WEBVTT 1 00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:16.679 Seven oh six, I think about HAIRCB Talk station. Brian 2 00:00:16.719 --> 00:00:20.000 Thomas wishing everyone. I'm very happy Friday. I love my Fridays, 3 00:00:20.039 --> 00:00:22.239 and I love talking to folks, and I love particularly 4 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:24.839 when folks I'm talking to are in studio. And thank 5 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:28.000 you Jonathan Pearson, running for Hamilton County Commissioner, for joining 6 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:30.679 me in studio to talk politics for a while here. Jonathan, good, 7 00:00:30.679 --> 00:00:31.480 have you Ron? Good? 8 00:00:31.480 --> 00:00:32.960 Thank you Ryan. I appreciate it. Good morning. 9 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:35.719 Uh nothing really to talk about in the world of politics, 10 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:36.039 is there. 11 00:00:36.240 --> 00:00:37.200 No, it's a slow. 12 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:38.759 World and it's uh, you know it. May you live 13 00:00:38.799 --> 00:00:42.119 in interesting times. These are such boring times, it is, Jonathan. 14 00:00:42.479 --> 00:00:43.840 The first thing I said to you when you came 15 00:00:43.880 --> 00:00:47.920 in the studio was like, commissioner race has really really, 16 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:52.039 really been very low key. It's sort of like it's 17 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:54.320 just off in the distance someplace they haven't known. There's 18 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:57.880 no racous debates and no finger pointing and no you know, 19 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:02.679 prominent you know, display of alternative viewpoints why you should 20 00:01:02.759 --> 00:01:05.120 vote for me and why you shouldn't vote for her, 21 00:01:05.200 --> 00:01:07.079 that kind of stuff. Not a lot of reporting on 22 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:09.439 the commissioner's race either, any I mean, are you in 23 00:01:09.480 --> 00:01:10.159 agreement with me? 24 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:10.760 On that jam. 25 00:01:11.079 --> 00:01:12.680 Since you're the candidate, I mean, you would know better 26 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:13.400 than anybody else. 27 00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:16.560 It's been very interesting because people I've spent more time 28 00:01:16.719 --> 00:01:20.680 explaining what the Commission does, right, because most people stare 29 00:01:20.719 --> 00:01:23.560 at me, go what is it? So what? I always 30 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:26.599 my tagline is it's the most boring important job in 31 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:28.760 the county. Oh, that's a wonderful way of putting it. 32 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:30.400 Because we deal with a lot of money. 33 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:33.840 It is the largest chunk of which is the Sheriff's department. 34 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:36.040 Of course we're all pulling for Sheriff Jim Neil or 35 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:38.959 Jim Neil former sheriff. I think he's the best qualified 36 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:41.359 for the job. And I don't recall anytime that Jim 37 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:44.400 Neil had his firearms stolen from his vehicle. 38 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:47.439 No, don't. I don't think Jim would be the type 39 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:49.159 to leave it in his car either. 40 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:53.400 Right, Yeah, and even can you remember the lock your 41 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:57.920 junk in your trunk campaign to avoid smashing grabs? Yeah? Yeah, 42 00:01:58.439 --> 00:02:03.040 Physician heeled iself just nexter plugging there for Jim Neil 43 00:02:03.079 --> 00:02:05.480 because I really supported he's a good guy. And of 44 00:02:05.519 --> 00:02:08.520 course Hamilton County prosecuted Melissa Power is so important to 45 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:11.840 keep her for Oh, extremely, she's tough on crimes. 46 00:02:11.879 --> 00:02:14.840 She's the last She's literally the last one in America 47 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:16.680 that a major city for Republican. 48 00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:19.240 Oh, that is so disheartening. 49 00:02:19.479 --> 00:02:22.360 It is because of the fact that the average Republican 50 00:02:22.759 --> 00:02:25.199 thinks of their community as a safe, vibrant place to 51 00:02:25.199 --> 00:02:27.000 walk around and do what they want to do. And 52 00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:29.479 let's just think of these cities that we start talking about. 53 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:35.599 Just name one, Detroit, Cleveland, you know, let's be local Indianapolis, 54 00:02:35.599 --> 00:02:37.360 and you say, well, there's not a high crime in there. 55 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:42.080 The FBI just secretly snuck in the new crime status. 56 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:45.120 I saw that and uh huh shocker. They went up 57 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:47.919 sixty five percent under Biden. Gee, I'm stunned. 58 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:51.960 Yeah, yeah, and it's interesting. You know, honestly, I'm surprised 59 00:02:51.960 --> 00:02:54.560 that data came out before the election, correcting the record 60 00:02:54.599 --> 00:02:55.120 in advance. 61 00:02:55.360 --> 00:02:59.240 Well, they corrected it actually in September. That's how quiet 62 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:01.599 they did it. We didn't even know that, and it 63 00:03:01.639 --> 00:03:04.000 was found by accident, by I think it was of 64 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:07.759 all things like USA today, it's hard to wish. You 65 00:03:08.039 --> 00:03:09.840 would have never figured they would bring it forward. 66 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:15.120 Not exactly your conservative leaning newspaper. Is that Jonathan Well 67 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:18.439 let's talk about your qualifications. You're running for Hamilton County Commissioner. 68 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:21.240 Clearly you understand the job, since you're going around and 69 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:23.479 explaining it a lot to folks. But by way of 70 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:28.639 background and what qualifies you to the extendingbody really needs 71 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:32.000 to be qualified for public office anymore. Quite often, like 72 00:03:32.039 --> 00:03:36.199 for example, in the prosecutors race, some are not qualified that. 73 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:40.319 Yeah, I'm stunned. But the Democrats were willing to put 74 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:43.159 up somebody who is nothing but a perennial runner. 75 00:03:43.479 --> 00:03:43.919 Yeah. 76 00:03:44.039 --> 00:03:47.879 I mean, honestly, she runs for everything but qualified for nothing. 77 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:51.639 And it's I think their belief, and I think it's 78 00:03:51.680 --> 00:03:53.879 a well founded belief, at least if you're a betting 79 00:03:53.919 --> 00:03:56.879 man that Hamilton County is blue. Now, so if you 80 00:03:56.879 --> 00:03:58.919 can just really run anyone with a D after their name, 81 00:03:58.919 --> 00:03:59.520 they're going to win. 82 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:03.439 Yeah. I would like to think, for you know that 83 00:04:03.639 --> 00:04:06.080 the D in this case would stand at least for 84 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:12.000 demonstrating some talent. But I can't say that of that 85 00:04:12.039 --> 00:04:14.560 particular person. You don't want to put her name on 86 00:04:14.599 --> 00:04:16.439 the record. Do you want to remind my listeners who 87 00:04:16.480 --> 00:04:19.600 you're running against, because Adam Kaylor also has an opponent? Yeah, 88 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:22.600 you know, We're running against three House and Reese for 89 00:04:22.759 --> 00:04:26.279 the Commissioner's office. And the reality is that I wanted 90 00:04:26.279 --> 00:04:29.360 to run because there's a lot of money that we're 91 00:04:29.399 --> 00:04:31.639 talking about. I mean, I don't think people understand how 92 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:34.560 much money that the commissioners deal with. One point three 93 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:37.360 billion dollars and you know, deals with all the moneies 94 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:39.759 that come in from property taxes and from the sales tax. 95 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:41.439 It doesn't go to the city. The rest is going 96 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:43.360 through the county and we deal with that, and those 97 00:04:43.399 --> 00:04:45.720 go to the various projects that you are go around, 98 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:48.439 and the most notable to everybody as a sewer system 99 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:52.720 and the mngals Stadium and the convention Center. Well those 100 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:56.879 are monstrously large ticket items and I don't think people 101 00:04:56.920 --> 00:04:59.240 realize what that means to their day to day life 102 00:04:59.279 --> 00:05:02.720 in this little or we call Hamlet County. And my 103 00:05:02.839 --> 00:05:06.040 whole goal was simple, let's go in and just as 104 00:05:06.079 --> 00:05:08.839 I say, am I thing well studied budget. Everybody wants 105 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:11.680 to have these fancies terms a balance structured budget, which 106 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:14.000 is just a lie. It's we've managed to fool you 107 00:05:14.040 --> 00:05:17.360 so you're stupid enough to not look. That's their hope. 108 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:19.680 The reality is well studied budget is where you go 109 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:22.519 line by line by line and you just start picking 110 00:05:22.519 --> 00:05:24.959 that thing apart and you look at it and say, 111 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:27.240 do we really need one hundred million for all of 112 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:30.240 these things? Do we need this job to be five 113 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:32.800 million can be done at three, This job for five 114 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:35.160 may need actually seven million, And then we start getting 115 00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:37.079 this So when we go to things like the sheriff's office, 116 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:39.439 which is extremely important and one of the largest things 117 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:42.560 we fund, we actually have the money. We can look 118 00:05:42.600 --> 00:05:44.839 at a good sheriff neal and say, hey, what do 119 00:05:44.839 --> 00:05:47.600 you really need the money for? And you know, do 120 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:49.680 you need more for more deputies? Do you need this? 121 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:54.800 Because right now the sheriff's offices is funded ridiculously well 122 00:05:55.040 --> 00:05:58.480 for the people that are there, and they're losing. 123 00:05:58.560 --> 00:05:59.800 People are down. 124 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:02.319 They'll she'll say that there's plenty of people in there 125 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:05.439 because their HR department said, no, actually it's going up. Well, 126 00:06:05.480 --> 00:06:07.480 as I mentioned in one interview, sure it's going up. 127 00:06:07.480 --> 00:06:09.519 Because when you're in a hole, there's only one way out, 128 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:12.519 you know, So when that many people walk away and 129 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:14.920 you hire one more person, well you've got you know, 130 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:17.399 you're really on the move now. And the challenge that 131 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:21.399 we're facing and all of that is why are they leaving. See, 132 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:25.399 when we work politics from identity as opposed to talent, 133 00:06:26.279 --> 00:06:28.439 it stops at the door because once I see you 134 00:06:28.480 --> 00:06:30.439 at the door, I know what you are. Whether you 135 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:32.839 want to say that you're you're gay, or you're black, 136 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:35.120 or you're white, or you're jew or whatever, all of 137 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:37.800 that becomes pointless when you sit down at the table 138 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:41.000 to do the job. And so now it's may. 139 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:45.439 On behalf of every resident of the county. Yeah, and 140 00:06:45.480 --> 00:06:47.800 we're made up of a real wild mix of folks 141 00:06:47.839 --> 00:06:48.720 here in Hamilton County. 142 00:06:48.800 --> 00:06:51.639 That's the beauty at this county. I know, man, I know, 143 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:53.920 I think that's the beauty of this county because when 144 00:06:53.959 --> 00:06:56.879 I was I grew up in Springfield, Ohio. There's a 145 00:06:56.959 --> 00:07:00.639 nice city to nothing going on there, you know. So, 146 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:04.720 but it was interesting because in my background I went 147 00:07:04.759 --> 00:07:07.160 to school in an inner city Catholic school. And it 148 00:07:07.160 --> 00:07:09.839 was inner city in every way except where it was Catholic. 149 00:07:09.839 --> 00:07:12.040 But everything you expect to happen inner city school. I 150 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:14.000 mean we had to step over drunks and drug addicts 151 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:16.279 to get into the building. Okay, sometimes I have to 152 00:07:16.279 --> 00:07:18.800 call sister and sister so and so is drunk and 153 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:20.480 he's blocking the door and we can't open it. I mean, 154 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:24.959 that was my school. And when I moved to Cincinnati, 155 00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:27.360 I was stunned to meet people that didn't go to 156 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:30.240 school with black people. I didn't know that that was 157 00:07:30.279 --> 00:07:34.319 even possible. So to come down to a community that 158 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:38.240 got that started to be more leaning towards an identity 159 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:41.079 as opposed to a community was a little strange to me. 160 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:44.319 And so I really got more involved in community itself. 161 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:47.800 And I love this county. You know, I live in Fairfax. 162 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:50.079 I love our little burg. It's very interesting little burg. 163 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:52.360 In regards that I always joke and somebody said, weren't 164 00:07:52.399 --> 00:07:54.639 you concerned about the riots. I said, no, they'd discover 165 00:07:54.720 --> 00:07:55.959 that we believe in the Second Amendment. 166 00:07:57.160 --> 00:08:00.800 Yeah, you don't see me riots in either. 167 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:02.639 Now the Fairfax is not going to have a ride 168 00:08:02.680 --> 00:08:05.399 anytime soon, just because of the reality. We firmly believe 169 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:08.720 in the Second Amendment. But the reality is that, you know, 170 00:08:08.879 --> 00:08:11.879 I looked at it more from the community standpoint and 171 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:16.639 everything that I got involved in, I never worried about 172 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:20.160 somebody's identity other than they identified as being part of 173 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:23.240 the group. And I think that's true when we look 174 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:25.279 at the Commission's office. We look at it from the 175 00:08:25.319 --> 00:08:28.759 budget standpoint. We're not trying to pigeonhole something to one thing. 176 00:08:29.279 --> 00:08:31.079 You know, right now, they keep throwing money at this 177 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:33.399 and say, see, we're giving money to help this person. 178 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:36.000 We're giving me money to help this person, this group. 179 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:39.080 Why aren't we helping somebody to actually stand up on 180 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:41.360 their own two legs and move forward. This is the 181 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:43.320 infamous Give a man a fish, feed him for a day, 182 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:45.559 teach him how to fish, feed him for a lifetime, 183 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:49.960 and he becomes one of those community leaders. Well, that's 184 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:52.360 what our challenges in the county. People are tired of 185 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:56.159 being given fish, so they're leaving. It's the same thing 186 00:08:56.200 --> 00:09:00.480 we're seeing at the Sheriff's department, and we've got to 187 00:09:00.519 --> 00:09:04.440 get people to be part of this community and get 188 00:09:04.480 --> 00:09:07.799 away from the identity of look at my individual You 189 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:12.159 have to recognize my personal individual identity as opposed to 190 00:09:12.200 --> 00:09:14.240 a Hamiltonian County resident. 191 00:09:14.480 --> 00:09:17.200 Well, I'm in favor of merit. You know, the whole 192 00:09:17.440 --> 00:09:21.519 concept of equity is you don't have someone of a 193 00:09:21.559 --> 00:09:25.399 particular gender in the mix. Well, if there is someone 194 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:27.720 of a particular gender out there who is both best 195 00:09:27.799 --> 00:09:30.759 qualified for the job. Get that person out here and 196 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:32.039 have them run for the race. 197 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:32.759 Yeah. 198 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:35.559 I mean that's the point. Color of skin doesn't matter. 199 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:38.279 It's content of character in this particular case, merit and 200 00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:40.840 ability to handle the affairs of Hamilton County on behalf 201 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:45.200 of all Hamilton County residents. Simple concept. Yeah, that's it. 202 00:09:45.559 --> 00:09:47.919 We'll continue with Jonathan Peterson. Will take quick break care 203 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:49.720 mention my friends, because you can still take care of 204 00:09:49.759 --> 00:09:52.360 your safety and strongly any time of year. 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He talks Stasian Brian 254 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:09.519 Thomas enjoying my in studio conversation with Jonathan Pearson, who's 255 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:13.519 running for kind of commissioner, saying wise, rational thinking human being. 256 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:16.000 Amazing that someone like that is trying to enter politics 257 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:18.799 doesn't care about identity politics because he knows it doesn't 258 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:22.360 matter a whit at all. What are you gonna do 259 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:25.720 for the county? He related a story to me he 260 00:12:25.799 --> 00:12:27.840 met some guy who introduced himself as a gay man. 261 00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:30.519 He's like, I'm straight, and the guy got a little 262 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:33.240 bit offended, and you had an interesting back and forth 263 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:36.879 with that, ultimately proving to the guy it does not matter. 264 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:39.000 Now you haven't even told me your name yet. You 265 00:12:39.000 --> 00:12:40.919 said to the guy like, oh mo, name's Bill, and 266 00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:43.600 you shake his hand and it's like taking aback. And 267 00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:47.080 you know there aren't enough people like you to kindly, 268 00:12:47.159 --> 00:12:51.399 not angrily, or just point something like that in a 269 00:12:51.480 --> 00:12:54.240 very friendly, subtle way. Oh I'm straight? 270 00:12:55.679 --> 00:12:58.679 Yeah, Well what does that matter? Exactly? 271 00:12:59.039 --> 00:13:02.039 That was your opponem so and Yhow we do have 272 00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:04.399 one politician running for re election in the county that 273 00:13:04.519 --> 00:13:08.120 really starts every conversation with I'm a lesbian. Does it matter? 274 00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:09.600 Are you doing the job effectively? 275 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:10.080 And you are? 276 00:13:10.120 --> 00:13:13.679 Are you a good manager of people? Are your people 277 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:17.440 happy to be in your environment working with you? And 278 00:13:17.519 --> 00:13:20.360 I think across the board pretty much. The answer is no. 279 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:26.960 In certain departments. Beyond that, Jonathan, you mentioned the sewer system, 280 00:13:27.519 --> 00:13:30.320 we're still onder that federal consent to CREE. Correct. Yeah, 281 00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:32.600 let's talk about that a little bit, because I know 282 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:36.279 it is what multi billion dollar project. Some projects like 283 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:39.039 this deep tunnel they wanted to build were so dumb 284 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:42.600 and so outrageously expensive. We've been able to pair that 285 00:13:42.679 --> 00:13:44.639 back a little bit. But where's what's the status of 286 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:47.840 this and what would Jonathan Pearson be doing relative to 287 00:13:47.879 --> 00:13:48.799 the sewer system. 288 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:51.600 Well, the one thing that fascinates me about the sewer 289 00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:53.360 system is I do a lot of maintenance for people, 290 00:13:53.399 --> 00:13:55.799 So I clean out sewers, I'll do whatever, you know, 291 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:57.200 and I take care of things. So I'm used to 292 00:13:57.240 --> 00:14:01.320 doing stuff that nobody sees. You know, your Pierson landscape 293 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:05.279 and my Peerson's landscape, and so what I see because 294 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:08.360 I actually do maintenance within that company too, and so 295 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:10.200 I do a lot of stuff that once it's all 296 00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:12.559 covered up, nobody saw what I did. And that's exactly 297 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:15.360 what the sewer system is. So nobody's seeing it. So 298 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:18.080 it's not like seeing the stadium redone, or a new 299 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:21.840 convention center or an addition to the convention center. Yet 300 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:25.279 it affects every one of us. It affects every one 301 00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:28.639 of us in an enormous way because flush your toilet 302 00:14:29.399 --> 00:14:32.200 there you go, you just use the sewer system. Well, 303 00:14:32.320 --> 00:14:35.240 the challenge is who's actually checking to make sure that 304 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:37.559 we're doing these things. If you go down to Fairmont. 305 00:14:38.200 --> 00:14:40.960 And these things would be the solution the problems that 306 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:42.759 are designed to fix the overflows. 307 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:45.519 And part of it was the rain sewer. The rain 308 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:49.000 water and the regular sewer were mixed, and you know, 309 00:14:49.039 --> 00:14:50.759 and we have a like we did that just the 310 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:54.360 other day. We had that massive water come through. And 311 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:57.240 you mix that with your regular sewer, your sewers can't 312 00:14:57.240 --> 00:14:59.639 handle that. And for some people in certain neighborhoods they 313 00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:03.080 discover over that painfully. And you know, and you're not 314 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:06.480 being backed up with nice clean water either. And for 315 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:09.360 the longest time, the metro sewer's way of repairing that 316 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:12.279 was here, here's a thousand bucks, get somebody to clean 317 00:15:12.320 --> 00:15:15.519 it up. And you know, it's still that went into 318 00:15:15.559 --> 00:15:17.759 your basement. Let's just think about that for a second. 319 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:20.000 I know you like my dog pooping in the house, 320 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:22.000 so why would I want yours in my house? Yeah, 321 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:25.080 and so the same thing. But I but this is 322 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:28.679 where the FED stepped in and said, hey, you can't. 323 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:31.679 That's not a fix, that's not even a solution, and 324 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:35.120 so they said you have to do this. Well, this 325 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:38.600 is the ready shoot aim mentality that we did with 326 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:40.840 the stadium. We're doing with too many things, or did 327 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:43.919 it with this and metro sewer the same thing got 328 00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:46.720 tagged across the river at st One there. That's their 329 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:53.200 comparable system, and so they have to segregate all these systems. Well, 330 00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:55.200 that's easier said than done when you've got a lot 331 00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:57.519 of buildings sitting on top of the sewer systems, because 332 00:15:57.559 --> 00:15:59.159 it's not just as simple as digging up the street 333 00:15:59.200 --> 00:16:01.639 and putting in a new pie. There are buildings in 334 00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:03.879 the way, there are streets in the way, there's infrastructure 335 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:07.120 in the way. And Fairmont, as I mentioned before, if 336 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:09.559 you use that as a great example, you go down 337 00:16:09.559 --> 00:16:11.720 there and is this nice little running creek for the 338 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:14.559 mill creek and stuff. Well it might be nice, But 339 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:18.240 to the residents that lost their homes, and businesses that 340 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:20.840 lost their businesses, and the parking lots that are all missing, 341 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:25.759 that's the effect of what happens when we start sticking 342 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:28.039 homes all over the place without thinking of how to 343 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:30.600 get rid of the water and waste. 344 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:34.480 Well, and I suppose, you know, somebody made the decision 345 00:16:34.519 --> 00:16:37.320 that those homes weren't worth saving, and that this project, 346 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:40.639 this greener way of you know, filtering out the water 347 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:43.879 and creating this nice park in an area that really 348 00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:45.840 was rather run down. I don't think any you can 349 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:46.759 acknowledge that it was. 350 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:50.200 It had its challenges, but you know, a challenge doesn't 351 00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:52.919 mean that isn't somebody's home. And I think sometimes we 352 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:56.960 forget that part, and that's there are other ways to 353 00:16:57.039 --> 00:17:00.799 manage to the water without destroying whole neighborhoods. But when 354 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:03.200 you start getting into the green movement and you want 355 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:05.880 to put the green movement in something that even though 356 00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:08.799 it's practical draining off storm water, you don't need to 357 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:12.400 have a big, old, super wide creek with the park 358 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:15.279 sitting to the side. When you just took away Granny's home. 359 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:18.640 At a certain point, where does green stop? 360 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:19.759 You know? 361 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:22.039 I always say that, people say, well, yeah, but you know, 362 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:24.200 with all this urban sprawl and all these different things, 363 00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:26.359 and then within the city we've got of this. I 364 00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:28.200 always laugh and I say, I blame it on God. 365 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:30.160 He's the first one to make people have to move. 366 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:33.079 He kicked him out of the garden. So you know, 367 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:35.079 if we get over worried about having to build a 368 00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:38.039 new home and different things going on, that's just part 369 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:41.680 of the human progress, you know, So don't be panicked 370 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:44.559 by it. But we'll incorporate, you know, what we're doing 371 00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:47.519 within that. And you know, I think that that's the 372 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:49.480 great challenge that we're facing right now with the sewer 373 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:53.039 project is people don't want it to happen in their neighborhood. 374 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:55.160 So let's go down to this neighborhood and we'll make 375 00:17:55.160 --> 00:17:58.240 it green down here. Because I guarantee you that sewer 376 00:17:58.279 --> 00:18:00.920 project that that kind of a cut wouldn't occurred in 377 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:01.799 the middle of Hyde Park. 378 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:07.640 They also don't get a whole lot of Section eight 379 00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:08.519 housing being. 380 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:11.720 So well, the connected community is trying to change that. Oh, 381 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:13.519 I know, let's pause, is are out of time. We 382 00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:14.839 got a lot more to talk about it, including the 383 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:17.279 stadium deal. More with Jonathan Pierce, So you can find 384 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:19.880 him online. Go to Hamilton County Republican Party dot org. 385 00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:22.799 He's got his page right there. As one of the 386 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:24.960 pull down menus, get in touch with plump Tye Plumbing. 387 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.960 It's always plumbing done right. 388 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:29.000 Speaking of sewerage, maybe your sewers backed up, your house 389 00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:31.839 has got a backup problem, your some pump went belly up, 390 00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:33.960 bad time to do it in heavy rain. But those 391 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:36.240 things happen, they'll be an emergency. I would argue, at 392 00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:39.680 least it could be. They're great at emergency service. 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