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Speaker 1: of spies. That'd be the topic of his or the
Speaker 1: headline on his column which comes out tonight. I get
Speaker 1: it early. We'll talk about that among other topics with
Speaker 1: the Judge. In the meantime. We call it a Hail
Speaker 1: Mary pass. Perhaps Brian Patrick Frank does. He is a
Speaker 1: Republican and he is going to run against AFTAB pro
Speaker 1: ball from mayor of the City of Cincinnati AFTAB, of course,
Speaker 1: announcing his efforts to become re elected. Brian Patrick Frank
Speaker 1: is in studio to talk about what I will call
Speaker 1: a Sisaphian challenge. Welcome, Brian Frank. It is a pleasure
Speaker 1: to have you in the studio today.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Brian, and thank you to your listeners for
Speaker 2: letting me speak with you this morning.
Speaker 3: Oh.
Speaker 1: I'm sure they're happy to hear from someone who offers
Speaker 1: a perhaps refris rushing change from air Aftab pro ball
Speaker 1: surprisingly low key. We hardly hear from him. I mean,
Speaker 1: I know, local news and local media rarely reports on
Speaker 1: local politics anymore because it's all kind of dried up
Speaker 1: to some degree. I know if Sharon Coolige where the
Speaker 1: enquire tries to but he keeps his head down fairly low.
Speaker 1: But of course, running for re election, you do realize
Speaker 1: what you're in for. I mean, it is the city
Speaker 1: of Cincinnati, which I think it seems like the Republican
Speaker 1: Party has just kind of given up on.
Speaker 2: Well, you know, I'm not sure that Aftab's heart is
Speaker 2: in this. He's been spending a lot of time in
Speaker 2: the past year with President Biden before he was ousted
Speaker 2: from office. I think he may even have spent some
Speaker 2: time in the White House with him. He gave him
Speaker 2: a tour day long tour of Walnut Hills and took
Speaker 2: him to just Kewan. So he's been dreaming about going
Speaker 2: into the national politics. I think his heart is in
Speaker 2: a national politics, and I think he's already moved on
Speaker 2: from Cincinnati, So I wouldn't be surprised to hear if
Speaker 2: Aftab is not going to actually complete his run for mayor.
Speaker 3: I think he's got other things up his sleeve.
Speaker 1: Oh, and I think you're observing something that people have
Speaker 1: been deserved for a long time. He does seem to
Speaker 1: have political aspirations that far exceed the city of Cincinnati.
Speaker 1: And honestly, I was shocked to read that he was
Speaker 1: running for reelection because I really fully expected exactly what
Speaker 1: you said.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he would even have worked for Kamala Harris.
Speaker 2: I would have had to hold my breath for four
Speaker 2: years if that was my job. But I think he
Speaker 2: was ready to take on that.
Speaker 1: All right, Well he didn't at least thus far, So
Speaker 1: we'll have to keep our popcorn out and wait to
Speaker 1: see what becomes of a have to have provoll. But
Speaker 1: what is and I'm sure there's a lengthy list, but
Speaker 1: your criticisms of the current administration, the direction of the
Speaker 1: city's going. How would you approach the job differently? And
Speaker 1: I tell you what, Let's just start real quickly with
Speaker 1: who you are before we get to the challenges of
Speaker 1: the job. But where you come from, what your background is,
Speaker 1: and why it is you think you're qualified to be mayor.
Speaker 3: Let's do that.
Speaker 2: Well, great, Well, I'd love to tell you my high
Speaker 2: school but unfortunately I grew up in Buffalo, New York.
Speaker 2: I went to Saint Joseph's Institute, and I don't think
Speaker 2: many of you would know where that is, but I
Speaker 2: will tell you if you are familiar with LaSalle High School.
Speaker 2: They're from the same brotherhood that taught me, the Lassalian Brothers.
Speaker 2: I have grown up in Buffalo. I went to University
Speaker 2: of Rochester on an ROTC scholarship. I completed my undergraduate
Speaker 2: degree and my master's in business administration in four years.
Speaker 2: I then joined the active duty. I went to the
Speaker 2: Seventh Fleet. I served in Yakoska, Japan. I was involved
Speaker 2: with an incident at sea, which is considered an active war.
Speaker 2: I was nearly killed by a Soviet cruiser who was
Speaker 2: coming at me and my ship at forty five knots.
Speaker 2: I was the conning officer at the time. The captain
Speaker 2: took over command and he said, Officer Frank, do not
Speaker 2: leave the deck. You are going to make sure that
Speaker 2: we maintain course and speed. And for the next three
Speaker 2: minute I was saying, Hail Mary, let's not get dead
Speaker 2: here as this ship attacks us. So at the last
Speaker 2: minute the ship turned away and we went on our business.
Speaker 2: But we were over there because we were peacefully trying
Speaker 2: to find the black box from Kalub seven that the
Speaker 2: Soviets had shot down in February of eighty three, and
Speaker 2: we were looking for that black box to see if
Speaker 2: the Soviets had made any communication and warned the pilots
Speaker 2: of that ship. Over four hundred people died on that aircraft.
Speaker 2: All of them were sent sunk to the bottom of
Speaker 2: the Pacific Ocean about fifteen miles off the coast of
Speaker 2: Soakelen Island. Now we recognize only twelve miles of international waters.
Speaker 2: The Soviets expect two hundred miles of national waters, and
Speaker 2: they did not like us being in their backyard, so
Speaker 2: they tried to force us to leave. This issue was
Speaker 2: taken all the way up to the National Security Council,
Speaker 2: it was brought up at the United Nations. So this
Speaker 2: was a major incident. Thank god, nobody was killed on
Speaker 2: board the US as Towers the officer. I was the
Speaker 2: officer of the con at that time. But I'm glad
Speaker 2: that I survived that and I'm here in Cincinnati. I
Speaker 2: worked at Procter and Gamble till I retired at twenty
Speaker 2: three years of service. I then went on with many
Speaker 2: assignments after that, but my favorite after that was working
Speaker 2: for doctor Odell Owens. He made me a political appointment
Speaker 2: appointee of his. He asked me to work with Governor
Speaker 2: Kasik in Columbus on reducing the cost of tuition and
Speaker 2: the cost of books. I will say that I partnered
Speaker 2: with the University of Cincinnati. It was not their idea,
Speaker 2: it was mine. We were able to outsource all of
Speaker 2: our book printing of textbooks at Cincinnati State to the
Speaker 2: UC a brand new facility that they built. We were
Speaker 2: also able to outsource our nine to one one call center.
Speaker 2: We also had a weekend police surveillance done by the
Speaker 2: UC police. And we were the only college and university
Speaker 2: combined u SE and Cincinnati State who actually achieved Governor
Speaker 2: Kasik's goal.
Speaker 3: And we at Cincinnati State.
Speaker 2: Were able to reduce greatly the cost of the textbooks,
Speaker 2: and we also reduced or maintained tuition costs. It's very
Speaker 2: difficult to reduce that, but that was probably one of
Speaker 2: my biggest accomplishments. And I had a great relationship with
Speaker 2: doctor Owens, who, as you know, was a politician, former
Speaker 2: corner and he taught me a lot. He and I
Speaker 2: spent a day and a half traveling to Atlanta together
Speaker 2: down to do some benchmarking with one of the universities
Speaker 2: down there in Atlanta. Doctor Posey was with us well,
Speaker 2: and we had a great conversation in his car driving
Speaker 2: there and back to Atlanta. I really got to know
Speaker 2: a lot about him, and this is why I'm taking
Speaker 2: on this role. I want to run for office and
Speaker 2: be the mayor of Cincinnati. I want to be your
Speaker 2: next mayor.
Speaker 1: And you are a longtime resident of a Mount Adams
Speaker 1: I understand forty years.
Speaker 2: I live in a house called Centennial House, was built
Speaker 2: in eighteen seventy six. A rumor has it they had
Speaker 2: a huge celebration of the America's centennial celebration. I don't
Speaker 2: think I'll make it to the next centennial celebration, but
Speaker 2: as you do know, we have our two hundred and
Speaker 2: fiftieth anniversary coming up in just a few years, and
Speaker 2: I'm going to be celebrating that. So yeah, I've been
Speaker 2: to Mount Adams for over forty years and have really
Speaker 2: enjoyed being able to walk to my job at Procter
Speaker 2: and Gamble the Twin Towers. When I worked there, I
Speaker 2: would say I could see my house from my home
Speaker 2: or from my job. And I could see my job
Speaker 2: from my home. So it was a great experience working
Speaker 2: at Procter and Gamble, and I really enjoyed that time.
Speaker 2: They made me a loaned executive to the City of
Speaker 2: Cincinnati twice. The first time I was asked to go
Speaker 2: down in outsourced street sweeping, very successfully done. The next
Speaker 2: time they called and said, we're looking at outsourcing the
Speaker 2: management of the Duke Energy Center.
Speaker 3: Can you help us.
Speaker 2: They sent me down there and I helped outsource that
Speaker 2: to Global Spectrum. After I did that work, he renewed
Speaker 2: that contract I think three times with Global Spectrum. They
Speaker 2: were really happy with that relationship, you know. I've also
Speaker 2: worked with pat the Wine and the Hamilton County Commission
Speaker 2: as a loaned executive, and I was asked by the
Speaker 2: Cincinnati Business Committee to work on the Jail task Force,
Speaker 2: and I looked at third party third parties who could
Speaker 2: provide jail force jail service through public excuse me through
Speaker 2: private means. Unfortunately, when I brought that company in and
Speaker 2: tried to do a tour of our existing facilities, Simon
Speaker 2: Leeese barred me from the jail so that I could
Speaker 2: not come in, and so I had to cancel that meeting,
Speaker 2: and that was the end of that idea of bringing
Speaker 2: in the third party to run jail operations. But I'm
Speaker 2: really excited about this opportunity, and I think with the
Speaker 2: support of Cincinnatians, we can make this happen.
Speaker 1: Well, I appreciate your optimism. Of course, your background speaks
Speaker 1: for itself. Well connected you are, and of course, with
Speaker 1: forty years of living in matt Adams, you are very
Speaker 1: familiar with Cincinnati politics in the well seemingly crazy direction.
Speaker 1: It's gone over that forty year period of time. We're
Speaker 1: going to bring back Frank, or rather Brian Patrick Frank.
Speaker 1: I keep confusing with Frank Abrams, the author. I talk
Speaker 1: with Brian Frank, who's in studio. We're going to learn
Speaker 1: about his ideas for the future of the city of
Speaker 1: Cincinnati if elected as mayor. Stick around right back after these.
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Speaker 1: Bottom of r of course, Judge Ennit of Paula tan
Speaker 1: In the meantime, Brian Patrick Frank is in studio and
Speaker 1: he is running against Mayor Atab Purvall to be mayor
Speaker 1: of the City of Cincinnati under the Republican banner. Brian,
Speaker 1: have you talked to the Republican Party, Yes, I have.
Speaker 1: I've talked to the chair, Russell Mock. He's been very supportive.
Speaker 1: He's connected me with many of the precinct captains of
Speaker 1: Round Town in the City of Cincinnati, and he's asked
Speaker 1: me to become the precinct chair for Mount Adams, which
Speaker 1: I had submitted my application for good good. That's wonderful
Speaker 1: and even that in that role you can do some
Speaker 1: real you can have a positive impact on this greater
Speaker 1: Sin Saint politics generally speaking. But so at least I'm
Speaker 1: I'm happy that a lot of people express concerns over
Speaker 1: how the Republican Party is run and again observing that
Speaker 1: very few, if any Republicans are willing to run in
Speaker 1: the City of Cincinnati, it's nice to know that they're
Speaker 1: at least supporting you at the outset. And Adam Kaylor,
Speaker 1: we've been talking offline. If you're out there, Adam, Brian
Speaker 1: Frank could certainly use your help and for example establishing
Speaker 1: a website.
Speaker 4: Adam, if you're out there, please reach out to me.
Speaker 4: I'll email you and Adam. I gave him your phone
Speaker 4: number as well. So Adam typically tunes into the morning show,
Speaker 4: so hopefully he will hear the message. But you've again
Speaker 4: life well, forty year resident of Mount Adams, so you
Speaker 4: know city politics, You've watched it change over the years.
Speaker 4: What do you want to change about how the city
Speaker 4: is run if you were mayor? What's on your short list?
Speaker 2: Well, like to take one set back, and that is
Speaker 2: I'm running because we need a Republican voice in political
Speaker 2: office in Cincinnati. You know, we used to have JD.
Speaker 2: Vance representing us as our senator. He lives here in
Speaker 2: Cincinnati with his wife Usha. When I decided to run
Speaker 2: for office, one of the first places I went to
Speaker 2: was I went over to his home and walked up
Speaker 2: to the door. There was a black car there, big
Speaker 2: black truck block my entrance. I was looking to get
Speaker 2: his signature on my petition to get on the ballot
Speaker 2: and his wife both registered voters, and outcomes a Secret
Speaker 2: Service officer telling me that I had to leave the premises,
Speaker 2: which I did.
Speaker 3: But we used to have JD.
Speaker 2: Vance here and he is still our most visible representative
Speaker 2: from our great city. But we need someone in local
Speaker 2: office to be our representative, and that's what I will be.
Speaker 2: I know I'm not the only elected official. I think
Speaker 2: there's a a member of the Hamilton County who's in office.
Speaker 2: Maybe the engineer of the county is in office, but
Speaker 2: I don't see them calling him to say, can we
Speaker 2: trust Cincinnati with this money?
Speaker 3: You know, most of the money that we get on.
Speaker 2: Major projects, like the expansion of the Brent Spence Bridge
Speaker 2: comes from federal dollars, which could be cut off. They
Speaker 2: need to know in Washington that they've got a voice
Speaker 2: here in Cincinnati, an elected office who will follow through
Speaker 2: on commitments. And the same goes for our friends in Columbus.
Speaker 2: They need to know that there is somebody here in
Speaker 2: Cincinnati that they can trust, an elected office, and right now,
Speaker 2: I don't think there's anyone in office that they can
Speaker 2: call and feel like they can trust the person at
Speaker 2: the other end of the line.
Speaker 3: That's what I want to do.
Speaker 1: And that makes perfect sense because obviously political affiliation of
Speaker 1: a city does directly impact whether or not, for example,
Speaker 1: any given project is going to be approved. Since we
Speaker 1: are reliant so much on Columbus dollars and DC dollars.
Speaker 1: So I get that from the optical standpoint, But running
Speaker 1: as a Republican and being a Republican, I suppose, really
Speaker 1: demands asking the question, what's your perception of what it
Speaker 1: is to be a Republican? Because we all know, looking
Speaker 1: at the Democrats side of the ledger could be the
Speaker 1: woke leftist DEI idologue or the more conservative, sort of
Speaker 1: Kennedy esque Democrats. They still fly to the same d banner,
Speaker 1: but they mean completely different things in polar opposite things
Speaker 1: within the confines of what it is to be Democrats.
Speaker 1: So Republicans quite often defined by others what's your perception
Speaker 1: of what being Republican is?
Speaker 2: Republicans are all about individuals taking ownership for their own vision,
Speaker 2: their own goals, and their own job, and their own
Speaker 2: responsibilities to raise their family. And they don't expect you
Speaker 2: to be dependent on the government. They want to encourage
Speaker 2: you to get off government handouts as quickly as possible. Yeah,
Speaker 2: there's a brief point where someone might need federal or
Speaker 2: government benefits, or if you're injured, yeah you deserve government benefits.
Speaker 2: But other than that, we should be taking care of
Speaker 2: ourselves and Republicans want to encourage that I'm in charge
Speaker 2: of my life. It's my responsibility to be taking care
Speaker 2: of my family, and that's what I want to support.
Speaker 1: Limited government and firmly an agreement with you on that. Now,
Speaker 1: in terms of how the city runs and does business,
Speaker 1: you mentioned quite a few projects where you got involved
Speaker 1: with outsourcing. Quite often, that creates very an efficient system
Speaker 1: because those two whom you outsource are usually in the
Speaker 1: profit business, meaning they mine the dollars and cents. They
Speaker 1: have to prove that they can provide a service in
Speaker 1: a contract they've been awarded with. Government tends to fail
Speaker 1: us quite often because well, it's taxpayer dollars and they
Speaker 1: can be inefficient without worrying about losing their jobs. Is
Speaker 1: there anything that you have in mind that might be
Speaker 1: more efficiently run and mind the taxpayer dollars if it
Speaker 1: was outsourced for whatever reason, garbage collections seems to jump
Speaker 1: in my mind, But your thoughts on the City of
Speaker 1: Cincinnati along those lines.
Speaker 3: That's a great question, Brian.
Speaker 2: Right off the bat, I'd like to point out that
Speaker 2: years ago, City of Cincinnati used to be in the
Speaker 2: hospital business and they did a lousy job of it.
Speaker 3: They sold it. I believe they sold it to U. See.
Speaker 2: General Hospital is no longer our responsibility, but you know,
Speaker 2: we still have all of these health centers, especially in
Speaker 2: over the Rhine in downtown, and why are we in
Speaker 2: the business of doing medical exams and out of hospital appointments.
Speaker 2: I think we need to look very seriously at the
Speaker 2: health department and see if we can't outsource that as well.
Speaker 2: And I'm not talking about handing that off to UC
Speaker 2: like we did with General Hospital. I think we ought
Speaker 2: to be looking at the same folks that are supporting
Speaker 2: the Bengals. I think they brought in Kettering Health. I'd
Speaker 2: love to get to know them better. I would include
Speaker 2: the University of Cincinnati. I really want to include Saint Elizabeth.
Speaker 2: I'm a member of the Saint Elizabeth Health community.
Speaker 3: I get my annual.
Speaker 2: Checkups over there at Saint Elizabeth Hospital in Covington. It's
Speaker 2: just a safer neighborhood. I don't feel as comfortable going
Speaker 2: up to Pill Hill and walking those streets. So I
Speaker 2: really think that we need to look at outsourcing of
Speaker 2: our health centers downtown and over the Rhine.
Speaker 1: Well in public safety is certainly a growing concern and
Speaker 1: knows in the greater Cincinnati area. I trust off the
Speaker 1: bat that you would be a proud and outlawed supporter
Speaker 1: of the Cincinnati Police Department.
Speaker 2: Well, absolutely for the police department, but let's not forget
Speaker 2: about the fire department. And I would like to put
Speaker 2: a shout out to our fired chief of the Fire
Speaker 2: department who was fired by our city manager for absolutely
Speaker 2: no reason. You know, Chief Washington was brought into her
Speaker 2: office out of the blue and fired without any warning.
Speaker 2: And he's right now in a lawsuit for illegal termination
Speaker 2: of his job. He's looking at receiving probably ten million
Speaker 2: dollars in benefits because the courts have already said that
Speaker 2: his firing was illegal. So we need to stop people
Speaker 2: like you know, share Along from doing stupid things down
Speaker 2: at city Hall.
Speaker 1: Brian Patrick Frank he is running from mayor of the
Speaker 1: City of Cincinnati. We're going to hear more from Brian.
Speaker 1: I am certain as the calendar moves forward toward election. Brian,
Speaker 1: it's been a real pleasure meeting you and hearing from
Speaker 1: you and getting your thoughts and comments about being mayor
Speaker 1: of the City of Cincinnati. We shoe all the luck
Speaker 1: in the world and We'll look forward to that website.
Speaker 1: As soon as you find out what it is, I'll
Speaker 1: let my listeners know. Thank you, Brian, been my pleasure.
Speaker 1: Look forward to talking with you again real soon. Judge
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