1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:01,200 Speaker 1: In AMers County. 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 2: It's phony here on seven hundred WLW ready to rock 3 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 2: and roll this morning. I'm not quite sure what's going 4 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,319 Speaker 2: on with her behind the scenes stuff. Hold on just 5 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 2: a second, I have a guest on the show here. Momentarily, 6 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 2: I'm just gonna do this. Oh wow, all right, So 7 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:21,279 Speaker 2: trying to get hold of Alisha reached she was going 8 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 2: to jump in this morning and talk about the fifty 9 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 2: million dollar property tax relief incentive. Number one issue for 10 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 2: every man and woman, I would save to say in 11 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 2: Hamlin County, Butler County, Warren County, pretty much in the 12 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 2: state is the issue of property taxes. I had yesterday 13 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 2: on the show, Bill Sites, who was a co chair 14 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 2: of the working group the governor put together. They came 15 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 2: up with like a twenty point plan, and a lot 16 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:47,239 Speaker 2: of it makes you kind of your eyes glaze over. 17 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 2: It's just numbers and terms that we don't easily understand. 18 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 2: You know, we start talking about. Bottom line is if 19 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 2: you're lucky, maybe you saw a twenty percent increase, but 20 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 2: some people have seen two hundred, three hundred percent increases. 21 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:04,680 Speaker 2: Now for the average person, it's an extra I don't 22 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 2: like eleven bucks, twelve bucks a month. In some cases 23 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,040 Speaker 2: you're like, Okay, no big deal. If you're a senior 24 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 2: and you're pinching pennies, a little more difficult there. But 25 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 2: the big problem, of course, is when you start to 26 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 2: see some folks who are getting hit literally with hundreds 27 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,039 Speaker 2: and hundreds of dollars more, that's a different story entirely. 28 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 2: Alicia Reese, Hamlin County Commissioner, on the show on seven 29 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 2: hundred WLW welcome back. 30 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: How you been, Hey, great? How are you love? I'm 31 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:27,960 Speaker 1: doing what? 32 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 2: Oh, it's good to be back. It's good to be here. 33 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 2: Limping along. I saw the Butler County. A bunch of 34 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 2: counties are doing stuff right. Butler County is doing a 35 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 2: fifty million dollar property tax relief initiative. As I said, 36 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 2: number one issue for voters right now is that. A 37 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 2: bunch of other counties too, I know that like Franklin 38 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 2: County and others are doing things to try and relieve 39 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 2: some of the burden. You saw this and it was 40 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 2: almost what a year ago, I think a year ago, 41 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 2: next month, this coming month, when you guys said, you 42 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 2: know what, you're finally going to get that property tax rollback. 43 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 2: We've guaranteed when we built an new stadiums a couple 44 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 2: of several decades ago. Now, so the end result is 45 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 2: you look at Butler County said, well, why aren't we 46 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 2: doing that? 47 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: Well, absolutely, thron you know, I've been on this issue. 48 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: You've been on this issue. I've been on this show. 49 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 1: We've been dealing with this when I first got elected 50 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 1: almost five years ago, and we kept saying, probably taxes, 51 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 1: it's the number one issue. That's what we said. And 52 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,079 Speaker 1: so one of the things that we've tried to do, 53 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: of course short term things. One was I said, hey, 54 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 1: we're talked about affordable housing. That's great, but we've got 55 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: to also make sure that the people can afford to 56 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: keep the house they already have. And so I said, 57 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 1: we're going to take some of this money to help 58 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:46,399 Speaker 1: stop gap that because we've got these new appraisals coming through. 59 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: So we put six million dollars to try to help 60 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,799 Speaker 1: people get through and hoping that the state legislature would 61 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: get this solved. Then the next thing I did, I said, well, 62 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: wait a minute, I gave my state of the county 63 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: and I said, hey, governor, let's free the taxes on 64 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: senior citizens, particularly until the legislature gets this done. It's 65 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: good to put a committee together, but I've been at 66 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: the state House and I know what happens with those committees. 67 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: They go back and forth, back and forth. In the meantime, 68 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: your property tax is going up and you're trying to 69 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 1: hang on to your house. And we had almost one 70 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: hundred homeowners come down to the county one of the 71 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: county meetings regarding this issue. I said, they need help 72 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: right now, so I have them and freeze of property 73 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 1: taxes on that. The other thing that we did was, 74 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: you know, the thirty percent that was promised to voters 75 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: so many years ago with the stadium deals. That was 76 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: never kept. And in the four years I had been there, 77 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: I was able to get it passed two of those years. 78 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: And I've been on your show and certainly some of 79 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: your listeners helped us to achieve that as well. But 80 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: in the new Bengal deal lease, which is what I 81 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: had the big problem with, we wouldn't be were we 82 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: got rid of the thirty percent. You can't do thirty percent. 83 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: I even asked the administrator and he said, no, there'll 84 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: be no money in here for the taxpayers to get 85 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: a thirty percent break. Even though that's what was promised, 86 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 1: and that's why I didn't go with the deal. I said, 87 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: the taxpayers are written out of the deal. I can't 88 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: go with it. But now we're seeing a law was 89 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: passed where it allows us at the local level to 90 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: double the homestead. Now we would have to pay for it, 91 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 1: you know, every county would have to pay for it. 92 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 1: So Butler County stepped up and I talked to one 93 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: of the commissioners there because I had some interest in it. 94 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 1: They stepped up and said, Hey, we're gonna do fifty 95 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: million dollars. We're going to double this homestead and we're 96 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: going to do it with our own money until the 97 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 1: state gets it together. I then introduced the motion just 98 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: last week when I saw that, and I said, mister 99 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:51,040 Speaker 1: Administrator Jeffaluto, who we're putting our budget together for you know, 100 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: we do one year budget, so we're putting the budget 101 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: together now. He had never mentioned it at first, and 102 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 1: so I introduced the motion in the meeting saying, I 103 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 1: want this looked into immediately. And I can't even because 104 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,039 Speaker 1: each of us turn in our budgets. I can't turn 105 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: in a budget. If I didn't know that we could 106 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: do this because I now want to look at this right. 107 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 1: So we would have turned in our budgets and had 108 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: no idea we could do this. I said, hold on, 109 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: I need to know about this and come. And then 110 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,279 Speaker 1: I asked him, I said, well, why did Butler County 111 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: move so quick? He said, oh, yeah, by the way, 112 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: you have in October. We have a deadline this month 113 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: to make a decision. And so again when we looked 114 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: at the budgets, we always find money for, you know, 115 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: the big projects, you know, whether it's a Bengal leave 116 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: or a big project. But when it comes to the people, 117 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 1: they say, oh, we're broke. We're not able to help 118 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 1: the homeowner. And I told him, I said, my number 119 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 1: one thing, we can't price the people out of Hamilton 120 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,040 Speaker 1: County where they can't afford to live here and can't 121 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,679 Speaker 1: afford to hold on to their home. I had gotten 122 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: a letter one time from a senior citizen. You could 123 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 1: tell she could barely write. And she hands me shaking 124 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: based on the letter, and she said she had never 125 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: in her life she missed her property tax. She always 126 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 1: pays her taxes, but she just can't do it, and 127 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: she deserves to hold onto her home and that really 128 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: touched me. And after that I just have been, you know, 129 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 1: relentless on trying to get this done. Now they've issued 130 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 1: a report from the state. You know, some of this 131 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 1: stuff got to go to the legislature. They got to 132 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 1: take it to the House, and they got to take 133 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:31,359 Speaker 1: to the Senate, and they got to go back and forth. 134 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: But people need help immediately, and so I have put 135 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 1: a motion forward to see if we can at least 136 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 1: start with this budget doubling the homestead to help our seniors. Again, 137 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: I would I would encourage the governor to freeze these 138 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 1: property taxes until they can get it done, so that 139 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: can put some sense of urgency on it. But if 140 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 1: Butler County is doing it, Warren County's looking into it, 141 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 1: I think we've got to look into it. 142 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 2: So it's just you know, the rich suburban communities like 143 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 2: Butler and Warcott. Green County's doing something. They said that 144 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 2: they're going to temporar roll back a half middle of 145 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 2: the inside millage. Montgomery County, which is Dayton, of course, 146 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 2: said they're working on promoting property tax relief and expanding 147 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 2: homestead which you did here in Hamlin County. Owner occupancy 148 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 2: credit stuff like that as well. And so it's not 149 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 2: just the wealthy quote unquote wealth of your suburbs are 150 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 2: doing this. It's happening all of the states simply because 151 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 2: it is so broken. Yesterday in the show, I had 152 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 2: the code chair and former Ohio House Minority Speaker from 153 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 2: Green Township, Bill Sites on the show. He was the 154 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 2: co chair of the working group the governor put together 155 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 2: to try and come up with a plan. They issued 156 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 2: a twenty point plan to try and fix the property 157 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 2: tax issue. One of the things came up and see 158 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 2: if you agree with this or not, and that is 159 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 2: the control through the county Budget Commission, which would be 160 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 2: the Hamlet County Budget Commissioner, or your concern would be 161 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 2: the reduction of unnecessary excessive levees basically meaning instad saying 162 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 2: that you know, you can't if a levee fails, you 163 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 2: can't come back right away put the levee back on 164 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 2: the ballot. From someone who is very pro local control, 165 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 2: county control, how does that sit with you? 166 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: Well, you know, the state always what I call it 167 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 1: trickle down taxation. They cut things at the state level 168 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: and they pass it on to the local level and 169 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: really don't give us the power. I'll give you an 170 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: example of people dealing with their sewer bills and I 171 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 1: wanted when I first got there, I said, well, wait 172 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: a minute, let's try to put a freeze on it 173 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 1: for senior citizens, etc. They said, no, you can't do 174 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:34,959 Speaker 1: that because the state. You got to get approval from 175 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: a state, and then the state never did give us approval. 176 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:41,199 Speaker 1: They're still running around talking about they got a build, 177 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:43,959 Speaker 1: but they never put it in the budget. You know, 178 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:46,319 Speaker 1: some of this control they're talking about, it was never 179 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 1: put in the state budget. And being at the state, 180 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:51,839 Speaker 1: if it's not at the state budget, it doesn't have 181 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: a deadline. And if it doesn't have a deadline at 182 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: the state, you know how they do, They study, study, study, 183 00:08:57,800 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: at what they do is say go back home, and 184 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: then when you go home, they you know, they cut 185 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: the local government fund. I don't, we don't have money 186 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:07,719 Speaker 1: to do anything. Uh. You know, I was up in 187 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: the state. I remember they kept saying, well, raise the 188 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,439 Speaker 1: taxes at the local level, and we're gonna cut it 189 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: up at this level. And I jumped them and said, 190 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:18,079 Speaker 1: this is trickle down taxation. So again it's almost a 191 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: passing of the buck. Uh. You know, because what I've 192 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: seen is that the state could fix this problem immediately. 193 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:28,839 Speaker 1: And what we have right now is we have a 194 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 1: we have you know, property tax are do and bills 195 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: are due right now, and we're talking about studying and 196 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 1: a long term approach. I think we need a long 197 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,319 Speaker 1: term plan, but you know, the lady that wrote me 198 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: and the other people that I've interacted with, they need 199 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: a right now plan. And I'm hoping that there are 200 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: some things that we can do. Hopefully doubling this homestead 201 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: will be Hopefully we can move forward with it. The debate, though, 202 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 1: is does the local people pay or does the state 203 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:03,320 Speaker 1: give us the money to pay the doll. 204 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 2: That's the problem, right this goes well, the problem is, 205 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:09,679 Speaker 2: of course, it goes back to what's Strickland. And the 206 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 2: idea was, hey, you know what, we've got to right 207 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:13,439 Speaker 2: size the state budget. And so what we're gonna do 208 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 2: is we're gonna cut off all the local money because 209 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:17,439 Speaker 2: we'd send our money to Columbus kind of like we 210 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:19,719 Speaker 2: do Washington and it trickles back to us. And that 211 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:21,960 Speaker 2: was the plan, all right, so we send our money, well, 212 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:23,440 Speaker 2: you know what, we're gonna do stuff at the state 213 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 2: level we're going to cut off the local supply to 214 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 2: counties and municipalities and alike. And that, of course, over 215 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 2: the years, has put a lot of areas in a crunch. 216 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 2: Property tax has a hand in that to some degree. 217 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 2: But the thing is, okay, Well, the state is flushed 218 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 2: with cash. Look at our well balanced budget. We've got 219 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 2: a surplus at the state. The problem is that the 220 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 2: money's not flo flowing back to the local communities and 221 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 2: hasn't for some time. So in order to raise capital, 222 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 2: you guys have to, Well, we got to raise taxes, 223 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 2: We've got to put levies out there, and now we're 224 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:52,199 Speaker 2: going to put a cap on the lobbies. I'm not 225 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 2: saying it's right or wrong, but it's it's the state 226 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 2: of politics because the entities at the time, to put 227 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:00,199 Speaker 2: it together, we're trying to run for higher office. That 228 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 2: makes you look good when you're flushed with cash at 229 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 2: the state level, doesn't it. 230 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:06,599 Speaker 1: Well, yeah, at the state level they always say we 231 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: got this rainy day. Fun I said, well, it's storming 232 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 1: down here where I'm at at Hamilton County. Give it 233 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 1: to us. And like you said, once you send it, 234 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 1: it's like Washington. Once you send it to Washington. Don't. 235 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:19,719 Speaker 1: It never comes back. You know, we only get a 236 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:23,079 Speaker 1: small percentage once you send it to the state. It 237 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 1: doesn't come back, just like a unclaimed funds, which I'm 238 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:29,679 Speaker 1: I'm pushing Sloan right now with my five one three 239 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 1: relief bus. We're trying to help people get their money back. 240 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:34,839 Speaker 1: They want to give our money to Cleveland. We're not 241 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,599 Speaker 1: getting it back here. They gave six hundred million in 242 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 1: the budget for Cleveland Browns out of our unclaim money. 243 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 1: Focus on everybody claim our money. 244 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 3: You know. 245 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,320 Speaker 2: I pushed back a little on that. Well, that's money 246 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 2: that's been sitting around for ten years. And I would 247 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 2: say this, like, if you're not plugged in enough to 248 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 2: hear all the people talking about unclaimed monds funds, you 249 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:58,959 Speaker 2: go check the website. I went and checked, and I 250 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 2: got like a check of a It took like thirty years, 251 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 2: but I got to check for four hundred dollars. They're 252 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:05,560 Speaker 2: pretty happy and unplaying money. 253 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 1: That was owed to me. 254 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 2: But you know, you got to get off your ass 255 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 2: if it's your money and get it after ten years. 256 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 2: It's public money. 257 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 1: But let me say this though, for years people because 258 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 1: of the scams, people were thinking Is this real? Is 259 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 1: this a scam? Is this one of those fraud things? 260 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 1: So you had to get over that, and then they 261 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: made it kind of difficult. You know those who were 262 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:29,559 Speaker 1: in the know, who you know, were able to do it. 263 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:33,199 Speaker 1: So now we're gonna make it simple. We've got the laptops, 264 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 1: we got the five one three relief bus. They can 265 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:37,960 Speaker 1: go to five one three relief out or find the bus. 266 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: And they ain't go. I saw a lady, a senior citizen. 267 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 1: She jumped up and said, what they had two hundred 268 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 1: of my money? You know, where the hell are you being? 269 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: She thought it was a fraud. 270 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 3: A lot of people, you know, because you know all 271 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 3: these things, you know, you gotta do a look now 272 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 3: you got to be good for people like you were 273 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 3: out there doing the business, representing people and you're telling 274 00:12:57,679 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 3: them it's like, oh, look, well I didn't believe it's Aleisha. 275 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: That's a good thing. We were. 276 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 2: We had enough people like yours talking about getting your 277 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 2: money back. And if you don't want it to go 278 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:09,079 Speaker 2: to Cleveland, uh, then you know, and I didn't. I 279 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 2: didn't want my four hundred dollars going to Cleveland. 280 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:13,599 Speaker 1: Well, I'll be honest with you, I didn't know we 281 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 1: had four billion dollars sitting up there. That a lot 282 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,959 Speaker 1: of money. A lot of people could be helped with it. 283 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: If they were saying, we're gonna put that money toward 284 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 1: the homestead, wouldn't it. Yeah? 285 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, Now Brown's are getting the news. 286 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 3: Hi. 287 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:30,599 Speaker 2: And by the way, you got that deal done. You 288 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 2: finally we got the stadium deal done and all that stuff. 289 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 2: Stadium deal. Okay, we got the stadium deal done, and 290 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 2: then we turn around and the Bengals are terrible? Can 291 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:38,199 Speaker 2: we get our money back? 292 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,439 Speaker 1: Well, I'm and I tried to tell you that you 293 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:44,199 Speaker 1: got to read the sign print of these deals and 294 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:47,840 Speaker 1: the taxpayers was written. Now now now I'm on your 295 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: show and you're hollering we won our money back? Get 296 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 1: we not winning? And at the same time, Brandma's house, 297 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:57,719 Speaker 1: she can't hold onto her house. What did we get 298 00:13:57,760 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 1: out of the deal. We needed one of those Denver 299 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 1: Broncos deals where they said they're putting up all private 300 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:05,679 Speaker 1: money and we could have saved at Grandma's house. And 301 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: so now we're fighting again to hold the property taxes. 302 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: We took out the thirty percent, so now you can't 303 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 1: get the thirty percent rebate that you and I have 304 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: been fighting for every single year at least you can 305 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: get something back, and that's not happening. And now we're 306 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 1: not winning. And now we've got a deal, and we 307 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: got a lease that will end at the same time 308 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 1: as the Reds lease. Oh my god, we got problem. 309 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 1: Maybe I said, have come on here you and gave 310 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 1: me a headache. 311 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:34,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I got your workdof You're the one who 312 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 2: wanted the damn job, and now you don't want the 313 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 2: damn job. 314 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: I want the dog. But I'm trying to tell the people. 315 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 1: I'm only one vote. And even with the property taxes, 316 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 1: last time we had to fight, it was a two 317 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 1: to one vote. I mean we didn't we didn't get 318 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: a unanimous So again, uh, we're gonna keep fighting for this. 319 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 1: I got a motion out. I want you. We're doing that. 320 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 1: We're getting ready to the budget. And I told the 321 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:02,880 Speaker 1: vister Ludo, Now we can't say we're broke today and 322 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: then tomorrow you got an eight hundred and fifty million 323 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: dollar post almost a billion dollar Bengal lease and the 324 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 1: taxpayers are left out. So that's what we're doing. But 325 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 1: throw on Wednesday, next Wednesday, put on your pink. Put 326 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 1: on your pink is Breast Cancer Awareness Day. My mother 327 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 1: passed from it. A lot of other people had cancer. 328 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 1: I've got a cancer Caucus state of cancer. It's hitting everybody. 329 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: He doesn't care about your age, your race, your social status. 330 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 1: The rates have gone up in Hamilton County. So we've 331 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 1: got doctors in a call to action so that we 332 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: get more screenings that no co pay and all that. 333 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 1: And we're doing it next Wednesday. I want all celebrities, 334 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 1: all the people in Hamilton County. We're wearing pink. But 335 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 1: it's not just breast cancer. We're gonna take on all 336 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 1: of the cancer and look at how we could get 337 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 1: more money, more clinical trials, and more cures. 338 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 2: But we got to do it through early detection from 339 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 2: non Hodgkins lymfalma and breast cancers hit friends and family members. 340 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 2: I know it all too well. And uh, I'm glad 341 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 2: you're raising awareness for it. And I'm gonna I'll be 342 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 2: glad to wear pink next Wednesday. The Cancer Caucus. She 343 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 2: is a Hamlin County commissioner, Alicia Reese, trying her best 344 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 2: to try and get some of that money back. All right, Alicia, 345 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 2: I gotta get going. I always love having me on. 346 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 2: You're a spark of light in another wase dismal Hamlin County. 347 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 2: Let me put it that way. 348 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 1: Well, thank you. Let's keep the fight norse all right. 349 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 2: Appreciate you, appreciate you. Have a great day. We'll chat 350 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 2: again next time. I got to get to a news update. 351 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 2: I always love having Lisa bring noise. I have a 352 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 2: little buyer's remorse at that state. I've got the stadium, 353 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 2: they'll done. Can we get some of the unclaimed fun money? 354 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 2: Maybe buy an offensive linement or two? 355 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 1: Huh? Can we can we? 356 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 3: Maybe? 357 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 2: All right now, Mike Brown's like, wait, what can we do? 358 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: Can we do that? 359 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 2: We can get players and we don't have to pay 360 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 2: for I don't have to cut a chick. Hey wait 361 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 2: a minutelet's fuck into that. Hey hey, he's on the side. 362 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 2: Hey hey, oh frugalism. It's five minutes away from a 363 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,200 Speaker 2: news update. We'll do that and more to follow. Sloane 364 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 2: here on this rainy and we welcome the rain on 365 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,119 Speaker 2: this Tuesday morning, by the way, because it's been bone 366 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,159 Speaker 2: dry for two damn long rain for a good solid day, 367 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:19,880 Speaker 2: good hard rain we needed here. Seven hundred w welwt