Community Connection - May 1 2026 - Tina Cosby with James - Melody Barber Hence - Rev Dr Clyde Posley and Dr Thomas Brown - Community Connection With Tina Cosby

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Our temperatures down as this cold front, you know, fights
the warm air wanting to come in with a season change.
Although statistically there's a very small chance of a spotty
shower today because that low's pulling off to the east northeast.
It's not likely we will see any rain today. Could

(00:21):
see a spotty shower here and there, but I doubt
it seriously. It'll be cooler, as I mentioned over the weekend,
but it's May, Mike, we said, so eventually the warm
weather will win out, so be patient.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
I saw whether it may be some frost. Is that
true A frost advisory overnight.

Speaker 1 (00:39):
Yeah, there's a good point, Eric, there's a frost advisory overnight. Yeah,
advisory advisory, not warning, which would mean it was imminent
because the temperatures are going to get into the in
most areas around here, into upper thirties to mid thirties,
so that's when frost can occur, particularly if your vehicle

(01:01):
is outside or if you It's basically done to give
people heads up if they have plants outside to bring
them in just in case. But I don't see any
widespread freezing or frosts, although it might be in the
outerlying areas where it really doesn't have that central municipality
warnings that we're used to. So, yeah, Frost advisory for

(01:24):
the night starts after midnight and it runs till about
nine am in the morning, I think, if my memory
serves me right, And yeah, so if you've got any plants,
bring those in so I will leave it there. It's
the Frost advisory. So but I hope that it won't

(01:45):
get that goal.

Speaker 3 (01:46):
Yeah, yeah, we do indeed.

Speaker 4 (01:49):
So you know, James, one of the things we've been
talking about, the big thing coming up, of course, the
primary election, and we've had you know, we've had several
people in and we've got several more uh to go
h including one today and I think three on Monday,
including and and then Miss Cordelia kicks it off and
then we've got three more candidates. But for those who

(02:13):
you know, we we certainly want to remind folks that
early voting is now up and going and underway and
is available.

Speaker 5 (02:21):
Uh.

Speaker 4 (02:21):
This is the last weekend of early voting right before
the primary. If you missed the weekend of early voting,
you've got one more chance, uh through the weekday, which
is Monday at the City County Building.

Speaker 3 (02:36):
But that ends at noon. It's not a full day.

Speaker 1 (02:39):
You've got to get up early in hustle if you miss.

Speaker 3 (02:42):
It and want to miss voting.

Speaker 4 (02:43):
So if you want to do early voting, I would
recommend anytime from now through uh through six o'clock on
Sunday to just to get it in and uh some
of the you know, the the ballots are pretty simple.
And you haven't voted yet, have you, James Zick?

Speaker 1 (03:05):
Wait, man, I have voted?

Speaker 6 (03:06):
Yes, Oh you have?

Speaker 7 (03:07):
Oh I thought you had not.

Speaker 3 (03:09):
Okay, how did you find it to be?

Speaker 1 (03:13):
I went on Sunday after I attended a church service. Uh,
and it was of course, my church service got over.
Uh you know not some church services that you guys
know could go on and on and you're like, oh,
it's two o'clock. But my church service ended, I say,

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early afternoon. So I went there and there was not
really a line. And I asked the guy, one of
the poll workers, how's it been. I usually ask him that,
and he's slow, slow. But I voted, we voted, and
then going out, going out, I saw more people coming in.

(03:54):
So I'm thinking after the services, the church services services,
after that, it was going to pick up and it
did as we were going out, So I did it
last Sunday, So yeah, I already voted. And it's not
really a long ballot at all, my impressions, Cartina, I mean,

(04:17):
it's really you can do it in like five ten minutes.

Speaker 3 (04:21):
Yeah, exactly.

Speaker 4 (04:22):
And for Marion County, and this is Marion County only
you have the Marion County Sheriff. Republicans did not put
anyone up in the primary. But there are two Democrats,
Gregory Patrick and Kelvis Williams, both current employees. Gregory Patrick,
I believe he's a captain there and Kelvis Williams is

(04:43):
an executive deputy chief executive officer. So they're two high
ranking members of the Marion County Sheriff's department, both buying
for sheriff. You know, on Monday, when Gregory Patrick was here,
we had a conversation and I asked him, you know,
I was saying, you know, with the primary with no Republican,

(05:03):
you know, I thought that there would be a long
story short. The conversation went as if no one well
what was said was, whoever wins the primary wins because
the Republicans don't have anyone there.

Speaker 3 (05:17):
And I found that kind of interesting, but.

Speaker 4 (05:18):
I wasn't going to dispute him, so I started asking
around and found out technically that could be true. Probably
that's not going to be the case. Does that make sense?
Because they a couple of political experts were saying that
the Republicans are not going to let that office go unchallenged.

(05:39):
So they have until July with some kind of I
can't remember what they said, but anyway, they haven't to
July to get a candidate up for the.

Speaker 3 (05:48):
Main election, the general election in November.

Speaker 4 (05:51):
So whoever comes out of the primary for the sheriff's
race is not automatically the sheriff for mary In County
unless for whatever reason, the Republicans just concede that office.
I don't see that happening, whether there's going to be competition.

Speaker 1 (06:10):
Who told you that that that the Republicans probably wouldn't
let it go?

Speaker 3 (06:15):
And challenge who told me that?

Speaker 1 (06:17):
Well?

Speaker 4 (06:17):
I talked to Abdul, who is a political journalist, and
I also spoke with Kelvis Williams, a candidate, one of
the candidates yesterday, and he said exactly the same thing.
Abdul said what Patrick said on Monday was correct. In
the in the generalized sense. But the probable sense is there.

(06:41):
There's they're probably going to run somebody in the general.
They're not going to concede.

Speaker 1 (06:46):
That, right, I mean, I would say, why would they
because anything can happen. Yeah, exactly forbid, someone could you know,
pass away during this process. You know, there could be
a scandal where this person looks like a very very
bad choice. Yeah, anything could come up, and then they

(07:07):
wouldn't have anybody there to buy for that position. You know,
you tell voters, oh, you can't vote for that person,
look what happened, and then they wouldn't have a candidate.
So that's the reason that they would I could see.

Speaker 5 (07:18):
Him doing it.

Speaker 4 (07:19):
So Patrick was right theoretically, but Williams was right strategically,
you know, probably, And strategically they're both.

Speaker 3 (07:28):
Right, you know again. So anyway, those are the two.

Speaker 4 (07:32):
There's only two running for sheriff in the primary, and
they are on the Democratic side. The Republicans did not
field a Republican candidate for sheriff. There are there's time
all the way up Untiljuly. I do believe for them
to put somebody up there against whoever comes out on top.
Marion County Clerk we have not been able to get

(07:53):
anybody in here. The Kate Sweeney Belly incumbent is running
for re election Carlo Lopez as Owen works as an
attorney and director of Community Outreach for Marion County Prosecutor's Office.
She is also running. Sadly, Bob Kern, who was also
a candidate in the Marion County Clerk's race, passed away

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a couple of weeks ago, unexpectedly from a stroke, according
to his independent news website and one of his co workers,
Denise Paul Hatch, who left one of his programs with
us and Bob has been a guest on the show before.
But just know that when you see his name on

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the ballot, unfortunately he has passed away.

Speaker 3 (08:40):
I don't know what they would do with that.

Speaker 4 (08:42):
I mean, I'm sure that they'll collect the numbers and
the numbers will be recorded, but he simply could not
perform his duties if he were to be elected because
he has sadly passed away.

Speaker 1 (08:54):
Yes, and according to the a Marion County Voter Guide,
you said he died from a stroke April.

Speaker 3 (09:02):
Third, April third.

Speaker 4 (09:03):
Yeah, yeah, so now that's on the Democratic side, ahead
side ahead, Well.

Speaker 1 (09:10):
I'll just just you mentioned Carla Lopez opened Owens. We
already know who Kate Sweeney Bell is, but Carla Lopez Owens, interestingly,
interestingly enough, she brings a little diversity there. She served
as president of the Indiana Latino Democratic Caucus and a

(09:30):
bilingual organizer with the Indiana Democratic Party, so she her
goal is to boost voter turnout according to what she's
saying in this article after a dismal outcome in twenty
twenty four, and improve access to local government resources. Kate

(09:51):
Sweeney Bell, on the Democratic side, has previously served as
Marion County Recorder from twenty fifteen to twent twenty three. Yeah,
and says here that she plans to digitize more government
records like campaign finance forms, so those that are left after.

Speaker 3 (10:12):
Current staff mister Karn's unfortunate passing.

Speaker 4 (10:14):
And on the Republican side, it looks like Robin Stewart
is running uncontested and the Republican primary ballot, so it
looks like Robin Stewart will be the Republican contestant of
the Republican candidate in that center township. We've got Constable
of Small Claims Court. Three Democrats are running for Constable.

(10:37):
The incumbent, Kenneth Allen, former vice president of IPS School
Board of Commissioners, also has been the constables since what
November twenty fourth and this again is court According to
the Indianapolis Star's election guide Byron Davenport, Williams and Blewett

(10:57):
Funeral Homes, So it looks like he might be a
funeral director community attention after losing his son to gun violence. Okay,
Byron Davenport and Elijah Lee, Indianapolis native, experienced public safety professional.
He wants to restore integrity to the Center Township Constable's office.

(11:19):
And you know that was that that there was some
controversy there and we had the person in Denise Paul Hatch,
who I think she still got some action, some kind
of legal action going there where she's appealing.

Speaker 3 (11:32):
But uh, that's that's the democratic.

Speaker 4 (11:37):
Yeah township, I mean not Pike for Center Township Constable.

Speaker 1 (11:43):
Yeah, and uh in Lawrence Township for trustee, it looks like, yeah,
you've got Steve Tallied the incumbent. He was elected to
the Lawrence Township elected as Lawrence Township Trusty and twenty
fourteen he was a lone member of the Indianapolis City

(12:04):
County Council for over a decade certain he was yeah
serving as president in twenty twenty. In two thousand and five,
Lisa chavs Chaevas spent more than a decade on the
Lawrence Common Council. She's also running for trustees, serving in
top roles including vice president and president before stepping down

(12:26):
near the end of twenty twenty five. And Allison Cole
so Lisa Chavas. Alison Cole. Cole has worked for government
and nonprofits for decades, growing growing well versed in affordable
housing policies that says and homelessness prevention and intervention.

Speaker 4 (12:45):
And Decatur Township southwest corner of Americanty constables a small
claims court is one of the races that you will
see if you live in Decatur Township. Luke Schmidt, the
incumbent former Decatur Township board member, ran unopposed and was
elected Console stable in twenty twenty four. This is constable
of the Small Claims Court. And then Dawson Brown worked

(13:07):
various jobs in local and federal law enforcement, including Homeland
Security and US Customs and Border Protection.

Speaker 3 (13:15):
So there's Decatur. So you just gave us some.

Speaker 4 (13:19):
Lawrence Township, staying in Lawrence, Constable of the Small Claims Court.
Tracy Cantrell, Captain Lawrence Police Department, where he started in
two thousand and seven. Eric Davenport, Park and Safety Administrator
for the City of Indianapolis. Eric forrestall Boy. That name

(13:40):
sounds familiar, doesn't it. Kerrie Forestall Share Yeah yea currently
works as a detective sergeant for IMPD. Has more than
twenty years of law might be related.

Speaker 3 (13:52):
And then John.

Speaker 4 (13:53):
McCrae hasn't run for office recently, little information is available
about him online and did not respond, so again this
is according to the stars. And then in Pike Township
we have the trustees race incumbent and Atte Johnson. First

(14:15):
elected in twenty eighteen. She's been fighting to keep the
Pike Township Fire Department under township control and was named
Trustee of the Year by the Indiana Township Association in
twenty twenty two. Lady coming in just a few minutes
from now, Melanie Barbara Hintz her career in public service
working for US Rep. Julia Carson, went on to work

(14:37):
for Annie E. Casey Foundation serving children. Recently worked as
Center Township Trustees' Office helping connect homeless residents and others
to financial assistance. And Claudette Peterson, I believe we'll hear
from her on Monday. She is the chair of the
Pike Township Board, which advises the trustee and helps to

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decide how the town ship spends its money. The Constable
of the Small Claims Court of Pike Township. Four Democrats
are running for that office. Arthur Rally the incumbent former
IMPD or retired IMPD and worked for the Marion County
Sheriff's Office. Kevin Maddox, low profile candidate, hasn't challenged Rally

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until this year's election. Marcus Ragland served as the military
for nearly twenty five years before moving on to his
role as deputy Constable. And Paul Woods, who was in
here in military for over a decade and spent nearly
thirty years running his own business.

Speaker 3 (15:39):
And so there's quite.

Speaker 1 (15:41):
Good good because people they don't know, they don't know
who I mean. They're asking who.

Speaker 3 (15:50):
Do you have Warren? Do you have Warren town.

Speaker 1 (15:52):
Yeah, Warren Warren Township for trustee. Warren Township in eastern
Marion County is founded by the street to the north
county line, Road to the east and Troy Avenue to
the south and Emerson Avenue to the west. For trustee.
Vernon Brown is the incumbent. Brown and Indianapolis firefighter for

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nearly forty years, became trustee in twenty fifteen after more
than a decade on the Indianapolis City County Council. It
looks like Jack Bartlett speaking of names, I wonder if
well anyway in Indianapolis native Bartlett runs a food truck

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that specializes in seafood and calls himself a servant leader
who will fight for Warren. That's his quote. A Marie
visit Heights. That's why I'm I'm gonna go with Heights.
H Itze, president of the One Township Democratic Club. Heights

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spent well over a decade working for or state government,
including eight years at the Indiana Department of Health, that's
according to her LinkedIn page. And finally, James Taylor running
for trustee as well. Taylor has worked for the Metropolitan
School District of Warren Township for nearly forty years, currently

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as director of Student and Social Services at the Moorhead
Moorhead Community Resource Center. And that's for trustee out there
in Warren Township, and it's they've got four people buying
for that position, and then for a constable of a

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small claims court. There they've got looks like three candidates.
Charles Staples the incumbent. Staples won two consecutive elections as
constable in twenty eighteen twenty twenty two, although he was
unopposed in each year's Democratic primary. He was a union
autoworker at Krutzler for thirty five years. Charles Staples this

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time around, though he has competition. Osnell Andre Andre worked
at the Marion County Sheriff's office for more than a
decade and also spent a few years at the Center
Township Constable's office, and that's as Snell andre and William Jackson.
Jackson is the chief deputy constable in Center Township and

(18:28):
a former Warren Township board member. He also founded two businesses,
one offering security and the other delivering legal documents. So
those are the three there.

Speaker 4 (18:41):
Washington Township, not much out there this particular primary the
constable of the small Claims Court. Two Democrats are running
for Constable Steve Miller. I've been a Washington Township constable
for about ten years, running unopposed in the last two elections,
and Kevin Thomas, profile candidate who hasn't challenged Steve Miller

(19:04):
until this year. And so that, yeah, pretty much, there's
pretty much it. Yeah, we have a call up. Well,
I guess we don't. I thought we had a caller
that wanted to weigh in on one of the candidates.
But uh, you know, for the most part, depending on
where you live, it's very very simple. We went through
all It sounds like a lot, but we went through

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all of the different townships. Depending on where you live,
you may have you know, some may have a little more,
some may have a little less. But again, I would
say in total, for wherever you live, it can't be
more than five minutes. So but that really shouldn't be
a consideration anyway. If it took if it takes fifty minutes,
go do.

Speaker 3 (19:44):
It, you go do it. We have to be present,
we have to let folks know we're here.

Speaker 4 (19:52):
We can't be silent. We can't afford to be silent
because we'll get walked all over.

Speaker 3 (19:56):
We'll get walked right.

Speaker 1 (19:58):
So, yeah, ten minutes tops, I mean I really mean
ten minutes tops. You can do it in five, but
ten minutes tops. And it's you know, like I was
saying on Wednesday, certain people in this nation, many of
them are Republican followers of Donald Trump, don't believe that

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many many Black Americans and Hispanic Americans too. But for
the most part, Black Americans will vote. That's how they do.
They don't think you know, SLB. They think we're either
too stupid, too lazy, or too busy to vote. And

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that's just the way they roll. They do not believe
that we care enough about our future to go out
there and cast our right, which is a right embedded
in the laws of this land, to vote.

Speaker 4 (21:04):
Yeah, we're a whole We're a whole person. Now we
got to start act. We're you know, we've been a
whole person. You know, the three fifths compromise is gone,
you know, so no, we're we're here and we have
to make our presence known. And uh are are you
know those who came before us. We're so so very
proud to be able to participate in in this process

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that that too many of us just don't pay attention
to h And again, like I said, they used to
get dressed up like they were going to church because
they were going to vote.

Speaker 3 (21:35):
They were so proud.

Speaker 4 (21:37):
Yeah, the accomplishment and being included, being included and having
us say so in terms of what happens to them
and to this country.

Speaker 1 (21:44):
So right between. It's not the the answer, the end
all answer to everything.

Speaker 3 (21:51):
No, it can't be.

Speaker 1 (21:52):
Nothing is, but my god, it is so important too.
We can we can really lay down our own street.
We can decide for ourselves to govern ourselves. Who doesn't
want to do that?

Speaker 3 (22:09):
I don't know, not too many anyway.

Speaker 4 (22:12):
Speaking of which, we have another candidate that wants to
come on and ask for our listeners vote. Melody Barbara
hints she's running for Pike Township Tristy. She'll be next up.

Speaker 6 (22:22):
Right after this, let's get back to the conversation.

Speaker 8 (22:35):
It's Community Connection with Tina Cosby, brought to you by
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Speaker 4 (22:49):
And we're back with Community Connection, Tina Cosby here with
our producer Eric Garnes, and of course it's Friday, and
we have with us our contributing analyst James Patterson. James
All elections, all the time, that's what we're going to be.

Speaker 1 (23:04):
It's on. It's going on there.

Speaker 3 (23:06):
It is on, it is on. And so we have
one of the candidates with us.

Speaker 4 (23:10):
As I was saying at the top of the show,
the Pike Township Trustees office. I was actually Cameron was
in my office a short time ago and he was
saying on his show, there's a whole lot of interest
in that race. It's it's crowded, uh, and it's highly contested,
and therefore we have a race.

Speaker 3 (23:28):
We have a race.

Speaker 4 (23:29):
And one of the contestants, one of the candidates, not
a contestant, one of the candidates in the in that race,
is here with us in studio right now. She is
Melody Barbara Hints, a Democrat professional consultant, and she is
looking for your vote as Pike Township trustee. So welcome, welcome,
is Hints. Thank you so much for having me today. Yeah,

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so tell us about yourself and why you want to
be trustee in Pike Township.

Speaker 7 (23:56):
In Pike Township.

Speaker 9 (23:57):
Yes, my name is Melody barbar Hints. I'm a candidate
Democratic candidate for Pike Township Trustee, just wanting to run
to bring some of my experiences to beer to Pike Township,
to my home community. I previously most recently worked with
LaDonna Freeman in a Center Township trustee office and saw
how good services can be and really want to focus

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on that portion of the mission, the core portion of
the mission to me, which is to provide emergency assistance
where we're falling a little short at aulon Pike. If
you look at our budget last year, we only got
about thirty nine around forty percent of that budget out
and we know that. What do you mean, So there's
an allotment of the number of people who come in

(24:42):
and request funds, and there's also the number of people
who receive funds, and we just didn't seem to miss
get as much money as we could have out.

Speaker 4 (24:52):
Is there a reason for that was just not available
or simply was.

Speaker 7 (24:56):
Not a lot was not allotted?

Speaker 3 (25:00):
Oh wow?

Speaker 9 (25:00):
So if you look at, for instance, what stood out
to me was the food allotment, what we could give
in food assistance. It was budgeted, I believe at ten
thousand dollars and we ended up giving away some seventeen
hundred dollars. Now we know we have guidelines that we

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have to abide by at the trust can push it
out because just because it's in the budget, people have
to qualify. They have to, but we have to make
sure that people know about it, and we have to
be aggressive in making people know about it. If you
look at that budget and you look at what happened
last year with food assistance, we had a couple of

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things that happened. It was the first year of the
federal administration under our president. Our governor decided that he
was not going to administer all the summer food programs
that normally come under SNAP, So we had opportunities there
to get more folks food during the summer months. They

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didn't get that extra amount when kids were at home,
so there was an opportunity to believe that was missed
there and that they probably didn't even apply for it.
And then we also had two weeks where we did
not get food stamps because of the federal shutdown, and
then we also had some of those same people working
during that time and not getting assistance. So what stood

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out to me that I think it was stated and
you can go on the state website and find some
of these numbers that we only served thirteen families and
around thirty two individuals. Now Granted there is a pantry there,
but I think that there was probably more need there
that we didn't address. There's truly a food shortage in

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food in security in the county and we know that
by the numbers from gleaners and that is going up
and by the high cost of food. So we just
really need to get more of those resources out there.
I really want to be folks on that. A lot
of experience in dealing with the housing issues. We know
that we have kids that are on house, that are

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in Pike townships in the school system. Just really want
to be singularly focused on those core things around emergency assistance,
around the food, around the housing. We need to be
the stopguid measure for our issues that we're having around homelessness,
around the foreclosure rates. If you look in February, Indianapolis
had the highest foreclosure rate of any city in the country.

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We just need to be addressing that and making sure
that people know that these resources are here to be
that stopguid measure.

Speaker 7 (27:41):
Don't suffer in silence.

Speaker 9 (27:43):
And the way that I'd like to focus on doing
that is we need to make that office so incredibly
accessible when you're having an emergency I don't think we
need to be focused on applotments. We need to have
more time just to walk right in there and to
be able to do that.

Speaker 3 (27:59):
Is that your unders standing that it's not that way now?

Speaker 9 (28:02):
Right now, I think most of it is done by appointment.
There's the working for people who are still working and
still having emergencies. We want to be able to access
that office after five on weekends. A lot more that
we can do online through the technical process of starting
the application process. We know that there's a process that

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has to be abided by, but we want to make
that effort easier when you're on having hard times. We
really really want to make people be able to access
that office more readily. You can use technology, you can
actually go out into homes and do applications. You can
have stationers within the community beyond the fifty six in

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Lofaiette Road location.

Speaker 3 (28:50):
James by all.

Speaker 1 (28:51):
Means yeah, thank you for coming. Miss Barbara Hints. I'm
I was intrigued by what you said about I wanted
to follow up like Tina did about the food assistance
because I want to understand it more. Are you saying
that that more people were not aware who should have

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been aware of the guidelines to receive the food assistance
because they weren't made aware by different advertising or outreach
programs or other vehicles to make them aware, or were
they qualified, but they they just you know, decided not

(29:41):
to apply for another reason or some other reasons.

Speaker 9 (29:46):
I think a lot of people still don't know that
that office is available in Pike Township. I think that
a lot of people were denied if you look at
the denial rate. I think when you look at the
total assistances around and half a million that was given away,
another a million and two that was denied. I think

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it's a combination of all those things. I think a
lot of people don't apply because they have gone and
found that process to be strenuous or hardly for them
to actually go through the process. There are a lot
of things that you have to provide. You can't change
that via the state, but you can help make that
application process easier by helping people along and being invitational,

(30:28):
letting people know, and not just being present in the community,
being present and being able to take those applications where
they are. I think a lot of people have told
me that, you know, I just didn't kind of get
the process. I didn't understand what I needed to do.
A lot of people told me, I'm not even sure
if I really completed the application. So really being clear

(30:50):
about what the process is, we know that there head
to be more people who were eligible for that than
that simple thirteen families. They're just head to be given
the just the sheer numbers. Uh.

Speaker 1 (31:03):
There there are other food assistance avenues, right, there's right there.

Speaker 9 (31:09):
SNAP, but we know that SNAP was closed. There's food pantries.
There's actually a food poustry at the trustees office, but
there's a system that you can also get monies through
the trustees office where you can go to the store and.

Speaker 7 (31:23):
Get fresh fruits and vegetables.

Speaker 5 (31:25):
Uh.

Speaker 9 (31:26):
Pantries for the most parts of subsist. They're dry goods
and are they getting necessary? Absolutely, and then everyone can
come there and do that. But there's times that we
need to do more. And I can see that last year,
with the cost of everything, it would to me and
it arises is a situation where we need to do more.

Speaker 1 (31:44):
Okay, that's that's a fair assessment, you know, coming from
you a candidate. But you know read the uh uh
sort of the little background synopsis that they had in
the end and up with star for the candidates for
this all his trustee of Pike Township. And when she
was reading the incumbents synopsis, it said that she was

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Trustee of the Year voted by the Indiana Township Association
in twenty twenty two. How do you top that?

Speaker 9 (32:17):
How do you talk that that was twenty twenty two?
The great Jenny Jackson says, what have you done for
me lately? And does that mean the accolades that comes
to that individual or is that the services that comes
to the people who need it the most?

Speaker 1 (32:31):
Well, what's the difference.

Speaker 9 (32:32):
Oh, there's a great difference to those people who were denied,
to those people are homebry, to those people who are
in the house. It's great for an individual to say, yeah,
I did all this work for me, but it's not
great for those people who are suffering. There's an entirely different.

Speaker 10 (32:47):
No.

Speaker 1 (32:47):
No, here's my question, and I'm not trying to be
you know, forward here, But you have a person who
wins the Trustee of the Year by voted by the
Indiana Township Association. So are you saying that's you could
set her apart that accolade from the services that she
wants there.

Speaker 9 (33:08):
And you do have to look at necessarily the application.
Was what was that award for. There's all sorts of
things that could Was it for the fire department? Was
it for those services? You said a thousand of those trustees.
Those trustees office around the state look greatly different from
urban core Indianapolis. They may value saving money, they may

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not value services to people.

Speaker 4 (33:33):
You're seeing a different set of criteria four years ago
basis currently in right.

Speaker 9 (33:37):
Now now, absolutely and it still could be a different
set of criteria for them given out that award. It
doesn't necessarily say that you've given all those services and
that is the state exactly right. It could be an
entirely different set of services as I see it. You know,
you have trustees around the state that they literally have

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given away less than one hundred dollars during the year
during the pandemic. It's not so much about you serving people,
it's about you saving money.

Speaker 7 (34:08):
That's the priority. That can be entirely different.

Speaker 9 (34:13):
You're looking at hands on what happens to the people
that you serve. Those are entirely two different things.

Speaker 1 (34:19):
Obviously, you're I mean, you're opposing the incoming so Obviously
you can say from what you just say that you
do not believe that that trust of the Year award.

Speaker 4 (34:29):
Is well, that's I would you know, James, Is that
not why we have elections? Because now, seriously, that's why
we have elections because may the best person when and
people you know, in terms of collecting accolades and things
along the way. That's fantastic, and maybe that will be

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what people look to in terms of who they select.

Speaker 3 (34:53):
Maybe it won't be.

Speaker 4 (34:54):
Maybe it'll be lived experiences today that I don't know.
But what I'm saying is an award four years ago
is great. I mean fantastic, that's that's good. But does
that mean that I guess I'm trying to get get
what you're asking.

Speaker 1 (35:11):
Oh no, I'm just saying Trustee of the year, if
you were a Senator of the year, if you were
a representative of the year. I mean, some people never
get an award and they stay in there for twenty years.

Speaker 3 (35:21):
But but here's the thing.

Speaker 4 (35:22):
Should you not well then is the question, should you
not be free to oppose that person?

Speaker 1 (35:28):
No? No, no, no. What I'm saying is Trustee of
the Year.

Speaker 4 (35:33):
I see that, I understand, I understand the award, But
I'm talking about the democratic process. Should that award just
stand and no one should challenge that particular person?

Speaker 1 (35:43):
No, no, no, no. I'm glad she's challenging, and I'm
glad for all challengers to put there. But what I'm
saying is that's you know, that's not like, Okay, you
know you you you fed that many People of the
Year award or you had the most efficient office of
the year. It's Trustee of the Year. Now I realized

(36:05):
that was four years ago. Yeah, as well is twenty
twenty six, So you got a basicallyfe But do we
know what was there in twenty eighteen?

Speaker 4 (36:16):
So but that, James, But that's why we have elections.
Though I'm trying to I mean, I'm not disagreeing with.

Speaker 1 (36:23):
You couldn't I'm not saying that she shouldn't challenge her.
Oh my god, she's here. I'm saying, what is your
What is what? I mean? Obviously you think you can
do a better job, But is that not a will
you concede that that? Well, I guess you have not
conceded that that is an accomplishment?

Speaker 9 (36:43):
And she did see it, absolutely conceded that she did
in and of itself. But again I said, that was
four years ago. It is a personal acculated personal accomplishment,
doesn't speak to we gave this percentage of resources. I'm
not sure what that war was about, what the criteria
was for what it was submitted for. And just because

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you did not get that award does not mean that
you were not doing a great year job before either.
I don't think it's in and of itself, says everything
just by receiving that award.

Speaker 1 (37:16):
And again the teacher, it's just like a teacher of
the year. Okay, it's out there, So how do they
choose teacher of the year. I mean, but.

Speaker 4 (37:25):
James, we're ignoring the democratic electoral process. That's one particular
recognition that that particular trustee had and that's fantastic. Again,
not taking it away, but this is a brand new year,
and this is a this is an election and people
should be free too, and I don't think anybody should
be intimidated to say, wow, this is you know, this

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is the epitome of what a trustee should be. And
so therefore I have nothing to I mean, I'm still trying.

Speaker 3 (37:55):
To figure out where your where your.

Speaker 4 (37:58):
Point is, and I'm not just you know. I I'm
trying to talk here. I just don't get that. She
did receive that, and she was here and she that
was one of the things that she listed as why
she feels like she should get the vote. And you know,
that's great, that's fantastic. But now Ms Barbara is here

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and she's listing why she feels why she should get
people's votes, not necessarily.

Speaker 3 (38:25):
That she shouldn't run or I don't know. I'm trying to.

Speaker 5 (38:29):
Figure out what you're saying.

Speaker 1 (38:31):
I didn't say you shouldn't run, did I know?

Speaker 4 (38:33):
But that's what I'm trying to figure out. What you're saying,
is is it what? What is it that you yes,
she would trustee of the I don't want to get
too caught up on that, because that was fantastic. That's
a fantastic award. But you know, we've had a full term.

Speaker 1 (38:47):
I just I just wanted I just wanted her response
on that question.

Speaker 3 (38:50):
Oh okay, I think she's given her twice.

Speaker 1 (38:53):
She's a you know, she's a candidate, Melody Melody, Melody
Barbara Hents And that's that's why I'm here to ask
their questions.

Speaker 3 (39:04):
No, no, go ahead, And now but I think Okay,
I'm sorry. Have you answered?

Speaker 9 (39:08):
And then I would say to look at the actions
of the contention that has gone on between the board,
some of that ranker and some delivery services. If you're
constantly fighting as an executive of an organization and the
board president, you're missing out on the work.

Speaker 7 (39:29):
If you know the budget was late.

Speaker 1 (39:33):
What's your position on the board.

Speaker 7 (39:35):
I think we need to focus on the work at hand.

Speaker 1 (39:38):
Of Really, do you agree with what some of the
board has done.

Speaker 7 (39:41):
I'm not exactly sure. I'm not exactly sure. I think
there's blame to the board.

Speaker 1 (39:49):
Miss Barbarhampton tried to vote themselves a twenty thousand dollars rate.

Speaker 7 (39:56):
Absolutely work.

Speaker 1 (39:57):
What you're feeling on that?

Speaker 9 (39:58):
Of course, I do not agree with that, of course,
And it was a waste of time.

Speaker 7 (40:04):
It was a waste of time, you know. I would
like to forge.

Speaker 9 (40:07):
Ahead on the work. I'm surprised that they did that.
Would I've done that or agreed with that?

Speaker 5 (40:13):
No?

Speaker 4 (40:14):
Okay to yeah, let's get a caller in James. We
can go back to that, but we want to let
the callers into go ahead, Yeah, Kevin, you have a question,
go ahead.

Speaker 1 (40:24):
Hey, how y'all doing good?

Speaker 5 (40:25):
How are you all right?

Speaker 1 (40:27):
Hey?

Speaker 11 (40:27):
I kind of had a question something similar to what
the brother James was talking about. I can't speak for him,
but I was wondering kind of the same thing. It
was like kind of a center focus on a certain
aspect of to trust these offices, And I was wondering
the young lady who's in there now. I believe her
name is Nett.

Speaker 4 (40:46):
Johnson, think of coming and that Johnson. She is the
current Pike Township trustee.

Speaker 11 (40:51):
Yes, yes, Other than what you're saying about the thirteen
families and getting the money out, did she do a
good job and the other aspects of being the trust
for a handling money the fire department and other municipapitalities
would be one question. And my other question would be
if she did, would it be more beneficial instead of

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the running against her, to try to come alongside of
her and help her out where you feel that she
lacks what you think should be a good trustee if
she's done good things in one area and she's only
done bad into one area but everything else is pretty good,
Instead of run against her, do you think it would
be more beneficial to maybe be on the board or

(41:31):
come alongside of her some way and figure out how
to get her up to speed for the things that
you think should be they can miss.

Speaker 7 (41:40):
That's a good question.

Speaker 9 (41:41):
I just think I have a different vision for the
trustees office and how it should be handled overall.

Speaker 7 (41:48):
Yeah.

Speaker 9 (41:48):
Absolutely, I think the fire department has been stellar under
the current trustee as well as the prior trustee that
has run sustain It has been well funded, well trained,
needs to continue to be that way. I mean, that
was a barrier that was put up against our current trustee.
She clearly needed that new fire department and that was delayed.

(42:10):
There are things that are equally I think there needs
to be some leaderships change there. There's some fatigue on
both the board side as well as the care and trustee.
I think we just need some change and really to
refocus our efforts on the services of the people. Of course,
we're not talking about, you know, merging with IFD. That's

(42:34):
not going to happen. I think that boat has long sailed.
We really need to be redirecting our focuses on the
efforts that needed most because, for one thing, the folks
down at the Statehouse really are chomping at.

Speaker 7 (42:46):
The bit to get rid of this office. It's the
front facing office in my work.

Speaker 9 (42:54):
And Julia Carston, she'd always say, I always remember the people,
as I had served as our district director. If you
keep that focus on the people on the job at hand.
You know, of course she's done a stellar job at
the fire departments. It's a sustain there's been no problem.
They've been paid, they've been well trained, they train others.

(43:14):
There's no complaint there. But we remember the core mission
is where we need to redirect our efforts. And I
believe I have the skills and capabilities to do that.

Speaker 4 (43:24):
Okay, let's go back to the phone line. Sherry, you
have a question O time.

Speaker 10 (43:29):
Good afternoon, Good afternoon.

Speaker 12 (43:32):
And you know, I think that if you know, there's
a lot of politics inside of politics, if you will,
and I think.

Speaker 10 (43:39):
That if a person like I do believe we're talking
about the Pipe town should Trustee trustee because I kind
of came in a little bit late. But then once I,
you know, thought heard the candidates there, I realized, you know,
you all were talking about miss the Neett Johnson. It's
out there, the Pike Township Trustee. I think that one

(44:00):
and and that is doing a great job. And she
has done a fine job, and you know she's taking
care of the people. I know a few people that
she is.

Speaker 1 (44:09):
Helping, all above and beyond with that.

Speaker 10 (44:11):
But I just wanted to say that I think that,
you know, somebody comes along and and you know, that's
the reason why we have elections.

Speaker 3 (44:19):
That's that's that's my only point.

Speaker 4 (44:22):
Without trying, I would not detegrate anything anyone has done it,
you know, especially an incumbent. They if they've done a
yeoman's job. But the elections are held for a reason
to give people a choice, a choice.

Speaker 12 (44:35):
But I think that, Tina, I think that if someone
is doing a great job, already doing a great job,
and they're in that office, if there's someone else that
comes along, and again this reason why we have elections.
But if there's somebody else that comes along that says like, hey,
they're not doing this, they're not doing this, and I
believe I could do that better, why not try to

(44:55):
find a way to come alongside of that person and work.

Speaker 4 (44:59):
With well, because that's not democracy and that's not elections.
I mean, I can I can see it. I can
see it after because when you have a number of
folks that are vying for the same office. And then after,
you know, after the election is over, you know, if
everybody's on the same page and wants the same That
happens all the time too.

Speaker 3 (45:18):
People come together and say, hey, let's.

Speaker 4 (45:19):
Join forces, or I want to send my my support
your way, and you know, hey, a good race, thank you.

Speaker 3 (45:26):
So you see what I'm saying. I don't. I don't
see I do.

Speaker 1 (45:29):
I do, but I just yeah, yeah, I do. Yeah.
I could open up, but I could be like James
and kind of I want out. I could kind of
open up a whole nother can, but I won't.

Speaker 12 (45:40):
But I'm just saying I wish all the candidates you know, great,
you know, great success, and I wish them all well
for this election.

Speaker 1 (45:47):
I want people to just.

Speaker 4 (45:48):
Get out and get out and know it is an
election vote and.

Speaker 10 (45:53):
If you want to see some type of change.

Speaker 3 (45:55):
Then be the change. You got to be the chance to.

Speaker 1 (45:58):
Make that change. So that's all I wanted to say.

Speaker 10 (46:01):
You know, again, I don't know the candidate that's running
right now, but I do know what is currently ampt
out a play township.

Speaker 1 (46:08):
And the net job has done a great, fine job.
So that's all I wanted to say.

Speaker 10 (46:12):
Out there and hopefully maybe you know, if this candidate,
you know, maybe she could come alongside and work alongside
with three.

Speaker 1 (46:19):
And I don't know, but that's all I wanted to say.

Speaker 4 (46:22):
Okay, thank you, I appreciate that. I appreciate that. Let's
get this like, go ahead call her online, four.

Speaker 13 (46:29):
Go ahead, hello, good afternoon.

Speaker 3 (46:33):
Yes, very quickly. We're running out of time.

Speaker 14 (46:35):
Yeah, it seems like everybody keeps getting stuck on this award.
And as Miss Hint said, but we don't know the
criteria that won.

Speaker 4 (46:45):
Well that's that's why I wanted to move past that. No,
don't know the criteria and awards. People in offices and
if you've held any office, you you win the you know,
you're recognized for good work.

Speaker 3 (46:55):
That's great, that's great.

Speaker 4 (46:57):
But these are democratically held elections and everybody has a
right to try to do something that I mean, you know,
they're participating in the process, so absolutely, and so.

Speaker 14 (47:08):
The award may be given for something that had nothing
to do with the people. As this Carson used to say,
it's about the people, So what how is.

Speaker 1 (47:17):
She really taken care of the people.

Speaker 14 (47:19):
And so when we hear the financial status a status
that Miss Hinster just gave us. It seems like there's
a lacking in this.

Speaker 1 (47:25):
So we can't just.

Speaker 5 (47:26):
Look at the award because.

Speaker 1 (47:28):
Many, as you said, many people.

Speaker 14 (47:30):
Get awards, but they don't get awards exactly for the
work that needed to be done or should have been done.
And that's all I wanted to say is just please
don't get hung up on the awards four years ago
and we don't know the criteria for it. Be open
for everybody to come and talk about what they see
that they can do, and it's not about an award.

Speaker 1 (47:52):
So that's all I wanted to say.

Speaker 4 (47:53):
Okay, and James, I told you I promised i'd get
back to you, and I am so again if your
final question to candidate Hints, I don't.

Speaker 1 (48:05):
Have any more questions, miss Hints. Barbara Hinton, thank you
for coming on today. I really appreciate your contribution. I
have more questions.

Speaker 3 (48:12):
Okay, thank you, all right, and we'll be back with more.

Speaker 4 (48:15):
Oh, I'm sorry. Your website and how people can get
in touch.

Speaker 9 (48:18):
With sure Melody for Trustee dot com on all the
social media's Facebook, Facebook, Instagram as well as I think TikTok.
So thank you and again that is Melody for Trustee
Melody Barbara Hints or.

Speaker 3 (48:31):
Pike Township Trustee.

Speaker 4 (48:33):
Don't forget to vote in the primary on Tuesday.

Speaker 9 (48:37):
And you have you can vote in Pike at the
library up until Sunday from eleven to.

Speaker 3 (48:43):
Six, eleven to six. All right, thank you very much,
thank you, all right, good luck to you. Thank you.

Speaker 8 (48:56):
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Speaker 4 (49:19):
And we are back with community Connection again. As we said,
crowded and highly contested races of are out there and
voters have a choice and please be informed and make
your best choice.

Speaker 3 (49:38):
Is all I can say.

Speaker 1 (49:40):
So.

Speaker 4 (49:40):
And if you are voting and you want some help
to get there, guess what. Souls to the polls is
up and running again. On the phone now is doctor
Clyde Posey. He is the senior pastor at the Aniac
Fountain of Grace church and one of the organized there's
of souls to the polls, one of the volunteers for

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a number of years, Doctor Posley, welcome back.

Speaker 3 (50:04):
How are you doing today?

Speaker 5 (50:07):
I'm doing well? Uh uh mis Cary, how you doing?
Always a delight to be with you.

Speaker 4 (50:12):
Yeah, well, he's a delight to have you, always a
delight to have you, So I could not have been happier.
I can't remember James what James wasn't here? Eric, do
you remember who first brought this to us? Uh to
the polls on the air one of the candidates.

Speaker 6 (50:28):
Yeah, and I can't recall.

Speaker 4 (50:30):
We had so many of them, so many Yeah, yeah,
But anyway, tell us all about it.

Speaker 3 (50:36):
What's what's going to happen?

Speaker 6 (50:40):
Yes, it was.

Speaker 3 (50:41):
Yes, yes, yeah, I was trying to.

Speaker 5 (50:44):
Remember District twenty nine. He's run first they senate.

Speaker 3 (50:48):
Yeah, his church.

Speaker 4 (50:49):
She's also one of the volunteers because his church is
one of the pickup drop off locations as well.

Speaker 3 (50:55):
Is that correct?

Speaker 5 (50:56):
Absolutely?

Speaker 4 (50:57):
All right, So tell everybody about it who may not
know exactly what it is and what it's all about.

Speaker 5 (51:05):
Close to the polls is it was not created by Indy,
but it's the perpetuation of what happened in Florida some
years ago. It was an effort to get people who
are having trouble to get into the polls and who
are disenfranchised about voting to the polls with the thrust

(51:28):
and help of the church. The body of baptized called
out baptized believers, and so it was established to be
an event around the time that most people who are
voting conscious at that time, voting conscious at that time,
would be together and that was that church. And so
following church, often they would do a fellowship dinner or

(51:50):
something like that, but they would corrouse. Sometimes they would
march to the polls. There wasn't always transportation. Sometimes they
would walk to the polls, or they would galvanize their
vehicles and caravan to the polls. But it was a collective,
unified effort. Panhetically, i want to say, which is so
important for us to accomplish anything working together, cohesively. But

(52:11):
it was a unified effort to get people to the pole,
bring attention to the importance of voting, and making sure
that individuals who had registered also went out to vote. So,
as you know, we have that problem here in Marion
County and in the state of Indiana people who often
far too many people registered but don't go to vote.

Speaker 4 (52:34):
How many times have we heard it over and over
again in Indianapolis Marion County. Actually, the state of Indiana
does not have a voter registration problem.

Speaker 3 (52:44):
They have a voter participation problem.

Speaker 4 (52:46):
Or we I don't know why I'm talking on the outside,
we have a voter participation problem. We got we got
folks registered. We don't do badly doing registration. We don't
do badly with that at all.

Speaker 3 (52:58):
We just don't go.

Speaker 1 (53:01):
You know, a Tina.

Speaker 5 (53:04):
As I was praying about, you know, presenting myself properly
on your on your very prestigious show today, it came
to my mind, and I'm a pastor, so I'm gonna say,
Christ the Holy Spirit brought to my mind that, uh,
you know, democracy, evil and voter registration all have one
thing in common. They rise and fall democracy, voter participation,

(53:29):
and evil rise and fall based on participation. And no
matter what the Supreme Court has just done, if voter
turnout and participation increases, all the jurymandering in the world
won't stop the power of a unified participating voting bloks.

(53:50):
A democracy falls if people don't participate in it. Evil
will stop if people don't participate in it. And so
voter registration despite what the Supreme Court has done to
intentionally disenfranchise and send the message of disenfranchisement to the
entire black culture across America and people of color, that

(54:11):
was an intentional attempt to disenfranchise them and tell you
we want to stop you from voting. Despite that, voter
turnout would overrule what the Supreme Court has done if
we will participate.

Speaker 4 (54:25):
I don't know that people can fully appreciate those trying
to help them.

Speaker 3 (54:29):
Yeah, and I don't know that.

Speaker 4 (54:31):
I'm just saying I don't know that folks can fully
appreciate that power.

Speaker 3 (54:34):
I just don't. I mean that that is power.

Speaker 5 (54:39):
Power, That is power. And so we are the news cycles,
many of them are intentionally spending this event that happened
on eighty for twenty nine about how the Supreme Court
has taken the third leg down in section two from
the sixty voting Bill. But you know they cannot stop
you from participating. What they're telling you is, well, we're

(55:02):
not gonna take away your vote. What we're gonna do
is make it, not do the best we can to
make it not matter. But if every person whose grandparents
and parents and teachers and individuals and pastors and leaders
would get out to vote as they have instructed instructed
to do, participation would overthrow this precedent. We can do that.

(55:29):
If we can give Bababe Poky Ray Ray everybody to
go vote, Lakeisha Lashan, everybody get who has gotten registered
to go vote, it would overthrow that. Participation can overthrow
evil if we get involved.

Speaker 3 (55:49):
Yeah, yeah, James, you have a question.

Speaker 1 (55:52):
Or yeah, well really I just want to say amen.

Speaker 3 (56:02):
Everywhere. But no, the point is brilliant, Yes, absolutely.

Speaker 1 (56:06):
Because that that changes at all. I mean, that's what
I said when we started the show today, that we
have the power to change our own destiny. And you know,
doctor Clyde supposedly knows that voting and elections are not
the end all be all. He is a man of faith,

(56:28):
a man of God, so he knows that's that's not
going to solve every problem. But we have it within
our hands to change this nation and to govern ourselves.
But to get that into the head of people that
have been beat down for so long, it's really been

(56:48):
a tough battle. I wanted to ask him about the
Supreme Court decision. He alluded to it on Wednesday, taking
away a district in Louisiana that would have probably elected
a black representative. Although it's you know, they they took
it away, but it goes back to the states. I mean,
there's still a fight going on. It really goes back

(57:09):
to the court there, so you know it's gonna been challenged. Yeah,
and so it would have given there are I'm not
sure five or six districts. I gotta check a tina
in Reverend Posley. They're five or six districts in Louisiana,
but they're thirty three. Black people are at least thirty
three percent of the population, so they should have at

(57:31):
least two out of the five or six and they
only want them to have one one. Yeah, so that's
what happened. But under Levia Louisiana law. Right after that happened,
this is what Reverend doctor Posey was saying, they became
in bold and they become in Bolden. With mister Trump's
mess and the Louisiana governor, he suspended people had voted.

(57:57):
They're counting voted votes.

Speaker 3 (57:59):
Votes are in the suspended the primary.

Speaker 1 (58:01):
He suspended, yes, ma'am, he suspended the vote. He suspended it, everybody, and.

Speaker 4 (58:09):
That was supposed to take place, what May seventeenth. They're
not going to have that real.

Speaker 3 (58:15):
I think, well somewhere around May, but there this month.

Speaker 4 (58:17):
I don't know why we're in mas Tina step into
the month of May, but so sometime this month and
they there's no way that you can get that real.
I mean, James, I agree, Doctor Poseley, I agree. I
mean we all are in agreement that, first of all,
that is ugly and corrupt to you should have let
it go. I don't know what the answer was, but suspending,

(58:41):
suspending the primary right after a Supreme Court decision certainly
doesn't seem like the right answer to me.

Speaker 1 (58:47):
Yeah, and this goes back to the to the poll
tax and all that stuff. Counter the number of h yeah, yeah,
well under calling the Associated Press. Under Louisiana law, the
governor can legally suspend or delay elections in certain circumstances,

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such as an an electoral emergency. Now here's the emergency.
The statue is designed to ensure voter safety. Okay, doesn't
check that box. Participation they were participating to the hill
doesn't check that box. And the integrity of the election process.
There's no evidence or fraud. So he just jumps in

(59:28):
there and it's going to be challenged, but he just
jumps in there and does it. I want to ask
Reverend doctor Clyde Poseley, does this not remind you of
sometimes in the past, Sir. I know you're a minister
and you can't you know, there are certain things you
can and cannot say because you're a minister and you
got a church. But that's my question to you.

Speaker 5 (59:50):
Yes, it does absolutely remind me of every of Shelby
County's arguments, of all these arguments over the and that's
exactly what it is. It is an attempt to dim
enfranchise black vote. I can say that it is an

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intentional effort across the board. And let me be more
specific as to what you know, my theory is about this.
The chaos that you that that I just heard us
haranguing together about the Louisiana governor is going to You're
going to see it play out over the course of
the next few months relative to midterm election. And you

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know why, because the goal is, even with the Supreme
Court decision, if I believe that the president can throw
a wrench in the midterms. If he can ultimately throw
a wrench in the midterms, that he can throw a
wrench in the next general election.

Speaker 1 (01:00:56):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:00:57):
Yeah, that's what I was.

Speaker 5 (01:01:00):
That allows for the president to stop the general elections
if there is either unfairness or chaos where that will
present what he did, what he deems on injustice and
literally if he can do that, he can perpetuate himself. Well,
he can with a war into another term, and he.

Speaker 3 (01:01:23):
Can create anything.

Speaker 5 (01:01:24):
This is they're playing checker while we're playing.

Speaker 3 (01:01:26):
Checks Yeah, you're right.

Speaker 5 (01:01:27):
Oh, they're playing checker while they're playing while they're playing uh.

Speaker 3 (01:01:31):
Uh chess, doctor doctors and about smaller things.

Speaker 4 (01:01:36):
James and doctor Posley. We have several folks that went
away in on the convo, and so we will let
them in here as well.

Speaker 3 (01:01:41):
Lisa, go ahead, Do you have a question.

Speaker 15 (01:01:44):
Supposedly this is Lisa Telegraduate of Martin University.

Speaker 1 (01:01:49):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (01:01:52):
Hello, we need the young people.

Speaker 15 (01:01:56):
Hello, we need the young people to start going down
to the state House and see what's going on, and
see that it's not a color thing, and see the
many black people that have done great things in the
state of Indiana as well as in this country. People
would not want to take something away from you that

(01:02:17):
didn't matter. Yeah, so stop spreading that line that your
vote don't matter. Let's get out there, let's use our
voice and our vote, and then actually go do the
research on these people. Don't just vote because somebody told
you to vote. Go find out, Go talk to that person,
Go set a meeting with that person, find out what
they live by? Is that do you live by that

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same thing?

Speaker 1 (01:02:40):
Okay, I want you to represent me fight.

Speaker 3 (01:02:44):
Oh yeah, all right, Lisa, I appreciate that. Thank you.
We encourage you, mister Russell. Go ahead, How are you good?

Speaker 13 (01:02:52):
Afternoon? Interesting conversation doesn't get a chance to call in.
When the candidate for Marion County Sheriff was on yesterday,
Kelvis Williams, and his story sings, I don't know if
you're familiar with, uh, the lawmakers, our officers. He mentioned

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Frank Anderson, who I think was the epitome of a
good law enforcement officer. Yes, and uh, he seems like
he's like almost too good to be true. So I
hope people will well, regardless of your party or your independent,
I hope you will vote for mister Williams. He seems

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like the kind of law enforcement officers that we really
need in this community.

Speaker 3 (01:03:49):
So well, good, all right, well, thank you mister Russell.
I appreciate that.

Speaker 4 (01:03:52):
Do you vote for your your fate, your best candidate,
vote for you the best one indeed, Jeff, go ahead,
How are you.

Speaker 1 (01:04:00):
Happy Friday?

Speaker 16 (01:04:00):
Everybody? And you know what, Tina, and to your guest
Darren James, you know, I want to talk about one
of the most despicable righting as human beings ever existed.

Speaker 5 (01:04:13):
That is justice Clarence Thomas.

Speaker 16 (01:04:17):
This is a man who benefited from the struggles of
others and for him to undermine the thing that got
into where he's at, to me is just you pity me.

Speaker 1 (01:04:30):
You know, Raver talks about evil.

Speaker 13 (01:04:32):
Clarence Thomas an evil individual.

Speaker 1 (01:04:36):
Evil evil. He ain't the only one. And you know what,
they could do whatever they can.

Speaker 16 (01:04:42):
But we get out and we can put it into
this nonsense, to this lunency to go. All we're trying
to do is keep a certain weight man out of
going to jail.

Speaker 5 (01:04:51):
We get back in power.

Speaker 16 (01:04:53):
Donald Trump know he's toast and Clarence Thomas, I.

Speaker 5 (01:04:57):
Don't care who gets madter upset.

Speaker 16 (01:04:59):
You could call and Drake Carrs the toddy anybody Clarence
Thomas is a sellout. I'm sorry, And Tina, James, I
saw him bringing in my trash standers more.

Speaker 13 (01:05:12):
The rest here.

Speaker 3 (01:05:15):
We know we know where where that was going. Jeff,
uh no, no, no, no, nobody's getting upset. We just
we just know.

Speaker 6 (01:05:27):
Yeah, the coon, he's a coon.

Speaker 5 (01:05:28):
Okay, I ain't taking nothing back.

Speaker 3 (01:05:30):
I don't think you will. But anyway, thank you. All right, Jeff,
appreciate your comments. You appreciate him.

Speaker 4 (01:05:36):
Indeed, let's get one more calling then we'll go back
to doctor Posley up here, go ahead, how are you?

Speaker 5 (01:05:42):
Uh?

Speaker 17 (01:05:42):
Good afternoon, Tina, and I guess not supposedly.

Speaker 13 (01:05:46):
And James, And.

Speaker 17 (01:05:49):
Here's the thing. One caller just called in and said
the voice support for Sheriff Williams.

Speaker 3 (01:06:00):
Yeah, that's fine. Who you want?

Speaker 17 (01:06:03):
Uh? Did he did he miss the did he miss
the thing in the newspaper today?

Speaker 4 (01:06:09):
I know what you're talking about and that it was
misleading that.

Speaker 3 (01:06:14):
But but here's the thing.

Speaker 4 (01:06:15):
My point, I'm not to challenge people on who, you know,
if that's who they want to support, then support. Just
participate in the process, you know, just participate. And if
that's his candidate, that's his candidate.

Speaker 3 (01:06:25):
Yes, there was.

Speaker 4 (01:06:27):
Actually I found out about it after I got off
the era. I would have asked him about it, but
be that as it made what's your what's your point?

Speaker 17 (01:06:34):
And then the and then the other point is we're
talking about elections and what's going on in Louisiana and
the Supreme Court. Uh uh Brian Meres is insendorsing Owen
now in his endorsement or uh he talked about integrity,

(01:06:58):
restored integrity to the clerk's office. Now, when you're saying
restore integrity to the clerk's office and you're the prosecutor,
I mean, is there something going on in that clerk's office?

Speaker 3 (01:07:12):
Oh no, you can ask him Monday. He'll be here Monday.

Speaker 17 (01:07:15):
Well that's great.

Speaker 3 (01:07:16):
That well Collin Monday.

Speaker 17 (01:07:18):
Yeah, I thought there was something going on in the
clerk's office and I and that's why I could take
case of the Seventh Circuit. Okay, so you know, uh, yeah,
we need to ask does heat up here saying restore
integrity into the clerk's office. Yeah, we need to get
on that.

Speaker 3 (01:07:37):
Well, okay, thank you, Pierre.

Speaker 4 (01:07:39):
And it is the campaign season, and guess what, folks
sling mud.

Speaker 3 (01:07:43):
They just do.

Speaker 4 (01:07:45):
Uh, and especially this late into the and and I
think James and doctor Posley would agree this late into
the campaign, when you're getting down to the nitty gritty,
you see a whole lot of things going negative, a
whole lot more things going negative, but it's substantiated or unsubstantiated,
true or not true. What Pierre was talking about was
that flyer that was sent out to voters that had

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Democratic candidates in Marion County appearing as if they were
these slated candidates. And as we all know, the Democratic
Party of Marion County no longer has a slating process.

Speaker 3 (01:08:19):
They don't slate candidates.

Speaker 4 (01:08:21):
And so there was a line there apparently used by
candidate Kelpus Williams that appeared to be misleading and presenting
that group of Democratic candidates as if they were the
slated candidates, when in fact there is no more slate.
Is that That's pretty much what I think Pierre was

(01:08:41):
talking about. Is that your understanding, James, doctor Posley, Yes,
it is.

Speaker 13 (01:08:44):
It is.

Speaker 1 (01:08:45):
And you know, ohamalla, doctor mostly comment. I'm just going
to say this real quick, and people probably know how
I feel about it is, you know, because we we
harangued about this and kindly got rid of the slaveaing.
You know, people don't want the party to pick their candidate.
That's what the callers have been saying. Yes, so you know,

(01:09:08):
let everybody look at that. Do your research, like doctor
Posley said and another caller, do your research, and then
pick the best person. If you think that person's been
doing a great job and it's in there, go for them,
but don't just okay, this is the democratic part. I mean,
we had enough of that. You know, we need more
people to participate so we can take control of our
own destiny within the government. Absolutely within the government. Yeah, absolutely,

(01:09:32):
go ahead, doctor Posy.

Speaker 4 (01:09:34):
You know, doctor Posey, I agree, Yeah, okay, well, yeah,
you know what, doctor Posey, if you've got at least
five more minutes, I'd like to have five more minutes
of your time because doctor Tommy Brown is holding Doctor Brown,
that doctor Brown is holding, and we don't we don't
like to keep him holding too. So if we can
squeeze this commercial in and doctor Brown, you stay right there,
we'll be right back with you, uh, James, and doctor Posley,

(01:09:57):
myself and Eric. Okay, so we'll get to you in
just a few minutes, we'll be right back.

Speaker 8 (01:10:10):
Let's get back to the conversation. It's Community Connection with
Tina Cosby, brought to you by Child Advocates, a champion
for justice, opportunity and well being for children on Praise
Am thirteen ten ninety five point one FM.

Speaker 3 (01:10:25):
And we're back with Community Connection.

Speaker 4 (01:10:27):
Our guests for this segment the Reverend doctor Clyde Posley,
to tell everyone about the upcoming opportunity.

Speaker 3 (01:10:34):
Souls to the Polls.

Speaker 4 (01:10:35):
Doctor Posley, I was ready to jump for joy when
I heard it was back this year and it's coming
up Sunday, So you want to share again for those
who may not have heard off the top chair again
and then we'll get to doctor Brown.

Speaker 5 (01:10:48):
Sure Sols to the Polls will be using five locations
and buses provided by Cameron Little's Nsitation Corp. Company to
transport in fifty five c school buses individuals at five locations,
two City County building downtown to early vote. The locations

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are the Anti A Continent, Grace, the Church where I'm
the senior pastor, seven or forty thirty Second Street. We're
going to be departing. That bus will be departing at
twelve forty five. The second location is the Purpose of
Life Ministries which is at thirty eighth in Kester. That
bus will be departing at twelve noon. The third location

(01:11:31):
is the Alived Baptist Church at forty one hundred High
School Road. That bus will be departing at one pm.
The fourth location is the Saint John Baptist Church at
seventeen roughly seventeen hundred on andrew Bryn Avenue, and they

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will be departing at twelve thirty. And then the last
location is the East Side Baptis Church which will be
departing at two pm heading for downtown. And uh, they
they will, they'll be leading at that time. There's a
number that where you can you can call and and

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and the phone number is eight six nine seven three
eight one, and it is the phone number for the
coordinator for the entire event. Each fight has a coordinator
and and is answering to the main coordinator. And I
just want to get this number right. The main coordinator,
the main coordinator's phone number is doctor.

Speaker 4 (01:12:34):
Yeah, doctor posy ahead, Yeah, okay, go ahead, one. Yeah,
that's okay. I was going to say that's the number.

Speaker 3 (01:12:42):
That we had.

Speaker 4 (01:12:43):
Yeah, three one yeah, eight six six.

Speaker 5 (01:12:48):
That is Tara Johnson and she's the she's the social
justice coordinator at the antio Juntin of Grace Church from
the pastor and she is coordinating the coordinators from each site.
And we're making sure that everyone gets their safety because
in the back of their location, we're going to have
snacks and food on the buck. Of course, we know
they cannot take those things off the buck. And those

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who need assistance or in a wheelchair will be taken
to the front of the line and we have special
provisions to pick up individuals who will need to get
there by you know list or something like that in
terms of a wheelchair. But it's going to go great.
And as long as I live by the grace of God,
I'm going to do souls to the post, all right,
real quick, tin, and I'll moved from there. And that

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is this. You know, some have said this is a dinosaur,
but this is not something that matters. But you know
what the Supreme Court did, let us know that every
boat matters. I want to give the two technologies that
I'm going to be done. I love to cook, Tina.
People who know me personally know I really love to cook.
My two daughters were in the kitchen helping me cook
this din't the other day, and one was shopping up
onions and doing other things. Another one was opening can

(01:13:53):
and I was doing something else. Everything each of us
did was required to get that meal served. That's the
way this, this needs to go. Some do souls to
the moles, others do caravans, Some get people registered. But
it takes all of us to strike a fairs, to
make a fist, to make the blow we need to make.

Speaker 4 (01:14:10):
Absolutely, it's all part of the same, same program, everything
the same same propose.

Speaker 5 (01:14:15):
It may be old and anxient to some, but it's
still important.

Speaker 3 (01:14:18):
Good.

Speaker 4 (01:14:19):
Yeah, what do you say? What do they say about
the old Them dogs can still hunt?

Speaker 3 (01:14:23):
You know, it's.

Speaker 4 (01:14:23):
Still Oh, it's not. It certainly is not antique, and
it is certainly needed it and.

Speaker 5 (01:14:30):
We're going to do it and we're going to we're
going to perfect it because this is a preparation for
the mid terms. We're practicing here. We're practicing here because
we're going to have and try to move three thousand people.
Love November and the.

Speaker 4 (01:14:47):
Big hats off and thank you to Cameron Riddle for
the allowing the use of his bus service.

Speaker 13 (01:14:52):
Uh.

Speaker 4 (01:14:53):
And thank you all for supporting black businesses, because Cameron
certainly is one of those businesses and he does.

Speaker 3 (01:14:58):
A good job. It does a very good job with
his bus service. And so I'm glad to see.

Speaker 5 (01:15:01):
Promote the Democrat or Republican.

Speaker 4 (01:15:03):
No, no, no, no no, that's all we're saying. You
know who you yet, Just participate. You know, we're not
telling you who to vote for and to Democrat.

Speaker 3 (01:15:14):
Republic Just participate.

Speaker 1 (01:15:16):
Uh.

Speaker 3 (01:15:16):
And that's what that's what folks are doing.

Speaker 4 (01:15:18):
Let's go to the very illustrious doctor Tommy Brown, our
colleague here on Thrasem thirteen ten at ninety five point one.
If I'm heard every Saturday with Harambe Operation bred Baskins
Presents Arambe nine.

Speaker 3 (01:15:31):
Am, nine am.

Speaker 4 (01:15:32):
Right here, doctor Tommy Brown, Doctor Brown, how are you
haven't talked to you for a while.

Speaker 18 (01:15:36):
Oh it's been I've been listening to you all. You
all been busy and and and doctor Posley, you're doing
a great thing. You're still there.

Speaker 3 (01:15:49):
Yes, doctor is still here.

Speaker 5 (01:15:51):
Yeah.

Speaker 18 (01:15:51):
All I want to say to him, Uh, Tina, get
me that information so I can talk about it tomorrow
on with our program Winning Experiences. But only thing I
want to say to doctor posing the two things, and
he'll probably say it. He goes one thing, slow down,
you're talking.

Speaker 8 (01:16:08):
Too fast, Okay, Yes, sir, I mean you got a
lot of information.

Speaker 18 (01:16:15):
The other thing is what's going to be the ministry
for the next four months that should be coming from
what should be the message coming from the pool fits
about where we are and where we need to be
when it comes to voting. Because you sound like my buddy.
And see, I got to go back to people that

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I ran with John Lewis stokely calling Mike and all
of us, and this is some good trouble. How do
we turn the good trouble into the gospel trouble that
we can get folk out.

Speaker 5 (01:16:47):
Of by telling them this thing, that participation is power.

Speaker 18 (01:16:53):
Okay, And then okay, participation is power. Give give some
theology from what Jesus would say to us as an
oppressed people.

Speaker 5 (01:17:07):
Well, you know the powers that be hold many of
the levers that we need to to address people. Jesus
said concerning the church and anointing. If the church, Jesus
said he was anointed and looked at the four verse eighteen,
I'm anointed to open blinded eyes said that liberty them

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that are bruised, said the Catholics free. That's what anointing
a real uh christ like behavior is. Now there is
a Christian nationalist concept of Christianity that that was introduced
to black people in slavery, and it was weaponized against them.
And so many people today who are individuals who are

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afraid to participate are real still willing to not fight
for their rights because and think that it is Christian
to stay neutral when the truth of the matter is
there are many of them are still suffering from the
dominations that Christianity was introduced to black people through the
liberations is the message of Jesus. The liberations is the

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message is the thrust down tried to disenfranchised, underserved, left out, uncounted.
Where the people Jesus came to serve. He speaks to
people like the paraphnician women that wouldn't other people wouldn't
seak to. He went to the leper's camp. Others wouldn't
go to the Lepero's camp. He embraced Peter. People couldn't
stand Peter. Even John, the other disciples didn't like Peter.

(01:18:37):
But Jesus embraced what other people did not. That is
the message that voter participation sins. When you participate, you
have the power to alleviate some of that power, some
of that oppression with your vote.

Speaker 18 (01:18:52):
Okay, that is you're dead on target. And all I'm
doing is saying, how do we get this coming from
our pool piece for the next three months.

Speaker 5 (01:19:04):
Well, that's a good question. But but but Baptist minister's alliances,
for example, doctor Wayne Moore, who has put who is
let having lectures brought in about it, we are here
is in that centerpiece of his souls to the polls
he's raised, We've raised money for the for the drivers
of the buses. Uh. So we've got to have scenarios

(01:19:26):
where we have ministers that we can talk to about
the importance of bringing this and perpetuating the legacy of
bringing this. Who pull fits to inform your people. Every
major thrust for black people and people of color has
come through the church and the black preacher. Whether we

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like it or not, it is a fact snick black preachers.
The nineteen fifty five Montgomery buff Movement, which let respond
into the civil rights movement, led by a young twenty
six year old black prion sure named Malcolm Michael Kings.
We later called him bar marckter King, Robert Barmer, a preacher,

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Doctor Tommy Brown a preacher, Andrew Brown a preacher, Malcolm
X a preacher. All right, was made by preachers and
the church.

Speaker 18 (01:20:20):
Alrighty, alrighty, Now I like teen in that if he
came up. We want souls for the polls. The poles
need souls, and the souls will make the polls.

Speaker 4 (01:20:33):
Okay, indeed, okay, okay, Dr Brown, there it is, yeah, no.

Speaker 18 (01:20:40):
And then James can fix it up because I'm scared
James gonna have a stroke. He gets so mad.

Speaker 3 (01:20:47):
James, all right, I love his passion. We all love
the past.

Speaker 1 (01:20:52):
We love the past.

Speaker 3 (01:20:53):
We love it.

Speaker 18 (01:20:54):
When I hear him, I get a chill coach. They
calm down a little bit, James come active, calm and
calmly active. James.

Speaker 1 (01:21:04):
Yeah, but you know what doctor Brown, I mean, Doctor Posley,
he I mean I I sometimes, you know, get a
little animated, but I still am, you know, control of myself.
But it just really strikes the chords with me. Along
the lines of what doctor Posseley said when he was
saying George Slavery, there was a movement to dissuade people

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from even the thought even the thought of voting. And
you don't kind of so that what were you gonna say,
doctor Brown?

Speaker 18 (01:21:34):
It's a soul of the polls. And yeah, and the
religious movement of the African tradition here in slavery was
to get freedom and opposedly use a good word, I
got to be liberated in order to realize freedom.

Speaker 1 (01:21:50):
Yeah, so that reminds me. I know a lot of
people don't like uh dtr Brown. What Abraham Lincoln? You know,
they say, yeah, Lincoln, he was just doing it. His
his views did change that first he was not. It
was the Union, It wasn't about slavery. But one thing
I will say about that that that president when he
was about to get assassinated, it was either the day

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of or the day before, he gave a speech. Doctor
Brown checked this out. And because I heard a professor
on a documentary on PBS SAT. He gave a speech
on a balcony and John Wilkes Booth the assassin whom
they believe with an assassin was in the crowd. And
Abraham Lincoln, after the war had been won, that the

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truth had been signed at Alphamatics Virginia. He said, I'm
going to give My intention is to give black people
equal rights and the vote. And John wilke Bruth was
noted as saying he will never say another speech he
got in. The thing they fear is the voult and yeah,
so yeah, I'm on.

Speaker 18 (01:22:54):
I'm agree that I have listened, and I'm very proud
of Doc. Supposedly he's he's been through the storm. And
guess what he probably said, I'm still in the storm,
but I ain't letting the storm.

Speaker 3 (01:23:07):
Be in mem There you go.

Speaker 4 (01:23:12):
Thank you, Like you said, doctor Posey, You're gonna be
with it from now until soul's to the post.

Speaker 3 (01:23:17):
So it's glad to know.

Speaker 4 (01:23:18):
I'm we're all glad to know, grateful to know that
it's going to be around.

Speaker 3 (01:23:22):
And it's coming up this Sunday.

Speaker 4 (01:23:24):
Uh and everybody all the time seemed like they're after
service after church. And Cameron, I noticed that that schedule
he's he's got like a school kid pickup schedule going.
He's got a going he can he's utilizing his buses
to the fullest.

Speaker 3 (01:23:37):
So that's that's great too. The times are staggered, so
uh yeah.

Speaker 18 (01:23:42):
Cameron's got a ministry. All these are ministries. Yeah, these
a ministry. Remind me when I was over in Africa,
when I was going to different things, they would say,
this is the ministry of this, This is the ministry.
This is the ministry of overcoming the apart time, this
is the all of them said, they are ministries. Minies

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don't necessarily care a denomination and carries a soul spiritually
and listen to posed and that said, well, we still
got we still got something going on.

Speaker 5 (01:24:16):
Indeed, yeah, in a way, you know this is this
is in a way, this is spiritual warfare. And here's
what I mean by that. What the person is is Christian,
he do Hindu, whatever the case. The human soul does
not want to be oppressed. When you take away my voice,

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you take away what my soul produces. My voice is
subject to the condition of my soul. And so when
you take away my voice in any matter, nobody wants
to be oppressed, not in domestic violence, not in not
in in a sports event, not in in in a
grocery or nobody wants to be to be forced into

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doing anything without having a say in what is being
done and how it affects me. When when the Supreme
Court did what it did just the other day, as
well as what it did back with the Shelby Kage
years ago in out of County, Wait, Shelby County, what
they did was start the process of taking the legs

(01:25:25):
off of the voters right the August nineteen sixty five
Voter Rights Bill, one piece at a time. And what
they were doing was ultimately saying, look, we know we're
humans like you, but we think you are less human,
so you do not deserve to be heard. I don't

(01:25:47):
understand how a people can understand that, maybe and be
still with more willing to fight your own color than
to fight for the cause of your own liberation. Something
is wrong when you won't you fight people who are
found like you, but you won't fight the ones who
are binding you.

Speaker 4 (01:26:07):
Yeah, to be continued, and we gotta we gotta keep
getting that message out as well. So doctor Brown, doctor Posley,
thank you both, so so very much, doctor Brown. I
did send that information to you, so you and you
and both Thomas Thomas Griffin should have it.

Speaker 18 (01:26:21):
Oh yeah, we'll add posed me one other thing to
your theology and just think on it. None of this
can be done without breath to play with that. Okay, breath, breath. Okay,
sometimes breath can be used in another kind of way,
but we can't not we cannot. Nobody can be here

(01:26:44):
without breath that thing.

Speaker 4 (01:26:47):
Yeah, okay, I'm gonna go home. I'm gonna I'm gonna
end this convo on that one. I gotta I got
a noodle on that one a little bit, all right,
all right, thank you doctor Brown, thank you doctor Posley.

Speaker 3 (01:26:57):
And for those who did not hear su everything in
the conversation.

Speaker 4 (01:27:03):
The flyer that we were sent regarding Souls to the
polls by Reverend Green and others is on our website
praiseindi dot com. So if you want to find out
more information, you can go to our website Praise indy
dot com.

Speaker 1 (01:27:16):
Thank you, Carl Tara Johnson at three one seven right
a yeah, nine seven yeah, seven three six one.

Speaker 3 (01:27:25):
And that's on the flyer. That's on the flyer, So
thank you all.

Speaker 5 (01:27:29):
Eric.

Speaker 4 (01:27:29):
By way of a couple of public service announcements, we
also want to make sure the community is aware of
a couple of opportunities.

Speaker 6 (01:27:36):
Go ahead, Yeah, we do.

Speaker 2 (01:27:37):
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Speaker 1 (01:27:50):
Resources and more.

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Speaker 4 (01:28:20):
And one more thing, this from our friends at Common
Cause Indiana Executive director Joli Vonn, who comes on once
a week. She's our voter education contributor. Coming up Sunday
as well. If you've already voted, or you're going to
vote later or whatever, or you can do it all
at the same time. I don't know, but there's an
event coming up called My Church Votes, My Community Votes, Navigating.

Speaker 3 (01:28:44):
Politics for Local Power.

Speaker 4 (01:28:45):
It's going to be taking place at the Shiloh Missionary
Baptist Church Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, Yeah, Sunday, May third,
at one o'clock. Lunch will be provided again. This is
at Shiloh thirty oh one, thirty one Forest Manor thirty
eight oh one Forest Manor the purpose of the event
is political education in order to build local community power

(01:29:07):
and civic literacy to see change in our community. So uh,
there is that you can RISVP common Cause Indiana dot org.
Common Cause Indiana dot org is the website. And again
it's called My Church Votes, My Community Votes, and lunch
again will be service. You can have lunch after church,

(01:29:30):
especially if you're at Shiloh, but anybody, the entire community,
everyone is welcome, and it's free.

Speaker 3 (01:29:36):
It's free. It's free. Everything is free. It's all free.
So James, go ahead, closing thoughts or what do you have?

Speaker 1 (01:29:44):
Yeah, real quick, because we're running out of time. But
I think you had shared this with with some of
us earlier this week. And also I got a query
or got a a note sharing the same thing by
from Mark russell Over at the Urban League just just

(01:30:07):
today regarding uh. Indianapolis Mayor Joseph hoggsat weighing a fourth
run for fourth term in office, according to the The
and I've read the article before. I got it from
Mark Russell. But this is the first line any mayor

(01:30:28):
of the article. Joe hawks At weighs a fourth term
amid scandals and project delays. So that's something that can
be talked about going forward, Tina about the mayor's fourth possibly,
he hadn't made a decision yet speaking of fourth term
in office coming up. When I believe he had said

(01:30:50):
that the third time was would be the final time
when he announced last time. That's that's some interesting things
to consider, you know, just just just to throw that
out there.

Speaker 4 (01:31:00):
And I've heard some folks kind of noodle on that
one too, and they're wondering what the strategy is. Is
it actual running or is he maneuvering for one thing
or another because he continues to raise money and he has,
as they all say, quite the war chest. So is
that for his own campaign or to exert influence in others.

Speaker 3 (01:31:20):
I don't know.

Speaker 1 (01:31:22):
That's a good point. Who knows. You know, we already
got at least three candidates in the race, including his
former council president Bob Osley and the very popular former
senators in the state, Senator Andrea Hunley. So and I
forgot the third.

Speaker 3 (01:31:42):
Guy McBride is it or David? Is it David McBride
or David Bride? Let me see what is u? You
gave me his name before, Yeah, David.

Speaker 4 (01:31:57):
But anyway, there's a third that I mean American politician
now David McBride.

Speaker 1 (01:32:02):
Uh, David Bride, he's a public works official. Yeah, that's interesting, Tina.
What's the uh you know, what's the strategy there? What
is he gonna run? Is he just making noise? I
mean that's something that people should think about. But the

(01:32:24):
overall thing I don't want to lose the energy from uh,
you know, the guests today, we thank him for coming on.
You know, uh, what's your uh?

Speaker 3 (01:32:36):
Melody barbar hints?

Speaker 1 (01:32:38):
Was our melody, Barbara hints?

Speaker 12 (01:32:39):
Uh?

Speaker 1 (01:32:40):
And also doctor Posley, Uh, doctor Brown was there. And
the energy now is both because take control of your destiny,
my God, take control of your destiny. I don't know why,
why is it that we can't work together and and
help ourselves instead of waiting for somebody else to do it.

Speaker 4 (01:33:00):
Good question and one we need to keep asking is
the more we talk about it, hopefully and you know
it's not necessarily our listeners, but our listeners you'll tell somebody,
because most of our listeners are pretty smart, pretty aware,
and very much involved in the information gathering areas. They
know what's going on, you know. In short, they know
what's going on. So tell some other folks, you know,

(01:33:20):
take some people with you to the polls and do whatever.
Eric James, have a great weekend. Eric, you're playing the music,
so I'm assuming.

Speaker 6 (01:33:29):
Yeah, only I'm forced to.

Speaker 3 (01:33:32):
I'm forced to, Okay, all right, the same. Back to
you all, Thank you very much.

Speaker 4 (01:33:37):
That's all the time. Website Praiseindi dot com. Willie more
Junior on the radio is up next. Everyone, continue to
be aware, be safe, and by all means stay informed.
We'll be back on Monday. Have a great weekend, everybody.
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