1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, let's just keep a real straight shot with no Jason, 2 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get a little bit rougher. I'm here for it. 3 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: Those who really believe in the American process, all of 4 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: us straight shot no Chaser. What's your girl? Tesla Figurer 5 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 1: on the Black Effect podcasting that word that work? What's 6 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: happening to straight shooters? This is Tesla figure with straight 7 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: Shot No Chaser. I say all the time, and today 8 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: we have a special guest. But we really, really really 9 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: have a special guest in the building. I don't have 10 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 1: to read the introduction because this is someone that I 11 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 1: have had an opportunity to work with very closely. I've 12 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,920 Speaker 1: worked with a lot of elected officials and there's two 13 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: that I can think of that I know very very well, 14 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: and she is one of those two. But this is 15 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: the I would say, the only elected official that I've 16 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: had an opportunity to work with from the beginning of 17 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: her tenure tenure two now and to really have a 18 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: you know, I've worked with plenty folks down the road, 19 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: but this particular person, we have a different relationship than 20 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,759 Speaker 1: any other elected official that I've ever worked with because 21 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: of how she came into the game and did something 22 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 1: that I have yet to see anybody do or duplicated. 23 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,479 Speaker 1: I don't believe that it can be duplicated. You've heard 24 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 1: me talk about her in my training, You've heard me 25 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: refer to her many, many many times on cable news, 26 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: and I wanted to bring her own so you can 27 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: know that she's a real person. Her name is the one, 28 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: the only the hash tag still standing, the has tag 29 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: somebody like me, the one and only Orlando District five 30 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 1: City Cummissioner Regina i he three times winning commission. Before 31 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 1: we get into this conversation, I must acknowledge that Commissioner 32 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: Regina I Heal just one for the third time, and 33 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: when she ran the first time, it was her first 34 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: time running, first time winning. She hasn't take a loss yet. 35 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: And so on last week after she ran, they say 36 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: three times is a charm. I said, Commissioner, we have 37 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: to get you on so that people can hear from 38 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: you and get a chance to really, uh get an 39 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: understanding of what city local leadership means. And I really believe, 40 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 1: and I mean this, uh that you are the prototype 41 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 1: for what people like you and I um where we 42 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: come from and understanding that there is opportunities for leadership, 43 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: understanding that when they say you can't win and nobody's 44 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: gonna pick some one like me, or how can I 45 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,079 Speaker 1: get something done? And how can I still be connected, 46 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 1: as you say, to the trenches but also downtown. I 47 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: wanted to get you on to be able to delve 48 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: into that soul. First after giving that long welcome, let 49 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 1: me say welcome commissioner, and thank you so much for 50 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: joining me today. Thank you for the opportunity Testla. Let's 51 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: say a joy to uh actually uh sit down and 52 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:28,679 Speaker 1: speak to you and your audience. It's been a long 53 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: time coming to see you. You know, I'm so proud 54 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: of the work that you are doing throughout the nation. Uh, 55 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: in the trenches and in boardrooms. You know. Uh, we 56 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 1: started from the bottom. Now we're here. Yeah, that's right, 57 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: that's right, And I don't think they know what that means. 58 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: Really start from the bottom. Breakdown a little bit about 59 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: your background, uh, commissioner, so that people can know when 60 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: you say started from the bottom, you literally mean start 61 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: from the bottom. And tell the folks a little bit 62 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: about yourself. Well, I'm actually um livingappe headed girl from 63 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: Paramore uh here in Orlando, Florida. But I am a 64 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: Navy veteran, also a nurse, a mother three happened to 65 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: lose my daughter while I was in office raising her son. 66 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 1: But you know, I think what makes me a little 67 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: bit unique is most politicians get their felonies in office. 68 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: I got mine before I came to office. I love, 69 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: I love. Let's back up, y'all to y'all to catch that, y'all, 70 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: it's a lot of I'm gonna let you keep going on, 71 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: but I want to say that again, most politicians get 72 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 1: their felonies in office. I love how she later down. 73 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: She's the best at the game. Y'all. Just wanted to 74 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: point that out because what she's doing here is letting 75 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 1: folks know that before you judge, don't forget about these 76 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: politicians as robbing the people. So go ahead and commission. 77 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 1: I just I want to make sure they picked up 78 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: with your laid down go go ahead. So so when 79 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: we first started, because I pay homage to you, because 80 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:07,359 Speaker 1: I decided that I wanted to go back to the 81 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: neighborhood where I had came from. Um that over a 82 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 1: billion dollars rough infrastructure and venues had been built, but 83 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: the community and the people was suffering, and everything was 84 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: coming up around them except for them. And even though 85 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: I had made it out after all my struggles, I 86 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 1: decided to uh take off my uh my Florence Nightingale 87 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 1: suit and go back to where I came from, and 88 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: meaning that I gave up nursing to go back to 89 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:45,839 Speaker 1: run for city commissioner, which we had a sixteen year incumbent, 90 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: one of the most powerful women in Orlando sitting in 91 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:53,159 Speaker 1: the seat that I'm sitting in today, and she had 92 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: not been ran against in over twelve years, because I 93 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 1: mean she she was just what they would call still magnolia, 94 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 1: and I dared I was just crazy enough to think 95 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:10,599 Speaker 1: that somebody like me could go and uh take her seat, 96 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 1: and uh, why did I do that? When I did that, 97 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: they brought up all kinds of skeletons I had forgot 98 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: about that was buried way deep, deep, deep deep. And 99 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 1: I found out that I had been arrested twenty one times. 100 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 1: And I think I remember talking with you and you said, well, 101 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:30,599 Speaker 1: you know, they say you've been arrested twenty one time. 102 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 1: I said, they're telling a lie. I haven't been arrested. 103 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,919 Speaker 1: I've been arrested, but not twenty one times and after 104 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: we started doing the research. Uhuh And and actually I 105 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: had been arrested, had a few felonies, but she got 106 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: always had a bondsman, always had a bondsman on standby. So, uh, 107 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 1: I had been arrested, Twitter, what's happen? But I had 108 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,599 Speaker 1: walked out so fast I had forgot about the rest 109 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 1: and so I joke about that now. But after I 110 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 1: came to turns with that, because that was supposed to 111 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: put me at the game my shame, right, they thought 112 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 1: that they could shame me out, and I said, well, 113 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: you know what, well, why not somebody like me? Because 114 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: I'm some regina. I healed is somebody's reginal as somebody's knee, 115 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: somebody's sister, uh, somebody's mother. And the community that I 116 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: wanted to serve in represented the struggle, right, not only 117 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 1: just the powerful. I had been a nurse, now, I 118 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 1: have been in the military, I have been a business owner. 119 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: I um had recovered it all. And so I decided 120 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: that I would tell my story and I would be 121 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: unashamed and then hopefully inspired some people along the way. 122 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: And uh, lord, the whole I remember me and you 123 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 1: did some Facebook fighting. That's how we met met going 124 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: back and let me pause right there because a lot 125 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: of my folks that listened to this podcast, they love 126 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 1: it when I go in on Instagram. So we used to. 127 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 1: I used to spend a lot of time on Facebook. 128 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 1: You know, we're doing better than nobody's business. They thought 129 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:23,119 Speaker 1: Trump was something We've been doing that way before Trump 130 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 1: got an office, and you lad the way Trump followed 131 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 1: under your leadership when it when it comes to social media. 132 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: But a lot of folks follow me on Instagram and 133 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 1: I do you know, clown of the day, I go 134 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: back and forth. They don't realize I just want to 135 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:38,680 Speaker 1: pause there as you finished the story. They don't realize 136 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 1: that we kind of like, you know, jumping in the 137 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 1: comments there every now knee and just like it. I 138 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: got something to say. So you and I met what 139 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:53,320 Speaker 1: could have been back and forth. We challenged each other, 140 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 1: but there was something in you that said, I kind 141 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: of like I like be a street fighter, So maybe 142 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,720 Speaker 1: maybe too street fighters can't get together and go ahead 143 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 1: and do that thing. So so I wanted to pause 144 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: right there because I wanted to let folks know the 145 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 1: strategy mine that you've always had. I just did a 146 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: show yesterday and remember your thoughts. But I'm trying to commission. 147 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 1: I'm trying to teach people to what happened you on 148 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 1: because this is not just a regular interview. There's some 149 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: lessons that can be learning. Just yesterday, Marcie and I 150 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: my producers looking at us for folks who don't know. 151 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 1: She's in the room, the zoom room with us, and 152 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: I talked about how we should be working more strategically 153 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 1: together and seeing each other's strength. And I see a 154 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 1: lot of fighting online instead of recognizing, hey, this is 155 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: a street fighter, this is somebody that I know that 156 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 1: can help me move the ball forward. So opposed to 157 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 1: me fighting this person, let's get together as grown women 158 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 1: and say this is somebody that I think will be 159 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:00,559 Speaker 1: good on my team. So go head with your store. 160 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: But I want them to learn that absolutely. Uh. After sparring, Uh, 161 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 1: I would call it brain rassling. Uh a little bit, 162 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,680 Speaker 1: I decided, oh man, you know what this girl she's 163 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:16,599 Speaker 1: she's tough and she got lyrics and uh, she's not 164 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: she's never afraid. And me and my campaign manager said 165 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 1: we need to start fighting home and bring home board. 166 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:29,320 Speaker 1: Uh and so, and that's just what happened, and we 167 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,680 Speaker 1: would strategize all throughout the night because we didn't have 168 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: any money. My opponent had a hundred thousand dollars and 169 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 1: I think throughout the whole campaign I raised eight and 170 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: she was the most powerful person person I would say 171 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: here in the city of Orlando, because the district I 172 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: served is the tales of to city. It's the it's 173 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: the business district, and it has the most privaty at 174 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: at least that time had it was the most privaty 175 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 1: stricken um residents in the city. Also the heart of 176 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,200 Speaker 1: the business session. I want to point that out to 177 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 1: everybody because everybody may not be familiar with Orlando, but 178 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 1: when you say the business district, you're talking about literally downtown, 179 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:14,079 Speaker 1: you downtown, downtown and the trenches. So I just want 180 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 1: to make sure they understand, yes, ma'am, Yeah, My my 181 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 1: district encompasses all of downtown Orlando uh in a twenty 182 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 1: seven million dollars c r A, and it also encompasses 183 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 1: where the Orlando City Soccer Stadium is, uh the m Way, 184 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:35,199 Speaker 1: Orlando Magic Stadium, Camping World Stadium, where we have at 185 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 1: least six Bowl games per year, National Bowl Games, and 186 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:43,439 Speaker 1: the dr Fellows Performing Arts Center, which is a sixty 187 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:48,679 Speaker 1: million dollar edifice there. Uh So all the major businesses 188 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 1: is in my downtown. I even have e A Sports, 189 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:57,680 Speaker 1: which is a global fortune five hundred entity in my district. 190 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:00,680 Speaker 1: And those are great things because I've been able, because 191 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:04,840 Speaker 1: I did comfort from a survival and a struggle. I 192 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 1: know how to leverage. I've learned how to leverage those 193 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: partnerships to grow the people. But I remember having some 194 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 1: folks that was meeting and we always laugh about this 195 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 1: Tesla and so it was for narrow breads, but we 196 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 1: call it smoking back rooms because there was too They 197 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:24,920 Speaker 1: didn't want people to know they was working with me. 198 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:29,680 Speaker 1: So and and uh, I was getting who I called 199 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 1: Olivia Pope, the real Olivia Pope, Tesla figure. Oh. I 200 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: was getting strategy from her too. So I was cheating 201 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 1: a little bit on her. And so they so they 202 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 1: decided to tell me, well, you know, you can't be 203 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 1: hanging out with your side chick, just like you gotta 204 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 1: make a decision. And I remember it clears there, you 205 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 1: remember this. I tell her, well, I think I'm gonna 206 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 1: go with Tesla figure. Oh. They told let's let's fonse 207 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: that for those that they thought that they had came 208 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:08,559 Speaker 1: to you and said, Hey, you're gonna have to decide 209 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: who which way you're gonna go. You're gonna listen to 210 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:13,959 Speaker 1: that communicator. You gonna listen to us. And even though 211 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 1: they were me, I want to just repeat what she said, 212 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: because I really want people to get this. They was 213 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 1: hiding wave back in the smoky dark room. They didn't 214 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 1: want nobody to know that they even knew you. Yeah, 215 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:26,680 Speaker 1: and so he said, I think I'm gonna go ahead 216 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: and go with the one that that's not a shame 217 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 1: to stand when the lights is on. Go ahead, oh God, 218 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: and so and so I decided to go ahead and 219 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:42,839 Speaker 1: roll with Tesla. And one of the best decisions I made, 220 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 1: and we were able to conquer something that most people 221 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:51,320 Speaker 1: thought could not have been done, and that was to 222 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 1: win this seat, one of the most powerful seats outside 223 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 1: of the mayor seats. I was say in central Florida, 224 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 1: somebody like me. Tesla wrote a speech of out that 225 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 1: somebody like me and went out on city hall steps. Uh, 226 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 1: and I recited it. I never forget that. I want 227 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 1: to make sure they know what that means. So at 228 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 1: the time Wine Linum, who was Daisy Linum son of 229 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: the sixteen year incumbency. Just to paint the picture. Uh, 230 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 1: he was, because I really want people to know who 231 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 1: you ran against, someone that was revered in the city. 232 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 1: I remember when Wine when it was such a big 233 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 1: deal when he became over the African American Chamber of Commerce, 234 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 1: and young and an attorney, and some say handsome, not 235 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 1: my cup of tea, but they said, you know, a 236 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 1: handsome guy and had the degree, the credentials Omega sci 237 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 1: Fi had, the fraternal had to what they called the Boulet. 238 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 1: In addition to the sixteen year legacy. He had made 239 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 1: a comment y'all that said, why would we pick and 240 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: I'm paraphrasing, why would we pick somebody like Regina to 241 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 1: represent the district? And so we turned that message around 242 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 1: to say why not somebody like me? When out we 243 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 1: shot a video. Now this is people really gotta get this. 244 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: I'm talking about literally writing the script, remember, writing the storyboard, 245 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 1: and just you know, having our little makeshift cameras if 246 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: you will, and and putting together you know what we 247 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: could do to get the message out just on social media. 248 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 1: We could not afford advertising, We could not afford billboards, 249 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 1: We could not afford, you know, going on Channel thirteen 250 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: over and over, these were things that were truly done 251 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 1: with a team of I would probably say less than ten. 252 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 1: You know, there were folks who's helped out. But when 253 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 1: you talk about people you know in the grind on 254 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: a daily basis, probably what say five or six, I'm 255 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 1: saying less than ten at best. And I share that story, Regina, 256 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: because I want people to know that what I hear 257 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 1: people saying, I can't run against the quote unquote establishment, 258 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 1: no woman want to hear me. It's not true. You're 259 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 1: living witness. When I hear people say I don't have 260 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 1: the money, I refer back to you. You're living witness. 261 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 1: When I hear people say, well, I don't have bachelor's, 262 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 1: are masters or law degrees. You're a living witness. When 263 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: I hear people say I don't think I can represent 264 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 1: both the most business influential area and the hood and 265 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: still be the same person in any room I walk into. 266 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 1: You are living witness when I hear about the struggles 267 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 1: you've been from. And I'm gonna let you finish it, 268 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 1: but you know when you get it, I got to 269 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 1: tell the story. Because there's a Moses and there's a 270 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: ring to tell the story. And you have so many 271 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 1: things that you've went through that I want to delve 272 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 1: into um as you continue to tell the story. But 273 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 1: when we talk about strategizing through the night, they really 274 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: need to know it was literally through the night two am, 275 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:05,880 Speaker 1: three am, four am, five am, sometimes all night long, 276 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 1: from tears to frustration to everybody coming against you. You 277 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:17,120 Speaker 1: ran against an entire city leadership. It was not just 278 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 1: one person, it was the entire city leadership. But it 279 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:24,239 Speaker 1: had something to do with one year prophetic woman, and 280 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 1: nobody could take away the work and your fearlessness so 281 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 1: got us through that a little bit. I do want 282 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 1: to talk about the challenges that you've endured a while 283 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 1: running for office and having to run two more times 284 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,199 Speaker 1: after that, So please finish your thought, Commissioner, And I 285 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 1: apologize if I break in certain areas, but I want 286 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 1: people to know what it is that you're that you're saying. Yeah. So, 287 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 1: so we did win by the great God, and we 288 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:53,119 Speaker 1: won against two opponents, one and his mother because she 289 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:57,400 Speaker 1: decided to tie into that legacy. She retired an hour 290 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 1: before qualifying and put him in the race, So we 291 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:04,359 Speaker 1: really went against her and her son. God bless her soul. 292 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 1: She's past now. But after that, I continued to have 293 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 1: to fight those that didn't think I belonged in the seat. 294 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:17,200 Speaker 1: But I continued to work for the people. And unfortunately, 295 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: less than a year prior to UH with me being 296 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 1: in office, I tragically lost my my daughter in Tallahassee, 297 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 1: my only daughter, my inspiration that helped me turn my 298 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 1: life around, because she was the one that was in 299 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 1: my womb. And that's when I decided I could. I 300 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:41,200 Speaker 1: had to turn my life around and do something positive. 301 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:43,640 Speaker 1: And that's when I decided to come off the roles 302 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:48,880 Speaker 1: of welfare, come off the streets of hustling and being 303 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 1: around hustlers, and went back to a college and became 304 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 1: a nurse. So she was my inspiration. Uh, she saved 305 00:18:56,760 --> 00:19:00,679 Speaker 1: my life, and so it was tragic. I couldn't say 306 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 1: her life. She was a good girl in college, had 307 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 1: just graduated and when UM to on a weekend visit 308 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:12,440 Speaker 1: and someone through bleach on my baby. And that's still unsolved. 309 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 1: So I had to bury my baby on Saturday, and 310 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 1: I went to work back to work on Monday, and 311 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: she did and UM, but let's pause their commissioner because 312 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:23,399 Speaker 1: that's deep what you just said. And I want to 313 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:26,879 Speaker 1: make sure they understand when you say tragically lost your daughter, 314 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 1: you're not talking about a car accident. You're talking about 315 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 1: your daughter was murdered. And how old was she? Commissioner, 316 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 1: and this happened while you were in office, and again 317 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 1: you lost her. Had to now be the custodial parent 318 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 1: for her only son son and went back to work 319 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 1: that monday. Absolutely, Uh can come off the wall. Uh, 320 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 1: you know. For one, that was the way that I 321 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:01,160 Speaker 1: had to deal with my pain, was now doing truly 322 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: doing for others what I no longer to do for 323 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 1: my daughter, right and giving them all the opportunities when 324 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:11,640 Speaker 1: I say them, meaning the community. And like most parents, 325 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:16,880 Speaker 1: you know, I had sons that struggle and every time 326 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:20,120 Speaker 1: you turn around, something was going on personally in their lives. 327 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:24,879 Speaker 1: So I still had to deal with being a mother 328 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:28,879 Speaker 1: of two black sons living in an urban core because 329 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 1: even though I was the commissioner, them being black boys 330 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 1: did not change. Uh. It got even worse for him 331 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 1: because I wasn't the chosen one, and so they wanted 332 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:44,440 Speaker 1: to box us in. Is being hoog get old criminals, 333 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 1: all types of things, you know, So so overcoming those 334 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:52,919 Speaker 1: things and still continue to smile, raise my grandson, legislate 335 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:57,679 Speaker 1: and create opportunities for even those that were still trying 336 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 1: to bury me, you know, just because I wanted to serve. 337 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:05,199 Speaker 1: Had been a struggle, and uh, during my grief, I 338 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 1: was doing a video diary and recorded myself and it 339 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:13,400 Speaker 1: was so becoming because the pain, I had a meltdown, 340 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 1: and uh during my second election, Uh, those in the 341 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: community that wanted to see used it against me. So 342 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 1: I went viral and I still had to smile nevertheless 343 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:30,439 Speaker 1: of you know, my shame of being in all that 344 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:36,159 Speaker 1: pain and and being televised on television and news channels 345 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 1: and social media. I didn't deter me. I kept kept 346 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 1: pushing forward. And seven people came at me that time 347 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,640 Speaker 1: to run, and I beat all of them without a runoff. 348 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:49,640 Speaker 1: That's right. Now. Hold on, Let's break down who those 349 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:53,439 Speaker 1: seven people are. Because when I again, I've worked with 350 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:55,400 Speaker 1: so many candidates to say, well they they all coming 351 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 1: against me, and this this person that when we talk 352 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 1: about the seven people that ran against you, I want 353 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: people to know, for those that live outside Orlando, that 354 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 1: Commissioner Hill literally ran against because their whole mession message 355 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 1: was we need somebody that can represent us better, that 356 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: can have the optics that we need, that can be 357 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 1: the one that we quote unquote except that's acceptable to us. 358 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 1: They literally ran a anybody but Regina Hill campaign, and 359 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:29,880 Speaker 1: it consisted of every walk of life. I have never 360 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:34,399 Speaker 1: seen anything done like this. You ran against former Miss America. 361 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:40,120 Speaker 1: Y'all need to get that. Regina Hill. I heal ran 362 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 1: against former Miss America. Mrs. She was Black America. She 363 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 1: was black black woman, but she won Miss America. So 364 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:53,479 Speaker 1: they said Miss America after you, who had, basically on paper, 365 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 1: as far as we concern, a flawless record, according to 366 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 1: what they consider quoting an unquote flawless record, You read 367 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: and against a gentleman who held from a long leadership 368 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 1: family legacy again of his his grandmother being the first 369 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: county commissioner in the in the city, and it was 370 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:17,960 Speaker 1: generations of legacy that he represented. He went to school 371 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 1: at family, which if those of you that don't live 372 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 1: in Florida, that is a network within itself running against 373 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 1: someone because he brought that family legacy to the table. 374 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:33,640 Speaker 1: He was very good friends with Jelineham, who you ran 375 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 1: and beat the first time, so that legacy was behind him. 376 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:41,880 Speaker 1: So you ran against family legacy, You ran against former 377 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 1: Miss America. You ran against another woman who ran against 378 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,960 Speaker 1: you the first time, and she had been somebody that 379 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:52,159 Speaker 1: had ran repeatedly in other positions. So there was some 380 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:56,360 Speaker 1: grassroots folks that did not come from the quote unquote 381 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 1: you know establishment. But it was a total of seven. 382 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 1: But I point those individuals out he ran against. I 383 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:06,199 Speaker 1: believe it was a black conservative that was also in 384 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 1: the mix, and some other folk. And everybody, and I 385 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 1: mean everybody except the people came against you. They created videos, 386 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 1: hateful videos. They talked about your deceased daughter, they talked 387 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: about your sons, they talked about you. They ran every file, 388 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,479 Speaker 1: every You couldn't write a check, cut a piece of 389 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:35,639 Speaker 1: papers and an email without them pulling every off everything 390 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 1: that you did while in office. Because this is your 391 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:42,920 Speaker 1: second time running, they followed you. They tried to take 392 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 1: your house, they tried to take your license, you're you're 393 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 1: nursing license. I'm talking about every people need to get this. 394 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 1: Every principality they ran, they created whole podcasts, whole shows 395 00:24:56,920 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 1: designed at taking you down. The second time that you ran, 396 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:06,520 Speaker 1: and you won without even a runoff, and that campaign 397 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:14,360 Speaker 1: theme was called still Standing. Still Standing. Yeah, so still standing. 398 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 1: I've been able to create over fourteen hundred affordable housing 399 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 1: multifamily housing units. I've brought a university, one of the 400 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 1: top universities in the nation UCF to UH paramour community. 401 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 1: I've been able to bring a community college and create 402 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 1: a community school and where every child in that district 403 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,919 Speaker 1: right there goes to college free through the partnership of 404 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:46,679 Speaker 1: a billionaire hoteler. Been able to create over six urban 405 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: farms in my district because it's a food desert in 406 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:54,639 Speaker 1: the other part of the west Side. Have renovated over 407 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 1: seven of my community centers with over fifteen million dollars 408 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 1: worth of renovations UM. And then when we start talking 409 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 1: about just health and wellness, I've created over helped to 410 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:12,120 Speaker 1: create over for health and wellness clinics in my district. 411 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 1: And so you know, the list goes on and on 412 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:17,919 Speaker 1: of the work that I've done for the people. And 413 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:22,399 Speaker 1: so this time a major developer decided that he was 414 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:26,359 Speaker 1: grant that had supported me, UH, decided that he was 415 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:29,879 Speaker 1: gonna take me down. And Mabel Butler, the first county 416 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 1: commissioner on skin decided that I did not belong in 417 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 1: this seat, so I just recently won last week. About 418 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 1: a landslide. You know, I was gonna say it if 419 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 1: you wasn't gonna say it. Seven three per cent of 420 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:49,679 Speaker 1: the vote. That let me chime in, y'all here in 421 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:53,159 Speaker 1: the calm and cool Regina Hill. Commissioned Regina Hill. I 422 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,120 Speaker 1: showed wish'all could hear a preach because she can preach 423 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: the walls off. But I want to just kind of 424 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 1: expound on that a second, because I don't want to 425 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:03,399 Speaker 1: just that to be remissed. There was one opponent this time, 426 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:08,120 Speaker 1: but the seven folks that ran the second time, when 427 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:11,200 Speaker 1: they came again you the second time, we're supporting her 428 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:14,680 Speaker 1: behind closed doors, just so everybody know. Since they couldn't 429 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: do it the second time in the front, they tried 430 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 1: to do it the third time in the back, and 431 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:27,120 Speaker 1: this time, once again, you won by a landslide, seventy 432 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 1: three of the vote. Continue on commission. You know, I 433 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 1: got a child because I got to paint the picture. 434 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 1: I think what's so even more amazing is that that 435 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:45,919 Speaker 1: was the highs percentage ever someone want any from from 436 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,879 Speaker 1: any mayor or commissioner ever in the history of the 437 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:53,400 Speaker 1: city of Orlando, and so it was a mandate that 438 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,119 Speaker 1: I know the people and the people know me, and 439 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 1: we can we can trust one another, uh, and that 440 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 1: they know that I can work. I work for them 441 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 1: and on their behalf, no matter if I'm downtown across town, 442 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 1: and you know, I think. Uh. The other thing that 443 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: we did not speak about is this, Uh last year 444 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:20,159 Speaker 1: and a half my running, I lost my brother to COVID, 445 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 1: and so so I've dealt with a lot of depth 446 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 1: and tragedy, but I've still been able to get it's done, nevertheless, 447 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 1: And you know, it's just been It's just been an 448 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:37,639 Speaker 1: honor and a privilege that God chose somebody like me 449 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:41,440 Speaker 1: for a time such as this because I'm em boss 450 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 1: right and I'm um boalked, and I think that folks 451 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 1: know that now. So when they come talk to me, 452 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 1: they talk about what can they do for the people, 453 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 1: And if the people a in it, I don't want 454 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,800 Speaker 1: to hear it. And I will challenge. I would challenge 455 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 1: the establishment, even though some would say that I am 456 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 1: now the establishment because I've won three times, I would 457 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 1: I say not, because anytime I get on the day oyes, 458 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: I keep it real I'm real, Regina Hill you know. 459 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 1: And I'm I'm at the local grocery store. I live 460 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 1: amongst the people, um at the breakfast downer every morning. 461 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 1: I haven't I haven't left my my my community. And 462 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 1: I think that's why my community hasn't left me. Left me. Oh, 463 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:34,320 Speaker 1: it's no question about it. And and I point to you. 464 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 1: I was just telling my brother killing Mike yesterday about 465 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 1: you and how you have used social media because again 466 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:46,360 Speaker 1: in the beginning, I love seeing your new fancy commercials now, 467 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 1: but I remember a time when there was no budget 468 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:54,560 Speaker 1: for a commercial. And you have always told your own 469 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 1: message and and your type of populace if they will, 470 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 1: you know, airing to do with nobody thought you could. 471 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 1: You are not obviously Donald Trump. You are a staunch Democrat. 472 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:09,160 Speaker 1: You know. I tell people this all the time. You 473 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 1: are you work with both sides, but you run a 474 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 1: you are in a nonpartisan seat because it's about the 475 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,560 Speaker 1: people first. I tell city commissioners run all the time. 476 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:20,080 Speaker 1: Y'all need to focus on following Regina Hills lea. She's 477 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:22,840 Speaker 1: talking about the people. She's not talking about political parties. 478 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:25,680 Speaker 1: But everybody knows you know that you are a Democrat, 479 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 1: but you know how you have conservatives as well as 480 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:32,360 Speaker 1: Democrats in your district. And I was telling Killer Mike 481 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:37,320 Speaker 1: the other day the way Trump used Twitter to access 482 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:40,480 Speaker 1: his folks, seventy million plus people that came to the post. 483 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,000 Speaker 1: I saw you do that in two thousand thirteen, two 484 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 1: thousand fourteen, before Trump ever decided. It was your leadership, 485 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 1: which is how I wasn't shocked by what Trump was doing, 486 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 1: because I know there is a need for people, even 487 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,200 Speaker 1: though that's not our side of defence, but people want 488 00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:01,360 Speaker 1: that connection, that direct connection. And you are the only 489 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:04,000 Speaker 1: one that I have seen that had that had that 490 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:07,240 Speaker 1: did it. You went against everything that they said. You 491 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:09,560 Speaker 1: go live all day every day. They would all say, 492 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:12,280 Speaker 1: she go live too much. She always taking a picture, 493 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 1: she always posted, She always talking. You have created your 494 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:21,000 Speaker 1: own MSNBC, CNN, Fox News because they wasn't gonna cover 495 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:22,680 Speaker 1: you when they came to your door to knock on 496 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:25,280 Speaker 1: your door, it was something negative. So because you ran 497 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:29,040 Speaker 1: your own media campaign, and even when you and I 498 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:30,480 Speaker 1: will be on the phone and I'd be like, okay, 499 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,920 Speaker 1: now hold up. That was a couple of times. You know, 500 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,160 Speaker 1: we always talking about the story. I was never that 501 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:38,080 Speaker 1: commitioner that this time, I need you to call me 502 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 1: on three way because I got to hear you talk 503 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:41,400 Speaker 1: to the report of myself. I don't I don't trust 504 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:44,160 Speaker 1: you on this one. Go by yourself. Put me on 505 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:49,440 Speaker 1: conference call because I know you can't. Right, you keep 506 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:51,720 Speaker 1: it so real. So really, y'all gotta know if I 507 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 1: say it tests the figures say she's nervous, you got 508 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 1: to know that that in itself, that in itself you 509 00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:59,520 Speaker 1: tell you know, she keeps it real though, no if 510 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:01,800 Speaker 1: as of it's about it, because I've had to make sure. 511 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,160 Speaker 1: Let me listen on the on the back yep. So, 512 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:09,360 Speaker 1: but you creating your own media to tell the story, 513 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:12,600 Speaker 1: and so when they came against you, nobody could doubt 514 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:18,160 Speaker 1: what you did because they saw it. Because tell us 515 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:21,400 Speaker 1: a little bit about that, Regina. Yeah, well yeah, you know, 516 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:23,920 Speaker 1: as you stated a matter of fact, even when they 517 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 1: was coming knocking on the front door, if you remember 518 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:30,560 Speaker 1: to even report negative things, they're even made up stuff. 519 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,680 Speaker 1: I would run to the cameras, but I strategically would 520 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:36,000 Speaker 1: say we'll meet me over here by the homeless shelter, 521 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:40,200 Speaker 1: because see, I needed that back drop on the ground 522 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:43,200 Speaker 1: that this is what I need to fix Okay, come 523 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,360 Speaker 1: meet me over here by the basketball court, because I 524 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:50,000 Speaker 1: needed them to see that these basketball courts needed repairs, right, 525 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:52,280 Speaker 1: and children were sitting on the ground with no benches. 526 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:57,600 Speaker 1: And so I kind of utilized the media as my 527 00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:01,720 Speaker 1: own because see, I realized that they couldn't tell my story, 528 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,520 Speaker 1: but I can use their camera to get inside those homes. 529 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,320 Speaker 1: So while they were trying to create an narrative, I 530 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:10,000 Speaker 1: was creating my own narratives, right, And I would stay 531 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:14,000 Speaker 1: I always stay stuck on jobs, education and housing. I 532 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,720 Speaker 1: don't care what they wanted to spend. That's what I 533 00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:18,680 Speaker 1: wanted to talk about. So I'm gonna talk about what 534 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:20,920 Speaker 1: I want to talk about. You at can talk about 535 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:22,960 Speaker 1: what you want to talk about. This is what I'm 536 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:26,040 Speaker 1: gonna talk about. Man, they just don't know about those kids. 537 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:29,760 Speaker 1: I'm here to talk about jobs, education and housing and 538 00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:32,880 Speaker 1: but that so and you taught me that. You taught 539 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:37,120 Speaker 1: me that saying that, and people on my social media 540 00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:39,400 Speaker 1: they say, well, I want to talk about that. Now 541 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:41,840 Speaker 1: we're talking about this. And this is one reason why 542 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,440 Speaker 1: I'm able to thank you, Commissioner for that homage, because 543 00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:47,000 Speaker 1: you know, our goal is to teach folks how to 544 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:50,160 Speaker 1: do this and and people don't realize that's a real 545 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,720 Speaker 1: strategy that I used when I'm on Fox and I 546 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 1: got a minute and forty seconds to get it out. 547 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:57,360 Speaker 1: I don't get caught up in what they say and 548 00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,840 Speaker 1: how they did. I'm here to talk about this and 549 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,360 Speaker 1: and and you are a perfect example of how they 550 00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:03,800 Speaker 1: can say, well, commission to come here. What do you 551 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:06,719 Speaker 1: think about this? Yet? That sounds good? But what about 552 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:08,920 Speaker 1: the people that don't have a job, What about the 553 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:10,320 Speaker 1: people that don't have a house, and what about the 554 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,240 Speaker 1: people that don't have the translation? What about the people 555 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:15,279 Speaker 1: you You have taken that and you show it in 556 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:19,000 Speaker 1: real time on how that strategy works. Which is why 557 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:21,759 Speaker 1: I tell people you are the protocol because I can 558 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:24,560 Speaker 1: teach folks and I can say do this or that, 559 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:28,279 Speaker 1: but you have been able to take that and run 560 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:30,480 Speaker 1: with it and make it your own. And also you 561 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:33,120 Speaker 1: just skilled on the microphone. Let me say that. Uh, 562 00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:36,920 Speaker 1: they're hearing the very calm you. But you have a 563 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:39,719 Speaker 1: prophetic voice, you know how to play a little bit 564 00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:42,239 Speaker 1: of the dozens, you have the with you have the 565 00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:46,040 Speaker 1: quick comeback that that's just something can't nobody to teach 566 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:49,279 Speaker 1: you in school, and and because you have all of that, 567 00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:52,319 Speaker 1: it allows you to be quick with it. Because you 568 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:55,280 Speaker 1: can get in and in spar and in verbal wrestle, 569 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:59,080 Speaker 1: tongue wrestle with folks. It allows you an advantage that 570 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:00,719 Speaker 1: a lot of people can. We see it all the 571 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:03,680 Speaker 1: time that people would go against Trump. He got a 572 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:05,520 Speaker 1: little bit too much petty in them. They they like 573 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:08,040 Speaker 1: to go high and they don't really know how to 574 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:12,480 Speaker 1: go low when necessary. And you have strategically figured that out. 575 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:17,720 Speaker 1: I believe I'm I'm that politician that you always spoke about, 576 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:21,480 Speaker 1: even way before the country knew you, and that was 577 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:24,880 Speaker 1: that they're from street to the White House, from the 578 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:28,640 Speaker 1: street to city Hall. And so because and when I 579 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:31,319 Speaker 1: say street, not in a negative kind of tone, but 580 00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:33,759 Speaker 1: from around the way, like the Jenny from the block 581 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:37,239 Speaker 1: type of And that's why I think I'm able to 582 00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:42,239 Speaker 1: get things done. And I work with people, as you stated, 583 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:44,359 Speaker 1: you know, as you know, I had and I'm not 584 00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:47,840 Speaker 1: ashamed to say it, I had Republicans supported me, I 585 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:51,600 Speaker 1: had Democrats supported me, I had moderates, I had trumpets, 586 00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:55,279 Speaker 1: I had tea parties, I had a rainbow coalition. And 587 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:58,840 Speaker 1: I'm proud of that, because that's how I've been able 588 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:03,279 Speaker 1: to be successful for the people, not for Regina Hill, 589 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:07,680 Speaker 1: but for the people. And the people don't care who 590 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:11,359 Speaker 1: you are. If they lights getting cut off, if if 591 00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:14,640 Speaker 1: they can't put their kids in school and a a 592 00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:18,000 Speaker 1: an equality school, if they're getting ready to be put 593 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:20,520 Speaker 1: out and need some affordable housing, they don't care who'll 594 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:24,000 Speaker 1: be ail the houses. They just need quality of housing 595 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:27,360 Speaker 1: that's affordable. So I work with people in order to deliver, 596 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:31,760 Speaker 1: and I and I put politics aside, and I tried 597 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:35,200 Speaker 1: to make sure that I con pierce the heart of 598 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:39,600 Speaker 1: men and women, because it don't matter what color you 599 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:43,000 Speaker 1: uh when I say what colored you fly under knee, 600 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:48,480 Speaker 1: whether it's the Red Party, the Blue Party, the Purple Party, whatever, 601 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:53,120 Speaker 1: if you can touch the spirit and conscious of a person, 602 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,160 Speaker 1: then y'all got something. I try to find one thing 603 00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:59,600 Speaker 1: at least that I have in common with that person 604 00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:04,440 Speaker 1: that I'm trying to negotiate with to help me help 605 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:07,759 Speaker 1: my people. And when I find that, now we've got 606 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:10,080 Speaker 1: something in common, and now we can talk, and now 607 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:14,000 Speaker 1: we can talk on a level of respect, right, And 608 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:17,680 Speaker 1: so I've been able to navigate that and then and 609 00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:20,960 Speaker 1: then with the people. You know, I try to stay 610 00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:25,319 Speaker 1: on social media. I'm always responding them, always posting. I 611 00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:29,480 Speaker 1: go live about ten times a day, you know, literally 612 00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:31,520 Speaker 1: go on. I just I just went live about ten 613 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:36,200 Speaker 1: minutes ago right here, because I went live to show 614 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:39,080 Speaker 1: them the work. Right when I'm going live, it's not 615 00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:41,759 Speaker 1: to talk about Regina Hill, is to show them to 616 00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:45,239 Speaker 1: work or talk about some opportunities that I need them 617 00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:48,960 Speaker 1: to catch. Because I realized that, uh, most of my base, 618 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:53,200 Speaker 1: the majority of my base, isn't gonna be reading the 619 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:56,879 Speaker 1: Orlando Business Journal to know what's going on, all right. 620 00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:01,360 Speaker 1: They more definitely gonna be on Facebook, Instagram, So I 621 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,680 Speaker 1: utilize those tools. Most of them aren't gonna open up 622 00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:07,640 Speaker 1: their mailbox to see some of the literature that I 623 00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:12,200 Speaker 1: sent out about a neighborhood meeting, are are a job 624 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:16,759 Speaker 1: fair our training program that I have in play right, 625 00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:21,440 Speaker 1: because you lead their mail it's gonna be bills and 626 00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:23,360 Speaker 1: they don't want to go open up their mail boxing 627 00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:26,759 Speaker 1: to the first of the fifteen. So I know they're 628 00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:28,839 Speaker 1: gonna go on social media to see what's going on 629 00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:33,799 Speaker 1: tourn around because that's that's the platform. So I utilized that, 630 00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:36,960 Speaker 1: and now I found out where people are look coming 631 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,600 Speaker 1: to my pages to look to see what's going on 632 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:43,600 Speaker 1: in the city. So I've utilized that as an informational 633 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:47,560 Speaker 1: type of tool on so and not just for my brand. 634 00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:02,840 Speaker 1: I gotta have you come back because there's so many things. 635 00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:06,440 Speaker 1: This is the time after three times, people in the 636 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:08,120 Speaker 1: country are gonna know you. I'm gonna make sure of 637 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:11,480 Speaker 1: it next year because you have such a wonderful platform. 638 00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:14,400 Speaker 1: But it's been such a joy to see the people 639 00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:18,000 Speaker 1: that refuse that was giving you the thumbs up in 640 00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:21,640 Speaker 1: the dark smoking rooms come forward and speak for you 641 00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:26,000 Speaker 1: this time on social media, to write long posts about 642 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:28,600 Speaker 1: how great you are and the work that you've done. 643 00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:31,080 Speaker 1: And you know, I look at the other day, I 644 00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:35,000 Speaker 1: was smiling because the Lynx organization, uh, and people call 645 00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:38,160 Speaker 1: that the bouley and the those who only feel they 646 00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:40,800 Speaker 1: can associate with one or the other sent you flowers 647 00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:43,600 Speaker 1: and and said we're giving you your flowers now. It 648 00:39:43,719 --> 00:39:47,160 Speaker 1: is such a joy to see how you have been 649 00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:51,920 Speaker 1: able to change the hearts and mind of men. You know, 650 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:55,600 Speaker 1: I I say a lot that changing hearts is for 651 00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:58,480 Speaker 1: the Lord. I'm here to give you the game, and 652 00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:00,640 Speaker 1: you take it and you you do what you want 653 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:02,439 Speaker 1: to do it, but I have been able to see 654 00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:07,879 Speaker 1: you commission to heal change the hearts and mind of men. 655 00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:11,719 Speaker 1: The Lord has used you in a way that I 656 00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:14,080 Speaker 1: have never seen. And I haven't seen every race, and 657 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:17,120 Speaker 1: I haven't worked with every race so up close and personal, 658 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:19,799 Speaker 1: So I don't know if it's ever been done, but 659 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:21,960 Speaker 1: for me, I have never and I don't think I 660 00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:26,640 Speaker 1: ever will see how you have literally been able to 661 00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:30,920 Speaker 1: change the hearts and minds of even those who have 662 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:35,680 Speaker 1: ran against you, they still gotta respect you. And so 663 00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:39,720 Speaker 1: before we close, because I just want to hear you. 664 00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:42,279 Speaker 1: I want them to hear what I hear when you're 665 00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:46,319 Speaker 1: when you're on the microphone. Number one, I love when 666 00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:50,120 Speaker 1: you break down your district, uh, and how you say 667 00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:52,279 Speaker 1: you start out on such as such and make a 668 00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:54,319 Speaker 1: right to make a level. That's so impressive to me 669 00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:57,000 Speaker 1: because when you ask and I want Canada's to peep 670 00:40:57,040 --> 00:41:01,000 Speaker 1: game on has she does this When you explain who 671 00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:03,759 Speaker 1: you represent, a lot of folks say, well, you know, 672 00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:07,799 Speaker 1: I represent the east side or the west side. And 673 00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:11,160 Speaker 1: this is something in your communication skill that just when 674 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:13,680 Speaker 1: you're debating, And please y'all please go watch her debate 675 00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:16,640 Speaker 1: her upon this. Please, you will absolutely find it a 676 00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:19,600 Speaker 1: treat like you ain't never seen. I'm gonna put the 677 00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:20,920 Speaker 1: post stuff. You know, I wanted to put the post 678 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:23,200 Speaker 1: stuff when your oppony ran up on you at the 679 00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:26,880 Speaker 1: at the store and they thought at the gas station 680 00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:28,719 Speaker 1: they didn't think you was ready. I'm gonna put yeah 681 00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:31,000 Speaker 1: they I wanted to wait till after you one because 682 00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:33,239 Speaker 1: before I put it out to the masses, I wanted 683 00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:35,160 Speaker 1: them to be able to see this is how she 684 00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:37,200 Speaker 1: get out and say, oh yeah, I meant what I said, 685 00:41:37,239 --> 00:41:38,799 Speaker 1: and I say what I mean, And let's keep the 686 00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:41,160 Speaker 1: cameras going. Let's make sure we keep this live because 687 00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:43,239 Speaker 1: I don't want my people to think I'm turning off 688 00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:45,600 Speaker 1: the camera. I gotta I can't. I was waiting on 689 00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:47,840 Speaker 1: you to win because I wanted to make sure because 690 00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:50,440 Speaker 1: I know when you put stuff out nationally, I gotta 691 00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:52,600 Speaker 1: start it off with saying, this is the three time 692 00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:54,719 Speaker 1: winning commissioner here. This is how she get out in 693 00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:57,600 Speaker 1: the streets. So I want you as we close out 694 00:41:57,920 --> 00:42:00,520 Speaker 1: to tell people where your district is because they need 695 00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:02,520 Speaker 1: to take a lesson on this. And this is how 696 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:05,160 Speaker 1: you you shame your opponents because they say it ain't 697 00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:07,080 Speaker 1: about where you live, and oh yes, it's about where 698 00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:09,360 Speaker 1: you live, and it shows how you are so in touch. 699 00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:12,760 Speaker 1: And then tell us a little bit about your district 700 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:16,680 Speaker 1: literally little location, and how you break down the streets 701 00:42:16,719 --> 00:42:20,640 Speaker 1: for me, and then wrap it up with how if 702 00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:22,960 Speaker 1: they don't know what you know and you did this 703 00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:25,960 Speaker 1: at your debate. I love I love your closing on 704 00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:28,440 Speaker 1: how if you don't know this, then you don't know us. 705 00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:31,439 Speaker 1: And if how you don't know, how you explain that 706 00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:35,360 Speaker 1: district in such a way that a candidate needs to know, 707 00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:38,160 Speaker 1: not to try to mimic you, but if they can't 708 00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:41,480 Speaker 1: follow this type of closing, if you don't know your 709 00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:44,520 Speaker 1: district this way, the way Commissioner Hell breaks it down, 710 00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:48,200 Speaker 1: then you are not run because this is to me 711 00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:52,440 Speaker 1: what touches the people, because you truly know the people. 712 00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:54,719 Speaker 1: If you can close us out with that commission I 713 00:42:54,719 --> 00:42:57,240 Speaker 1: would greatly appreciate it. And y'all go ahead and grab 714 00:42:57,239 --> 00:43:00,360 Speaker 1: your pens and take notes on this is out you 715 00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:03,960 Speaker 1: talk about your district and the people you represent. Yeah. So, 716 00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:07,759 Speaker 1: as I was stated earlier in my opening, being the 717 00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:11,319 Speaker 1: girl that grew up in Paramore and the West side 718 00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:14,880 Speaker 1: of the Lando, I stated that if you didn't know 719 00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:19,200 Speaker 1: Sister Reads, you don't know us. And Sister here he 720 00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:21,760 Speaker 1: East was where we would walk down going to school, 721 00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:24,919 Speaker 1: and that's where all the pimps and and the prostitutes 722 00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:28,360 Speaker 1: will gather around and they meet coats. Then you go down, 723 00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:31,600 Speaker 1: you go down Westmoreland a little bit and if you 724 00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:34,120 Speaker 1: didn't know lick the wall, you don't know us. And 725 00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:36,759 Speaker 1: Lick the wall was the guy that was standing over 726 00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:40,160 Speaker 1: there by the corner store, and not all that great, 727 00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:43,520 Speaker 1: but he was. He was a legend there because children 728 00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:45,680 Speaker 1: would go by and say, lick the wall. He would 729 00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:48,719 Speaker 1: lick the wall. So that was part of our that 730 00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:52,120 Speaker 1: was part of our history. And then if you turn 731 00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:56,080 Speaker 1: to the left and you hit Paramore, Uh, if you 732 00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:59,000 Speaker 1: don't know Dixon Doodle, come on, no about the hall, 733 00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:01,920 Speaker 1: malls and ship then's over there. You don't know us. 734 00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:04,520 Speaker 1: Go if you go down a little bit down to 735 00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:08,080 Speaker 1: Orange Center and you don't know Boker's Park and never 736 00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:10,400 Speaker 1: had a skip day over there, you don't know us. 737 00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:12,799 Speaker 1: Then if you go down a little bit further down 738 00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:15,759 Speaker 1: to go and and uh you never went in the 739 00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:18,480 Speaker 1: chuckle will see that's where they used to rega at 740 00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:21,640 Speaker 1: all the time, and all the Jamaicans and and and 741 00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:24,319 Speaker 1: those Caribeans used to go up in there and and 742 00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:26,319 Speaker 1: all the all the girls that was kind of thick, 743 00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:30,839 Speaker 1: that was they hang out. And then you're going on down. Uh, 744 00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:33,520 Speaker 1: then you go on down the Ivy Lane and you 745 00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:35,759 Speaker 1: are past the Bucket of bloods to the Bucket of 746 00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:38,400 Speaker 1: Blood where we used to back the cup on Sundays 747 00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:40,560 Speaker 1: and watch it and just get a free show and 748 00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:43,719 Speaker 1: watch everybody go by on the main street. And then 749 00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:46,919 Speaker 1: if you are hanging that left over there on old 750 00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:50,080 Speaker 1: Wanna Gotten Road, and then you'll be over there, uh 751 00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:52,560 Speaker 1: the fish fry, and that's what we called it, the 752 00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:56,400 Speaker 1: fish fry, and everybody be frying fish and carrying on 753 00:44:56,719 --> 00:44:59,759 Speaker 1: and doing what they do. And so I stated, if 754 00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:02,760 Speaker 1: you don't know some of those streets in those places, 755 00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:07,640 Speaker 1: you don't know us. So I can guarantee it. Y'all 756 00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:10,840 Speaker 1: know me and I know you. But who is sha Rose. 757 00:45:12,840 --> 00:45:16,680 Speaker 1: That's come on, come on. Marcia inserted a round of 758 00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:20,520 Speaker 1: applause at this part right here, because I'm telling you 759 00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:24,160 Speaker 1: that is the codest And every time you do that, 760 00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:27,080 Speaker 1: it ain't nothing else to say. The appoler always said, well, 761 00:45:27,120 --> 00:45:29,120 Speaker 1: it ain't about that. How can you follow that up? 762 00:45:29,640 --> 00:45:32,560 Speaker 1: And it's not see you don't make up. You can't 763 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:36,600 Speaker 1: make that up. That that's truly understanding your district in 764 00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:40,320 Speaker 1: a way that I do not hear people do. And 765 00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:41,839 Speaker 1: I tell them you can get caught up in these 766 00:45:41,960 --> 00:45:44,160 Speaker 1: national talking points if you want to, but if you 767 00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:46,600 Speaker 1: don't know how to talk to your constituents like that 768 00:45:47,680 --> 00:45:50,080 Speaker 1: and be able to point out the intricracies that only 769 00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:54,000 Speaker 1: that district will know and recognize, and and be able 770 00:45:54,040 --> 00:45:56,880 Speaker 1: to to to touch their heart and their memory and 771 00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:59,960 Speaker 1: their nostalgia and understanding what she really do know? What's 772 00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:03,000 Speaker 1: that sixteen year incumbency that you ran against? One line 773 00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:06,640 Speaker 1: up Bless his heart, but he didn't know that and 774 00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:09,600 Speaker 1: he grew up in that district. But you would never 775 00:46:09,719 --> 00:46:12,000 Speaker 1: catch him in a lot of those areas that you 776 00:46:12,120 --> 00:46:15,200 Speaker 1: talked about. And that is the difference. That's what makes 777 00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:18,600 Speaker 1: your leadership so special. You are the prototype. You are 778 00:46:18,719 --> 00:46:22,480 Speaker 1: how local elected officials should run. You are that no 779 00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:26,919 Speaker 1: matter whatever your partisan politics is, you are the one. 780 00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:29,480 Speaker 1: You got the history to show it, you have the 781 00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:32,640 Speaker 1: work to show. You just listed a small list of 782 00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:35,239 Speaker 1: the accomplishments that you've done. I encourage people to go 783 00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:37,399 Speaker 1: and google it didn't look it up. And I'm gonna 784 00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:40,400 Speaker 1: bring you back more even more so, uh, Commissioner Hill, 785 00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:42,840 Speaker 1: because I really want people now we've got you know, 786 00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:45,319 Speaker 1: I love receipts. It was one thing to do one 787 00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:47,440 Speaker 1: year and there's another to do too, But baby, you 788 00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:49,960 Speaker 1: don't want three times now. The nation got to know now, 789 00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:53,240 Speaker 1: don't see Now you can really stand on a strong 790 00:46:53,400 --> 00:46:56,000 Speaker 1: book of receipts of not talking about what you're going 791 00:46:56,160 --> 00:46:58,560 Speaker 1: to do, but talk about what you've already done. And 792 00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:02,400 Speaker 1: your hashtag is always the work continues. That work continued. 793 00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:06,280 Speaker 1: That's right, And I want people to know you, your voice, 794 00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:09,040 Speaker 1: your tragedy. So many candidates say I can't go through this, 795 00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:11,719 Speaker 1: I can't manage this and manage that. How old is 796 00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:14,960 Speaker 1: Poppy now? Who is your grandson? Is? None? It was 797 00:47:15,040 --> 00:47:22,000 Speaker 1: to raising a baby. It's just been a remarkable thing. 798 00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:25,480 Speaker 1: And and I'm so blessed and honored to have space 799 00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:29,440 Speaker 1: in your life to watch, you know, to watch what 800 00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:32,959 Speaker 1: you've gone through. I have a family that have lost 801 00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:36,120 Speaker 1: children that have not recovered since around about the same 802 00:47:36,200 --> 00:47:39,160 Speaker 1: time that you lost yours that have not recovered since 803 00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:43,080 Speaker 1: literally lost their minds. The Lord has kept you and 804 00:47:43,239 --> 00:47:45,279 Speaker 1: kept you in a way that I just have not 805 00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:49,320 Speaker 1: I just haven't seen. And I think more people, I know, 806 00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:52,040 Speaker 1: more people need to know that story. So I am 807 00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:56,279 Speaker 1: honored um that you came by. I hope you can 808 00:47:56,320 --> 00:47:58,080 Speaker 1: come again. I know you have a busy schedule, so 809 00:47:58,120 --> 00:48:00,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get out of here, but we will want 810 00:48:00,320 --> 00:48:03,200 Speaker 1: to give you your flowers. I want to I want 811 00:48:03,239 --> 00:48:05,960 Speaker 1: to see you have more national opportunities. You know, we 812 00:48:06,040 --> 00:48:08,400 Speaker 1: talked about that in the beginning, on going out and 813 00:48:08,520 --> 00:48:10,440 Speaker 1: doing things nationally, and you said, you know, I have 814 00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:12,640 Speaker 1: to do the work here first. I have to focus 815 00:48:12,719 --> 00:48:15,720 Speaker 1: on here. So many of these politicians chase these national 816 00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:18,680 Speaker 1: lights and then they run these national campaigns and they 817 00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:20,960 Speaker 1: lose locally because they forget about the people. And I 818 00:48:21,120 --> 00:48:24,160 Speaker 1: remember that conversation and you said, I have to be 819 00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:29,360 Speaker 1: able to work here locally and plant my feet before 820 00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:33,400 Speaker 1: I can even think about, you know what I can 821 00:48:33,440 --> 00:48:35,400 Speaker 1: do to serve national because you have a hell of 822 00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:38,200 Speaker 1: a story. You people talk about help and felons, but 823 00:48:38,239 --> 00:48:39,840 Speaker 1: it ain't too many of them that's able to do 824 00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:43,000 Speaker 1: what you've able to do. Uh and in your own community. 825 00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:46,520 Speaker 1: But now it's time. Now it's time you have solidified 826 00:48:46,600 --> 00:48:48,960 Speaker 1: your place. You have so obviously you're not gonna leave now, 827 00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:51,920 Speaker 1: you know, local politics, but people need to know you. 828 00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:56,239 Speaker 1: I've watched national folks come in and just kind of 829 00:48:56,320 --> 00:48:58,760 Speaker 1: brushed by, and you know, they respect you and invite 830 00:48:58,800 --> 00:49:01,800 Speaker 1: you and do all the things, but they don't understand 831 00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:05,000 Speaker 1: the fire that I know that you have. And I 832 00:49:05,120 --> 00:49:07,239 Speaker 1: want to make sure that we do our part in 833 00:49:07,320 --> 00:49:09,840 Speaker 1: doing it, because you are the prototype, ma'am. And I 834 00:49:09,960 --> 00:49:13,200 Speaker 1: just want to thank you for allowing me to peep 835 00:49:13,239 --> 00:49:16,560 Speaker 1: into yes, ma'am and be on what you call on 836 00:49:16,680 --> 00:49:19,239 Speaker 1: the wall, one mile on the wall, to let me 837 00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:22,560 Speaker 1: be on the wall with you. So bless you, commissioners 838 00:49:22,880 --> 00:49:26,719 Speaker 1: so much for coming by, and I'm so proud of you. 839 00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:28,759 Speaker 1: I'm so proud of you too, and I look forward 840 00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:30,480 Speaker 1: to seeing you in our land on a couple of weeks. 841 00:49:30,520 --> 00:49:33,520 Speaker 1: I haven't seen you since, but better believing, I'm always 842 00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:38,439 Speaker 1: in contact with my commissioner allays better days. We're gonna 843 00:49:38,480 --> 00:49:40,400 Speaker 1: take a lot of pensions because you know, I got 844 00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:42,480 Speaker 1: the brother in their face. You know, ain't nothing. I 845 00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:44,640 Speaker 1: love a little bit of petty. Somebody on the team 846 00:49:44,719 --> 00:49:47,160 Speaker 1: got to be got to be petty, and got to 847 00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:56,360 Speaker 1: make alright, Commissioner Orlando City Commissioner Regina I healed she 848 00:49:56,480 --> 00:49:59,760 Speaker 1: wanted to use the eye heal this time on the campaign. 849 00:50:00,239 --> 00:50:03,279 Speaker 1: Hell under her leadership. By that case, then when you 850 00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:08,719 Speaker 1: say under my leadership, they and you're saying every time 851 00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:14,239 Speaker 1: under my leadership. Thank you so much, Commissioner. I'm gonna 852 00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:16,919 Speaker 1: let you get back to commissioning. All right, then, thank 853 00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:19,279 Speaker 1: you guys. All right, guys, you just heard my one 854 00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:22,000 Speaker 1: and only commission of Regina Hell. What that's the coldest 855 00:50:22,040 --> 00:50:24,000 Speaker 1: woman in the game. And I mean that. Thank you 856 00:50:24,120 --> 00:50:27,279 Speaker 1: Marcy for my producers listening. And she was texting me 857 00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:29,920 Speaker 1: off throughout like why you should have seen her facial expressions, 858 00:50:29,960 --> 00:50:33,040 Speaker 1: and I hope that you guys also felt that. Uh 859 00:50:33,160 --> 00:50:36,319 Speaker 1: it's well. I love having my extraordinary producer in the back, 860 00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:39,400 Speaker 1: Marcy to penu because she's my audience, you know, and 861 00:50:39,560 --> 00:50:41,839 Speaker 1: I get a chance to see where people are being 862 00:50:41,920 --> 00:50:45,080 Speaker 1: moved and how to really, you know, guy, the conversation. 863 00:50:45,160 --> 00:50:46,680 Speaker 1: So I want to give you your flowers so let 864 00:50:46,719 --> 00:50:48,560 Speaker 1: you know it's not just sitting in the background. It 865 00:50:48,640 --> 00:50:50,719 Speaker 1: really does help me, you know, where the guy these 866 00:50:50,800 --> 00:50:54,000 Speaker 1: conversations because if you don't know, we are very unscripted. 867 00:50:54,360 --> 00:50:57,239 Speaker 1: We're very conversational and so it's always good to have 868 00:50:57,320 --> 00:50:59,439 Speaker 1: an audience to know, Okay, let me go a little 869 00:50:59,480 --> 00:51:01,719 Speaker 1: bit deeper in this, because this is working. Our people 870 00:51:01,760 --> 00:51:04,240 Speaker 1: want to hear more. So thank you so much again, 871 00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:09,239 Speaker 1: straight shot, no chaser. Please follow Commissioner Regina Hill if 872 00:51:09,320 --> 00:51:12,200 Speaker 1: you want to see how to do this on the level, 873 00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:14,640 Speaker 1: on the local level, especially those of you that follow 874 00:51:14,719 --> 00:51:17,840 Speaker 1: my training. If you have not followed my training, please 875 00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:20,680 Speaker 1: subscribe on my website, testing figure dot com. You can 876 00:51:20,719 --> 00:51:23,320 Speaker 1: also go to crowdcast and sign up there so that 877 00:51:23,440 --> 00:51:26,399 Speaker 1: you get updates. First training we did in June call 878 00:51:26,480 --> 00:51:28,120 Speaker 1: or You're gonna run for office? Or run your mouth. 879 00:51:28,160 --> 00:51:30,440 Speaker 1: It's a series of trainings that I'm doing and it's 880 00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:32,160 Speaker 1: a lot of this type of game that you just 881 00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:35,240 Speaker 1: learned here. We had two sixty five show up in June. 882 00:51:35,560 --> 00:51:39,160 Speaker 1: We had a hundred and uh thirty or so show 883 00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:41,640 Speaker 1: up last month, I believe, and then I did a 884 00:51:41,880 --> 00:51:45,360 Speaker 1: private uh question and answered last week I believe for 885 00:51:45,480 --> 00:51:48,000 Speaker 1: thirty people. My goal is to have a thousand boots 886 00:51:48,040 --> 00:51:50,640 Speaker 1: on the ground between now in November. We've already surpassed 887 00:51:50,680 --> 00:51:54,800 Speaker 1: that because I've trained now over seven hundred youth in 888 00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:57,640 Speaker 1: addition to the numbers I just gave to you, So 889 00:51:57,719 --> 00:52:00,520 Speaker 1: I've already surpassed the one thousand by I want one 890 00:52:00,600 --> 00:52:03,880 Speaker 1: thousand strictly to come from the social media space. UM, 891 00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:06,440 Speaker 1: so I can own that crowdcast space. Uh, and that 892 00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:08,840 Speaker 1: is the goal. You're gonna see more work with me 893 00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:11,080 Speaker 1: with the Hip Hop Caucus and some training. You're gonna 894 00:52:11,080 --> 00:52:13,480 Speaker 1: see more work with Killer Mike and myself. I'm going 895 00:52:13,600 --> 00:52:16,000 Speaker 1: on this all about you in two thousand and twenty 896 00:52:16,080 --> 00:52:18,759 Speaker 1: two to be able to give you the game that 897 00:52:18,840 --> 00:52:21,200 Speaker 1: I've been blessed to learn and I want to share 898 00:52:21,239 --> 00:52:23,560 Speaker 1: and pass it on. We cannot wait on government. We 899 00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:27,520 Speaker 1: are all we got w A W G. And there 900 00:52:27,560 --> 00:52:30,120 Speaker 1: are real examples in Commissioner Hill is one. So if 901 00:52:30,200 --> 00:52:32,480 Speaker 1: you give up on politics, if you say that the 902 00:52:32,600 --> 00:52:36,360 Speaker 1: federal level I'm not feeling how they move, don't forget 903 00:52:36,480 --> 00:52:39,800 Speaker 1: that local politics absolutely matters, because there are people like 904 00:52:39,920 --> 00:52:41,879 Speaker 1: Regina Hill that I know that are doing the work 905 00:52:42,239 --> 00:52:44,160 Speaker 1: and I cannot give up on that. So thank you 906 00:52:44,200 --> 00:52:46,719 Speaker 1: so much guys for listening. This has been straight shot 907 00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:48,839 Speaker 1: no chas, and make sure you subscribe as a friend 908 00:52:48,920 --> 00:52:51,680 Speaker 1: to Chime and subscribe even if you don't listen every week, 909 00:52:52,040 --> 00:52:54,520 Speaker 1: just subscribe for your girl, because the numbers do matter. 910 00:52:54,760 --> 00:52:57,839 Speaker 1: I'll right, y'all. Piece. 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