WEBVTT - Marie Hurabiell is running for congress

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<v Speaker 1>And we continue at two oh five in the afternoon

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<v Speaker 1>on The Giant Phillips Show Live from Las Vegas. Mister

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<v Speaker 1>Randy Wings in Culver City.

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<v Speaker 2>Greg writes in a Johnny Don't Like show at gmail

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<v Speaker 2>dot com on the subject of high gas prices. Just

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<v Speaker 2>start siphoning gas like Al Bundy. You probably won't get

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<v Speaker 2>prosecuted in Los Angeles. And if you do it with

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<v Speaker 2>be a citation that costs less than a tank of gas.

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<v Speaker 2>Also less chance of getting stabbed in the neck on

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<v Speaker 2>public transit.

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<v Speaker 1>I just found out some Married with Children trivia. Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>now you know that our good friend Doug McIntyre was

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<v Speaker 1>a writer for Married with Children. He penned I believe

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<v Speaker 1>at least one episode of that sitcom. However, what I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't know is that the creators of Married with Children

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<v Speaker 1>were huge pro wrestling fans. Oh I knew that. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>And the reason that the Bundys were named the Bundys

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<v Speaker 1>was after King Kong Bundy. And the reason that Steve

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<v Speaker 1>and Marcy Rhoades were named Rhodes was after Dusty Rhodes,

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<v Speaker 1>another pro wrestler.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, and if you watch the show, how many pro

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<v Speaker 2>wrestlers guest starred on that show a ton of them.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, no, it was a regular topic that would

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<v Speaker 1>come up on that program. I love that show, by

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<v Speaker 1>the way, it's a classic. Eight hundred two two two

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<v Speaker 1>five two two two is telephone number. What eight hundred

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<v Speaker 1>two to two five two two two. It is our pleasure

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<v Speaker 1>to welcome our next guest to the program. She is

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<v Speaker 1>a candidate in California's eleventh district. That is the district

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<v Speaker 1>that is currently occupied by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,

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<v Speaker 1>and it encompasses most of the city and county of

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<v Speaker 1>San Francisco. You can find her online at Votemrie dot com. Marie,

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<v Speaker 1>and you're gonna have to help me with the pronunciation

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<v Speaker 1>of your last name, because otherwise I'm going to butcher it,

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<v Speaker 1>of course.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, John, Marie Urrabiel.

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<v Speaker 1>Marie Hurrabiel. Okay, well, get it right at least in

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<v Speaker 1>this interview. But thank you so much for helping me

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<v Speaker 1>out with that, and thank you so much for joining us.

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<v Speaker 3>You bet, thank you so much for having me. What

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<v Speaker 3>a pleasure.

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<v Speaker 1>So you want to replace Nancy Pelosi in the Congress.

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<v Speaker 1>You are a registered Democrat running in this San Francisco

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<v Speaker 1>based district. So I guess my first question to you

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<v Speaker 1>is what kind of stock picker are you? Because you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to have to be pretty good if you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to replace her, because she did better than Wren Boffett.

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<v Speaker 3>Well. No, I actually was at an event a couple

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<v Speaker 3>of nights ago where all of my it was a

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<v Speaker 3>bunch of people in the tech industry, and they were saying,

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<v Speaker 3>we're about to lose our gravy train because we just

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<v Speaker 3>copy whatever Nancy Pelosi does. So I will, I will,

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<v Speaker 3>I promise you, I will try to get really good.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, all right, we'll be we'll be keeping track. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>why is it that you should be the next congresswoman

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<v Speaker 1>from San Francisco?

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<v Speaker 3>Because I am the only person in this race who

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<v Speaker 3>brings a common sense, pragmatic perspective. I have a history

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<v Speaker 3>of fixing things in San Francisco. I've been a major

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<v Speaker 3>force in moving us from a really big place where

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<v Speaker 3>we were several years ago to a much better place,

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<v Speaker 3>a much healthier place.

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<v Speaker 1>And.

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<v Speaker 3>Really reeling us back from the problematic policies that have

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<v Speaker 3>caused us in San Francisco so many problems and so

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<v Speaker 3>many problems at the federal level. You know that voters

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<v Speaker 3>rejected in twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 1>One of your opponents in this race is Scott Wiener,

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<v Speaker 1>who is one of the most radical members of the

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<v Speaker 1>California legislature. Virtually all of the stories that gain national

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<v Speaker 1>attention and because of I guess the association with California excess,

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<v Speaker 1>are usually authored by Scott Wiener. He's the guy particularly

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<v Speaker 1>on subjects like housing, where he doesn't want us living

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<v Speaker 1>in single family homes. He wants all of us living

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<v Speaker 1>in very dense mixed use housing and writing public transit

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<v Speaker 1>and those sorts of things. And I know he's originally

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<v Speaker 1>from the East Coast, but the attitude that he has

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<v Speaker 1>seems to be a very East Coast attitude. People don't

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<v Speaker 1>come to California because they want to live above a

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<v Speaker 1>Panda express. People come to California because they want the

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<v Speaker 1>California dream. They want their own little slice of paradise.

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<v Speaker 1>We love the weather, we love the views, We love

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<v Speaker 1>the oceans, the bridges, the mountains, those sorts of things,

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<v Speaker 1>and we like to be around that. And if we

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to live in a concrete jungle, we'd live on

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<v Speaker 1>the East Coast. But that's not what brings people to California.

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<v Speaker 3>I agree, Yes, I agree. I will say he you know,

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<v Speaker 3>we were experiencing in San Francisco definitely a housing crisis

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<v Speaker 3>around twenty eighteen twenty nineteen, and I think, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>we lost about five percent of our population in San

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<v Speaker 3>Francisco over a couple of years. That's a pretty dramatic

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<v Speaker 3>loss in a short period of time. And what I

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<v Speaker 3>think has happened with Scott Laner is he has really

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<v Speaker 3>taken the crisis that we had and continues to continues

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<v Speaker 3>to talk about that what we should be doing instead

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<v Speaker 3>is really looking at instead of just zoning things that

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<v Speaker 3>are in a way that are not appealing to people,

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<v Speaker 3>we should be recognizing that part of what makes California

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<v Speaker 3>and San Francisco specifically so amazing and so beautiful is

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<v Speaker 3>all of the rich tapestry of culture and diversity and

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<v Speaker 3>beauty that we have all over the city and trying

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<v Speaker 3>to build around that. So there are districts in San

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<v Speaker 3>Francisco that are not as developed. But you know, Scott

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<v Speaker 3>Wiener's plans really have only addressed the areas that are

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<v Speaker 3>fully developed require demolishing before you can build, which is

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<v Speaker 3>also inconsistent with his stated goal of growing of building

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<v Speaker 3>as much housing as quickly as possible. And if you're

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<v Speaker 3>in San Francisco, Scott Wiener has been in office for

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<v Speaker 3>ten years. He's been part of city government for over

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<v Speaker 3>twenty five years. He was an employee of the city

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<v Speaker 3>and then became an elected official. Housing prices have gone

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<v Speaker 3>up twenty percent since he came into office. Had not

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<v Speaker 3>caused a lowering of prices or even a stagnation of prices.

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<v Speaker 3>All of these policies of his have done actually really nothing,

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<v Speaker 3>And so he claims that he's great on housing, but

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<v Speaker 3>it's not really making a difference and it is causing

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<v Speaker 3>harm to some communities.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, San Francisco is the epicenter of the AI industry.

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<v Speaker 1>All of the cutting edge companies are in or many

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<v Speaker 1>of them are in Northern California. Many of the people

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<v Speaker 1>who work at those companies, even if the companies aren't

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<v Speaker 1>headquartered in San Francisco, live and dine and entertain themselves

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<v Speaker 1>in San Francisco. And right now that industry is screaming

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<v Speaker 1>out saying that California is about to go off the cliff.

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<v Speaker 1>We have a tax that is on the ballot in

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<v Speaker 1>the Bay Area, the CEO tax that would specifically target

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<v Speaker 1>the individuals that run those companies and punish them, separate

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<v Speaker 1>them from everyone else, and punish them with new taxes.

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<v Speaker 1>We're looking at a statewide initiative that's being pushed by

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<v Speaker 1>the SEIU that would be a wealth confiscation tax. It's

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<v Speaker 1>already driven a trillion dollars of wealth out of the

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<v Speaker 1>state of California, some of that money coming from San Francisco.

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<v Speaker 1>And you listen to these people, they have no intention

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<v Speaker 1>of hitting the brakes anytime soon. And we know that

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<v Speaker 1>there are people, certainly Scott Wiener among them in this

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<v Speaker 1>race running for Congress in San Francisco, who buy into

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<v Speaker 1>all of this insanity. And I don't believe the CEOs

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<v Speaker 1>of these corporations are bluffing when they say, if you

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<v Speaker 1>keep moving forward with this, we are going to move

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<v Speaker 1>these companies out of state. Do you fear that if

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<v Speaker 1>we don't throw the brakes on these things and bring

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<v Speaker 1>back some moderation to California politics and government, that we

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<v Speaker 1>will kill the goose that lays the golden egg.

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<v Speaker 3>I absolutely agree with you on that, and I even

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<v Speaker 3>before I decided to run, I was talking extensively about

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<v Speaker 3>the the billionaire tacks for example, it is a terrible

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<v Speaker 3>idea on every level. You are right. It has driven

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<v Speaker 3>out over a billion dollars from our tax base already,

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<v Speaker 3>and a lot of that actually came from San Francisco.

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<v Speaker 3>There there were four billionaires who made up alone, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>eight hundred billion dollars of wealth that just left the state.

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<v Speaker 3>And then many others of course have left also. But

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<v Speaker 3>we are, we are in real time killing the goose

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<v Speaker 3>that laid the golden egg. And if we do not

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<v Speaker 3>get a handle on things we are we are, we

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<v Speaker 3>are going to be in big, big trouble. And I

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<v Speaker 3>oppose the CEO tax I oppose the billionaire attacks. These

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<v Speaker 3>are short sighted measures, totally missed the big picture, and

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<v Speaker 3>they're being put forward largely by organizations that just do

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<v Speaker 3>not have the thoughtfulness and the extensive understanding of how

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<v Speaker 3>the economy works. They're looking for their little slice and

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<v Speaker 3>they're destroying everything around them.

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<v Speaker 1>How important is it? Because I know a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>these people certainly feel the way that feel the same

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<v Speaker 1>way as us about both of these initiatives, and probably

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<v Speaker 1>on any number of other subjects. But it seems like

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<v Speaker 1>there's been a hesitancy to get involved with their pocket

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<v Speaker 1>books heavily in races like this one, or statewide races,

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<v Speaker 1>or the initiative process or whatever, because they're upset in

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<v Speaker 1>one or they're worried and in one party state about

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<v Speaker 1>upsidetting the people who are in charge of state government.

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<v Speaker 1>My attitude is, look, who cares if they don't like you,

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<v Speaker 1>If they're out there trying to kill you anyway, you

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<v Speaker 1>might as well belly up to the bar, bring out

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<v Speaker 1>your checkbook, and make sure that the people who are

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<v Speaker 1>arguing on behalf of sanity have the ability to get

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<v Speaker 1>word out.

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<v Speaker 3>I could not agree with you more, John, I mean

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<v Speaker 3>that that is exactly what I'm looking at right now

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<v Speaker 3>in my race, to be honest with you, is that

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<v Speaker 3>people are afraid of going against the elected politicians. And

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<v Speaker 3>you know, usually it's an incumbent. In this case, we

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<v Speaker 3>don't have an incumbent. But Scott Wiener has been running

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<v Speaker 3>for three years, so he's sort of, you know, he's

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<v Speaker 3>kind of taking a little bit of that position that hey,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm the guy in office and you need to vote

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<v Speaker 3>for me, and.

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<v Speaker 2>He is.

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<v Speaker 3>He's a huge part of the problem. He's been in

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<v Speaker 3>office for ten years and things only gotten worse and yet,

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<v Speaker 3>and I will say I'm very fortunate. I do have

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of support. I've only been in the race

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<v Speaker 3>for six or so weeks. My first month, I raised

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<v Speaker 3>four hundred and twenty thousand dollars, and one of my

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<v Speaker 3>other opponents, who's been in for six months, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>in the entire quarter, raised under three hundred thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 3>So I I'm hitting the ground running. But it is time.

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<v Speaker 3>This is the moment when people need to put their

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<v Speaker 3>money where their mouth is. If you're tired of these

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<v Speaker 3>entrenched insider politicians who pander to other insiders, you need

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<v Speaker 3>to get involved and you need to elect people. You

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<v Speaker 3>need to support people like me so that we can

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<v Speaker 3>get elected the people who want to bring common sense

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<v Speaker 3>back to our governance and who are tired of just

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<v Speaker 3>how taling to the insider class and others who just

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<v Speaker 3>want to take from us and don't want to have

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<v Speaker 3>any responsibility or.

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<v Speaker 1>Speak with Marie Hrabiel, who is a candidate for Congress

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<v Speaker 1>in San Francisco. You can get her online at vote

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<v Speaker 1>Marie dot com and follow her on x at Mhurrabiel Marie.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of federal office holders are hesitant to weigh

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<v Speaker 1>in on local subjects because they don't want the blowback,

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<v Speaker 1>I think is the number one reason. But state issues

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<v Speaker 1>and city issues are different than federal issues. So okay,

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<v Speaker 1>an argument could be made if you were to be

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<v Speaker 1>elected as the next congresswoman from San Francisco, and let's

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<v Speaker 1>just say, to take an example from the past, you

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<v Speaker 1>have someone like Chase A. Boudin who is elected to

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<v Speaker 1>be the District Attorney of San Francisco, who refuses to

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<v Speaker 1>prosecute crime, who refuses to enforce the law, who refuses

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<v Speaker 1>to do what prosecutors are put on the planet to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Would you weigh in on a race like that on

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<v Speaker 1>a recall election, or if he were to to throw

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<v Speaker 1>his hat in the ring and run for that office

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<v Speaker 1>again and warn the people of San Francisco as to

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<v Speaker 1>what kind of danger that person is.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, you better believe it. Yes, absolutely, I think my

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<v Speaker 3>entire track record supports that I would absolutely do that.

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<v Speaker 3>I you know, I'm getting into this race not because

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<v Speaker 3>I need a job. I have a perfectly fabulous life

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<v Speaker 3>and I don't I don't need to be doing this.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm doing it because this is my hometown. I love

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<v Speaker 3>this place and I want to fix it, and I

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<v Speaker 3>will be I will not be worried about my next

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<v Speaker 3>job because I am not going to be interested in

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<v Speaker 3>the next political job. I would rather back to the

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<v Speaker 3>private sector after I do this. So I'm not going

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<v Speaker 3>to be the person who is going to be worried

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<v Speaker 3>about ruffling feathers. I'm going to be the person who

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<v Speaker 3>is one hundred percent leaving the charge to demand more accountability,

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<v Speaker 3>better policy, and just fixing what's wrong. And if there's

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<v Speaker 3>someone who is up before election who does not meet

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<v Speaker 3>those goals, or more importantly, who is antithetical to those goals,

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<v Speaker 3>I will absolutely be speaking about it.

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<v Speaker 1>So far, Nancy Pelosi has not endorsed a candidate to

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<v Speaker 1>replace her in the United States Congress. Have you spoken

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<v Speaker 1>to her since you've thrown your hat in the ring?

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<v Speaker 3>I have not spoken to her since I threw my

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<v Speaker 3>hat in the ring. I would love to speak with her,

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<v Speaker 3>but I do know that she has said that she

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<v Speaker 3>does not intend to endorse until after the primary, and

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<v Speaker 3>so ideally I will make it through the primary, and

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<v Speaker 3>at that point I think it would be wonderful to

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<v Speaker 3>speak with her, and I really hope to have that opportunity.

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<v Speaker 3>I will share a little to bit that I don't

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<v Speaker 3>know her very well, but I know some of her

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<v Speaker 3>family members. Her husband and I have both very active

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<v Speaker 3>in the georgetownmunity and see each other a lot through that.

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<v Speaker 3>But I also interned her for her when I was

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<v Speaker 3>at Georgetown, and when she ran for the very first time,

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<v Speaker 3>I was in school with her daughter, her youngest daughter, Alexandra,

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<v Speaker 3>and I remember at the time wondering, like, what's your

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<v Speaker 3>mom doing? You know, what is what is this? It

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<v Speaker 3>was the first time I was aware of a congress person,

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<v Speaker 3>and it is very surreal now to be in this

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<v Speaker 3>race to feed her. She's been the only congress person

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<v Speaker 3>I've I've had personally that I remember in my you know,

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<v Speaker 3>cognitive life.

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<v Speaker 1>When you interned for her a while back, what was

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<v Speaker 1>she like? What was she like on a personal level?

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<v Speaker 1>Could you look at her and go, Okay, you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to be someday? Was she really intense? What was she

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<v Speaker 1>like as a person back then?

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<v Speaker 3>She's she's very gracious, She's a lovely person. I wouldn't

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<v Speaker 3>say I thought she was very intense when I was

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<v Speaker 3>interning for her, partly because I didn't. She was never

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<v Speaker 3>very ant with me personally, but you know, she was

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<v Speaker 3>very uh fierce and passionate in her beliefs and you know,

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<v Speaker 3>very very driven. So you could see that she was

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<v Speaker 3>going to get things done, you know. And and her

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<v Speaker 3>her history prior to being in Congress was that she

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<v Speaker 3>was a big fundraiser for the Democratic Party. She's a

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<v Speaker 3>person who, you know, who goes after what she believes

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<v Speaker 3>in and what she wants and she gets it done,

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<v Speaker 3>which is very impressive and definitely worth emyl Did.

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<v Speaker 1>You ever see her without the makeup and the hair

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<v Speaker 1>done and the suits on and all of that, or

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<v Speaker 1>was she always with her game face on?

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<v Speaker 4>You know what?

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<v Speaker 3>She was always with her game base on for sure.

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<v Speaker 3>For sure. She you know, in that respect, she reminds

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<v Speaker 3>me of my grandmother who just you know, never ever, ever,

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<v Speaker 3>I think there's a Nancy is not as old as

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<v Speaker 3>my grandmother, obviously, but I think there's very much a

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<v Speaker 3>generation that was so just so beautifully put together all

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<v Speaker 3>the time. And that's something else I would like to emulate.

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<v Speaker 3>I really don't succeed all the time, but she's you know, she, Yes,

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<v Speaker 3>she's one of those people who just you know, always

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<v Speaker 3>looks great.

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<v Speaker 1>Marie Harabiel candidate for Congress in San Francisco. She's running

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<v Speaker 1>to replace Nancy Pelosi. You can find out more information

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<v Speaker 1>on her in her campaign at Votemrie dot com and

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<v Speaker 1>you can follow her on ex at Mharabia. Well, Marie,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks so much for stopping by.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's go to the phones and welcome Thomas

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<v Speaker 1>and San Joseer Thomas.

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<v Speaker 6>Hello, Hey, gentlemen, thank you for taking my call.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh.

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<v Speaker 6>It's it's absolutely crucial when you guys have these people,

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<v Speaker 6>these quote politicians come onto the show because it gives

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<v Speaker 6>everyone I hope you were listening, Uh, gives you an

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<v Speaker 6>idea of what you're what you're going to be voting for.

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<v Speaker 5>Uh.

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<v Speaker 6>We're talking about people that are literally been caught doing

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<v Speaker 6>insider trading, making billions, but they're but they're kind and

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<v Speaker 6>and compassionate, loving people and uh in this person's eyes.

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<v Speaker 6>And I have to share something with you, and you

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<v Speaker 6>guys can I don't know if you can find us

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<v Speaker 6>on the internet. I can send it to you. John

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<v Speaker 6>I got all my receipts. But her daughter that this

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<v Speaker 6>lady went to school with her daughter, and this is

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<v Speaker 6>her daughter's words verbatim. They said, try to describe your mom, Nancy,

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<v Speaker 6>and she goes, well, you know, I'm not going to

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<v Speaker 6>do that, and they finally pushed her. She goes, Okay,

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<v Speaker 6>put it this way. She'll cut your head off and

0:21:19.119 --> 0:21:23.800
<v Speaker 6>you won't even know you're bleeding. This is how feels

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<v Speaker 6>about her mother. And it was on a show, a

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<v Speaker 6>national syndicated show like The View or something like that.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't remember what it was, but I do have it.

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<v Speaker 6>I have the clip, John, I can send it to

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<v Speaker 6>you if you want it. But this is how her

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<v Speaker 6>daughter feel of her mother. And I got a bunch

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<v Speaker 6>of others of Nancy screaming at people and tell them,

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<v Speaker 6>telling them not to talk to her because she's like

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<v Speaker 6>above them and too good for them, and how dare

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<v Speaker 6>you even like breathe the same air that I'm breathing.

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<v Speaker 6>Kind of an attitude, So thank you for having read

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<v Speaker 6>people on man.

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<v Speaker 1>I read the Susan Page biography on Nancy Polo, and

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<v Speaker 1>Susan Page, who is obviously a fan of Nancy Pelosi,

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<v Speaker 1>otherwise you wouldn't be writing the book said that Nancy

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<v Speaker 1>Pelosi was a quote iron fist and a Gucci glove.

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<v Speaker 6>Oh, I just you can't make this stuff up. This

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<v Speaker 6>is politics. These are politicians. They I can't think of that.

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<v Speaker 6>There's a saying they can they can smile as they

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<v Speaker 6>as they kill. They smile as they kill. I think

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<v Speaker 6>that's in a song. And this is them. And when

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<v Speaker 6>people talk this way, okay, look, they're smooth, they don't

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<v Speaker 6>want to say anything negative. You know what you need

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<v Speaker 6>to bring to people here in California right now? Like

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<v Speaker 6>America needed Trump, California needs someone who stands up, speaks

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<v Speaker 6>up in all the divisions, mayors of a chief of police,

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<v Speaker 6>anything you can get them in. We need these people

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<v Speaker 6>that will stand up and say you know that that

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<v Speaker 6>so and so is crazy, and uh, you know this

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<v Speaker 6>is this is how I want to approach it. We

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<v Speaker 6>need to get back to basis with people that will

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<v Speaker 6>just tell you what they need to do and you

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<v Speaker 6>know what we need to do. But they're not gonna

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<v Speaker 6>sit there and kiss the behinds of these obviously very

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<v Speaker 6>powerful people because they're afraid of them. They're scared of them.

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<v Speaker 6>So if this lady gets in people. Trust me, if

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<v Speaker 6>Nancy wants something, she's gonna call this lady up or

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<v Speaker 6>have her her Gucci handbag, call her and say, this

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<v Speaker 6>is what you're gonna do. This is what you're gonna decide. Uh,

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<v Speaker 6>this is what This is a measure that we're gonna

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<v Speaker 6>put through and you are going to sign it. These

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<v Speaker 6>people are just puppets, man, And when they talk like this,

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<v Speaker 6>it's obvious and obviously she doesn't care. She doesn't care either.

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<v Speaker 6>She has she sounds like a very smart lady, very

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<v Speaker 6>well read, very educated. She doesn't need the money. She's

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<v Speaker 6>got a great job, so she's you know, she's doing well,

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<v Speaker 6>so she's not a dummy. But she's literally telling all

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<v Speaker 6>of you that she's just going to be another puppet

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<v Speaker 6>and why you'd vote for that, you know, call me crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, thank you for the call, sir. We appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 1>All right. There's some drama going on right now in Elmonte.

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<v Speaker 2>There are eighty eight small cities in the County of

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<v Speaker 2>Los Angeles, and oh, if it were possible to cover

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<v Speaker 2>all of them, it just isn't. It's not for us,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not for the local TV stations. It's not even

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<v Speaker 2>for the local newspapers, but every once in a while

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<v Speaker 2>you get a story out of one of these little

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<v Speaker 2>cities in La County, and it's pretty damn insane because

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<v Speaker 2>the mayor of Almonte is currently running for a third term,

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<v Speaker 2>despite the fact that she has had a very public

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<v Speaker 2>feud going on with one of her constituents that is

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<v Speaker 2>involved the mayor trying to get this woman fired, the

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<v Speaker 2>mayor sending public works crews to paint her curb bread

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<v Speaker 2>and apparently the mayor sending a gang member to intimidator. WHOA,

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<v Speaker 2>let's find out what this is all about. We go

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<v Speaker 2>to KTLA and to the very rarely discussed Almani years.

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<v Speaker 7>The Almani mayor has been marred in a retaliation scandal

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<v Speaker 7>involving a longtime resident. The mayor allegedly trying to get

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<v Speaker 7>the woman fired, have the curbs painted red in front

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<v Speaker 7>of her home, and reportedly sent a gang member to

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<v Speaker 7>intimidate her.

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<v Speaker 1>Thet whoam that serious business?

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<v Speaker 7>The political drama.

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<v Speaker 2>And this has all happened in the past, and she

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<v Speaker 2>still wants to keep running.

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<v Speaker 1>People get addicted to being elected.

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<v Speaker 7>The political drama resulted in a lawsuit a city council

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<v Speaker 7>censure and a public apology.

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<v Speaker 8>Our Mary Beth McDade spoke to both the mayor and

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<v Speaker 8>her alleged target about the fiery battle and the legal settlement.

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<v Speaker 8>She joins US Live in studio Mary Beth Hear.

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<v Speaker 1>And micah As.

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<v Speaker 9>The mayor declares she's running for re election her pastor

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<v Speaker 9>and has been engulfed in scandal. She faced public criticism

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<v Speaker 9>for allegedly abusing her power and retaliating against a community

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<v Speaker 9>volunteer who dared to criticize her. Now, the mayor has

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<v Speaker 9>publicly called her actions a misstep, and whether this misstep

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<v Speaker 9>will impact her run for a third term, only time

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<v Speaker 9>will tell.

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<v Speaker 10>Oh, she's asking for help.

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<v Speaker 4>It was weird.

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<v Speaker 10>Well that's the mayor of Amoni, right, Yeah, so she

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<v Speaker 10>had all her girlfriends recording to me and I don't

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<v Speaker 10>know why.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, small town politics, man is the absolute most vicious.

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<v Speaker 1>It's real ugly and it just does not get the

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<v Speaker 1>level of tension it deserves.

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<v Speaker 9>In September twenty twenty three, a known gang member seen

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<v Speaker 9>on video intimidating El Monty resident Gambi Laos.

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<v Speaker 10>That's according to a lawsuit filed.

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<v Speaker 2>Against the city by the way you could tell because

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<v Speaker 2>of the music. It's may sweeps everyone.

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<v Speaker 10>That's according to a.

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<v Speaker 9>Lawsuit filed against the city, which would eventually lead to

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<v Speaker 9>one hundred and seventy five thousand dollars settlement, a center,

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<v Speaker 9>and apology from the mayor from running for mayor. Now

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<v Speaker 9>Mayor Jessica and Kona is running for a third term,

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<v Speaker 9>even though her first two terms she came under fire

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<v Speaker 9>for that incident.

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<v Speaker 1>That takes some gusto.

0:27:28.040 --> 0:27:30.080
<v Speaker 2>You were censured, you had to pay one hundred and

0:27:30.119 --> 0:27:33.280
<v Speaker 2>seventy five thousand dollars in a retaliation lawsuit to a

0:27:33.320 --> 0:27:36.359
<v Speaker 2>constituent you were harassing, and you still think you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to get re elected.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm surprised she's not in Congress.

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<v Speaker 9>Part of a retaliation scandal involving Laos.

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<v Speaker 10>They censured her and then she gave her speech. She

0:27:46.240 --> 0:27:49.880
<v Speaker 10>said she was unapologetic, she didn't do anything wrong and

0:27:50.040 --> 0:27:52.960
<v Speaker 10>it was a misstep during a very contentious election.

0:27:53.560 --> 0:27:56.240
<v Speaker 9>That misstep at a local park in twenty twenty two

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<v Speaker 9>is what started at all the mayor running for a

0:27:59.520 --> 0:28:02.600
<v Speaker 9>second two He yelled from her car at Laos, accusing

0:28:02.640 --> 0:28:06.720
<v Speaker 9>her of campaigning for her competition. However, Leos wasn't campaigning

0:28:06.720 --> 0:28:10.080
<v Speaker 9>for anyone that day, she was promoting a city program.

0:28:10.119 --> 0:28:11.359
<v Speaker 9>She co founded.

0:28:14.800 --> 0:28:17.919
<v Speaker 1>A screaming match at the park between the mayor and

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<v Speaker 1>some volunteer yep.

0:28:21.320 --> 0:28:24.240
<v Speaker 9>Leos, upset with the mayor's actions, sent her in the

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<v Speaker 9>city council an.

0:28:25.240 --> 0:28:26.480
<v Speaker 10>Email and then the letter.

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<v Speaker 3>I told her she needed to do better.

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<v Speaker 10>She can't be rolling around our city like Achola. And

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<v Speaker 10>then the letter.

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<v Speaker 3>I told her she needed to do better.

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<v Speaker 10>She can't be rolling around our city like Achola when

0:28:43.520 --> 0:28:45.640
<v Speaker 10>we voted for her to represent us.

0:28:45.960 --> 0:28:49.320
<v Speaker 9>But that only made things worse. Leos tells us the

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<v Speaker 9>mayor abused her power by trying to get her fired

0:28:52.280 --> 0:28:56.520
<v Speaker 9>from her job by repeatedly calling her supervisors and sharing

0:28:56.560 --> 0:28:57.760
<v Speaker 9>that email with them.

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<v Speaker 1>This is so unbelievably catty.

0:29:04.280 --> 0:29:08.040
<v Speaker 2>It is ridiculous. Where's the reality TV cameras when you

0:29:08.080 --> 0:29:08.520
<v Speaker 2>need them?

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<v Speaker 10>I got another meeting with my boss and he's like, hey,

0:29:13.320 --> 0:29:16.480
<v Speaker 10>you know, the mayor keeps calling. Now she's having conference calls.

0:29:16.480 --> 0:29:19.120
<v Speaker 2>Can you imagine your boss polsy and the mayor keeps

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<v Speaker 2>complaining about you.

0:29:23.400 --> 0:29:25.480
<v Speaker 1>I bet you it's the first time HR has heard

0:29:25.480 --> 0:29:28.560
<v Speaker 1>about that at that particular company conference calls.

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<v Speaker 10>Now she's crying on the phone, and I'm like, I'm

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<v Speaker 10>on vacation. Are you kidding me?

0:29:36.080 --> 0:29:39.240
<v Speaker 1>Well, you might be on vacation, but she's rolling around

0:29:39.280 --> 0:29:39.960
<v Speaker 1>like a chola.

0:29:40.600 --> 0:29:43.000
<v Speaker 10>He says no, like she wants something done. And now

0:29:43.040 --> 0:29:46.000
<v Speaker 10>I have a zoom meeting with my boss's boss and

0:29:47.160 --> 0:29:51.640
<v Speaker 10>she's basically telling me that because she's the mayor, she

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<v Speaker 10>can keep Edison from getting a coach with permise.

0:29:54.880 --> 0:29:58.080
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, she works for Edison, and the mayor is

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<v Speaker 2>calling Edison trying to get this lady fired.

0:30:01.320 --> 0:30:03.360
<v Speaker 1>It sounds like she's gonna appeal all the way up

0:30:03.400 --> 0:30:04.400
<v Speaker 1>to Thomas.

0:30:04.680 --> 0:30:07.040
<v Speaker 10>Edison from getting a croachment permise. She can make it

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<v Speaker 10>difficult for them to work in the city.

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<v Speaker 11>So I never asked for them to do anything to her.

0:30:12.160 --> 0:30:15.280
<v Speaker 11>I was simply in quresty her status in rural and

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<v Speaker 11>Edison and her participation.

0:30:17.600 --> 0:30:20.600
<v Speaker 2>Why why do you care what an average citizen is

0:30:20.680 --> 0:30:24.360
<v Speaker 2>doing for the company they work for, because it's harassment

0:30:25.120 --> 0:30:25.880
<v Speaker 2>her status in.

0:30:25.960 --> 0:30:29.280
<v Speaker 11>Rural and Edison and her participation here in the city.

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<v Speaker 9>Laos was not fired, but the bad blood between the

0:30:32.800 --> 0:30:34.960
<v Speaker 9>two continued at city council meetings.

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<v Speaker 10>You are actually a second you're a second warning and

0:30:43.000 --> 0:30:44.160
<v Speaker 10>nobody should vote for you.

0:30:51.440 --> 0:30:54.040
<v Speaker 1>These people are running the cities in California.

0:30:54.920 --> 0:30:59.240
<v Speaker 2>There are eighty eight cities in La County, and we

0:30:59.280 --> 0:31:03.480
<v Speaker 2>only have time to focus on the big ones. There's

0:31:03.560 --> 0:31:05.480
<v Speaker 2>a lot of drama going on out there.

0:31:06.720 --> 0:31:08.880
<v Speaker 9>The mayor had her ben from council meetings.

0:31:09.480 --> 0:31:12.160
<v Speaker 2>It's when you actually deep dive into who is running

0:31:12.200 --> 0:31:14.880
<v Speaker 2>these smaller cities. Some of them are run very very well,

0:31:14.920 --> 0:31:17.760
<v Speaker 2>like the South Bay cities. But then you have places

0:31:17.800 --> 0:31:20.280
<v Speaker 2>like Almonte where this is the mayor. Of course, we

0:31:20.320 --> 0:31:23.920
<v Speaker 2>all know about the vice mayor of Cutahey, and of

0:31:23.960 --> 0:31:26.479
<v Speaker 2>course you remember what happened with the city manager of

0:31:26.520 --> 0:31:27.720
<v Speaker 2>Bell Robert Rizzo.

0:31:28.560 --> 0:31:31.640
<v Speaker 1>No, these cities are like cities in Mexico that are

0:31:31.680 --> 0:31:34.680
<v Speaker 1>just controlled by the cartels.

0:31:34.720 --> 0:31:37.480
<v Speaker 9>The mayor had her ben from council meetings and from

0:31:37.560 --> 0:31:41.440
<v Speaker 9>volunteering for the city, and Laos claims she even used

0:31:41.520 --> 0:31:44.280
<v Speaker 9>public work screws to pay the curb red in front

0:31:44.320 --> 0:31:45.280
<v Speaker 9>of Laos's home.

0:31:46.160 --> 0:31:50.360
<v Speaker 1>That is cold. That right there is a slap of

0:31:50.400 --> 0:31:50.840
<v Speaker 1>the phase.

0:31:52.040 --> 0:31:55.400
<v Speaker 2>You're going to take city workers on a city dime

0:31:55.880 --> 0:31:58.760
<v Speaker 2>and have them paint a curb red just to get

0:31:58.840 --> 0:32:02.720
<v Speaker 2>back at somebody. Your piss stop at part of.

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<v Speaker 1>Me, part of me sees the cattiness and the pettiness

0:32:07.520 --> 0:32:09.440
<v Speaker 1>in this and the fact that she was willing to

0:32:09.440 --> 0:32:12.280
<v Speaker 1>follow through with it, And I have a bit of

0:32:12.360 --> 0:32:17.720
<v Speaker 1>respect for her because most people they while they might

0:32:17.840 --> 0:32:21.880
<v Speaker 1>get the idea, someone eventually talks them out of it.

0:32:22.880 --> 0:32:25.440
<v Speaker 1>But this woman told everyone who told her not to

0:32:25.480 --> 0:32:28.360
<v Speaker 1>do it to go to hell her.

0:32:28.720 --> 0:32:34.280
<v Speaker 10>The ex public works director put in a work order

0:32:34.400 --> 0:32:36.800
<v Speaker 10>to have my curves painted so that it can minimize

0:32:36.880 --> 0:32:39.400
<v Speaker 10>himount of space I had to park my cars, which break.

0:32:39.520 --> 0:32:44.480
<v Speaker 1>I'm going to make your life a living hell. Let's

0:32:44.480 --> 0:32:46.800
<v Speaker 1>put it a fire, Hydrid do what.

0:32:47.000 --> 0:32:50.440
<v Speaker 9>Brings us back to that incident involving intimidation by a

0:32:50.480 --> 0:32:51.400
<v Speaker 9>known gang member.

0:32:51.680 --> 0:32:54.720
<v Speaker 11>With regard to the gang member, I didn't know who

0:32:54.760 --> 0:32:58.560
<v Speaker 11>this man was. I certainly didn't send him over to him.

0:32:59.400 --> 0:33:01.440
<v Speaker 1>Then what'd you pay one hundred and seventy five K for?

0:33:05.720 --> 0:33:08.280
<v Speaker 1>If she's rolled around like a chola. I would love

0:33:08.320 --> 0:33:10.080
<v Speaker 1>to see what this gang member look like.

0:33:11.760 --> 0:33:15.880
<v Speaker 2>Well, maybe it's one of the gang members that Cynthia

0:33:15.920 --> 0:33:16.920
<v Speaker 2>Gonzalez knows.

0:33:17.240 --> 0:33:19.520
<v Speaker 11>I want to know where are at.

0:33:22.640 --> 0:33:26.719
<v Speaker 2>That's what's going on in El Monty. Isn't tiny government fun?

0:33:29.560 --> 0:33:32.160
<v Speaker 1>Let's go to ed in Lake County, ED.

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<v Speaker 5>Hello, gentlemen, good afternoon. I'll talk to you. I wanted

0:33:38.640 --> 0:33:41.280
<v Speaker 5>to broach the gas topics and the fact that I've

0:33:41.320 --> 0:33:44.000
<v Speaker 5>been seeing these stickers. I don't know if you've seen

0:33:44.040 --> 0:33:47.880
<v Speaker 5>them these. I did that stickers reminiscent of the Joe Biden.

0:33:48.120 --> 0:33:51.000
<v Speaker 5>I did that sticker on my local gas pump, and

0:33:51.040 --> 0:33:53.520
<v Speaker 5>I find that a little bit infuriating. Have you seen those? John?

0:33:54.480 --> 0:33:55.480
<v Speaker 1>I have not. No.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh, So here's the thing, I explained as I was

0:34:00.800 --> 0:34:04.160
<v Speaker 5>peeling one off to a gentleman the other day, the

0:34:04.160 --> 0:34:08.440
<v Speaker 5>fact that Donald Trump had instituted so much domestic refining

0:34:08.800 --> 0:34:12.480
<v Speaker 5>of petroleum products in his first term as well as

0:34:12.520 --> 0:34:15.520
<v Speaker 5>the beginning of this second term. If he had not

0:34:15.640 --> 0:34:19.640
<v Speaker 5>done that, gas prices would be dramatically higher as we

0:34:20.120 --> 0:34:25.680
<v Speaker 5>enter this necessary crisis ending a nearly fifty year adversary

0:34:26.239 --> 0:34:30.480
<v Speaker 5>that's called this all kinds of horrendous names, obviously, And

0:34:30.560 --> 0:34:34.520
<v Speaker 5>so I believe this gas thing is the only thrilling

0:34:34.600 --> 0:34:38.280
<v Speaker 5>thing the Democrats have right now to complain about, because honestly,

0:34:39.000 --> 0:34:42.960
<v Speaker 5>being in the construction industry, everyone I know is books

0:34:42.960 --> 0:34:47.560
<v Speaker 5>for months. Everyone knows swamped with work. Everyone's making tons

0:34:47.560 --> 0:34:51.479
<v Speaker 5>of money, this economy is booming. We're doing very well.

0:34:51.480 --> 0:34:55.040
<v Speaker 5>There's now hiring signs everywhere that I look. And so

0:34:55.480 --> 0:34:58.399
<v Speaker 5>the gas price thing, it's what rush is the great

0:34:58.480 --> 0:35:02.640
<v Speaker 5>rush Limbaugh refer to as an eco Nazi, which is

0:35:02.680 --> 0:35:06.480
<v Speaker 5>the term I believe he coined. And that's that's specifically

0:35:06.480 --> 0:35:09.239
<v Speaker 5>what these people are. They're they're Nazis, and it's based

0:35:09.239 --> 0:35:13.680
<v Speaker 5>on environmentalism. That's their main that's their juden, that's their

0:35:13.680 --> 0:35:16.840
<v Speaker 5>that's the the environmentalist thing. That's their that's their chant,

0:35:17.360 --> 0:35:21.160
<v Speaker 5>that's their Singhil Mother Nature. Today's their big day, right,

0:35:21.640 --> 0:35:24.960
<v Speaker 5>the communist day. So we need to remember as a

0:35:25.000 --> 0:35:28.680
<v Speaker 5>country that these people are weak. And so when I

0:35:28.719 --> 0:35:31.160
<v Speaker 5>see the gas prices and I have these people going,

0:35:31.200 --> 0:35:34.120
<v Speaker 5>oh oh, it's so much, I think, well, I drive

0:35:34.120 --> 0:35:37.560
<v Speaker 5>one hundred and twenty miles a day, and I drive

0:35:37.560 --> 0:35:40.520
<v Speaker 5>a Gesel truck. I'm paying seven to fifty five. And

0:35:40.560 --> 0:35:42.120
<v Speaker 5>when I equate the fact that it's going to cost

0:35:42.160 --> 0:35:44.680
<v Speaker 5>me an extra forty or fifty bucks for the week,

0:35:45.520 --> 0:35:48.759
<v Speaker 5>and would I donate that willingly to destroy our greatest adversary,

0:35:48.760 --> 0:35:53.160
<v Speaker 5>I would say absolutely, even though in Texas they're still

0:35:53.160 --> 0:35:57.719
<v Speaker 5>paying about three three fifty. So that's right, That's just

0:35:57.760 --> 0:35:59.920
<v Speaker 5>what I wanted to chime in on. So I appreciate

0:36:00.400 --> 0:36:01.000
<v Speaker 5>have a great day.

0:36:01.440 --> 0:36:04.560
<v Speaker 1>Thank you for the call, sir, We appreciate it. Let's

0:36:04.560 --> 0:36:06.160
<v Speaker 1>go to John at Long Beach. John.

0:36:06.200 --> 0:36:11.480
<v Speaker 4>Hello, Johnny and Randy. First, I want to congratulate you

0:36:11.520 --> 0:36:15.560
<v Speaker 4>on your new three year contract you got. And second,

0:36:16.239 --> 0:36:19.360
<v Speaker 4>can you imagine if Katie Porter was the mayor of

0:36:19.400 --> 0:36:22.320
<v Speaker 4>el Monty and that lady came into the city council meeting,

0:36:22.640 --> 0:36:24.960
<v Speaker 4>she might have got a hot pot of mashed potatoes

0:36:25.040 --> 0:36:25.879
<v Speaker 4>port on her head.

0:36:27.000 --> 0:36:29.640
<v Speaker 2>Well, we can imagine what that would sound like. It

0:36:29.640 --> 0:36:32.359
<v Speaker 2>would sound something like my shot.

0:36:32.480 --> 0:36:34.000
<v Speaker 10>She can't be rolling around our city like.

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<v Speaker 4>What happened to the down ass kids.

0:36:40.560 --> 0:36:41.399
<v Speaker 1>Neighborhood kids.

0:36:41.440 --> 0:36:42.920
<v Speaker 10>The downass kids don't like it.

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<v Speaker 4>There you go, have a great weekend, guys.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, thank you,