Speaker 1: It is Kentucky and his Morning News here on news
Speaker 1: Radio eight forty whas Coffee and Company with you here,
Speaker 1: and we have Mayor Craig Greenberg here in studio. And
Speaker 1: I'm already I'm jealous of you. You've already made an
Speaker 1: appearance at the State Fair. I'm a State Fair fanatic.
Speaker 1: I don't know when I'm gonna go, but I'm gonna
Speaker 1: get out there a couple of times. Give us just
Speaker 1: how's it looking so far?
Speaker 2: It's as big as I've ever seen it. I mean,
Speaker 2: it was roaring and ready to go. Started with the
Speaker 2: commodities breakfast yesterday morning, the opening ceremonies at the Governor
Speaker 2: and Commissioner Shell and David Beck and the whole team.
Speaker 2: It looks really good out there at the fairgrounds. And
Speaker 2: I always love the State Fair. Got to say thank
Speaker 2: our first responders that are out there getting to know
Speaker 2: the public a little bit. And I'm excited to go
Speaker 2: back again myself with Rachel.
Speaker 1: The sights and sounds and the smells, I tell you what,
Speaker 1: all the different options when it comes to food. I
Speaker 1: know you were very mindful of what you put into
Speaker 1: your body, and a lot of the food that the
Speaker 1: Fair not so healthy do you have if you had
Speaker 1: the burger with the donut bun.
Speaker 2: I've not had the donut burger or the flaming Cheetos
Speaker 2: corn which is the new which is the new one?
Speaker 2: But I tell you what, I what I actually like
Speaker 2: going out there for. I eat honey, local honey every day,
Speaker 2: and so I love going out to the State Fair
Speaker 2: every year, meeting some of the beekeepers, finding some new
Speaker 2: honeys from somewhere in Kentucky for the for the coming months.
Speaker 2: So I know that's not quite as good as a
Speaker 2: funnel cake. I'll have a buye to that, dear.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm I'm pretty simple. Just the Kentucky proud pork
Speaker 1: saandwich is something that that I enjoy.
Speaker 2: The one right out there in front of Freedom Hall.
Speaker 2: Those guys I think his name is Jim Bob. We
Speaker 2: had some of his corn yesterday. He's got a great
Speaker 2: place right there.
Speaker 1: Yeah, the corn dogs, the corn itself, a lot of
Speaker 1: good food at the fair. So I'm excited to get
Speaker 1: out there. But when it comes to just the week
Speaker 1: that we've had here in Louisville, I do believe some
Speaker 1: of the unfortunate things might have distracted folks from some
Speaker 1: awesome news when it comes to the investments made five
Speaker 1: billion dollars total when it comes to GE and for
Speaker 1: their investment in the future. And then a hometown company
Speaker 1: that's made us proud, Texas Roadhouse, continuing to invest here
Speaker 1: and they're going to stick around. Obviously, very very big
Speaker 1: for the city.
Speaker 2: Yeah, this has been so definitely a week of highs
Speaker 2: and lows. With the murder, tragic murder that we had
Speaker 2: at the bus stop as well, we have just shown
Speaker 2: what great economic momentum we have, what great momentum we
Speaker 2: have in creating good paying jobs of the future right
Speaker 2: here in Louisville. With Ford and GE and Texas Roadhouse,
Speaker 2: we've established ourselves as the center of the universe for
Speaker 2: advanced manufacturing opportunities for all industries. Texas Roadhouse is part
Speaker 2: of our growing food and beverage industry that we have here.
Speaker 2: And you know, it all really ties together because of
Speaker 2: course there was focused this week as well as it
Speaker 2: should be on this tragic murder at the bus stop.
Speaker 2: Long term, we need to create more opportunities for people.
Speaker 2: As young people have more opportunities in life, they're going
Speaker 2: to go down a better path than choosing one that
Speaker 2: results in gun violence and so creating more jobs, having
Speaker 2: businesses invest in here. That's all part of our public
Speaker 2: safety solution.
Speaker 1: When these companies decide to reinvest stick around. What is
Speaker 1: it As the mayor of the city, what do you
Speaker 1: get from feedback as far as what they like, things
Speaker 1: that really make it to where this is where they
Speaker 1: want to be.
Speaker 3: Well, there are several things. You know.
Speaker 2: First, that has to be an easy place to do business.
Speaker 2: And so you know, Kevin Nolan and ge the governor
Speaker 2: and Secretary. Nol and their team worked very closely with
Speaker 2: Trevor Paul and our Louisville Economic Development Lines and me
Speaker 2: to put a package together that was a competitive process
Speaker 2: that we had to win. Louisville has to be placed
Speaker 2: an easy place to invest, an easy place to create job.
Speaker 2: You look at forward, they've had great They have twelve
Speaker 2: thousand employees here already. They know the strength of our workhorse,
Speaker 2: they know the quality of the people that are in Louisville.
Speaker 2: We are a Ford town, sure, and so that we
Speaker 2: were able to talking to their team give them confidence
Speaker 2: to invest as much as they have in Louisville and
Speaker 2: in the surrounding communities. Here, and then of course Texas
Speaker 2: Roadhouse started by a Louisvillion Kent Taylor, who fortunately passed
Speaker 2: away too early, but his team is still They might
Speaker 2: have Texas in their name, but they've got Louisville in
Speaker 2: their heart. And what a great culture that is they're now, Nick,
Speaker 2: I don't think a lot of people realize this Texas
Speaker 2: Roadhouse is now the number one casual dining restaurant in America.
Speaker 2: They just surpassed Olive Garden, that's the biggest restaurant in
Speaker 2: America by revenue, based out of louisvill Kentucky.
Speaker 1: I think that that accomplishment led to people realizing just
Speaker 1: their growth. They're on fire right now, not only them,
Speaker 1: but the concept the other concepts that they have that
Speaker 1: are super popular. And I'll admit maybe it's just ignorance
Speaker 1: on my part. It took me a while when I
Speaker 1: was younger to even realize they're local here. I guess
Speaker 1: maybe because it's Texas, But I don't know, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm sure if I looked hard enough, I may find somebody,
Speaker 1: But I don't know many people that don't love Texas Roadhouse.
Speaker 2: That's right, and they've got two other great concepts in
Speaker 2: Bubba's thirty three and Jaggers that are growing as well.
Speaker 3: So I'm excited for their future.
Speaker 1: Yeah, no doubt. I remember sort of it being a
Speaker 1: realization to a lot of people, Wow, not only are
Speaker 1: they local, but man, they're they're killing it. And again
Speaker 1: that that to outpass Olive Garden. That's that's the number one.
Speaker 1: That's there's nobody better good stuff, no doubt. All right.
Speaker 1: So when it comes to just the community, because it
Speaker 1: seems to from my position here talking in a microphone
Speaker 1: for four hours every morning, I feel like the heightened
Speaker 1: awareness of the violence is seemingly at an all time
Speaker 1: high from those that maybe just don't even try to
Speaker 1: look for what's going on because they just live their
Speaker 1: day to day lives. If somebody wants to say, Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm not sure what I could do, but hey, I'd
Speaker 1: like to help in any way that I can. I'm
Speaker 1: just a citizen that wants to see the community do better,
Speaker 1: and they're helpless as far as knowing what they can do.
Speaker 1: What are their options?
Speaker 2: I mean, there's something that everyone can do. You might
Speaker 2: not realize it, but here are just a few things.
Speaker 2: If there's a young person that's anywhere in your circle
Speaker 2: of your life that you think needs a little help,
Speaker 2: that needs a little support, that might not have the
Speaker 2: strength of a strong parent at home, or other things
Speaker 2: to help them get a new direction. You can reach out.
Speaker 2: You can if you know somebody. If you own guns,
Speaker 2: make sure your guns are locked up at home and
Speaker 2: in the car. Be a responsible gun owner. If you
Speaker 2: have cameras on your business or on your home, particularly
Speaker 2: your business, you can connect those to our real time
Speaker 2: crime center so the police have easy access to the
Speaker 2: exterior cameras if they're needed. If none of those apply
Speaker 2: to you, you can always volunteer. We have great organizations
Speaker 2: like the Why, like Big Brothers, Big Sisters, like Boys
Speaker 2: and Girls Club that are always looking for quality adults
Speaker 2: that are going to provide positive mentorship to youth that
Speaker 2: don't have that at home and could use a little
Speaker 2: help in life. And then of course people in the
Speaker 2: professional world, I mean judges, they need to hold people
Speaker 2: accountable when they commit crimes and our police arrest them,
Speaker 2: they need to hold them accountable. Legislators they can pass
Speaker 2: some more laws to give us even more ability to
Speaker 2: take illegal guns off of their streets. So there is
Speaker 2: something in the here that everyone can do, and I'm
Speaker 2: hoping this brings our I know people are angry, I
Speaker 2: know people are upset. I certainly am mad as hell.
Speaker 2: But let's all come together and channel this anger into action.
Speaker 2: That's what we need to do after a trategy like this.
Speaker 1: I think when you are a young teenager, maybe even
Speaker 1: a little bit younger than that, you're so impressionable and
Speaker 1: if no one has been able to really make an
Speaker 1: impression on you in a positive way, it could be
Speaker 1: somebody making impression on you in a very negative way
Speaker 1: and you don't realize it, but you attach yourself to it.
Speaker 1: And that's just one of the things that you know,
Speaker 1: if you're somebody that has some time on your hands
Speaker 1: and you'd love to mentor somebody, I mean that could
Speaker 1: that could literally change someone's life and of course help
Speaker 1: improve the situation.
Speaker 2: Everybody is looking for a sense of belonging. Everyone wants
Speaker 2: to be part of a titan a group, and you know,
Speaker 2: it's it' human nature, right, and so for most of
Speaker 2: us that's our starts with our family, and we're fortunate
Speaker 2: to be born into a loving family that provides support
Speaker 2: to us. But that's not the case for everybody. There
Speaker 2: are far too many people that are born into challenging,
Speaker 2: impoverished situations in our community today and it's not being
Speaker 2: provided by a parent or a guardian. And so that's
Speaker 2: where these other organizations, that's where other people can come in.
Speaker 2: That's where teams at schools can come in. JCPS plays
Speaker 2: a big role in what they do, but they can't
Speaker 2: be held responsible alone. You know, we need parents and
Speaker 2: everyone else in the community to help out.
Speaker 1: And that's you know, all we can do is is
Speaker 1: encourage change and provide ways in which people can But
Speaker 1: just the mindset that we have to tell people that
Speaker 1: they're responsible for their kids, it's still something that's baffling
Speaker 1: to me. But I mean it was reiterated by Chief
Speaker 1: Humphrey a few weeks ago, and obviously doctor Yearwood said
Speaker 1: it when speaking earlier this week.
Speaker 2: So yeah, Nick, let me add one more thing to
Speaker 2: my list that I forgot because I usually start with this,
Speaker 2: but it's still it's still early. The one other thing
Speaker 2: that people can do is if you know anything about
Speaker 2: a crime, let the police know. You can do it
Speaker 2: anonymously five seven four LMPD. If you're not comfortable making
Speaker 2: that phone call, tell somebody else who might do that.
Speaker 2: We need to know there are people who are at
Speaker 2: the bus stop that saw this shooting happen, that have
Speaker 2: seen certain crimes happen. Let us know so we can
Speaker 2: hold those individuals responsible.
Speaker 1: The father of one of the teenagers that was arrested
Speaker 1: seeing that he was the one that turned his son,
Speaker 1: and that's certainly an awful situation all the way around.
Speaker 1: But if more people did that, that can only help.
Speaker 2: Absolutely. I hope everyone sees that interview with They're powerful father,
Speaker 2: very powerful. Providing information to hold people accountable is safer
Speaker 2: for the person who's responsible, and it's much safer for
Speaker 2: our community.
Speaker 1: Mayor Greenberg is with us here on news radioate fort
Speaker 1: E WHS. One more thing I wanted to talk about.
Speaker 1: I know that there's been some efforts to really make
Speaker 1: Bargetown Roads safer, more and more enjoyable for everyone. What
Speaker 1: I mean, clearly there's been some things in the works
Speaker 1: for a while now, But what's the plan moving forward
Speaker 1: in order to get Bargetown Road back to what you
Speaker 1: want it to be.
Speaker 2: Yeah, So earlier this summer, there were some issues with
Speaker 2: some large groups gathering that were unruly and doing things
Speaker 2: that are not permitted, and so we wanted to take action.
Speaker 2: Bargetown Road is one of our great streets and great
Speaker 2: in great neighborhoods in our community. It's got great restaurants,
Speaker 2: great retail, great bars, and of course surrounded by great neighborhoods.
Speaker 2: That's what we want is we want a thriving, balanced
Speaker 2: neighborhood where there's commercial things going on as well as residential.
Speaker 2: And it got a little bit out of whack earlier
Speaker 2: this summer, so we took action. And one of the
Speaker 2: things we did we're always looking for new ways because
Speaker 2: the police can't solve any one of these problems that
Speaker 2: we're talking about on their own. We need we need
Speaker 2: to do other things as well. So one new thing
Speaker 2: that we're doing released earlier recently, here is a new
Speaker 2: survey and it's not just for Bargetown Road. It's for
Speaker 2: people anywhere across the city. A survey that people can
Speaker 2: provide what they view. You know, are there bars, clubs
Speaker 2: in their neighborhood that are causing big issues, negative influences.
Speaker 2: We want people to be specific just a complaint. It's
Speaker 2: not a social media comments sectionific information. We're looking for
Speaker 2: specific information because every year when some of these places
Speaker 2: come up for renewal, there's an opportunity to consider public sentiment,
Speaker 2: and so we want to have that considered. And I'm
Speaker 2: thrilled that we've gotten over six hundred survey responses already
Speaker 2: just since Tuesday when we release this that.
Speaker 1: That's good to hear people who live there they care
Speaker 1: about that community in that area.
Speaker 2: And if you don't live on the Bargetown Road corridor,
Speaker 2: we've got a survey up as well on ABC's website
Speaker 2: for any other part of the community if they are
Speaker 2: establishments that are causing problems in your neighborhood. I know
Speaker 2: the vast majority of our vast, fast, vast majority, nearly
Speaker 2: all of our restaurants and bars are great citizens. Louisville
Speaker 2: is a hospitality town. We want people to have fun here.
Speaker 2: You just got to do it by the rules. And
Speaker 2: there are a couple that are really causing problems for everyone.
Speaker 2: That's what we want to focus on is those very
Speaker 2: few institutions that are causing the issues.
Speaker 1: All Right, I know you've got a chance to see
Speaker 1: some Louisville football this week at practice. Give me some
Speaker 1: insight info.
Speaker 2: How are we looking well, looking very good to me,
Speaker 2: looking like if I took one of those tackles, I
Speaker 2: would never get up.
Speaker 1: Same here, we look like we have a really good team.
Speaker 2: Of course, I'm no expert, but I've got great faith
Speaker 2: in coach Brahm and his entire coaching team. I got
Speaker 2: a chance to meet a couple of players who seem
Speaker 2: like wonderful young men, and so I'm really excited about
Speaker 2: this year's football season. And you know the fact that
Speaker 2: we were left out of the top twenty five, hopefully
Speaker 2: that's a little extra motivation for the team to just
Speaker 2: prove the world that the Cards are going to be
Speaker 2: on a roll this year.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I don't know if they were looking for any
Speaker 1: added motivation, but it was there, especially considering that off
Speaker 1: to such a good start with good momentum in the
Speaker 1: first two years of the Jeff Brown era. But yeah,
Speaker 1: it's still crazy. He's back home. Nobody better to lead
Speaker 1: Louisville football than a brom.
Speaker 2: And I'm really excited. We have eight home games this year,
Speaker 2: so we have more for the fans. That's gonna be
Speaker 2: fun for this town.
Speaker 1: No doubt. Craig, thank you as always for your time.
Speaker 1: Keep up, keep it up, keep keep on doing what
Speaker 1: you're doing. And I know there's a lot that goes
Speaker 1: into it, but appreciate you.
Speaker 3: Thanks so much, Nick. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.
Speaker 1: All right, we'll take a quick break, get to traffick
Speaker 1: in weather and we've got much more to come here
Speaker 1: on news Radio forty w h a S. All right,
Speaker 1: final segment for us here on news Radio forty WHS.
Speaker 1: But don't worry, fear not. You're in good hands. We've
Speaker 1: got Tony and Dwight headed your way and they're with
Speaker 1: me right now.
Speaker 4: Fellas, last night was Bob Sieger Knight on the back desk.
Speaker 4: I saw that, Oh man, we uh because of John
Speaker 4: Alden played the night moves and I said, Jackie came
Speaker 4: in towns Dwight moves.
Speaker 3: That's NIX for the show. By the way, Watt's move.
Speaker 4: We do it at the top of each hour for
Speaker 4: your show. Really, it's every hour. Okay, I didn't know that, So.
Speaker 1: Should I revisit it? Because it's not it's it's it's perfect.
Speaker 1: It's mellow, No.
Speaker 3: It's perfect when you're here. Line in that song, I
Speaker 3: used her, she used me. Neither one cared.
Speaker 1: It's a beautiful range.
Speaker 4: Man, it's a great summer So it's a summer song.
Speaker 1: Now. I'm only gonna say working on to the wide move.
Speaker 1: Thanks for putting that in my brain.
Speaker 4: That was actually pretty good, dude, did you were you
Speaker 4: a singer.
Speaker 1: Only in the shower? But when I when I sing,
Speaker 1: when I sing about Dwight, I kind of go into
Speaker 1: a different element vocally because it's a powerful thing.
Speaker 3: Oh well, man, he sounds terrific in the shower. Yeah.
Speaker 5: I mean, I don't know, it's just the way it's
Speaker 5: going there with us. But man, this sounds great.
Speaker 1: I've been working on it means a lot.
Speaker 3: All right.
Speaker 4: She's taking Moose out to the fair.
Speaker 1: Oh hell yeah.
Speaker 3: What's his favorite thing out there?
Speaker 1: It's gonna be the animals, right, I mean, so, I
Speaker 1: feel like he's going to be at an age this
Speaker 1: year where he'll he'll act. Actually, I'll tell you what
Speaker 1: his favorite thing is. He loves the law enforcement set
Speaker 1: up fire departments.
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I forgot they still do that.
Speaker 1: And I wish I could take credit for it, because
Speaker 1: it's not been anything that I specifically had an emphasis on.
Speaker 1: But he he thinks that cops and firefighters are the
Speaker 1: biggest heroes. In the world, which is awesome, and I
Speaker 1: hope he never goes out of that. But so he's
Speaker 1: not a product of j CPS count at this time.
Speaker 4: When when you see that those armored vehicles they have
Speaker 4: out there, you mean to look at them and say,
Speaker 4: about the time you start using this in the city.
Speaker 1: Well, all the vehicles they have set up, they'll let
Speaker 1: some of the kids like get in them. That's the
Speaker 1: coolest thing.
Speaker 5: That's one cool thing about National Night Out. It was
Speaker 5: just like two weeks ago. Every district has one and
Speaker 5: you get out there, swats out there.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's it's cool.
Speaker 4: I was going to say, Alzheimer's is a real thing.
Speaker 3: It is a real thing.
Speaker 4: Yes, and you and your kiss Army T shirt.
Speaker 3: That's right.
Speaker 1: I brought up. I brought up me in the shower.
Speaker 1: And now do I can't keep his head on.
Speaker 5: Do they still have that little tiny town where you
Speaker 5: take a driver's Yeah.
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, the Kentucky State Police have Yeah.
Speaker 3: You still have that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and then they let you put the goggles on
Speaker 1: to where it looks like I.
Speaker 3: Got a duy in that little town.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Uh, I think there's still a warning out.
Speaker 4: We used to yeah, we used to do a bit
Speaker 4: to where he would get on the tricycle and race
Speaker 4: the other kids, like the six year olds, and then
Speaker 4: the state police would come in and lock him up.
Speaker 4: Well we need to do that this.
Speaker 1: Are you going to be doing the show at the fair?
Speaker 4: And no I don't and don't mention it to us.
Speaker 5: So uh no, I don't think so no, And we've
Speaker 5: done our fair share of the fair.
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, so, but I'd still like going out there.
Speaker 4: Jackie loves going on.
Speaker 1: I have a weird obsession with the fair. I can't.
Speaker 1: I just I think the root of it for me
Speaker 1: is that it absolutely is the people watching capital of
Speaker 1: the world. There's so much to see, fantasist. I can't
Speaker 1: get enough of it.
Speaker 3: My mother is in eighties. She's out there every day.
Speaker 3: She was out there yesterday, kick it off.
Speaker 1: Walk around the fair.
Speaker 4: Couples are great, the ones with the arrow and the
Speaker 4: T shirt says, I'm was stupid. I mean it's it is,
Speaker 4: It's fantastic.
Speaker 3: They still about the yard stick. That was a big deal.
Speaker 4: Well, and back in the day used to give away
Speaker 4: free cigarettes. Yeah, yeah, cigarettes. They would just give cartons
Speaker 4: of cigarettes out at the State Fair.
Speaker 1: I O the line was down down.
Speaker 3: The block is there still? Can you still get an
Speaker 3: invisible dog on a leash? There? I wanted. I wanted
Speaker 3: an invisible dog on a leash. They still have those,
Speaker 3: I don't know.
Speaker 4: Or moccasins. You should be able to you should be
Speaker 4: able to get the moccasin shoes or boots out.
Speaker 3: There have you?
Speaker 1: So the and this is just me being a nerd.
Speaker 1: Each county has a booth. Yeah, they they're they're I guess,
Speaker 1: trying to sell what makes them special, what they're known for.
Speaker 1: And that always interests me because you know, we have
Speaker 1: a lot of counties in this state compared to its others.
Speaker 1: And uh yeah, that's just one of those things like
Speaker 1: there's little like for example, my father's family originally is
Speaker 1: from from Greensburg, Green County and the Doomas Walker song
Speaker 1: like that shs from the Slowburger fries and a bottle
Speaker 1: of ski. So they always have some reference of ski
Speaker 1: in their in their booth. And I don't know, I
Speaker 1: just I think that because that's I always.
Speaker 4: Love they They have they award bales of hay, so
Speaker 4: there'll be three bails of things that you get ordered.
Speaker 4: They'll have a first second and third, and I'm looking
Speaker 4: at going they're all the same bail of height. Oh.
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm no expert, but like some of these
Speaker 1: things that end up getting the best of this, I'm like,
Speaker 1: did they flip a coin?
Speaker 4: Yea, this has half Alpa, did you real quick before
Speaker 4: we go that. Did you see the video? I think
Speaker 4: it was Texas or Oklahoma where a little kid he
Speaker 4: looks about six years old and he had his pet
Speaker 4: goat and he came in fourth place and he was
Speaker 4: hugging and kissing his gun, and I was like, that's adorable.
Speaker 1: It's only things like that you see at the fair.
Speaker 1: All right, have it go with fellas