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Speaker 1: I did have a happy one to you. Brian Thomas.

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Speaker 1: Please to welcome on the heels of talking with Steve

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Speaker 1: Gooden running for since a city council. We have another

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Speaker 1: city council candidate who's gotten some outstanding endorsements. Welcome to

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Speaker 1: the fifty five Carter City at Morning Show, Gary Favors.

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Speaker 1: You can find him online. Help out his campaign, maybe

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Speaker 1: donate to it it favors for the word for not

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Speaker 1: the number Favors for Cincinnati dot com. Gary, it's great

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Speaker 2: Thank you Brian for having me this morning.

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Speaker 1: Now real quick here before I let my listeners know

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Speaker 1: about these outstanding endorsements. What is prompting you to run

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Speaker 1: for Cincinnati City Council. I know you've been twenty five

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Speaker 1: years as a special education teacher with the Cincinnai Public Schools.

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Speaker 1: You are a decorated Army veteran, and salute to you

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Speaker 1: for your service to our country. What does Gary Favors

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Speaker 1: want to do for the City of Cincinnati as a

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Speaker 2: Well, the first thing, number one, thank you for recognizing

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Speaker 2: my service as a veteran and someone who's been in

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Speaker 2: as a teacher veteran. I believe in service. Number one.

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Speaker 2: I believe in serving people. And the city of Cincinnati

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Speaker 2: is near and dear to my heart. I graduated from

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Speaker 2: then did a twelve year stint in the military where

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Speaker 2: I served in the Gulf War, and then came back

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Speaker 2: and pursued my career in education. So I have a

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Speaker 2: history of service, I have a history of serving people,

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Speaker 2: and really, at this time, we need leaders. We need

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Speaker 2: leaders that will step up and lead the city and

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Speaker 2: bring the city back to what I call its original state.

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Speaker 2: We have a lot of crime that's evident last night

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Speaker 2: and this morning, and so there's just a lot of

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Speaker 2: I feel it's time for me to step up and

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Speaker 2: put my skill sets in action.

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Speaker 1: Well one of those folks that agrees with you and

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Speaker 1: has endorsed you, gentlemen who comes to my morning show program,

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Speaker 1: he's often he is willing to do so. A guy

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Speaker 1: that I love and I've known for years, Ken Blackwell.

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Speaker 1: You've got Ken Blackwell's endorsement. I think that is an

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Speaker 1: impressive endorsement because those don't necessarily come easy mister favors.

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Speaker 2: No, it doesn't. And I grew up under the Ken

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Speaker 2: Blackwell here as a council member, as he was a

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Speaker 2: Ken Blackwell in action. So I take that endorsement near

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Speaker 2: and dear to my heart rather and hold it in

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Speaker 2: treasure that he would endorse me. So it is a

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Speaker 2: great honor, along with some of the other endorsements that

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Speaker 2: I have. But I think that is probably one of

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Speaker 2: the greatest honors to have someone at his stature.

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Speaker 1: Amen. That carries a lot of endorsement, but most notly

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Speaker 1: for me. But ignore my opinion, but my listening audience

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Speaker 1: thoroughly appreciates with the work of Ken Blackwell over the years.

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Speaker 1: You also not to understate the value of it. The

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Speaker 1: Fraternal Order of Police have endorsed you, the Hamilon County

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Speaker 1: GOP has endorsed you, and you also got the endorsement

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Speaker 1: of the Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati. So you're

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Speaker 1: racking them up, Gary, and I think a lot of

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Speaker 1: people see some really really positive in you, and I

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Speaker 1: to ask I want to ask you about the youth

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Speaker 1: I know you've had you actually taught incarcerated juveniles facing

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Speaker 1: charges of murder and aggravated robbery, rape, and some other

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Speaker 1: very serious crimes. When you're over teaching at the Hamlin

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Speaker 1: Council candidate Gary Favors find them online favors for Cincinnati

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Speaker 1: you Friday Ron Thomas talking with since a council candidate

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Speaker 1: Gary Favors favors for Cincinnati dot com where you find

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Speaker 1: Gary learned about his issues and what he's all about.

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Speaker 1: And I know you have education experience or you were

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Speaker 1: But how is it and where's this problem coming from?

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Speaker 1: As much time as you spent with young people, do

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Speaker 1: Because as I see from the comments about you, you're

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Speaker 1: my mom and dad did that for me. Gary. You know,

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Speaker 1: or is it something that transcends that Gary.

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Speaker 2: Well, I think Brian, you sort of not sort of

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Speaker 2: You hit it on the nail on the head. Is

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Speaker 2: that we have lost that family piece. I grew up

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Speaker 2: it wouldn't been for my church family. So it's that village.

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Speaker 2: I think we've lost that village of family, and so

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Speaker 1: Amen.

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Speaker 2: That's the art of getting our kids steered into jobs

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Speaker 2: We have a lot of good things going on in

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Speaker 2: of collaboration. And some of these things may be in place,

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Speaker 2: but I bring those skill sets to the table city Council,

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Speaker 2: And advocating for families.

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Speaker 1: And helping families, And here's where I wanted to go,

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Speaker 1: they're not raising them responsible but they aren't raising them

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Speaker 1: Same with mine. I always mentioned the greatest gift my

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Speaker 1: insistent about that. All these outreach programs, teachers are left

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Speaker 1: Would it be a better direction to focus if we're

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Speaker 1: saying don't have youth programs, but how about programs directed

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Speaker 2: Gary, Yeah, And you're right on point, Brian, is that

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Speaker 2: what I found that some of our parents are very young, yeah,

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Speaker 2: And I do understand that, you know, parents are overwhelmed,

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Speaker 1: Right, well, you know it takes that engaged parent, though

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Speaker 1: You know, I just get an introjection with it about church.

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Speaker 1: It's the parents. It's the family that will introduce a

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Speaker 1: you what. That's the way it happened to my family. Gary.

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry. I wanted to ask you about affordable housing,

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Speaker 1: but apparently you don't have any additional time.

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Speaker 2: So yes, I do have to get to work and

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Speaker 2: serve my families and my kids, which I'm holding very

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Speaker 2: high esteem. But you know, we can definitely come back

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Speaker 2: good and carry on this conversation. But Favors for Cincinnati

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Speaker 2: is my website.

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Speaker 1: Took the words right out of my mouth. Gary Favors,

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Speaker 1: It's been a pleasure. We'll get you back on before

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Speaker 1: the election because I do want to ask you about

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Speaker 1: what is affordable housing and your ideas about it. Thanks Gary,

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Speaker 1: have a wonderful weekend seven forty seven. Right now at

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