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All right, we'll be talking to 11 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: the Eli County Sheriff, Alex Vigetuwava in one hour. You're 12 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: going to hear our interview and of course the big 13 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: story this morning, there was a search conductor at the 14 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:46,559 Speaker 1: Homaveli County Supervisor, she'll acule. This deals with a nonprofit, 15 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: the head of which she'll acule was very good friends with. 16 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: And this nonprofit got a lucrative, over eight hundred thousand 17 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: dollars deal to operate some sex harassment hotline for the 18 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: metro bus and train system that got no calls, virtually 19 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: no calls, and it went on for years there's no 20 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 1: big contract, and I guess it's the old you know, 21 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 1: helping out your friend corruption case. So we will talk 22 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: about it with the sheriff in one hour and give 23 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 1: you more on the story a little later on and 24 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 1: the show one of the other big stories it's percolating. 25 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: John knows well about this. He really did a lot 26 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 1: of research the possible train strike, which, particularly when it 27 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: comes to freight and the supply chains problems, could be 28 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: a real issue. And it could come as early as Friday. 29 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: A national train strike a huge amount is delivered by rail, 30 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 1: the whole country would shut. Yeah, you're not worried about 31 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 1: the passengers and commuters, it's the freight. No, you can 32 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: always drive a car, but the freight I mean, I 33 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 1: mean you're talking about you know oil call everything that 34 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: powers are energy grid or electric grid. And a US 35 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: state has declared a state of emergency over too many 36 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: migrants and it's nowhere you're the border. They'll tell you 37 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: all this coming up in a few minutes. Right now, 38 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: we're bringing back on the show a guest I had 39 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: John where you were on one of your vacation weeks. 40 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: Her name is Gail Fortis. Most of our listeners are 41 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: familiar with Senate Bills nine and ten. Remember Senate Bills 42 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: nine and ten, which were eventually signed by the governor. 43 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: And this is going to allow you know, big sort 44 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: of high rise apartment development in your single family home neighborhood. 45 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: This is one of the ways that they think that 46 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,399 Speaker 1: they're going to attack the housing shortage. So they wanted 47 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: to attack single family home neighborhoods by overriding local restrictions 48 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 1: on this kind of building. And the story came up 49 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: from Gail contacted the show. She and a number of 50 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: other residents are proposing a rather large proposed residence structure 51 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 1: in a section of Manhattan Beats, the northern end of 52 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: Manhattan Beach. And she wrote to us and said that 53 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: the battle has at least some good developments. And News 54 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 1: Channel did a story on it. It's where they're recording it, 55 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 1: high Rows, because it deals with two streets where this 56 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: is near Highland Avenue and Rosecrans in Manhattan Beach. You 57 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: get it, high Rows, I get it. Okay, Well let's 58 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 1: bring her on into Yeah, I get it. More welcome, 59 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: How are you? I'm good, Hello, gentlemen. Hello. There, So 60 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:25,839 Speaker 1: explain to people who aren't familiar with this. What kind 61 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: of structure do they want to put up? Well, they're 62 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 1: proposing in a very small part of our town a 63 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: seventy nine unit luxury complex, seventy three of them luxury units, 64 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: six of them designated for low income, which is how 65 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: they've been able to stirt local zoning. They use, you know, 66 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: the state laws you talked about us to be nine 67 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: and ten that allows for skirting local zoning, not doing environmentals, 68 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: not doing setbacks, not having enough parking, building way over 69 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: old heights. That's what's happening here. So this is largely 70 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: a luxury condo building. Yes, so this is not going 71 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: to have much effect on the housing shortage for the 72 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: middle class and poor people, thank you. That's exactly right. 73 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: There's going to be seventy three. There's seventy nine units. 74 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 1: Seventy three of them will be luxury units. The developers 75 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 1: words six of them for low income, which allows them 76 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: to then misuse the density bonus law and some ministerial rules. 77 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,559 Speaker 1: You know. So this is a backdoor way of getting 78 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 1: a luxury project approved that ordinarily they couldn't get approved. 79 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 1: Thank you. It's called opportunism, a deceptive and privilege. Developer 80 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:47,720 Speaker 1: is misusing state laws that have holes in them, obviously, 81 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 1: and that's how they get to come in and build this. Actually, 82 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 1: I know somebody who knows a guy who has a 83 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: company that does this. You know somebody that knows a guy. Yes, 84 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: they know, and and this is exactly what they do. 85 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: They build big condos and apartment buildings and a tiny 86 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: little bit is reserved for low income people. And he 87 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: makes billions of dollars putting up these buildings. And because 88 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: it's a it's a huge loophole that the developers are 89 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 1: happy to exploit. Now, Gail, you say that there's something 90 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 1: of a good win for you guys on fighting this right, Yes, yes, 91 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:30,359 Speaker 1: AB twenty eleven. What's that. It's an Assembly measure that 92 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: got voted in at the ninth hour, nine o'clock at night, 93 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: at the end of a three year session for the 94 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 1: Assembly and the Senate. The Senate had their bill, but 95 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 1: the Assembly have this AB twenty eleven. And what it does, 96 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 1: among other restrictions, is it says, when you're building affordable housing, 97 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: it needs to have a thirty two hundred foot buffer from, 98 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 1: among other things, a refinery, you know, high fire areas 99 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: and yes. And in this in our particular corner, Chevron refinery, 100 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:06,359 Speaker 1: one hundred year old refinery is right next door. It 101 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 1: abuts the property of this seventy nine unit monstrosity they're 102 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:15,280 Speaker 1: going to build. Wow, how can you have luxury housing 103 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: near a refinery? How it gonna work? If if I 104 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 1: had a lot of money, I'm not gonna people want 105 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 1: to live him a Hend Beach, John, They don't care 106 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 1: a condo next to the Chevron refinery. You know, it's walking, 107 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:29,479 Speaker 1: it's walking distance to the beach. Manhattan Beach is a 108 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:34,359 Speaker 1: lovely community, beach town, low profile, you know for somebody 109 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: looking to build. We suspect that there may be some 110 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 1: short term rental intentions there and we've talked about that. 111 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 1: So we're pretty sure that's part of the deal, which 112 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: will be big money making for the city and the 113 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: developer himself. Now you write the Newsom hasn't signed this 114 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:58,919 Speaker 1: bill yet though, no, so he has thirty days to 115 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:03,840 Speaker 1: sign and the bills themselves, both the Assembly bill and 116 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 1: the Senate bill had input from the governor, and one 117 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 1: of the things they quibbled on was the thirty two 118 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 1: hundred foot a buffer from a refinery or high fire 119 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: district and Newsome approved it. That was an agreement he 120 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: made specifically on that item, but other items as well. 121 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: You know, we want affordable housing, we need affordable housing. 122 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: We need housing period. Now, is this a coincidence that 123 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: this bill passed at the same time that you were 124 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: protesting this construction or or did was there somebody a 125 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: legislator involved and was representing your interests? From our understanding, 126 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 1: this is something and we read it in the paper 127 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: La Times is where we read about this like on 128 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: a Monday, and boom, we let the city know about 129 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 1: it on Tuesday, which has affected their vote, I might add, 130 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: But yeah, when we learned of it, it's something that's 131 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: been in the making for almost two years, and the 132 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 1: two couldn't agree, you know, they send it and the 133 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: Assembly couldn't agree, and then they came to an agreement, 134 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: and you know, our group started mobilizing, I don't know, 135 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: three or four months ago. And among the things that 136 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 1: we have on our website is a button that says 137 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 1: what you know, information about what's going on and what 138 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: we represent. You know, we want more housing, We welcome that, 139 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 1: but do it safe, you know, and do it follow 140 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: local zoning that all the rest of us have to follow, 141 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: and we said what you can do, and we have 142 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: a button that Clickson says send emails, send letters to 143 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:41,319 Speaker 1: our local city council, and we also had send emails 144 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 1: to our state legislatures. So maybe a bunch of emails 145 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 1: went out which we can see happen because we have 146 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: a list of people who've registered on our site and 147 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 1: we can see the emails going. We could have helped 148 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: move that along. And since the session after two years, 149 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: came to an end on August thirty, first, they just 150 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: mobilized it. You know, that was on a Monday, and 151 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 1: by Wednesday they had that bill out at nine pm 152 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: and now it's waiting for the governor to sign. So 153 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 1: I'd like to think maybe Chill to Build has something 154 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: to do with instigating something. And you mentioned that your 155 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: local Manhattan Bee City council has to improve this project 156 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 1: and they've delayed the vote huh twice now. So the 157 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: the City Planning Commission approved it, and we appealed that. 158 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 1: We heard there were appeals on that, and then the 159 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 1: city Council. We appealed to appeal to the city Council saying, look, 160 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: don't do this, do do an environmental take a look, 161 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:39,319 Speaker 1: this is right next to a refinery, not to mention 162 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:43,559 Speaker 1: the gridlock, traffic, and all these other collateral damage from 163 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: doing a thing like this. And so as they came 164 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,199 Speaker 1: to a vote, that particular meeting was a bunch of 165 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: us speaking out and emails galore. Five hundred emails came 166 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: from local residents to the city council, more than any 167 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: other issue. And so the meeting with to midnight, and 168 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 1: the council said, we're not going to vote. We don't 169 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 1: make good decisions at midnight. Let's do this at the 170 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 1: next meeting. So then the next meeting came up, and 171 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 1: we were mobilized to sending emails and rousing the troops 172 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 1: to come show support and hopefully speak. And before that meeting, 173 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 1: like three or four hours before that meeting, they said 174 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 1: they want to look into this more from a legal standpoint, 175 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:28,560 Speaker 1: recognizing public outcry both, so three hours before the meeting 176 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 1: they pulled it off the agenda. So that was the 177 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:34,079 Speaker 1: second stay. And so now the vote is set for 178 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: the next meeting, which is September twentieth, next Tuesday, this 179 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 1: coming Tuesday, actually yesterday. Well, Gail, good good work by 180 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 1: you and all your crew, get people the website again 181 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:49,679 Speaker 1: when they can find out more about this proposed abomination project. Yeah, 182 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 1: and we're in support of housing, but the right things 183 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:59,840 Speaker 1: what belongs there. Our website is Chill the Build, ChIL 184 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 1: l bill build dot com. And this this what we're 185 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 1: trying to do, really should go statewide cities that are 186 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 1: experiencing state overreach and spirting local learning and overbuilding and 187 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: ruining communities. I agree. All right, thank you very much, 188 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,680 Speaker 1: keep us updated. Good work do you and your whole group, 189 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 1: Thank you gentlemen. All right, they didn't kill it yet, 190 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 1: but they're working hard in the neighborhood of Manhattan Beach 191 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 1: from fighting back against one of these high rise constructions 192 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 1: seventy three unit building. And John, I don't know if 193 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: you know the neighbor. Well, actually you kind of do 194 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: because you used to go to visit Sloopie's or Sloppie's. Yeah, yeah, 195 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 1: it's right new there. Great, that's still you're not going 196 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: to see anything like this there for Sloopies. I've been 197 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:52,320 Speaker 1: there in a while. We got more coming up. Oh, well, 198 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 1: it's time to visit the Porter. Well, actually not the Porter, 199 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 1: but a number of states who are playing I guess 200 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: some sort of version of music called migrants is what 201 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 1: I would call it. Now. As you know, Texas was 202 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,199 Speaker 1: busting some of the migrants that have overwhelmed by was 203 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:10,440 Speaker 1: a big story in El Paso. May have time to 204 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: get to but wow, they have been inundated with a 205 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 1: rush of immigrants that Biden's allowing into the country because 206 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 1: basically now it's oh, you're claiming asylum. Okay, it's like 207 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:22,679 Speaker 1: the good old days. We'll see in a couple of 208 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: years in court. Meanwhile, here you go enjoy America. So 209 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: they're fanning out. So what Texas did was bust some 210 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:32,319 Speaker 1: of them to places like Washington, d C. New York City, 211 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:35,079 Speaker 1: and Chicago. We have a story now that New York 212 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,200 Speaker 1: City is helping the migrants who were bust from Texas 213 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 1: to New York City to relocate to other states. That's 214 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 1: why I called it musical migrants. They're sending a lot 215 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 1: of them to Florida, Florida, that's right to Santa's a 216 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: Republican state. Is that the idea here? Yeah, I imagine 217 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: it is. Sure Texas sends it to New York, a 218 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:57,200 Speaker 1: Democrat state, and then New York sends it to Florida. 219 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:03,200 Speaker 1: A Republican state, and the mayor Chicago sent some of 220 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: her migrants to the suburbs. Yes, and the other development 221 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:11,199 Speaker 1: this afternoon, that is, the governor of Illinois has declared 222 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 1: an emergency for Chicago because of all the asylum seekers 223 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 1: who apportant to that city by bus from Texas. Hey, 224 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 1: it's a sanctuary city. An emergency disaster proclamation was issued 225 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: by the U. I guess he's a fat headed guy ever, 226 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:29,080 Speaker 1: Cy Pritzker, and he wants to be president. He's got 227 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 1: that chin thing that you want. No, he's from an 228 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: extremely wealthy family. He's kind of like Newsome like, he's 229 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 1: from a wealthy family. He's accomplished nothing on his own, 230 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 1: and he wants to be president. Oh. I see, so 231 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: he's getting involved in this face off too, so he 232 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 1: can get himself some national attention. Everybody's got to position themselves. Yeah. 233 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 1: More than eleven thousand migrants have arrived in New York 234 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:58,440 Speaker 1: City since May as part of this standoff. Thousands more 235 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 1: expected to be going forward each week, according to the 236 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:05,199 Speaker 1: Mayor of New York City, Illinois. Apparently, Chicago got inundated 237 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 1: by hundreds of migrants. More than five hundred were sent 238 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 1: there and basically what happens is they overwhelmed. I think 239 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 1: in New York City they're overwhelming the homeless shelters. They 240 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 1: just they don't have enough room to house everybody. So yeah, 241 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 1: that's why they're squealing like little Piggi's because they don't 242 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 1: know what to do. That it was cheap rhetoric. It 243 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: was virtue signaling when it was fashionable to alcolm immigrants 244 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 1: into our sanctuary city. And then Greg Abbott actually sent 245 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 1: hundreds and hundreds of them, and now they're hollowing in indignation. 246 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 1: They don't they don't want the immigrants. I mean, if 247 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 1: you're sending them to other states, what are you saying. 248 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 1: It's like, get out of here, here's another bus for you. 249 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 1: We don't watch you promote yourself as a sanctuary city 250 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 1: or a sanctuary state and not remember we took in 251 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: and I guess nobody made a fuss because we remember. 252 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 1: I forget which state of fial was welcoming migrants. Remember 253 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago there was some situation going on. Oh, 254 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 1: I imagine Abbot'll start sending them to Ellen and they 255 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 1: came to a shelter Long Beach and they came to 256 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: a couple of places in the state. Yeah, uh yeah, 257 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 1: I remember it. Wasn't there a big Marietta. Wasn't there 258 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 1: a big commotion? Yes, migrants showing up by the busloads. 259 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 1: I think this was children that we were taking in. 260 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: I forget what the issue was, but there was something 261 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 1: about migrant children at the border who were received themselves. 262 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: They have been exposed. You know, you know for the 263 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 1: rest of your life that the mayor of Chicago, Ory Lightfoot, 264 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 1: is a big line stinking hypocrite. So is the mayor 265 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: of New York. So is the mayor of Washington, d C. Now, 266 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 1: you know when they say this stuff, they're just faking it. 267 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 1: They're just faking it to get approval from their progressive fans. 268 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: But they don't mean it or are they trying to 269 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 1: be political here and trying to make a point about 270 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 1: these evil, cold hearted Republican governors doing this and well, 271 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: we're trying to help, but we're overwhelmed and we just 272 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 1: need more money in there. They're turning it around. And 273 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 1: the way Sheila Kule tries to turn around the raid 274 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 1: on her house against Vienneuava and make it an issue 275 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: of vien Aueava that's what you they're taught to do 276 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 1: in modern politics. That's what these consultants tell you to do, 277 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: and your staff tells you to do. It's like, let's 278 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:20,680 Speaker 1: change the subject now, let's make it about the cold 279 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: hearted policies of Governor Abbott and Governor DeSantis, because because 280 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 1: you know, the media is going to lap that up 281 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: and they're going to amplify that fake angle of the story. 282 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: The truth is they have no interest in taking care 283 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 1: of these migrants. They don't have any services, they don't 284 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: want to spend the money. There's nothing they can do 285 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 1: for the migrants, and they don't want to because they 286 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 1: don't care about them. Why would they care about them? 287 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 1: You get you get all hundreds of strangers suddenly come 288 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 1: into your city, and you're awakened. You're the mayor, right, 289 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 1: and you're awakened. It's like, hey, we have three hundred 290 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: migrants on buses. What do you want to do with them? 291 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: But I don't want to do anything with them. Send 292 00:16:56,960 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: them to the Florida I don't. We don't have a 293 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:02,560 Speaker 1: program for this, all right, when we come back, well, 294 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:04,880 Speaker 1: come Friday, there might not be any trains to put 295 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:09,479 Speaker 1: them on. There's a possible nationwide train strike which is 296 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 1: particularly going to affect the freight and the supply chain 297 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:15,439 Speaker 1: if it happens. We'll talk about it next. Johnny ken 298 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 1: k five. All Right, we've been talking to the La 299 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: County Sheriff, Alex being on a way of a big 300 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 1: story today, the search of the home of La County 301 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 1: Supervisor Sheila kull and all deals with an investigation into 302 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 1: a nonprofit headed by a very close friend to Fila 303 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: Culls and a political contributor which may have gotten well, 304 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 1: did get hundreds of thousands of dollars to run a 305 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:40,919 Speaker 1: sex harassment hotline for the Metro system that got virtually 306 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 1: no response, no calls. So we'll play the story in 307 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:48,959 Speaker 1: the next segment from Fox eleven to get more detail 308 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 1: on this, and then we'll talk to the sheriff right 309 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 1: after the news at five o'clock. Well, come Friday, we 310 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 1: may have a big rail strike. What do you say, rail? Huh? 311 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 1: Freight rail? Yeah. Two of the largest unions representing fifty 312 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 1: seven thousand conductors and engineers have not agreed to a deal, 313 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:10,440 Speaker 1: which could prompt a big strike, or the railroads could 314 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 1: just lock out passenger rail agencies and workers. One or 315 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: the other could happen, And of course the most well 316 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 1: known of these would be Amtrak. Amtract has already canceled 317 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 1: all of its long distance trains starting Thursday, and other 318 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:28,160 Speaker 1: rail systems are getting ready too for possible shutdowns. Now, 319 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:32,119 Speaker 1: the impass seems to be tied largely over the issues 320 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:38,159 Speaker 1: of sick time and penalties for missing work. Does that 321 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 1: sound a little bizarre, Yeah, but I'm looking through some 322 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 1: news stories on this and that is the truth. Because 323 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: they have worked with two different federal agencies to try 324 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 1: to negotiate this agreement. There is twelve unions and two 325 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 1: of the twelve unions are refusing to sign a deal. 326 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:02,640 Speaker 1: The other ten are but half of the railway workers 327 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:06,880 Speaker 1: are represented by these two unions and they're fed up 328 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:09,919 Speaker 1: with a lot of stuff. Now they're getting a twenty 329 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 1: four percent pay increase that's in the deal. That is 330 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 1: the largest increase in the history of national bargaining. How 331 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,680 Speaker 1: many years is that over? I don't can't be one 332 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,640 Speaker 1: year in this negotiation has gone on for three years, 333 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:27,679 Speaker 1: so they started in twenty nineteen. Then it might be 334 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 1: over three to four or five years, right, So the 335 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:32,679 Speaker 1: health benefits stay the same and they have like what 336 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:36,200 Speaker 1: they call a platinum package, right, so that excellent health benefits, 337 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 1: they get one more day of paid leave, and they're 338 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:44,720 Speaker 1: getting a more generous travel expenses policy for some of 339 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 1: the workers. Now most of the unions said, okay, this 340 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:50,399 Speaker 1: is a good deal. It was recommended by a federal commission. 341 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 1: Here's the two sticking points for two of the unions. 342 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 1: And one of the unions is the Brotherhood of Locomotive 343 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:00,439 Speaker 1: Engineers and Trainmen. So these are the These are the 344 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 1: guys who actually drive the train. So if they're not working, 345 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 1: then nobody's working. The union. They have no um, they 346 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 1: have no paid sick leave. They don't They apparently have 347 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 1: some sort of point based attendance policy, and they're claiming 348 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 1: that if you just go to where routine doctors is it, 349 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: to attend to family emergency, you could be fired. That's 350 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:28,880 Speaker 1: what they're claiming. Yeah, it's like if you miss one 351 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:31,920 Speaker 1: if you go to one doctor's appointment, that uses up 352 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 1: half the points for the whole year. So there's there's 353 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 1: no leeway over the course of the year if you've 354 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 1: got illnesses. So the unions want fifteen days of paid 355 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:46,879 Speaker 1: sick leave, and the federal agency that was trying to 356 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 1: mediate this said, well, this could be very costly. This 357 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 1: is very broad. You know, we should you should, you 358 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:58,399 Speaker 1: should go. Everybody has sick leaves. Nice firms do, most companies. 359 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 1: I don't know. One of the union guys says, we've 360 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 1: had guys who've been punished for taking time off for 361 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 1: a heart attack or having COVID. It's in humane. Well, 362 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:08,879 Speaker 1: if you have virtually no sick leave, and from what 363 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:12,200 Speaker 1: I've read that's true, what you use your vacation time 364 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:15,199 Speaker 1: then or they don't allow that. I don't know. I 365 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:18,160 Speaker 1: don't know, but this would be the first rail strike 366 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: in thirty years, and it's largely over that issue because 367 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: a lot of the other issues have been agreed to. 368 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:24,399 Speaker 1: They've been working, Like I said, they've been working on 369 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:27,439 Speaker 1: this for three years, and they've had two federal agencies 370 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: try to craft a deal, and ten out of the 371 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 1: twelve unions have said okay. Now. The thing of this 372 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,919 Speaker 1: is it could be a big problem too for the economy. 373 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:42,919 Speaker 1: A strike could shut down nearly a third of the 374 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 1: country's freight, according to people that followed the industry, and 375 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 1: a freight railroad shutdown could devastate Amtrak operations. About half 376 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:56,160 Speaker 1: of commuter rail systems run at least partially on tracks 377 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: or rights of way owned by the freight railroads, and 378 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: they would not be able to do that if there 379 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,119 Speaker 1: is this strike. So that's one of the reasons that 380 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 1: Amtrak is already acting and canceling some of their long 381 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:10,879 Speaker 1: distance halls to try to get ahead of this. Well, well, 382 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,159 Speaker 1: I guess what happens Friday is what they referred to 383 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 1: is the cooling off period expires. That's something that the 384 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 1: government invokes to tell both sides to just take a 385 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 1: break for thirty days or more. And they keep talking 386 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 1: they don't have to strike on Friday, but they could, 387 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:27,880 Speaker 1: they could, And I guess they're they're threatening that three 388 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 1: hundred thousand barrels of crude oil a day moved by 389 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 1: rail every day, five million barrels of propane that's a 390 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 1: third of US consumption are moved by rails every month. 391 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 1: Seventy percent of the ethanol seventy five of coal is 392 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:49,440 Speaker 1: moved by ram. So this basically leads the whole energy 393 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 1: industry right, because this would affect oil, gasoline, coal, propane, 394 00:22:55,560 --> 00:23:02,119 Speaker 1: and ethanol. Yeah, and then they're in fact, they've already 395 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:08,679 Speaker 1: stopped shipment of those substances because they don't want flammable 396 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 1: chemicals stuck on railroad tracks halfway to the destination if 397 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,360 Speaker 1: they suddenly call a strike at midnight on Friday. Now, 398 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 1: we have the Railway Labor Act of nineteen twenty six. 399 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 1: That's how old this problem is. It allows Congress to intervene. 400 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,399 Speaker 1: There's things that they can do to prevent these work stoppages, 401 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 1: and there are some that think that that is probably 402 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 1: what will happen, and even Biden, they get involved to 403 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:38,159 Speaker 1: prevent this from happening on Friday. So says here, the 404 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 1: Biden administration right now is trying to work out a deal. 405 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:44,200 Speaker 1: What but forming contingency plans too. Though. There's a senator 406 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:49,879 Speaker 1: from Mississippi who says, let's pass a bill that forces 407 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:55,880 Speaker 1: an adoption of all the recommendations from that federal negotiation Agency. Well, yeah, 408 00:23:55,880 --> 00:24:00,720 Speaker 1: I saw that as the peb and that would be 409 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,399 Speaker 1: binding and would avert a strike. All Congress has to 410 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 1: do is pass it, and the Democrats control both houses, 411 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 1: but they'd be telling two labor unions go screw yourself, 412 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,640 Speaker 1: you're not going to strike. You're accepting the federal government's deal. 413 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:21,720 Speaker 1: And since the Democrats run the House in the Senate, 414 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:27,919 Speaker 1: that's not easy to do, right. They don't want, they 415 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:32,160 Speaker 1: don't want to tell the unions to accept a deal 416 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 1: that they don't like. It's really an odd thing to 417 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 1: be hung up on time off to go to the doctor. Well, 418 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 1: because what they were they were far apart on the 419 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 1: wage increase. The rail carriers were offering a seventeen percent 420 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 1: increase and the union wanted thirty one percent. So this 421 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:55,120 Speaker 1: federal agency just split the difference, right, which is generally 422 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 1: what everybody does in life. Right, ultimately end up eating halfway, 423 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:04,440 Speaker 1: but neither side wants to do that. I don't understand 424 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 1: not giving sick leave, especially when you have Oh yeah, 425 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 1: that's pretty that's pretty strenuous. One of the train operators, 426 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 1: Spokeshole says, that's false. You may have heard from labor 427 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 1: that they have no sick days or paid time off. 428 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 1: That is false. They have a supplemental sick leave benefit. 429 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:22,000 Speaker 1: They can take time off for any reason as long 430 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:25,240 Speaker 1: as they maintain what he called the reasonable level of 431 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 1: overall availability and to carry your attendance policies. Yeah, I 432 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 1: don't know what that means. They have to be available 433 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 1: to come to work just in case they're needed because 434 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:36,639 Speaker 1: somebody else called in for a day offer. Yeah. I 435 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 1: suppose these things get really complicated and not easy for 436 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 1: anybody outside the business to understand. But I just don't 437 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: think they would be striking unless they really felt that 438 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 1: they've been getting screwed on the sick leave. I mean, 439 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: they're claiming they can't make a doctor's appointment. Now, is 440 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:56,479 Speaker 1: that hyperbole? They made that up? I don't know another 441 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 1: reason to oppose the expansion of rail travel. It gets complicated, 442 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 1: like high speed rail. It's right, all right, we got 443 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 1: more coming. John coming up right after theons at five o'clock, 444 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:12,160 Speaker 1: but my headphones went out. We'll just sit there quietly then, 445 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 1: all right, Sorry, didn't mean to interrupt. Go ahead, The 446 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:17,880 Speaker 1: Mighty Sheriff is coming on in five oh five. Yes, 447 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,920 Speaker 1: alex Vinoueva, complete with the ten yallon hat to Rebut 448 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,560 Speaker 1: Sheila Kule, Sheila Kule got raided today, Well, her house 449 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:28,640 Speaker 1: got raided. H And we're gonna play this story from 450 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 1: Fox eleven in a moment. But you know, well now 451 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:33,640 Speaker 1: we know she was ready for the media. She even 452 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,159 Speaker 1: had that great line event. They came here with their 453 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,679 Speaker 1: their chains a clanking all these addressed guys like it 454 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,879 Speaker 1: was a drug grade. She really prepared herself for that 455 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 1: because apparently she got tipped off. She got tipped off 456 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 1: that they were coming to search her heart. Yeah, and 457 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 1: the normal people know that. Um corrupt politicians get raids 458 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 1: and they show up, They show up with all their paraphernalia, 459 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 1: whatever they think they're gonna need. So it wasn't for 460 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 1: a drug rate. It was a corrupt politician raid. You 461 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:06,800 Speaker 1: never know what kind of resistance you can get from 462 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,840 Speaker 1: this eighty year old woman. All right, Here is the 463 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:13,119 Speaker 1: story ahead of the sheriff's appearance, so you're completely up 464 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:16,200 Speaker 1: to date about this big development today from Fox Lever 465 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 1: reporter Bob de Castro. Sheriff's deputies have Jeff's left the 466 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: scene here, so the search warrant has been executed. In fact, 467 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:25,399 Speaker 1: Supervisor Cuele has been standing out here the whole time. 468 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:28,880 Speaker 1: She just went back inside her home here in Santa Monica. 469 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 1: Our photographer Sam Dubin was here first on the scene 470 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: here and shot these pictures. Supervisor Cuele said it was 471 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,920 Speaker 1: quite startling. Around seven o'clock this morning, Sheriff's deputies came 472 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 1: here armed with a search warrant. They were banging on 473 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:44,360 Speaker 1: the door very loudly. Sam Dubin tells us it took 474 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 1: a while for Supervisor Cuele to come out, but she 475 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,879 Speaker 1: finally stood outside. They handed her that search warrant and 476 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 1: they searched inside the home. I think it's important for 477 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:56,639 Speaker 1: our viewers to understand what is happening here the search warrant. 478 00:27:56,640 --> 00:28:00,399 Speaker 1: According to Supervisor Quele, she believes it's all involved involving 479 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 1: this investigation into allegations of corruption and pay to play. 480 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:09,200 Speaker 1: This was a focus of a Fox eleven investigation into 481 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 1: a no bid contract for Metro to run their twenty 482 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 1: four to seven sexual harassment hotline. It was a bit 483 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 1: of about eight hundred thousand dollars and it didn't go 484 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:22,399 Speaker 1: through any sort of a process. It went to this 485 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 1: nonprofit or a charity with no bids. Well, it turns 486 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 1: out that the head of that charity and nonprofit is 487 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 1: best friends or one of Sheila Cuele's best friends. In fact, 488 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 1: that woman, Patty Higgins, also officiated her wedding. So our 489 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 1: Sam Dubin was out here and asked Supervisor Kuele about 490 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 1: that what they might find inside her house. Here's what 491 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 1: she had to say. Last week there was a tip 492 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,920 Speaker 1: to the La Times. I don't know by home, probably 493 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,800 Speaker 1: by this couple, and the La Times called and I said, 494 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 1: I don't know anything about it, and no one ever came. 495 00:28:57,160 --> 00:29:00,160 Speaker 1: And then last night about ten thirty Mike County Council 496 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,560 Speaker 1: texted me and said that she had gotten a tip 497 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 1: I think probably from the Instructor General who got the 498 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 1: call that at seven am they were showing up coming 499 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:17,800 Speaker 1: to my house. I mean, there's nothing related to anything anywhere. 500 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,959 Speaker 1: I don't know what could possibly be found. And oh, 501 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:24,960 Speaker 1: your fabulous sold. There's no ongoing investigation, so there's no 502 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:28,440 Speaker 1: basis for the supervisor. Kiel claims that this is all 503 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 1: politically motivated. You may know that she and the sheriff 504 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 1: who is now up for reelection, have had a tumultuous 505 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:41,120 Speaker 1: relationship over the past couple of years. Now. Our Fox 506 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:44,200 Speaker 1: eleven investigation did show that there were emails that possibly 507 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 1: tied Sheila Kule to that no bid contract. Of course, 508 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 1: there will be moore coming up as this investigation unfolds. 509 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 1: We should tell you that there were three separate search 510 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:58,360 Speaker 1: boarants that were executed all across La County at her 511 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:02,240 Speaker 1: home at Patty Giga home and also at Metro's home, 512 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:06,040 Speaker 1: and that search warrant will soon be unsealed, and as 513 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:07,760 Speaker 1: soon as we get more of that information about what 514 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:09,760 Speaker 1: this is all about, we will bring that to you. 515 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:13,479 Speaker 1: But it's Fox Levin's Bob decast just listening to that again. 516 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:18,240 Speaker 1: Her defense is a whole lot of nonsense, just the 517 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:21,800 Speaker 1: appearance of it alone. What do you think happened? Sheila 518 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:25,800 Speaker 1: Kill's best friend gets eight hundred thousand dollars worth of 519 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:33,480 Speaker 1: no bid contracts. On its face, that's corruption out of 520 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:36,200 Speaker 1: all the This is a phone line they set up. 521 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:41,240 Speaker 1: It's a phone line. It's a phone line with an 522 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:45,840 Speaker 1: answering device. No, she says she had no involvement. Who 523 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:49,320 Speaker 1: gave Metro the name of this piece over violence group 524 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 1: to possible award the contract too? He where did that 525 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:54,880 Speaker 1: come from? It? Are you telling me that her best friend, 526 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:59,120 Speaker 1: her best friend gets an eight hundred thousand dollars contract 527 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 1: and she A Kuel knows nothing about it. She's acting 528 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,360 Speaker 1: like I knew, I was not involved. I didn't know anything. 529 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 1: Is that possible? Imagine you have a best friend and 530 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 1: they get eight hundred thousand dollars from the county money, right, 531 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,880 Speaker 1: that's the organization. Yeah, the county is an organization that 532 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,760 Speaker 1: Sheilla cule runs and Sheilla culls on the metro board, 533 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:22,120 Speaker 1: which has on the metro board. So imagine you have 534 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:25,600 Speaker 1: a best friend and you're involved in two organizations, and 535 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:29,120 Speaker 1: she's getting eight hundred thousand dollars from two organizations that 536 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:33,920 Speaker 1: you oversee. I mean, that's clearly a lie, right, clearly. 537 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:38,320 Speaker 1: And and this this, this this Giggins woman has given 538 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:42,680 Speaker 1: and other employees has given Kull thousands and thousands of 539 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:46,040 Speaker 1: dollars in political contributions. And this to me is the 540 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,720 Speaker 1: most damning thing. If there was, if there was a 541 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:51,520 Speaker 1: contract for five hundred thousand dollars or more, by law, 542 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:54,520 Speaker 1: kuel On the other supervisors have to vote on it publicly. 543 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:58,600 Speaker 1: That contract in question was for four hundred and ninety 544 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 1: four thousand dollars. All right, let me come back, sheriff. 545 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:05,560 Speaker 1: You're in a way to talk about this and another 546 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,160 Speaker 1: aspect of this. It just came up this afternoon and 547 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 1: you heard Chilli Qui Will talk about how she got 548 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:13,440 Speaker 1: tipped off about this search that shouldn't be happening. Coming 549 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:16,160 Speaker 1: up John and Ken's show and Mark Runner has the 550 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,680 Speaker 1: news calf I am six morting. It's never been more 551 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:22,480 Speaker 1: important to diversify your financial portfolio. Well, that's right. The 552 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:25,320 Speaker 1: S ANDP is down twenty percent from the last year 553 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 1: and this year looks even worse. 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