1 00:00:04,879 --> 00:00:05,599 Speaker 1: What's going on. 2 00:00:05,759 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 2: Thank you so much for listening to this podcast. It 3 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:10,080 is heard live every day from noon to three on 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,839 WBT Radio in Charlotte. And if you want exclusive content 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,160 like invitations to events, the weekly live stream, my daily 6 00:00:17,199 --> 00:00:19,480 show prep with all the links, become a patron, go 7 00:00:19,559 --> 00:00:23,399 to dpeakclendarshow dot com. Make sure you hit the subscribe button. 8 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,320 Get every episode for free right to your smartphone or tablet. 9 00:00:26,359 --> 00:00:29,679 And again, thank you so much for your support. All righty, 10 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,560 So a couple of things happening up on Capitol Hill. 11 00:00:33,799 --> 00:00:38,039 We had the House within the last half hour. They've 12 00:00:38,079 --> 00:00:44,600 agreed to go along with that Senate budget. It's on 13 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:49,240 a bill, but gonna go along with a Senate spending plan. 14 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:51,719 And as I understand it, it's like four trillion dollars 15 00:00:51,759 --> 00:00:54,119 in tax cuts and five trillion dollars. 16 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:55,799 Speaker 1: Increase in the debt ceiling. 17 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 2: So things are going well, Yes, we're getting our fifth 18 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:01,679 House in total order. 19 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:09,359 Speaker 1: And then this is actually good news. Well not this 20 00:01:09,439 --> 00:01:09,959 first part. 21 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 2: Only four Democrats joined the House Republicans, but they did 22 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:20,159 so credit where it is due. They joined House Republicans 23 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:28,319 to pass legislation that would impose stricter regulations to ensure 24 00:01:28,519 --> 00:01:34,159 that only US citizens are participating in federal elections. 25 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:39,680 Speaker 1: No, we can't have that, gosh. 26 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,400 Speaker 2: The House of Representatives voted two twenty to two h 27 00:01:43,519 --> 00:01:48,799 eight in favor of House Resolution twenty two. It's called 28 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:54,640 the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or the SAVE Act. 29 00:01:55,359 --> 00:01:58,760 The bill would require states to obtain proof of citizenship 30 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:02,680 prior to registering an individual for any federal election, and 31 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:07,480 also requires state officials to remove all non citizens from 32 00:02:07,599 --> 00:02:12,560 the existing voter roles. And if the North Carolina Board 33 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:16,360 of Elections is left to do that on their own, 34 00:02:16,439 --> 00:02:18,439 I suspect they will get around to that sometime in 35 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:22,479 around twenty fifty five or so. That's generally the pace 36 00:02:22,479 --> 00:02:30,039 at which they operate. Democrats Henry Quaar of Texas, Jared 37 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:35,280 Golden of Maine, Marie glues In Camp Perez of Washington, 38 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,919 and Ed Case of Hawaii were the four Democrats to 39 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:44,120 vote in favor of the bill. So I think we 40 00:02:44,159 --> 00:02:48,800 are at the point in this this story, you know, 41 00:02:48,879 --> 00:02:52,680 the story arc, the trajectory of the tale here is. 42 00:02:54,159 --> 00:02:56,560 I think we're at the where, at the beginning stages, 43 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:59,520 where the left is going to tell us that this 44 00:02:59,599 --> 00:03:03,319 does not happen, because this is what we were told. 45 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:07,280 Remember when the state did this, When the state of 46 00:03:07,319 --> 00:03:11,080 North Carolina passed its own version of this, you know, 47 00:03:11,759 --> 00:03:15,800 you have to have citizenship in order to vote in 48 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:19,960 North Carolina elections. We are not allowed to have non 49 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,280 citizen voting. And when the state House Republicans I think 50 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:27,080 it was the House, when the Republicans in Raleigh introduced 51 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:31,599 this legislation, we were assured that this does not happen. 52 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:39,319 And the response was, well, it does happen in cities 53 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:44,800 and counties and states that allow it in their city, county, 54 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:48,919 and state races. There are several examples. This has been 55 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:55,080 one of the incursions of leftists across America in you know, 56 00:03:55,360 --> 00:04:00,360 jurisdictions that they control to change law to allow for 57 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:05,039 non citizen voting in their elections. There was a court 58 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,439 case actually up in New York because New York City 59 00:04:08,439 --> 00:04:13,199 attempted to do this, and there was a lawsuit filed 60 00:04:13,639 --> 00:04:17,600 and they won that lawsuit. The challengers won that lawsuit 61 00:04:17,639 --> 00:04:20,800 because the State of New York I think it had 62 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:23,720 I want to say it was in their constitution and 63 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:27,680 so it prohibited this kind of a local law. And 64 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:29,920 they won that case. But if you don't have that 65 00:04:29,959 --> 00:04:34,160 in your state constitution, then you're going to be in trouble. 66 00:04:34,199 --> 00:04:37,680 And so this is what we were all. I think, yeah, 67 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,519 I think the House. I'm trying to remember, did we 68 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,120 get to vote on this or is this going to 69 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:42,079 a referendum? 70 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 3: Oh? 71 00:04:43,759 --> 00:04:46,439 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was last year. Yeah, we voted for it. Yeah, 72 00:04:46,439 --> 00:04:48,519 we put it into our constitution. Right, we voted for 73 00:04:48,519 --> 00:04:49,199 this last year. 74 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:50,319 Speaker 1: Yeah. 75 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 2: So the argument was that this is it's not even happening. 76 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:57,240 Nobody's introduced anything like that. Nobody wants to do this 77 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:59,519 thing that other people have been doing in other cities 78 00:04:59,519 --> 00:05:02,759 and states around the country. But so that's the beginning 79 00:05:02,759 --> 00:05:05,079 of the story arc. And I suspect that's the beginning 80 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:07,800 of this story arc. At the national level. The Save 81 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:12,600 Act it's fixing or it's a solution in search of 82 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,000 a problem. Right, that's usually what they start off with, 83 00:05:16,079 --> 00:05:19,959 that the thing that you are worried about is not happening, 84 00:05:20,399 --> 00:05:23,120 so we should not erect any kind of safeguards to 85 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:26,639 prevent that thing you are worried about from happening from happening. 86 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:29,800 And then of course when you find out, oh, actually 87 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:34,879 there are cases of this happening, then The next step 88 00:05:34,959 --> 00:05:37,360 is to say, okay, fine, and may be happening, but 89 00:05:37,399 --> 00:05:39,480 it's just a teenc ween see little bit. It's not 90 00:05:39,639 --> 00:05:42,759 a lot, okay, And then you're like, oh, actually we 91 00:05:43,399 --> 00:05:46,040 have like all of these examples. You cite different cities 92 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,959 that have allowed non citizen voting, and then it shifts 93 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:53,639 to Okay, it may be happening, maybe it's a little 94 00:05:53,639 --> 00:05:56,839 bit more than a teenc ween sea bit, but it's 95 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:02,839 not enough to affect the outcomes. And then you end 96 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,959 up in the final stage, which is okay, fine, it 97 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:06,920 is happening, and. 98 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: Here's why it's a good thing. Right. 99 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:11,079 Speaker 2: So, we still have a ways to go on the 100 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:15,759 Save Act in this story arc, but for now, let's 101 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:23,399 celebrate the win. The Save Act passed the House. Here 102 00:06:23,439 --> 00:06:28,480 we go. This is from The Independent The Independent Journal. 103 00:06:30,519 --> 00:06:33,240 In the run up to the vote, Democratic House lawmakers 104 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:35,920 claimed the legislation here it is would make it harder 105 00:06:35,959 --> 00:06:42,120 for individuals without proper documentations, without proper documentation to vote. 106 00:06:42,519 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, correct, you are correct. 107 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 2: That is actual yes, Because when the left talks about 108 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,959 people without proper documentation, they're talking about non citizens. They're 109 00:06:50,959 --> 00:06:55,279 talking about people who are oftentimes illegal aliens. Right, and 110 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,040 This is why they corrupt the language, so they can 111 00:06:58,079 --> 00:07:02,480 then conflate different things and confuse the debate so they 112 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:03,680 can get what they want. 113 00:07:04,199 --> 00:07:04,399 Speaker 1: Right. 114 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 2: So they say in particular married women, see, because married 115 00:07:11,639 --> 00:07:18,240 women they take their husband's last names because patriarchy, you know, 116 00:07:18,839 --> 00:07:23,120 So they take their husband's last names, and so they 117 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:27,920 would be prevented from voting because their surnames no longer 118 00:07:27,959 --> 00:07:33,800 match the names on their birth certificates. Except for the 119 00:07:33,879 --> 00:07:36,920 fact that the bill had provisions to allow married women 120 00:07:36,959 --> 00:07:38,759 to register to vote in federal elections. 121 00:07:38,759 --> 00:07:40,879 Speaker 1: So it's a stupid argument. 122 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 2: Read the bill, said Florida Representative Camick, page fourteen. If 123 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:50,600 you are registering to vote, there is a process by 124 00:07:50,639 --> 00:07:55,360 which the state establish the states established. If you are 125 00:07:55,399 --> 00:07:59,040 already registered to vote, you are fine. Please read the bill, 126 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:04,040 she said, and star insulting women. But if the leftists 127 00:08:04,079 --> 00:08:08,319 can't insult women along with minorities because in their minds, 128 00:08:08,639 --> 00:08:12,120 I guess women just can't possibly figure out how to 129 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:15,399 register to vote and minorities can't figure out how to 130 00:08:15,439 --> 00:08:18,040 get a driver's license or photo ID. Right, this is 131 00:08:18,079 --> 00:08:21,959 always a very odd argument that the leftists make, you know, 132 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,480 the ones who are the champions of these people, while 133 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:27,079 also denigrating them as to stupid to function in our 134 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:31,519 current society. 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Deadline is is approaching, but 161 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:12,240 good luck, because you're gonna have to go to the 162 00:10:12,279 --> 00:10:20,399 DMV and uh yeah, that's a that's an issue, so 163 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:24,120 officials say. According to the story at WBTV by Dalford Jones, 164 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:29,120 officials say they do not consider the May seventh deadline 165 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:33,320 a deadline per se, because you will still be able 166 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:38,159 to get your real I D after May seventh. But 167 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:41,360 if you are, you know, going to be flying on 168 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:44,000 a on an airplane on May. 169 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:45,799 Speaker 1: Eighth, then. 170 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 2: You're going to have to bring a passport with you 171 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,960 or something because the real I D is now going 172 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:52,840 to be required. 173 00:10:52,919 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 1: Right. This is and this has been the case. 174 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 2: Like they they've been telling us to get our real 175 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:04,440 IDs for like twenty years classic gov Co rollout. Am 176 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:08,360 I right, yeah, They're like, hey, everybody, we want these 177 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:11,279 real IDs more secure blah blah blah blah blah and 178 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,519 really important. We get this done immediately. And then they 179 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:17,559 extended it, and then they extended it, and then they 180 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:19,480 extended it, and then they extended it. They I don't 181 00:11:19,519 --> 00:11:23,000 even know how many times, Like I, I had forgotten 182 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:26,120 that there was a deadline on this thing. I just 183 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,240 happened to go in there. At one point I had 184 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:31,399 to re up. Oh gosh, don't even get me started. Okay, 185 00:11:31,399 --> 00:11:33,559 I'm already started. So like I had to go in 186 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,600 because I got a notice in the mail that said 187 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:40,240 I have to get a new driver's license. I had 188 00:11:40,279 --> 00:11:44,039 to renew my driver's license. And I said, well, that's 189 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:47,399 weird because I was just in the DMV office like 190 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:51,720 a year ago. Because when I moved back to Charlotte 191 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,360 and we moved into a house, it was new construction 192 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:58,000 in a new neighborhood that got built and our address 193 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:02,279 did not exist, and so we had to wait for 194 00:12:02,519 --> 00:12:05,120 the builder and whoever in the city or county or 195 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:11,080 whoever to turn like the papers of legitimacy over to 196 00:12:11,279 --> 00:12:16,080 the Postal Service. And apparently all of the well everything, 197 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:21,200 the banks, the the Amazon, like all of them, they 198 00:12:21,279 --> 00:12:23,960 all rely on what's called the Red Book, the US 199 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,919 Postal Service Red Book. And as I understand it, back 200 00:12:26,919 --> 00:12:28,399 in the day, it used to be like a big 201 00:12:28,399 --> 00:12:30,799 fat red book and they would write everybody's address in 202 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:36,080 them as the addresses came online are we did not 203 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,919 get mail at our house for over two months. My 204 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:46,440 neighbor couldn't get mail. She had like the thing where 205 00:12:46,919 --> 00:12:49,120 they like take pictures of your mail and give you 206 00:12:49,159 --> 00:12:51,320 a picture of it. I forget what the Postal Service 207 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:53,240 thing is called, but it's like on their app or something, 208 00:12:53,519 --> 00:12:56,519 and so they send you pictures of your mail and 209 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:58,559 so but she would go down to the mailbox and 210 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:02,799 the key wouldn't work in the mailbox, and so she's 211 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:06,039 getting these like hostage pictures every day of her mail 212 00:13:06,639 --> 00:13:09,320 and she can't get to it, and she's trying to 213 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:11,840 figure out how to fix this, and the Postal Service 214 00:13:11,919 --> 00:13:13,960 is not very helpful. I know that's going to come 215 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:17,200 as a shock, but yeah, so that's the problem is 216 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:17,840 you got to go to the. 217 00:13:17,799 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 1: DMV in order to get the real ID. 218 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:22,399 Speaker 2: And so what you know, when I went to the 219 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:26,320 DMV to get my license renewed and my concealed kerry, 220 00:13:26,519 --> 00:13:27,840 you know, I had to do that in a very 221 00:13:27,879 --> 00:13:30,919 time sensitive fashion, which don't even get me started. I 222 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:33,720 got the paperwork for that, for the renewal on the 223 00:13:33,879 --> 00:13:37,600 concealed hand on permit, and oh my gosh, list every 224 00:13:37,799 --> 00:13:42,080 prior address, sir, I work in radio, Okay, I have 225 00:13:42,159 --> 00:13:46,559 a lot of prior addresses. That's ridiculous. And not just 226 00:13:46,639 --> 00:13:49,200 prior addresses. You got to list the dates that you 227 00:13:49,519 --> 00:13:50,480 lived in them. 228 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 1: That's nuts. I already have a permit. 229 00:13:56,320 --> 00:14:00,919 Speaker 2: I'm just renewing classic not my fault MCFAD and right there. Anyway, 230 00:14:01,639 --> 00:14:03,480 so I go into the DMV and I'm like, I 231 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:05,600 need to, you know, give you. I show them like 232 00:14:06,039 --> 00:14:08,960 the deed of the of the house and like here's like, 233 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,399 here's the register of deeds documentation. This address does exist. 234 00:14:12,799 --> 00:14:15,159 He had to override his computer system. I had to 235 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:16,759 do this at all my banks. I had to do 236 00:14:16,759 --> 00:14:20,639 this everywhere. And so he's like, well, do we'll go 237 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:24,559 and take another picture. And so I got a new license, 238 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:30,039 or so I thought it was not a new license. 239 00:14:30,519 --> 00:14:34,080 It's even though it was a new picture, new address, 240 00:14:34,639 --> 00:14:39,279 it was what they called a duplicate. It's a duplicate. 241 00:14:39,399 --> 00:14:42,559 Even though it wasn't a duplicate, it was a new 242 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:47,320 license with a new photo. So they send me this renewal. 243 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:49,279 I said, I already did the renewal, and they're like, 244 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:50,360 that wasn't a renewal. 245 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: That was a duplicate. 246 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 2: So I had to I could not get an appointment 247 00:14:53,399 --> 00:14:56,200 at the DMV anywhere nearby. I had to go all 248 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:58,120 the way up to the Hickory area. I took a 249 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,879 day off of work to drive to Hickory to get 250 00:15:00,879 --> 00:15:06,039 an appointment, and it took me like five minutes. Yeah, 251 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:08,679 that's the state of our North Carolina DMV. 252 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 1: But don't worry. Don't worry. 253 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:17,159 Speaker 2: The DMV Communications manager, Marty Homan says, we now have 254 00:15:17,679 --> 00:15:20,679 ninety two offices that are open ten hours a day 255 00:15:21,159 --> 00:15:25,000 from seven am to five pm. That's eighty percent of 256 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,600 our one hundred and fifteen offices. That's an effort to 257 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:30,799 try to stretch more out of the folks that we have. 258 00:15:31,159 --> 00:15:34,039 So we're thankful to our employees for working over time 259 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:37,360 necessary to allow us to be open for ten hours 260 00:15:37,399 --> 00:15:40,600 a day. For nearly a decade, state leaders across the 261 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:42,799 country have been pushing people to get their real ID. 262 00:15:43,159 --> 00:15:46,960 The enforcement date has been pushed back several times, most 263 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,679 recently due to the pandemic. If you do not have 264 00:15:49,759 --> 00:15:52,639 your real ID by next month, you will be able 265 00:15:52,639 --> 00:15:56,120 to use your passport or a passport card as a 266 00:15:56,240 --> 00:16:02,639 valid form of identification. Which I'm waiting for the leftists 267 00:16:02,679 --> 00:16:04,840 to come out and say, but how will the women 268 00:16:04,879 --> 00:16:09,080 and minorities be able to they can't get a passport 269 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:12,720 there toeos. Yeah, here's a great idea. How about making 270 00:16:12,759 --> 00:16:15,799 an escape to a really special and secluded getaway in 271 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,559 western North Carolina. 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Let's jump over and talk to Rob. Hello, Rob, 293 00:17:27,839 --> 00:17:28,680 Welcome to the program. 294 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:29,160 Speaker 1: How are you? 295 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:31,160 Speaker 3: Hey? How are you? 296 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:32,920 Speaker 1: Pete good? I'm going what's going on? 297 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:36,559 Speaker 3: I flew in and out of a Dayton, Ohio a 298 00:17:36,559 --> 00:17:41,519 couple weeks ago and I'm sorry? Yeah, return trip uh 299 00:17:41,759 --> 00:17:46,559 when to go through TSA through the PreCheck and gave 300 00:17:46,599 --> 00:17:50,920 them my new North Carolina real d license. It's the 301 00:17:51,039 --> 00:17:56,440 new multi security feature license. It's this new and. 302 00:17:56,559 --> 00:17:58,440 Speaker 2: Is it black and white? Does it look sort of 303 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:01,680 black and white versus color correct? Uh huh, that's what 304 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:03,279 I got, yep. 305 00:18:03,599 --> 00:18:08,880 Speaker 3: And so the TSA officer would not take the ID. 306 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:14,039 He requested that I present a passport or the old 307 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:19,400 form of the driver's license that their their verification equipment 308 00:18:19,599 --> 00:18:22,160 wouldn't recognize the new license. 309 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: Is that because it's in black and white? 310 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:28,640 Speaker 3: I have no idea. I think it was kind of bizarre. 311 00:18:28,839 --> 00:18:32,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's what it is. So, Yeah, funny story. 312 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:39,559 The apparently the North Carolina d m V put out 313 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:44,000 for proposal for bids some vendor, you know, to get 314 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:48,880 a vendor to do the i ds, And apparently they 315 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:52,200 awarded the bid and then the vendor began producing the 316 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:55,720 i ds. Uh, and nobody ever checked to make sure 317 00:18:55,799 --> 00:18:58,960 that they would be compliant I think with the the 318 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:03,680 real ID dollar requirements. So we've been making IDs in 319 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:07,839 North Carolina apparently in violation of the law by not 320 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,000 having them full color IDs. 321 00:19:10,759 --> 00:19:15,079 Speaker 3: Yeah, pretty crazy. Just the DMV experience overall is just 322 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:17,119 it's totally absurd. 323 00:19:17,279 --> 00:19:17,599 Speaker 1: Yeah. 324 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 3: I had to go through a few months ago. They 325 00:19:22,039 --> 00:19:26,359 revoked my license for a thirty five year old fine 326 00:19:27,039 --> 00:19:30,480 that they say I'd never paid, and I've renewed my 327 00:19:30,599 --> 00:19:35,359 license numerous times over the years over that thirty five years, 328 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,279 and without any warning, I just happened to be looking 329 00:19:39,799 --> 00:19:45,039 on the DMV app or website and saw it my 330 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:50,920 license was eligible for reinstatement with no explanation. So that 331 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,440 was took about a week to get it cleared up, 332 00:19:54,599 --> 00:20:00,720 and about six different DMVs to finally get in. And 333 00:20:00,759 --> 00:20:04,519 that took going in at six am standing and I 334 00:20:04,559 --> 00:20:10,160 was about number thirty. And you know once you get in, Yeah, 335 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:15,920 as free insurance, and the the image of the phone 336 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:18,400 of your current insurance wasn't good enough. It had to 337 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:22,519 be printed. Wow and yeah, and then so it came 338 00:20:22,559 --> 00:20:25,640 back and pay the fee. To pay the fee, I 339 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:28,799 paid cash. One of the one of the bills had 340 00:20:28,799 --> 00:20:30,920 a tear in it. They wouldn't accept it. It was 341 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:32,359 just crazy. 342 00:20:32,559 --> 00:20:33,160 Speaker 1: Wow. 343 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:40,519 Speaker 2: Where so where was the where was the the fine? 344 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:43,519 Out of what you said it was an unpaid what 345 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:45,640 was the what was it was a ticket or something 346 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:46,319 that was unpaid? 347 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:50,359 Speaker 3: It was a reinstatement fee for the license where it 348 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:51,240 had been revoked. 349 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 2: And oh I got you so to thirty years to 350 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:58,640 track you down, and so what was the originating county? 351 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,640 Speaker 3: Was that originating was Jackson? 352 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:03,319 Speaker 1: Oh? 353 00:21:03,519 --> 00:21:06,359 Speaker 2: Okay, because I was thinking maybe it was tied to 354 00:21:07,079 --> 00:21:10,240 the problems that they've been having in the court systems 355 00:21:10,759 --> 00:21:15,279 with their their migration over to a new software platform 356 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:17,119 or something, and there have been a lot of problems 357 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,759 with that. So but I don't know if Jackson County 358 00:21:19,799 --> 00:21:23,000 was one of those counties that did it, and maybe 359 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:24,920 that's why it popped up or something. I don't know, 360 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:28,039 but that's I mean, that's kind of nuts that that 361 00:21:28,079 --> 00:21:31,200 they they didn't know for thirty something years and then 362 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:34,200 they finally figured it out. 363 00:21:33,759 --> 00:21:36,880 Speaker 3: With with no notification and right in the same address 364 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:38,240 for fifteen years. 365 00:21:38,319 --> 00:21:40,799 Speaker 1: So did they charge you any penalties on that. 366 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,680 Speaker 3: No, just just the fee and the instatement for you. 367 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 2: Well okay, well at least they at least they didn't 368 00:21:46,799 --> 00:21:48,359 nail you for thirty five years of. 369 00:21:48,559 --> 00:21:50,400 Speaker 1: Penalties like that would have been nuts. 370 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:53,599 Speaker 2: So uh yeah, now that that seems to track Rob, 371 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:57,160 I appreciate the call man, all right, see you you too. 372 00:21:57,759 --> 00:22:00,680 Speaker 1: So this is from John Boyle. He's a writer. 373 00:22:00,799 --> 00:22:04,039 Speaker 2: He used to write for the Asheville Citizen Times and 374 00:22:04,079 --> 00:22:06,759 then you know, after they fired like ninety nine percent 375 00:22:06,799 --> 00:22:11,079 of their workforce from that newspaper. He's now at a 376 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:18,799 nonprofit left wing website called AVL Watchdog Ashville Watchdog dot org, 377 00:22:19,519 --> 00:22:24,799 and he wrote about the DMV and getting his real 378 00:22:24,839 --> 00:22:29,000 ID and the problems at the DMV, and this would 379 00:22:29,039 --> 00:22:34,799 be up in Bunkhom County. But there is a bit 380 00:22:34,839 --> 00:22:39,720 of a helpful tip apparently on how to beat the 381 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:44,079 broken appointment system. All right, if you're listening to this show, 382 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:45,680 you know I try to keep up with all sorts 383 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:47,720 of current events, and I know you do too, and 384 00:22:47,799 --> 00:22:51,240 you've probably heard me say get your news from multiple sources. 385 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:55,000 Why well, because it's how you detect media bias, which 386 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,920 is why I've been so impressed with ground News. It's 387 00:22:58,039 --> 00:23:01,480 an app and it's a website and it combines news 388 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,440 from around the world in one place, so you can 389 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:06,799 compare coverage and verify information. You can check it out 390 00:23:06,839 --> 00:23:11,480 at check dot ground, dot news slash Pete. I put 391 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,440 the link in the podcast description too. I started using 392 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:17,359 ground News a few months ago and more recently chose 393 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:19,359 to work with them as an affiliate because it lets 394 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:23,000 me see clearly how stories get covered and by whom 395 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:26,200 the blind spot feature shows you which stories get ignored 396 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:27,640 by the left and the right. 397 00:23:27,759 --> 00:23:28,640 Speaker 1: See for yourself. 398 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:33,400 Speaker 2: Check dot Ground dot News slash Pete. Subscribe through that 399 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:36,400 link and you'll get fifteen percent off any subscription. I 400 00:23:36,519 --> 00:23:39,839 use the Vantage plan to get unlimited access to every feature. 401 00:23:40,039 --> 00:23:42,839 Your subscription then not only helps my podcast, but it 402 00:23:42,839 --> 00:23:46,000 also supports Ground News as they make the media landscape 403 00:23:46,039 --> 00:23:50,920 more transparent. And uh, okay, we got Robert on. Hello Robert, 404 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:52,720 welcome to the show, Pete. 405 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:53,160 Speaker 3: How you doing. 406 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:54,440 Speaker 1: Hey, I'm good man, what's up? 407 00:23:55,319 --> 00:23:57,880 Speaker 4: I just wanted to add comment to you. Said you've 408 00:23:57,960 --> 00:23:59,759 moved into a new house a couple of years ago 409 00:23:59,759 --> 00:24:02,799 and challenges that you had on getting your address and 410 00:24:02,839 --> 00:24:04,400 everything changed over. 411 00:24:04,519 --> 00:24:08,880 Speaker 1: Well, just recognized it's like it didn't exist. Yeah, all right. 412 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:12,279 Speaker 4: So that's one topic that's called the AMS system today 413 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:16,319 and there is a backlog of people getting their addresses 414 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:19,960 into the AMS system. That's the new term instead of 415 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:20,440 red book. 416 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:22,079 Speaker 1: Oh AMS. 417 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,720 Speaker 2: Okay, Well I don't need to know this anymore, hopefully 418 00:24:24,839 --> 00:24:25,599 so yeah. 419 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:28,079 Speaker 4: All right. So here's the better part of the story. 420 00:24:28,559 --> 00:24:31,039 So when you move into a new neighborhood, as you know, 421 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,599 you don't have your mail delivered to your house anymore. 422 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,200 It gets delivered to a mail chioskity right, and the 423 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:38,319 actual little box that they put it in is called 424 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:42,519 a CBU it's clustered mailbox, and so the postal carrier 425 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,640 has a key that unlocks that box and they stick 426 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,839 all the mail in it right time and postal carriers 427 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:51,960 were being robbed of that key so that bad people 428 00:24:52,039 --> 00:24:55,279 could get into your mailboxes and steal all your checks. Ah, 429 00:24:55,319 --> 00:24:58,839 and so they quickly realized this is a bad problem 430 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:02,200 that they needed to have a more secure lock, and 431 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:05,039 that secure lock is called a mal I can't remember 432 00:25:05,039 --> 00:25:08,240 what the mouse stands for in al And there's a 433 00:25:08,319 --> 00:25:11,599 shortage of forty nine thousand of these locks that they're 434 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,440 changing out through every place in the country that has 435 00:25:14,839 --> 00:25:20,039 existing neighborhoods and so new neighborhoods that when you install 436 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:24,079 these things the cbused, it is taking up to eight 437 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,920 months before that map. You can have the little box there, 438 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:30,200 but the lock will not be on the mailbox, the 439 00:25:30,279 --> 00:25:33,000 mail lock, and it's taking up to eight months to 440 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,599 get that lock because they're trying to replace all the 441 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:38,519 other ones. And so you could be living into your 442 00:25:38,519 --> 00:25:40,920 house for eight months and you're having to go to 443 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,480 the post office to get your mail because they do 444 00:25:43,599 --> 00:25:45,039 not have any locks, so. 445 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:50,079 Speaker 2: They won't even deliver it to the CBU without the mal. 446 00:25:50,599 --> 00:25:56,039 Speaker 1: Correct under the AMS correct. I think I got that. Now. 447 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:57,559 What a mess. 448 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,119 Speaker 4: It is a huge mess, but not surprising either with 449 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:03,039 bureaucracy of our post office. 450 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:06,119 Speaker 2: Well, and there's another facet here that I have some 451 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:09,559 personal experience within my own neighborhood where apparently they have 452 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:13,880 not The builder did not do the pull off area 453 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:18,759 at the CBU, so they're supposed to apparently be according 454 00:26:18,759 --> 00:26:20,799 to the Postal Service, there's supposed to be like a 455 00:26:21,079 --> 00:26:23,880 like a little parking pad or something where you can 456 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:28,400 pull over and get out of the car safely, you know, right, 457 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:31,359 And they didn't install any of those at any of 458 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:33,880 the cbus all around the neighborhood. 459 00:26:34,799 --> 00:26:37,279 Speaker 4: Yeah, they're supposed to beak be any cap assessible. There's 460 00:26:37,279 --> 00:26:40,039 a special design and if they didn't do it, they 461 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:40,839 not go deliver. 462 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:43,839 Speaker 2: Well, they've been delivering, so I probably have said too much, 463 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:48,039 but they have. They have been delivering, so at least 464 00:26:48,039 --> 00:26:49,960 they're at least they're doing that. But yeah, I like 465 00:26:50,039 --> 00:26:54,240 we saw that some of the residents saw that a 466 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,079 couple of weeks ago, and it's like, oh, that might 467 00:26:56,079 --> 00:26:58,440 be a problem, but we shall see. 468 00:26:58,519 --> 00:27:00,200 Speaker 1: Robert, I appreciate the intel. Thank you, sir. 469 00:27:01,079 --> 00:27:01,640 Speaker 4: Enjoy your day. 470 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:02,519 Speaker 1: Hi buddy, you too. 471 00:27:04,319 --> 00:27:08,480 Speaker 2: John Boyle at THEAVL watchdog dot Org writes, in a 472 00:27:08,559 --> 00:27:12,039 topsy turvy, unreliable world, you can always count on the 473 00:27:12,079 --> 00:27:17,200 North Carolina DMV driver's license offices to provide some constancy 474 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:22,039 as far as providing reliably long lines and frustrated human beings. 475 00:27:22,079 --> 00:27:27,039 That is, or, as I say, DMV going to DMV 476 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:31,599 North Carolina contracts out, contracts out for the DMV license 477 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,680 plate in titled offices. These are the tag offices right, 478 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:37,680 and you might notice there are a bunch of them. 479 00:27:37,839 --> 00:27:41,119 They generally run a little bit better than the driver's 480 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:46,279 license offices, which are run and staffed by the state NCDMV. 481 00:27:47,079 --> 00:27:50,759 There are about one hundred and thirty tag offices statewide 482 00:27:51,559 --> 00:27:55,680 compared to one hundred and fifteen driver's license offices. According 483 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:59,839 to the DMV spokesperson Marty Homan in twenty twenty two, 484 00:28:00,319 --> 00:28:03,440 the big problem with the driver's license offices with staffing 485 00:28:03,559 --> 00:28:07,720 and filling vacancies. Back then, Holman said the vacancy rate 486 00:28:08,799 --> 00:28:13,079 in bunkhom County and fifteen other offices was about thirty 487 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:16,440 six and a half percent vacancy, so one out of 488 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:21,000 three spots were empty. The DMV has tamed that problem. 489 00:28:21,079 --> 00:28:24,200 The vacancy rate now is about ten percent. So it's 490 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:26,960 not a problem of the DMV hiring and training employees 491 00:28:27,279 --> 00:28:30,119 and filling the seats that are allocated in the state budget. 492 00:28:30,319 --> 00:28:33,359 It's a math problem, he says. It just needs more 493 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:36,839 of those positions to address the growth that we see. 494 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:39,240 There are hundreds of people moving into the state every 495 00:28:39,279 --> 00:28:41,880 single day. By the way, there are people moving out. 496 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:42,279 Speaker 1: Of the state too. 497 00:28:42,319 --> 00:28:45,799 Speaker 2: But anyway, the DMV has a two part ask in 498 00:28:45,839 --> 00:28:49,599 the budget, so it's any more money, of course, of 499 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:53,799 course it's a budget ask. Part one of the two 500 00:28:53,839 --> 00:28:57,799 part ask is to add sixty one employees across the state. 501 00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:02,599 These would be driver's license examiners who do the renewals, 502 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:06,119 the road tests, and other work involved in getting you 503 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:10,279 a driver's license. Part two is for twenty four additional 504 00:29:10,359 --> 00:29:14,400 employees to staff two new offices and one So they 505 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:17,559 want to add two new offices and one that would 506 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:22,039 move into a new location. These employees would be targeted 507 00:29:22,079 --> 00:29:28,160 for Coberis County, Brunswick County, and Durham County. While the 508 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:30,519 DMV dysfunction frustrates a lot of people, a lot of 509 00:29:30,519 --> 00:29:32,640 folks who have just moved here and don't really understand 510 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,279 the political lay of the land, for example, and for 511 00:29:35,319 --> 00:29:37,440 people who are under the age of sixty five, the 512 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:39,720 renewal is good for eight years, so we tend to 513 00:29:39,759 --> 00:29:42,640 forget over time. What a pain in the butt getting 514 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:49,839 our license appointment actually is? Chris Cooper, Western Carolina political 515 00:29:49,839 --> 00:29:53,920 scientists guy. He says, quote, it's the bureaucratic version of 516 00:29:53,960 --> 00:30:02,240 getting a colonoscopy, which is very accurate. So here is 517 00:30:02,279 --> 00:30:06,119 the hack. If you go on the DMV site for 518 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:10,680 the real ID appointments and you keep hitting the refresh button, 519 00:30:11,759 --> 00:30:14,440 you have a good chance of getting lucky with an 520 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:21,039 appointment that just becomes available. His wife got an appointment 521 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:23,960 within an hour, went in about a week later at 522 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:25,839 the set time, came out twenty minutes later with a 523 00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:28,599 new real ID and he says, and now I have 524 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:30,200 to hear about this for the rest of my life. 525 00:30:30,839 --> 00:30:33,519 But he says, you can benefit from my laziness. Here's 526 00:30:33,559 --> 00:30:39,279 why this hack works. Holman said that we were in 527 00:30:39,359 --> 00:30:42,759 sort of this darned if we do something and darned 528 00:30:42,799 --> 00:30:45,839 if we don't. February of last year we started doing 529 00:30:45,839 --> 00:30:48,559 real ID confirmations. We were having thirty three percent of 530 00:30:48,559 --> 00:30:52,880 people not show up for their appointments, so many misedappointments 531 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:56,119 did not help with the DMV efficiency. So it started 532 00:30:56,119 --> 00:30:59,799 a system where after you book an appointment, you get 533 00:30:59,839 --> 00:31:03,119 a conformation text and an email and you get that 534 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:05,440 right away, and then you have to act on that 535 00:31:05,519 --> 00:31:10,880 within fifteen minutes and that holds your appointment. The next 536 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:14,519 step is where the refresh button trick comes into play. 537 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:18,839 Holman said, four days before your appointment, you get a 538 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:22,960 reminder message asking you to confirm the appointment. So you 539 00:31:23,039 --> 00:31:25,160 get that four days in advance, and you have twenty 540 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,799 four hours to respond to that text or email, and 541 00:31:27,839 --> 00:31:31,079 if you don't, you lose it. And then those are 542 00:31:31,119 --> 00:31:35,240 the appointments that pop up and get taken all throughout 543 00:31:35,279 --> 00:31:38,400 the day. So if you're so, if you just like 544 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:42,880 sit on that website and hit refresh for an hour, 545 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:49,519 maybe two, maybe three whatever, right at least you're sitting 546 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:53,119 and waiting in the comfort of your own home versus 547 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:56,680 sitting in a DMB line. You know, it's not really 548 00:31:56,759 --> 00:31:59,200 a time saving I guess. 549 00:31:59,079 --> 00:31:59,240 Speaker 3: But. 550 00:32:00,799 --> 00:32:04,319 Speaker 2: It's a quality of life upgrade. You can be hanging 551 00:32:04,359 --> 00:32:08,160 out and you're Jammy's drinking some coffee or something. Now, 552 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,880 they do say that this new system of the constant 553 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:14,720 barrage of texting and emails making you confirm within you 554 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:17,000 know a certain amount of time, that that has helped 555 00:32:17,079 --> 00:32:21,160 reduce the no show rate for real ID appointments, taking 556 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,720 it from thirty three percent down to below eight percent. 557 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:28,720 This is this is the problem when you're building any 558 00:32:28,759 --> 00:32:30,839 kind of the system. 559 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:32,799 Speaker 1: People. 560 00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:38,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, the users, which really makes sense because if you've 561 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:40,960 ever seen the people that they give licenses to, you've 562 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:44,039 seen them out on the roads. It makes perfect sense. 563 00:32:45,559 --> 00:32:47,880 Those are the people that you're fighting in line for 564 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:52,559 to get the appointments on the website, and you've seen 565 00:32:52,559 --> 00:32:55,599 the way they behave on the roads. So that does track. 566 00:32:55,799 --> 00:33:04,119 You know, there are change is planned for North Carolina's DMV. 567 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:07,839 They wanted to be more streamlined, they wanted to be 568 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:12,119 more efficient. They want well I'm serious, Okay, that's what 569 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,599 they say. That's what they're saying. They want they want 570 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:19,759 to improve the DMV. How not sure yet, but no 571 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:23,000 I'm but they're working on it all right. That'll do 572 00:33:23,039 --> 00:33:25,599 it for this episode. 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