September 16, 2024 • 22 mins
Join Aaron Dante, host of the NoPixAfterDark podcast, as he brings you live coverage from the Bellamy Genn reception at MACO. In this special episode, Aaron sits down with key figures in Maryland's government, including Lieutenant Governor Aruba Miller and Howard County Executive Calvin Ball, to discuss the significance of MACO, the importance of partnerships, and the future of transportation and economic development in Maryland.
Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller shares her excitement about the Red Line project, emphasizing its potential to boost economic activity and promote equity in transportation. She also reflects on the collaborative efforts that helped manage the Key Bridge crisis and highlights the crucial role of lobbyists in shaping policy.
Howard County Executive Calvin Ball talks about his experiences at MACO, the importance of collaboration between jurisdictions, and the innovative youth engagement programs in Howard County. He also shares his thoughts on the upcoming DNC and the potential impact of Maryland's participation in national politics.
Throughout the episode, enjoy lively discussions, personal anecdotes, and insights into the workings of Maryland's government and community initiatives. Tune in for a night of engaging conversations and a glimpse into the dynamic world of Maryland's leaders.
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Music.
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Folks, we are here live at the Bellamy Gen reception at MAKO.
How's everybody doing tonight? Hey, folks, how's everybody doing?
All right, all right. I'm so excited to be here. My name is Aaron Dante.
I'm the host of the No Pics of Dark podcast.
Podcast has been ranked number one in the Maryland region for the last five years.
So I want to thank Bellamy again for having me down here. Our first guest this evening.
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I'm so happy to have you. Lieutenant Governor Saruna Miller,
how are you? I am doing great.
You're doing great? I'm doing great, Aaron. Good, good, good.
I wanted to talk to you, but how happy are you here to be at MAKO today?
I could not be happier. I mean, what place can we go to where so many individuals
from along our entire state come together in one location to meet,
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to learn from one another, and to grow from one another?
I love that. Every time I come down here, I feel like it's the one big family
reunion of Maryland and everybody's coming to see each other, hanging out.
And it's like, you know, what's happened? A recap of the whole year.
And it's just like, Hey, how you been catching up? How does that feel for you?
Like, is it like a reunion for you?
Everything that happens in the state of Maryland is through partnership, right?
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Partnership at the federal level, state level, local level, municipal level,
you name it. And more importantly, from the community level.
And that's what the Amaco does, brings everybody together in this partnership.
So how has the first couple of years been? I mean, it's been a whirlwind.
How do you feel? How do you feel being in your position?
I still wake up every single day and I pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming.
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I mean, to be able to have this extraordinary opportunity to represent the people
of Maryland and to have an opportunity to impact people's lives through policy,
through the initiatives that we implement, it's extraordinary.
I will commend your administration. You guys did an amazing job coming together
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when the Key Bridge went down.
And that was amazing. I mean, I couldn't believe it. I seen ships coming in for Fleet Week.
I was like, it would never happen. So kudos to the administration for getting
that and everybody, the counties, the cities working together.
Because you guys all made it happen.
So thank you so much for that. You're so welcome.
And Erin, again, if there is another, couldn't be a better example,
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partnership, it was the FSK Bridge and the collapse of it.
So many individuals coming together, our federal government being there every
step of the way, command center where we had Army Corps of Engineers and the
Coast Guard and the Navy and MTA, everybody coming together.
And we made it happen. We opened up the federal channel in record time with no injuries.
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And we brought peace to the families who lost their loved ones as a result of
this tragedy. And I really believe, I'd like that you guys made sure you found every last loved one.
They had that closure, so thank you so much for that. So we're gonna jump around a little bit.
Red Line is back. All right. I see some people in Baltimore,
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Baltimore City, Red Line.
So transportation, you're a transportation guru, I know that.
How excited are you for the red line to be coming back? I am so excited,
just like the entire state of Maryland, right?
The reason why the red line is so critical and so important is it's going to
be an economic generator, right?
Number one, you put in, you know, a rail like this in and you're going to have
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economic activity that takes place all in the surrounding areas.
And it's also about equity, right? Right. It allows every individual to have
access to transportation,
which means they have access to jobs, which means they have access to schools,
to places of worship, to, you know, to shopping centers, you name it.
So it's about bringing equity.
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It's about providing freedom for others.
And that is so important because I know people can tell you going from East
to West Baltimore takes forever to get there.
Yes, it does. And that's one of the things that is so important because I have
family members who live in the west side of Baltimore, and it takes them two
hours to get to the Amazon on the bus. It's soul crushing.
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Like, how do you, you know, you take two hours and it's like all day.
You know, it's like 15 hours.
So, like, you're just, by the time you get home, you got to go back to work
again. So, really, I think Baltimore needs it. It absolutely does.
And it should have been in already by now.
Had the right decisions been made in the past. You know, I can't talk about
that, but I hope we can correct the wrongs of that and just make sure that happens.
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So historically, like, lobbyists have this negative perception as being something
that's negative in politics.
But we know that they're integral shaping and helping laws get passed.
Can you talk about some of the values or practices effective lobbyists have
had and seen in Maryland?
Sure. Look, lobbyists have definitely a role, right? in the sense that there
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is a key area that they're focused on.
And they're going to look at it with a microscopic vision of why we need to make that happen.
Look, that brings a lot of daylight to people who may not understand that particular issue.
So they're advocating for an issue for their client. And that's important.
And they do the research. They bring it forward. Many times for legislators,
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lobbyists will present legislation to them because, again, they understand it
and they'll bring it to us.
And then it's up to the legislature in the community to decide whether to move on this bill or not.
And it's always like the negative things, all lobbies, but I've always seen
it in a positive light because, you know, they're fighting for people fighting
for the common person who may not have that voice.
Yep. And that's one thing I've learned doing this podcast. I did.
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I had negative, like, I don't know about them and learning and knowing others.
I've not whole, I think it's changed. I look at things.
So what the DNC is coming up next week.
How do you feel? Are you going to be going? First of all, are you going?
You better believe I'm going. I mean, it's going to be so much energy around
the Harris-Walls campaign.
I mean, what would the win mean for everybody in Maryland? How would that affect Maryland?
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We need a partnership at the federal level, similar to what the Biden-Harris
administration provided to us, right?
They've been there every step of the way when we reached out to them.
And similarly, we know that the Harris-Walls ticket is going to play that same
role. And we want to be a partner to them.
And from a historic standpoint, Aaron, think about it.
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Here it is, a female person of color of different cultures and races coming together.
First time in America's history that this could possibly happen.
To be honest with you, I never thought I'd see it in my lifetime. time.
And here we are, we're about to see it, right? So it's very, very exciting.
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Not just that election, but also the U.S. Senate race in Maryland, right?
We have this incredible opportunity where Maryland is going to play the biggest
role in determining which party is going to be the controlling party of the U.S. Senate, right?
We're going to be that 51 vote, the 51st vote.
And Angela Altserbrooks is going to be a tremendous U.S. Senator from the state
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of Maryland. It's exciting.
I see. I hear some clapping back. There's a clapping back. Yes. Right.
What are you looking forward to most at a DNC? I mean, what are you looking
forward? Is it like, is that giving a sneak peek? Like, I mean,
have you ever been to DNC?
I certainly have. And where are people, where are people going to miss out?
What's going to be, I feel like some of the energy is going to be amazing.
Like I want to fly to Chicago.
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I want to be there. I want to just hang out and see, but what do you,
how do you feel about, tell us like the energy you're feeling about going to it.
I'll tell you, I've been to, This is my third DNC event that I'm going to.
And I cannot tell you, it is like a rock show the whole time that you're there.
They have incredible speakers there.
There's incredible energy. You pump up the base.
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And what I'm hoping to see this year, not only this historic ticket,
I'm hoping to see the governor of Maryland showcase at the DNC because he is an incredible leader.
Right? Well, I appreciate your time hanging out with us this evening. What a beautiful night.
And I hope that you enjoy MAKO while you're here. And it's really a pleasure
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to see you again. And thank you for everything you do for the state of Maryland.
You bet. You know, Aaron, and I want to thank you for your leadership and allowing
our voices to come through your platform.
So thank you. Thank you so much. Absolutely.
Give it up, folks. Give it up, folks. Lieutenant Governor, give it up. Give it up.
And, folks, we are back at the Belden Gen. Jen, what a great night.
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This is Reception Mako 2024.
You guys look beautiful out there. Y'all look real good. I see you over there
clapping. I see you. I appreciate you.
I see my man in purple. We look good in purple at night, don't we?
That's what I'm talking about, Ravens.
We have a great special guest coming here. I'm so excited. He was like,
I'm hopping in. I'm like, okay, let's make it happen.
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We have the county executive here from Howard County, Mr. Calvin Ball. How are you?
I'm doing great. How are you? Hey, I've been trying to get in the podcast for
a long time. You're the hardest guy. I'm the hardest working county executive I know.
Patience is a virtue. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Yes. So how are you enjoying MAKO?
And tell us a little bit about, I used to be a MAKO president, didn't you?
That's right. I was president of MAKO last year. I've been coming to MAKO since 2006.
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Great place to be. And would you tell the people who are out there watching,
never been to MAKO, what do people get out of this week being down here?
I think MAKO not only offers opportunity to learn about the issues that are
facing us today but into tomorrow, but also an opportunity to collaborate,
to discuss the biggest intangibles and the tangibles of the challenges and the
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opportunities that face each and every jurisdiction in a way that we can brainstorm
and come up with the best chapters for tomorrow.
I like, and like with Howard County, what things do you guys have going on?
Tell us some things that we may not know about that.
Your guys are proud about some things that you've been doing great.
Well, Howard County is known for excellent quality of life.
And I think a lot of the investments that we've been making have been quite impactful.
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In fact, as we're seeing so many challenges with our young people around,
not only the great state of Maryland, but our nation, we invested a million
dollars in our youth engagement programming or YEP grants. Wow.
Partnered with about 30 different nonprofits. And we have positively impacted
about 8,000 of our young people right in Howard County.
I love you. Some of the young people, I really believe that just really reinvested
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in making sure, hey, let's let's give them opportunities. That's right.
Opportunities. All the people, let's all people ask for opportunity.
That's right. And as far as collaboration, what does collaboration mean to you?
When we have a big region like Maryland region and it's like Baltimore, Howard and Randall.
Collaboration? How does that look from your standpoint? Well,
I'm a lifelong Marylander, and so I've recognized that any jurisdiction doing
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well helps all the great state of Maryland doing well.
And so when we see some of the challenges like combating the opioid epidemic
or addressing the crime challenges or just creating more economic development opportunities,
partnering with some of our partners in the region, like in Baltimore City,
Baltimore County, Anne Arundel, Frederick, Hartford the more we work together
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the farther we can go you know it's interesting I was just on a committee,
and we were talking about Baltimore Howard County Anne Arundel County Baltimore County,
and other counties what would you say about the region like what would the one
thing that the region could talk about is there any festival that the whole
region can celebrate and I said we don't have one yet like we don't have like
Artscape maybe something but it's in Baltimore you know you guys had Wine in
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the Woods which is really big out there,
Merriweather but it's like we don't have that South by Southwest Austin thing
where it's a regional thing where everybody comes to. And I was like,
we need to figure that out.
That's something that was brought to us. One of the beauties of MAKA.
Collaboration. That's right. I love it. I love it. What do you hope to get out of this week?
What do you hope to walk away from this week with you being down here for the
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county and helping out your constituents going back?
I think as we are embracing and meeting the moment, finding the magic in the
moment, looking at the next steps, looking at things like cybersecurity,
AI, how do we become that economic engine that Governor Moore and the Moore-Millard
administration talk about?
How do we work together to not only move the vision forward,
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but make it so that each and every person can live their best lives so that
we have the best quality of life, not merely overall, but for all?
All right. So I'm not going to let you off the hook too easy because that was
too easy right now. All right.
Are you a vegan, a vegetarian? I got to ask the question before I ask the question.
I don't know. Where is this going? I got to ask the question.
Are you a crabs or crab cake guy? Well, I have a big secret.
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Uh-oh. You don't eat seafood. So everybody, close your ears.
Uh-oh. This lifelong Marylander is allergic to crabs.
Oh, man. I know. Hush your mouth. It's the truth. Hey, hey, hey.
Okay. But I like everybody to have a good time. So whether you like crab cakes
or crabs, enjoy in this great state of Maryland. All right.
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I'm glad you said that. All right. If I jumped in your car right now,
we popped the radio on. What was the first thing I want to hear?
Probably a little bit of R&B, maybe some hip hop, some jazz.
I mean, you're going to have a good time if you jump in there.
And, you know, you're going to hear all the best of the best.
So who was the best concert for Super Bowl ever that you liked?
Super Bowl concert. Putting you on the spot now.
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There's a lot of good ones. There's Beyonce, there's Prince,
there's Michael Jackson. There's a lot of good ones. Bruno Mars, Katy Perry.
There's a lot of good ones. Man, that's like asking me, you want this million
dollars or this million dollars or this million dollars?
But, you know, I've always been a Prince fan.
I think Prince was the Mozart of our time, a musical genius,
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and he knew how to put on a show and play a little basketball too.
I heard he could hoop. I heard he could hoop. Very good, Prince.
And if you could go anywhere right now
and just go on vacation where would it be anywhere in
the world other than mako other than other than maryland other than maryland
other than maryland i mean i kind of feel in paris just because the olympics
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were just there and i mean snoop dog make it look so fun so i gotta at least
give that a look hey thank you so much cali exactly for your time i appreciate
you thank you brother give up.
Here we go.
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Picture is from five years ago. Thank you,
I like that. This is the first one, okay?
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So this is my, you know, collective attention to me. much.
A lot of people in the future are aware of this. Because that's what I'm trying
to do. I'm not going to tell you what to call it. I'm going to tell you what
to call it. I'm going to tell you what to call it. So, what do you mean?
Well, I can start right there. I can start right there. I can start right there.
I can start right there. I can start right there. I can start right there.
I can start right there. I can start right there.
I can start right there. I can start right there. I can start right there.
I can start right there. I can start right there. I can start right there. I can start right there.
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I can start right there.
I can start right there. of the society of the next society to be accepted in the system.
But any of the other individuals that are among the social charges of law.
So we want to end the system.
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They also need to stop when you're dealing with those things without that kind
of system. That's not the system you want. It's supposed to be in the law.
You know, in the system of law. They're devastating for young people to be able to move.
And the second thing is you don't want to be in the middle. Right.
I guess in the term of the broader issue, the lower mainstream.
For us, our concern is about this thing, because we have to take care of it,
but if we tell whoever it's for, to mouse the state of the island.
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We don't have to ask them to do this. We don't have to go deal with them.
It's a lot of them out there. I just like it to be only, not typically, without liberation.
I love that. I love that. It moves up to where you're talking about the other
part of it, but we don't want it. We haven't been able to do it enough for 18
months. It doesn't matter.
In general, it's good that, you know, Trump is going to be a part of that.
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There are other things he's appeared to help us,
is
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There's a whole lot more that needs to be done right here,
about that at all what do you hope as far as people one of the things that's the basis of our,
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And so, obviously, while people can be supportive, they can be part of the community
where communities are big.
If you don't have a relationship to me, it's the same. You know this. Thank you.
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Thank you.
Well, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you.
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Thank you. that Jeff is our friend. We can even follow it together. I thought it was a plan.
All that impact my family's alive and well. So how do we learn to know those things?
But she works in the world in the world I want to go back now and looking forward to the movie.
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Jeff.
I'm doing it right here and there. I'm doing it right here and there.
I'm doing it right here and there. I'm doing it right here and there.
I'm doing it right here and there. I'm doing it right here and there.
I'm doing it right here and there. I'm doing it right here and there.
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I'm doing it right here and there. I'm doing it right here and there.
Products aren't anything nobody's make,
You don't want this money from our hardware box and product to be sold to every
single bit of all of us. We'll buy our people.
But that is it is inherently we'll sell to them. He has five to seven dollars.
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I can't feel like that. We're going to say product is a small order in the room.
Throughout the month. It's a zero gauge.
Let's get them down to zero. Please. Run.
Let's not talk about names out there. It's not a good time. Call me.
It's a fine D-I-E-R. We're going to be by L-N-O-M-A-N.
And so, it's a little bit of a mess. Appreciate it. Appreciate it.
Forget how it all began. Again, let's talk about gender and mental health. I know how to use that.
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I'm just talking about our day. It's a public thing. We're in.
I'm just talking about our day. You might not.
Inclusion of confidence. Now, the first thing to check on is people. How important is it?
People. They're really important. I agree. They're accepted. I love that.
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So we're a community.
Right now, we don't have a curator. We need five of them. We're going to have
to come in from the back. The library is going to be... Sorry. Please cry. And for...
My name is Eric. I'm here. I'm working on...
Five times. I'm working on... We have a lot of things.
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We're going to be working on that session.
We need to be a real big primary project. To be... Not necessarily...
We've been told that we are not cognizant of the marijuana conviction.
We've been told that we are not cognizant of the marijuana conviction.
We've been told about this session. We've been told that we are not cognizant
of the marijuana conviction.
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We've been told that we are not cognizant of the marijuana conviction.
We've been told that we are not cognizant of the marijuana conviction. We're stopped.
Music.
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Folks, we are here live at the Bellamy Gen reception at MAKO.
How's everybody doing tonight? Hey, folks, how's everybody doing?
All right, all right. I'm so excited to be here. My name is Aaron Dante.
I'm the host of the No Pics of Dark podcast.
Podcast has been ranked number one in the Maryland region for the last five years.
So I want to thank Bellamy again for having me down here. Our first guest this evening.
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I'm so happy to have you. Lieutenant Governor Saruna Miller,
how are you? I am doing great.
You're doing great? I'm doing great, Aaron. Good, good, good.
I wanted to talk to you, but how happy are you here to be at MAKO today?
I could not be happier. I mean, what place can we go to where so many individuals
from along our entire state come together in one location to meet,
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to learn from one another, and to grow from one another?
I love that. Every time I come down here, I feel like it's the one big family
reunion of Maryland and everybody's coming to see each other, hanging out.
And it's like, you know, what's happened? A recap of the whole year.
And it's just like, Hey, how you been catching up? How does that feel for you?
Like, is it like a reunion for you?
Everything that happens in the state of Maryland is through partnership, right?
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Partnership at the federal level, state level, local level, municipal level,
you name it. And more importantly, from the community level.
And that's what the Amaco does, brings everybody together in this partnership.
So how has the first couple of years been? I mean, it's been a whirlwind.
How do you feel? How do you feel being in your position?
I still wake up every single day and I pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming.
(02:12):
I mean, to be able to have this extraordinary opportunity to represent the people
of Maryland and to have an opportunity to impact people's lives through policy,
through the initiatives that we implement, it's extraordinary.
I will commend your administration. You guys did an amazing job coming together
(02:32):
when the Key Bridge went down.
And that was amazing. I mean, I couldn't believe it. I seen ships coming in for Fleet Week.
I was like, it would never happen. So kudos to the administration for getting
that and everybody, the counties, the cities working together.
Because you guys all made it happen.
So thank you so much for that. You're so welcome.
And Erin, again, if there is another, couldn't be a better example,
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partnership, it was the FSK Bridge and the collapse of it.
So many individuals coming together, our federal government being there every
step of the way, command center where we had Army Corps of Engineers and the
Coast Guard and the Navy and MTA, everybody coming together.
And we made it happen. We opened up the federal channel in record time with no injuries.
(03:16):
And we brought peace to the families who lost their loved ones as a result of
this tragedy. And I really believe, I'd like that you guys made sure you found every last loved one.
They had that closure, so thank you so much for that. So we're gonna jump around a little bit.
Red Line is back. All right. I see some people in Baltimore,
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Baltimore City, Red Line.
So transportation, you're a transportation guru, I know that.
How excited are you for the red line to be coming back? I am so excited,
just like the entire state of Maryland, right?
The reason why the red line is so critical and so important is it's going to
be an economic generator, right?
Number one, you put in, you know, a rail like this in and you're going to have
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economic activity that takes place all in the surrounding areas.
And it's also about equity, right? Right. It allows every individual to have
access to transportation,
which means they have access to jobs, which means they have access to schools,
to places of worship, to, you know, to shopping centers, you name it.
So it's about bringing equity.
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It's about providing freedom for others.
And that is so important because I know people can tell you going from East
to West Baltimore takes forever to get there.
Yes, it does. And that's one of the things that is so important because I have
family members who live in the west side of Baltimore, and it takes them two
hours to get to the Amazon on the bus. It's soul crushing.
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Like, how do you, you know, you take two hours and it's like all day.
You know, it's like 15 hours.
So, like, you're just, by the time you get home, you got to go back to work
again. So, really, I think Baltimore needs it. It absolutely does.
And it should have been in already by now.
Had the right decisions been made in the past. You know, I can't talk about
that, but I hope we can correct the wrongs of that and just make sure that happens.
(05:03):
So historically, like, lobbyists have this negative perception as being something
that's negative in politics.
But we know that they're integral shaping and helping laws get passed.
Can you talk about some of the values or practices effective lobbyists have
had and seen in Maryland?
Sure. Look, lobbyists have definitely a role, right? in the sense that there
(05:24):
is a key area that they're focused on.
And they're going to look at it with a microscopic vision of why we need to make that happen.
Look, that brings a lot of daylight to people who may not understand that particular issue.
So they're advocating for an issue for their client. And that's important.
And they do the research. They bring it forward. Many times for legislators,
(05:49):
lobbyists will present legislation to them because, again, they understand it
and they'll bring it to us.
And then it's up to the legislature in the community to decide whether to move on this bill or not.
And it's always like the negative things, all lobbies, but I've always seen
it in a positive light because, you know, they're fighting for people fighting
for the common person who may not have that voice.
Yep. And that's one thing I've learned doing this podcast. I did.
(06:11):
I had negative, like, I don't know about them and learning and knowing others.
I've not whole, I think it's changed. I look at things.
So what the DNC is coming up next week.
How do you feel? Are you going to be going? First of all, are you going?
You better believe I'm going. I mean, it's going to be so much energy around
the Harris-Walls campaign.
I mean, what would the win mean for everybody in Maryland? How would that affect Maryland?
(06:36):
We need a partnership at the federal level, similar to what the Biden-Harris
administration provided to us, right?
They've been there every step of the way when we reached out to them.
And similarly, we know that the Harris-Walls ticket is going to play that same
role. And we want to be a partner to them.
And from a historic standpoint, Aaron, think about it.
(06:56):
Here it is, a female person of color of different cultures and races coming together.
First time in America's history that this could possibly happen.
To be honest with you, I never thought I'd see it in my lifetime. time.
And here we are, we're about to see it, right? So it's very, very exciting.
(07:17):
Not just that election, but also the U.S. Senate race in Maryland, right?
We have this incredible opportunity where Maryland is going to play the biggest
role in determining which party is going to be the controlling party of the U.S. Senate, right?
We're going to be that 51 vote, the 51st vote.
And Angela Altserbrooks is going to be a tremendous U.S. Senator from the state
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of Maryland. It's exciting.
I see. I hear some clapping back. There's a clapping back. Yes. Right.
What are you looking forward to most at a DNC? I mean, what are you looking
forward? Is it like, is that giving a sneak peek? Like, I mean,
have you ever been to DNC?
I certainly have. And where are people, where are people going to miss out?
What's going to be, I feel like some of the energy is going to be amazing.
Like I want to fly to Chicago.
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I want to be there. I want to just hang out and see, but what do you,
how do you feel about, tell us like the energy you're feeling about going to it.
I'll tell you, I've been to, This is my third DNC event that I'm going to.
And I cannot tell you, it is like a rock show the whole time that you're there.
They have incredible speakers there.
There's incredible energy. You pump up the base.
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And what I'm hoping to see this year, not only this historic ticket,
I'm hoping to see the governor of Maryland showcase at the DNC because he is an incredible leader.
Right? Well, I appreciate your time hanging out with us this evening. What a beautiful night.
And I hope that you enjoy MAKO while you're here. And it's really a pleasure
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to see you again. And thank you for everything you do for the state of Maryland.
You bet. You know, Aaron, and I want to thank you for your leadership and allowing
our voices to come through your platform.
So thank you. Thank you so much. Absolutely.
Give it up, folks. Give it up, folks. Lieutenant Governor, give it up. Give it up.
And, folks, we are back at the Belden Gen. Jen, what a great night.
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This is Reception Mako 2024.
You guys look beautiful out there. Y'all look real good. I see you over there
clapping. I see you. I appreciate you.
I see my man in purple. We look good in purple at night, don't we?
That's what I'm talking about, Ravens.
We have a great special guest coming here. I'm so excited. He was like,
I'm hopping in. I'm like, okay, let's make it happen.
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We have the county executive here from Howard County, Mr. Calvin Ball. How are you?
I'm doing great. How are you? Hey, I've been trying to get in the podcast for
a long time. You're the hardest guy. I'm the hardest working county executive I know.
Patience is a virtue. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Yes. So how are you enjoying MAKO?
And tell us a little bit about, I used to be a MAKO president, didn't you?
That's right. I was president of MAKO last year. I've been coming to MAKO since 2006.
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Great place to be. And would you tell the people who are out there watching,
never been to MAKO, what do people get out of this week being down here?
I think MAKO not only offers opportunity to learn about the issues that are
facing us today but into tomorrow, but also an opportunity to collaborate,
to discuss the biggest intangibles and the tangibles of the challenges and the
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opportunities that face each and every jurisdiction in a way that we can brainstorm
and come up with the best chapters for tomorrow.
I like, and like with Howard County, what things do you guys have going on?
Tell us some things that we may not know about that.
Your guys are proud about some things that you've been doing great.
Well, Howard County is known for excellent quality of life.
And I think a lot of the investments that we've been making have been quite impactful.
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In fact, as we're seeing so many challenges with our young people around,
not only the great state of Maryland, but our nation, we invested a million
dollars in our youth engagement programming or YEP grants. Wow.
Partnered with about 30 different nonprofits. And we have positively impacted
about 8,000 of our young people right in Howard County.
I love you. Some of the young people, I really believe that just really reinvested
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in making sure, hey, let's let's give them opportunities. That's right.
Opportunities. All the people, let's all people ask for opportunity.
That's right. And as far as collaboration, what does collaboration mean to you?
When we have a big region like Maryland region and it's like Baltimore, Howard and Randall.
Collaboration? How does that look from your standpoint? Well,
I'm a lifelong Marylander, and so I've recognized that any jurisdiction doing
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well helps all the great state of Maryland doing well.
And so when we see some of the challenges like combating the opioid epidemic
or addressing the crime challenges or just creating more economic development opportunities,
partnering with some of our partners in the region, like in Baltimore City,
Baltimore County, Anne Arundel, Frederick, Hartford the more we work together
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the farther we can go you know it's interesting I was just on a committee,
and we were talking about Baltimore Howard County Anne Arundel County Baltimore County,
and other counties what would you say about the region like what would the one
thing that the region could talk about is there any festival that the whole
region can celebrate and I said we don't have one yet like we don't have like
Artscape maybe something but it's in Baltimore you know you guys had Wine in
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the Woods which is really big out there,
Merriweather but it's like we don't have that South by Southwest Austin thing
where it's a regional thing where everybody comes to. And I was like,
we need to figure that out.
That's something that was brought to us. One of the beauties of MAKA.
Collaboration. That's right. I love it. I love it. What do you hope to get out of this week?
What do you hope to walk away from this week with you being down here for the
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county and helping out your constituents going back?
I think as we are embracing and meeting the moment, finding the magic in the
moment, looking at the next steps, looking at things like cybersecurity,
AI, how do we become that economic engine that Governor Moore and the Moore-Millard
administration talk about?
How do we work together to not only move the vision forward,
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but make it so that each and every person can live their best lives so that
we have the best quality of life, not merely overall, but for all?
All right. So I'm not going to let you off the hook too easy because that was
too easy right now. All right.
Are you a vegan, a vegetarian? I got to ask the question before I ask the question.
I don't know. Where is this going? I got to ask the question.
Are you a crabs or crab cake guy? Well, I have a big secret.
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Uh-oh. You don't eat seafood. So everybody, close your ears.
Uh-oh. This lifelong Marylander is allergic to crabs.
Oh, man. I know. Hush your mouth. It's the truth. Hey, hey, hey.
Okay. But I like everybody to have a good time. So whether you like crab cakes
or crabs, enjoy in this great state of Maryland. All right.
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I'm glad you said that. All right. If I jumped in your car right now,
we popped the radio on. What was the first thing I want to hear?
Probably a little bit of R&B, maybe some hip hop, some jazz.
I mean, you're going to have a good time if you jump in there.
And, you know, you're going to hear all the best of the best.
So who was the best concert for Super Bowl ever that you liked?
Super Bowl concert. Putting you on the spot now.
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There's a lot of good ones. There's Beyonce, there's Prince,
there's Michael Jackson. There's a lot of good ones. Bruno Mars, Katy Perry.
There's a lot of good ones. Man, that's like asking me, you want this million
dollars or this million dollars or this million dollars?
But, you know, I've always been a Prince fan.
I think Prince was the Mozart of our time, a musical genius,
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and he knew how to put on a show and play a little basketball too.
I heard he could hoop. I heard he could hoop. Very good, Prince.
And if you could go anywhere right now
and just go on vacation where would it be anywhere in
the world other than mako other than other than maryland other than maryland
other than maryland i mean i kind of feel in paris just because the olympics
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were just there and i mean snoop dog make it look so fun so i gotta at least
give that a look hey thank you so much cali exactly for your time i appreciate
you thank you brother give up.
Here we go.
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Picture is from five years ago. Thank you,
I like that. This is the first one, okay?
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So this is my, you know, collective attention to me. much.
A lot of people in the future are aware of this. Because that's what I'm trying
to do. I'm not going to tell you what to call it. I'm going to tell you what
to call it. I'm going to tell you what to call it. So, what do you mean?
Well, I can start right there. I can start right there. I can start right there.
I can start right there. I can start right there. I can start right there.
I can start right there. I can start right there.
I can start right there. I can start right there. I can start right there.
I can start right there. I can start right there. I can start right there. I can start right there.
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I can start right there.
I can start right there. of the society of the next society to be accepted in the system.
But any of the other individuals that are among the social charges of law.
So we want to end the system.
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They also need to stop when you're dealing with those things without that kind
of system. That's not the system you want. It's supposed to be in the law.
You know, in the system of law. They're devastating for young people to be able to move.
And the second thing is you don't want to be in the middle. Right.
I guess in the term of the broader issue, the lower mainstream.
For us, our concern is about this thing, because we have to take care of it,
but if we tell whoever it's for, to mouse the state of the island.
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We don't have to ask them to do this. We don't have to go deal with them.
It's a lot of them out there. I just like it to be only, not typically, without liberation.
I love that. I love that. It moves up to where you're talking about the other
part of it, but we don't want it. We haven't been able to do it enough for 18
months. It doesn't matter.
In general, it's good that, you know, Trump is going to be a part of that.
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There are other things he's appeared to help us,
is
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There's a whole lot more that needs to be done right here,
about that at all what do you hope as far as people one of the things that's the basis of our,
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And so, obviously, while people can be supportive, they can be part of the community
where communities are big.
If you don't have a relationship to me, it's the same. You know this. Thank you.
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Thank you.
Well, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
(19:04):
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you.
(19:46):
Thank you. that Jeff is our friend. We can even follow it together. I thought it was a plan.
All that impact my family's alive and well. So how do we learn to know those things?
But she works in the world in the world I want to go back now and looking forward to the movie.
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Jeff.
I'm doing it right here and there. I'm doing it right here and there.
I'm doing it right here and there. I'm doing it right here and there.
I'm doing it right here and there. I'm doing it right here and there.
I'm doing it right here and there. I'm doing it right here and there.
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I'm doing it right here and there. I'm doing it right here and there.
Products aren't anything nobody's make,
You don't want this money from our hardware box and product to be sold to every
single bit of all of us. We'll buy our people.
But that is it is inherently we'll sell to them. He has five to seven dollars.
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I can't feel like that. We're going to say product is a small order in the room.
Throughout the month. It's a zero gauge.
Let's get them down to zero. Please. Run.
Let's not talk about names out there. It's not a good time. Call me.
It's a fine D-I-E-R. We're going to be by L-N-O-M-A-N.
And so, it's a little bit of a mess. Appreciate it. Appreciate it.
Forget how it all began. Again, let's talk about gender and mental health. I know how to use that.
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I'm just talking about our day. It's a public thing. We're in.
I'm just talking about our day. You might not.
Inclusion of confidence. Now, the first thing to check on is people. How important is it?
People. They're really important. I agree. They're accepted. I love that.
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So we're a community.
Right now, we don't have a curator. We need five of them. We're going to have
to come in from the back. The library is going to be... Sorry. Please cry. And for...
My name is Eric. I'm here. I'm working on...
Five times. I'm working on... We have a lot of things.
(22:08):
We're going to be working on that session.
We need to be a real big primary project. To be... Not necessarily...
We've been told that we are not cognizant of the marijuana conviction.
We've been told that we are not cognizant of the marijuana conviction.
We've been told about this session. We've been told that we are not cognizant
of the marijuana conviction.
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We've been told that we are not cognizant of the marijuana conviction.
We've been told that we are not cognizant of the marijuana conviction. We're stopped.
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