WEBVTT - 10-24-25 Willie with Brian Hemrick

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<v Speaker 1>All right, now, Billy Cunningham, the Great America from the

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<v Speaker 1>Double Wide and Naples and New Year, I'm back.

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<v Speaker 2>My little week's.

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<v Speaker 1>Vacation was wonderful. It was a stay vacation. I monitored

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<v Speaker 1>five nine twelve nineteen our newsroom. I read the Inquiry

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<v Speaker 1>every day. I talked to Tony Bender at least three

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<v Speaker 1>times a day, which is half the time I talked

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<v Speaker 1>to Joe Dieters. So it was a wonderful week off.

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<v Speaker 1>But now I'm back at it. And while I monitor everything,

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<v Speaker 1>you have to point out to Tony Tony Pike, remember

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<v Speaker 1>that guy.

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<v Speaker 3>He's back.

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<v Speaker 1>Tony Pike is in the Hall of Fame with UC.

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<v Speaker 1>We got the UC Bearcats tied for first place in

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<v Speaker 1>the Big twelve, the Big eleven, the Big fourteen. Then

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<v Speaker 1>we have the Ben Galley's of course on Sunday against

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<v Speaker 1>the Lowly Jets, and that we could have a quarterback controversy.

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<v Speaker 1>If Wacko Flacco keeps playing like this when Joe's ready

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<v Speaker 1>to come back Burrow, he may not get his old

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<v Speaker 1>job back. But that's another matter. Joining you and I

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<v Speaker 1>now is the Great Brian Hambrick of the Power of

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<v Speaker 1>Five and Brian Hamrick Welcome to the Bill cunning A Show.

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<v Speaker 1>My first guest after a week off from my double

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<v Speaker 1>wide and near Naples. Welcome to the Bill Cunningham Show. Brian,

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<v Speaker 1>how are you good?

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for getting mister Cunningham.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I was there monitoring events. There was a classic

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<v Speaker 1>scene I had from your newsroom when you're running down

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<v Speaker 1>the hallway of eight to one Plump Street trying to

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<v Speaker 1>chase down share along. She was morphing into various objects,

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<v Speaker 1>and you got close to her, she became a chair,

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<v Speaker 1>and then when you walked away, she suddenly popped up.

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<v Speaker 1>It came like a water cooler, and then you moved

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit, she became a door. In other words,

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<v Speaker 1>she avoided you like you had the plague or you

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<v Speaker 1>had COVID and you were chasing Charey along eight of

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<v Speaker 1>one Plump Street for what reason? In the hallways she

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<v Speaker 1>ignored you completely explained that.

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<v Speaker 2>One well, you know, I mean James Round didn't have

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<v Speaker 2>better moves sometimes.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I feel good, I feel good, or.

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<v Speaker 4>Any one of them to try and get out of

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<v Speaker 4>the way of the questioning. I mean, Walter Payton could

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<v Speaker 4>have not moved more swiftly, agilely.

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<v Speaker 2>It was unbelievable. You know, people think maybe, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we get a kick out of this. You know, was

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<v Speaker 2>much easier for me if they just come out and

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<v Speaker 2>tell us what they're doing.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, we don't choose to walk them down like this.

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<v Speaker 5>But the reality is we have been trying over and

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<v Speaker 5>over and over to talk to anybody in the city

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<v Speaker 5>managers and mostly the city managers.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what everybody wants to hear from. She is at

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<v Speaker 2>the center of this entire event. Good batter indifferent might

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<v Speaker 2>be the greatest thing that ever happened, But that's the

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<v Speaker 2>person that you need to talk to because everybody else

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<v Speaker 2>can just debate this thing. We can all talk about, well,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, this city councilman wants to do it this

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<v Speaker 2>where he likes it, or he doesn't like it, or

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<v Speaker 2>he's not sure what it's about. The mayor is not

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<v Speaker 2>sure what it's about. Nobody knows. She's the only one

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<v Speaker 2>who has the information. We got to go to the

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<v Speaker 2>person with the information. Now, you know, on their side,

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<v Speaker 2>their side of it is, it's a personnel matter, it's

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<v Speaker 2>an ongoing investigation. We can't tell you anything. Well, that's

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<v Speaker 2>that's just not enough. I mean, there are things. You

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<v Speaker 2>can tell us. I mean, you can tell us. There

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<v Speaker 2>is no reason why you can't give us a basic

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<v Speaker 2>understanding of what the investigation is about. You know, there's

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<v Speaker 2>no information on that. So we go down to City

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<v Speaker 2>Hall and I had already prepared that this is what

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<v Speaker 2>it was going to be. Like, I knew she was

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<v Speaker 2>coming into this. It was a with some sort of

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<v Speaker 2>a pressor. Now, if you don't want to see me

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<v Speaker 2>or any of the other TV stations, why would you

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<v Speaker 2>hold a press conference on a very It was like

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<v Speaker 2>she was getting an award for hiring folks with disabilities

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<v Speaker 2>or something. Why would you hold that press conference that day?

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<v Speaker 2>Put it off until next week, you know, do something

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<v Speaker 2>else you don't you don't put up press go who

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<v Speaker 2>do you think is going to show up? We're all

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<v Speaker 2>showing up. We all want to know the same thing.

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<v Speaker 2>So I go up there coming, Yeah, so I think

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<v Speaker 2>I show up. Yet the chief wants to know, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>apparently she's not even sure the folks her attorney said,

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<v Speaker 2>they have no idea why they fire or didn't fire,

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<v Speaker 2>but they put her on this administrative leave. They fire,

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<v Speaker 2>they haven't yet. Well here's the thing, there's two different Uh, Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>there's two different ways of looking like at this. Apparently

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<v Speaker 2>under the charter there's one set of rules and if

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<v Speaker 2>she if uh, if they have her under the charter,

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<v Speaker 2>there's one set of rules. And if she is a

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<v Speaker 2>contract employees, there's a second set of rules. Under the contract,

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<v Speaker 2>they can just fire her. So if they're looking at

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<v Speaker 2>like she's under the contract, then they need to just

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<v Speaker 2>fire her.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, she serves for the pleasure of the city manager

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<v Speaker 1>and if you're not giving me pleasure. And until she

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<v Speaker 1>was fired, ill used the term fire discharge. She was

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<v Speaker 1>the greatest thing since sliced bread. I've seen all the news.

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<v Speaker 1>We're all on the same page. Thinks she's doing a

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<v Speaker 1>great job. July twenty six, she kind of went after

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<v Speaker 1>the media thing. You shouldn't be publicizing what happened to

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<v Speaker 1>Holly in July twenty six. She's doing a great job.

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<v Speaker 1>But let's go down history's hallway just a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go back to Cheryl Long, who was the assistant

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<v Speaker 1>city manager at North College Hill, the home.

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<v Speaker 3>Of the Trojans.

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<v Speaker 1>Assistant city manager making little or no money, and at

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<v Speaker 1>that point and North College Hill was in financial and

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<v Speaker 1>physical emergency. There were gunshots fired to the football field

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<v Speaker 1>a couple times. North College Jaill shall always say, is

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<v Speaker 1>not well run. And so the city gets together this

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<v Speaker 1>huge after they paid off the last guy millions of

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<v Speaker 1>dollars to a search committee to find the thirty seven

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<v Speaker 1>best candidates in America to be the city manager of

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<v Speaker 1>the City of Cincinnati, and the search form one of

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<v Speaker 1>the background of all the candidates and loan hold I

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<v Speaker 1>think after Peeroval whispered in the ear of somebody and

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<v Speaker 1>the search committee said, we want Cheryl long a DEI

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<v Speaker 1>higher from North College Hill, and they bring her in.

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<v Speaker 1>Then within a week it surfaces that she'd filed personal bankruptcy,

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<v Speaker 1>had numerous tax liens, and then Aftip Peer of all

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<v Speaker 1>diverted to the search committee saying, well, why didn't you

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<v Speaker 1>tell us this? They couldn't find an information out and

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<v Speaker 1>then Seth Walsh and others are saying, now, wait a minute,

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<v Speaker 1>do we want someone who's filed bankruptcy with numerous tax

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<v Speaker 1>liens to run the city of five hundred million dollar operation?

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<v Speaker 1>If she's the most qualified, the mayor said, of those

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<v Speaker 1>thirty seven candidates, I want to see the qualifications of

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<v Speaker 1>the other thirty six.

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<v Speaker 3>Are they in drunk tank somewhere. I'm thinking, how in

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<v Speaker 3>the hell was this the most wodified? Explain that one

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<v Speaker 3>to me and then let me continue. And then one

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<v Speaker 3>of the first things she.

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<v Speaker 1>Does is fire the police chief, a guy named Washington,

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<v Speaker 1>and he came up through the ranks and he was

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<v Speaker 1>fired allegedly for not promoting enough minorities. And he is

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<v Speaker 1>a black guy. He was fired. He files the lawsuit

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<v Speaker 1>and now we're going to pay. We're gonna pay him

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<v Speaker 1>millions of dollars. So they find this guy named McKinley

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<v Speaker 1>from Dallas. McKinley's the new fire chief. The first thing

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<v Speaker 1>he does is take an extended leave of absence. He

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<v Speaker 1>leaves and then comes back a couple months later. Then

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<v Speaker 1>over the next several months, coding the inquirer, he took

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<v Speaker 1>ten thousand dollars of wrongful money and fictitious overtime. And

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<v Speaker 1>when he was caught, instead of giving it to the

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<v Speaker 1>county prosecutor, what they did was say to say to

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<v Speaker 1>the new fire chief, McKinley, you pay us back. He's out,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't have the money. They then say, we got

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<v Speaker 1>to garnishe your wages? And that's the fire chief now

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<v Speaker 1>let's move on to Fiji. For God's sakes.

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm looking at this.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's put us put some canvas top on top of

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<v Speaker 1>the shirt.

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<v Speaker 2>Hit halftime there.

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<v Speaker 3>Look what the hell's going on around this place? Can

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<v Speaker 3>you explain any of.

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<v Speaker 2>This to the mayor long list? But then there was,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, quite a bit more to go.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm thinking, okay, And then you're trying to find out

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<v Speaker 1>why Fiji, who come up through the ranks, did exactly

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<v Speaker 1>what the mayor told her to do every time he

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<v Speaker 1>stood next to her and patted her on the back.

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<v Speaker 1>You're doing a great job. Keep doing what you're doing.

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<v Speaker 1>It's wonderful. Then she gets fired what she serves in

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<v Speaker 1>the pleasure of the city manager. You can get fired

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<v Speaker 1>for a good reason, a bad reason, or no reason.

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<v Speaker 1>But the mayor doesn't want that. It looks bad, so

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<v Speaker 1>he wants to hire a big time law firm to

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<v Speaker 1>spend millions of dollars more to find out why I

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<v Speaker 1>fired her? What you haven't, guy?

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<v Speaker 2>That fired? Right?

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<v Speaker 3>Can you smell when I'm cooking?

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<v Speaker 2>It is? But these are all the things, and this

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<v Speaker 2>is the reason why we felt like it was very

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<v Speaker 2>important to try and get something, get some answers from

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<v Speaker 2>the city manager. You know, but as you saw there,

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<v Speaker 2>if you watch that, there is no intention what's over.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, when we came into the first sip of

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<v Speaker 2>the hallway there at the bottom of the stairs when

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<v Speaker 2>you go into city Hall, there were the mayor's offices

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<v Speaker 2>to the left, and so she was apparently in there,

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<v Speaker 2>and I see all of her staff out in front.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm standing out there waiting for me because I'm like, well,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll just ask her. If she comes out, maybe she'll

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<v Speaker 2>stop and talk to us. They go inside and then

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<v Speaker 2>circumvent and try and go around the way that we weren't.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's when we caught up with her in the hall.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you watch that carefully, she puts the she

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<v Speaker 2>puts the folder she's holding over her face like like

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, what is that about? Well, I'm looking at it,

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<v Speaker 2>going why is she doing that?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm hiding. I'm hiding to hide my folder, like.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't know who she is. I mean, it was

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<v Speaker 2>I couldn't understand it. And you know, if I thought, well,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe she thought the lights were bright, you know, or something,

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<v Speaker 2>but she put it down pretty quick and the lights

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<v Speaker 2>were even more bright, so I couldn't explain why it

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<v Speaker 2>went down like that. But then she comes through. I

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<v Speaker 2>had two or three questions. I knew I would have

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<v Speaker 2>a short time to just ask her quickly the top

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<v Speaker 2>of mind things. You know, is she being made a

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<v Speaker 2>stek goat that's.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes or a no?

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<v Speaker 2>That has nothing to do with with personnel at her.

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<v Speaker 2>I couldn't see it. You see, I had my sunglasses on.

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<v Speaker 2>I couldn't see the prescription glasses. I had to put

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<v Speaker 2>them on because I want to make sure I was,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, finding the right person. Here she is coming

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<v Speaker 2>down the hall.

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<v Speaker 3>Behind her folder.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, walking behind and and trying to get like. She's

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<v Speaker 2>got some of her staff over there running interference. I

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<v Speaker 2>mean it looked like a screenplay, is what it looked like.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, you put all those guys out in front

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<v Speaker 2>and there trying to knock off the people and they're

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<v Speaker 2>answering for you. She has to go to a press conference.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it was it was absurd, and she'd never

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<v Speaker 2>come to that. It was bizarre. So then she goes

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<v Speaker 2>into the press conference, gives a little dog and pony

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<v Speaker 2>show about whatever that press conference was about. So we're waiting,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll say, well, well said again. I didn't want to

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<v Speaker 2>be disruptive in the press conference. It was her moment

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<v Speaker 2>with some award, so I didn't even ask the question.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, I'll wait till she comes back out. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>try again. Maybe she'll think, well, it's probably better for her.

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<v Speaker 2>It would have been one hundred times better. She's gone. You

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<v Speaker 2>know what here, Look, here's what I got to say.

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<v Speaker 2>We are working and doing everything we can to fight

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<v Speaker 2>crime in this city, and sometimes we got to make

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<v Speaker 2>hard decisions. And that's what we're doing here. That's all

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<v Speaker 2>I've got to say. Stay tuned. We got the boom.

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<v Speaker 2>She left, and you know what, I wouldn't have been

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<v Speaker 2>able to use any of that. I wouldn't have used

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<v Speaker 2>one second of me trying to ask her questions. It

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<v Speaker 2>would have gone away and she would have had that

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<v Speaker 2>as the sound bite that everybody would have used. Everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know what they did. They didn't come out.

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<v Speaker 2>She went straight to the back. There's another room in

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<v Speaker 2>that room. Once fifteen there.

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<v Speaker 3>In the.

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<v Speaker 2>In the city building. They found and I even asked

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<v Speaker 2>God janitor there who said, no, no, there's no other

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<v Speaker 2>way out of there. They found a way out. There's

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<v Speaker 2>a trap door. A rat hole. There's something, and you

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<v Speaker 2>can go and circumvent everybody. And they ran out the back.

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<v Speaker 2>They ran out the back and we never saw them

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<v Speaker 2>after that. My lord, I mean this, would you do that?

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<v Speaker 2>That is a bad look for anybody.

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<v Speaker 4>Just come on.

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<v Speaker 2>You know. I worked at in public relations to University

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<v Speaker 2>of Oklahoma, and there were some folks there that had

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<v Speaker 2>the same theory. The theory is if you don't say anything,

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<v Speaker 2>you can't say anything wrong. So just don't tell anybody anything.

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<v Speaker 2>And this was many, many years ago, and I was

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<v Speaker 2>there and I remember some of the looks I got.

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<v Speaker 2>So I know in public, sometimes in public the public forum,

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<v Speaker 2>people don't want to do this. But I said, listen,

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<v Speaker 2>we're reasonable people, we make reasonable decisions. Why don't we

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<v Speaker 2>just go out and tell them why we made the

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<v Speaker 2>decision we made.

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<v Speaker 6>Not everybody's going to agree with you. You're gonna you'll tell

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<v Speaker 6>them what you did and why you did it. I mean,

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<v Speaker 6>look to take somebody who does that and you can

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<v Speaker 6>agree with despise, love him, hate him, but Sheriff Jones guy,

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<v Speaker 6>he will do what he does and then he stands

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<v Speaker 6>there and tells you what he did. And that's what

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<v Speaker 6>that'sody previously agreed.

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<v Speaker 3>Trump's the same way. He'll tell you he's gonna he's

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<v Speaker 3>gonna be.

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's gonna be kind of it's gonna demolish the White House,

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<v Speaker 1>he says, I'm not gonna ask permission within two days.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just gonna do it. Yeah, you don't do it

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<v Speaker 2>what he did right there when you when you ask

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<v Speaker 2>and when you ask somebody like that about it, though

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<v Speaker 2>usually they double down on it if they're you know,

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<v Speaker 2>if they're happy with what they did, or they believe

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<v Speaker 2>in what they did, you know, hiding and running and

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<v Speaker 2>not answering questions and hideing behind you know, really flimsy. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>it's under investigation. And what investigation are you going to

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<v Speaker 2>circumvent by saying we're fighting crime in this city? There's none, it's.

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<v Speaker 1>Made up, well, you know, Brian, Brian Hemry Channel five.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's one of for to watch this show,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's happening because of the election, which is about

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<v Speaker 1>ten twelve days away. We're going to find out if

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<v Speaker 1>the city wants to take a different turn, which politically,

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<v Speaker 1>all my political friends tell me republican democratic. Otherwise the

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<v Speaker 1>city's not going to go some different direction. It is

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<v Speaker 1>simply holding the status quotes after the election. It is

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<v Speaker 1>absurd to think that if Charel Long indeed and the

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<v Speaker 1>mayor work closely with Thiji Chief Fiji for not just months,

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<v Speaker 1>but two or three years, then knew the ins and

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<v Speaker 1>the out. She did exactly what they told her to do,

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<v Speaker 1>and all of a sudden, if they say that she's

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<v Speaker 1>doing a bad job, do a one to eighty of

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<v Speaker 1>the opposite direction. All you got to do is call

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<v Speaker 1>her and say, look, things aren't going the right way.

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<v Speaker 1>We have to let you go, and you get full

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<v Speaker 1>pension for the rest of her life. She makes like

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred thousand bucks a year, she'll make that for

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<v Speaker 1>the rest of her life. She got thirty some years

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<v Speaker 1>and she's in the drop program for cops. And you

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<v Speaker 1>don't hang her out to dry and make it look

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<v Speaker 1>as if she did something so wrong and so disgusting.

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<v Speaker 3>That we knew nothing about that.

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<v Speaker 1>We got to fire her and keep keep this under

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<v Speaker 1>control until November the fourth and fifth, when the votes

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<v Speaker 1>are announced. At that point we're going to know. And

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<v Speaker 1>so they're hanging out to dry is to dirty her up.

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<v Speaker 1>The mission is the dirty up Thiji right now because

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<v Speaker 1>we were so incompetent. We can't manage the city. We

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<v Speaker 1>can't manage the cops. We screwed up the fire department.

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<v Speaker 1>We screwed up the police. We can't fill the potholes,

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<v Speaker 1>we can't shovel the snow. Someone's going to take the fall,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's going to be Thiji. And they want to

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<v Speaker 1>hire a firm to come up with all the dirt

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<v Speaker 1>on her, and then they'll go to her and say,

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<v Speaker 1>look at all this dirt we found about you. We

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<v Speaker 1>we'll pay you two million dollars to go away if

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<v Speaker 1>you sign the NDA. They want the NDA to be signed.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what's behind this, That's what they want.

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<v Speaker 2>They want something that whenever she walks out of that building,

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<v Speaker 2>she cannot say a word about what she knows.

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<v Speaker 3>Correct.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, there are a lot of people who

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<v Speaker 2>believe she knows a lot. And if she's able, if

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<v Speaker 2>they just went and fired her, she'd be able to

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<v Speaker 2>walk right out. And I can guarantee you I would

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<v Speaker 2>and had to walk her down. No, he would have

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<v Speaker 2>stopped and talk.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's talk.

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<v Speaker 2>She been finer on the spot. Yeah, yeah, we'll be

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<v Speaker 2>glad you wait. Wait, I think I see some other

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<v Speaker 2>stations a half mile down the road. He'll be here

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<v Speaker 2>in a minute. We'll do it all, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Oh my god.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's what's happening. They're going this is that's the

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<v Speaker 2>bottom line. They want a deal where she can't say

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<v Speaker 2>anything when she leaves, because you know, some people believe

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<v Speaker 2>she knows where all the skeletons are buried.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely absolutely, and they want to keep the lid onto

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<v Speaker 1>after the election. Get the law firm to give him

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<v Speaker 1>some dirt on her.

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<v Speaker 3>Call her in.

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<v Speaker 1>You're a good woman, You've been here a long time.

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<v Speaker 1>You'd exactly what we told you to do, and it failed.

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<v Speaker 1>We can't take blame ourselves. You got to blame you.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's two or three million dollars. Sign this, you'll be

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<v Speaker 1>rich and away you go. Well, we got to run,

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<v Speaker 1>Brian Hemrick. But one of the best things I saw

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<v Speaker 1>the last few days was you chasing down a folder

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<v Speaker 1>named Cheryl Long MS folder who is talking about nothing

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<v Speaker 1>except hiring the disabled, which probably ways a great idea,

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<v Speaker 1>but nonetheless, Uh, Brian Hemrick, thanks for coming on the

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<v Speaker 1>Bill Cunningham Show, and may you continue to have great

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<v Speaker 1>success in what you do.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, Brian.

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<v Speaker 2>I've got that folder filed under bizarre. Thanks again, mister Cunningham.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks again, Brian Hemrick of the Power of five. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, Let's continue with more folder running, city hall, bankruptcy,

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<v Speaker 1>tax leans, unexcused absences, garnishing wages. Let's get dirt on

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<v Speaker 1>Thiji to put on top of that pile of crap.

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<v Speaker 1>News Radio seven hundred ww