WEBVTT - 10-14-25 Willie with Sheree Paolello

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<v Speaker 1>Billy cunning him the Great America. Welcome this Tuesday afternon

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<v Speaker 1>the Triesteate. Great things are going on, I hope, and

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<v Speaker 1>I've done some copious research. When the Bengals went to

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<v Speaker 1>the super Bowl at the nine games, they were five

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<v Speaker 1>and four, went to the super Bowl. Right now they're

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<v Speaker 1>two and four. But if and when they beat the

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<v Speaker 1>Steelers on Thursday, there's three and four, then at home

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<v Speaker 1>against the Jester, four and four. Then the Bears at

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<v Speaker 1>home they're five and four with Joe Flacco leading the away.

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<v Speaker 2>With Ted McKay.

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<v Speaker 1>So if the Bengals are five and four, they're going

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<v Speaker 1>to the super Bowl because the Bills aren't that good

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<v Speaker 1>and Kansas City can be beaten, I think. But until then,

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<v Speaker 1>we have major problems in River City. And once again

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<v Speaker 1>there's massive shootouts on Fountain Square headline on Channel five

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<v Speaker 1>last night. Five people shot in less than eight hours

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<v Speaker 1>across Cincinnati Hambleton County, And of course Shari Poelo had

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<v Speaker 1>the story with the Power of five and Shari Poelo,

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<v Speaker 1>welcome again to the Bill Cunningham Show. And first of all, Shari,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to ask you some fundamental questions. Are you

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<v Speaker 1>prepared for some questions I think so ten or fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>years ago. You might recall memories go back that long

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<v Speaker 1>that my wife was on Common Police Court bench and

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<v Speaker 1>she would receive messages at eight o'clock emails from the

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<v Speaker 1>Sheriff's office saying we're accepting no prisoners today, and every

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<v Speaker 1>Common Police Court judgementicipal court judge in Hemlinic County would

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<v Speaker 1>get an eight o'clock wake up call saying, don't sentence

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<v Speaker 1>anybody to the jail were packed, and so the next

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<v Speaker 1>day the same thing would go on.

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<v Speaker 2>The next day, the same thing would go on.

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<v Speaker 1>And so side Lease and Joe Deeters put together a

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<v Speaker 1>proposal for the voters to decide whether to build a

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<v Speaker 1>second Hamley County jail, to put another thousand beds in

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<v Speaker 1>Hamlty County because of the criminal activity that was going on,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was voted down fifty three to forty seven.

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<v Speaker 1>The people said, we don't want to, we don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to spend I don't know it was like eighty million

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<v Speaker 1>dollars to build a second Hemlic County jail. So the

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<v Speaker 1>resolution to that was quit arresting people. Here we are

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<v Speaker 1>ten to fifteen years later, and guess what, According to

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<v Speaker 1>Judge Josh Berkowitz, the presiding judge and heimin County Municipal Court.

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<v Speaker 1>There's four hundred empty beds in the Hammer County jail

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<v Speaker 1>as I speak, four hundred beds are empty. So you

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<v Speaker 1>can only imagine if we would have built another thousand

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<v Speaker 1>beds somewhere in Queensgate, we'd have fourteen hundred empty beds.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, the question is this, is there's so.

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<v Speaker 1>Little crime in the city of Cincinnati happening now that

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<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden the criminal element, which ages out

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<v Speaker 1>about the age of thirty, have quit committing crimes. That

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<v Speaker 1>somehow there's not shootouts, somehow there's not car breakings, somehow

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<v Speaker 1>there's not warns out for arrest. Suddenly, all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 1>forty percent of the so called criminal populace, whoever they are,

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<v Speaker 1>have quit committing crimes. Or is it a case of

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<v Speaker 1>city police not arresting judges, no cash bonds, and a

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<v Speaker 1>permissive restorative justice attitude, Which is it shri palelo, as

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<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden, we're now crime free in Cincinnati?

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<v Speaker 2>Is that what's going on?

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<v Speaker 3>Sadly, I think you and I both know the answer that,

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<v Speaker 3>and I remember what you're talking about. I remember sitting

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<v Speaker 3>in and interviewing Siweez about this issue and him wanting

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<v Speaker 3>to build another jail, and of course that's not popular

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<v Speaker 3>and glamorous. Nobody wants to spend you know, city and

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<v Speaker 3>county dollars on that. But of course that's not the case,

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<v Speaker 3>and we're seeing it night in and night out. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>I definitely think it's unfortunately become and we hear it

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<v Speaker 3>all the time, a revolving door where you get these

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<v Speaker 3>people who many of them, I can't tell you how

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<v Speaker 3>many times. Even the victims who we put on the

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<v Speaker 3>news who are shot and killed typically or stabbed to death,

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<v Speaker 3>the victims' pictures that we get are month shots because

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<v Speaker 3>they oftentimes are involved in criminal activity. And so unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 3>again we talk about, well, okay, do we need more

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<v Speaker 3>police officers, do we need the state to help to

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<v Speaker 3>help out? Let me let me just for the people

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<v Speaker 3>who don't follow this as closely as you do, and

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<v Speaker 3>I do really, Let me just take people back in

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<v Speaker 3>the last week, six days ago, so a week ago today,

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<v Speaker 3>we had a guy shot in the finger of the hand.

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<v Speaker 3>He was in a car, gotten some sort of argument.

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<v Speaker 3>He was shot right near Fountain Square, right there at Walnut.

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<v Speaker 3>This is during rush hour. People were literally running because

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<v Speaker 3>they're leaving work, walking around Fountain Square hearing gunshots and

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<v Speaker 3>they're running to their cars or running back into work.

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<v Speaker 3>Here we are a week later, last night, seven point

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<v Speaker 3>thirty City Bird Fountain Square again before the sun goes down.

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<v Speaker 3>It is packed. There are people in restaurants. This is

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<v Speaker 3>literally right across the street from Jeff Ruby's, right next

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<v Speaker 3>door to other restaurants that are filled with people getting

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<v Speaker 3>something to eat. And these guys again, let's see a

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<v Speaker 3>sixteen to seventeen year old grazed by a bullet at

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<v Speaker 3>an adult shot in the thigh. Two people we know

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<v Speaker 3>are in custody. But let me just tell you there

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<v Speaker 3>were two officers nearby on Fountain Square. There were two

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<v Speaker 3>excuse me, there were two on Fountain Square, two more

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<v Speaker 3>nearby and other officers at Government Square. So to sit

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<v Speaker 3>there last night, they were where are the police? Well,

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<v Speaker 3>the police were there. They responded immediately. In fact, thank goodness,

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<v Speaker 3>they were there because they were able to track down

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<v Speaker 3>two people who they think were involved in are now

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<v Speaker 3>in custody. But that's just last night. One incident. We

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<v Speaker 3>had a shooting in Westwood an hour earlier, one person died.

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<v Speaker 3>Still waiting on the information about the victims specifically right

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<v Speaker 3>now they're searching for a car that they think is

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<v Speaker 3>connected to Blue Tesla. Then they're late last night West End,

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<v Speaker 3>eleven year old young guy shot in the leg at

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<v Speaker 3>an apartment ends up running to a fire station for help. Overnight,

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<v Speaker 3>we have a guy arrives at Mercy Health along Queen City.

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<v Speaker 3>He was shot, expected to survive. So, just as you

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<v Speaker 3>said in the last in eight hours across the Hamilton

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<v Speaker 3>County we had five people shot. Two of them if

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<v Speaker 3>you count the one grade was at Fountain Square. But

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<v Speaker 3>then we had the same thing happened nearby at Fountain

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<v Speaker 3>Square a week earlier. The chief is out there last night. She's,

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<v Speaker 3>of course saying all of the right things. We can't

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<v Speaker 3>tolerate this. We've got a statement from the mayor. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>but again, here's what it is, Lilli, and you, I

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<v Speaker 3>think hit the nail on the head. There has to

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<v Speaker 3>be more of a deterrent. It's like when you parent kids.

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<v Speaker 3>And I remember years ago when I had one of

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<v Speaker 3>my boys was kind of hanging with the row the crowd,

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<v Speaker 3>and you know, I would say, if you get in trouble.

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<v Speaker 3>You're you know, if you do this, you're going to

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<v Speaker 3>get in trouble. If you do this, you're going to

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<v Speaker 3>get in trouble. And I wasn't really following through. And

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<v Speaker 3>then finally I dropped the hammer, right. I called every

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<v Speaker 3>parent who I thought their kid was involved and said, listen,

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<v Speaker 3>this happened on my watch. It's my son's, you know, responsibility,

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<v Speaker 3>it's my responsibility.

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<v Speaker 2>Guess what.

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<v Speaker 3>All of his friends were suddenly mad at him, alienated him.

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<v Speaker 3>We never had a problem again. But leading up to it,

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<v Speaker 3>I was being soft. I didn't want him to you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't want his friends to be mad at him.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't want to be the bad guy, right, And

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<v Speaker 3>I liken it to what we're seeing right now. If

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<v Speaker 3>right now, by the way, and I don't know if

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<v Speaker 3>you've talked about this on your show. Back in I

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<v Speaker 3>think it was May the House passed a Repeat Offender Act.

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<v Speaker 3>It specifically in Ohio, targets people with prior violent felonies.

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<v Speaker 3>It would increase prison term for any violent offender who

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<v Speaker 3>has a gun after some sort of previous felony conviction. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>where is it. It's sitting in the Senate right now.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean that those are the people that you have

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<v Speaker 3>to send a message. Even if you are involved in

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<v Speaker 3>a violent crime that involves a gun, you're going to

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<v Speaker 3>go to prison. You're not going to sit in the

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<v Speaker 3>Hamilton County jail for one hundred and I don't know

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<v Speaker 3>eighty days, whatever it is. Because right now, these gun

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<v Speaker 3>offenses varied depending on you know, your criminal history and

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<v Speaker 3>the offense, and they can range anywhere from a misdemeanor

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<v Speaker 3>to a felony. So that's the problem. I mean, we

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<v Speaker 3>unfortunately have people who continue to commit crimes, who are

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<v Speaker 3>back out on the street immediately.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, the chiefs of police in Hamilty County got

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<v Speaker 1>together about a month ago and said, we can't stand

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<v Speaker 1>this anymore because we send people down in the justice center,

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<v Speaker 1>they're out on no cash bonds, they're out committing more crimes.

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<v Speaker 1>Before the paperwork is done, the criminal is out. Secondly,

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<v Speaker 1>the mayor about a month ago had a big powwow

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<v Speaker 1>with the governor and the FBI. The CIA was there,

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<v Speaker 1>the ATF, the US Marshal Service, Prosecutor's Office, sheriff for

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<v Speaker 1>everybody was there. We're going to bring in bringing the

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<v Speaker 1>adults to help us so that we have availability of

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<v Speaker 1>our cops to do more serious policing. And immediately Mayor

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<v Speaker 1>iris Roli said that's not going to fly. She wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>present for it. Scottie Johnson wasn't present for it. Lemon

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<v Speaker 1>Kearney wasn't present for it, and they quickly told the

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<v Speaker 1>mayor this is not gonna fly. In fact, lemon Kearney

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<v Speaker 1>device mayor held news conferences saying we don't need these

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<v Speaker 1>people here, and so the highway Patrol being here with

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<v Speaker 1>all the state resources, was told not to come. The

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<v Speaker 1>agreement says two ships a month, and ken Kober says

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<v Speaker 1>they haven't arrived yet because the Mayor's not calling them

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<v Speaker 1>and Mayor iris Roly doesn't want it.

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<v Speaker 2>And so when there's no.

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<v Speaker 1>Recognition that we don't need outside help, we got this.

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<v Speaker 2>When they don't have this, where do you go with that?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, exactly, and honestly, that was a huge dog and

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<v Speaker 3>povie show. I think we all were like, Okay, this

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<v Speaker 3>is showing some sort of improvement. We're all going to

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<v Speaker 3>work together, We're going to get this help. We're going

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<v Speaker 3>to be partnering up with with the FEDS, with our

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<v Speaker 3>UH with with marshals hopefully they were saying they were

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<v Speaker 3>going to be apprehending violent offenders. We're talking about people

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<v Speaker 3>who are violating role post release. They're going to be

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<v Speaker 3>you know, watching by air aerial supervision. But to be

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<v Speaker 3>honest with you, Willie, then I heard when I looked

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<v Speaker 3>closer at the agreement and we saw, oh what would

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<v Speaker 3>be it said quote no more than two times a month.

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<v Speaker 3>And as you said, I haven't heard of one time

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<v Speaker 3>us working with them. And we had this huge news

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<v Speaker 3>conference where it all you know, I mean, the news

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<v Speaker 3>conference went on for well over an hour. It was,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, everybody and their brother was there talking about this,

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<v Speaker 3>how we're going to be walking together, working together. I've

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<v Speaker 3>yet to hear anything about that. And again, but if

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<v Speaker 3>you do that, the whole point of that was, Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>if we bring in the FED, if we actually start

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<v Speaker 3>charging some of these repeat offenders with federal charges instead

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<v Speaker 3>of just state and local charges, then we're really going

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<v Speaker 3>to lock them up and send them to prison. But

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<v Speaker 3>guess what, Really, this is such a broader issue. I've

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<v Speaker 3>done so many stories on even our prisons releasing these

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<v Speaker 3>violent by I'm talking murderers and repeat offenders, violent offenders.

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<v Speaker 3>We get money if we keep people here locally, so

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<v Speaker 3>if we don't send him to the state prison. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>it's such a cycle, an endless cycle, that we're not addressing.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it's not only the mayor not having sufficient police resources.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not only the mayor not accepting state help. Not

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<v Speaker 1>only the mayor, the whole system. I look at Patrick

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<v Speaker 1>Herringer and what they did with that to with Mordecai

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<v Speaker 1>Blacks say he was released and then he butchers Patrick

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<v Speaker 1>Herringer and Sarah is now and then Sarah was arrested

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<v Speaker 1>for eight hours.

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<v Speaker 2>I still have an explanation.

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<v Speaker 1>How you arrest Sarah Herringer, put her in handcuffs leader

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<v Speaker 1>outside the bloody our home of our bloody's husband. Body

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<v Speaker 1>is lying in locker roup for eight hours. I have

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<v Speaker 1>no idea. And then common police court judges collapse, the

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<v Speaker 1>probation system in the outside of the city of Cincinnati

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<v Speaker 1>collapse that system.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's not just the.

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<v Speaker 1>Mayorf to have pureval or Mayor Irish Rolli, whoever's in charge.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the idea that Judge Kerry Bloom and Juvenile Court

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<v Speaker 1>so far this year has bound over one felony is

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<v Speaker 1>their sixteen and seventeen year old gang bangers with guns,

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<v Speaker 1>hurting people, shooting people. One time has gone to common

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<v Speaker 1>police court. It used to be a pipeline. If you

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<v Speaker 1>use a gun and you're sixteen or seventeen, adult crime,

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<v Speaker 1>adult crime. That problem needs to be fixed. And we

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<v Speaker 1>have an election coming up in three weeks. I'd be shocked.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd be shocked if the voters of Cincinnati said we

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<v Speaker 1>can't take it anymore. And then you live in the

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<v Speaker 1>Mason area. I see Procter and Gamble without making an announcement.

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<v Speaker 1>Their employees are telling P and G, we don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to come downtown, and so they're building a huge facility,

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<v Speaker 1>expanding it in Mason, and they're telling employees, if you

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<v Speaker 1>want to work from home, you're going to work from

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<v Speaker 1>home because when you get out of work, you might

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<v Speaker 1>be shot. And so incrementally, slowly downtown's going to hollow out.

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<v Speaker 1>Does that concern you? Macy's is gone, They have apartments

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<v Speaker 1>down there now. PNG would be a great apartment building complex.

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<v Speaker 1>PNG Corporate America is deciding not to issue a press

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<v Speaker 1>release that's bad for business. But quietly they're going to

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<v Speaker 1>incrementally take jobs away.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think Unfortunately a lot of people they don't

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<v Speaker 3>want to hear it in many of our leaders and

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<v Speaker 3>who are trying to do great work down there with

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<v Speaker 3>the Chamber. I mean, look, we're building a brand new

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<v Speaker 3>convention center where we're trying we're going to tell the country, hey,

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<v Speaker 3>come here, hold your convention here. Well, if you can't

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<v Speaker 3>go and get food downtown, if you can't walk to

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<v Speaker 3>get a coffee and leave your hotel, and feel like,

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<v Speaker 3>it's not going to be like it is in Chicago

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<v Speaker 3>and other cities where you're afraid people aren't going to

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<v Speaker 3>want to come here. And I've said that to so

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<v Speaker 3>many of the leaders who talk to me and are like, sure,

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<v Speaker 3>are you really afraid. Here's the truth. I will absolutely

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<v Speaker 3>go down on a Sunday morning for a Bengals game.

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<v Speaker 3>Of course I'm going to go to a red Skin.

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<v Speaker 3>But I go down and I get out. I truly

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<v Speaker 3>don't go down and go out on a Friday or

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<v Speaker 3>Saturday night. I literally went down two weeks ago. My

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<v Speaker 3>son goes to you, I told you, goes to the

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<v Speaker 3>University of Cincinnati. My older son and he It was parents'

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<v Speaker 3>weekend and some of the parents wanted to get together

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<v Speaker 3>in OTR. I'm not kidding you, And I said, I

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<v Speaker 3>was scared to death to park and walk, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>one hundred feet to the bar. And I was, And

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<v Speaker 3>I was even with Mike because I could just you know,

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<v Speaker 3>you're you're kind of seeing the you know, people around

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<v Speaker 3>that aren't going into the restaurants or the bars. They're

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<v Speaker 3>just kind of wandering along the street. You feel like

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<v Speaker 3>it's only it's not if, but when you're going to

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<v Speaker 3>be in the wrong place at the wrong time. And

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<v Speaker 3>that's the reality. When you have five people shot in

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<v Speaker 3>a matter of eight hours in the heart of our

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<v Speaker 3>city and around our city, why would you want to

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<v Speaker 3>take that chance? And here's the reality. Yes, the reality

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<v Speaker 3>is most of these victims and the suspects are involved

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<v Speaker 3>in criminal activity. But the truth is that sometimes when

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<v Speaker 3>it's happening at Fountain Square in places with innocent people

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<v Speaker 3>can take a stray bullet. We've seen it happen innocent

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<v Speaker 3>kids who are playing in parks, and we have these

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<v Speaker 3>drive by shooting that happened all summer long. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>it is absolutely heartbreaking to me as somebody who loves

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<v Speaker 3>this city and is so proud of the Queen City

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<v Speaker 3>and I've said this before, Willie. Twenty three years ago

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<v Speaker 3>when I came from Charlotte. I remember my police officer

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<v Speaker 3>friends saying to me, why in the world would you

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<v Speaker 3>want to live in Cincinnati. And we really created change here,

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<v Speaker 3>and unfortunately it feels like we're going backwards. We have

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<v Speaker 3>to be tough, and I think every parent who loses

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<v Speaker 3>a child, even if their child is in their twenties

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<v Speaker 3>and involved in crime, they too want to see changed.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, one thing I've noticed, the convention Center is

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<v Speaker 1>opening up. I think at the end of the year.

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<v Speaker 1>I think December January. I might be wrong, but in

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<v Speaker 1>the next few months, have you seen that the hotel

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<v Speaker 1>come out of the ground. The answer is no, and

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<v Speaker 1>the reason is Marriott is going to operate it. But

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<v Speaker 1>the powers that be three c DC and others have

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<v Speaker 1>to build it and it's not coming out of the

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<v Speaker 1>ground because they cannot get financing. Now can you imagine

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<v Speaker 1>that hotel should be coming out of the ground now,

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<v Speaker 1>so when the convention center is open, the conventionaires can

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<v Speaker 1>go into the hotel and guess what, have a great time.

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<v Speaker 1>But at this point, as of a week ago, I

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<v Speaker 1>was told by a rather prominent Cincinnatian that they cannot

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<v Speaker 1>get financing, and they can't get financing because the banks

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to do it, and so they want power

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<v Speaker 1>brokers in town to guarantee the loan in case the

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<v Speaker 1>events continue. By the way, the event on July twenty

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<v Speaker 1>sixth happened right at the doorstep of the convention center.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh. And and it's it's it's there's a story there as.

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<v Speaker 1>To why is the hotel not coming out of the ground,

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<v Speaker 1>And the answer is because they can't get financing. Why

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<v Speaker 1>can't they get financing? Well, there's concern now if that

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<v Speaker 1>happens and we have this great convention center and two

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<v Speaker 1>of two big conventions have already canceled because the hotel

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<v Speaker 1>is not available. That hotel is going to take what

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<v Speaker 1>two years to build? And Uh, that's a problem.

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<v Speaker 2>Is that a problem? That is a huge problem.

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<v Speaker 1>And the problem there's a story find out why the

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<v Speaker 1>convention center hotel is not being built. And right now

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<v Speaker 1>it's a it's a dirt parking lot. And they wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to start this thing a year ago when the convention

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<v Speaker 1>center is being built. But the Chamber and others are

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<v Speaker 1>trying to get financing. They can't get financing. Now that's

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<v Speaker 1>a problem. So I don't know, Cherie. We've laid upon

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<v Speaker 1>the table some necessary information is up to the powers

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<v Speaker 1>that be to correct this thing and do something in

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<v Speaker 1>the city. But right now the mayor's gone from this

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<v Speaker 1>is wrong to this is unacceptable. Now it's intolerable. We're

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<v Speaker 1>gone from wrong unacceptable now intolerable. What's the next five syllables?

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<v Speaker 1>Get the the sarcees out and find out what the

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<v Speaker 1>hell's next.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, something has to be done, and you can't keep saying, okay,

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<v Speaker 3>put more officers on the streets. Well again, I would

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<v Speaker 3>argue that last night it appears as if you were

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<v Speaker 3>officers right there. But when when people think the answer

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<v Speaker 3>is pulling out a gun, I mean we see it

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<v Speaker 3>time in and time out. That's the problem. If you're

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<v Speaker 3>not afraid that if oh my god, I get caught

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<v Speaker 3>shooting someone, I'm going to be locked up for.

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<v Speaker 2>Years, not not happy.

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<v Speaker 3>You're gonna take your chances. How it starts so young.

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<v Speaker 3>We see teenagers, I mean twelve, thirteen, fourteen year old,

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<v Speaker 3>and I always go back to what one since officer

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<v Speaker 3>told me last year, He's like, sre your definition of

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<v Speaker 3>a kid and My definition of the kids are very different,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, getting trained.

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<v Speaker 1>Young, young and because they know the juvenile court system

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<v Speaker 1>here will not lock them up. Surrey up against the clock,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, and that works. But try to find out

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<v Speaker 1>what happened to the hotel, this beautiful hotel next to

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<v Speaker 1>the convention center. That is that is that is nothing,

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<v Speaker 1>and we got to run SCHERI get my best to

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<v Speaker 1>all the folks.

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<v Speaker 2>Calvert, now call her.

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<v Speaker 1>Find out all right, thank you, thank you, Sari Pillow,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you. Up against the clock. But River City we

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<v Speaker 1>got a major problem. Seven hundred WW