1 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:11,320 Speaker 1: It's that time, time, time, time, Luck and load. The 2 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 1: Michael Verie Show is on the air. With today being 3 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 1: the Veterans Day, the city of Houston will host a 4 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: Veterans Day parade called Houston Salutes American Heroes Parade, which 5 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: will begin at eleven thirty am today in downtown Houston. 6 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: Of course, right well, I'll remind you that during the 7 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: Silvester Turner administration, it was not uncommon to simply refuse 8 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: to host a parade for our veterans. We found out 9 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: and within forty eight hours had at the RCC a 10 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:18,320 Speaker 1: veterans parade. It wasn't the biggest, it wasn't the Macy's 11 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, but in less than 12 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:26,839 Speaker 1: forty eight hours we pulled together a parade in front 13 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: of the RCC. Lauren Cole, who was running the RCC 14 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 1: for us, absolutely without sleep, put together. I bet you 15 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: we had. I don't want to exaggerate how many, how 16 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: many vehicles, floats or the like in their six million ramon. 17 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: I don't want to exaggerate. I don't know. It was 18 00:01:54,240 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: a lot, and in order for full effect, made it 19 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: about three blocks long and we looped them about three times. 20 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: It was the kind of thing you'd make fun of 21 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 1: in a small town where they really don't have enough 22 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: going on in a small town to host a parade 23 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 1: or I remember when when my kids were in elementary school, 24 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: that have a parade, the Transportation Day parade, and that 25 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: have the local police department and the fire department bring 26 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: out a fire truck and a police department, bring out 27 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: a swat truck, and maybe a garbage truck and a 28 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 1: public works truck, and some other guy would have an 29 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: eighteen wheeler or whatever. They'd make the loop in front 30 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: of the school. It was the cutest darn thing you've 31 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: ever seen. Well, this was like that, but bigger, believe 32 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 1: it or not. It was such a pent up interest, 33 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: and the local news stations ran a story that because 34 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 1: city of Houston that year had decided to spit in 35 00:02:54,960 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: the face of veterans, that we were throwing something together. 36 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 1: So all these people reached out and wanted to help, 37 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: and we did it at night. I don't know why 38 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: the well, no, I don't know why we did. We 39 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: did it before a concert because then we knew we 40 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: had an audience. Because you don't want to host a 41 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: parade and you got nobody on the sidewalks, so we 42 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: did it before and it was a big show, and 43 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:21,959 Speaker 1: I think we ended up if you had a ticket already, great, 44 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: If you didn't, you could if you came to the 45 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 1: parade to get into the show, and it was it 46 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: was like a Jamie Johnson level show and it ended 47 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: up being something special. You know, the energy behind something 48 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: like that is something special. I do want to note 49 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: we lost a firefighter, the eighty third Houston firefighter to 50 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: die in the line of duty, Marcelo Garcia. The third 51 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: only forty two years old. It was an empty warehouse 52 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: on Polk near Waystside on the East End. The woman 53 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: who is now charged with felony. The charge at this 54 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: point is a first degree arson charge, which means she 55 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: intentionally set the fire. Yesenia Espinosa, thirty eight years old. 56 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: There is a public viewing tomorrow from five to nine 57 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: at Forest Park Lawndale Funeral Home. That's a beautiful part 58 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 1: of Houston, the kind of old what is that Glen 59 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: View whatever that's called right there where Forest Park is. 60 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: That's one of the neighborhood has kind of gone down 61 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 1: over the years, but it's one of the naturally beautiful 62 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 1: and kind of historic parts of Houston. I like it 63 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 1: a lot. The funeral itself will be Wednesday at nine 64 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: am at the Sacred Heart Co Cathedral, which is at 65 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: the edge of downtown. If you are a firefighter, firefighter 66 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 1: family member, or just a member of the public who 67 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: wants to a tend if you're going to go to 68 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: a firefighter's funeral, I would tell you and you're available 69 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: on Wednesday morning to be there to support the family. 70 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: Get there early and stay late. That Co Cathedral, the 71 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: Sacred Heart Co Cathedral, it's at eleven eleven Saint Joseph Parkway. 72 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 1: That is See, this is a problem when an idea 73 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: pops into your head and then you don't have time 74 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,479 Speaker 1: to think about it. I dare say that is the 75 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: most beautiful, glorious house of worship in our region. And 76 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:45,720 Speaker 1: let me confirm that that's true. Grace is large until 77 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: their credit. Grace always opens up for firefighters, police officer funerals. 78 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: Second Baptist does the same. Second Baptist is the original 79 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: campus at Woodway and Voss is a beautiful, beautiful campus, 80 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 1: especially if you pull back and you see the couple 81 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:10,599 Speaker 1: on top where the bushes go That's a pretty one. 82 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 1: Is that Saint Martin right there on is that wood 83 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:24,559 Speaker 1: way that is? That is a very very beautiful house 84 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 1: of worship. Yes, Yes, and an architectural style looks like 85 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: you're walking on the campus of Yale. Saint Martin's. Is 86 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:35,840 Speaker 1: that what I said? Did didn't I say? Saint Martin's. Yeah, 87 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 1: Saint Martin's is. I'll tell you one that people don't 88 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: seem to know about. It never comes up is christ 89 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 1: Church downtown. It's not much to look at outside, but 90 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: when you walk inside it is all wood all the 91 00:06:52,440 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: way up and down. That is an exquisite, exquisite. Sure, 92 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 1: I'm not sure you really need a church to be 93 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: a beautiful thing to honor God. I really don't. But 94 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 1: in terms of houses of worship that are beautiful, that 95 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: Sacred Heart Co Cathedral is is something special that was 96 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: being built while I was on city Council and it 97 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: was I remember the fundraising drive for that, and I 98 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: would look at the names of the people who were 99 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: donating to see who was and it was Hoi POLLOI 100 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: of Houston Catholic families, most of them Italian, you know, 101 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,239 Speaker 1: Carabas and and those I don't know if the Carobas 102 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: were involved, but it was a lot of the the 103 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: the old Catholic families, most of which were of his 104 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: of Italian herodage. Probably some Irish thrown in there too. 105 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: The other one that's very pretty is the one that 106 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: is Tim Belton goes there. What's it called Holy Rosary. 107 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: Holy Rosary is a much smaller scale, but that's a pretty, 108 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: very pretty church in the Midtown area. Michael Petru's daughter 109 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 1: el got married there. That is a that's a beauty. 110 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: But that Sacred Heart, that is a that is a 111 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: that will be a beautiful send off to Marcelo Garcia 112 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: the third, only forty two years old. This Yosinnia Espinosa, 113 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:42,839 Speaker 1: who's set this fire, she should burn in hell. She 114 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: really should burn in hell for setting a fire. Allegedly 115 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 1: that led to the death of this ten year firefighting veteran. 116 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 1: When President Trump is back in office the Michael Verry Show, He's. 117 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 2: Gonna wipe you off the face of the earth. 118 00:08:58,480 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: Your daughter. 119 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 3: And a letter from home. I hold it up and 120 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 3: shown my buddies like we ain't scared enop same body, 121 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 3: and they all like like or something funny about the 122 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 3: way I know. 123 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 1: Harris County is moving more and more Republican. In twenty sixteen, 124 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: Hillary took Harris County seven hundred seven thousand to five 125 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:40,079 Speaker 1: forty five for Trump. In twenty twenty, when they cheated, 126 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 1: it was nine hundred and eighteen thousand to seven hundred 127 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 1: thousand for Trump. In twenty twenty four, where it's harder 128 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:56,440 Speaker 1: to cheat, it was eight oh two to seventy two. 129 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 1: So Trump got four forty seven percent this time, up 130 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 1: from forty one percent back in sixteen and forty two 131 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: percent in twenty twenty. In fact, there were some big 132 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: wins in Harris County. I will endeavor to announce when 133 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:28,680 Speaker 1: ballot positioning is open. It's one of those kind of 134 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:37,199 Speaker 1: weird things because the general public doesn't think about elections 135 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: as far out from the election as you need to 136 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:46,679 Speaker 1: to file, and that's just the nature of the business. 137 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: You don't think about, you know, running for a seat 138 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 1: unless you were a person. And there's just a sort 139 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 1: of cabale of people who they just keep running, and 140 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 1: you'll see people they're on the this time, they're on 141 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:05,320 Speaker 1: the bout last time. There are people that I ran against, 142 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 1: and I ran in one to three to five, winning 143 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:13,319 Speaker 1: all three times. There are people who I ran against 144 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 1: for city council that are still running to this day 145 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:24,119 Speaker 1: and have never won a seat. They're just perennial candidates. 146 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: They don't raise any money. They drive around to all 147 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:33,680 Speaker 1: the debates, which, by the way, going to debates for 148 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 1: down ballot races is the biggest waste of time. You 149 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: can do it. It's not going to hurt, but it's 150 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:47,959 Speaker 1: not going to help. I tell candidates this, and they 151 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: never listen. You've got to raise money. You got to 152 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: keep it out of the hands of the consultants because 153 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 1: they will waste it on themselves. They got a house 154 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 1: note too. Like the guy that comes back from the doctor. 155 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 1: Doctor says, I gotta have surgery. Did he even bother 156 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:08,560 Speaker 1: to see you before that? Don't laugh, Michael. He says 157 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: I got to have her. They gotta have it. They 158 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 1: gonna rush me right into surgery. I bet they are 159 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 1: his mortgages. Do don't say that, Michael, doctor said it's bad. 160 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 1: Let me ask you this. If you were a doctor 161 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 1: and you had people coming to you, do you think 162 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:30,680 Speaker 1: you might have a financial incentive to rush them into surgery. 163 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:37,680 Speaker 1: If you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail. I'm 164 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 1: an extreme capitalist, but I know good and well that 165 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 1: if I drive into the car dealership and say, hey, 166 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 1: you think I need to trade this car in and 167 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,320 Speaker 1: get another one, or you think this car will be 168 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 1: just fine since it's paid off and has been for 169 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,680 Speaker 1: five years, that it'd be good for another five years. 170 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: Oh I do. Oh honey, I'm gonna be a little while. 171 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 1: They said, I gotta buy a new car right now. 172 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 1: This car ain't gonna last ten minutes. They've agreed take 173 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:10,959 Speaker 1: it off my hand and everything. But they said, whoa, 174 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 1: that's a good thing. I came in right now. If 175 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 1: I hadn't to come in right now, I probably wouldn't 176 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 1: have made it home to see you, baby. So I'm 177 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: gonna stay right here, and I'm gonna go ahead and 178 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 1: get me a new car. They said it'd be better 179 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: if I financed it rather than pay cash. They said 180 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 1: it'd be better it lasts longer and run better. They 181 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:39,079 Speaker 1: said it'd be better if I financed it, and if 182 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:41,680 Speaker 1: I got Scotch Guard, and if I got all the 183 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: upgrades they said. Car dealer said, I have to, yeah, 184 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 1: And then I got my surgery tomorrow because I went 185 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 1: and saw doctor and he said, I gotta have it. 186 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:52,959 Speaker 1: Me wanted me to have it today. He said, we 187 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 1: don't have time for second opinion. We've got to get 188 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 1: in there and do it. Yep. I went to the 189 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 1: dentist and he said he's got to do like. That's 190 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 1: good thing. I got into there. My teeth were gonna 191 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: fall out tomorrow. They were, they were. And then at lunch, 192 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 1: you won't believe what happened. I went in there. I 193 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 1: was just gonna have a little soup and they said, 194 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 1: absolutely not. You have got to have the most expensive wine, 195 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: a magnum of it. It was twelve hundred dollars. But 196 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 1: thank god I went in there. They said I was 197 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: gonna starve if I didn't walk in there right now, 198 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: right now, if I didn't do that. It just amazes 199 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 1: me how people, how people get suckered into that. I 200 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 1: love my doctors, I really do, and I trust their judgment. 201 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: But even with my own doctors, even with my own doctors, 202 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 1: you should be a touch skeptical. I think I think 203 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 1: it's important to be a touch skeptical. Back to Harris County. 204 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 1: I want you to notice the different pference when a 205 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: famous rapper is not the victim because listen, thugs, all 206 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 1: the thugs out there, don't shoot a famous rapper or 207 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: you'll go to prison. But otherwise, this average black dude, 208 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 1: white dude, single bond, shoot away Democrat Judge Josh Hill, boy, 209 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 1: he is awful. Gosh, he is awful, just a devil 210 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: of a human being, has sentenced a man to probation. 211 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 1: Three months later, that man picks up new felony charges. 212 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 1: So this time he grants him a low bond because 213 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 1: we've got to get him back out on the street 214 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 1: shooting again. Now that man is third times the charm 215 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 1: is charged with murdering a woman. This is the same 216 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:54,280 Speaker 1: judge that imposed a two million dollar bond on the 217 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 1: man who was arrested for murdering the rapper takeoff. See 218 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 1: when you murder rapper. The powers that be that are 219 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: buds with the rappers because they need their endorsement. They 220 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 1: tell you send that guy away forever. Oh, but just 221 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 1: shoot and kill some average woman. Man. We don't care 222 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 1: about that, even if she's black. The story from Fox twenty. 223 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 2: Six at twenty twelve, thirty one year old Sirdarian Thompson 224 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 2: was sentenced to eight years in prison for multiple home invasion, 225 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 2: robberies in. 226 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: The seis, in my school home invisions. 227 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 4: I mean he he beat up the residents, he beat 228 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 4: up women. I mean he pulled a gun in their head. 229 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 4: I mean this was pretty bold and brazen. 230 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 2: March twenty twenty two, two hundred to thirty second Criminal 231 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 2: Court Judge Josh Iill sentences Thompson to deferred probation after 232 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 2: he pleads guilty to fellon in possession of a weapon. 233 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:49,479 Speaker 4: Within three months, he gets charged again with more violent felonies, 234 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 4: another aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in which he's 235 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 4: alleged to have shot the victim as well. 236 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 2: Instead of revoking his probation and sending Thompson back to prison, 237 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 2: Judge Hill sets his bond at just seventy grand Here's 238 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 2: his signature on the bail order. 239 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 4: He gets out on a really paltry, minuscule bond considering 240 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 4: his violent history. 241 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:15,159 Speaker 2: Judge Hill's decision to give Thompson his freedom may have 242 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 2: cost twenty two year olds Keambra Bibbs her life. According 243 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 2: to court documents, she knew Thompson on September fourth. Police 244 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 2: say Thompson shot Caiambra multiple times and then dumped her 245 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 2: body in the garage at this medical center office building. 246 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 2: Get this. Thompson apparently wanted to stay in good graces 247 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:37,640 Speaker 2: with Judge Josh Hill. He appeared in court September seventeenth, 248 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:42,399 Speaker 2: thirteen days after he allegedly murdered Chiambra. Thompson was charged 249 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:46,119 Speaker 2: with murder. On October thirty, first Tuesday, he turned himself in. 250 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 4: This was a tragedy, but it was so utterly preventable 251 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 4: because you've had him multiple times, but we continue to 252 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,200 Speaker 4: put him back out and now you have a young 253 00:17:57,280 --> 00:17:57,880 Speaker 4: lady dead. 254 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 1: Is there a way to care out mass deportation without 255 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:04,000 Speaker 1: separating families the Michael Verry Show. 256 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 4: Of course, families can be deported together. 257 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 1: Everyone, I've been on Briderly. I got a message from 258 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 1: my CPA's the partners many of you qualified for in 259 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 1: the Greater Houston area or Gulf Coast, actually all the 260 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:26,959 Speaker 1: Gulf Coast. If you were hit by Beryl, which I 261 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 1: still think was a dumb name for a hurricane, did 262 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:34,640 Speaker 1: that did that qualify for one of Sheila Jackson Lee's 263 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,480 Speaker 1: black names. If we was to put an apostrophe and 264 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 1: a dash in there, barrel dash ya. If you qualified 265 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 1: to extend your deadline to February third. And remember we 266 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:56,479 Speaker 1: told you if you were affected by Hurricane Beryl, and 267 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:59,199 Speaker 1: you've got to do the work to determine if you 268 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:03,439 Speaker 1: were a fan, that would mean that your tax return 269 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:09,480 Speaker 1: could have been delayed until February third. And I heard 270 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:12,440 Speaker 1: from a number of you sent you to Deuroche Partners 271 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:18,360 Speaker 1: to see if you qualified. Here is the important thing 272 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 1: to note if you're planning on filing February third, because 273 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:26,679 Speaker 1: you're a procrastinator, and any deadline extension you're grateful for, 274 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: not because it's in your strategic best interest, but because yeah, 275 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 1: and I don't have to worry about that. Let me 276 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,400 Speaker 1: go see what fishing trip I'm going on, or maybe 277 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 1: I'll go with Robbie down to Argentina with exciting outdoors. 278 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:44,119 Speaker 1: So if you qualified for that and extended it to 279 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 1: February third, there's something important to note. The IRS E 280 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: file system is going to be shut down November thirtieth, 281 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:58,920 Speaker 1: and they say they've shut it down from they'll be 282 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: shutting it down for maintain until sometime mid or late January. Well, 283 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:11,200 Speaker 1: it's the government. Everyone in the industry knows it won't 284 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 1: be up by February third, So Droche Partners is telling 285 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: folks you should file before November thirty so that you 286 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 1: get your efile in. Why is that important? If you don't, 287 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 1: you have to pay per file your return and paper 288 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:36,400 Speaker 1: filing is legal, but I'm told it's a lot more hassle. 289 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:40,280 Speaker 1: This is the Darroche Partner's folks telling me this and 290 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 1: that you're more likely to get an audit. It is 291 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 1: believed if you are a paper filer. Look, I'm not 292 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 1: suggesting you're doing anything wrong, but you don't want to 293 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 1: be auditive six one a half does the other. You 294 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:55,360 Speaker 1: don't want to be pulled over by a cop, even 295 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:59,120 Speaker 1: if you're not speeding. You just don't. They're saying that 296 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:04,359 Speaker 1: the system should be up by February third, but it 297 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: is believed it may not be. So this might be 298 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 1: the kick in the rear. You needed to get your 299 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 1: tax return filed by November thirtieth, including your corporate tax return. 300 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 1: And he says, just to give you an idea. With 301 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:24,400 Speaker 1: our clientele, about twenty percent of our twenty twenty three 302 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:29,640 Speaker 1: year end so last fiscal year are still open because 303 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:33,159 Speaker 1: folks are putting their information together and they got to 304 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 1: get all their information to Duroch before de Roche can 305 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:37,680 Speaker 1: put together the return and say are you good with 306 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 1: this and then file it. So just just a little 307 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 1: deadline to think about. There. We're seeing resignations of Democrat 308 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:52,160 Speaker 1: Party officials like you would not believe. Let me see 309 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 1: if I can find this. Yeah. The party chair for 310 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 1: the state Democrat Party party, Gilberto Hinojosa, has resigned because 311 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 1: Democrats got trounced in state of Texas. The Collin County 312 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:16,880 Speaker 1: Democrat Party chairman, which is Sheena King, has retired has resigned. 313 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 1: The Bear County Democrat Party, which of course is San 314 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:34,719 Speaker 1: Antonin and surrounding areas, has resigned. Her name is Monica Alsindetara, 315 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 1: and Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson has announced a 316 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:43,920 Speaker 1: post election audit of the November fifth election. I'm being 317 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 1: told by Rachel Hooper, the General Council of the state 318 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:53,160 Speaker 1: Party's Republican State Party, that this is expected to be 319 00:22:53,520 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: a very expansive and broad post election audit. Audits are good. 320 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 1: You have to inspect what you expect, you know, like 321 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:12,520 Speaker 1: when you ask your kid do you clean your room? Yes, ma'am, 322 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:14,879 Speaker 1: and you go okay, all right, okay, Well, then you 323 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 1: can go out with your friend. Wait a minute, wait 324 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:22,120 Speaker 1: right there, let me go check. And you walk in 325 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 1: and you feel like you've just interrupted two lovers. 326 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 4: Wait, whoa, what's going on in here? 327 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: Well, I'll clean it up right No, No, you just 328 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: told me you cleaned up your room before you left. 329 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:45,280 Speaker 1: And if I didn't go and check, then I wouldn't 330 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 1: have known. So the Texas Secretary of State's office will 331 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 1: audit presidential and the US Senate races, so the ten 332 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:03,959 Speaker 1: Cruz versus Colin, all right, and each county will be 333 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: required to randomly select a county level race. Well, I'll 334 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:13,160 Speaker 1: just tell you right now, I don't have one ounce 335 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 1: of confidence that Harris County will select a race where 336 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 1: a Democrat won and it was really close, like the 337 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 1: DA's race. I can tell you that the person's pulling 338 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 1: the strings at Harris County that kicked kim Ogg out 339 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:37,360 Speaker 1: of the Democrat primary and are ensuring that Sean Tier 340 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:42,400 Speaker 1: is a district attorney and not Dan Simons. And there's 341 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:46,199 Speaker 1: a good reason for that, because the people pulling the 342 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 1: strings at Harris County government are themselves the subject of 343 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:56,439 Speaker 1: state and federal investigations and they know that. And the 344 00:24:56,600 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: last thing they want is the Harris County District attorney 345 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 1: snooping around, and that was kim Ogg's crime. That's why 346 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:11,679 Speaker 1: she's not the district attorney. When the Texas Rangers brought 347 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 1: her the evidence of what was going on with Lena 348 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 1: Hidalgo's top three people, that was when the decision was 349 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,639 Speaker 1: made that kim Ogg was no longer the Democrat nominee 350 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:26,160 Speaker 1: to be Harris County District Attorney. And that's what happened. 351 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: The Soros money kicked her out. 352 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 2: To demands of illegal amas that Joe Biden's released in 353 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,400 Speaker 2: our country and violation of federal law. 354 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 1: You better start packing now. The Michael Berry Show such 355 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 1: you're going home. 356 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:48,639 Speaker 5: Side talking about school choice in Texas, one of the 357 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 5: things we have not discussed is the statewide results in Texas. 358 00:25:55,680 --> 00:26:01,680 Speaker 1: The Court of Appeals instead of Texas has moved decidedly 359 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 1: more conservative, more republican. In Dallas, a twelve to one 360 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:12,480 Speaker 1: court with the big wins is now an eight to 361 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 1: five Republican court that did not get enough attention, and 362 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 1: it will in the coming days. But I'm going to 363 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 1: ask you to lend me your ear for just a moment. 364 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 1: I want to talk about school choice. And I know 365 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 1: that a lot of people go into this discussion, much 366 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 1: like with the death penalty, abortion and a number of 367 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 1: other things, with the preconceived notion, and you are welcome 368 00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 1: to come to the same conclusion you would have otherwise 369 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:48,480 Speaker 1: after we have this conversation. But let me start with 370 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 1: a story out of Houston. ABC thirteen ten pro voucher 371 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:58,479 Speaker 1: candidates endorsed by Greg Abbott, and he says he has 372 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:01,639 Speaker 1: seventy nine votes to pass this through the House. I 373 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,160 Speaker 1: remember there's one hundred and fifty members of the Texas House, 374 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,120 Speaker 1: so you need seventy six members. He says he has 375 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 1: seventy nine. Here's the story when it comes to education. 376 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 2: When it comes to most things in life, one size 377 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:14,200 Speaker 2: does not always fit all. 378 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 6: Governor Greg Abbott this week saying thanks to the election outcomes, 379 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 6: he now has seventy nine hardcore school choice proponents in 380 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:26,199 Speaker 6: the Texas House that he believes will pass the school 381 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:27,480 Speaker 6: voucher initiative. 382 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 7: Chers are a bad idea. They've always been a bad idea, 383 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,200 Speaker 7: and there's still a bad idea regardless of how many 384 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 7: votes the governor claims he now has. We're going to 385 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 7: continue to fight it and we'll see how many votes 386 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:41,199 Speaker 7: he has when the vot's taken in a few months. 387 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:44,119 Speaker 6: The program would offer a taxpayer money to families that 388 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 6: qualify to pay for some of their child's private schooling 389 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:51,919 Speaker 6: or other educational expenses. The governor doubling down that public 390 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,919 Speaker 6: education funding would not take a hit, saying the money 391 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 6: comes from two separate pots. He says, one focuses on 392 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 6: public schools and raises, and the other on this school 393 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 6: choice program. Some union representatives don't buy it. 394 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 7: Well, there's only one pot of money. It's the state 395 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:15,480 Speaker 7: budget and the only money coming from the state budget. 396 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:18,680 Speaker 7: For ks who twelve, education should go to public schools, 397 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:20,280 Speaker 7: not private schools. 398 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:24,919 Speaker 6: Political expert Mark Jones says the legislation will be robust 399 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:26,960 Speaker 6: and will pass next. 400 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:30,440 Speaker 8: Year, and the governor is likely to try to tone 401 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 8: down some of the opposition simultaneously pass the school choice 402 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:38,719 Speaker 8: legislation with legislation that increases funding for public schools across 403 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:42,720 Speaker 8: the board and holds many public schools harmless if they 404 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:46,040 Speaker 8: lose students to the school choice program. 405 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 6: Representatives with the Texas Teachers' Union say only time will tell, 406 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:56,080 Speaker 6: as discussions, decisions, and session are still weeks away. 407 00:28:56,520 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 1: If all you cared about was kids and the best 408 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 1: education you could possibly provide for them by building the 409 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 1: best system, there is no question you would be for 410 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 1: school choice. But this has never been about the kids. 411 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: I'll tell you who this is about. It's about school 412 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:19,480 Speaker 1: teachers and administrators who are scared to death of competition. 413 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 1: Let me explain. And the problem with this particular political 414 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:30,480 Speaker 1: issue is you lose a lot of rural Republicans over 415 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:36,800 Speaker 1: this issue. And here is why. An education at a 416 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:43,959 Speaker 1: public school in HISD, in some of the lowest performing 417 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 1: schools within the district is very different than Orangefield High 418 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:58,720 Speaker 1: School or Gettings High School, or Woodville or Harden Jefferson 419 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 1: or any of the other districts where you're going to 420 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:08,280 Speaker 1: get a good quality education. Right, you can never fix 421 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:12,800 Speaker 1: the inner city schools of the State of Texas by 422 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 1: reforming the public school system. The State of Texas took 423 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:23,200 Speaker 1: over HISD that was huge, disbanded HISD, which was Phase two. 424 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:27,360 Speaker 1: Remember North Forest Independent School District. Remember Sheila Jackson Lee 425 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 1: would fight, the State's not going to take it over. 426 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:33,600 Speaker 1: Do you know why, because, damn it, those kids were failing. 427 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 1: But her people were stealing a lot of money. She 428 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:43,360 Speaker 1: had all her people placed as principals and vice principals 429 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:48,160 Speaker 1: and superintendents and vice superintendents and assistant to the superintendent, 430 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 1: and diversity consultants and more diversity consultants, and more diversity 431 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:55,520 Speaker 1: consultants and more diverse. She was running that district like 432 00:30:55,600 --> 00:31:01,160 Speaker 1: her personal little honeypot all the while the kids were failing. 433 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,600 Speaker 1: They couldn't take a state wide test. That's why they 434 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 1: don't want state wide tests. Now, I understand the whole 435 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:13,080 Speaker 1: concept of teaching to the test, right, But see again, 436 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:18,480 Speaker 1: you have two completely different sets of people. You have 437 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:22,160 Speaker 1: kids that are getting a good education from their friend's 438 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,640 Speaker 1: mom who teaches at the school. Which is how I 439 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:28,840 Speaker 1: grew up at a rural school where the teachers cared 440 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:32,360 Speaker 1: Miss Hardy and Miss Lee and Miss Martin and Miss 441 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:36,960 Speaker 1: Evans and Miss Talley and mister Welch, mister Donnard, mister Gentry. 442 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:39,200 Speaker 1: I kept up with those teachers some am I still 443 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:41,080 Speaker 1: keep up with to this date. I love them, they 444 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:44,640 Speaker 1: loved me. They were great. It was a poor country 445 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 1: school where I got a great education. Now compare that 446 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:56,440 Speaker 1: to the kids in the urban school districts. It's violent. 447 00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:01,320 Speaker 1: The facilities are terrible because guess what, the same people 448 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 1: that are stealing from the Houston Housing Authority, same people 449 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,480 Speaker 1: that is stolen from Metro over the years, the same 450 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:11,760 Speaker 1: people that we're stealing from public works. They're all under 451 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 1: the direction and giving kickbacks to the same people running 452 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:22,720 Speaker 1: HISD unless you give a voucher to a kid. So 453 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:25,680 Speaker 1: the rural school districts are so afraid that all the 454 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:28,440 Speaker 1: teachers are going to lose their jobs and the local 455 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:32,720 Speaker 1: school will go away. Nobody's going to open a rival 456 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:36,479 Speaker 1: school in Gettings or Orangefield. You don't need to. The 457 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:40,440 Speaker 1: public school is the public spirit. Friday night football, everybody 458 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:44,240 Speaker 1: went there. You'll be fine. But the teachers' unions in 459 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:51,000 Speaker 1: the corrupt, bribing, fraudulent urban school districts like HISD, in 460 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:54,400 Speaker 1: the Dallas Independent School District and in San Anton and 461 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:58,280 Speaker 1: in Austin those frauds, the same people, just like in 462 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:00,320 Speaker 1: Harris County, just like City of Houston. It's like the 463 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:04,280 Speaker 1: Housing Authority to all of it. They are scaring the death, 464 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 1: scaring the death out of people because they don't want 465 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:07,520 Speaker 1: to be reformed.