1 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:11,319 Speaker 1: It's that time time time, time, luck and load. The 2 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: Michael darry Show is on. 3 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 2: The air, and you're coming to message this from my 4 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 2: friend Michael, you're talking about me. No, I forgot your 5 00:00:54,160 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 2: wife opened to boutique. I got of the friends I have, 6 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 2: of the river Oaks Country Club and Houston Country Club 7 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 2: member of friends I have. There's two types of guys 8 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 2: over there because they're all rich. Some of them are 9 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 2: real rich, like generational wealth, and some of them made 10 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 2: a little money. And there's two types of dudes over 11 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 2: there because all of their wives want to open a 12 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 2: boutique of some sort or another. And there's two types 13 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 2: of dudes. The dudes who said, hell, no, we're not 14 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 2: doing that. Your best friend opened a boutique, you can 15 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:32,759 Speaker 2: go hang out, you can work for free for her. 16 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,759 Speaker 2: Over there, y'all can sit around and own a boutique 17 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 2: that loses a fortune, but we're not doing it. We 18 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 2: don't have their kind of money. And then you got 19 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 2: Then you got the guy who can't tell his wife 20 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 2: no because he got caught cheating, or she knows he's 21 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 2: got so much money that she can she can lose 22 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 2: a half million a year on the boutique and it 23 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 2: won't hurt them. Besides, she really wants to do it, 24 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 2: and she's got him convinced. All those trips I take 25 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 2: to Paris, we can write those off. Those are buying trips. 26 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 2: I am hitting. I am hitting close to the bone 27 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 2: with this one. There's only about one hundred people that 28 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 2: I'm personally poking at right now, all in good Sport. 29 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 2: They all know each other, and they're all gonna go. 30 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 2: Michael's on there running his mouth again. Well, I assure 31 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 2: you I'm not talking about Houston. This story is based 32 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 2: in Laredo. This is not a Houston story, I assure you. 33 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 2: So here we are. I want to be clear on this. 34 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,839 Speaker 2: It's just not a personal attack on these people. There 35 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 2: are people who have the best of intentions there really are. 36 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 2: They're good people. They're honest, honorable, decent people, and they're rich. 37 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 2: And when you're rich, there's a sense of no bless 38 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 2: obleeg you're supposed to do things for the city. And 39 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 2: so there's another class of people who are not rich, 40 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 2: and these class of people feed like plankton off of 41 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 2: the rich people. This class of people are executive directors 42 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 2: of nonprofits, so they'll be the Memorial Park Conservancy and 43 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 2: the Zoo Conservancy and the light rail promotion campaign and 44 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 2: political campaigns will feed off of them too. But there 45 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 2: is a class of people and they move from nonprofit 46 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 2: to nonprofit and they are known for having a great rolodex. 47 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 2: They're great guests to have at your party in River Oaks, 48 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 2: and they know how to manage really rich people. It's 49 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 2: an art, and these people know how to do it. 50 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 2: You know, many people think you go to rich people 51 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 2: and you ask them for twenty five million dollar donation 52 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 2: and they got to write a check somewhere, and so 53 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 2: they just write it. That's not how it works. They 54 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 2: insinuate themselves in there. And these people, these executive directors. 55 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 2: United Way was a big one for years. They go 56 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 2: on vacation with these rich people. They go to their 57 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 2: house in Montana or Aspen or Martha's Vineyard or Dana 58 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 2: Island or Palm Beach. They become friends. They spend the afternoon, 59 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 2: you know, rose all day having frozs. They do favors 60 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 2: for them, they show up. They develop these close relationships. 61 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 2: So these rich women they get called in by the guys, 62 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 2: by the executive director type. And if you read the news, carefully, 63 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 2: you'll see the executive director class. You'll see exactly who 64 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:00,279 Speaker 2: they are. And I'm not saying they're bad people not 65 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 2: I'm just saying that there is a group of these 66 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:12,159 Speaker 2: people and they put together these deals and the money 67 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 2: comes when they can pitch the engineers and the architects 68 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 2: and the contractors and the surveyors, because that's who's going 69 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 2: to make money on these projects. The end user of 70 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 2: this project is never going to make money. They're going 71 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 2: to the astronome redevelopment. Oh, the finance guys, and if 72 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 2: you look at the people around say Rodney Ellis, and 73 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 2: if you look at the downtown lawyers that do public 74 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 2: bond work, it's the same guys. I know all of them, 75 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 2: and by the way, I like them, I don't dislike them. 76 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 2: This is why I can't socialize anymore, is because when 77 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 2: I beat up on deals like this and expose what's 78 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 2: really going on, people think I don't like them, because 79 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 2: I've been to all their houses and I genuinely do 80 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 2: like them. But that doesn't mean that I want you 81 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 2: the taxpayer. Doesn't mean I want the guy that's busted 82 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:05,679 Speaker 2: his hump all day every day who makes one hundred 83 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 2: and twenty thousand dollars. Sounds like a lot of money 84 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 2: if you don't make a hundred twenty thousand dollars. But 85 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 2: he's got three kids off at college. They shouldn't have 86 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 2: all three gone to college, but they are the kids 87 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 2: taking college loans. Dad feels like he's got to pay 88 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 2: for it. Wife used to work as a teacher, but 89 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:25,720 Speaker 2: she doesn't anymore. Their mortgage to the hilt. It's a 90 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 2: rough life. It's not the worst. It's not a coal 91 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 2: miner's life, but it's a rough life. That's the guy 92 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 2: being stuck with the taxes. That's the guy who's got 93 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 2: a house he bought for two seventy five that's now 94 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 2: worth six fifty. So what he got, where's he gonna go? 95 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,679 Speaker 2: And that is these people populating all these buildings all around, 96 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 2: and they're gonna be hit with more taxes on all 97 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 2: this and this thing is gonna come and go. They're 98 00:06:55,640 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 2: trying to redo. I guess they've redone gun's point mall. Now, Oh, 99 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 2: I've heard it on, Michael, you're beating up on it. 100 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 2: Why won't you come out here and tour it? Because 101 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 2: I've driven by on the way to the airport. You 102 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 2: show me that neighborhood turning with more than the project 103 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 2: you're doing with a bunch of government money. By the way, 104 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 2: downtown's dying. You've been to downtown lately. There's no retail. 105 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 2: There's probably half the number of restaurants. You know, in 106 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 2: the old days, you had the Chronicle, big building down there, 107 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 2: you had all the law firms, you had all the 108 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 2: financial firms. Well that died. A lot of those people 109 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 2: moved out. A lot of those people. You got people 110 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 2: that live out at what's that awesome place that used 111 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 2: to be Tenneco's employee deal? Steve Alvis did it? Chuck 112 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 2: uh I can't remember anything. I can't tell stories anymore. 113 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 2: I can't remember anything. I quit. What's the name of 114 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 2: the Houston Houston Oaks? You got people. You look at 115 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 2: the numbers, you look at every person that moved to 116 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 2: Houston Oaks. You can trace them one by one. You 117 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 2: do it be a great case study. The guys that 118 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 2: moved out to Houston Oaks. Every one of them used 119 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 2: to have a big house in River Oaks and was 120 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 2: invested in a big company in downtown. When they move, 121 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 2: they take all that intellectual capital, social capital, with them, 122 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 2: they start focusing on new things. Now you look at 123 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 2: every home that's that's five million dollars or above out 124 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 2: and round top. Every single one of those people has moved. 125 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 2: That they were the downtown domes and their wives were 126 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 2: the doions, that these were the holy Polloi of the 127 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 2: city of Houston. That's all mood. What's left now is 128 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 2: to scrap people. 129 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: Bi'll just go ahead and say it. 130 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 3: Sorry, Michael Barry Show. 131 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: There must be lies burning brighter somewhere. 132 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:27,679 Speaker 2: You got to be birds. I am high in the 133 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 2: sky more blue. 134 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 1: If I can dream, I'm. 135 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 3: A better land where all my brothers walking in and 136 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 3: tell me. 137 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:43,319 Speaker 2: I watched the new Elvis. You saw it? 138 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 3: I can. 139 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 2: Quick review. Netflix has a documentary on what is known 140 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 2: as the Elvis Comeback Special in nineteen sixty eight. So 141 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,079 Speaker 2: I should just caught the Comba Special because nine nine 142 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,599 Speaker 2: point nine percent of people called the Comeback Special. But 143 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:11,079 Speaker 2: my dear friend and private investigator, Paul Bakery gets upset 144 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 2: because hardcore Elvis fan, which I am, but I still 145 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:19,199 Speaker 2: call it the comeback Special, just not around him. It's 146 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 2: kind of an LL cool Jay thing, you know. Don't 147 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 2: call it a comeback I've been here for years, was 148 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:28,680 Speaker 2: that Elvis didn't need to come back. He was always Elvis. 149 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 2: Now the truth is he did need to come back. 150 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 2: He'd been off the scene of entertaining as a singer 151 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 2: or a pure singer in front of a live audience 152 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:45,319 Speaker 2: for seven years. He hadn't had a hit in five years. 153 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 2: What I am happy about with this one that Los 154 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:52,199 Speaker 2: Berman did on him and now this one is that 155 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 2: now we got people openly trashing Colonel Tom Parker constantly, 156 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 2: and that was important that needed to be done. But anyway, 157 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 2: so the documentary, I'll give you the reviews. It's not 158 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:26,680 Speaker 2: a spoiler alert ramon. Everybody knows what happened. This song 159 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 2: right here. What made me think of it is how 160 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 2: it closes, because this was the closing song to the 161 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:36,319 Speaker 2: sixty eight special. I don't think they gave enough time 162 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 2: airtime to how this song was chosen. This was right 163 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 2: after MLK was assassinated. This was very important. This was 164 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 2: Elvis's artistic statement and they didn't want it in there. 165 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 2: They thought it was too controversial, and he did not 166 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 2: want to do this song in his black leather onesie 167 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 2: that he'd done the whole night in that was important 168 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 2: to him that this have If you ever see that 169 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 2: video of him in front of the big read Elvis, 170 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 2: that is the clo of If I Can Dream. That's 171 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 2: the closing of that sixty eight special, which really was 172 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 2: the resurgence of Elvis, and it was the moment where 173 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 2: they stopped the stupid movies that he'd been in. Twenty 174 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 2: seven films that were all dumb. We're not all dumb, 175 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 2: twenty twenty four of them are dumb. Twenty three of 176 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 2: them are dumb. They're just churning out movies and songs 177 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:43,680 Speaker 2: and there's him and a girl and in fake backdrop. 178 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 2: His career was better than that. But anyway, then he 179 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 2: begins the glorious Elvis period in my opinion, and that's 180 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 2: when you get to seventy two special, which is the 181 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 2: biggest thing in the history of man kay Anyway, it's 182 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 2: a documentary worth watching. They don't spend enough time on 183 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 2: the documentary itself. They spent a lot of time telling 184 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 2: you what led up to why that was important, and 185 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 2: I think that was part of the story that needed 186 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 2: to be told. The Beatles on the scene in sixty 187 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 2: four in the US that really rocked everybody. The Beach 188 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 2: Boys fed off of Beatlemania and kind of competed with them, 189 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 2: and pet Sounds was a reaction to all of that, 190 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 2: and that was, you know, arguably, well arguably the greatest 191 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 2: thing the Beach Boys would do. And there was a lot, 192 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 2: there was a lot to come out of the Beatles, 193 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 2: the British invasion between Mick Jagger, but particularly the Beatles. 194 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 2: That everybody that was somebody in American pop music, Elvis Sinatra, 195 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:47,719 Speaker 2: Chuck Berry, you name it. That the Beach Boys. That 196 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 2: was the moment where they It was like you live 197 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 2: in a little small town and all of a sudden, 198 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 2: you know you're running back. You thought was so good, 199 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 2: and no, there's real running backs over there. There's big 200 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 2: boys over there. That was that moment. All right, So 201 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 2: back to the Astronomy and I'm gonna open up the call. 202 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 2: I want you to This is called Boosterism. I want 203 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 2: you to listen to Khou telling about They unveiled the 204 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:17,079 Speaker 2: scheme yesterday for the over billion dollar renovation of the Astronome. 205 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 4: Nearly sixty years after opening as the world's first indoor 206 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 4: air conditioned dome stadium, advocates are pushing a new plan 207 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 4: for the iconic Astrodome. 208 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 3: We envision a dynamic redevelopment of the Astrodome accessible to 209 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 3: all through creative. 210 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 2: Programming, innovative partnerships, and economic development. 211 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 4: The nonprofit Astrodome Conservancy, founded to help preserve yet reimagine 212 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 4: the dome, spent three and a half million dollars on 213 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 4: this latest proposal, one that would transform mostly the interior 214 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 4: of what remains a robust structure. Basically, new buildings would 215 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 4: rise within the dome, along with arena, entertainment, restaurant, and 216 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 4: other space. I think this is actually the only viable 217 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 4: project out there. Attorney Shawan Stevens. 218 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 3: I have an astronymb of my star, sits on. 219 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 4: The Conservacy's board and believes unlike a twenty thirteen bond 220 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 4: to fix up the dome that voters rejected, this plan 221 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 4: offsets the burden on taxpayers by using historic tax credits 222 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 4: and private investment, with a combined cost topping a billion dollars. 223 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 4: Next step is us working with the county, because the 224 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 4: county owns it and the county makes the decisions. The 225 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 4: Houston Livestock Show in Rodeo, a major NRG park tenant, 226 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 4: issued a statement from its CEO, who said in part quote, 227 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 4: the proposed plan by the Astrodome Conservancy does not align 228 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 4: with the Houston Livestock Show in Rodeo's strategic vision in 229 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 4: operational requirements. The Rodeo Texans and Harris County Sports and 230 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 4: Convention Corporation have been working on plans for NRG Park's future. Meanwhile, 231 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 4: the Harris County Sports and Convention Corporations chairman said, in 232 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 4: part quote, over the last few years, we have seen 233 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 4: several concepts that, while thought provoking, haven't resulted in viable 234 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 4: funding and maintenance solutions. We are currently working with Harris 235 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 4: County and a team of industry leading experts to plan 236 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 4: for the future of NRG Park, a future that many 237 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 4: hopes still includes this huge part of Houston's. 238 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 2: Past thirty years of doing this. Let me tell you 239 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 2: the important words that were just used in that story 240 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 2: that was straight from a press release. It's going to 241 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 2: be dynamic, okay, it's going to be accessible. That means 242 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 2: rich people in port people. These are all code words, 243 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 2: dog whistles, and economic development. Those were the first three 244 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 2: things that were that were highlighted. That's straight from the 245 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 2: press release. You know what that's supposed to tell you 246 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 2: That is supposed. That's how you justify things that don't work. 247 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 2: It's going to be for economic development. The idea there is, 248 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 2: if we spend just a billion and a half on 249 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 2: this thing, huh, it'll generate ten billion. No it won't, No, 250 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 2: it won't. They've already spent three point five million on 251 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 2: the proposal. So the proposal people are being paid to 252 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 2: hype this. There are people that go around just putting 253 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:10,639 Speaker 2: together these things and writing proposals. They don't care if 254 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:12,680 Speaker 2: the damn thing's ever done. They've already got three and 255 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 2: a half million. The building is robust, is it. Well, 256 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 2: let's me and you go take the lock off and 257 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 2: walk in it. Oh we can't walk in it. Why 258 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 2: can't we if it's so robust, Well, the mechanical systems 259 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 2: don't work. There's deadly mold growing inside. You can't breathe 260 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 2: the air inside the thing, and it's rotting. The thing 261 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 2: is rotting. You know what's robust? The pillars are so 262 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 2: sound that knocking that thing down is going to be 263 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 2: a challenge. I've had engineers tell me it's built like 264 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 2: a brick. Well, you know what I mean to say. 265 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 2: We just kind of glossed over the fact that voters 266 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,360 Speaker 2: rejected the renovation from a few years ago. Go back 267 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 2: and look at that plan that voters rejected. That plan 268 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:17,239 Speaker 2: is completely contradictory to what this is. Well, what if 269 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:21,880 Speaker 2: voters hadn't rejected it, we'd be chasing good money after 270 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 2: bad from that stupid thing. Oh but you're not going 271 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:26,879 Speaker 2: to have to pay for it. It's historic tax credits. 272 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 2: Do you understand what they're doing here? Anytime they tell 273 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 2: you you're not paying for something, it's actually coming from 274 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 2: this pool of money over here. That's the problem in 275 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 2: this country, is those pools of money over there. 276 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:39,640 Speaker 1: This is the Michael Barry Show. 277 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:41,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's the one. 278 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 4: Yeah. 279 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 2: The government murdered Peanut the squirrel, claiming they didn't know 280 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:10,200 Speaker 2: if he had rabies. I've been told now squirrels don't 281 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 2: often have rabies. And the report came back Peanut didn't 282 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:20,200 Speaker 2: have rabies. Peanut was innocent. They killed Peanut. 283 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 1: Will she was a ricon squirrel raised us promises. 284 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:35,440 Speaker 5: She couldn't have thinking it was a little lay somewhere 285 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 5: else was a great, big world with lots of faces 286 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 5: to run to. 287 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, the shit. 288 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:52,160 Speaker 2: Try the one of the promised. 289 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 5: To was gone, kid. Oh yeah, all right, take it easy, 290 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 5: Baba squirrel, squirrel. It was CINDI cool, and. 291 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 2: That news story wasn't as much boosterism as I had remembered. 292 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 2: I don't watch the local news, not because I'm some 293 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 2: great person, but because I just I'm done at that point. 294 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 2: But when I get up, our team pulls everything, so 295 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:37,119 Speaker 2: I get a lot of information in a very short 296 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 2: period of time. And I had reviewed the news coverage 297 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 2: and that was the one we went with. But that 298 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:56,640 Speaker 2: one wasn't as hyperbolic as some of the others. Let's 299 00:20:56,720 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 2: see if I can find this one. Okay, here KPRC 300 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 2: TV channel two posted the astrodome is set for a 301 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 2: billion dollar comeback exclamation mark and then a star with 302 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:18,400 Speaker 2: entertainment venues, a hotel, and much more. This beloved Houston 303 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 2: landmark will soon be buzzing with life again. And then 304 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,440 Speaker 2: the artist rendering that's what three and a half million 305 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 2: dollars will get you of a glitzy astrodome is shown 306 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 2: in the post. Now, look, the person that posted that 307 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 2: is not exactly Bill by Yessa. It's not necessarily the 308 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 2: most respected anchor is not Ron Stone. What was that 309 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:49,400 Speaker 2: real cute girl they took from traffic and put there 310 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:56,160 Speaker 2: you remember what I'm talking about a little by yes, and. 311 00:21:59,080 --> 00:21:59,159 Speaker 4: No. 312 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 2: Jennifarana in there to she's still in traffic. She's a looker. 313 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:08,680 Speaker 2: That one. What was her name, she had the short 314 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 2: crop hair. Dominique Saxa, Yeah, Dominique Saxa. I had lunch 315 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 2: with Steve Wasserman one time. He was the general manager 316 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:20,200 Speaker 2: of Channel Too. I think he's a good general manager. 317 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 2: And he used to do Steve's takes or whatever. He 318 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 2: did a little editorials. Do you remember. It'd be on 319 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,360 Speaker 2: issues of the day. I liked him. He had come here, 320 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 2: I think from Orlando anyway, I said. I asked him 321 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 2: over lunch, what's the best thing you ever did? What's 322 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,480 Speaker 2: the one best thing you ever did in your career 323 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 2: at any of the stations? And he said, oh, that's easy. 324 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 2: I took a young lady from the from the traffic 325 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 2: desk who worked on a computer filling in traffic information 326 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:54,160 Speaker 2: that would be sent to populate the screen for our 327 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 2: traffic reporters on air. She wasn't even on air, and 328 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:00,200 Speaker 2: I took her and put her in front of the 329 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 2: camera because I knew she had the look for television 330 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 2: and she had such a bearing, such a presentation, and 331 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 2: that was Dominique Saksa and that was he. He said 332 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:12,879 Speaker 2: that in my entire career, that's the best move I 333 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:16,679 Speaker 2: ever made. And there you go. She still does something 334 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:20,440 Speaker 2: like she has like a social media page and and 335 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 2: all that. She still looks beautiful. I mean, just glorious. 336 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 2: She's got Huh, she's remarried. Are you sure? I didn't 337 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:34,159 Speaker 2: know that? You know, I used to live down the 338 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 2: street from Lisa. What was a girl? She had kind 339 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:44,919 Speaker 2: of a Hawaiian Asian Look what was her? Huh? She 340 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 2: was on Channel eleven, Lisa Uh. I think she. I 341 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 2: think she was like Polynesian or something. She was very, 342 00:23:54,800 --> 00:24:00,439 Speaker 2: very cute. But we lived on this little, be tiny lane. 343 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 2: It's it's the kind of road that can only be 344 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 2: referred to as a lane. And you would turn onto 345 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 2: it and there was never any traffic there. Lisa Farnda 346 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 2: was that Lisa Farnda. I am creeping myself out by 347 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 2: remembering these names. It's funny that those are the names 348 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 2: I remember. And I'd turn on this lane and I'd 349 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,160 Speaker 2: go around the first bend and there would be this 350 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:26,879 Speaker 2: just gorgeous body in front of me. Jogging, and it 351 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 2: was clearly ethnic or as I like to refer to it, exotic. 352 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 2: And I would think it was my wife, because my 353 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:36,200 Speaker 2: wife's a runner, and I go, no, she's taller than 354 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 2: my wife. And I would get closer and closer. I mean, 355 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:45,160 Speaker 2: just a beautiful, beautiful body, and so I go real slow, 356 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 2: because you know, I don't want to hit her, you know, 357 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 2: gentleman that I am. I'd creep by real slow, and 358 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:53,679 Speaker 2: then i'd get up beside her and it'll be, oh, 359 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,439 Speaker 2: it's Lisa Fronda. And I would honestly forget that she 360 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 2: lived there because I don't talk to my neighbors. And 361 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 2: I'd roll my way in the head, Hey Lisa, how 362 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 2: are you doing? And then i'd mark it down in 363 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 2: my diary. I'd go, all right, today was two fourteen, 364 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 2: and the next day, I'm just kidding. I didn't do that. 365 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 2: I'm not that creepy. Good grief, it's a joke. So anyway, 366 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 2: back to the astrodom, the phone lines were open seven one, three, 367 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 2: nine nine, nine, one thousand. I'm going to tell you 368 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:26,439 Speaker 2: something that this is how cities die. You take on 369 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 2: so much debt. Let me just lay the groundwork for 370 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 2: you for just a moment. Want you to think about this. 371 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 2: I want you to think about our region as a 372 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 2: profit and law statement. Okay, because you can only soak 373 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:43,480 Speaker 2: taxpayers for so much money. Now, these these finance guys, 374 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 2: deal guys gotta make deals. I'm not mad at them. 375 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:54,199 Speaker 2: Deal guys gotta make deals. Deal guys can't survive on 376 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 2: little towns that don't build stadiums. And there are people, 377 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 2: a lot of them. They're all college educated, they go 378 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 2: to college. Where they go to college is very important 379 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 2: to them, and how good the football team is, and 380 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:11,120 Speaker 2: maybe the baseball and basketball while we're at it. And 381 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,720 Speaker 2: these are the types of people who when they're at 382 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 2: the airport they're either proud or embarrassed when someone asks 383 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:20,439 Speaker 2: them where they are based on how their team is 384 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:26,119 Speaker 2: doing and how many new restaurants have gotten. Michelin stars this. 385 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:30,359 Speaker 2: This is a huge group of people. They're young white 386 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:32,640 Speaker 2: people between the ages of twenty five and forty five, 387 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 2: before they start having kids and moving out of the city. 388 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 2: These are the people that are going to hype this 389 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 2: thing up. This is who they're counting off. 390 00:26:41,440 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 1: Marriage. 391 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:39,399 Speaker 2: Christine Weaver, our state planning attorneyment, sent me a picture 392 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 2: last night. You know, the sweet lady, elderly lady that 393 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:46,520 Speaker 2: she was visiting down in Parland and she had worn 394 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:51,439 Speaker 2: her Michael Berry show t shirt Christine's visit. Christine is 395 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:54,719 Speaker 2: an old fashioned lawyer. She makes house calls. You can 396 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,760 Speaker 2: go to her office. She makes house calls. We did 397 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:02,239 Speaker 2: our estate planning on my back porch. It had been 398 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,960 Speaker 2: twelve years, and obviously a lot has happened in twelve years, 399 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 2: and it was fun. We sat outside on the back porch. 400 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 2: It was a pretty day. And my wife's barefoot, because 401 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:21,919 Speaker 2: she's always barefoot. And I've taken my wear house slippers 402 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:25,119 Speaker 2: to the studio and I've just come home from the 403 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 2: show and I kick off my house slippers, and so 404 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 2: the two of us are. We have this brick paved porch, 405 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,879 Speaker 2: and it feels good to put your naked feet on 406 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 2: that porch and kind of tighten them, kind of grind 407 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:41,040 Speaker 2: into them. That brick feels very good on your bottom 408 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 2: of your feet. Now, there's usually peacock poops, so you 409 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,239 Speaker 2: got to wash that all first, because I don't like 410 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:48,680 Speaker 2: to put my feet in peacock poop. Not a weirdoh. 411 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 2: So anyway, So I love that she makes house calls, 412 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 2: and so she sent me a picture of this sweet 413 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:58,640 Speaker 2: little old lady in Parlean with her Michael Barry Show 414 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:02,000 Speaker 2: shirt and she said she strategically wears it when she 415 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 2: goes to her favorite restaurant in Paarland and they always 416 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:10,640 Speaker 2: serve her free because she's wearing a Michael Berry Show shirt. 417 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,480 Speaker 2: And I said, oh, that's got to be gotta be gringos, right, 418 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 2: there's no way that's not gringos. I said, what's the 419 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 2: name of the restaurant and she said, I don't know, 420 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:22,720 Speaker 2: let me check. What's gonna be gringos. But it's not. 421 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:28,560 Speaker 2: It's Painias. You've been to Painias? Yeah, Painias in Parland 422 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 2: apparently wear Michael Berry Show shirt. And now they may 423 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 2: not do it anymore, but apparently you're a sweet little 424 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 2: lady and you wear Michael Berry Show shirt, you get 425 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 2: a free meal at pen. So since she wears it 426 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,400 Speaker 2: every time she goes and they keep not charging her 427 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:42,680 Speaker 2: and say, no, no, we like your shirt. How about that? 428 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:51,560 Speaker 2: How about that? Oh I didn't think of that. Lumberton, Yeah, Lumberton. 429 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 2: A lot of people I know from Orange moved to 430 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:57,320 Speaker 2: Lumberton seven one three, nine nine nine, one thousand, So 431 00:29:57,360 --> 00:30:02,200 Speaker 2: when you look at this region, Houston Region as a 432 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:04,320 Speaker 2: profit and law statement, a couple of things I want 433 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:09,360 Speaker 2: you to consider. Number One, we built n our G. 434 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 2: That's a county facility. Taxpayers pay for that. Now you 435 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 2: could say, well, we had to do that to get 436 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:20,840 Speaker 2: a sports professional football team. Okay, and I want a 437 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:25,960 Speaker 2: professional football team in my town. Okay. Look, everybody gets 438 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:29,840 Speaker 2: a vote here. Crockett and I with Michael gone, I 439 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:33,880 Speaker 2: got two years with Crockett at home, so I had 440 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 2: time with Michael before Crockett came home. Now I got 441 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:39,120 Speaker 2: time with Crockett on the back end while Michael's gone. 442 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 2: So these are when I got to make my memories. 443 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,600 Speaker 2: So our thing we do is we go the football 444 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:46,800 Speaker 2: game together because he loves to go to the football game. 445 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 2: And so that's our that's our little time together that 446 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 2: we spend. And we have a ball. I mean, we 447 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:59,440 Speaker 2: just we make a go of it. So I enjoyed 448 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,040 Speaker 2: that experience. And it's a concert venue, and if you 449 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 2: want that, that's fine you. I just want to make 450 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 2: sure we all understand what we're doing, all right. So 451 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:10,840 Speaker 2: we got ENERG, which I'm told is going to need renovations. 452 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:15,200 Speaker 2: Those stadiums require up upkeep. Okay, so you've got NRG 453 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:21,400 Speaker 2: that's big, but you also have the rodeo there, so 454 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,719 Speaker 2: you got a lot going on on those grounds. All right, 455 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:27,080 Speaker 2: that's a county facility. Now you've got the Toyota Center 456 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:30,240 Speaker 2: and it's been around long enough that it's going to 457 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:33,600 Speaker 2: need some renovations. But you got the rockets there, and 458 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:36,920 Speaker 2: people want a professional basketball team. I got that, and 459 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 2: uh Compact Center was let go and Lakewood grabbed hold 460 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:42,360 Speaker 2: of that. So now you don't get any tax dollars 461 00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:49,360 Speaker 2: out of that. Okay, there we go. You know, call 462 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:54,600 Speaker 2: me crazy. If we're going to tax people, I think 463 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:57,280 Speaker 2: we ought to tax people. And if we're going to 464 00:31:57,360 --> 00:31:59,840 Speaker 2: say some people aren't going to be taxed, we're going 465 00:31:59,920 --> 00:32:01,600 Speaker 2: to say this guy over here's gonna be tax but 466 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 2: you over here are not gonna be tax It's kind 467 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:08,400 Speaker 2: of like, get out of the road. Roads are for driving. 468 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:12,320 Speaker 2: Stop doing your fun runs there, Stop doing your protests there, 469 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:15,880 Speaker 2: Stop leaving the car park there because it's a hooptie. 470 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:19,000 Speaker 2: The roads are for driving, They're not for anything else. 471 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,800 Speaker 2: Stop using them for other stuff. You're pissing me off, 472 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:32,080 Speaker 2: and stop taking property off the tax rolls, churches, government, nonprofit, 473 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:36,600 Speaker 2: all of it. Do you know why we continue to 474 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:40,920 Speaker 2: do that? Because Christians have decided, you know, we're getting 475 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:43,960 Speaker 2: screwed in every other way. We're gonna flex our muscles. 476 00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:49,120 Speaker 2: You're not gonna charge us for taxes. Okay, but you 477 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,080 Speaker 2: do understand if we're trying to raise a trillion dollars, 478 00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:56,800 Speaker 2: we've got to get it somewhere, right, So if he 479 00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:58,720 Speaker 2: doesn't have to pay it, and all the government properties 480 00:32:58,720 --> 00:32:59,840 Speaker 2: don't have to pay it, and then we give this 481 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:01,680 Speaker 2: over here for people of a certain age, and we 482 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,959 Speaker 2: give this over here because it's historic. You do understand 483 00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:08,880 Speaker 2: that when you take seven out of ten people, seven 484 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:12,240 Speaker 2: out of ten properties, out seven out of ten incomes 485 00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:16,360 Speaker 2: out of your potential stream of revenue. The other people 486 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:19,640 Speaker 2: have to pay a disproportionately high amount of money. I'm 487 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:23,240 Speaker 2: sorry if this is reasonable and in some way steps 488 00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:28,120 Speaker 2: on your toes. This is the problem. So the last 489 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 2: person left is that poor schlub, that poor slub who's 490 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:37,200 Speaker 2: working for a living and watching everything he makes go 491 00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 2: to the government and can't figure out why. But don't 492 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,920 Speaker 2: you dare make his church pay? Don't you dare make 493 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,720 Speaker 2: this group pay? And don't take away the historic abatement, 494 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:49,040 Speaker 2: and don't make the old people pay. Old people have 495 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:51,440 Speaker 2: more money than young people. This is the craziest thing. 496 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,960 Speaker 2: Old people do not get a tax break because they're 497 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:59,680 Speaker 2: old or because they're poor. They're not. At some point. 498 00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:02,000 Speaker 2: Look look at the data. Old people have way more 499 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:07,080 Speaker 2: money than young people, way more money, considerably more money. 500 00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:14,239 Speaker 2: Old people vote. You give old people tax advantages, and 501 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:17,239 Speaker 2: you give young people student loans paid off. That's why 502 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:20,400 Speaker 2: those are done. Those are the It's not good policy. 503 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:25,400 Speaker 2: Very little policy is good policy because it's it's a good, smart, 504 00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:29,680 Speaker 2: effective way to raise money or spend money. It's all 505 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:33,920 Speaker 2: about that's a huge block of votes. Asked Claude Pepper, 506 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,120 Speaker 2: the man stayed in Congress for forty years on the 507 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:39,319 Speaker 2: basis of it, Ramon, have I not? Is there a 508 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:44,120 Speaker 2: single demographic I have not pissed off today? Well, we 509 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:50,719 Speaker 2: hadn't hit blacks, not really? Gaze? Yeah, all right, coming up, 510 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:57,000 Speaker 2: I'm gonna punch Gaze. Who else? Huh? I don't want 511 00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:01,799 Speaker 2: to punch lead. No, we've grown our lesbian audience a 512 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:03,399 Speaker 2: lot the last couple of weeks. I don't know. I'm 513 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:07,719 Speaker 2: making inroads, making roads you see that woman in Seattle 514 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:09,560 Speaker 2: use a pick. 515 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,760 Speaker 1: Ax and her partner. 516 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:15,440 Speaker 2: Her wife runs a blog for Conde Nast called them 517 00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:18,880 Speaker 2: It's a transgender blog. They described that woman as a 518 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:20,880 Speaker 2: power lesbian. Now, I don't know if that's how she 519 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:25,080 Speaker 2: swung the pick axe. Jesse Kelly said, when you put 520 00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:28,319 Speaker 2: a hitch post on your Subaru, that makes you a 521 00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:29,520 Speaker 2: power lesbian.