republicans versus Democrats anymore at all. I mean, for me, 485 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:34,799 I've got plenty of Democrat friends. I mean, my best 486 00:26:34,799 --> 00:26:39,640 friend's a Democrat, right, her husband's are Republican votes Democrat, 487 00:26:39,839 --> 00:26:41,960 and don't ask me how they live together, but they do. 488 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,799 And I've got several neighbors that are Democrats, and guess look, 489 00:26:45,039 --> 00:26:47,599 we hang out and we can have dinner together. We 490 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:51,519 get along. Everybody wants the same thing. We've got these 491 00:26:51,559 --> 00:26:54,319 people that are so far right and so far left. 492 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,720 But I think that the majority of us live somewhere 493 00:26:57,799 --> 00:27:00,599 in the middle. Not any of us agree with everything 494 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,160 on the right or everything on the left. So we've 495 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,440 got to acknowledge that and just start bridging the gap. 496 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:10,759 It's just no longer a race about Democrats versus Republicans. 497 00:27:10,759 --> 00:27:13,799 It's more about good versus evil. You know, when you 498 00:27:13,839 --> 00:27:17,759 look at what's happening in our judicial system right now, especially, 499 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:22,160 you know these people who are arrested thirty plus times. 500 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:25,960 How is this even possible in our city? I mean, 501 00:27:26,039 --> 00:27:28,079 is that what we want? Is that how we want 502 00:27:28,079 --> 00:27:28,400 to live? 503 00:27:29,559 --> 00:27:31,640 Speaker 2: Terry Donovan, thank you very much for your time today. 504 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,200 I appreciate it. I know you're busy. Early voting is underway. 505 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:36,519 Look for Terry out at the polling stations and such. 506 00:27:36,759 --> 00:27:39,480 She'll be bouncing all around the city of Charlotte for 507 00:27:39,519 --> 00:27:42,400 the early voting. And again the website Terry for Charlotte 508 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:43,799 dot com. Terry, thank you so much. 509 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:45,359 Speaker 3: Could I say one thing? Yeah? 510 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:46,400 Speaker 1: Absolutely, yeah, go ahead. 511 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 3: There is key on the end of my name for everybody, 512 00:27:49,519 --> 00:27:53,799 So it's te r R I E for fo R Charlotte. 513 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,480 That's my website and I will be posting several events 514 00:27:56,519 --> 00:27:58,799 and everything on there. I know we actually have an 515 00:27:58,799 --> 00:28:02,400 event at Sycamore tonight bringing in a lot of the 516 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:06,519 younger demographics in South End. So anyway, thank you so 517 00:28:06,599 --> 00:28:07,519 much for your time. Pete. 518 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:09,920 Speaker 2: No, thank you, Yeah no, I appreciate you making time 519 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:11,839 for us on this busy day. Terry Donovan, thank you, 520 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:15,799 take care, Thank you all right again. Terry for Charlotte 521 00:28:15,839 --> 00:28:19,960 dot com. T E R R I E for Charlotte, 522 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,400 Terry for Charlotte dot Com. Here's a great idea. How 523 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:25,519 about making an escape to a really special and secluded 524 00:28:25,559 --> 00:28:28,400 getaway in western North Carolina. Just a quick drive up 525 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,559 the mountain and Cabins of Asheville is your connection. 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Let me venture over to 546 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:41,000 the WBT text line driven by Liberty Buick GMC, where 547 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,640 a lot of people have been texting in about the 548 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:48,559 interview with Terry Donovan. Steve says, thank you for having 549 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:51,279 her on. You made my day friend. You're welcome. 550 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:59,039 Speaker 2: Let me see this is random seven oh four number 551 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:02,079 when Iso Lyle's coming on for an interview and take 552 00:30:02,119 --> 00:30:04,559 some questions from Rawla. I don't think that's going to happen. 553 00:30:04,759 --> 00:30:08,640 The door is open, Like the door is always open. 554 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:11,839 If any elected official ever wants to come on the show, 555 00:30:12,119 --> 00:30:15,000 they are always allowed to come on the show. I 556 00:30:15,039 --> 00:30:17,920 have no problem with any elected official. The problem is 557 00:30:18,079 --> 00:30:20,079 a lot of Democrats don't ever want to come on 558 00:30:20,119 --> 00:30:24,160 the show. So, which is weird because like I've interviewed 559 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:28,440 democrats for my entire career, I treat them respectfully. I 560 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:32,480 ask them questions, and the questions I think of are 561 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,279 probably a lot different than the questions that they are 562 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:39,279 used to receiving, and so a lot of them are 563 00:30:39,519 --> 00:30:42,559 anxious or nervous about what those types of questions might be. 564 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:44,519 I don't ever, you know, rate or make fun of 565 00:30:44,519 --> 00:30:47,480 people or anything like that. I mean, when they're with me. 566 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:52,039 I'm just kidding, no, but seriously, like I I'm perfectly 567 00:30:52,079 --> 00:30:55,119 capable of having conversations with anybody of any political strength 568 00:30:55,319 --> 00:31:02,279 except commies, communists, lie and so all right, another random 569 00:31:02,319 --> 00:31:06,400 seven h four number. Unfortunately, Pete, not much there there. 570 00:31:06,519 --> 00:31:09,440 That's a sad testament. So you ask some hard questions 571 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:12,000 that there aren't easy answers too, But there was really 572 00:31:12,039 --> 00:31:14,440 nothing at all to sink your teeth into. 573 00:31:16,559 --> 00:31:17,759 Speaker 1: This is from. 574 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:24,880 Speaker 2: Dan, who says he thinks she's she avoided answering questions 575 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:27,039 and redirected to public safety every time. 576 00:31:28,039 --> 00:31:29,960 Speaker 1: Well, so, look, there is. 577 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,680 Speaker 2: There is something to be said for message discipline, which 578 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:38,079 I understand in a campaign you want to just hammer 579 00:31:38,119 --> 00:31:46,200 away at the issue that is most advantageous, and crime 580 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:49,279 is the crime in public safety issue is the focal point. 581 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:54,519 Speaker 1: And it's smart. I understand it. Let me see here, 582 00:31:54,519 --> 00:31:58,559 this is Alan. 583 00:31:59,559 --> 00:32:04,400 Speaker 2: We need this woman for mayor, says Alan. Kimberly says, 584 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:08,400 I need her signs. I guess her yard signs. Yeah, 585 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:10,480 I'm sure we'll go reach out to the campaign on 586 00:32:10,519 --> 00:32:13,039 the website. I'm sure they'll be happy to give you 587 00:32:13,079 --> 00:32:16,440 some signs, some yard signs. Which, by the way, the 588 00:32:16,519 --> 00:32:20,519 thing on yard signs I learned actually the former Speaker 589 00:32:20,559 --> 00:32:22,920 of the House now Congressman Tim Moore told me this 590 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,319 years ago, which was I was chatting with them at 591 00:32:25,359 --> 00:32:30,720 an event in Asheville at the time, and he was asking, 592 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,240 you know, what the prospects were for some of the 593 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,039 local candidates and that sort of thing, and I said, 594 00:32:36,039 --> 00:32:38,079 I don't know, and like, I'm seeing yard signs and 595 00:32:38,119 --> 00:32:39,319 this and that, and I was like, but I don't 596 00:32:39,319 --> 00:32:41,519 really know if that's a good gauge, and he said 597 00:32:42,039 --> 00:32:48,000 yard signs on private property are a good sign. Yard 598 00:32:48,079 --> 00:32:51,359 signs in the public right of way not so much. 599 00:32:52,119 --> 00:32:55,599 Because if you're just sticking yard signs, if you're a 600 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:59,200 campaign and nobody wants your signs for their own property, 601 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:03,039 means you're just trying to put them out everywhere, and 602 00:33:03,079 --> 00:33:05,440 you can only do that on the public right of 603 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:08,920 way at intersections, you know, along the sidewalks, along the 604 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,079 roads and stuff. So if you see a lot of 605 00:33:11,119 --> 00:33:13,440 yard signs for a candidate, but they're all along the 606 00:33:13,519 --> 00:33:17,440 road and they're not in people's yards, then that is 607 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:21,119 not indicative of support necessarily. That's just the campaign workers. 608 00:33:21,519 --> 00:33:23,279 But if you see, like if you drive through and 609 00:33:23,279 --> 00:33:25,920 I've gone through a couple of neighborhoods and you see 610 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,599 yard signs for local candidates and it's like, you know, 611 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:31,119 the whole street is filled with these yard signs, that 612 00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:33,759 means the campaign workers went to every one of these 613 00:33:33,799 --> 00:33:36,880 homes probably and talked to the homeowners who all agreed 614 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:40,039 to put the yard sign in their yard. That's indicative 615 00:33:40,079 --> 00:33:47,599 of support. John said, he wants to like her, but 616 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:49,680 this is a little cringe. I don't know why people 617 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:51,960 think that uh hm, I don't know. I didn't get 618 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:56,680 that at all. Appreciate your conversation about the lawlessness. While 619 00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:59,640 tired of the expense of victimhood day by day, realized 620 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:05,000 my safe is my responsibility. Cameras cost me. Okay, this 621 00:34:05,039 --> 00:34:08,079 is a very Angela. That's a very lengthy message. I'm 622 00:34:08,079 --> 00:34:09,000 not going to be able to read it all in 623 00:34:09,039 --> 00:34:11,800 the time I've got left. Thanks so much for having 624 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:14,800 Terry on. Will there be a debate? Oh that's a 625 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:18,719 good question. Probably not. Incumbents that are as secure as 626 00:34:19,079 --> 00:34:26,119 vil Isles never want a debate. There's no upside for them. 627 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:29,960 And then I guess these are about the it's all 628 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:35,039 about the police. This is from Mike. I always know 629 00:34:35,079 --> 00:34:37,199 who not to vote for by looking at the yard 630 00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:38,960 signs in my neighbor's front yard. 631 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:42,599 Speaker 1: Well, there you go. It's like a palm card for you. 632 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,599 All right. That'll do it for this episode. Thank you 633 00:34:46,679 --> 00:34:47,639 so much for listening. 634 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:49,880 Speaker 2: I could not do the show without your support and 635 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,639 the support of the businesses that advertise on the podcast, 636 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,079 So if you'd like, please support them too and tell 637 00:34:55,119 --> 00:34:56,840 them you heard it here. You can also become a 638 00:34:56,880 --> 00:34:59,679 patron at my Patreon page or go to the peak 639 00:35:00,039 --> 00:35:02,440 on our show dot com again, Thank you so much 640 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:05,639 for listening, and don't break anything while I'm gone.