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 --> 00:00:09,640 this podcast. It is heard live every day from noon 3 00:00:09,679 --> 00:00:12,480 to three on WBT Radio in Charlotte. And if you 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:16,719 want exclusive content like invitations to events, the weekly live stream, 5 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,239 my daily show prep with all the links, become a patron. 6 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,640 Go to thepeteclendershow dot com. Make sure you hit the 7 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,160 subscribe button. Get every episode for free right to your 8 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,719 smartphone or tablet, And again, thank you so much for 9 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:34,479 your support. Let me do this. We have been following 10 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:39,719 one of the state laws that was passed about moving 11 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,799 control of the North Carolina Board of Elections out from 12 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:50,840 underneath the GOVNA and over underneath the State Auditor's office. Okay, 13 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:54,600 and there's a history here. I'm going to go through 14 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:56,920 the history of it and how we got to where 15 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:01,840 we are. But of course, after the law passed the legislature, 16 00:01:02,359 --> 00:01:10,079 Governor Josh Stein vetoed it, and the legislature overrode the veto. 17 00:01:10,239 --> 00:01:12,760 They sued and now it's in court. Okay, So that's 18 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:16,760 where it is. And simply it just takes the control 19 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:21,200 over the Board of Elections system from the governor, moves 20 00:01:21,239 --> 00:01:25,640 it to the state auditor. Okay. So we had a 21 00:01:25,719 --> 00:01:30,000 ruling that came down from a three judge panel in 22 00:01:30,079 --> 00:01:37,239 Waite County that blocked the law. They blocked it. They 23 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:41,760 split in their decision two to one. Without court action, 24 00:01:42,079 --> 00:01:45,159 the state Auditor, Dave Bullock, would have had the authority 25 00:01:45,239 --> 00:01:47,719 to make new appointments to the state Board of Elections 26 00:01:47,799 --> 00:01:52,319 on May first. According to the Carolina Journal report on 27 00:01:52,359 --> 00:01:56,239 the matter, Stein would have lost his power to appoint 28 00:01:56,280 --> 00:02:01,000 members to the election's board. Stein is a Democrat. Bullock, 29 00:02:01,239 --> 00:02:07,680 the state Auditor, and the legislature the legislative leaders are Republicans. 30 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:13,280 The panel of the three judges granted Stein's motion Governor 31 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:17,199 Josh Stein's motion for summary judgment that means he wins 32 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,280 the case without the need for a trial. The ruling 33 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:24,199 arrived nine days after the judges heard arguments in the case, 34 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,520 and of course it only leaves like a week to 35 00:02:27,599 --> 00:02:33,800 appeal before the May one deadline. Judges Edwin Wilson and 36 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:43,400 Lorie Hamilton supported the decision. Judge Andrew Womble dissented. Wilson 37 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:49,520 is a Democrat, Hamilton and Womble are Republicans, so Lourie Hamilton, 38 00:02:49,719 --> 00:02:55,639 a Republican, voted with Wilson to keep it under the 39 00:02:55,680 --> 00:03:00,719 governor's office. The panel first concludes that the State Board 40 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:07,000 and the county boards exercise primarily executive functions. The opinion 41 00:03:07,039 --> 00:03:09,960 goes on to state that because the State Board and 42 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,919 county boards exercise executive functions, the question becomes whether the 43 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:19,479 governor has sufficient control over these entities. Again, the previous 44 00:03:19,599 --> 00:03:22,800 ruling in Cooper v. Berger or Cooper I. As it's called, 45 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:28,000 that controls our Supreme Court has held that Article three, 46 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,759 section five, sub section four of the North Carolina Constitution 47 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:36,800 requires the governor to have enough control over commissions or 48 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,719 boards that are primarily administrative or executive in character to 49 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:44,560 perform his or her constitutional duty. The extent of the 50 00:03:44,599 --> 00:03:49,080 governor's control depends on his ability to appoint members, supervise 51 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:53,759 their activities, and remove them from office. Senate Bill three 52 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:58,439 eighty two, which is the law that was passed, interferes 53 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:03,599 with the governor's conscostitutional duties. All appointment powers for the 54 00:04:03,639 --> 00:04:06,759 State Board have been removed from the governor and given 55 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:09,879 to the State Auditor, and the governor has no power 56 00:04:09,919 --> 00:04:13,319 to fill vacancies or remove members of the State Board, 57 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:18,439 whether for lack of attendance or for cause. Likewise, with 58 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,600 respect to the county boards as well, he loses that 59 00:04:21,639 --> 00:04:26,240 appointment power and the power to remove the Constitution does 60 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:29,839 not permit the auditor to be solely responsible for execution 61 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:34,879 of the state's election laws. Constitutional text, history, and precedent 62 00:04:35,079 --> 00:04:38,959 confirm as much, they said. They went on to say 63 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,079 that because the duty to faithfully execute the laws has 64 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,399 been exclusively assigned to the governor, Senate Bill three eighty 65 00:04:45,399 --> 00:04:49,240 two cannot reassign that duty to the auditor without violating 66 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:54,319 the constitution. So, in other words, the majority is citing 67 00:04:54,319 --> 00:04:58,279 the governor's supreme executive power. And they said, Council of 68 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:02,480 State members aid them governor in executing the laws, but 69 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:07,600 the governor alone wields the state's executive authority and bears 70 00:05:07,639 --> 00:05:12,680 the ultimate duty of faithful execution. Okay, So that's why 71 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,879 the two judges, Democrat and Republican, ruled in favor of 72 00:05:17,199 --> 00:05:22,319 keeping the governor in charge of the Board of Elections. Now, 73 00:05:23,959 --> 00:05:28,000 some background, and this is provided by the Carolina Partnership 74 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:36,720 for Reform, and they say, by way of background, one 75 00:05:36,759 --> 00:05:41,639 political party has control over administering elections and counting votes 76 00:05:42,439 --> 00:05:48,079 one political party. What party controls is determined by what 77 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:53,879 party wins the governor's race for reasons that should be obvious. 78 00:05:54,439 --> 00:05:56,680 Putting control of the election in the hands of one 79 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:00,560 political party is not a very good idea. That's how 80 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:04,120 it works right now. And by the way, just as 81 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:11,439 an aside, if you are wondering why the left is 82 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:18,600 fighting so hard against the mass deportations, it's because it 83 00:06:18,639 --> 00:06:22,839 will determine the outcome of elections. And I'm not talking 84 00:06:22,879 --> 00:06:26,839 about illegal aliens voting. I'm talking about counting people in 85 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:34,639 the census. Right. The more people that you move into areas, 86 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:40,800 they count in the census, and that then apportions members 87 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:45,800 of Congress to that state for that area. So if 88 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:51,680 you have a state that has a million, well, let 89 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:53,319 me do it this way. If you have a state 90 00:06:53,360 --> 00:07:01,160 that has eight hundred thousand illegal aliens, and so let's 91 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:05,000 say you have eight hundred thousand illegal aliens in Los Angeles. 92 00:07:05,079 --> 00:07:08,680 Let's just say that. Okay, that's about the size of 93 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:11,680 a congressional district. Because the way you draw the districts 94 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:14,199 is you take the total population, you divide it by 95 00:07:14,199 --> 00:07:16,480 four hundred and thirty five members of the House, and 96 00:07:16,519 --> 00:07:21,399 that gives you a population for each district size. Every 97 00:07:21,439 --> 00:07:23,720 state like, well, what about states that don't have eight 98 00:07:23,839 --> 00:07:27,839 hundred thousand people, Well, they get a minimum of one seat, 99 00:07:28,319 --> 00:07:33,000 and then you apportion all the rest of the seats 100 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,759 based on the eight hundred thousand figure. So if you 101 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:42,160 have eight hundred thousand illegal aliens in Los Angeles, Los 102 00:07:42,199 --> 00:07:46,600 Angeles would get a congressional seat. And if they can't 103 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:50,480 vote in the federal race because they were legal aliens, 104 00:07:50,839 --> 00:07:53,839 why that's even better, right, because you got the seat, 105 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,720 but you don't have to have to actually represent them 106 00:07:58,079 --> 00:08:01,639 because they can't vote for you or against you. Right, 107 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,519 And what the analysis from the last census showed, because 108 00:08:05,519 --> 00:08:08,240 remember Donald Trump when he was president for the twenty 109 00:08:08,279 --> 00:08:11,480 twenty census, which then got upended because of COVID, Remember 110 00:08:11,519 --> 00:08:16,480 that they tried to do a citizenship They tried to 111 00:08:16,519 --> 00:08:20,560 not count citizen or non citizens, right, They only wanted 112 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:23,199 a count of the citizens, not the illegal aliens, And 113 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:25,240 they got sued over that in all event, and they 114 00:08:25,279 --> 00:08:28,720 had to count them, so they end up counting all 115 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:30,959 these seats. Had they not done that, had they only 116 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:35,600 counted citizens, Republicans would have a twenty seven seat majority. 117 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:39,399 It's estimated a twenty seven seat majority in the US House. 118 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:43,600 That's why Democrats can't they can't let this go. They 119 00:08:43,639 --> 00:08:47,000 have to fight this. They have to fight the deportation 120 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:52,679 regime because if they lose, they won't ever control the House. 121 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:58,919 They need those people to be counted in the next census. 122 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:03,120 Already losing seats, California lost a seat, New York State 123 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:07,200 lost a seat. North Carolina picked one up. I forget 124 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:09,399 who else. Florida I think picked one up. Texas has 125 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:12,759 been picking up states or seats in the House. That's 126 00:09:12,799 --> 00:09:15,200 the fight. That's why when you when you're trying to 127 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:17,120 figure out why is there all this pushback, why are 128 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:20,360 they defending some Ms thirteen gang member? They're trying to 129 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,279 slow it all down because they need the people in 130 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:27,639 these districts, in these states to keep the census count 131 00:09:28,039 --> 00:09:32,120 high for them. It's about that control of the House, 132 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:35,000 all right. So spring is here a time of renewal 133 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:39,600 and celebrations. You've got graduations, weddings, anniversaries and the special 134 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:42,200 days for mom and dad. Your family's making memories that 135 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,320 are going to last a lifetime. But let me ask you, 136 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:47,720 are all of those treasured moments from days gone by? 137 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:51,440 Are they hidden away on old VCR tapes, eight millimeter films, 138 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:55,960 photos slides. Are they preserved because over time, these precious 139 00:09:56,000 --> 00:10:00,159 memories can fade and deteriorate, losing the magic of yesterday. 140 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,480 At Creative Video, they help you protect what matters most. 141 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:07,559 Their expert team digitizes your cherished family moments and transfers 142 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:10,440 them onto a USB drive, freezing them in time so 143 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:13,480 they can be enjoyed for generations to come. I urge 144 00:10:13,519 --> 00:10:16,639 you do not wait until it's too late this spring, 145 00:10:16,919 --> 00:10:20,240 celebrate your past. Visit Creative Video today and let them 146 00:10:20,279 --> 00:10:23,639 preserve your legacy with the love and care that it deserves. 147 00:10:23,919 --> 00:10:28,279 Creative Video Preserving Family Memories since nineteen ninety seven, located 148 00:10:28,279 --> 00:10:30,960 in mint Hill, just off four eighty five, mail orders 149 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:33,879 are accepted to get all the details that create a 150 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:38,759 video dot com. Alrighty, so the background here from the 151 00:10:38,759 --> 00:10:45,080 Carolina Partnership for Reform again. One political party controls our 152 00:10:45,159 --> 00:10:49,559 election system, and that party is whatever party the governor is. 153 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:53,360 For reasons that are obvious, they say, putting control in 154 00:10:53,399 --> 00:10:55,399 the hands of one political party is not a great idea, 155 00:10:55,519 --> 00:10:58,519 but that's how it works now. For nearly a decade, 156 00:10:58,879 --> 00:11:01,919 the state legislature has been trying to make it so 157 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:06,279 that no political party has full control of the elections machinery. 158 00:11:07,039 --> 00:11:10,039 They have offered all sorts of ways to accomplish this. 159 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:15,759 I have covered them literally for a decade. The Republican 160 00:11:16,159 --> 00:11:22,399 Legislature has offered I have lost count how many different 161 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:27,519 mechanisms with different boards made up of different appointments and 162 00:11:27,639 --> 00:11:32,440 sizes and whatever. They have tried, probably half a dozen, 163 00:11:32,639 --> 00:11:37,679 maybe like they did. I think they ran a constitutional amendment, 164 00:11:37,799 --> 00:11:41,200 They passed laws, then they get sued. They have been 165 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:49,320 trying to wrest this control from one political party, but 166 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:54,679 at every turn the governor sued and or vetoed so 167 00:11:54,759 --> 00:11:58,360 his party would keep power. The governor argued in court 168 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:03,919 that elections administration is an inherently executive branch manner matter. 169 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:07,440 And in the meantime, the State Board of Elections has 170 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:13,679 been a partisan disaster. Four executive directors, who are apparently 171 00:12:13,759 --> 00:12:18,279 chosen by the governor's campaign team. Four have resigned, including 172 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:22,679 for overt partisan behavior. The board was the subject of 173 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:26,600 national media scrutiny for appearing to keep the Green Party 174 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:30,480 off the ballot so as to protect Democrat candidates from 175 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:34,399 vote siphoning. You'll recall the Green Party sued believe this 176 00:12:34,519 --> 00:12:39,600 was twenty twenty two. They sued and they won in 177 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:42,960 twenty twenty when the board secretly settled a lawsuit that 178 00:12:43,039 --> 00:12:48,600 was brought by Democrats' allies, and the secret settlement changed 179 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:52,720 voting laws in the middle of the election, which is 180 00:12:52,799 --> 00:12:56,039 a violation of the Percel rule, which is that you 181 00:12:56,200 --> 00:13:00,639 don't change election laws if you're the court, you're hearing 182 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:05,440 a case or whatever, you don't. Courts are very hesitant 183 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:10,240 to change any rules before an election, let alone while 184 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:14,200 it is going on. Yet, with the secret settlement, the 185 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:19,080 collusive agreement, that this deal that was cut between Democrats 186 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:22,600 at the State Board of Elections and their political allies 187 00:13:22,639 --> 00:13:27,519 that had sued to try to get these the relaxation 188 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:32,240 of voting rules during the pandemic that Democrats had tried 189 00:13:32,279 --> 00:13:34,919 to get done. The Democrats in the Board of Elections, 190 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:37,759 the executive director, Karen Brinson Bell, she had been trying 191 00:13:37,759 --> 00:13:39,759 to get this stuff done. The legislature was like, no, 192 00:13:39,879 --> 00:13:41,600 we're going to do these other things. And she's like, oh, 193 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:43,679 we're going to do this. No, you're not doing this. 194 00:13:44,279 --> 00:13:46,840 And then they had sued and then they enter into 195 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:50,720 an agreement. Even though the legislature was party to the lawsuit. 196 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:57,720 They did not tell the legislative defendants about the collusive agreement. 197 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:02,759 They settled it on the side. Why would they do 198 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:05,919 that because they knew that the legislature would not agree 199 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:13,679 to it. It's scandalous behavior. So finally last year the 200 00:14:13,799 --> 00:14:16,840 legislature said, enough is enough. We are done trying to 201 00:14:16,879 --> 00:14:19,480 find a middle ground. Here. We are passing a law 202 00:14:19,679 --> 00:14:24,799 and giving elections administration to a different executive branch official, 203 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:28,279 the State Auditor. You could have had an equal split, 204 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:31,840 mister Governor, but you wouldn't take it, and the governor sued, 205 00:14:31,879 --> 00:14:34,320 of course, and now that brings us to the decision 206 00:14:34,519 --> 00:14:37,679 from these three judges in Wake County. There are three 207 00:14:37,759 --> 00:14:41,240 parts of the constitution that inform the outcome of this case. 208 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:46,320 According to the Partnership for Reform, all of the parts 209 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:50,279 are contained in Article three of our state Constitution. First part, 210 00:14:50,759 --> 00:14:55,919 the Governor shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. Next, 211 00:14:56,639 --> 00:15:01,559 the General Assembly shall prescribe the function, powers, and duties 212 00:15:01,919 --> 00:15:05,600 of the administrative departments and agencies of the State, and 213 00:15:05,639 --> 00:15:09,279 may alter them from time to time. And finally, the 214 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:14,360 third part that the State Auditor or any of the 215 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:20,320 Council of State positions. Their duties shall be prescribed by law. 216 00:15:21,159 --> 00:15:27,000 So se PR says, these three passages sometimes come into conflict, 217 00:15:27,519 --> 00:15:30,840 and they apparently do in this case. On the one hand, 218 00:15:31,159 --> 00:15:34,320 the governor is supposed to faithfully execute the laws that 219 00:15:34,399 --> 00:15:37,159 the General Assembly passes, and on the other hand, the 220 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:43,039 Constitution calls for other independently elected executive branch officials and 221 00:15:43,159 --> 00:15:47,519 charges the General Assembly with deciding on their duties. Right, 222 00:15:47,679 --> 00:15:50,679 So the General Assembly is supposed to say, hey, auditor, 223 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:53,919 this is what you're supposed to do. We passed a law, 224 00:15:54,519 --> 00:15:56,919 it's signed by the governor or veto, we overwrote it. 225 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:59,320 Whatever we did this law, you have to do this. 226 00:16:00,759 --> 00:16:04,000 That's the role of the legislative branch. The General Assembly 227 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:09,679 argument here is that it is fully within its constitutional 228 00:16:09,679 --> 00:16:13,960 authority to decide which administrative department or agency should be 229 00:16:14,039 --> 00:16:18,679 in charge of elections administration. Right, this comes up every 230 00:16:18,679 --> 00:16:21,279 now and again, particularly when they're having a devil of 231 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:23,799 a time counting all of the ballots before Christmas, you know, 232 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:27,960 and it's like the Secretary of State is not in 233 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:31,600 charge of the elections. Elaine Marshall keeps, you know, I 234 00:16:31,639 --> 00:16:33,840 always has to put out some statement because she gets 235 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,480 inundated with media requests because you know they're failing to 236 00:16:37,519 --> 00:16:40,240 count the ballots quickly enough and they're making a bunch 237 00:16:40,279 --> 00:16:43,600 of mistakes or whatever, and Elaine Marshall always has to 238 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:45,679 come out and put out a statement saying, I'm not 239 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:48,840 in charge of the election system. The governor is Board 240 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:52,759 of Elections Governor. It's not my purview because in most 241 00:16:52,879 --> 00:16:58,200 other states, the Secretary of State is in charge, but 242 00:16:58,399 --> 00:17:04,519 not here so does the legislature have the authority to 243 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:10,839 move these responsibilities to a different executive office that is 244 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,240 part of the Council of State. The Council of State 245 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:22,200 ten seats all elected statewide, and the Auditor is one 246 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:28,000 of those seats. Governor is one lieutenant governor, Attorney General, 247 00:17:28,039 --> 00:17:32,079 Secretary of State, Agriculture Commissioner. These are the Council of 248 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:36,680 State seats, and the legislature says we can do this 249 00:17:37,519 --> 00:17:43,079 because it's our job in the Constitution to prescribe the 250 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:48,039 duties of these offices. The governor argues that only he 251 00:17:48,079 --> 00:17:51,079 can be in charge of elections administration because the constitution 252 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:55,079 says he must take care that laws are faithfully executed. 253 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:01,240 According to the Carolina Partnership for reform did not meaningfully 254 00:18:01,839 --> 00:18:06,160 wrestle with the other sections of the constitution that they 255 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:09,240 just outlined there. And by the court's logic, the governor 256 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:13,519 and only the governor can decide how to execute the 257 00:18:13,559 --> 00:18:19,880 state's laws. That position would render every other Council of 258 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:26,400 State member subservient to the governor's ultimate decisions. Though, for example, 259 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:31,559 the law requires the state auditor to do audits, which 260 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:33,000 is kind of a giveaway because of his name and 261 00:18:33,039 --> 00:18:37,559 everything or the title, But that is to determine if 262 00:18:37,599 --> 00:18:41,519 state state agencies are operating efficiently. How can it be 263 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:45,519 then that the state auditor can execute that law on 264 00:18:45,559 --> 00:18:49,240 his own. But it's somehow unconstitutional for him to execute 265 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:54,920 another law, one that tells him to administer elections. Why 266 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:56,960 would he have to Why would he have to do 267 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,440 that law for the audits. The duty to execute the 268 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:04,759 election's law is no different than the duty to execute 269 00:19:04,799 --> 00:19:09,640 the audit law. The legislature assigned both to the state auditor. 270 00:19:10,519 --> 00:19:14,160 Either there's a Council of State whose duties are prescribed 271 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:19,200 by the legislature or there isn't. And here's the problem 272 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:24,440 with this ruling. They don't address this issue, this conflict. Now, 273 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:29,400 I don't know if they're going to appeal it. I 274 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:30,960 suspect they will. I don't know if they're going to 275 00:19:31,039 --> 00:19:33,400 have time to beat the May one deadline. I suspect 276 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,720 they won't, But we shall see. Here's a great idea. 277 00:19:36,839 --> 00:19:39,599 How about making an escape to a really special and 278 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:42,839 secluded getaway in western North Carolina. Just a quick drive 279 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:45,680 up the mountain and Cabins of Asheville is your connection. 280 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:49,079 Whether you're celebrating an anniversary, a honeymoon, maybe you want 281 00:19:49,079 --> 00:19:51,640 to plan a memorable proposal, or get family and friends 282 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,599 together for a big old reunion, Cabins of Asheville has 283 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:57,400 the ideal spot for you where you can reconnect with 284 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:00,640 your loved ones and the things that truly matter. Nestled 285 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:03,599 within the breath taking fourteen thousand acres of the Pisga 286 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:07,240 National Forest, their cabins offer a serene escape in the 287 00:20:07,279 --> 00:20:10,400 heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Centrally located between Asheville 288 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:12,759 and the entrance of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. 289 00:20:13,039 --> 00:20:17,079 It's the perfect balance of seclusion and proximity to all 290 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:21,839 the local attractions, with hot tubs, fireplaces, air conditioning, smart TVs, 291 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:25,599 Wi Fi grills, outdoor tables, and your own private covered porch. 292 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:29,920 Choose from thirteen cabins, six cottages, two villas, and a 293 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:34,000 great lodge with eleven king sized bedrooms. Cabins of Ashville 294 00:20:34,039 --> 00:20:37,279 has the ideal spot for you for any occasion, and 295 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:40,759 they have pet friendly accommodations. Call or text eight two 296 00:20:40,799 --> 00:20:44,200 eight three six seven seventy sixty eight or check out 297 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:47,000 all there is to offer at Cabins Ofashville dot com 298 00:20:47,039 --> 00:20:53,000 and make memories that'll last a lifetime. Moving on, did 299 00:20:53,039 --> 00:20:58,359 you know that under North Carolina law, lottery winners here 300 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:04,359 in this state have to reveal their identities unless they 301 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:09,839 win under six hundred dollars. That's the cutoff. So if 302 00:21:09,839 --> 00:21:14,319 you just win five ninety nine, you know, then you 303 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:16,680 don't have to You don't have to go public with 304 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:20,079 your name because frankly, nobody cares, right, I mean nobody cares. 305 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:22,720 They go, wow, you won five hundred dollars on the lottery. 306 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:24,519 You're like, they're not putting it. They're not putting you 307 00:21:24,559 --> 00:21:28,079 in the newspaper for that, they're not putting you on 308 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:33,799 TV commercials for that, right, But anything above six hundred dollars, well, 309 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:38,119 now you're basically famous. You make six hundred two dollars. 310 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:40,839 You win that on a lottery ticket. Now, everybody wants 311 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:43,440 to know who you are. See, it's very logical actually 312 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:48,519 when you think about it. But also unless you win 313 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:52,319 less than six hundred or more than fifty million, okay, 314 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:55,559 so there's this window. If you win more than fifty million, 315 00:21:56,680 --> 00:22:00,359 then you can be anonymous. If you win forty nine million, 316 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,160 everybody knows you won forty nine million. You went over 317 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:09,160 fifty million, now you can be anonymous. Okay, but I'm 318 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:12,039 not sure you're aware of this. But when people win 319 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:18,359 lots of money through a lottery, sometimes bad things happen 320 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:25,359 to them. It's actually pretty common. They get targeted. And 321 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:32,480 there is this interesting dynamic that occurs because like if 322 00:22:32,519 --> 00:22:37,599 I if I am a self made millionaire or a 323 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:41,839 billionaire to quote Bernie, if I make the money myself, 324 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:45,400 people come to me and ask me for my money 325 00:22:45,799 --> 00:22:48,359 and I say no, you know, they hit you up 326 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:51,279 for charitable donations or family members are like, I don't 327 00:22:51,279 --> 00:22:53,039 want to work, give me some money, you know whatever, 328 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,240 And I can say no because I worked for it, 329 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:01,720 I earn this money. I'm a self made millionaire. Right. However, 330 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:07,559 if I won the money, well, now I don't have 331 00:23:07,599 --> 00:23:10,720 that excuse because I just found it. Basically, Like, what 332 00:23:10,759 --> 00:23:14,000 am I supposed to say to that, Like they're asking 333 00:23:14,079 --> 00:23:19,200 me to just make it rain on them long loss 334 00:23:19,519 --> 00:23:22,519 cousin that I've never met, and I'm supposed to just 335 00:23:22,559 --> 00:23:25,119 give them a million dollars or okay, one hundred thousand 336 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:27,799 dollars or something. Oh, come on, it's not like you 337 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,200 earned it. You just want it. Why do you It's 338 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:33,519 not that it wasn't even really yours, you know, come on, 339 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:37,559 share the wealth. It'll be like I'm winning the lottery too. Whatever. 340 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,440 It becomes difficult to say no. And a lot of 341 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,400 people who win large sums of money in the lotteries, 342 00:23:45,039 --> 00:23:48,039 they they don't make good fiscal decisions. Okay, they're not 343 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:51,599 good at financial management, and they get taken in by 344 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:55,920 scam artists. They make bad investments because now they all 345 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:57,920 owe this money and like, oh, we should invest in 346 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:01,519 a restaurant together or something. Oh we should invest in this, Oh, 347 00:24:01,519 --> 00:24:05,799 buy a bunch of this whatever. They also get harassed, 348 00:24:07,079 --> 00:24:11,599 they get stalked. In some cases this is true, they've 349 00:24:11,599 --> 00:24:18,359 been kidnapped, held for ransom, and even murdered. So there 350 00:24:18,559 --> 00:24:21,039 is a bit of a downside to winning the lottery 351 00:24:21,519 --> 00:24:24,279 when you have to give your name out. And now 352 00:24:24,319 --> 00:24:27,200 with the rise of social media and the ability for 353 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:33,599 people to target you when they know your name, the 354 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:37,799 State Senate and the State House are now looking at 355 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:44,079 two different bills to try to limit this. The Senate 356 00:24:44,319 --> 00:24:47,119 has a bill, Senate Bill four h two that what 357 00:24:47,279 --> 00:24:52,279 started off that it started off mandating anonymity for anybody 358 00:24:52,319 --> 00:24:55,319 who want a million dollars and above. So if you 359 00:24:55,359 --> 00:25:01,559 want a million or more, you're mandated anonymous. However, Senator 360 00:25:01,599 --> 00:25:05,279 Ralph Hyes, the bill sponsor, he raised that to five million, 361 00:25:05,319 --> 00:25:07,880 and he said the change was at the North Carolina 362 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:15,279 Lottery Commission's request. The Lottery Commission requested this because they 363 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:24,440 often use personalized stories of winners to advertise real life wins. Yeah, 364 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:30,319 that's the problem, guys. This I don't understand this argument. 365 00:25:30,519 --> 00:25:33,880 This makes no sense, Like, hey, I don't want to 366 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,720 be named because people are targeting me for harassment. Heyes 367 00:25:37,759 --> 00:25:40,279 comes along and says, okay, we'll go ahead and say 368 00:25:40,279 --> 00:25:43,200 anything above a million dollars. I say, thank you very much. 369 00:25:43,279 --> 00:25:45,480 That will help protect me if I win. And the 370 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,240 Lottery Commission comes in, who WHOA WHOA whoa we advertise 371 00:25:48,319 --> 00:25:53,160 with this, we need Pete to advertise. Make it five million, Okay, 372 00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:55,759 I'll make it five million, right. The whole point is 373 00:25:55,799 --> 00:25:58,880 to keep you from using me to advertise the fact 374 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:02,240 that I won over a million dollars. What are you doing? 375 00:26:04,079 --> 00:26:06,559 High said he was inspired to sponsor the bill originally 376 00:26:06,599 --> 00:26:09,279 after he had a conversation with a five million dollars 377 00:26:09,319 --> 00:26:13,200 scratch off winner. The winner told heys they had been 378 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:20,200 harassed by salespeople showing up at their door with investment opportunities. Well, 379 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:24,599 if you won five million dollars, I would recommend a 380 00:26:24,759 --> 00:26:30,079 very stout home security system, maybe with some mounted turrets. 381 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,000 The North Carolina State House Bill, on the other hand, 382 00:26:33,039 --> 00:26:35,240 that that's the Senate bill. The House bill mandates that 383 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:38,880 any lottery winner of any amount has the option to 384 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:43,880 remain anonymous. I like that one. I like that one 385 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:47,079 because if I were to win fifty thousand dollars, I 386 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:49,839 don't want, you know, people finding out about that. I 387 00:26:49,839 --> 00:26:52,160 don't need my wife knowing I won that kind of money. 388 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:58,000 That's not In twenty twenty four, four players won five 389 00:26:58,039 --> 00:27:01,960 million dollars or more. Seventy five players won a million 390 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:06,000 or more. According to WRAL. All of them had to 391 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,799 go public with that information. They had to include their 392 00:27:08,839 --> 00:27:12,759 full names, city of residents, and the game and date 393 00:27:12,799 --> 00:27:17,039 that they played and how much they won. And then 394 00:27:17,079 --> 00:27:20,400 I think they were handed a can of spray paint 395 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,079 and they had to paint a huge target right on 396 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:27,680 their chest and back. Anonymity is a hot button issue 397 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,319 across the US. As the Internet makes it easier to find, 398 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:34,960 scam and harass people, winners are clamoring for anonymity. The 399 00:27:35,079 --> 00:27:39,319 Virginia Legislature voted unanimously in March to lower the states 400 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:45,839 anonymity allowance from ten million down to one million. Here's 401 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:49,240 the problem. If you make it all anonymous, how do 402 00:27:49,279 --> 00:27:55,200 you know that real people actually won? Right? It could 403 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:59,519 be like Running Man? Remember that movie, the documentary running Man, 404 00:28:01,039 --> 00:28:04,799 where people would quote win the contest, then you never 405 00:28:04,799 --> 00:28:09,640 saw them again. M h. I still think it should 406 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:11,119 be voluntary. If you don't want to go public, you 407 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:16,039 don't go public. I think that's a fair compromise. All right. 408 00:28:16,079 --> 00:28:17,880 If you're listening to this show, you know I try 409 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:19,680 to keep up with all sorts of current events, and 410 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,039 I know you do too, and you've probably heard me say, 411 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:26,240 get your news from multiple sources. Why. Well, because it's 412 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:28,920 how you detect media bias, which is why I've been 413 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:32,519 so impressed with ground News. It's an app, and it's 414 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:35,440 a website, and it combines news from around the world 415 00:28:35,519 --> 00:28:38,960 in one place so you can compare coverage and verify information. 416 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:42,440 You can check it out at check dot ground, dot 417 00:28:42,559 --> 00:28:45,720 news slash pete. I put the link in the podcast 418 00:28:45,759 --> 00:28:48,759 description too. I started using ground News a few months 419 00:28:48,759 --> 00:28:51,359 ago and more recently chose to work with them as 420 00:28:51,359 --> 00:28:54,599 an affiliate because it lets me see clearly how stories 421 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:57,880 get covered and by whom. The blind spot feature shows 422 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:00,720 you which stories get ignored by the left and the right. 423 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:05,599 See for yourself. Check dot ground, dot news slash pete. 424 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,359 Subscribe through that link and you'll get fifteen percent off 425 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:11,680 any subscription. I use the Vantage plan to get unlimited 426 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:15,000 access to every feature. Your subscription then not only helps 427 00:29:15,039 --> 00:29:17,799 my podcast, but it also supports ground News as they 428 00:29:17,839 --> 00:29:21,720 make the media landscape more transparent. Do you know who 429 00:29:21,759 --> 00:29:26,440 Marcus Lamonas is? Marcus Lamonis. He is the CEO of 430 00:29:26,519 --> 00:29:33,160 Camping World aka the profit pro fit. He did a 431 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:36,200 show on CNBC Christy and I used to watch it 432 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,599 all the time he would go in and help small 433 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:44,039 businesses build them up and such. He's done several in 434 00:29:44,119 --> 00:29:48,480 our region. And he then at some point he became 435 00:29:48,799 --> 00:29:51,640 the CEO of Camping World. And one of the things 436 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:55,759 that he does at Camping World is he hoists a 437 00:29:56,079 --> 00:30:01,319 massive American flag and like all of his Camping World locations, 438 00:30:01,359 --> 00:30:03,160 and he even did it at one of the barbecue 439 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:07,640 joints that he helped to rescue I think down in 440 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:13,440 South Carolina. And now he's in trouble. The CEO of 441 00:30:13,519 --> 00:30:16,160 Camping World claims that he was forced to close down 442 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:19,920 one of his North Carolina stores. This is out in Greenville, 443 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:24,400 North Carolina, as he defied local politicians over the massive 444 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:29,400 American flags flying over the locations. Marcus Lamonis made the 445 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:32,920 shocking revelation that one of the national RV dealerships in 446 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:36,720 Greenville was shuttered April eighteenth. He says he was forced 447 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:39,119 to shut down operations at the smaller of the two 448 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:43,160 locations after the city council sued him and his company 449 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:48,240 for violating city ordinance with the larger than life flags. 450 00:30:48,319 --> 00:30:50,839 Larger than life, I mean, they're just big flags. They're 451 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:54,240 not larger than life, and they've been nailing him with 452 00:30:54,359 --> 00:30:58,519 fines constantly. He said, we think the ordinance is wrong. 453 00:30:59,359 --> 00:31:01,359 I think it's all so wrong that council members have 454 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:06,680 been working very actively to disparage my business Greenville. City 455 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:09,920 of Greenville notes that the flag is almost the size 456 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:17,480 of a basketball court. Oh no, a basketball court. Oh no, 457 00:31:18,799 --> 00:31:24,640 that's too big. Yeah, not a tennis court, a basketball court. 458 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:31,319 It's thirty two hundred square feet. That's that's like almost 459 00:31:31,319 --> 00:31:35,079 twice the size of my house. But you got to 460 00:31:35,119 --> 00:31:37,319 be able to see it from the interstate. The poll 461 00:31:37,359 --> 00:31:40,079 that flies from is one hundred thirty feet tall, almost 462 00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:43,559 double the current allowance. Quote. This has never been about 463 00:31:43,599 --> 00:31:46,319 removing an American flag or the type of flag. It 464 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,160 is about bringing the flag into compliance with city code. 465 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:55,759 According to the Greenville Communications manager, brock Letchworth, again with 466 00:31:55,839 --> 00:31:59,960 these Deckenzian names. Anyway, we look forward to finding a 467 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,440 resolution that will result in the continued display of the flag, 468 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:05,799 but in a way that does not violate local laws. So, 469 00:32:05,799 --> 00:32:08,079 in other words, we want you to have a smaller flag. 470 00:32:08,839 --> 00:32:12,319 But lamonas fifty one year old CEO, says the city 471 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:17,640 ordinances violate the state law. He did not specify what 472 00:32:17,839 --> 00:32:20,200 law that is. And when I went looking through the 473 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:23,519 general statute codes, all I could find were law is 474 00:32:23,559 --> 00:32:29,799 about HOA restricting American flags. I couldn't find anything about 475 00:32:29,799 --> 00:32:34,599 city ordinances. Now, along with Greenville, North Carolina, Camping World 476 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:38,599 is facing another lawsuit from the city of Ceverville, Tennessee, 477 00:32:39,279 --> 00:32:44,160 located thirty miles outside of Knoxville. They argue the flag 478 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:48,039 in its city is so big, also the same size 479 00:32:48,039 --> 00:32:51,279 as this, as all of them. Really, they say it's 480 00:32:51,279 --> 00:32:56,759 a distraction to drivers. Quote let us be clear, the 481 00:32:56,799 --> 00:33:01,039 city of Ceverville is not and never will be again patriotism. 482 00:33:01,559 --> 00:33:06,319 Excessively tall structures can create visual distractions for motorists, pose 483 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,720 potential safety hazards, and impact the scenic views that are 484 00:33:09,759 --> 00:33:12,559 a vital part of what makes Severville a destination for 485 00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:18,279 residents and visitors alike. So he's got two fights now, 486 00:33:18,599 --> 00:33:21,000 He took to the Twitter machine formerly known as x. 487 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:27,039 He says, Dear any Town, USA, I have received countless calls, emails, texts, 488 00:33:27,039 --> 00:33:29,599 and mail regarding my refusal to take down the flag. 489 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,279 These flags that I put up are not just at 490 00:33:32,359 --> 00:33:34,920 Camping World. They have gone up at one small business 491 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:39,359 in South Carolina, Schuler's Barbecue, and in the town of Grafton, Illinois. 492 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:43,839 These flags represent something personal to me. I came to 493 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:48,519 this country from an orphanage in Beirut Lebanon, at the 494 00:33:48,559 --> 00:33:51,880 age of nine months old. I grew up in a 495 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:55,759 middle class home where work ethic was everything, maybe the 496 00:33:55,960 --> 00:34:00,240 only thing. Our family was in the Chevrolet business and 497 00:34:00,279 --> 00:34:05,200 had the largest flag in Miami. As a child, I 498 00:34:05,279 --> 00:34:08,280 used to tell everybody that one day I would have 499 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:11,960 a business of my own and that my flag would 500 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,320 be even bigger, like any child would. I have put 501 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,800 up two hundred and twenty flags across this country, totaling 502 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:24,599 seven hundred four thousand square feet. My secret goal has 503 00:34:24,639 --> 00:34:29,199 always been to get to one million square feet. I 504 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:31,239 thought it was a more impressive way to be a 505 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:35,159 quote millionaire. Over the years on my journey, I have 506 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:39,239 experienced life to the fullest. I've made my share of mistakes, 507 00:34:39,679 --> 00:34:43,039 experienced the highs of building something with great people around me, 508 00:34:43,599 --> 00:34:46,920 the lows of helping people and then being sued, married 509 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:51,519 for true love, lied to because of pure greed, criticized 510 00:34:51,519 --> 00:34:54,119 for being too whatever the flavor of the day is, 511 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:58,119 and seeing things people dream of. I may not be 512 00:34:58,199 --> 00:35:01,400 the American dream, but I I want to be and 513 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:04,840 I know I have it in me. The flag is 514 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:07,960 my love letter to a country that gave me a 515 00:35:08,119 --> 00:35:11,000 chance when I didn't have one. It gave me a 516 00:35:11,039 --> 00:35:14,079 free market to make money. It gave me freedom to 517 00:35:14,119 --> 00:35:18,519 be me, and gave me courage to try anything. While 518 00:35:18,559 --> 00:35:22,280 I receive the criticism saying that I don't respect laws 519 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:25,239 because I have money, because I'm too self centered, too greedy, 520 00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:29,800 attention seeking publicity hound, bad advertiser. The list goes on, Well, 521 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:32,960 I do have pride, and I have been blessed with success. 522 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:37,599 I do have conviction, and I have my freedom. And 523 00:35:37,639 --> 00:35:41,880 then he says the flag is not coming down, no 524 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:46,079 matter the consequences. I am an only child. My parents 525 00:35:46,119 --> 00:35:49,679 are both past I have no children. I have my faith, 526 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:55,960 my businesses, my wife, and my principles. Unfortunately, I will 527 00:35:55,960 --> 00:35:59,159 see you too in court. And then he tags the 528 00:35:59,199 --> 00:36:02,440 city of Greenville. Well, in the city of Severville, Tennessee. 529 00:36:06,199 --> 00:36:08,400 This is not the first time this kind of thing 530 00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:12,840 has happened. Do you remember. I believe it was like 531 00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:21,119 twenty nineteen Gander RV. It was local and they had 532 00:36:21,119 --> 00:36:23,920 a huge flag right they were being told to take 533 00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:27,679 it down. Got in a big fight. See, here's the thing. 534 00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:32,079 The city may have some ordinance that says you can't 535 00:36:32,079 --> 00:36:36,159 fly an American flag that's this bigger, bigger whatever, or 536 00:36:36,199 --> 00:36:38,079 you can't have any kind of a flagpole that's this 537 00:36:38,199 --> 00:36:41,519 toll or a structure that's this toll whatever. You could 538 00:36:41,519 --> 00:36:44,840 have that on the books. And it seems like that 539 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:48,719 this flagpole in both of these locations may be very 540 00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:52,119 well violating the laws of these towns. But here's the thing. 541 00:36:53,599 --> 00:36:58,039 Americans don't care about your law. They care about that flag. 542 00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:04,880 Choose wisely in this fight. Greenville, North Carolina City Council 543 00:37:05,039 --> 00:37:10,320 and Ceverville, Tennessee City Council. All right, that'll do it 544 00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:13,000 for this episode. Thank you so much for listening. I 545 00:37:13,039 --> 00:37:15,159 could not do the show without your support and the 546 00:37:15,159 --> 00:37:18,239 support of the businesses that advertise on the podcast, so 547 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,360 if you'd like, please support them too and tell them 548 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:22,360 you heard it here. You can also become a patron 549 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:26,679 at my Patreon page or go to thepetecallanershow dot com. Again, 550 00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:29,440 thank you so much for listening, and don't break anything 551 00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:34,440 while I'm gone.