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Speaker 1: Mark Simone on wo R. Well, Bruce Blakeman the best

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Speaker 1: county executive in America. That's basically, it's being a governor

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Speaker 1: of a county. That's what it is, and it's a

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Speaker 1: line now, Bruce Blakeman, how you doing doing good?

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Speaker 2: Mark? It's an honor to be on the radio again

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Speaker 2: with you. You're a good friend and I really appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: You took the time out to come to my inauguration.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that was quite an inauguration. A lot of a

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Speaker 1: It was a powerful speech. And tell us about Nasau County.

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Speaker 1: Give us an update. How does it look right now?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so basically, we we've had all our trucks out

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Speaker 2: we've had three fatalities from shoveling this weekend. And look,

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Speaker 1: Wow. Hey, so I didn't realize the salt doesn't work

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Speaker 2: No, No, it works, but not as well. The colder

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Speaker 1: Well, we're talking with Bruce Blakeman, Best County executive in America. Now,

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Speaker 1: what else in Nassau County Schools are open or will open.

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Speaker 2: No schools are closed, but we anticipate that they'll be

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Speaker 2: Plan ahead. And our warming centers are still in use.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, and Bruce Blakeman is running for governor and

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Speaker 1: you should support him. And if you want to help,

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Speaker 1: donate or work on the campaign, go to Blakemanfronewyork dot com.

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Speaker 1: Blakemanfronewyork dot com. Kathy Hokel have been yelling and screaming

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Speaker 1: about ICE. Now, as accounting executive, you must have had

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Speaker 2: The most comprehensive agreement with ICE in the United States.

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Speaker 2: it's just wrongheaded. It's a burden to the taxpayers. If

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Speaker 2: We're working together with ICE. She's fighting against ICE. I

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Speaker 2: Because it's out of control. We've had one party rule

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Speaker 2: Put more money in people's pockets. Basically, Kathy Hockel, all

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Speaker 1: Yeah. So she's got a lot of money. I think

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Speaker 1: she's raised about thirty two million. But she seems quite

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Speaker 2: Well, I'm looking forward to it. I would debate her

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Speaker 2: from her record, I'm going to run on my record.

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Speaker 2: I've got the safety County America. I haven't raised taxes

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Speaker 2: We have the lowest poverty rate in the state. The

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Speaker 2: that's not right. I want to give these people who

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Hey, let's get back to ICE for a second.

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Speaker 1: You've had ICE all over Nassau County operating and very smoothly,

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Speaker 1: no problem. And again, how do you do that just

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we have the most comprehensive agreement with ICE, the

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Speaker 2: you got a minute, Can I tell you christ story?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? This all sounds pretty logical.

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Speaker 2: Okay, So let me tell you a story. Last month,

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Speaker 2: He had a New York State valid driver's license. What

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Speaker 1: Well, now this is horrifying a lot of people and say, well,

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Speaker 1: what can we do about this? Well, I would say

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Speaker 1: Websiteaman from New York dot com Right.

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Speaker 2: Yes, blakemanfrom New York dot com, please visit my website.

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Speaker 2: We'd love to have your support. We want to make

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Speaker 1: Well, Bruce Blakeman, I hope you'll win this from on November.

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Speaker 1: You'd be a great governor and everybody go to Blakemanfromnewyork

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Speaker 1: help well. Keep up the good work in Nasau County.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk again soon.

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Speaker 2: It's always a pleasure. Mark God bless you, stay warm,

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Speaker 2: stay safe, all.

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Speaker 1: Right, thanks for being with us. Take care. That's Bruce Blakeman,

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Speaker 1: County executive. You're basically the governor. You're the governor of

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Speaker 1: the county. And that's the good thing. He's got experience

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Speaker 1: as a governor, and in Nasau County, safest county in

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Speaker 1: much sense. It's so easy to do. And you've never

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Speaker 1: Just operate, work with them, help them. It gets done easily, calmly, safely. Hey.

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Speaker 1: Coming up at noon today, Buck Sexton and Clay Travis

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Speaker 1: and then the most listened to radio show in America

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Speaker 1: Sean Hannity at three. You got Jesse Kelly at six o'clock.

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Speaker 1: And we now have Jimmy Fayla every night nine to midnight.

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Speaker 1: It's a great show. I mean, it's an interesting informative

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Speaker 1: it's also very funny. President Trump has become a big

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Fayla fan. He's been listening and watching and tweeting

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Speaker 1: out about the show, but listen to it tonight at

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Speaker 1: nine on seven to ten wor