WEBVTT - Black Mayoral Town Hall: The Preview

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<v Speaker 1>Native Land Pod is a production of iHeartRadio and partnership

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<v Speaker 1>with Reason Choice Media. What's up, everybody, This is Andrew Gillum.

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<v Speaker 1>I am coming to you live this what morning from Tallahassee, Florida,

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<v Speaker 1>And unfortunately I have not great news, which is some

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<v Speaker 1>of the things you don't consider when you're planning a

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<v Speaker 1>mayor's town hall is that a storm will hit and

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<v Speaker 1>take about half your panel out of mayors. Our mayors

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<v Speaker 1>who we were speaking to today are all currently holding office,

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<v Speaker 1>as well as a lieutenant governor, and are currently being

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<v Speaker 1>impacted by this storm. Folks got lights out and hopefully

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<v Speaker 1>no lives lost, but the storm is still coming across.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, right here in Tallahassee where I am, we

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<v Speaker 1>are under hurricane warning. I got a text a few

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<v Speaker 1>moments ago We're under a hurricane mornings. I'm not a

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<v Speaker 1>tornado warning, forgive me. So just first heads up is

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<v Speaker 1>that we have we scheduled our conversation with the mayors

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<v Speaker 1>and you will not want to miss it. It's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be a really good, I think important conversation. Will revisit

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<v Speaker 1>some of the ice stuff that is still ravaging communities

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<v Speaker 1>here firsthand from the elected officials. I got to deal

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<v Speaker 1>with this in Minnesota, Chicago, Los Angeles and other places.

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<v Speaker 1>For those who are trying to figure out what do

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<v Speaker 1>we do, what powers the locals have, how do we

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<v Speaker 1>protect ourselves? We want to get underneath all of that

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<v Speaker 1>and offer some real saying advice for not just elected officials,

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<v Speaker 1>but members of our community who can help your elected

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<v Speaker 1>officials plan members of our community who quite frankly, I

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<v Speaker 1>think and you'll hear it directly from them. But if

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<v Speaker 1>the folks who were to tell a story of how

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<v Speaker 1>they won or push back the federal government, the mighty

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<v Speaker 1>might of the federal government and Trump's gustapo, they would

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<v Speaker 1>say it was the people showing up. Basically, they were

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<v Speaker 1>first aid, they were triaging, they were they drew together

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<v Speaker 1>as a community and and helped. Uh. The least of

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<v Speaker 1>these help those who were targets and and so doing

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<v Speaker 1>made themselves targets. Uh. We also want to look ahead

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<v Speaker 1>toward the election. What kind of shenanigans can we expect

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<v Speaker 1>and what sort of security might you know? We all

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<v Speaker 1>have that the elections one will occur, and two, when

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<v Speaker 1>they occur, will take place in a fair and honest

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<v Speaker 1>and dignified manner where every vote legally cast is legally counted,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think you all will be surprised to learn

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<v Speaker 1>how much power does exist at a local level to

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<v Speaker 1>to hopefully ensure to UH an uninterrupted federal state local

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<v Speaker 1>election coming up soon. The date for if, if Nick,

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<v Speaker 1>you could just throw that up for our reschedule Mayor's

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<v Speaker 1>Roundtable will be March thirtieth. Please, please please, you will

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<v Speaker 1>not want to miss this again. You don't have to

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<v Speaker 1>be an elected official, you don't have to like politics.

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<v Speaker 1>We want to make sure you get equipped with the

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<v Speaker 1>knowledge and the tools that you need so that none

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<v Speaker 1>of us are caught unawares. This last week, during our show,

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<v Speaker 1>our regular Thursday show, I had mentioned that I had

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<v Speaker 1>heard feedback from people that when we talk about the

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<v Speaker 1>kinds of shenanigans that can take place at the ballot box,

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<v Speaker 1>are we doing the job of the opposition for them

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<v Speaker 1>by basically broadcasting all of the red alerts such that

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<v Speaker 1>people say, you know what, I don't think I want

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<v Speaker 1>to do that, no voting for me this time. And

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<v Speaker 1>the truth is that I actually think that's the strategy.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's where they want us to believe that

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<v Speaker 1>the barriers are going to be so great, so insurmountable,

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<v Speaker 1>that people just make the decision to sit it out,

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<v Speaker 1>stay home. I take a different position. I think by

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<v Speaker 1>talking about this that we can walk in through them

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<v Speaker 1>at the same time, where complex people get on with

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<v Speaker 1>complex stuff every day of the week, multiple times a day.

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<v Speaker 1>If you, if you're like me, and and we can

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<v Speaker 1>hear truths and then uh, you know, think through them,

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<v Speaker 1>plan through them, and come up with a strategy for

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<v Speaker 1>how we overcome with that is the people who are

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<v Speaker 1>gonna announce that now I've just sit it out, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>won't deal with the hassle. I question whether or not

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<v Speaker 1>they're for planning to truly really vote in the first place.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's not what we want. We want all of

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<v Speaker 1>our family members, all of our friends, all of the

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<v Speaker 1>people of like mind and heart, uh making their way

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<v Speaker 1>to the polls. It is. The threat is existential, and

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think you need me to explain it anymore

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<v Speaker 1>than uh than that frightful word. I'm not gonna hold

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<v Speaker 1>you long today. And I want to invite lolo. If

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<v Speaker 1>there are things that any folks have questions about or

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<v Speaker 1>want to toss out there, get me thinking about it.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've got questions directly from me for a few moments,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't mind responding. But the other point I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to make was around oftentimes, when we hear about this

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<v Speaker 1>war incursion, ex. Whatever it is that Trump and HEXTFF

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<v Speaker 1>believe they're doing in Iran, that we are somehow not

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<v Speaker 1>connected to it that's happening over there, And I just

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<v Speaker 1>want to focus our attention more on the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>we're all about to be feeling, if we haven't begun

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<v Speaker 1>feeling already. The news has focused a whole lot on

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<v Speaker 1>the straight of her moves and the fact that twenty

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<v Speaker 1>percent of the world's oil flows through that very narrow

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<v Speaker 1>straight and it's effectually closed, holding up the ability for

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<v Speaker 1>ships to make uh uh uh see transit to get

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<v Speaker 1>that oil into critical places. Mostly people have been talking

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<v Speaker 1>about in terms of gas prices, but I want us

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<v Speaker 1>to just think about the fact that petroleum is practically

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<v Speaker 1>in everything we use. I mean, I don't mean that literally,

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<v Speaker 1>but almost literally. When fuel and petroleum, natural gas, when

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<v Speaker 1>those kinds of things are held up, don't make it

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<v Speaker 1>to market, don't well before market to the to the suppliers,

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<v Speaker 1>can't get it to those who are in need of

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<v Speaker 1>it to make the products, produce the products. They end

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<v Speaker 1>up on the shelves when we think about things like, uh, fertilizer, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>what do you call it? Seeds? No fertilizer helps to

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<v Speaker 1>see you grow? Huge, huge, huge impact on US agriculture,

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<v Speaker 1>world agriculture for that matter. Much of that produced from

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<v Speaker 1>I ran from, transited through the strait of her moves,

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<v Speaker 1>and it ends up on our shelves when we need it.

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<v Speaker 1>If this thing were to end tomorrow, the disruption that

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<v Speaker 1>has taking place just over these you know, two weeks

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<v Speaker 1>of Trump's showboating, which has cost lives, numerous American lives,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, but also the lives of innocent children and people.

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<v Speaker 1>But there's another toll, and that is going to be

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<v Speaker 1>the financial toll, and I just want to get us

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<v Speaker 1>ready for it. So I pulled the list here of

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<v Speaker 1>what are some of the products that are likely to

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<v Speaker 1>be financially impactful in your life. Obviously energy and fuel.

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<v Speaker 1>I think oil is already over one hundred dollars a barrel,

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<v Speaker 1>was reading this morning. Some estimates believe that will reach

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<v Speaker 1>over two hundred dollars a barrel before this is done.

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<v Speaker 1>Liqu petroleum, or natural gas. I'll just admit I live

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<v Speaker 1>in a city. I led a city as a mayor

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<v Speaker 1>that was over ninety percent dependent on natural gas. It

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<v Speaker 1>was a great asset for us. It probably still is.

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<v Speaker 1>But the fact that almost all the natural gas comes

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<v Speaker 1>through this region, we're going to be seeing higher energy bills.

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<v Speaker 1>And my guess is is probably many of us going

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<v Speaker 1>to sk higher energy bills. Petro Chemicals and plastics I

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<v Speaker 1>mentioned that sort of at the top, fertilizer, agriculture, manufacturing

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<v Speaker 1>inputs like aluminium, rubber, chemical components essential to automotive and aerospace.

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<v Speaker 1>I got to get some work done on my car now,

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<v Speaker 1>and I better do it like today before the sticker

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<v Speaker 1>shock hits and those parts become unavailable or just too expensive.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not worth doing at the moment. Consumer shipping and

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<v Speaker 1>consumer goods, just general maritime freight again, the straight up

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<v Speaker 1>her Moods is a very very active shipping lane, very

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<v Speaker 1>narrow lane. It is rather that opens obviously up into

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<v Speaker 1>the greater ocean. But tons of materials that I can't

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<v Speaker 1>even name come through that strait that again will be impacted.

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<v Speaker 1>Industrial gases like helium. It's largely exported from Qatar, but

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<v Speaker 1>again the strait becomes critical for the passage of those goods.

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<v Speaker 1>So I just wanted to mention that in the context

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<v Speaker 1>of really everything is everything we think because you have

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<v Speaker 1>a military and you're the most powerful, mightiest, the truth

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<v Speaker 1>is is that there are things that it can't quite fix.

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<v Speaker 1>You can cause a lot of damage, but that damage,

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<v Speaker 1>when the whole toll is taken, is damage not just

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<v Speaker 1>done to the place that you might be targeting, but

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<v Speaker 1>really it is a hex on the on the rest

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<v Speaker 1>of the world. And I think that's what's coming to

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<v Speaker 1>fruition here, that every action has a reaction, and we're

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<v Speaker 1>not the only ones with tools in our pocket. There

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<v Speaker 1>are other people with tools, and I think we're about

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<v Speaker 1>to see a lot of that being flexed. I'm looking

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<v Speaker 1>at your note here, Lo Lo to prepare, how to

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<v Speaker 1>prepare for the financial impact well planning, and I know

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<v Speaker 1>we don't have a lot of it, but as I

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<v Speaker 1>read through some of the materials that will be impacted,

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<v Speaker 1>you have to make the decision because already prices are

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<v Speaker 1>are showing up on shelves, and certainly our gas stations,

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<v Speaker 1>refueling stations, I think, in utility bills, but those will

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<v Speaker 1>get worse. If you've got an automotive prepare that is

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<v Speaker 1>of crises, you probably need to handle that asap. Otherwise,

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<v Speaker 1>as this war continues on those automotive parts, those materials,

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<v Speaker 1>aluminiums will become harder to access and more costly. They'll

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<v Speaker 1>be accessible, but accessible to those who supply and demand. Basically,

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<v Speaker 1>who can pay the most get it, and those who

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<v Speaker 1>can't just have to wait their turner. So be be

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<v Speaker 1>aware of that, and then just you know, look up

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<v Speaker 1>for yourselves. Materials that flow through the straight of her news,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm sure it will produce, you know, Google gobs

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<v Speaker 1>of things that I haven't even mentioned, and I have

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<v Speaker 1>been thinking about, and I just think we all have

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<v Speaker 1>to individually make the decisions around can I say this

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<v Speaker 1>for later or is it something I got to do now?

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<v Speaker 1>Should I sit on that purchase, or should I go

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<v Speaker 1>out and splurge. I trust all of us, hopefully, and

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<v Speaker 1>I right mind, as we know what we supposed to do,

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<v Speaker 1>and then there's then what we do, So hopefully those

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<v Speaker 1>things come to marry a little bit a little bit more.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm here, but this is going to be my only comment.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm done with American politics from here. On and I

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<v Speaker 1>will vote if we still get to vote. But I'm

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<v Speaker 1>only caring about building a foundation for my community. I

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<v Speaker 1>hear you that that messages from tyrone, Nor would I

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate the comment Tyrone, And really just to say, in

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<v Speaker 1>the spirit of everything being everything, take for instances, war

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<v Speaker 1>not a war of our choosing, but of Donald Trump's choosing.

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<v Speaker 1>And even though I didn't choose it, we're in it now.

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<v Speaker 1>That means sons, daughters, uncles, cousins, relatives, you know, are

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<v Speaker 1>at his whim and obviously at the reflexes of those

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<v Speaker 1>who are at war. With any loss taken there is

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<v Speaker 1>not Frankly, I can't tell that it impacts the president

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<v Speaker 1>yet right his the way he showed up to uh

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<v Speaker 1>see the soldiers as they return, the final return, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean it was. It was despicable, and I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>just an illustration his presentation, his outward presentation. I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's just an illustration of his inward. I think la

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<v Speaker 1>a care, concern, disdain. So just know that there is

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<v Speaker 1>the front line, and of course that impacts that's not

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<v Speaker 1>by our choice, but there's also think about the financial

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<v Speaker 1>impacts of that choice, of of of of of aggression

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<v Speaker 1>and and the fact that it's going weigh on all

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<v Speaker 1>of us. So in the I feel the need because

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<v Speaker 1>I'm very much so resolute about taking care of my household,

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<v Speaker 1>my family, and the people who are closest around to me.

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<v Speaker 1>But I also know, with both eyes wide open that

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<v Speaker 1>the thing that happens over there, while it may not

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<v Speaker 1>be caused by me, I didn't ask for it, that

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<v Speaker 1>it has ripples. You know, the old story of the

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<v Speaker 1>pedal thrown in the water and the ways in which

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<v Speaker 1>it ripples heavily up front and as it goes further

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<v Speaker 1>and further out a little less. Well, this is a

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<v Speaker 1>pretty big pebble and it will have large ripples. So

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<v Speaker 1>I wish it well, taking care of you, your family

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<v Speaker 1>and and and so on, But also recognize that, man,

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<v Speaker 1>everything is everything. What happens there and heavily be impacts us.

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<v Speaker 1>What do we do as black people to secure our

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<v Speaker 1>finances with a high unemployment rate among us that is

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<v Speaker 1>so real, you know, the black unemployment is now three

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<v Speaker 1>times that I think of white folks. We all experience

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<v Speaker 1>live through the trauma of watching Trump lay off black

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<v Speaker 1>people and droves at the federal government level, which was

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<v Speaker 1>you know the toll of its impact will not be

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<v Speaker 1>fully felt in the moment. I know it's tough being

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<v Speaker 1>without a job and having to really resituate yourself and

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<v Speaker 1>your life unexpectedly. But the I think the real toll

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<v Speaker 1>of that loss of middle class black incomes will have

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<v Speaker 1>a generational impact. I hate to say it, and I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to carry on too long about it because

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to sow bad seeds, but I really

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<v Speaker 1>believe that they're going to be They're going to be

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<v Speaker 1>generational ripples to the kinds of actions that this administration

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<v Speaker 1>took that they've been you know, conservatives have been wanting

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<v Speaker 1>to take for a long time to push us out

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<v Speaker 1>of the workforce, you know, the hard working, qualified, experienced

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<v Speaker 1>ones for the underqualified, unqualified frankly ridiculous by every by

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<v Speaker 1>every corner and definition of that word, people who could

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<v Speaker 1>not qualify for their jobs. And so they had to

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<v Speaker 1>get waivers from the President of the United States to

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<v Speaker 1>assume some of the highest uh and most influential roles

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<v Speaker 1>in the United States government. And we'll see how that's going, right,

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<v Speaker 1>not well served. Yet they were real free to let

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<v Speaker 1>us go. And so in the weak of the financial

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<v Speaker 1>impacts that it's obviously harvesting in so many households. I

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<v Speaker 1>think we all just have to be a lot more

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<v Speaker 1>stratinct one. Let's find new strands of independent income. Might

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<v Speaker 1>be a good opportunity to flex your legs on your

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<v Speaker 1>own entrepreneur entrepreneurism by seeing what the need is and

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<v Speaker 1>figuring out if you have an idea something you can provide.

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<v Speaker 1>Then always have to be a widget. It could be

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<v Speaker 1>in your own thinking, your strategic thinking that can be

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<v Speaker 1>offered up to help people navigate things that quite frankly,

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<v Speaker 1>you could do in your sleep based off your experience.

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<v Speaker 1>There's always, you know, there's always a market out there.

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<v Speaker 1>We just have to go real hard in the paint

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<v Speaker 1>scratching for it. And I don't have a doubt my body.

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<v Speaker 1>Corporate America understands what our community has brought to them

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<v Speaker 1>and continues to bring to them, and our absence is noticed,

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<v Speaker 1>so you know, and those are the folks who are very,

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<v Speaker 1>very much so particular about the bottom line. The politics

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<v Speaker 1>be damn it's about how do I, you know, keep

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<v Speaker 1>keep the money coming. So of course I encourage people

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<v Speaker 1>on the independent strands of income. I think there are

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<v Speaker 1>markets out there, still open and available to us. These

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<v Speaker 1>are also good times when economics for us don't look

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<v Speaker 1>on the upswing to deepen into our education, whether that

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<v Speaker 1>be through university system, community college system, or through trades

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<v Speaker 1>apprenticeships skills building in the artificial intelligence field where there

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<v Speaker 1>obviously appears to be a lot of deep pocketed investment.

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<v Speaker 1>Hope it didn't balloon on them. But the thing is here, right,

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<v Speaker 1>we can't fight that. The thing is here, and now

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<v Speaker 1>we got to get our fingernails, you know, dirty, and

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<v Speaker 1>get up under it so we know how to not

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<v Speaker 1>just survive in it, but how we how we use

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<v Speaker 1>it to our advantage to thrive. Y'all, I've gone too long.

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<v Speaker 1>I've so suggest announced that we're going to be talking

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<v Speaker 1>with mayors in just a few days. But I thank

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<v Speaker 1>you all always for your It has never lost on

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<v Speaker 1>me how you spend your time as a choice, and

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<v Speaker 1>we are honored every week when you tune into Native

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<v Speaker 1>lampod it is it is, yes, work for us, but

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<v Speaker 1>it is ministry. It is also a catharsis, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>being in fellowship with our community, hearing from you, you

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<v Speaker 1>all participating us, giving feedback. We appreciate you choosing us

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<v Speaker 1>obviously many solo pods, all that stuff to go along

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<v Speaker 1>with it. I don't do these on the regular because

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<v Speaker 1>y'all already tell me I'm verbos. I need to shut

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<v Speaker 1>up so you'll hear from me when I have something

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<v Speaker 1>to say. Aside from that, I'll just say, please, please

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<v Speaker 1>please throw the flyer up one more time. Join us

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<v Speaker 1>for our March thirtieth Mayor's round Table. We will cover

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<v Speaker 1>turf that you will want to hear, you will want

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<v Speaker 1>to know. In fact, while watching the federal government is

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<v Speaker 1>distressing right now, locals is where it's at, and so

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<v Speaker 1>I want to invite you back to be part of that.

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<v Speaker 1>On March thirtieth, there'll be an updated flyer that will

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<v Speaker 1>come out with greater specifics RSVP and we'll see you them.

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<v Speaker 1>And until then, thank you to Nick and Lolo and

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<v Speaker 1>the team for your help with this broadcast, and to

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