1 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:11,239 Speaker 1: It's that time. Time time, time, luck and load. The 2 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: Michael Very Show is on the air. 3 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 2: I don't saw the wings. You saw the garage. I 4 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 2: see the garage, but I don't saw the garage. You 5 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 2: are speaking incorrectly. You are more to ring the King's English, 6 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 2: et cetera. 7 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: See schalk, see shut out. 8 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 2: I think that you punch. I think you punch. I 9 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 2: think you're okay with you. 10 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 3: You okay, we'll punching, you know, I think. 11 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 4: And I love Colin, and I think towards the end 12 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:45,279 Speaker 4: he started to punch a little harder. But like if 13 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 4: there gruss, I mean, like this dude has to be 14 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 4: knots over the head like hard, right, like there is 15 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 4: no nicetas with him, like at all, like you you 16 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 4: go clean off on him, right, because we in these 17 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 4: hot ass Texas streets, y'all know, we got governor hot 18 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 4: wheels down there, come on now, and the only thing 19 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 4: hot about him is that he is a hot ass 20 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 4: mask honey. So so yes, yes, yes, yes, you. 21 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 2: Three times. 22 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 5: And I. 23 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:37,759 Speaker 4: But the fact that you literally are going to plan 24 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 4: enemy attacks on a signal chat and then you don't 25 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 4: even know who's in the signal chat, and then y'all 26 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:44,039 Speaker 4: want to come in us and act like people of 27 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 4: color are the problem. 28 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 2: Are that women are the problem. 29 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 4: Like baby, you probably need a good black woman in 30 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 4: the room who can check you and tell you that, 31 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 4: first of all, you shouldn't be doing this on signore 32 00:01:56,680 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 4: or anything else. But y'all still mad about Hillary Servers? 33 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: Is that? 34 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 2: Is that what I hear? Yeah? 35 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 4: So anyway, Literally, I don't know if like your homeboy 36 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 4: was drunk at the time that he was sending these 37 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 4: messages or what, but clearly this administration is not ready 38 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 4: for prime time. 39 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 3: There has been no oppression for the white man in 40 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:22,639 Speaker 3: this country. 41 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 2: You'll tell me which white. 42 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 3: Men were dragged out of their homes. You'll tell me 43 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:32,079 Speaker 3: which one of them got dragged all the way across 44 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 3: an ocean and told that you are gonna go at work, 45 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 3: We are gonna seal your wives, we are gonna rape 46 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 3: your wives. That didn't happen. 47 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:41,279 Speaker 2: That is oppression. 48 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 3: We didn't ask to be here. Were not the same 49 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 3: migrants that y'all constantly come up against. We didn't run 50 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 3: away from home. 51 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 2: We were stolen. 52 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 4: So yeah, we are gonna sit here and be offended. 53 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 3: When you want to sit here and act like and 54 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 3: and don't let it escape you that it is white 55 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 3: man on this side of the aisle telling us people 56 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 3: of color on this side of the aisle, that that 57 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 3: y'all are the ones being oppressed, that y'all are the 58 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 3: ones that are being harmed. 59 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 2: You rons. 60 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 1: Twice three times. 61 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 2: There is a video going around of the Sheriff of 62 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 2: Montgomery County, Wesley Doolittle. There was a road rage incident 63 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 2: and the sheriff rolls up on it himself. It's in magnolia, 64 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 2: I believe, and he makes a felony stop himself and 65 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 2: takes the guys down. The video is is pretty good. 66 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 2: Somebody had the good sense to put inner circles, bad 67 00:03:55,880 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 2: boys behind it. If Wesley too Little has a he 68 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 2: had to. He had a. He beat uh Ran Henderson, 69 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 2: who was the sitting sheriff, who I endorsed and supported 70 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 2: because I knew him and liked him. I did not 71 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 2: know Doolittle. Uh Most of the people that I know 72 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:21,239 Speaker 2: we're supporting do Little the challenger. But I was committed 73 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 2: to my candidate, and I stuck with my candidate and 74 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:25,239 Speaker 2: do Little one and and the voice of the voters 75 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 2: is what matters. I've since gotten to know him, and 76 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,159 Speaker 2: I really liked the guy. I really like him. But 77 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 2: he he's a he's a retired Texas ranger. And you know, 78 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 2: people will tell you about a cops, cops and veterans. 79 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 2: If you ask him about somebody that has a reputation 80 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 2: as a copper, a veteran, they'll tell you the truth 81 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 2: of that guy's a bluffer bluster, you know. They they 82 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 2: don't mind telling you. They'll talk bad about each other 83 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 2: in a second off the air, off the record, and 84 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:02,160 Speaker 2: people said, no, this guy's This guy's a real real deal. 85 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 2: We we've gotten to know each other and I like 86 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 2: him a lot. But if he's running for reelection at 87 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 2: some point, I don't care who's running against him. All 88 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 2: you have to do is show that video. I mean this, 89 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:20,559 Speaker 2: that's to see a sheriff take somebody down his own 90 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 2: dang self. Yeah, that's that's Uh, that's Wesley do a 91 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:30,599 Speaker 2: lot Ramon, not do little? Am I right? Uh? I 92 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 2: just found out that one of his captains, or maybe 93 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 2: the captain over patrol at the Moco Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, 94 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 2: is Ryan Drodty, And that makes me very happy. You've 95 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 2: probably heard me say the name Reagan Rotti. The Droughty 96 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 2: twins were DPS troopers, and to say that my brother 97 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 2: worshiped those two boys is not an exaggeration. In fact, 98 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 2: I used to tell him, Chris, you're too queer for 99 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 2: them Droughty boys. He's stupid. You need to meet him, 100 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 2: and they're great, They're awesome. And then I knew I 101 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 2: was under his skin. So now I had to prod him. 102 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 2: Reagan Droddy, the brother, is the one I told you 103 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 2: the story. I think I can get through it now. 104 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 2: But the first time I told you the day he retired, 105 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 2: he pulled over side of the road and was crying 106 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 2: because he and my brother had planned out what they 107 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,359 Speaker 2: were going to do on the day they retired, and 108 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 2: now he was retiring. My brother wasn't there. Yeah, that's 109 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:34,840 Speaker 2: those Droughty boys. But anyway, if Doolittle has brought Ryan 110 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 2: Droddy to be the captain over patrol in the Woodlands 111 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 2: for Montgomery County Sheriff's Department, he's bringing in good people 112 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 2: and that's good. Anyway, I don't know, something got lost 113 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 2: in the mix. I asked him if he could come 114 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:50,840 Speaker 2: on the show to talk about this takedown. I actually 115 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 2: first heard about it from somebody on Magnolia Police Department 116 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 2: because I guess it happened in Magnolia and they made 117 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:02,480 Speaker 2: him an honorary Magnolia Police and I sent back, well, 118 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 2: that's good, but I'm right here. I mean, Ramona and 119 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 2: I are available. Hello. Well, we got to take somebody 120 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 2: down in the road rage, we got to earn it. Yeah, well, 121 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 2: I do need to know what close uniform, you know. 122 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 2: I'm I'm increasingly of the opinion that I'm I'm liking 123 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 2: going back to the black black as a uniform. The 124 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 2: distinctive baby blue for HPD is good, but I don't 125 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 2: think it sends the right message. I don't think it 126 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 2: says I'll shoot you. Okay, we're not playing any tort reform, 127 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 2: I mean any bail bond reform. I'll shoot you. I 128 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 2: will shoot you, and you'll be shot and then you'll 129 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 2: know you've been shot. And I think black with maybe 130 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 2: some gold piping. I think that's good. Yeah, I think 131 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 2: that'd be real, real nice. I like the boots as 132 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 2: a look, but let's be honest, in Houston, you got 133 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 2: to give chase and theraphics suggests that if it's me 134 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 2: and the demographics suggests I'm already at a disadvantage. You 135 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 2: know what I'm saying. I mean because I'm older, Ramone, mean, 136 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 2: because I'm older. I got a lot to tell you 137 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 2: about seagulls, which I will do in just a moment. 138 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 2: You know why they fly over the sea, Ramon, I know, 139 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 2: but people, because if they flew over the bay, they'd 140 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 2: be bagel. 141 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 5: Y'all. 142 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's the one. Can I know you don't like 143 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 2: me to spell things out because there's ten percent or so. 144 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 2: That was the Walton and Johnson will was It was 145 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 2: that a ten percent or one percent? One percent. My 146 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 2: name is Tempersent. They that is a very underrated show 147 00:08:56,840 --> 00:09:02,960 Speaker 2: for the influence they had on myn FM morning talk 148 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 2: and talk shows. I mean, I don't know how much 149 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 2: influence they had on me because I love the show 150 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:12,199 Speaker 2: and listen. I remember my brother would call they would 151 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 2: do the Taser report, and my brother would would call 152 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 2: me and he'd go, this was before I was in 153 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 2: radio and I had never met him. He said, you 154 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 2: know these guys Walton and Johnson, have you ever met him? No? 155 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,680 Speaker 2: And they are And he'd be laughing as he said 156 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:28,680 Speaker 2: it because he was just a listener. He was an 157 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 2: unashamed listener and a fan. And I'd say, no, I 158 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:37,079 Speaker 2: don't know him. What is the point And he'd say, uh, man, 159 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:39,560 Speaker 2: they do this Taser report and they play Shock the 160 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,559 Speaker 2: Monkey and it's funny. It's all good. You gotta listen, 161 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 2: you gotta listen. Of course I didn't because I'm hard 162 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 2: headed and I don't think anybody, especially my brother, can 163 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:50,079 Speaker 2: tell me anything. And then I'd go back later and listen. 164 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 2: And then I realized I should have liked our Friday 165 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:54,839 Speaker 2: drive home show. The first time he called and said 166 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:57,680 Speaker 2: he I got I got the song for you, Friday 167 00:09:57,720 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 2: Drive Homes by a band called BlackBerry Smoke. You ever 168 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 2: heard of. Nope, it's great, you got it. You got 169 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 2: to listen to it. It's called a good one coming on. 170 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:12,679 Speaker 2: I said, okay, Chris, do you want me to come 171 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 2: tell you how to arrest people or what to do 172 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 2: in a situation in a standoff? No, you don't, because 173 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 2: that's what you're good at. Now I'll handle this. And 174 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 2: then at some point I heard it and oh, crap, 175 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 2: he's right, but gott to use that. It's fantastic, And 176 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 2: now I view it as a tribute to him, and 177 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 2: it makes me think of him every Friday evening. Anyway, 178 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 2: what were we talking about, Oh, oh Ramon doesn't like 179 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 2: me to tell why he does what he does with 180 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,440 Speaker 2: us with the background music or the bumps or whatever. 181 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 2: But that was block of seagulls. So occasionally I had 182 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:46,560 Speaker 2: to tell you so that some people be more mindful 183 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 2: to be listening. There's always a reason behind everything. And 184 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 2: the song was Iran, not in the country, it was that's, 185 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 2: you know, a noun and a verb. Friend of mine 186 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 2: murdered hundreds of seagulls in the nineties. I don't remember 187 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 2: all the details, but here's the cliffs cliffs notes. He 188 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 2: took a job as a dispatcher truck route manager for 189 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 2: a waste company. They washed the garbage trucks daily. Their 190 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 2: truck yard was at the dump. Seagulls were constantly crapping 191 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:14,319 Speaker 2: on the trucks. He decided to thin out the herd 192 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 2: a little bit. Only wanted to kill six or seven 193 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 2: birds to make them leave, not six or seven hundred. 194 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 2: He brought a lawn fertilizer spreader from home and a 195 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 2: bunch of rat poison. Mixed the rat poison with I 196 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 2: think bird seed but I don't remember. It was something 197 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 2: they would eat. He broadcasted it all over the parking lot. 198 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 2: Good use of broadcast in a lawn and garden sense 199 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 2: that afternoon. The next morning, there were dead seagulls all 200 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 2: around the dump and in the nearby neighborhood. The Popo 201 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 2: and health department were investigating, thinking it may have been 202 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 2: a pandemic. He came clean, gotten some kind of charge 203 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 2: or fine. I don't remember. Anyhow. They didn't have any 204 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 2: seagulls at the dump for a long time. Why would 205 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 2: you call them clean? Nobody knows it's you. If it 206 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 2: was the nineties, they didn't have cameras. All right, sir, 207 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 2: we're doing an investigation on all these dead seagulls. That's 208 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 2: a damnedest thing, isn't it. Yeah? Did you have anything 209 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,440 Speaker 2: to do with it? Lord? No? Isn't it a crime 210 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 2: to kill seagulls? According to the Migratory Migratory Bird Treaty 211 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 2: Act of nineteen eighteen. I'm just reading that just a 212 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 2: while back. I think they just got, you know, like 213 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 2: bird flew or something. I don't know. Nancy says, yes, 214 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 2: it is a fifteen thousand dollars fine anywhere in the 215 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 2: United States, to kill a seagull is illegal for the 216 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:32,079 Speaker 2: Migratory Bird Treaty Act of nineteen eighteen, and no killing 217 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 2: one seagull in an area won't keep others away. Clark writes, 218 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 2: I don't know about killing seagulls, but we ran the 219 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 2: birds out of my buddy Doug's yard in South Louisiana. 220 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 2: Growing up. They have a cluster of pine trees in 221 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:46,439 Speaker 2: the backyard, and in the early eighties we plucked them 222 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:48,680 Speaker 2: off with bb and pellict guns until the birds wouldn't 223 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:53,239 Speaker 2: fly into those trees any longer. Cheryl says it's unlikely 224 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:56,319 Speaker 2: that a gull someone killed will scare away other gulls. 225 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 2: They are opportunistic eaters and scavengers. They will feed on 226 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:03,679 Speaker 2: their own species. I had a number of people tell me, 227 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 2: if you think killing a seagull is going to get 228 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 2: other seagulls to go away, you're wrong. They will eat 229 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 2: their own seagull Seagulls are protected throughout the US under 230 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,680 Speaker 2: the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of nineteen eighteen. This protection 231 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 2: is due to their coastal nesting habitats being potentially under threat, 232 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:25,080 Speaker 2: which could impact their population numbers. If breeding grounds are destroyed. 233 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 2: Please don't use impact as a verb in emails to me, 234 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:32,839 Speaker 2: just a personal favor. Jeff says, As far as killing 235 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:34,959 Speaker 2: one and leaving it to word off others, that won't work. 236 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 2: We catch them all the time on our lines off 237 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 2: the dock. Once you get one on your line, it's 238 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:43,680 Speaker 2: very loud and an exciting experience. The one snape goes 239 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 2: crazy and draws in dozens of other seagulls. You need 240 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:48,959 Speaker 2: to cover their heads with a towel, otherwise they'll bite 241 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 2: the crap out of you and it hurts. I've never 242 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 2: intentionally killed one, but I do know during the chad 243 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 2: bait fish die off each year in the canals, there 244 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 2: are thousands of gulls that gorge themselves for days. Several 245 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 2: eat themselves to death and die on the spot. Dozens 246 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 2: of dead birds along the bulkheads and on the docks. 247 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:13,839 Speaker 2: They do not have any concern for their dead. They 248 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 2: will stay till the last chat is gone with the tides. 249 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 2: Fun fact, they taste like bald eagle, but a bit dry. 250 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 2: James writes, I don't know if it's federal or state, 251 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 2: but seagulls are protected like vultures. They pick up dead 252 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 2: animals and trash off the beaches and sides of waterways. 253 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 2: They're considered scavengers. I know for a fact that if 254 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 2: you shoot a seagull, the other seagulls will not run away. 255 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 2: They will, in fact try to eat the dead seagull. 256 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 2: You know what people don't do anymore that they used 257 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 2: to do. They don't go out with the metal detectors. 258 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 2: That was a term for that. Like, there were societies 259 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 2: of people when I was a kid. You would go, 260 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 2: you'd be driving along and they'd be a white man 261 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 2: approximately fifty eight in overweight, and he was he would 262 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 2: be out with what looked like a weed eater and 263 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 2: it would be strapped to his shoulder and he'd be 264 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 2: out there just running it over the ground. And if 265 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 2: you ever talked to one of those guys, you better 266 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 2: be prepared to spend forty seven hours listening because they 267 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 2: love to talk about it. But people don't do that anymore. 268 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 2: Those guys just died off. I guess those were the 269 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 2: guys that retired after thirty years at the plant or 270 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 2: as a cop and drove the country with mRNA. He 271 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 2: and Murna just got in an RV and they just drove, 272 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 2: and they know every koa from here to Oregon, and 273 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 2: they just drove and drove and drove. And he wore 274 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 2: shorts and tube socks and comfortable shoes from Mephisto or 275 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 2: sas Clay Rights. I was intrigued by your story of 276 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 2: the playing of White Christmas as a signal to leave 277 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 2: Nam fifty years ago. Turns out they couldn't find the 278 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 2: Bing Crosby version and they had to play Tennessee Ernie Ford. Mostly. 279 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 2: He says, that's true. It shouldn't be heroic for the 280 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 2: sheriff could take down to idiots during a felony road 281 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 2: rage incident. But sadly, we've got sheriffs that won't even 282 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 2: arrest people, and we've got sheriffs that sit behind a desk, 283 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 2: and we've got sheriffs that well make Wesley Doolittle hero 284 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 2: for doing exactly that. Welcome to the show, sheriff. 285 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 5: Hey, good morning, are y'all? 286 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 2: I'm good? 287 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 5: Uh? 288 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 2: Is this the first time we've had you on since 289 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 2: you won your election? Yes? Okay, Well, congratulations, as I 290 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 2: do not hide behind I endorsed your opponent campaign for 291 00:16:57,960 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 2: your opponent never said anything ill of you. I didn't 292 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 2: I'd never heard anything ill of you, but you won 293 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:05,440 Speaker 2: that election fair and square, and I only hear good 294 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 2: things about your leadership there from within the department and 295 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 2: the community. So I want to make sure I got 296 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:11,199 Speaker 2: that out there. 297 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 5: Well, I appreciate you. You know, politics are a fickle thing, 298 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:19,239 Speaker 5: and I saw a need to run for sure, and 299 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 5: aggressively saw to work my butt off. And now I'm here, 300 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 5: so I'm enjoying it, and I appreciate the phone call. 301 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 2: Tell me what happened yesterday and Magnolia. 302 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 5: Well, brother, I just really be honest with me. I 303 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 5: was driving out there for a building dedication for sure 304 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 5: Tommy Gage renamed the West County Annex after him, and 305 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 5: was talking to his chief of staff on the phone, 306 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 5: and drove up on a physical altercation in the middle 307 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 5: of fourteen eighty eight and downtown Magnolia. 308 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 2: I told Chief. 309 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:52,119 Speaker 5: Montgomery over there, they're going to have to make me 310 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 5: a honorary police officer over there for having to clean 311 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 5: up their streets. But these guys are getting after it, 312 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 5: and I just got out want to prevent any further violence. 313 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 5: And got about halfway up there and figured out they 314 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 5: were playing on guns too, So I figured I gould 315 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:12,680 Speaker 5: and get work myself. I guess, I just what makes 316 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:15,920 Speaker 5: you ready equal playing fields and try to de escalate 317 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 5: that thing. And thankfully they both complied, and I was 318 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 5: able to want to get them both kind of in 319 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 5: custom and get a little bit of help. 320 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:23,639 Speaker 2: Did they know you were a lawman? 321 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 5: I think it was self evident. 322 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 2: Well, you're positioning, Uh, you know, your crouch positioning looked like, 323 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 2: if nothing else, he's seen a lot of movies. 324 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:41,119 Speaker 5: Oh well, you know, I started down to Texas Highway 325 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 5: Patrol and I work my tail off and I would 326 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 5: control work by myself a lot out in the country. 327 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 5: And you know, you figure out when you're When you're there, 328 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 5: nobody's gonna take care of you but you. So you 329 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 5: got to take care of business. 330 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 2: Okay. So I'm watching from behind, Thank goodness, somebody filmed this, 331 00:18:57,359 --> 00:19:02,200 Speaker 2: and I'm funny. I'm watching you in this crouch position, 332 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 2: in that in that that certain style you guys walk 333 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:07,439 Speaker 2: in that I love. I mean, it's it is straight 334 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 2: out of a great movie. It you got pretty close 335 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 2: on him. It looks like before you drew. I guess, 336 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 2: did you not realize that they there was gunplay going on? 337 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:22,400 Speaker 5: Well? Not until I saw it. I hadn't uh when 338 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 5: I was talking to him. The guy said, when the 339 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 5: smaller guy hit the ground, he pulled the gun at 340 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 5: that time, so I didn't see it when I drove 341 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 5: up until I know, kind of rounded the corner of 342 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 5: the truck there for the first time. 343 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:36,639 Speaker 2: I saw it, all right, And then and you you 344 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 2: start barking orders. 345 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 5: I basically wanted them to put the gun down, and 346 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:47,119 Speaker 5: gave him some explicit and direct order, and then he 347 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 5: get him on the ground so I could to get 348 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:50,920 Speaker 5: at least one of them handcuffed and get a little 349 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:51,359 Speaker 5: bit of help. 350 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 2: Well, I don't know if that big boy had ever 351 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,360 Speaker 2: been shot before, but I can tell you he did 352 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:59,119 Speaker 2: not want to be shot. He was holding that gun 353 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:04,359 Speaker 2: as if it was if bolavirus. He had that gun 354 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 2: like he wanted to get rid of it. He did 355 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 2: not want you shooting him. I could tell that he 356 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 2: whatever he needed to do, he was going to comply. Yeah. 357 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 5: I pretty much told him that. I said, Blaze, don't 358 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:18,399 Speaker 5: make me shoot you. I said put it down, and 359 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:21,679 Speaker 5: he was happy to comply. And I was very happy 360 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 5: to see the compliance. 361 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:28,200 Speaker 2: I have heard it said by law enforcement on multiple occasions. 362 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:32,159 Speaker 2: That the guy who keeps screaming put it down, I'm 363 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,200 Speaker 2: going to shoot you is less frightening to a person 364 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:37,760 Speaker 2: who says, don't make me have to shoot I don't 365 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:40,280 Speaker 2: want to have to shoot you. That for some reason, 366 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 2: psychologic is like racking around of a shotgun. It messes 367 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,399 Speaker 2: with the guy's head. I don't know. Do you have 368 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,159 Speaker 2: a thought on that? Do you have a training, a 369 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 2: technique you use on that? 370 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:53,359 Speaker 5: No, every situation is different and people get to choose 371 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 5: what happens. We only get to react to that. You know. 372 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 2: I want to say. 373 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 5: Something that I would tell you that you know our death. 374 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,920 Speaker 5: These do this day in and out every day put 375 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:06,679 Speaker 5: themselves in that position. And I think all of us 376 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 5: are police officers. You know, everybody carries a badge. No 377 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:12,960 Speaker 5: matter what your job is, your first responsibility is public safety, 378 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 5: and you know, to act on things when you see them. 379 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:18,920 Speaker 5: That's the kind of work we expect from our deputies. 380 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 5: And I just appreciate what they do every day because 381 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,880 Speaker 5: I know they deal with these types of situations every day. 382 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 5: It's just so rare that I might drive up on 383 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 5: something like that. 384 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 2: What were you carrying? What was the weapon in your hand? 385 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 5: I still got a little ranger in me. So I 386 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:40,360 Speaker 5: carry a cult forty five nineteen eleven. That's a lot 387 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 5: of gun, I hear it. It's a proven performer. 388 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 2: That's good like that. Tell me what's your biggest challenge 389 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 2: as sheriff has been? Obviously you're not new to law enforcement, 390 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 2: but that's a big agency that you came into. What 391 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 2: has been your biggest challenge that you had not foreseen? 392 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 5: I'll tell you my biggest challenge we're facing today is 393 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 5: our jail is about forty years old, and it was 394 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:18,359 Speaker 5: built to hold about six hundred people, and we're pushing 395 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 5: twelve hundred and fifty three beds in there now. And 396 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 5: we got a vary into my first month or so 397 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:26,360 Speaker 5: here in office, and we're going to add sixty four beds, 398 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 5: which will put us to thirteen hundred and seventeen. Although 399 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:32,399 Speaker 5: a study done in two thousand and five by the 400 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:36,439 Speaker 5: Texas Jail Commission showed we needed twenty five hundred beds 401 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 5: in twenty twenty five. So we're working with our Commissioner's 402 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:43,199 Speaker 5: court and hopefully be working with our community to educate 403 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:47,200 Speaker 5: them about our needs to not only arrest bad guys, 404 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 5: but to keep them here and keep them safe so 405 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,120 Speaker 5: they don't continue to disrupt our public. 406 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 2: I have heard it said by Brett Ligan and by 407 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 2: your predecessor any others officers and deputies that when folks 408 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:08,120 Speaker 2: are arrested in Montgomery County, they will There are stories 409 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 2: of them telling the arresting officer, you know, I'll be 410 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 2: out in a couple hours. No, no, no, you're in 411 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 2: Montgomery County. And some of them are surprised to realize, oh, 412 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 2: I didn't know this was mcgunn. They don't want to 413 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 2: be arrested in Montgomery. 414 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:24,440 Speaker 5: Absolutely a game changer. I'll tell you. Ratt Ligan does 415 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 5: a wonderful job. Or judges, they do a wonderful job. 416 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 5: But more especially our jurors that volunteer their time to 417 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:35,640 Speaker 5: come to court and to hear these cases and hand 418 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:40,359 Speaker 5: out these convictions and stuff like that. They are They're 419 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 5: just amazing that people here in Montgomery County do everything 420 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:47,639 Speaker 5: they can to support us, and we certainly appreciate every 421 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 5: one of them. 422 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:54,159 Speaker 2: Well, that is it's true that there's such a sense 423 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,399 Speaker 2: of community in Montgomery County. I love it. Someone and 424 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:00,200 Speaker 2: they think that's why it's blowing up so big. I 425 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 2: think that's why so many people. Republic Grand Ranches a 426 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:07,159 Speaker 2: big sponsor and supporter of our share. We've done events 427 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 2: out there and it's how many people email me and 428 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 2: they've just bought out there and they're so excited. And 429 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 2: law enforcement and criminal justice are one of the big 430 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,159 Speaker 2: reasons that people love that. I do have to commend 431 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:19,439 Speaker 2: to you before I go. You've got Ryan Droddy on 432 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 2: your team. My brother, who is sheriff's deputy for a 433 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 2: very very long time in Jefferson County, loved those draughty boys, 434 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 2: him and his brother Reagan, so obviously you've got an 435 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:31,439 Speaker 2: eye for good talent. 436 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:35,960 Speaker 5: He's absolutely awesome. Hey, thank y'all for all that you do, 437 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 5: and thank you for supporting law enforcement and more especially 438 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,720 Speaker 5: for us here in Montgomery County. Y'all have a great day. 439 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:48,359 Speaker 1: Brother, live life, doing it big on the Michael Berry Show. 440 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 2: And the kids that are done. Okay, I wanted to 441 00:24:54,359 --> 00:25:00,640 Speaker 2: have ever clear play the RCC. It was a stretch. 442 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:10,120 Speaker 2: And so when your kid is looking at universities and 443 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 2: you know they're barely passing their classes, they may get 444 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 2: kicked out of their school and they tell the school 445 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 2: guidance counselor that they're looking at maybe going to Harvard. 446 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 2: The term in modern education is that might be a stretch. 447 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,680 Speaker 2: It's one of us talk about our stretches. That's a stretch. 448 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 2: They it's funny how that word is used. That's not 449 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:34,479 Speaker 2: my kids. I don't want to suggest that it is. 450 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 2: They also have no interest in going to Harvard. They 451 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 2: think it's a whack job institution. But it was a 452 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:43,400 Speaker 2: stretch for us to get art Alex sexis Alex Saxis 453 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 2: the or to get Ever Clear as a band to 454 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:49,680 Speaker 2: come and play the RCC. Financially, it was gonna be 455 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 2: a stretch. And I knew. I knew I could pack 456 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:58,440 Speaker 2: the house for Willie Nelson one time, but I didn't 457 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 2: know how our audience would be with Everclear, because it's 458 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 2: a little bit younger. We were going to have to 459 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:08,960 Speaker 2: have some folks, some of the younger folks. By younger, 460 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:13,159 Speaker 2: I mean forty and fifty thirty forty fifty folks were 461 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,159 Speaker 2: going to have to show up. And they did and 462 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 2: it was a success, but I didn't know if they 463 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 2: would play, and then I got worried. I didn't want 464 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:24,920 Speaker 2: them to agree to come and we sign a contract, 465 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 2: we send the deposit and I sell the tickets and 466 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:29,399 Speaker 2: people are expecting it, and then the day before they arrived, 467 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:33,359 Speaker 2: somebody tells them, oh, he's some right wing, lunatic, racist, 468 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:40,400 Speaker 2: xenophob misogynist, awful person. And so I had a conversation. 469 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:42,639 Speaker 2: I asked if I could talk to the if I 470 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:46,119 Speaker 2: emailed directly to their agent, and I said, listen, I 471 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 2: want you to google me. I want to make sure 472 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 2: they're comfortable coming to play. He said, oh, we already did. 473 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:55,160 Speaker 2: I appreciate you doing that, but we already did. Lart 474 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:57,199 Speaker 2: said he's looking forward to it. Didn't say he's the 475 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:00,040 Speaker 2: biggest fan or just he's looking forward to it. So 476 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 2: they came, and Chad has a very strong Portland past 477 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 2: in addition to being from Hawaii. He went to a 478 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 2: University of Oregon. But he's got a lot of Portland 479 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 2: in him. His mom lives in Portland now, and Art 480 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,560 Speaker 2: lives in Portland and sings about it. You know, the 481 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:18,960 Speaker 2: house up on the hill that he's going to buy 482 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:20,960 Speaker 2: his girl, that they go up and look at that 483 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,159 Speaker 2: house behind the hill, behind the gates that he's going 484 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 2: to put her in one day. It's they're just dreaming. 485 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 2: That's all about Portland. In a particular neighborhood in Portland, 486 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:31,919 Speaker 2: and everybody knows that. But he spent some time in 487 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 2: Kate and oh, when I say Katie Chaggetts met, what's 488 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 2: the area that just totally went to hell? Huh. He 489 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:42,399 Speaker 2: spent some time in a Leaf growing up, and he 490 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,600 Speaker 2: sings about it. And so he came into the studio 491 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 2: that day. Some of you remember we had him on 492 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,440 Speaker 2: the air. We hung out. He talked about a Leaf, 493 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:52,639 Speaker 2: he talked about the show, he talked about their music 494 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 2: and where they were. It was one of it was one. 495 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:56,200 Speaker 5: It was. 496 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 2: Maybe surprisingly it was one of my favorite experiences of 497 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 2: the RCC was Everclear. Who would have guessed, but I 498 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:12,920 Speaker 2: felt like it was. It was probably a stretch for 499 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:18,360 Speaker 2: both of us personally, with different people. But I love 500 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 2: his music and I even love their goofy videos, their 501 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,000 Speaker 2: video for Wonderful. I mean, I could do without the 502 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,199 Speaker 2: dye blonde hair. But you know, look, I look at 503 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:32,199 Speaker 2: it this way. I expect artists to be different. You know, 504 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:35,960 Speaker 2: they shouldn't. They often don't look like the rest of us. 505 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 2: And anyway, that's my story on art. Alex Saxis and 506 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,760 Speaker 2: Everclear and that was a wonderful time, and I'll tell 507 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 2: you the other one that surprised me, but it was early, 508 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 2: So nothing surprises me about what happened early because it 509 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 2: is raining. We needed it. You're right, we needed it, Ramon, 510 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 2: beat me to it. It's raining out there. Yeah, we 511 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 2: sure needed it. Sure did. And if you're at the 512 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:03,160 Speaker 2: feed store and everybody's having coffee, if you're at the 513 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:08,480 Speaker 2: Farmer's Mercantile in Orange Jojo Harris owns it, and I 514 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 2: hadn't been since I was a kid, but I just 515 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 2: imagine I'm glad she owns it because it's an institution. 516 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 2: I wouldn't want it to go away, and it's probably 517 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:15,920 Speaker 2: a lot of hard work as a family run business. 518 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 2: There kind of place it when you open the door 519 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:21,720 Speaker 2: and you know it's all concrete flooring and you open 520 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,000 Speaker 2: the door and then the ding ding ding, and you 521 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,600 Speaker 2: know there's guys over in the corner sitting and playing 522 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:30,560 Speaker 2: dominoes or whatever and drinking coffee. It rain't it out 523 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:34,320 Speaker 2: there yet? Yeah, yeah, looks like it. Just it just 524 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 2: as I was pulled in, not a lot and then 525 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 2: they like to tell you not a lot. It was. 526 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:41,680 Speaker 2: Of course I thought it. We're gonna get it. About 527 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:43,640 Speaker 2: an hour ago. Yeah, we went out and checked my 528 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:46,080 Speaker 2: I thought we were gonna get it, and then we 529 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 2: got the slightest little drizzle, just a little boy driving in. 530 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:51,880 Speaker 2: I was trying to figure out if I was gonna 531 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 2: have to turn on my windshow wipers or right, and 532 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 2: I didn't in it. You know, it just went on 533 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,720 Speaker 2: dry on up. And then I had to stop off 534 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:01,600 Speaker 2: the bank. And then I thought, well, they have any 535 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,080 Speaker 2: parking because they got the they're getting ready for the 536 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 2: event on Saturday, and it being Friday and on they 537 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 2: blocked off the parking. So I said, shoot, I don't 538 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,520 Speaker 2: want to get you know, two blocks from the bank, 539 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:15,840 Speaker 2: and then I'm stuck in there and it comes down raining. 540 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:18,240 Speaker 2: So I waited five minutes and then it kind of 541 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 2: cleared up. I grabbed my I didn't have my umbrella, 542 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:24,200 Speaker 2: my nephew to it, so I grabbed the newspaper so 543 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 2: I could put it over my head if it started raining. 544 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 2: But I got in there and I got out. Of course, 545 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:36,360 Speaker 2: they're running slow right now because lou Ellen is off 546 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:40,200 Speaker 2: this week. She's her mom's been sick. She's home taking 547 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:42,040 Speaker 2: care of her, and she's the only one in there 548 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:44,320 Speaker 2: that knows what the heck's going on? They got they 549 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 2: always got somebody in there. It seems like they got 550 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:49,160 Speaker 2: somebody training. Every time I'm in there, they got somebody 551 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 2: new in their training. About the time that person gets 552 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,640 Speaker 2: to figuring out you know how many quarters should be 553 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:57,200 Speaker 2: in a roll and could give you the cash for it, Well, shoot, 554 00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:59,720 Speaker 2: she's moved on. Where'd she go? She took up with 555 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:04,760 Speaker 2: some guy. They've moved to home or slide down or somewhere. 556 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,400 Speaker 2: And so anyway, you know, you're in there and you're thinking, Man, 557 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:09,120 Speaker 2: I hate to be rude because you people hurry up 558 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 2: because it's gonna come down. And here I'm gonna be 559 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:13,440 Speaker 2: stuck in here, and I got five things to do 560 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 2: before I pick up. You know, the school's cutting out 561 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:18,080 Speaker 2: early today and I got to be over at eleven fifteen, 562 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:20,200 Speaker 2: and lord knows, if you're not there, miss Jones will 563 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,000 Speaker 2: lose her mind. Like you think, we don't have anything 564 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 2: else going on, lady, you know, can my kids stay 565 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 2: an extra ten minutes? Is it gonna kill y'all? You're 566 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:29,040 Speaker 2: supposed to be in this business. So anyway, I just 567 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,400 Speaker 2: gonna get in here, get some feed, and get out. 568 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:37,320 Speaker 2: But what y'all got going on. Oh really, huh, how 569 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:38,000 Speaker 2: are we doing? 570 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:38,880 Speaker 1: Well? 571 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:41,480 Speaker 2: You know what, as as I live and breathe while 572 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:44,760 Speaker 2: we're talking, right now, it's coming down. Yeah, we sure did. 573 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:47,040 Speaker 2: We sure needed it. We sure needed it. 574 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:47,280 Speaker 5: I know. 575 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:50,080 Speaker 2: The farmer's got to be grateful. They got to be 576 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 2: grateful because it's this ground's so dry, it has been 577 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:59,240 Speaker 2: so yes, so dry, and my grass is turned brown, 578 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:03,800 Speaker 2: and I had put out some hydranges and I it's 579 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:07,240 Speaker 2: it's sad to watch. I like them penguins. Oh yeah, 580 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:10,720 Speaker 2: those are nice too, but uh, yeah, well we sure 581 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:13,120 Speaker 2: needed this. Yeah yeah, Well y'all have a good day. 582 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 5: H m hmm