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So Charlotte Democrat voters had the opportunity to 10 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:39,359 change course, to send a message in the wake of 11 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:44,240 all of the national attention, mainly negative that we have 12 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:48,159 been receiving by going to the polls yesterday in their 13 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:52,039 Democrat primary and opting for a change of course. And 14 00:00:52,119 --> 00:00:56,799 Democrat voters all like forty thousand of them or so 15 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:00,000 out of a city of like half a million plus 16 00:01:00,119 --> 00:01:05,359 registered voters, they opted to, well's stay the course there. Yeah, 17 00:01:05,519 --> 00:01:08,560 we're fine, this is this is good. We're gonna keep 18 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:15,840 doing what we're doing. It's going very well. National attention notwithstanding, now, 19 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:19,879 there was there was a bit of bad news for me. 20 00:01:20,159 --> 00:01:22,519 I mean, good news maybe for the city of Charlotte, 21 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:28,000 but bad news for me personally yesterday because Tijuana Brown 22 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:34,359 lost and it's bad news for me because that city 23 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:39,439 councilwoman was a content generating machine for me. Not that 24 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:44,000 this is about me, but if it was about me, 25 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,640 this would be bad because now I'm probably not going 26 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:51,239 to have as much show prep that just writes itself 27 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:54,959 for me because she did lose in her primary. So 28 00:01:55,079 --> 00:01:59,760 I guess what it takes to oust an indicted Democrat 29 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,079 is to just have a different Democrat run against her 30 00:02:02,079 --> 00:02:04,000 in the primary. That's what does it because I have 31 00:02:04,079 --> 00:02:08,199 no doubt had she run, or had she survived her primary, 32 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:09,960 that she would have won in the general because the 33 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:14,759 district she sits in is a heavy Democrat district. So 34 00:02:15,599 --> 00:02:18,960 she was defeated. So that's why I said that the 35 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:23,319 Democrat voters largely opted for the status quo largely, but 36 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:28,240 that that gain, that little bright spot, is snuffed out 37 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:34,800 a wee bit by another district result, which was Marjorie 38 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:44,560 Molina losing to what's this dude's name, Juan Diego Mazura 39 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:51,680 Arias or JD Juan Diego JD or would that be 40 00:02:52,240 --> 00:03:01,400 da what D Juan Diego Masuerra Arias And give you 41 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,960 a little bit of details about him in a minute. 42 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,840 So it's a it's sort of a it's a trade off. Right, 43 00:03:06,879 --> 00:03:12,719 we lost the indicted councilwoman in the primary, but we 44 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:18,199 are picking up a staffer for aoc On city council. 45 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:25,159 So right, the political choices in ideology will largely remain 46 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:29,479 the same, Okay, but we're just going to get some 47 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:32,599 different people there, and that's going to make all the difference. See, 48 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:38,280 they will be able to sell the leftist message because 49 00:03:38,319 --> 00:03:41,680 they know everybody agrees with the leftist message. They just 50 00:03:41,719 --> 00:03:44,840 haven't figured out, you know, as Democrats, they haven't figured 51 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:48,759 out how to convince us of it through an appropriate 52 00:03:48,879 --> 00:03:52,439 slogan or a campaign pitch or something. It's just marketing. 53 00:03:52,759 --> 00:03:55,319 That's always been the problem, that's what they say. So 54 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,080 they keep saying after all of these post mortems and 55 00:03:58,159 --> 00:04:00,639 such after the twenty twenty four election, keep saying, it's 56 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:04,319 not us, it's not our messaging, or sorry, it's not 57 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:08,319 our policies, it's our messaging. We just can't make these 58 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:13,240 really stupid people listen to us. Wellhy won't they just agree? 59 00:04:14,599 --> 00:04:17,399 So they've been you know, focus group testing all sorts 60 00:04:17,399 --> 00:04:20,560 of different slogans and such and so maybe this former 61 00:04:20,639 --> 00:04:24,079 worker for AOC, he's gonna bring the goods. He's gonna 62 00:04:24,079 --> 00:04:28,120 be able to communicate like a Zoran Mamdani gee Hotti 63 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:33,199 adjacent kami. Maybe we shall see. So first, let me 64 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,480 go back to Tijuana Brown. Let me circle back Jen 65 00:04:35,519 --> 00:04:38,319 Psaki style here and give you the details here. This 66 00:04:38,399 --> 00:04:42,439 is from Nick Sullivan's piece at the Charlotte Observer. Joy Mayo. 67 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:45,000 So you know she'd have my vote with a name 68 00:04:45,079 --> 00:04:49,959 like Mayo, right, because you know my fondness for the Mayo. 69 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:54,240 It is the superior condiment. It's better than all other condiments. 70 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:57,439 Anything any other condiment can do, Mayo can match or 71 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:02,720 do better. Okay, So Joy Mayo defeated Tijuana Brown not 72 00:05:02,959 --> 00:05:10,000 spelled like the city. That's tiju Ana. This is tia 73 00:05:10,439 --> 00:05:17,079 w Ana Tijawana Brown. Anyway. She is the one who 74 00:05:17,199 --> 00:05:22,000 was indicted for using the COVID money allegedly for a 75 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,879 business that really didn't do anything, if even it existed 76 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:30,480 at all, allegedly, and then spent a ton of money 77 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:34,360 like tens of thousands of dollars on handbags and a 78 00:05:34,399 --> 00:05:41,360 birthday party where she had a throne, literally a throne 79 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:44,759 because she's the queen. It was her fiftieth birthday. And 80 00:05:44,879 --> 00:05:50,959 remember her qualification that got her the seat initially in 81 00:05:51,079 --> 00:05:56,600 Charlotte was the fact that she was a formerly incarcerated person, 82 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:03,160 a formerly incarcerated person or an FIP whorre's I call 83 00:06:03,199 --> 00:06:07,959 it a FIP. She was a FIP, and that is 84 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,600 enough to put you in charge of a district to 85 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:14,639 have a vote on the direction of the city. That 86 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:17,879 is all the qualification necessary. At least two years ago, 87 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,360 she was a FIP. Now she may be a twice FIP, 88 00:06:21,399 --> 00:06:25,560 a double FIP, if you will, this time on federal charges. 89 00:06:26,879 --> 00:06:30,560 With all of the precincts reporting unofficial results, saying on 90 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:34,680 a second, here I have the I have the Board 91 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:40,040 of Elections website results. Here did you do? Here? We 92 00:06:40,079 --> 00:06:44,639 go forty nine point forty eight percent, so forty nine percent, 93 00:06:44,759 --> 00:06:47,959 rounding down Joy Mayo forty nine percent of the Democrat 94 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:52,720 vote coming in second, Tijuana Brown at twenty five percent, 95 00:06:53,399 --> 00:06:58,040 former city councilman Warren Turner at twenty two percent, and 96 00:06:58,079 --> 00:07:02,120 then Montravious King, who actually dropped out of the race 97 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:06,720 and endorsed Brown. He picked up three percent, So even 98 00:07:06,759 --> 00:07:09,120 if all of his support had gone to Brown, that 99 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,439 would have still only gotten her twenty eight percent. So 100 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:15,560 that is what we call in the biz a landslide, 101 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,279 that is a wipeout. So that is good news for 102 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:23,319 the City of Charlotte. I'm sure the Chamber of Commerce 103 00:07:23,439 --> 00:07:27,160 is very happy about this result. I'm sure a lot 104 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:33,279 of the mayor and her voting block on city Council 105 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:37,240 they are happy about this, right, the tourism development people, 106 00:07:37,319 --> 00:07:40,639 they are happy about this because, let's be fair, you know, 107 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:45,639 it's not exactly a good pr lure to wu or 108 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:51,639 retain businesses, attract corporate headquarters and such when you've got 109 00:07:51,879 --> 00:07:55,519 an indicted city council member showing up at the grippe grins, 110 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:58,399 you know, it's just it's a little awkward. So she 111 00:07:58,519 --> 00:08:02,839 won't be around anymore to ask her meandering, uninformed questions 112 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,920 during council meetings while she quote fights for the people. 113 00:08:06,399 --> 00:08:11,560 So she's gone. Mayo received a number of key endorsements 114 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:14,600 heading into election day, the Black Political CAUs of Charlotte Mecklenburg, 115 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:19,920 the Charlotte Mecklberg FOP, the lgbt Q plus Democrats of 116 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:23,759 Mecklinburg County, and the Charlotte Observer Editorial board all favored 117 00:08:23,839 --> 00:08:29,560 Mayo over Ketchup and mustard. Mayo is a community activist 118 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:36,360 and a leader of a nonprofit. So, okay, a community activist, Well, 119 00:08:36,399 --> 00:08:42,480 what could go wrong there? Sure? Okay. She became entangled 120 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,919 Brown did in a controversy when she was indicted, which 121 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:49,279 that tends to happen. You tend to get entangled in 122 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:55,080 a controversy when you get indicted. That's always been my experience. 123 00:08:55,159 --> 00:08:58,039 Not that I've been indicted, but whenever I've seen other 124 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:01,559 people get indicted, then there seems to be an entangling 125 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,840 controversy about that. I don't know if they're related. I 126 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,679 don't know if there's some connection there. But she was 127 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,200 entangled in a controversy, that is true, and it was 128 00:09:10,279 --> 00:09:13,639 about the indictment, along with her two adult daughters on 129 00:09:13,759 --> 00:09:18,000 charges of wirefraud, conspiracy and wirefraud used to falsely obtain 130 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:23,080 pandemic relief loans. And remember her defense was I paid 131 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:27,279 it back. I paid it back after they started asking 132 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:29,879 questions about how she got the loan. Then she paid 133 00:09:29,919 --> 00:09:32,480 it back years later, So that was her defense. And 134 00:09:32,519 --> 00:09:35,759 maybe that a flying court. I'm not a lawyer, but 135 00:09:35,799 --> 00:09:37,480 I don't think it will. But maybe it will we 136 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:40,879 shall see game on Week one starts now and every 137 00:09:40,919 --> 00:09:43,639 touchdown brings you closer to a payout. 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He only picked up a 171 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:42,200 quarter of the vote, less than a quarter of the vote, 172 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:45,039 according to the Observer, because it is such a heavy 173 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,919 Democrat district, or is the Democrats call it fair mats? 174 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:50,919 All right, let me go over to the phones here 175 00:11:50,919 --> 00:11:54,480 in chat with Michael. Hello, Michael, welcome to the program. 176 00:11:54,759 --> 00:11:56,559 Speaker 2: Hey, how you doing. I just want to make this 177 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:00,360 comment on that mayor race. I just don't understand. I'm 178 00:12:00,399 --> 00:12:04,159 a twenty year Navy guy. I just don't understand the 179 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:08,879 people in Charlotte in that situation on the subway or 180 00:12:08,919 --> 00:12:12,480 the train. If that had been the other way situation, 181 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:16,559 that'd be headline news for three or four weeks. And 182 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:19,200 people get what they vote for. I mean, that's why 183 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:23,039 people a couple of weeks ago they story people don't 184 00:12:23,039 --> 00:12:27,159 go to Charlotte Uptown anymore because is it like them 185 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:33,080 the murder capital of its like twice the increase since 186 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:33,720 last year. 187 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,679 Speaker 1: I don't believe that's accurate. I believe the murder number 188 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:42,279 has actually come down from last year. It rose and 189 00:12:42,279 --> 00:12:45,600 then it came down, like over the last five years. 190 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:47,600 I mean a lot of this stuff spiked during COVID 191 00:12:47,639 --> 00:12:51,360 and right after COVID. But but no, but no, Look, 192 00:12:51,399 --> 00:12:53,559 I mean, yeah, crime is definitely a problem. And even 193 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:56,519 though the City Council and the CMPD will tell us 194 00:12:56,519 --> 00:12:59,679 crime numbers are dropping. In all of this. You see 195 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:02,279 a store like this, and you see stories like we 196 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:05,759 see every day on the news, and people do not 197 00:13:05,879 --> 00:13:08,360 feel like it is safe. And look, my wife works 198 00:13:08,399 --> 00:13:12,639 in Center City, and I know, I go over there, 199 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:14,679 I pick her up, I know, meet her after work 200 00:13:14,799 --> 00:13:17,480 or something. She tells me about stuff she sees every day, 201 00:13:17,919 --> 00:13:21,480 and it does not feel like a safe environment. So 202 00:13:22,039 --> 00:13:24,639 that's what people are reacting to. Michael, I appreciate the call. 203 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:31,519 The reason. Look, Mayor vy Lyles one reelection in the primary, 204 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:33,919 or I said won the primary. She didn't win reelection yet, 205 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:39,879 that would be November number one. Low turnout there were 206 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:45,879 there was less than eight percent turnout. Ballots cast forty 207 00:13:45,919 --> 00:13:49,840 two thousand for forty two, So about forty two and 208 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:54,759 a half thousand ballots cast out of five hundred and 209 00:13:54,799 --> 00:14:02,240 thirty two thousand voters. That's that's an eight percent turnout, right, 210 00:14:02,279 --> 00:14:05,840 So you have a very low turnout election number one 211 00:14:05,879 --> 00:14:10,159 and number two. Most importantly is that vy Liles is 212 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:15,440 the chamber pick, she's the business pick, she's the uptown 213 00:14:15,519 --> 00:14:18,480 crowd pick, and she has been from the very beginning. 214 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:22,799 I've said this for twenty five years regarding Charlotte. There 215 00:14:22,799 --> 00:14:29,399 are three political powers in Charlotte. Number one the Democrats, 216 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:32,240 Number two the Republicans, and number three the Chamber. And 217 00:14:32,279 --> 00:14:35,120 the Chamber is the most powerful. And back in the 218 00:14:35,159 --> 00:14:38,360 day when Republicans could actually win at large races and 219 00:14:38,399 --> 00:14:42,159 Pat McCrory could win a record seven straight terms as mayor, 220 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:46,960 it was because the business community back to those Republicans 221 00:14:47,159 --> 00:14:51,679 and if you worry Chamber candidate, you could win. And 222 00:14:51,759 --> 00:14:56,759 then they kept on feeding the Democrat alligator, hoping it 223 00:14:56,799 --> 00:15:00,240 would eat them last. And vy Lyles is of that 224 00:15:01,399 --> 00:15:06,639 of that power structure. In the piece at the Observer 225 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:12,799 after her win last night, she is described as a 226 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:16,840 lifelong public servant. And why is that, Well, because she 227 00:15:16,919 --> 00:15:19,919 worked for the city. She was an assistant city manager, 228 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:29,879 budget director, and she is intimately aware and expert at 229 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:34,720 the inner workings of the city government. And that's how 230 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:37,759 she governs. It's obvious to me. All right, You hear 231 00:15:37,799 --> 00:15:40,279 me talk a lot about incentives, right, Well, let's talk 232 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:44,080 about incentive trips, the kind that companies offer employees to 233 00:15:44,159 --> 00:15:46,879 fire them up and reward their teams. If you own 234 00:15:46,919 --> 00:15:49,840 a business, or you work somewhere that offers these incentive trips. 235 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:52,440 First off, good for you, but also there is a 236 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:55,360 custom app that's a game changer for these trips. It's 237 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:59,440 called incentive trip Kit. Private group messaging, shared photos, You're 238 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:03,240 a tinerary travel details all built into a single, easy 239 00:16:03,279 --> 00:16:06,440 to use app. There's even a traveler locator, so carl 240 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:09,279 from Accounting doesn't get left behind. 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She enjoyed a mostly positive 251 00:16:48,919 --> 00:16:51,879 reception across her first four terms. She has been held 252 00:16:51,919 --> 00:16:54,440 for her deep understanding of local government and ability to 253 00:16:54,519 --> 00:16:57,320 reach across the Aisle to implement her agenda. She worked 254 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:01,200 for years really reach across the there's only two Republicans 255 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:07,240 on the eleven member body like. She worked for years 256 00:17:07,279 --> 00:17:09,960 as Charlott's budget director and assistancity manager. Okay, So when 257 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:12,319 I say she's a bureaucrat and she governs like one, 258 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:19,920 this is what I mean. Bureaucrats are rarely leaders. Right, 259 00:17:20,519 --> 00:17:24,880 You're in the bureaucracy, and so you're not going to 260 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:29,480 be out there in public marshaling forces. You're probably working 261 00:17:29,519 --> 00:17:32,880 behind the scenes because that's where bureaucrats do their work. 262 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,000 That's where they exert their power and influence. And that's 263 00:17:35,039 --> 00:17:38,559 what she does. And when something goes wrong, bureaucrats do 264 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:41,720 not step up and say that was my fault. Yeah 265 00:17:41,759 --> 00:17:45,480 I did that one. No, you get the you know, 266 00:17:45,559 --> 00:17:48,079 I'm going to hide among the rank and file in 267 00:17:48,319 --> 00:17:54,599 the quote system or the city, or the county, the agency, 268 00:17:54,799 --> 00:18:01,519 the department. Right department officials say it's that you know 269 00:18:01,599 --> 00:18:05,640 a bureaucrat's name unless they do something so egregious. For example, 270 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:12,440 this magistrate that let the light rail murderer go without 271 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:14,559 a bond the last time he was in front of her, 272 00:18:15,839 --> 00:18:18,920 I'll get into that too, by the way. But this 273 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,240 is what I mean. Why how she governs like a bureaucrat. 274 00:18:21,319 --> 00:18:24,359 She does this stuff behind the scenes, then makes an announcement, 275 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:26,319 usually you know, some sort of a ribbon cutting or 276 00:18:26,519 --> 00:18:30,000 with a big fat pair of scissors or something. And 277 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:36,920 that has not served Charlotte well in this moment. It 278 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:39,640 has served her well. And you could say it served 279 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:42,519 Charlotte well if you are all about the big fancy 280 00:18:42,559 --> 00:18:45,079 projects and the use of taxpayer funds to do all 281 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:47,720 sorts of things, which did you see this the other day. 282 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,680 They're gonna spend millions of dollars. I think it's like 283 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:53,319 three million dollars on the Excelsior Club renovation, which was 284 00:18:53,319 --> 00:19:00,599 a historically black nightclub. And so we're gonna use taxpayer 285 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:05,240 funds to rehab a nightclub. Okay, sure, why not? Right? 286 00:19:05,319 --> 00:19:08,920 I mean, why not? That's what I mean when I 287 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:13,400 say she's a bureaucrat. That's all of her professional experience 288 00:19:13,599 --> 00:19:19,640 is working within the government as a government official. And 289 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:23,079 that's why the business community likes her. That's why they 290 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:25,680 can work with her. She knows how to get stuff done, 291 00:19:25,759 --> 00:19:27,680 she knows what levers to pull, and all of that 292 00:19:27,839 --> 00:19:30,480 behind the scenes, and there is a lot of people 293 00:19:30,519 --> 00:19:32,839 that are still on staff that worked with her and 294 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,240 like her, and a lot of people say, you know, 295 00:19:35,279 --> 00:19:38,400 in one on one she's very personal and likable. I 296 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:40,759 never had any problems with her when she was assistant 297 00:19:40,759 --> 00:19:44,440 city manager and I was a reporter and I did, 298 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:46,759 you know, multiple interviews I'd talked with her in the 299 00:19:46,799 --> 00:19:49,160 past and stuff like that. Never had any problem with 300 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:50,960 her because that was what she was doing. But as 301 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:54,960 a mayor, it's a different kind of a gig, and 302 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,119 that's something she has become I think, acutely aware of. 303 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:02,039 If she wasn't before, you know, this weekend, she is now. 304 00:20:02,519 --> 00:20:05,720 In fact, she didn't even do any kind of election 305 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:10,319 a primary night party or availability for the media yesterday 306 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:14,839 because of the situation. Because I can only imagine what 307 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,240 her social media feeds and email account inbox. I can 308 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:25,000 only imagine the amount of fiery but mostly peaceful protest 309 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:28,920 emails and correspondence and such that has been making its 310 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:34,279 way into her digital mailboxes. I can only imagine, and 311 00:20:34,319 --> 00:20:38,799 I can only imagine that she's probably getting threats. You know, 312 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:44,119 she's probably getting racist messages and stuff, and none of 313 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:47,079 that is acceptable by the way, none of it. But 314 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:50,160 people feel emboldened when they're behind a keyboard. They're anonymous, 315 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:56,640 they get the internet, muscles and such. But I just 316 00:20:56,759 --> 00:20:59,839 I if this was if there was an if there 317 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:03,960 was there's a chance for a change, Democrats, you had 318 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:06,599 your chance. You have had your chance. You have had 319 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:11,400 multiple chances during these primaries for the last decade, and 320 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,160 you all just keep putting the same people back in 321 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:18,480 well except for the indicted one, the formerly incarcerated Tijuana Brown. 322 00:21:20,039 --> 00:21:23,720 Now in the general, Lyles is going to be going 323 00:21:23,799 --> 00:21:27,599 up against a Republican Missoon Kim, as well as Libertarian 324 00:21:27,759 --> 00:21:31,200 Rob Yates. Both of them ran against her two years 325 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:35,440 ago and she beat them both, So we shall see 326 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:38,440 what happens there. Now there is another race, and this one, 327 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:41,440 I guess is probably going to go to a recount 328 00:21:42,079 --> 00:21:46,839 because the margin of victory was thirty seven votes. Thirty 329 00:21:46,839 --> 00:21:50,440 seven votes. This is in the District five race. This 330 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:55,079 is over in East Charlotte, and you've got the incumbent, 331 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:58,599 Marjorie Molina, and I think she's done a perfectly acceptable 332 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:00,240 job in what I've seen. I think she come from 333 00:22:00,279 --> 00:22:05,400 a corporate background. But she lost by thirty seven votes 334 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:12,119 to Juan Diego Masuera Arias. He is a first time candidate, 335 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:16,839 but has political experience working for Representative Alexandria Acazio Cortez, 336 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:20,480 Democrat from New York. He also worked for the DNC 337 00:22:20,839 --> 00:22:23,920 as well as the Century Foundation, which is a progressive 338 00:22:24,079 --> 00:22:28,240 think tank. So this dude just gonna guess here is 339 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:35,839 a leftist. So you swapped out the indicted one, Tijuana 340 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:41,920 Brown for a community activist, and you're swapping out Marjorie 341 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:50,720 Molina for an AOC staffer. Okay. He also chairs the 342 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:55,119 Hispanic Democratic Caucus of Mecklenburg County and touted early support 343 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:58,599 from former Mayor Jennifer Roberts. That's an indictment right there, 344 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:03,279 and Representative Jordan Lowe. So obviously the demographics played to 345 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,720 his benefit. In et Charlotte, you have a much larger 346 00:23:06,839 --> 00:23:11,680 Hispanic vote than you do in other parts of the city, 347 00:23:11,759 --> 00:23:15,160 so that's you know, they saw the name and they voted, 348 00:23:15,279 --> 00:23:18,880 I'm assuming for the Hispanic name, and maybe that's what 349 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:23,119 gave Molina the edge last time around. Maybe people thought 350 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:26,000 she was a Spanic with the last name Molina. I 351 00:23:26,039 --> 00:23:28,720 don't know, but people vote like this. These are voting 352 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:33,960 patterns like that are on exhibition on display year after year. 353 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:39,200 Election after election, Molina had picked up the endorsement of 354 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:44,079 the Black Political Caucus Masuera arias he got support from 355 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:50,319 the SEIU because of course he did. Of course he did, 356 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,079 and he has won the seat because there is no 357 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:56,160 Republican opposition in the general election. It's also a safe 358 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,359 Democrats seat, so even if there was a Republican he 359 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:02,559 would probably still win it. So we're going to get 360 00:24:02,559 --> 00:24:06,079 more of the same, but maybe even harder. So when 361 00:24:06,079 --> 00:24:08,839 I was a kid, my grandpa died with Alzheimer's, and 362 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,160 before he died, my mom and my dad took care 363 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,480 of him as he got worse. Forty years ago, there 364 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:16,960 were no treatments and not much support for caregivers and family. 365 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:19,400 But things are different today because of the work of 366 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:23,279 so many people, including the Alzheimer's Association of Western Carolina. 367 00:24:23,319 --> 00:24:26,680 It's a great organization with awesome people with huge hearts. 368 00:24:26,839 --> 00:24:29,319 I've been a supporter for twenty five years. This cause 369 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,880 means a lot to me. I participate in the annual 370 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,759 Walk to End Alzheimer's and I'm leading a Charlotte team 371 00:24:35,799 --> 00:24:38,960 again this year, and it's called once Again Pete's Pack. 372 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:41,079 You can sign up and you can join the team 373 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,480 and walk with us. It's on October eighteenth, that truest field. 374 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:48,400 Sign up at alz dot org slash walk and then 375 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:51,240 you can search for my team name Pete's Pack. There's 376 00:24:51,279 --> 00:24:54,240 also a link at thepetepod dot com. There's also a 377 00:24:54,279 --> 00:24:57,119 link in the description of this podcast. Also, I'll be 378 00:24:57,319 --> 00:25:00,359 am seeing the Gastonia Walk on October eleventh then, so 379 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,359 you can make a team and join that one too, 380 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:04,640 or make a donation and help me hit my goal 381 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:07,559 of five thousand dollars. If you do, I really appreciate it. 382 00:25:07,599 --> 00:25:10,279 There are a bunch of other walks all over the Carolinas. 383 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,039 You can go to alz dot org slash walk for 384 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:15,920 all the dates and locations. We're closer than ever to 385 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,319 stopping Alzheimer's. Can you help us get there? Will you 386 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:21,200 walk with me? For a different future, for families, for 387 00:25:21,319 --> 00:25:25,279 more time for treatments. This is why we walk. Got 388 00:25:25,279 --> 00:25:28,279 a message on the Twitter machine from good Wahoo Pete. 389 00:25:28,279 --> 00:25:30,640 Another take on Mayor Lyles is that she has been 390 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:34,039 a lifelong feeder at the public trough, lived off taxpayers 391 00:25:34,079 --> 00:25:39,960 her whole professional life. Oh that's fair a net tax 392 00:25:40,039 --> 00:25:44,880 consumer if you will, not a taxpayer. So some of 393 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:52,240 the other race results from the primary yesterday, Oh yeah, 394 00:25:52,559 --> 00:25:55,920 the at large race, by the way, just a reminder 395 00:25:56,000 --> 00:26:01,160 that at large races are designed to suppress my representation. 396 00:26:01,319 --> 00:26:05,359 They should be abolished. Standard disclaimer there. The City of 397 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:09,680 Charlotte long ago should have moved to a strictly district 398 00:26:09,759 --> 00:26:12,920 based system. I've been saying this for a while. In fact, 399 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:14,839 it's one of the few things that I agreed with 400 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:21,079 the former Charlotte City councilman and Mayor pro Tim Braxton Winston, 401 00:26:22,319 --> 00:26:25,519 who was a left wing activist type, but he was 402 00:26:25,559 --> 00:26:28,200 against the at large and he was an at large representative. 403 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:30,240 Yet we need to get get rid of the at 404 00:26:30,279 --> 00:26:37,319 large representative seats. Make them all district seats, because there's 405 00:26:38,079 --> 00:26:43,000 they do not allow for any other representation onto the 406 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:46,000 city council. They block out basically four seats. And the 407 00:26:46,039 --> 00:26:48,599 reason why originally the at large seats were designed was 408 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:52,119 to keep black people from getting elected. Now it keeps 409 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:57,599 Republicans from getting elected. So so number one in the 410 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:02,279 Democrat primary once again, dimple Agh, Mirror, uh Lawana Slack Mayfield, 411 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:07,119 James Smudgie, Mitchell and Victoria Watlington, So all four of 412 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:13,160 the incumbents voted back in over. In District one, Dante 413 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:19,079 Anderson easily won in her primary. She's the incumbent there. 414 00:27:19,599 --> 00:27:22,759 As I mentioned, Joy Mayo beat Tijuana Brown, the incumbent 415 00:27:23,319 --> 00:27:26,240 Renee Perkins Johnson Renee Johnson. She won by a two 416 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,960 to one margin over Will Russell, who came out of 417 00:27:29,039 --> 00:27:31,279 retirement out of the NBA to run for that seat. 418 00:27:31,319 --> 00:27:36,920 If I recall mentioned in District five, Juan Diego Masuera 419 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:41,920 Arias beat Marjorie Molina in the only Republican primary that 420 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:46,160 was on the ballot. Christop Bacari beat Sorry Chukra by 421 00:27:47,039 --> 00:27:50,680 a lot, by like fifty percentage points, seventy six to 422 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:54,079 twenty four percent. And so that's why and Ed Drake's 423 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:59,240 the only other Republican on council. He did not have 424 00:27:59,279 --> 00:28:03,240 a primary appt So Crystal Balcari is a Republican, So 425 00:28:03,279 --> 00:28:06,279 she will run in the general, and that's generally seen 426 00:28:06,319 --> 00:28:08,960 as the that's going to be the tightest race for 427 00:28:09,079 --> 00:28:11,759 a Republican to win. Democrats might be able to flip 428 00:28:11,759 --> 00:28:13,240 that seat. I don't know, I don't even know if 429 00:28:13,279 --> 00:28:15,920 she has an opponent at this point, but I believe 430 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:19,880 she does so, so that's that. Let me get to 431 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,440 the text line and read some of the massages that 432 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:26,640 have been coming in. Do do Do Do Do Do 433 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:32,319 Do Do Do Do. Sorry, I'm scrawling back. Don't know 434 00:28:32,319 --> 00:28:35,599 who this is from. I'm remembering Keith Larson's spot on 435 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:39,440 description of Charlotte as tidy town, always concerned with its 436 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:44,400 optics and reputation over everything else. Indeed, it was also 437 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:46,319 a little bit more than just the optics, but it 438 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:51,759 was also all of the shiny new objects, the shiny things, 439 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:56,079 the you know, all of the public expenditures, the light 440 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:59,640 rail line, the arena, all the museums, the parks, like, 441 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,279 all of the stuff, all of the projects, the new 442 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:06,440 Convention Center, expansion, the NASCAR Hall of Fame stuff, like, 443 00:29:06,559 --> 00:29:11,160 all of the projects in order to you know, create 444 00:29:11,279 --> 00:29:14,440 this this tidy town look. That was one of the 445 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:16,519 things that people would say when they came to Charlotte. 446 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:18,279 One of the things they would say is that they 447 00:29:18,279 --> 00:29:21,480 were always surprised at how clean it was, because it 448 00:29:21,599 --> 00:29:25,759 was we took pride in the cleanliness of the city. Also, 449 00:29:26,079 --> 00:29:28,559 we tore down all of the old buildings, so like 450 00:29:28,559 --> 00:29:33,319 there's really no historical buildings anymore. Like if you want, 451 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:36,519 like you go on a historical tour something, you're usually 452 00:29:36,599 --> 00:29:38,720 just going to be looking down the whole time, because 453 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:40,920 that's where they put the placards and they just sink 454 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,880 them into the concrete. You know, at this site stood 455 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:47,240 some building torn down one hundred years ago. Charlotte has 456 00:29:47,319 --> 00:29:50,559 always been that way. So all of the brand new, 457 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:53,799 shiny buildings, all the newness, all of that stuff, and 458 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:58,759 people come here from older, decrepit, dirty cities and they're 459 00:29:58,799 --> 00:30:01,880 just like, oh my gosh, this is like the Truman 460 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:06,160 Show kind of like level of cleanliness and tidiness. And 461 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,279 it seemed like Charlotte had its act together. And then 462 00:30:08,319 --> 00:30:11,079 of course all of those people from other cities voted 463 00:30:11,079 --> 00:30:13,400 every single Republican off of all of the governing bodies. 464 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,920 And now there's no role for Republicans to play any 465 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,839 longer unless they're going to play ball with the Chamber 466 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:23,559 and the Democrat mayor. That's the game now, and we 467 00:30:23,599 --> 00:30:28,559 are all suffering for it. David says, we will miss 468 00:30:29,039 --> 00:30:35,119 Marijuana Brown or whatever her name is. It's Tijuana. Jody says, 469 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:38,160 I wonder how much transit security would Johnny Jennings's three 470 00:30:38,279 --> 00:30:41,440 hundred thousand dollars settlement have bought. It's a good question, 471 00:30:42,359 --> 00:30:48,680 and Tom ain't no way. Pete Mustard rules. Dang on second, 472 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:54,519 let me just block Tom forever. Yes, Mayo is the 473 00:30:54,559 --> 00:30:59,160 superior condiment. All right, that'll do it for this episode. 474 00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:01,319 Thank you so much for listening. 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