1 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: It's that time. 2 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 2: Time time, time, Luck and load. 3 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: The Michael Verie Show is on the air. All right. 4 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 3: This is from my notes from about ten days ago. 5 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 3: So some of this may have changed, and I'm not 6 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 3: aware of it, but this is what I have for 7 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 3: the current lineup of what our elections for the spring 8 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 3: primary look like. There will be some maneuvering, and that's 9 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,160 Speaker 3: just the way it works. Some of that maneuvering will 10 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 3: be occasioned by the fact that some of the candidates 11 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 3: for some of these races aren't going to get any traction. 12 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 3: And when that happens, they're going to start looking around 13 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 3: for another race to run in, or they'll stay put 14 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:01,959 Speaker 3: in the seat they're in. Now happens, It's always going to. 15 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: Happen, and it will happen this time. 16 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 3: So we start with the Democrat side, where you've got 17 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 3: Congressional District eighteen, the seat long held by Sheila Jackson Lee, 18 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 3: first held by Barbara Jordan and Mickey Leland, and then 19 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 3: Craig Washington, and in of course the congress woman ah 20 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 3: Sheila Jackson leeke for thirty years. She ran for mayor 21 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 3: and loss went back the Monday following the Saturday loss 22 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 3: and ran for reelection, got reelected knowing she was dying, 23 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:32,040 Speaker 3: and died a few months later. Sylvester Turner was railroaded 24 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:34,559 Speaker 3: into that position by the same people that put Lena 25 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:39,039 Speaker 3: Hidalgo in and that are trying to put Sylvester's replacement 26 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 3: in there, and that's Rodney and Crewe. But Sylvester died 27 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 3: and so then that seat popped open, and now there 28 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 3: is a runoff for that seat, and it's an open runoff. 29 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 3: In California, they call it a jungle primary, which is 30 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 3: everybody runs in both parties. 31 00:01:58,560 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: There is an. 32 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 3: Advantage to being the only Republican in a race like 33 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 3: that in a Democrat seat, because in a general election 34 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 3: in a seat like Congressional District eighteen. I haven't looked 35 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 3: at the numbers lately, but let's say that district is 36 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 3: sixty forty Democrat Republican. If you could pick up the 37 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 3: forty percent Republican votes and they showed up and voted 38 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 3: in the jungle primary or in the primary, your forty 39 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 3: percent now would be more than the twenty five percent 40 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 3: or so that the other folks get, so you could 41 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 3: manage to slide in there. The Democrats are very good 42 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:39,679 Speaker 3: at taking seats away from US across the country. By 43 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 3: understanding dynamics like this, they don't leave it to the 44 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 3: market as to who gets in and how they They 45 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 3: control it so they win them. So you've got Carmen 46 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 3: Maria Montel who is the Republican running in that race, 47 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 3: and she is by all accounts running at least in 48 00:02:56,280 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 3: second or in third or tied for second. She's doing 49 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 3: pretty well. With some effort, she could win that seat. Now, 50 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 3: why would it matter that she win a congressional seat 51 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 3: that is a Democrat majority congressional seat if the Democrats 52 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 3: are just going to win it back next November, Because 53 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 3: you got all of twenty twenty six and that's a 54 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 3: Republican vote and we're down to the hair. We're splitting 55 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 3: hairs over votes, right, So you've got a very very tight, 56 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 3: a very very tight house where you're barely keeping Trump 57 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 3: his initiatives passed. Picking up a Republican seat in what 58 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 3: was a Democrat seat, even if you were only able 59 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 3: to do it for a year, is massive because now 60 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 3: it's a zero sum game. Your win is their loss. 61 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 3: So that's a two vote change in the composition of 62 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 3: the House. So this seat ends up taking on a 63 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 3: lot of significance, and I think with some help, Carmen 64 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 3: Maria Montelle could win this could win this primary. 65 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: But we shall see. 66 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 3: The Democrats are Amanda Edwards, Jolanda Jones, and Rodney's choice, 67 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 3: the county attorney, Christian Menafie. Jolanda Jones is a state rep. 68 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 3: She replaced me on city council when I left. Amanda 69 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 3: Edwards former state former city councilman. That race looks to 70 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 3: be Jolanda Jones is leading. Menefee is not doing as 71 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 3: well as they thought he would do. There will be 72 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 3: some cheating on election day, but Jolanda is tough enough 73 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 3: to whip somebody's ass if she catches them doing it, 74 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,919 Speaker 3: and I'm not sure, well, there will be cheating in 75 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 3: that election. The question will be who will be able 76 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 3: to out cheat the others. And that's going to be 77 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 3: fun because it's primarily a Democrat primary, even though there's 78 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 3: a Republican Carmen in that. It'll be fun to watch 79 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 3: the Democrats cheat against each other and call each other cheaters, 80 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 3: which they will, mark my words. There will be accusations 81 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:09,679 Speaker 3: of cheating in that congressional race. 82 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: And by the. 83 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 3: Way, they'll be right, there will be cheating. Then you've 84 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 3: got City Council at large four. You've got over ten 85 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 3: candidates in that. 86 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: We'll get to that race later. It will take a 87 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:20,159 Speaker 1: lot of time. 88 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 3: Congressional District two, which is currently held by Dan Crenshaw. 89 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 3: With the redistricting, Crenshaw picked up more of Houston and 90 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 3: lost more of Montgomery County. That helps him. Grenshaw is 91 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 3: not popular in Montgomery County. He's not popular with conservative, 92 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 3: grassroots Republican voters. He does better with interloop twenty somethings 93 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 3: who kind of not exactly a very doctrinal shall we say. 94 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 3: Steve Toath, the state rep running against him, I think 95 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 3: Toth wins that race running away without the redistricting. I 96 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:03,159 Speaker 3: think he's got a tough race with the redistricting, but 97 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 3: I think that if Toath can get the money to 98 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 3: get the message out, Prenshaw is so disliked among Republican 99 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 3: primary voters, so disliked that I think Toth wins, and 100 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:19,600 Speaker 3: Tote is a grassroots guy, always has been. In Congressional 101 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 3: District eight, where just a few days ago, Congressman Morgan 102 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 3: Latrelle announcing that he will not be seeking re election 103 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 3: Jessica Steinman is the first candidate in that race. I'm 104 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 3: sure there will be more. It's an open congressional race 105 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 3: in a Republican district. It's a fat pitch for somebody 106 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 3: wants to. 107 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: Hit a home run. 108 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,839 Speaker 3: There will be other candidates in Congressional District nine, currently 109 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 3: held by Al Green. He's one of the Democrats that sacrificed. 110 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 3: That was the reason Trump wanted the redistricting. In Congressional 111 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 3: District nine. You've got Briscoe Caine, the state rep in 112 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 3: that area, and you've got Alex Mieler, who ran for 113 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 3: county judge county wide. Several people have speculated that maybe 114 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:05,919 Speaker 3: Alex Mieler moves into Congressional District thirty eight. I don't 115 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 3: know that to be true. I have no reason to 116 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 3: believe that is true. But it's one of those things. 117 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 3: There will be some candidates that will run in Congressional 118 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 3: District thirty eight, which will now be open, with as today, 119 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 3: Wesley Hunt announcing he will be running for the US 120 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 3: Senate against John Cornyn and of course the challenger, Ken Paxton. 121 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 3: So his congressional seat will pop open in a reliably 122 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 3: Republican seat. So you're going to see some folks coming 123 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 3: out of the woodworks for that one as well. The 124 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 3: Congressional District ten, which is now Michael McCall. McCall announcing 125 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 3: this week that fortunately he's getting out of whatever he's doing. 126 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 3: I wouldn't call it public service, but being in Congress, 127 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 3: I am. 128 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: Delighted to see that. 129 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 3: I don't know any of the names yet that are 130 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 3: looking at that seat to run in that seat. Greg 131 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 3: Abbott running for reelection as governor, Dan Patrick as Lieutenant governor, 132 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 3: Attorney General we talked about earlier. You've got Joan Huffman, 133 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 3: Mays Middleton, Aaron Wrights, who was our guest, Anne chip 134 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 3: Roy agg Commissioner Sid Miller being challenged by Nate Sheets, 135 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 3: who's endorsed by mattress mac Land Commissioner Don Buckingham staying put, 136 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 3: I know she'd like to run for. 137 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 1: Another office Comptroller. 138 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 3: You've got Don Huffines, Kelly Hancock, Christie Kradick More coming up. 139 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 3: Very a career criminal with a long rap sheet, arrested 140 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 3: for being a getaway driver where his accomplices posed as 141 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 3: cops during a home invasion a series of robberies. Those 142 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:46,719 Speaker 3: two accomplices were shot dead by a homeowner. 143 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 1: Boy, do I love this? We'll play the story. 144 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 3: But the best part of the story is not the 145 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 3: two dead robbers. The best part of the story is 146 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 3: the female neighbor of the home owner who says she 147 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:05,199 Speaker 3: stays safe with a baseball bat in her room, telling 148 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 3: KPRCTV quote, You're gonna have to show me your badge 149 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 3: and your ID if you're not the police you get 150 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 3: away from my door. Are you gonna get beat with 151 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 3: a baseball bat? That seems reasonable? I mean you agree 152 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 3: with them on that. That seems like a reasonable proposition. 153 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 4: Allegedly committing crimes as a fake comp landed Andres Torres 154 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 4: on the other side of the law and in front 155 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 4: of a Harris County judge. Court record show Torres didn't 156 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 4: have a driver's license, but was the getaway driver in 157 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 4: two home invasions, one of those happening in July at 158 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 4: an apartment complex in East Houston. Geraldine Eason is a 159 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 4: neighbor who says she was shocked to learn about what happened. 160 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 5: I didn't know what was going on. 161 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 4: Document showed the victims were hogtied with zip ties and 162 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 4: held a gunpoint while the gunmen robbed them while impersonating 163 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 4: law enforcement. A judge revealed more details than probable cause 164 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 4: corps over the weekend about another home invasion. Tours is 165 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 4: accused of at a home in southeast Houston last month. 166 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:09,959 Speaker 4: Surveillance capture the sound of those deadly gunshots. 167 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:16,319 Speaker 6: The defendant is here as one of multiple defendants, but 168 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 6: those other two defendants are dead because one of those 169 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 6: home invasions resulted in the home runner in Texas shooting back. 170 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 3: How do you stay safe? 171 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 5: Oh, I stay in my room with my baseball. 172 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 4: Back, Ethan says she's taking extra steps to verify if 173 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 4: police knock on her door. 174 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 5: You got to show me your bed and your hagi. 175 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 5: If you ain't the police, you get known with my duel. Oh, 176 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:41,679 Speaker 5: you gonna get people a baseball bet. 177 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 3: You got that, you understand you can show some O day. 178 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 3: Are you getting beat with a baseball beat? 179 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 5: You got to show me your bed and your hagi. 180 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 5: If you ain't the police, you get non with my duel. Oh, 181 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 5: you gonna get people a baseball best. 182 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 3: It's reasonable, I mean as a reasonable statement. Crime victims 183 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:06,560 Speaker 3: forced to wait more than a year after the criminal 184 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 3: case is closed against the person who committed a crime 185 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:15,119 Speaker 3: on them in order to get back there recovered stolen items. 186 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:17,679 Speaker 3: HPD says part of the problem is because the Harris 187 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 3: County District Attorney's Office did not always inform detectives when 188 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:25,080 Speaker 3: a case was disposed of the story from Khou. 189 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 2: The Economy may he's a crime victim as a delta 190 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 2: blow by those sworn to protect and sir, should you 191 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:34,319 Speaker 2: have to and others like you wait this long? No, 192 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 2: it shouldn't have the beat his hard. Trent Nzagoise first 193 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 2: told us how he tracked his stolen car back in 194 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 2: twenty twenty three and called nine to one one. Police 195 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:49,319 Speaker 2: nabbed the thief, recovered his stolen jewelry, and the case 196 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 2: was closed last October, but the victims stolen stuff sat 197 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 2: on an HPDE property room show. I'm one person. How 198 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 2: many people on the list that had never gotten that 199 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 2: items back from Houston PD. We found a lot of 200 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 2: other stolen property like cameras, bicycles and air pods, air 201 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 2: Jordan's shoes, and a whole lot of power tools, all 202 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 2: recovered but never returned. We've basically been victimized twice. Maya 203 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 2: Williams recovered stolen wedding rink was sitting on a shelf 204 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 2: since her case was closed more than two years ago 205 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 2: after Cage eleven investigates got involved. HPD finally shipped it 206 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 2: to Louisiana, where Williams lives. For her and this crime victim, 207 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 2: it's been a long time coming. And Zagoize says this 208 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 2: pair of diamond bracelets cost him more than ten grand. 209 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 7: It took two and a half years for me to 210 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 7: get this. 211 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:52,719 Speaker 3: I'm happy, and it's bittersweet because it took you all 212 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 3: at the news station to do an investigation. 213 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:56,840 Speaker 5: And I probably would have never got this back if 214 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 5: it wouldn't have been for the news station. 215 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 2: And HPD spokes and previously told us the Harris County 216 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 2: District Attorney's Office did not always notified detectives when a 217 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 2: case is disposed. It's working to make that process more 218 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 2: efficient going forward. 219 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 3: You know a lot of times when you go into 220 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:22,560 Speaker 3: a store, even the owner can be dismissive, can ignore you, 221 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 3: can be short with you. And maybe they've had a 222 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 3: long day, maybe they just got served to notice that 223 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 3: they're being sued. Maybe it's got bad news from their family. 224 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:41,439 Speaker 3: It happens, but it's very easy to lose sight of 225 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 3: what you're doing and who you're serving. And I think 226 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 3: this is true of district attorneys, assistant districts attorneys. I 227 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:53,200 Speaker 3: think it's true of law enforcement. I think it's true 228 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:58,960 Speaker 3: of everybody, including me. Sometimes you forget that that person 229 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 3: in front of you is going to have an experience 230 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:08,200 Speaker 3: from what you do right now. It's going to affect them, 231 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 3: and they deserve a positive experience. We're talking about crime 232 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 3: victims here. Police officers are sensitive to crime victims. We're 233 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 3: all out to get the bad guy, but we can 234 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 3: never forget that there is a victim of this crime, 235 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 3: and that that person deserves our sympathy and our respect. 236 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 3: And when their item is stolen, they are separated from it. 237 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 3: You're lucky and in the minority messay if your item 238 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 3: is recovered. 239 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 1: But if that recovered item goes. 240 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 3: Into the evidence room to be used in a case 241 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 3: against the turd who stole it from you, and you're 242 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 3: separated from it for an extended period of time, that's wrong, 243 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 3: as simple as that. And a great police officer will 244 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 3: be mindful that we're going to get miss Jones her 245 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 3: earrings back, We're going to get mister Smith his watch back, 246 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 3: whatever that may be. When you see a breakdown like this, 247 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 3: what you're seeing is not just a procedural failure, but 248 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 3: you're seeing a lack of understanding as to what our 249 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 3: mission is. Our mission is to prevent crimes when possible, 250 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 3: to solve crimes every time, to bring criminals to justice, 251 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 3: and to do as much as possible to ameliorate the 252 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 3: damage done to a victim who did. 253 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 1: Not deserve this. Unfortunately, enough. 254 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 3: Conferences on sexual harassment and race relations and police brutality later, 255 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 3: and enough roll calls and enough memos to don't forget 256 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 3: to do this, and don't forget to do this, and 257 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 3: make sure your body cams on it you get fired, 258 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 3: and don't forget to do this, and do't forget to 259 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 3: do this, and don't forget to do this. And oh, 260 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 3: there was a complaint by somebody you arrested yesterday. They 261 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 3: claimed this, And there was another complaint by somebody you 262 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 3: arrested yesterday, and there was another complaint by somebody. You 263 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 3: can forget, but that is your call to just be. 264 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 1: Betters sub gonna wuck all over. 265 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 3: There's a story in the Houston Chronicle entitled how Republic 266 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 3: Boot Company made the Texans cheerleaders new dancing boots. The 267 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 3: Chronicles Leah Van writes this spring, the Houston Texans cheerleaders 268 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 3: crowded into Republic Boot Company on the corner of Studi 269 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 3: Wood in Eleventh in Houston's Heights neighborhood for a first 270 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 3: of its kind uniform fitting their own custom made boots. 271 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:00,800 Speaker 3: One by one, each cheerleader took her place on a 272 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 3: cowhide covered platform while a fitter traced her feet from 273 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 3: both standing and seated positions, marking the spots where heels arches, 274 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:15,440 Speaker 3: and toes pressed against the floor. For the record, it's 275 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:18,880 Speaker 3: worth noting Ramon offered to help measure, but they turned 276 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 3: him down. 277 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 1: It was what oh boots, Yeah? With the tea. 278 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 3: Boots, boots, boots, it was far from a typical tryon. 279 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 3: As teammates waited their turn, they wandered past shelves of 280 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 3: exotic hides and work benches stacked with tools, eventually gathering 281 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:40,199 Speaker 3: around a small stage near the fitting chairs. The idea 282 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:42,640 Speaker 3: for the Texans cheerleaders to team up with Republic Boot 283 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 3: Company came from a few casual conversations as the Houston Rodeo. 284 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:51,919 Speaker 3: Over the years, Republic Boot Company founder Chris Conrad has 285 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 3: spent years studying cowboy boot craftsmanship around the world, and 286 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 3: that expertise. 287 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 1: Shows in the details. 288 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:01,239 Speaker 3: Conrad, a fifth generation Houston in with grandparents who were 289 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:04,199 Speaker 3: also raised in the Heights, founded Republic Boot Company in 290 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 3: twenty eleven. Fans in NRG Stadium might not notice at 291 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:12,400 Speaker 3: first glance, but the boots were engineered to withstand hours 292 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:18,919 Speaker 3: of choreography, handmade by Republic's master boot makers. Improved quality 293 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 3: means more comfort and more durability, said Ian Smith, Republic's 294 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:26,879 Speaker 3: director of business Development. Something softer yet longer lasting. But 295 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:30,160 Speaker 3: being a Houston based company is a big part too. 296 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 3: He changes include a red zipper that blends with the 297 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 3: metallic red leather, replacing the old black one. The Texans 298 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:43,360 Speaker 3: small bullhead heel point pen, once prone to falling off, 299 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:47,239 Speaker 3: was reworked into a sturdier silver carving, complete with a 300 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:55,360 Speaker 3: sparkling star eye. That's our friends at Republic Boot Company. 301 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 3: I don't know how many years ago it was that 302 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 3: I was asked to meet the guy at Republic Boot 303 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 3: Company by Robert Reese, and I did, and at the 304 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 3: time it was this tiny little boot shop, custom boot makers. 305 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:12,880 Speaker 3: But I liked the fact that they made the boots 306 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 3: on site because Almah, I'm not going to say every 307 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 3: but I can't think of anyone else. The boot shops 308 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 3: that you come across are almost exclusively today. You go in, 309 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 3: they're not boot makers anymore. They're boot measurers, and they 310 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 3: measure your boot. 311 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 1: They measure your foot. 312 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 3: And they send it to Mexico and the Mexican craftsman, well, 313 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 3: we'll send your boots back. Every boot maker that makes 314 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:48,199 Speaker 3: boots for one of the big boys has a side 315 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:52,159 Speaker 3: hustle in Mexico, and why wouldn't they, So you know, 316 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 3: you send your your your design to Diego Garcia. Well 317 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 3: it turns out Diego Garcia is director of boot making 318 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 3: it name the big boot company, whichever one you want to, 319 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 3: and at night he and his family are making boots 320 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 3: out of his He's got a side operation going. And 321 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 3: the bigger the name, the more capital, the more capital 322 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 3: he's got, the more he's doing that. So what they're 323 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 3: doing in Texas almost exclusively, and I mean literally, to 324 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 3: my knowledge, almost absolutely exclusively, is you go in and 325 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:32,160 Speaker 3: they measure your foot and that's it, and a pair 326 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 3: of boots arrives in the mail. At Republic Boot Company, 327 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 3: they actually make the boot there. Well, that impressed me 328 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:44,359 Speaker 3: because that is a lost art. It's not an inexpensive 329 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 3: proposition to make boots on American soil in Houston, Texas 330 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:53,160 Speaker 3: in prime real estate is a rare thing. So they 331 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 3: wanted to sponsor the show. Well, it's an expensive proposition. 332 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 3: Most folks spent spend more than ten grand a month, 333 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,639 Speaker 3: but it's ten grand a month to open the doors. 334 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:08,919 Speaker 3: And that's a lot of money. Sure, but that's a 335 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 3: lot of people in a very engaged audience, and the 336 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:15,200 Speaker 3: market sets the right And so I said, I don't know. 337 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:16,920 Speaker 1: That they're going to be able to handle this. 338 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:19,680 Speaker 3: That's I don't want somebody to fail, and I don't 339 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:22,399 Speaker 3: want somebody to put their hard earned money up and 340 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:26,160 Speaker 3: then I'm a reason that they go under. And Chris 341 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 3: Conrad said, failure is not an option, and I was 342 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 3: very impressed with his pluck. He was leaving the next 343 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:37,400 Speaker 3: day to go to one of the very dangerous regions. 344 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 3: I forget Aerbajean or one of those. Let's just say 345 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:44,639 Speaker 3: Azerbaijean because it sounds good, all right. I think it 346 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 3: might be Abe, it might be Kazakhstehan. 347 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:47,000 Speaker 1: It's one of those. 348 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 3: It's a dangerous war torn region, and he worked for 349 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,920 Speaker 3: Exxon and he's one of the guys that goes in 350 00:21:54,240 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 3: and works on the big oil platforms and he's paid 351 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,639 Speaker 3: good money, but it's awful. He always has to be 352 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:07,640 Speaker 3: in bad places. And so he starts this boot company 353 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 3: and he's having to work his butt off, take every 354 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,639 Speaker 3: bit of dangerous job he can in order to fund 355 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:15,879 Speaker 3: this boot shop. 356 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:16,880 Speaker 1: That is his passion. 357 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 3: So he brings in Fireball Bill, who's passionate about this. 358 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 3: He brings in, he builds a team. Well, eventually it 359 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:29,440 Speaker 3: took off. Y'all did respond and thank you so much. 360 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 3: And we have watched a little tiny boot shop that 361 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 3: has grown to triple the size. He bought the building 362 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 3: there in which includes some other tenants, and now it's 363 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,919 Speaker 3: become an event venue. People hold their events there. We 364 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:51,159 Speaker 3: hold our sponsor parties there. People go by, they'll have 365 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 3: an artist standing up with the front singing, go in 366 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:55,400 Speaker 3: and have a bourbon. Some people go in when they're 367 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 3: not even buying boots or now it's full on clothing hats. 368 00:22:58,720 --> 00:22:59,280 Speaker 1: The whole thing. 369 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:02,399 Speaker 3: I got measured yesterday because I needed a jacket for 370 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:05,880 Speaker 3: an event I have coming up. And Steve Springer, who 371 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 3: some people will know as houstonsuitguy dot com. 372 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:10,399 Speaker 1: His company is called. 373 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:13,040 Speaker 3: Blue bou It ought to just be Houston Suit Guy 374 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:16,200 Speaker 3: because that's very memorable, and that's what he is online. 375 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:19,959 Speaker 3: But I got a jacket for me and Crockett needed 376 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 3: a jacket for an event, and he's a custom suit 377 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:26,119 Speaker 3: maker and so he came to the house and measured 378 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,120 Speaker 3: us and that's a great deal. But he measures and 379 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 3: makes suits for Republic Boot Company. I say all that 380 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 3: to say this. I'm pretty sure Republic Boot Company lost 381 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 3: money on the Texans cheerleaders boots. I'm pretty sure of it. 382 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 3: And you got to be careful. My wife says the 383 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 3: reason she won't ever let me open another bar is 384 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 3: I try to buy everybody around, and then you get 385 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 3: yourself upside down. But what's the point of owning a 386 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 3: bar if you can't buy everybody around? That's the thrill, right. 387 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 3: But this is a group of guys that, by pure pluck, 388 00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:00,199 Speaker 3: have been very very good at what they do. But 389 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,120 Speaker 3: they have also and not just us, not just us 390 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 3: bragging about them, and you going over there, you go 391 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 3: to their page. They're making TikTok videos, They're making Facebook videos, 392 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 3: they're doing to all themselves cool videos. When they have 393 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:15,359 Speaker 3: an event, they film it, they get approval, they film it. 394 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 3: They're constantly marketing, which you have to which is really 395 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,959 Speaker 3: telling their story and doing things like this. You'll remember 396 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:22,959 Speaker 3: cal McNair went in. 397 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,240 Speaker 1: He brought c J Stroud. 398 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:27,359 Speaker 3: He was buying him a pair of boots because CJ 399 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,360 Speaker 3: was being honored at some big event and he needed 400 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 3: a custom pair of boots. And so they went in 401 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 3: and he goes, oh, this is Michael Berry's play. 402 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 1: Is what Michael Berry listens to. 403 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:40,120 Speaker 3: So congratulations with Public Boot Company and the founder Chris 404 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:43,679 Speaker 3: Conrad named CEO of the Year or Entrepreneur of the Year. 405 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 1: Good for him. Like the publicot Company, dot com indicates 406 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:47,920 Speaker 1: everything is ready for your call. 407 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,880 Speaker 3: It tells you how strong the visuals to Miami Vice 408 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:53,880 Speaker 3: World that when you hear the. 409 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 1: Song, you go wait, is that that's not that good? 410 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 1: A theme song in the. 411 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:03,399 Speaker 3: In the grand scheme of theme song is on this 412 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 3: day in nineteen eighty four, forty one years ago today, 413 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 3: that Miami Vice made its debut with a two hour 414 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 3: episode that included a scene featuring the Phil Collins hit 415 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 3: in the air Tonight Urban Legend would have you believe 416 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,640 Speaker 3: that that was a reference to a murder. 417 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 1: Phil Collins. 418 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 3: Has protested, No, no, no, it's not, which is how 419 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:34,399 Speaker 3: you know it is Ramon, That's how you know. I 420 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 3: hadn't seen that. 421 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,880 Speaker 1: None of the stations are covern it. You won't see 422 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 1: this on a mainstream news heard you. They're not covering 423 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: this right now? Do I an't covering this at all? 424 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:52,119 Speaker 3: President Trump is sending in the National Guard. This time 425 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:53,120 Speaker 3: took graceland. 426 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 1: Memphis will be saved. H Yes, the Blues will be back. 427 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:01,119 Speaker 1: Trump signed the on Monday. 428 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:04,440 Speaker 3: And is calling it a replica of his crackdown on Washington. 429 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:08,399 Speaker 1: D c Romon, you like a dry rib? 430 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 3: Apparently President Trump is not a big fan of the 431 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 3: crime or the Memphis dry rib. 432 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 8: Well, the beer Street, lots of flicker. 433 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:24,760 Speaker 2: Quite frankly, Memphis is a place of great music. For 434 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 2: the crime just won't slow down. And maybe the biggest 435 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:30,639 Speaker 2: crime is your dry ribs. 436 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 7: Every time you park your shivy, somebody's riding off with 437 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 7: ill sound. 438 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:39,879 Speaker 2: Never been a fan of those thumping speakers. 439 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 1: But it's time for the crime to stop. 440 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:46,399 Speaker 7: So we're calling a god baby, calling the god bus 441 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 7: in the street. 442 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 1: Don't need nobody guard. 443 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:50,840 Speaker 2: When the booze. 444 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 7: Gets heavy and the crime gets hard, you gotta call 445 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:54,879 Speaker 7: in the guard. 446 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 1: Down in Memphis, y'all. 447 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,440 Speaker 8: I've had my blue suede shoest on one too many 448 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:07,720 Speaker 8: times now. Mama said, don't walk in midnight, knock your 449 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 8: doors in God your fries. Even helvest left the building 450 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 8: and took the gris and gates and said goodbye. So 451 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 8: one calling the god Baby, calling. 452 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:23,159 Speaker 1: The God Baby, calling the guardage and. 453 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 8: Through Memphis with a barbecue cars the Savans for payment. 454 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 8: Don't you oosing pod. But we're safer to night because we. 455 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:33,159 Speaker 1: Call the guard. 456 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:38,440 Speaker 7: They be calling the garden, ain't no clothes man climbed out, 457 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 7: stolen guitars, don't ain't on at Helfhillo bussing and Bob 458 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:48,440 Speaker 7: excuse me one good hobby painted cans and a trumpet 459 00:27:48,560 --> 00:28:01,920 Speaker 7: solo from Mischief, Tie long Gavin calling the god Baby, calling. 460 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 2: The God Baby, calling the guard the blood. 461 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:05,920 Speaker 7: From Builder of the Yard. 462 00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 8: It's the Memphis Blues, but we're the security cord. We're 463 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 8: laughing again because we call the gods. As the kids say, 464 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:18,359 Speaker 8: Memphis ribs are mid but way better than New York barbecue. 465 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 8: Play the Blues, but cuff the news. 466 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,119 Speaker 6: And let's not get started on California barbecue. 467 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:26,960 Speaker 2: They have something called a tri tip. 468 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 8: It's the radical left version of the risket. 469 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:38,600 Speaker 3: So I was laying out what the field looks like 470 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 3: for campaigns right now. It's still very early, but a 471 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:46,000 Speaker 3: lot of these things will be locked up because the 472 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 3: big money folks will be tied up, a lot of 473 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 3: the endorsements will be tied up, and it'll scare off 474 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:56,120 Speaker 3: a lot of the outsider candidates. Perception becomes very important 475 00:28:56,520 --> 00:29:00,600 Speaker 3: at this point in a campaign. So the agg Commissioner 476 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 3: Ray sid Miller, the incumbent running for reelection, just got 477 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:11,000 Speaker 3: a pair of boots Republic Boot Company last week. Nate Sheets, 478 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 3: who as I mentioned, has been endorsed by Mattress Mac 479 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 3: running against him in that primary. Land Commissioner Don Buckingham 480 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 3: is staying put. Although she's very ambitious. She would like 481 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 3: to run for something else. She just doesn't see her 482 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:29,480 Speaker 3: chance right now. The comptroller seat opened up by Glenn 483 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:35,680 Speaker 3: Hager becoming the Chancellor of the Texas A and M system. 484 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:41,000 Speaker 3: So you've got Christi Krattick, the daughter of long term 485 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:45,120 Speaker 3: swamp creature Tom Krattick, who's former speaker. You've got Kelly Hancock, 486 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:49,560 Speaker 3: and you've got Don Huffines. Huff Fines seems to have 487 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:54,800 Speaker 3: united these sort of crews and Trump folks under one. 488 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:57,520 Speaker 3: He's also going to pour a bunch of money in there. 489 00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:00,200 Speaker 3: He's a former state senator. He ran a pretty good 490 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:07,720 Speaker 3: race against Greg Abbott for governor. He's considered a kind 491 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 3: of a firebrand libertarian, freethinking Texas constitutionalist candidate. 492 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:20,040 Speaker 1: I think he probably wins that race handily. 493 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:24,480 Speaker 3: The lobby will all be behind Christy Krattick, but they're 494 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:26,960 Speaker 3: behind drunk Dade. 495 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 1: And how that turn out. 496 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:33,880 Speaker 3: House District fifteen, which Steve Toath is vacating to run 497 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 3: against Dan Crenshaw. There is a candidate named Brad Bailey 498 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:41,160 Speaker 3: running there. I'm told he is an open borders candidate. 499 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 3: I don't know that. I'm trying to verify that, but 500 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:47,680 Speaker 3: I'm told unreliable authority that in the past he has 501 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:51,160 Speaker 3: had some very disturbing positions. I'm sure there will be 502 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:55,120 Speaker 3: other candidates for that state REPSI House District sixteen, which 503 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:58,280 Speaker 3: is now Will Metcalf the incumbent. I don't know if 504 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:03,880 Speaker 3: it's Boush or Bouche Bouch in Orange or Louisiana by Bouchet, 505 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:06,480 Speaker 3: but I don't know what it is in Houston. Is 506 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 3: the candidate that I'm hearing there in the County judge primary. 507 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:15,840 Speaker 3: Orlando Sanchez, who I ran against for mayor, who ran 508 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 3: against Lee Brown before that for mayor as former treasurer 509 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:25,680 Speaker 3: and Houston City councilman, is running Eliza Dutt, who is 510 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:28,400 Speaker 3: the mayor of Piney Point Village, which is one of 511 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:34,960 Speaker 3: the villages on the west side of town. And Marty Langton, 512 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 3: who is the head of the Houston it's not technically 513 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:44,000 Speaker 3: a union. There's a local local three forty one. I 514 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 3: think it's called the Leader of the Fire Folks, and 515 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:52,320 Speaker 3: so he is in that race. And I have received 516 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:55,360 Speaker 3: calls from some of the money folks asking me my 517 00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:58,400 Speaker 3: opinion on that race. And they don't ask what your 518 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 3: opinion is unless they're asking what you're going to do 519 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:04,640 Speaker 3: in that race, So that means that they're interested in 520 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,080 Speaker 3: the race and probably. 521 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:08,080 Speaker 1: Likely to give him money. 522 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:14,160 Speaker 3: The perception is that you can't win Harris County Judge, 523 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 3: which is the Harris County mayor effectively, but that's not true. 524 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:21,640 Speaker 3: If you can keep the cheating down, you can actually 525 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:22,360 Speaker 3: win it, and we. 526 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:23,680 Speaker 1: Proved it four years ago. 527 00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:28,560 Speaker 3: The problem is Abbot doesn't want to do anything for 528 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:32,920 Speaker 3: anyone but himself, So unless he's worried that the cheating 529 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:36,040 Speaker 3: will affect his reelection, he's not going to do anything 530 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:39,440 Speaker 3: about it. You could send in the rangers, you could 531 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:42,320 Speaker 3: send in the DPS, you could tamp down the cheating. 532 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:45,440 Speaker 3: You could put election observers, you could prosecute the people 533 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:48,280 Speaker 3: who cheat and they know they cheated. But Abbot won't 534 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:51,840 Speaker 3: lift a finger for anybody else. So for anybody who's 535 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:54,520 Speaker 3: right now banging out an email, you should be nice 536 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,200 Speaker 3: to Abbot. He's our governor. He's a Republican. He is 537 00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:01,200 Speaker 3: a do nothing governor who is narcissistic and self centered 538 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:03,880 Speaker 3: and doesn't help a soul. Whether you like Trump or 539 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:06,760 Speaker 3: don't like Trump, what everybody has to agree is he'll 540 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:09,440 Speaker 3: go to bat for other people, and he'll he'll fight 541 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:12,920 Speaker 3: fights that are unwinnable and make unwinnable, and he'll fight 542 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:15,960 Speaker 3: fights that he knows he's gonna lose because the fight 543 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:18,960 Speaker 3: is worth it. Greg Abbott doesn't do a damn thing 544 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:23,160 Speaker 3: for anybody ever, and by the way, everybody in the 545 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:26,040 Speaker 3: political realm will tell you that if you're running for 546 00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:29,720 Speaker 3: office and you need help from Greg Abbott, you won't 547 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:33,080 Speaker 3: get it. He won't do anything for anybody but himself. 548 00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:36,520 Speaker 3: If we could get a fair election in Harris County, 549 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:37,520 Speaker 3: we could elect a republic