Speaker 1: Good morning morning.
Speaker 2: Welcome, welcome, welcome. It is at a time now for
Speaker 2: our community connection right here on K one, the one
Speaker 2: you trust. It seems like Corey shibbl we've done this before.
Speaker 2: How are you doing today?
Speaker 1: I'm doing good, Tom, Thanks for having me.
Speaker 2: Well, you know you're always welcome. Now, we've got a
Speaker 2: runoff coming up on the twenty seventh of this month,
Speaker 2: and this is for the Washington County Commissioner District too. Now,
Speaker 2: you were in a three way race earlier during the primary,
Speaker 2: and because no one got fifty plus percent, it's hard
Speaker 2: to do in a three way race. Okay, how you
Speaker 2: got it? It really is?
Speaker 1: It really is.
Speaker 2: Yeah, And now you and you're facing an opponent here
Speaker 2: in just a few weeks. Wow, that's going to take
Speaker 2: a little out of you, doesn't it.
Speaker 1: It's been a long time.
Speaker 3: It seems like I told somebody the other day that
Speaker 3: when I started this campaign off that you know, I
Speaker 3: had twenty eight and a half years experience and I'm
Speaker 3: just a few days away now from it feels like
Speaker 3: thirty two years experience. But I'm yeah, I'm almost to
Speaker 3: twenty nine years now.
Speaker 2: So wow, and you work in District three District three.
Speaker 1: Yeah, south end of the county for Commissioner Dunlap.
Speaker 2: Yeah, tell us what you do there? I mean you
Speaker 2: you've done just just about every position available there right now.
Speaker 1: I have. Yeah, I've of course been with them nearly
Speaker 1: twenty nine years. I've been the road and bridge supervisor
Speaker 1: for the past fourteen years.
Speaker 3: And yeah, I'm a graduate of the Oklahoma State Road
Speaker 3: Management Program. I've been the I've been Commissioner Dune Laps.
Speaker 1: Road and Bridge supervisor, like I said, for fourteen years.
Speaker 3: Where I've you know, got a great working relationship with him,
Speaker 3: and that's that's where I am able to, you know,
Speaker 3: see his day to day duties as a commissioner.
Speaker 1: So that's where I feel like i've you know, I've
Speaker 1: learned the job.
Speaker 2: Wow, you know. And the mister Dunlap has been a
Speaker 2: commissioner for a good long time.
Speaker 3: Himself, absolutely, I think he's seventeen seventeen years now.
Speaker 2: Now, when you have experienced what you've experienced, you also
Speaker 2: kind of know a little bit about the dollars and
Speaker 2: since side too, right.
Speaker 3: Yes, sure, yeah, I've been to the budget board meetings
Speaker 3: of course, been to the commissioner meetings and as well
Speaker 3: as assisted commissioner, done lap with the budget in the department,
Speaker 3: you know, my department of District three.
Speaker 2: So yeah, so you know, you kind of know the
Speaker 2: ins and outs of it. You've been pretty much doing
Speaker 2: the work for a good long time. It would be
Speaker 2: kind of nice to get the full recognition by being
Speaker 2: a commissioner. I mean, it seems the time is right
Speaker 2: is for you. Yeah, I think so.
Speaker 3: And that's the only reason that I'm even considered this
Speaker 3: is because the knowledge that I have for the job.
Speaker 3: You know, there's a lot to it. It's one of
Speaker 3: those jobs that's really hard to describe, but I think
Speaker 3: I have a I have a pretty good I have
Speaker 3: good knowledge of the jobs.
Speaker 1: So I feel like I would, you know, I would
Speaker 1: be ready for the job.
Speaker 2: On day one, So you would to worry about, you know,
Speaker 2: going to a commister's training school.
Speaker 1: Right, there's a lot of there's a lot of training
Speaker 1: hours required, and.
Speaker 3: I know I've got I've got quite a few some
Speaker 3: of the things that they require.
Speaker 1: I've already got under my belt. But yes, I would.
Speaker 3: I would have some some training and you know, I
Speaker 3: of course go to that those kind of things and.
Speaker 1: You know, learn things. You can always learn stuff, you know.
Speaker 2: So, oh yeah, you're never too old to learn, never
Speaker 2: too old to learn, right, So what fueled your ambition
Speaker 2: to do this? Just the timing of all this.
Speaker 1: It really was. It was just it was just timing.
Speaker 3: I never had any intentions of running against a city commissioner,
Speaker 3: And when when Commissioner Buba decided that he was going
Speaker 3: to not seek re election, I thought, well, you know,
Speaker 3: I know the job I've been around, I think I
Speaker 3: would be really good at it. And so I thought,
Speaker 3: you know, I'm gonna just I'm gonna file and see
Speaker 3: what happens.
Speaker 2: And while there you go here I am. Yes, you
Speaker 2: went through the first primary, and now for the runoff. Now,
Speaker 2: this is going to be interesting because we way, I
Speaker 2: understand that this is the only thing on that ballot. Yes,
Speaker 2: I guess, so, I guess if you live in the well,
Speaker 2: there's a Collinsville thing. But those things doing intersect. But
Speaker 2: but this is really going to be one of those
Speaker 2: things where people from district too need to participate and
Speaker 2: let the voices be heard.
Speaker 3: Absolutely, yeah, you know that, and that's what we're focusing on.
Speaker 3: I've taken a little bit of time off, you know,
Speaker 3: for the past I think six weeks here, really give
Speaker 3: myself a break and give everybody else a break.
Speaker 1: There was a couple of big races there, the state
Speaker 1: Senate and then.
Speaker 3: What was the other one, the state representative race. So
Speaker 3: but yeah, that's our main focus is getting people out.
Speaker 2: To vote on August twenty seventh, and right now, folks,
Speaker 2: if you've not voted recently, you might want to inquire
Speaker 2: with the Washington County the Secretary of Yvon House here
Speaker 2: at the Board of Elections downtown and if you have
Speaker 2: any questions, you can also go to the various websites
Speaker 2: to deal with that to make sure you're eligible to vote,
Speaker 2: because sometimes if you move, you know, your address changes. Hey,
Speaker 2: you know, you might want to check where you're living
Speaker 2: to see if you're still in the same district. And
Speaker 2: also whenever you move, you got to change that to
Speaker 2: make sure that everything's right and regular and ready to
Speaker 2: go and everything. But this is the one where we
Speaker 2: have two very good candidates going for it and made
Speaker 2: the best candidate win. And I want the people to
Speaker 2: make sure that they have fulfilled that freedom if they
Speaker 2: have the freedom of a choice, and it'd be great
Speaker 2: to see the good number of people out there.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it would be would I hope we have a
Speaker 1: big turnout.
Speaker 3: I understand that a county commissioner race isn't real exciting,
Speaker 3: but doesn't take away from the importance of the job. Sure,
Speaker 3: it's just not on everybody's radar, especially August twenty seventh.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you're sitting there calling, gosh, the kids are in school,
Speaker 2: what am I doing? Yeah, and we understand that, and
Speaker 2: we really do. We were just kind of talking off
Speaker 2: here that you know the twenty seventh. Why the twenty
Speaker 2: seventh Apparently it's between well, what the primary was and
Speaker 2: when the general is and then it's pretty much the divisor.
Speaker 1: So yeah, that's my best guess, that's.
Speaker 2: Mine too, mistading, I'm going with your.
Speaker 1: I need to do some research and figured this out.
Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure it is. Give you some time in case,
Speaker 2: you know, there were actual other races in play too,
Speaker 2: But you know it comes down to this. Normally in
Speaker 2: Washington County the primary is the general in a lot
Speaker 2: of cases, but not in this one. With the runoff,
Speaker 2: how's that changed the way that you know you're you're
Speaker 2: approaching this Now you went there through round one and
Speaker 2: I know everybody gave it, you know, one hundred and
Speaker 2: twenty percent everything that got and it's like, oh my,
Speaker 2: you know, here comes round two. Like you said, you
Speaker 2: took a little bit of a break, which I think
Speaker 2: it was wise. You know. So are you going out
Speaker 2: and still making connections and meeting and greeting with people?
Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, I am.
Speaker 3: I've been to a few meetings over the past six weeks.
Speaker 3: And yeah, it's a different approach, and of course I'm
Speaker 3: I'm not an expert at it. This is my first
Speaker 3: go round in campaigning, so but you really kind of
Speaker 3: have to follow your gut on this thing. And round two,
Speaker 3: I do believe is different than round one. It's it's
Speaker 3: kind of all about getting your your voters back out
Speaker 3: to vote.
Speaker 1: You know, if you voted the first Yeah, if you
Speaker 1: voted for me on.
Speaker 3: June eighteenth, I hope you're going to vote for me
Speaker 3: on August twenty seventh. So we're really not trying to
Speaker 3: change people's minds necessarily as much as getting them back
Speaker 3: out to the polls.
Speaker 2: Well, you know what, that's a good idea. I like that. Yeah,
Speaker 2: very good. Now you've got a Facebook page.
Speaker 3: Yes, I have a Facebook page. Corey Shivel for County
Speaker 3: Commissioner district too. There is an email on that Facebook page,
Speaker 3: and messenger has been the best way. A lot of
Speaker 3: people have messaged me on there. It's quicker, It is
Speaker 3: a lot quicker, and I see it a lot quicker
Speaker 3: than I would an email. So yeah, I'm I'm very
Speaker 3: quick to respond to that.
Speaker 2: Oh that's very good. Accessibility is wonderful, you know it.
Speaker 2: I've lived a lot of different places, but until I
Speaker 2: moved to Oklahoma, did I ever once hear any candidate says, God,
Speaker 2: just give me a call or hit me up on
Speaker 2: my Facebook or send me a text, and they give
Speaker 2: out the number. Are you crazy? And then it's like, well, no,
Speaker 2: that's how people get a hold of you, right Yeah.
Speaker 2: Especially that just tells you kind of how upfront it
Speaker 2: is here in Oklahoma. There's no convolution going on here.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, especially with a county commissioner. You know, he's
Speaker 1: right to be available.
Speaker 2: So yeah, oh my goodness. You know, is there anything
Speaker 2: that I missed court, because I really want to make
Speaker 2: sure we get everything in here on this.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think so, Tom.
Speaker 3: Like I said, we're just trying to, you know, make
Speaker 3: sure people remember August twenty seventh.
Speaker 1: You know, set a set a reminder on your phone. However,
Speaker 1: we're going.
Speaker 3: To be making some phone calls that kind of stuff.
Speaker 3: But yeah, just August twenty seventh, get out and vote.
Speaker 2: All right, Corey Shivel, thank you for being with this year. Alrighty,
Speaker 2: we've got more coming out