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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'm Chuck Douglas. Do you know that you write it down?
If you because you know you're getting older, you forget
these things. Eight two one nine, eight eighty six Men
number two TV and talking about the announcement from Mayor
Andrew Ginther that he wants to be mayor for yet
another four years, another four year fourth term because the
first three have gone so well, and he wants you
(00:21):
to support him. And I'm saying, there's no possible way
I can. I've lived here my whole life. I look around,
I see, I smell, I hear what's going on with Columbus, Ohio,
and it's all wrong. And if the Franklin County GOP
doesn't even try, they will chase me out of my
hometown faster than any Andy Ginther ever could. Do.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
You remember when he did that Instagram live thing. I
think it was a year ago. We talked about it
and there was thirty.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
People, yes, just minimal, very yeah. Half.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
It has to be his mom and his staffers. So
you can't tell me there is somebody out there that
could at least give a good run.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
You know what I mean?
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Please try. I've had Randy and our buddy Eric Delbert
up there at l EPD firearms arranged. Both suggest Jim
Trestle as a possible mayoral candidate for Columbus. I think
Jim Trustle would stand a much better chance of being
mayor of Columbus than he does it being governor of Ohio,
so I don't think that's necessary out of the question.
I got a text from somebody. I mean it was
a direct text to my phone, so they've got my
(01:22):
phone number, but I have no idea who they are.
But they said recruit Matt Mayor for mayor. I don't
know who that is, so and I don't know who
sent the message. And oh, I'm also texting back and
forth here with our good close personal friend Dirk Thompson
(01:42):
Hunt about the mayor situation, and it's you know, as
I was telling him, it's not a Republican Democrat issue.
Speaker 4 (01:48):
For me.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
There have been some good Democrat mayors. Tom Moody, until
he was inspecting the city in the middle of the night,
didn't completely suck as mayor of Columbus. Emmy Sinson Brnner
before him. I give his sincer Verder a great deal
of credit for being a strategist ahead of his time,
his his annexation of property, his his changing of the
(02:09):
boundaries of the city of Columbus, assured us that the
suburbs would never get larger than Columbus. Columbus would always
be at the top of the heap. He surrounded Bexley
in Upper Arlington. He made sure that they had Columbus
all around them and could not get bigger than us.
That was brilliant. So, no, it isn't about Democrat and Republican.
(02:31):
But his is about you know, this one party rule
which I just find not only offensive but stupid. But
maybe that's just me. A two. I WTV and is
my number on the Legacy Retirement Group dot com phone lines. Chris,
you're up, hey man?
Speaker 5 (02:46):
Uh sorry. I was on my way from uh, on
my way in the door with Bergh and I heard
mention Mike Coleman, and I was like, is he running again?
I thought he was an awesome mayor. I'm uh, you know,
I'm a complete conservative and all that, but I thought
he did great stuff for the city.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
No, not Mike Coleman. Andy Ginther is running again.
Speaker 5 (03:09):
I know, I know, but I heard you mention his name,
and I just and I was walking in I didn't
know what was going on, and I was like, oh, wow,
that that means if he came up against Andy Ginther.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
No, he's I don't even know if he's alive. Yeah,
he's alive and doing quite well in the private sector.
And although he and I disagreed on many many things
as far as his leadership in the city of Columbus
and his his uh putting Columbus ahead of political ambitions,
I give my Colon credit for that. I think that
was he was. He was much bigger.
Speaker 5 (03:44):
I thought he cleaned it up. He cleaned it up
all nice, and we had the Santa Maria and I
don't know he he brought like attractions here and uh,
it seemed like he gave it crap. And then the
sacond thing I wanted to say is and you kind
of threw that in there. I remember when I was
a little kid riding with my dad and I saw
(04:06):
a bumper sticker about the Mooney and He's like, I'm
not drunk, I'm looking at the city.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Oh yeah, yeah, those those bumper stickers were. We had
a slew of those things for a while there. I
appreciate you, thanks very much for the call. Chris.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Yeah. We had a county commissioner that was shortly thereafter
in trouble for driving drunk in the middle of the
night in Tom Moody. Of course, that pretty much ended
his political career. But you know, people mess up. People
mess up, even mayors, even county commissioners. And thank goodness,
nobody was hurt in either case, but it made him
(04:43):
look bad. Two one WTV and Frank, you're on six
ten do w UTVNY?
Speaker 4 (04:49):
You mentioned my idea for Mayor Eric Delvert with his
trusted mentor pop off.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Trouble is they don't live in columb Us.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
A sergeant of arms big ed, we need to we
need to annex, we need the annex Perry Township.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Hey.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Yeah, well you know that that's probably not out of
the scope of possibility either for the future. And I'm
sure Eric is thrilled that you think so highly of him,
and on the other hand expects it. So I will
let me.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Ask you this. Yeah, what about what about some type
of voter reorganization because the state went wildly for Trump? Okay,
and then you have pockets that you can't even get
a Republican voted in.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Yeah, the big cities Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton, and Cincinnati. That's
they're they're Democrat strongholds. But uh so was much of
New York. So was the Latino vote. So is the
Black vote. It can be done with the right candidate
and the right the right exuberance.
Speaker 4 (05:58):
Okay, I'm back to bring on Chuck, Come on, Chuck.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
I appreciate you, Frank, thanks very much. A two nine
eighty six eight two one WTV and or am I going? X? Mary? Mary?
You're on six d WTV at height?
Speaker 6 (06:13):
Hi Chuck, Hey, I'm calling from the beloved West Side here,
bless your heart. Yes, I think I would vote for you.
I definitely would vote for you also, but I wanted
to know where how the mayor could spend a quarter
of a million dollars to figure out what to do
with our Columbus Christopher Columbus statue and all that study
(06:37):
they've done, and then we're paying all that money to
store it somewhere.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Yeah, well he made the statue disappear in the middle
of the night before making the quarter million disappear. That
was kind of cool.
Speaker 6 (06:47):
Yes, definitely, And the man mentioned the Santa Maria. Where's that?
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Uh, you know, That is a good question. It's probably
somewhere behind brushstrokes in flight. I don't know where any
this stuff is. And honestly, those are taxpayer owned properties.
We probably should know where they are, what condition they
are in, and whether or not they're being kept up
and guarded and that kind of thing. Or are they
just sitting in a farm field somewhere rotting away.
Speaker 6 (07:15):
Yeah. I think that's so sad and we need Christopher
Columbus back.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Absolutely absolutely. I agree with you. I don't think that
statue ever should have been taken down. And I have
even less pleased with the fact that, you know, the
cranes went in there at four am and took them
down while nobody was looking, and people Columbus just woke
up to that surprise the next morning. That's bs.
Speaker 6 (07:35):
Yes, and I do. And I missed a Veterans memorial,
the Veterans Memorial.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
H Have you been in the new one?
Speaker 4 (07:44):
No?
Speaker 1 (07:44):
I had, Oh my gosh, Mary, I'll tell you what it's.
It's a bit of a walk up that up that
incline from the parking lot for my legs. But once
I got in there, it is, Uh, you talk about
an inspirational place. I would encourage you to go down
there and and and spend an afternoon walking through and
just looking at all of the various displays and memorabilia.
(08:05):
It's something else. I got to run here. I want
to get to this. I don't have a name on
my screen here. So whoever you are, aligned for you
on six to n WTVN this is.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Kurt So a couple of things. Chuck talking about Mayor
Dinter getting rid of the statue in the middle of
the night reminds me of Mayor Daily getting rid of
Migsfield up in Chicago in the middle of the night
when he took in the bulldozers and and just completely
plowed up the entire entire airport.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
The problem is, unfortunately, the Columbus and Chicago comparisons are
not all that rare anymore.
Speaker 6 (08:42):
I know.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
And and that's the problem. And and like you were
mentioning with Frank, it's it's the demographics. You know that
the the strongholds of the of the Democrats are in
the big cities, And between the demograph in the big
cities and the apathy in the big cities, it's going
(09:04):
to be really difficult to be able to get rid
of the one party rule in Columbus.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
Well, you know, the demographics I think can be more
overcome than the apathy. Apathy is just you know, it's
voter laziness is what it is. But the demographics, honestly,
I think if you can get any candidate who can
come in I don't care what their color is, with
their gender is, they come in there and say, look,
I know what's going on. Mothers of murdered children, I
(09:35):
know what's going on. One Linden, I know what's going
I see it. I want to do something about it.
I will do something about it, and I will haul
my political butt out here with the police to do
something about it until we chase them somewhere else. And
wherever they go, we're gonna follow them there, and we're
gonna chase them out of there too, until they go
(09:55):
to Cleveland or Cincinnati or any place but Columbus, Ohio.
Those voters, I think they are more motivated by wanting
their kids to be safe in their houses not to
get shot up in the middle of the night that
they will say, you know what, I will vote for
you Republican because I actually believe maybe somebody has a
plan and the guts to pull it off this time.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
Well, i'll tell you what, you have more a lot
more faith than I do.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Yeah, sometimes that's all you got left.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
I know. Well, and that's what it takes.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
I appreciate the call, buddies, Thanks very much,
I'm Chuck Douglas. Do you know that you write it down?
If you because you know you're getting older, you forget
these things. Eight two one nine, eight eighty six Men
number two TV and talking about the announcement from Mayor
Andrew Ginther that he wants to be mayor for yet
another four years, another four year fourth term because the
first three have gone so well, and he wants you
(00:21):
to support him. And I'm saying, there's no possible way
I can. I've lived here my whole life. I look around,
I see, I smell, I hear what's going on with Columbus, Ohio,
and it's all wrong. And if the Franklin County GOP
doesn't even try, they will chase me out of my
hometown faster than any Andy Ginther ever could. Do.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
You remember when he did that Instagram live thing. I
think it was a year ago. We talked about it
and there was thirty.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
People, yes, just minimal, very yeah. Half.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
It has to be his mom and his staffers. So
you can't tell me there is somebody out there that
could at least give a good run.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
You know what I mean?
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Please try. I've had Randy and our buddy Eric Delbert
up there at l EPD firearms arranged. Both suggest Jim
Trestle as a possible mayoral candidate for Columbus. I think
Jim Trustle would stand a much better chance of being
mayor of Columbus than he does it being governor of Ohio,
so I don't think that's necessary out of the question.
I got a text from somebody. I mean it was
a direct text to my phone, so they've got my
(01:22):
phone number, but I have no idea who they are.
But they said recruit Matt Mayor for mayor. I don't
know who that is, so and I don't know who
sent the message. And oh, I'm also texting back and
forth here with our good close personal friend Dirk Thompson
(01:42):
Hunt about the mayor situation, and it's you know, as
I was telling him, it's not a Republican Democrat issue.
Speaker 4 (01:48):
For me.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
There have been some good Democrat mayors. Tom Moody, until
he was inspecting the city in the middle of the night,
didn't completely suck as mayor of Columbus. Emmy Sinson Brnner
before him. I give his sincer Verder a great deal
of credit for being a strategist ahead of his time,
his his annexation of property, his his changing of the
(02:09):
boundaries of the city of Columbus, assured us that the
suburbs would never get larger than Columbus. Columbus would always
be at the top of the heap. He surrounded Bexley
in Upper Arlington. He made sure that they had Columbus
all around them and could not get bigger than us.
That was brilliant. So, no, it isn't about Democrat and Republican.
(02:31):
But his is about you know, this one party rule
which I just find not only offensive but stupid. But
maybe that's just me. A two. I WTV and is
my number on the Legacy Retirement Group dot com phone lines. Chris,
you're up, hey man?
Speaker 5 (02:46):
Uh sorry. I was on my way from uh, on
my way in the door with Bergh and I heard
mention Mike Coleman, and I was like, is he running again?
I thought he was an awesome mayor. I'm uh, you know,
I'm a complete conservative and all that, but I thought
he did great stuff for the city.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
No, not Mike Coleman. Andy Ginther is running again.
Speaker 5 (03:09):
I know, I know, but I heard you mention his name,
and I just and I was walking in I didn't
know what was going on, and I was like, oh, wow,
that that means if he came up against Andy Ginther.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
No, he's I don't even know if he's alive. Yeah,
he's alive and doing quite well in the private sector.
And although he and I disagreed on many many things
as far as his leadership in the city of Columbus
and his his uh putting Columbus ahead of political ambitions,
I give my Colon credit for that. I think that
was he was. He was much bigger.
Speaker 5 (03:44):
I thought he cleaned it up. He cleaned it up
all nice, and we had the Santa Maria and I
don't know he he brought like attractions here and uh,
it seemed like he gave it crap. And then the
sacond thing I wanted to say is and you kind
of threw that in there. I remember when I was
a little kid riding with my dad and I saw
(04:06):
a bumper sticker about the Mooney and He's like, I'm
not drunk, I'm looking at the city.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Oh yeah, yeah, those those bumper stickers were. We had
a slew of those things for a while there. I
appreciate you, thanks very much for the call. Chris.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Yeah. We had a county commissioner that was shortly thereafter
in trouble for driving drunk in the middle of the
night in Tom Moody. Of course, that pretty much ended
his political career. But you know, people mess up. People
mess up, even mayors, even county commissioners. And thank goodness,
nobody was hurt in either case, but it made him
(04:43):
look bad. Two one WTV and Frank, you're on six
ten do w UTVNY?
Speaker 4 (04:49):
You mentioned my idea for Mayor Eric Delvert with his
trusted mentor pop off.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Trouble is they don't live in columb Us.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
A sergeant of arms big ed, we need to we
need to annex, we need the annex Perry Township.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Hey.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Yeah, well you know that that's probably not out of
the scope of possibility either for the future. And I'm
sure Eric is thrilled that you think so highly of him,
and on the other hand expects it. So I will
let me.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Ask you this. Yeah, what about what about some type
of voter reorganization because the state went wildly for Trump? Okay,
and then you have pockets that you can't even get
a Republican voted in.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Yeah, the big cities Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton, and Cincinnati. That's
they're they're Democrat strongholds. But uh so was much of
New York. So was the Latino vote. So is the
Black vote. It can be done with the right candidate
and the right the right exuberance.
Speaker 4 (05:58):
Okay, I'm back to bring on Chuck, Come on, Chuck.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
I appreciate you, Frank, thanks very much. A two nine
eighty six eight two one WTV and or am I going? X? Mary? Mary?
You're on six d WTV at height?
Speaker 6 (06:13):
Hi Chuck, Hey, I'm calling from the beloved West Side here,
bless your heart. Yes, I think I would vote for you.
I definitely would vote for you also, but I wanted
to know where how the mayor could spend a quarter
of a million dollars to figure out what to do
with our Columbus Christopher Columbus statue and all that study
(06:37):
they've done, and then we're paying all that money to
store it somewhere.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Yeah, well he made the statue disappear in the middle
of the night before making the quarter million disappear. That
was kind of cool.
Speaker 6 (06:47):
Yes, definitely, And the man mentioned the Santa Maria. Where's that?
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Uh, you know, That is a good question. It's probably
somewhere behind brushstrokes in flight. I don't know where any
this stuff is. And honestly, those are taxpayer owned properties.
We probably should know where they are, what condition they
are in, and whether or not they're being kept up
and guarded and that kind of thing. Or are they
just sitting in a farm field somewhere rotting away.
Speaker 6 (07:15):
Yeah. I think that's so sad and we need Christopher
Columbus back.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Absolutely absolutely. I agree with you. I don't think that
statue ever should have been taken down. And I have
even less pleased with the fact that, you know, the
cranes went in there at four am and took them
down while nobody was looking, and people Columbus just woke
up to that surprise the next morning. That's bs.
Speaker 6 (07:35):
Yes, and I do. And I missed a Veterans memorial,
the Veterans Memorial.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
H Have you been in the new one?
Speaker 4 (07:44):
No?
Speaker 1 (07:44):
I had, Oh my gosh, Mary, I'll tell you what it's.
It's a bit of a walk up that up that
incline from the parking lot for my legs. But once
I got in there, it is, Uh, you talk about
an inspirational place. I would encourage you to go down
there and and and spend an afternoon walking through and
just looking at all of the various displays and memorabilia.
(08:05):
It's something else. I got to run here. I want
to get to this. I don't have a name on
my screen here. So whoever you are, aligned for you
on six to n WTVN this is.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Kurt So a couple of things. Chuck talking about Mayor
Dinter getting rid of the statue in the middle of
the night reminds me of Mayor Daily getting rid of
Migsfield up in Chicago in the middle of the night
when he took in the bulldozers and and just completely
plowed up the entire entire airport.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
The problem is, unfortunately, the Columbus and Chicago comparisons are
not all that rare anymore.
Speaker 6 (08:42):
I know.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
And and that's the problem. And and like you were
mentioning with Frank, it's it's the demographics. You know that
the the strongholds of the of the Democrats are in
the big cities, And between the demograph in the big
cities and the apathy in the big cities, it's going
(09:04):
to be really difficult to be able to get rid
of the one party rule in Columbus.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
Well, you know, the demographics I think can be more
overcome than the apathy. Apathy is just you know, it's
voter laziness is what it is. But the demographics, honestly,
I think if you can get any candidate who can
come in I don't care what their color is, with
their gender is, they come in there and say, look,
I know what's going on. Mothers of murdered children, I
(09:35):
know what's going on. One Linden, I know what's going
I see it. I want to do something about it.
I will do something about it, and I will haul
my political butt out here with the police to do
something about it until we chase them somewhere else. And
wherever they go, we're gonna follow them there, and we're
gonna chase them out of there too, until they go
(09:55):
to Cleveland or Cincinnati or any place but Columbus, Ohio.
Those voters, I think they are more motivated by wanting
their kids to be safe in their houses not to
get shot up in the middle of the night that
they will say, you know what, I will vote for
you Republican because I actually believe maybe somebody has a
plan and the guts to pull it off this time.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
Well, i'll tell you what, you have more a lot
more faith than I do.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Yeah, sometimes that's all you got left.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
I know. Well, and that's what it takes.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
I appreciate the call, buddies, Thanks very much,
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