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Speaker 1: on seven hundred WLW so Dwine had his State of

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Speaker 1: mode here because he's coming to town. So four Ohio breweries,

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Speaker 1: We've got jobs on the brink and the deadline now

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Speaker 1: less than two weeks away. And it seems like those

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Speaker 1: Republicans and the Republican legislative body in Ohio Columbus that

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Speaker 1: often talk about how Republicans are about business and small

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Speaker 1: business and opportunity and growth are very anti business. In

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Speaker 1: this case. Scotty Hunter is here. He's the founder and

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Speaker 1: co owner of Urban Artifact, one of the four Ohio

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Speaker 1: breweries in on this lawsuit against the state. Scotty welcome back,

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Speaker 1: having me yeah, of course, by the way, people hear

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Speaker 1: this go okay. So it's like one line, you guys

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Speaker 1: have craft beer and all these other things, and how

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Speaker 1: much how much money have you invested in this thing?

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Speaker 1: What's on the line here for you.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, quite quite a lot, you know, not only from

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Speaker 2: what we've invested, but what we have projected in our

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Speaker 2: business plans moving forward for this year as well. You know,

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Speaker 2: I think people see the headlines, they see the decline

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Speaker 2: and alcohol consumption and keep waiting out and things like this,

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Speaker 2: especially with the economy the way it is, and you know,

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Speaker 2: these these beverages were an opportunity to you know, grow

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Speaker 2: our businesses in a way that we just can't with alcohol,

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Speaker 2: right like you you can, only you don't can do

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Speaker 2: so much in terms of changing the consumer's mind. And

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Speaker 2: I think we're seeing just you know a little bit

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Speaker 2: of shifts and you know, taste, some preferences nationally, and

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Speaker 2: you know, it happens over time, It ebbs and flows.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Before his veto, the Wind's veto Senate Bill fifty

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Speaker 1: six allowed THG drinks to remain legal in Ohio throughout

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Speaker 1: the end of through this year or through last year anyway.

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Speaker 1: Eventually you know they're gonna become federally illegal anyway, And

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Speaker 1: someone asked, well, why why are you fighting this. It's

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Speaker 1: going to become illegal in the future by federal edict

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Speaker 1: as opposed to state.

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Speaker 2: Yeah no, and that's and there's a great point there.

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Speaker 2: You know, part of the language that was also vetoed

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Speaker 2: to revisit this and address it, and that that fight

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Speaker 2: is still ongoing. And you know, President Trump with his

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Speaker 2: you know, had a section in there about HEMPT and

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Speaker 2: addressing that band language that got slipped into the spending

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Speaker 2: bill of fall. So, you know, we still fully expect

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Speaker 2: federal to get some sort of correction and some guidance.

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Speaker 2: It's just they don't. It doesn't move very quickly, right,

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Speaker 2: And so the fact that Ohio would the governor's line

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Speaker 2: would take away this opportunity to wind out because maybe

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Speaker 2: he's right, Maybe the federal government doesn't get anything done.

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Speaker 2: So why why do we need to change anything sooner? Right,

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Speaker 2: there's clearly an established market for businesses, especially businesses that

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it feels that way. I think it's there's a

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Speaker 1: doesn't seem right. It seems punitive. It's simply up and

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Speaker 1: band loombing. But I think what happens is that the

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Speaker 1: federal lawmakers look at this and go, wow, look at

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Speaker 1: the uprising in Ohio. Look how upset Ohio is in

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Speaker 1: maybe they overturned the federal ban. I know that's the

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Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I agree. I think it's definitely a signal.

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Speaker 2: And there's there's you know, there's fights that go on,

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Speaker 2: It's almost a kind of a constant, constant battle, which

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Speaker 2: I don't think people realize that you don't live outside

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Speaker 1: Scott, your statement said, this is an unwarned executive overreach.

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Speaker 1: Make the legal case in plain english for me. Why

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, So it's you know, it goes back to

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Speaker 2: the Ohio Constitution and the governor has granted the power

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Speaker 2: An item of appropriation is like addressed, taking like tax

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Speaker 2: that was the justification that the governor was using to

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Speaker 2: line on and veto other sections of this bill. And

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Speaker 2: that's not what the Ohio Constitution says. It says you

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Speaker 2: That was but fourth and then further than that, the

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Speaker 2: governor has the ability to veto nobody's debating that, right,

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Speaker 2: but he if he doesn't like a billity, he needs

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Speaker 1: Is there any essence and I don't know if it

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Speaker 1: these beverages in the first place they found offensive the

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Speaker 1: Health Department. It's all regulated. There's government regulation, federal and

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Speaker 1: I mean, I guess the fair way is okay, no

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree, And that was the most shocking portion

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Speaker 2: of me. You know, the retail cell pieces is one aspect,

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Speaker 2: So like you know that that is is well beyond

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Speaker 2: they could have just taken those same rules and regulations

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Speaker 2: And nobody would have argued it would have been straightforward.

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Speaker 1: He's a founder and co owner of Urban Artifact Bring

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Speaker 1: Any answer from him on that? And also what was

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Speaker 2: You know, I'm not I'm not really sure because you know,

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Speaker 2: for ninety five or more percent of these beverages, they

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Speaker 2: see it there's there's twenty twenty plus states with regulation

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Speaker 1: One of his concerns always has been, he said, do

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Speaker 1: Wain has always had something about marijuana. He just absolutely

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Speaker 1: I'm looking at the numbers from the Ohia State Highway

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Speaker 1: So clearly the big problem are people who simply don't

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Speaker 1: care if it's beer, wine, hard spirits or THHD beverages.

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Speaker 1: If you have people that don't care what the law is,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, And honestly, you know it kind of incentivizes

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Speaker 2: people to leave the state for these products. If you know,

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Speaker 2: our lawsuit isn't successful. Right, if you're in the greater

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Speaker 2: you're landlocked in Columbus. I feel for you there, but

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Speaker 2: there's there's still access and now you're kind of telling people, hey,

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Speaker 2: right in order to purchase these products that you want,

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Speaker 2: because like you're not. People aren't suddenly going to decide

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Speaker 2: Oh well, the governor said, it's back for me. I'm

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Speaker 2: not going to pursue this right, right, and if an

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Speaker 1: The governor's office said, no, Ohio voter ever approved THHD

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Speaker 1: what kind of argument is that. I don't know if

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Speaker 1: develops a product, did you regulate it. It's not like

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Speaker 1: We've never voted on something we've essentially whant it's something

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Speaker 1: that's already established and we say thumbs up or thumbs down.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I mean the voters didn't know that that

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Speaker 2: right like this, you know, we're talking about an industry

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Speaker 2: we've only been in it for about two years, but

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Speaker 2: it's still you know, we're talking if there's twenty thousand

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Speaker 2: alcohol retail licenses in Ohio, I think maybe five six hundred,

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Speaker 2: seven hundred we're carrying these beverages this time. That's such

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Speaker 2: a small percentage. Like a lot of people still don't

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Speaker 2: it's you're in business as a supplier manufacturer to give

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Speaker 1: One hundred percent. Yeah, exactly. And people like it, They enjoyed,

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Speaker 1: drink it responsibly, They feel better after they consume it

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Speaker 1: as opposed to alcohol. But some people still, I mean,

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Speaker 1: to be this this island of stupidity, in my opinion,

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Speaker 1: not to lean into this thing. Every surrounding state can

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Speaker 1: the other Ohio well, there are four Ohio breweries that

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Speaker 1: it's a great question. Who are we helping by doing this?

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Speaker 1: Have you ever gotten an answer to that?

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Speaker 2: No, and I don't. I don't think that's one of

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Speaker 2: those comments will ever be addressed directly, Right, That's one

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Speaker 1: Yeah, this is something that's driven by the lawmakers or

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Speaker 1: good petition to trying to stop people from SELLINGDHC beverages.

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Speaker 1: This just like came off the top of his head.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, it's very questionable. The justification for it really is.

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Speaker 2: I really wish the Portraite governor would Yeah, he would

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Speaker 1: Well, the time is short. Of course your less than

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm optimistic. Again. I think the Ohio Constitution is is,

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Speaker 2: he doesn't have the authority to do it. And that's

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Speaker 2: the way that people have structured it. Uh. And there's

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Speaker 2: most governors will look at what the constitution says and say, okay,

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Speaker 2: here's where I can apply this, and it generally comes

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Speaker 2: one of two years. I don't remember in Junie, that's

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Speaker 2: that's where it gets used, because's where it's appropriate.

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Speaker 1: Yep, one hundred percent out of time, but appreciate yours

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Speaker 1: as always. Scottie Hunter over at urban Artifacts, he see

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Speaker 1: cooler heads will debate this thing and we'll continue on,

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Speaker 1: continue on. All the best, man, good luck with us.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate you checking.

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Speaker 2: In, Thanks that for having me. Have a great day.

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Speaker 1: You two be well his best day that you can have.

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Speaker 1: We've got lots going on. We got the president town,

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