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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is a toh four here Kentucky in this morning
news on news radio eight forty whas Nick, coffee with you,
and we are now joined by Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Good to see you, may great, how we doing. Great
to see you, Nick, Congratulations on this new role. I'm
so excited that you are in this position and it's
going to be a great run.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
If I didn't know you a little and first of all,
thank you. If I didn't know you at least a
little bit before this, I will admit I would be
very nervous. I'm about to have a conversation on news
radio eight forty WHS with the mayor of Louisville.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Is this real? Don't wake me up?
Speaker 1 (00:30):
So glad to have you here and really looking forward
to hopefully having you on every now and then to
talk about some big things. And I think abolutely the
biggest conversation this week, at least consistently throughout the week
for me, has been the last couple of weekends in
the Highlands. What has taken place overnight early morning. Obviously,
you guys are going to hold people accountable who do
things they're not supposed to that have contributed to this issue.
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But as far as things that are in place now
moving forward to prevent this for happening at third straight week,
third straight weekend, what's the plan here.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
There's a lot. And first let me say that we
are not afraid to take action. Already, we have closed
down three bars in the Highlands over the past year
long Barstown Road bars that were not playing by the rules.
So unlike what's happened in the past, we are taking
action and we are not afraid to take action when
we need to, and we'll keep doing that. Earlier this week,
we revoked a license of a hookah lounge that didn't well.
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They didn't have a license, so we shut them down
until they got their license. Met yesterday with several business
owners and residents along the Barstown Road corridor yesterday, the chief, myself,
the director of the Alcohol Beverage Control for our city,
Deputy mayor, my chief of staff, all talking about what
our plans are for the weekend, for the summer, and
then what are the long term solutions as well. We
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will have a significant LMPD presence all weekend long, this weekend,
next weekend, throughout the summer. We will prevent this from
happening as we move forward, but we also have need
longer term solutions. We don't want Barstown Road to be
a street that just has late night nightclubs. That's not
what it's about. It's about the balance between, yes, having
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great bars, having great restaurants, having great retail, and having
great residents that can all coexist peacefully. That's our goal,
and so we talked about a lot of long term solutions.
Whether we need to use the zoning code locally and
at the state level. What are things we can do
beyond just the force of LMPD and alcohol beverage control
to crack down. We want to prevent it from happening
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in the first place and make it a great place
to live and enjoy yourself.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
What is the most consistent thing you're hearing from residents
in the area that clearly want this addressed, and it's
probably not been in the last couple of weeknds, certainly
what they what they thought when they purchased a home there,
or what it's been for the majority of their time there,
what's been I guess.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
The consistence themes that we hear are people love where
they live. They made a choice to live near Bargstown Road,
near a thriving commercial corridor where they could walk to
restaurants and stores and bars. That's why they live there.
But they've had enough. This has gone too far. Whether
it's the noise violation, whether it's these extreme crowds, or
violence that's taking place outside of these bars. They've had
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enough with the violence. They want the action. They don't
want violence, and we're going to prevent that.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
In your conversation yesterday that you had with residents and
business owners, does.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
It feel as if they're they're aware.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
That you guys have not only made it clear that
you understand this, people will be held accountable. As we discussed,
it's not going to happen, but we're going to prevent it.
Does it seem as if as we head into this
weekend that there's been an appreciation to how much attention
you guys have put on this.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
I think there's some of that. I mean, certainly, they're
very frustrated and they want to see action, and I
get that. I get that on this issue or any issue.
And you know, I've been working with South Louisville residents
this week too on some concerns they have about issues
that are facing their part of the city. Every part
of the city deserves to enjoy whatever they are doing safely.
Public safety is the foundation for everything else. Whether it's
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going to the UFL basketball game this afternoon, going to
Barstown Road tonight for a drink, or going to the
South End and enjoying yourself at the new Tom Wallace
Recreational Area at Jefferson Memorial Park. Everyone deserves the right
to do all of that safely. And that's our goal.
That's what I'm working with Chief Humphrey on and that's
what will continue to do.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Louivill may Or Kreugerenberg joins us here on News Radio
eight forty whas you recently appointed Bill Bell as the
inaugural director of the first Louisville Department of Transportation. Talk
a little bit about that as well as sort of
I guess what stood out about Bill.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Well speaking of public safety.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
I mean, when we travel a lot, we need to
make sure that people are getting to where they go safely.
Whether you're in a car or whether you're walking, whether
you're on a bike. We want to make sure that
our roads are safe. And so the Department of Transportation
really has a couple folds. First is to ensure that
all the infrastructure we're building around the city is safe
and improves the neighborhoods. Look at what we're doing in
New lou right now, where we're really shrinking the street.
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We're going to make it safer for cars. We're going
to make it better for pedestrians and the businesses that
are there. It's going to be a better neighborhood as
a result. So make sure we get our infrastructure done
on time and on budget, and that we actually implement
this stuff. And then it's also got to be done safely.
And so Bill comes from the Kentucky Highway Transportation Cabinet.
I were really excited about his experience. He's going to
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help us get these projects done and ensure safety for everybody.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
Now I know this, and I'm sure a lot of
people know this. That Craig is a big Louisville Cardinal fan.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
And how about this run Dan McDonald the baseball team,
they have had a lot. I mean, Dan's done a
great job since he's been here. We got really spoiled
for a while because it was Super Regionals. Seemingly every
year we're hosting them, and then many trips to Omaha,
and this year was a good bounce back season, but
the momentum had really faded towards the end of the season.
And now here they are. They are two wins away
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from omahall hosting once again a super regional. I think,
from my perspective, whenever you've had something so consistent and
then it's gone for a while. This is the first
time they've hosted or super regional I believe since twenty nineteen.
The excitement's back and you learn to appreciate it a
little bit more. Kind of like when Pat Kelsey brought
Louisville basketball tack to life. Things that used to just
be the norm, the expectation. Man, they felt a lot
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better because gone a while without it. I can sense
the baseball fans, I mean all the texting, Hey, anybody
got tickets? Are you going? Are we pregaming somewhere? There's
excitement once again and again it's a big event to
host here in the city Louisville.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Oh, it's so wonderful. Rachel and I are so excited
to go out and cheer on the cards at Jim
Patterson Stadium this afternoon. It's going to be wonderful. I mean,
I know that the city is buzzing again. We love
sports here, we love I know there are a lot
of UK fans as well. That's wonderful. We love our
sports and so be able to bring our city together
around events like this, to see this program shining. Coach
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McDonald is such a wonderful human being. He's of course
a great coach, he's also a great person. He's done
so much for his teams, for our cities, for every
player that's been through the program, and I'm excited that
the city is going to and hopefully this leads to
even more support for the baseball team. It's a challenging
sport right now to be in the ACC here, competing
with some of the bigger programs in the SEC that
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have a lot more funding for their baseball programs. I'm
hopeful that this continues to build the support for u
of L baseball.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Whenever there are NCAA postseason events where the winner gets
a chance to host, what kind of an impact. I
guess it depends on the sport, but obviously the good
thing whenever you can have and there's going to be
ESPN coverage and they're going to be showing that beautiful ballpark,
showing this city.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
That's great for the city. Oh, it's great visibility for
the city. It's just like, I mean, how about our
women's volleyball team at u of L too. They had
a great run this year having the final four, the
women's volleyball final four.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
That was huge for the city.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Of course, it's dollars people coming here to eat and
to spend the night and to buy things. But it's
also great exposure to keep Louisville on the map as
this amazing college sports city that we are. It's going
to build it for professional sports and for so many
other economic development things that we're doing. It's really really helpful.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
When I hear that the city of Louisville has better
vibes and things are just booming in a much better
way when the Cards are having success. That's a no brainer.
Because I've lived here my whole life. I'm a big
Louisville fan myself, but recently it's really stood out again
with the basketball coming back to life. You mentioned volleyball
that's become now a new sport that the die hard
fans just always you know, they get into more so,
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so yeah, I know, things are better for them.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
We're looking at we had that there's a new volleyball
professional buyball league that has strumed for women as well,
and we're looking can we get one of a professional
volleyball teams here in Louisville. It'd be a great fit.
That's only possible because of the success of our collegiate teams,
because of the great high school programs that we have,
the club programs we have in that sport, baseball can
be the same thing.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
It's a it's a big part of our culture. Sports.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
It's something that I'll always be passionate about, but now
I get to talk about some other things, which you know,
a lot of fun.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
I love about sports is you know, there's so many
parts of our lives these days in the world that
are working to divide us. Sports bring us together. Yes,
there are rivalries, but that's also bringing us together to
have great fun with these rivalries, and so that's one
of the great things about sports. It's going to be
great to watch the Cards win today at three.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
That's right, you hear that on taking on Miami, two
wins away from another trip to Omaha. Lastly, Craig, go
want to ask you you're gonna You're gonna be making
an appearance tomorrow at the Miracle League Baseball the Miracle
League Baseball league, which is out in Fern Creek, and
I've talked about it quite a bit. My daughter Maya,
she's a part of this league and she's a specially
each child. She has an intellectual disability. She's also also autistic.
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And we've been in this league for three years. You're
going to be in for a treat. It is such
an awesome atmosphere to see all the kids play and
having fun. They put so much into it. For me
as a parent, it's just great to be around other families.
It's just been so such a great thing for me.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
And my family. But they go all out.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
They've got a big video board where they put the
picture of the players up there. They announce them as
they walk up to the plate. It's a lot of excitement.
I know you're making an appearance. Are you thrown out
a first pitch?
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Not thrown out a first pist Rachel and k will
both be there and we're gonna be paired with athletes.
We're going to be each be paired with the kid.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
Yes, you're gonna be one of the buddies.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
We're going to be one of the buddies for the
entire game, and so we were out opening the pick off.
Of course, had seen you know on socialdia here I
heard you talking about your experiences there.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
I knew of it.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
And then recently when I was out at Fern Creek
Park opening one of our new thirty four pick aball
courts that we've opened this year throughout the city, I
was talking to the individual who organizes the Miracle League,
and so I knew there would be something that Rachel
and I really wanted to do. We've been meaning to
do it, and so we're excited tomorrow to be buddies
with two great young people for the Miracle League baseball game.
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And we're really looking forward to that at at Fern
Creek Park tomorrow morning.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
It is going to be a lot of fun. I
hate that I'm going to miss it. It's actually the
one game this year we won't be able to be
at because we're traveling. But I know you'll have fun,
and I know Rachel will have fun as well. So
have a great weekend.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
Go cards. Let's hope they can go cards.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
And I do want to say one last thing, which
is today's National Gun Violence Awareness Day. Here in Louisville,
we are making tremendous progress. We are down thirty percent
year over year in shootings and homicides, but we still
have a lot of work to do. I want to
invite everyone to join us as we advocate for change,
as we work to support victims and their families, as
we work to hold perpetrators accountable. We can and must
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do more. We're making great progress, but you will see
me main committed every day to making Louisville safer, and
I just wanted to say that on today, National Gun
Violence Awareness Day. Nick, Congratulations again. Excited to continue these
conversations for many years to come.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
Thank you so much, Thank you so much. It still
doesn't seem real, but I'm enjoying it. This is great
doing a great job. Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
Greg. We'll take a quick break.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
We've got news in traffic, weather coming your way right
here on news Radio eight forty whas.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
It is eight forty five here on.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
A Friday morning on news radio eight forty whas, good vibes.
Thank you for doing this for me, John. For those
who don't know, whenever John used to be my producer
before he was ripped away from me, and that's what
it was too. Exactly what it was made it a
little bit easier to deal with because it would have
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been more emotional on mi end if it was like
a long sind off. They just took you, He just
kidnapped you and brought you to has and now I'm
here where we are reunited. But this was always the
final song you heard in the last segment on a
Friday before we get out of here for the weekend.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
So thank you good vibes here. Really appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
So we're gonna hand it off to Tony and Dwight
coming up here shortly. They're gonna be at Mercurial Wealth
Advisors for the show today, so this will be the
last last time you hear me before we come back
next week. Hopefully they let me come back after one
week in this position, and I do believe they plan
on allowing me to return next week and hopefully for
a long time. And it's it's been a lot of fun,
been a big adjustment, but still just so appreciative to
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be in this position. So hopefully you guys have enjoyed
what you have taken from this if not, come back
next week, we'll try it again. Done work, come back
the week after, We'll give it another shot. And if
you just say that you're out, that's that's your fault,
that's a you problem. I say that sarcastically because I
do realize that this is a big change for a
lot of people. You've heard the same voice in this
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position for twenty plus years, and he's a legend. That's
Tony Cruz. And you know, I miss him greatly. But
I'm I'm gonna be me as best I can, because
if we could all be Tony Cruz, we would've said
that throughout the week.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
It's true.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
Who wouldn't want to be Tony Cruz. I mean, what
a cool name, Tony Cruz, and he's a cool gen.
Speaker 4 (13:05):
Hear his story on where that came from. It was
from Michael did did He isn't like a prostitute or something.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
I'm not kidding, I know, but I wouldn't have. I
wouldn't have. There's a lot of ways people can take
what you just said. I mean, if you missed the story,
go back and listen. So he did talk about it
on the air. It did, okay, I did. Yeah, that's
why I'm People.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Who didn't hear it might think prostitute gave Tony Cruz
his name.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
No, there's teas, though, there's your teas.
Speaker 4 (13:32):
Just go check out last week's podcast from his farewell
shows and you can find out the full story on
where it came from.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
And it is a wild story. But again, to be clear,
it wasn't the prostitute gave him that name. But yeah,
he was sharing some great stories in the last couple
of weeks that I really enjoyed. Not only is somebody
that enjoys hearing stories from people like Tony, who I
look up to, who obviously had a legendary run in
broadcasting and I hope to to, you know, have half
the success that he did, maybe a fraction of it.
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But it also let people who maybe listened for you know,
ten twelve years that you know, they probably didn't know
that a lot about him, so they were able to,
I think, connect with him in a way that they
hadn't before. And I thought that was really awesome. But yeah,
Tony Cruz, he's he's been gone a week. You think
he misses us?
Speaker 3 (14:16):
I doubt it. I don't know.
Speaker 4 (14:17):
I bet he felt out of place for the first
couple of days, because when that's your routine for twenty
plus years and then it's all of a sudden not
your routine anymore.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
I'm sure it was weird.
Speaker 4 (14:27):
It was weird at first, but I bet he got
acclimated pretty quickly, and I'm sure he's sleeping a lot
better than he ever has.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
Yeah, I mean he was. He was a wild one
last night.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
I said this earlier in the show if you guys
weren't with us, but I have reason to believe he
was up past eleven o'clock last night and it did
not take him long to become I mean a night ol,
I guess. I mean that's not technically what being up
past eleven PM I think would would get you classified.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
As a night oul.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
But when you've been getting up really really early for many,
many years, I'm sure the sleeping in will be a
big thing for him if he can. Hopefully he can,
because some people when you get up a early for
so long, it just mentally you're just you're gonna wake
up on your own and you're gonna try to go
back to sleep and maybe you'll get a little bit
more sleep. But yeah, wishing him well after one week
away and really happy to be one week in here
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real quick before we hand it off to the fellas,
this is something I wanted to share with you, John,
because you and I, again we're not super close in age,
but on the younger side, I think I can say
that right, I'm thirty six, I'll be thirty seven. I'm
not old, but I'm not young. There's now a list
here that I wanted. This is a guy named Aaron
Marino who is a men's lifestyle influencer with over eight
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million followers. So he's got recommendations for things that men
should stop doing at a certain age. Living with your parents.
He says, age twenty five, you shouldn't be living with
your parents anymore.
Speaker 3 (15:48):
I think that's a good number me too.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
I mean I was out earlier than that, but it
was really just a circumstantial kind of thing. My wife
and I were together, we weren't married at the time,
but my mom had just moved in with my now
stepdad and and she was just getting out of high
school at that around that time, so we just decided, okay.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
Let's let's let's let's have it.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
Let's get an apartment, and we did that, and now
we're you know, we're still together. So yeah, twenty five.
I guess everybody's situation is different, but I think twenty
five is fair. What about taking money from your parents.
Speaker 4 (16:18):
I think once you're I'd like to say, once you
graduate high school is probably when you should be. I'm
with you, you should be you should have your own job,
that sort of thing. By that point, I feel like,
even if it's just, you know, something temporary, I think
that's a good time to do that.
Speaker 3 (16:31):
He says twenty three.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
And I feel like that aid that number is mentioned
because it isn't uncommon, and I hope people are very
appreciative if parents are able to pay or at least
help pay for your college education. I mean, that's that's
not you getting money in your bank account. But it's
certainly something that can go a long way if they're
helping pay for your education. But I just it's one
thing for parents to to help you out when it's
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in a time of need, when you're young, or when
you're still kind of just becoming, you know, an adult
in the workforce, to where you don't have a whole
lot of money, maybe they'll they'll cover your end of
the family vacation, keep you on the family phone plan,
that kind of thing. But when it comes to just
like an allowance or something past eighteen, that.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
Would be I think that's a little that's a little odd.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
This is This is one that I'm sure will be
controversial if there was a real back and forth about
it because video games. He says, video games are something
you should stop playing by twenty four unless you're somebody
that is earning income from streaming that kind of stuff.
Speaker 3 (17:26):
I disagree with that. Actually, it can be a hobby.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
It can be a something you do to just enjoy yourself,
like instead of somebody, you know, spending a couple of
hours binging a show, spending a couple of hours on
the sticks.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
As they say, is that a thing? Am I am?
Speaker 1 (17:41):
I aging myself. When I was a kid, they would
talk about the control they would call the control of
the sticks or the joystick or whatever it was. Right
they had joysticks on and that was there. I don't know,
you not knowing what I'm talking about. Is another reminder
that despite me being the younger guy on the lineup,
and certainly the youngest person to have to to be
a host on this station in a long long time.
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You're gonna You're gonna keep me comfortable in realizing that
I'm also not super young, right because oh absolutely ten
years of age roughly between between the two of us,
and then this one is partying. You should scale back
the partying by twenty seven. I think that's fair.
Speaker 3 (18:17):
This is my final year to party. I better live,
get out of your.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
System while you have a newborn baby girl at home.
It'd be quite the year for you at twenty seven, making.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
Sure you be eleven life every year. That's true.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Party as much as you can, but also, you know,
help bring a new one into the world. So yeah,
a lot of balancing at age twenty seven. But that'll
do it for us. Tony and dew iider up next.
We'll be back at it on Monday. Hopefully everybody enjoys
their weekend. This has been Kentucky in his morning news
on News Ready eight forty whis
It is a toh four here Kentucky in this morning
news on news radio eight forty whas Nick, coffee with you,
and we are now joined by Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Good to see you, may great, how we doing. Great
to see you, Nick, Congratulations on this new role. I'm
so excited that you are in this position and it's
going to be a great run.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
If I didn't know you a little and first of all,
thank you. If I didn't know you at least a
little bit before this, I will admit I would be
very nervous. I'm about to have a conversation on news
radio eight forty WHS with the mayor of Louisville.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Is this real? Don't wake me up?
Speaker 1 (00:30):
So glad to have you here and really looking forward
to hopefully having you on every now and then to
talk about some big things. And I think abolutely the
biggest conversation this week, at least consistently throughout the week
for me, has been the last couple of weekends in
the Highlands. What has taken place overnight early morning. Obviously,
you guys are going to hold people accountable who do
things they're not supposed to that have contributed to this issue.
(00:52):
But as far as things that are in place now
moving forward to prevent this for happening at third straight week,
third straight weekend, what's the plan here.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
There's a lot. And first let me say that we
are not afraid to take action. Already, we have closed
down three bars in the Highlands over the past year
long Barstown Road bars that were not playing by the rules.
So unlike what's happened in the past, we are taking
action and we are not afraid to take action when
we need to, and we'll keep doing that. Earlier this week,
we revoked a license of a hookah lounge that didn't well.
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They didn't have a license, so we shut them down
until they got their license. Met yesterday with several business
owners and residents along the Barstown Road corridor yesterday, the chief, myself,
the director of the Alcohol Beverage Control for our city,
Deputy mayor, my chief of staff, all talking about what
our plans are for the weekend, for the summer, and
then what are the long term solutions as well. We
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will have a significant LMPD presence all weekend long, this weekend,
next weekend, throughout the summer. We will prevent this from
happening as we move forward, but we also have need
longer term solutions. We don't want Barstown Road to be
a street that just has late night nightclubs. That's not
what it's about. It's about the balance between, yes, having
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great bars, having great restaurants, having great retail, and having
great residents that can all coexist peacefully. That's our goal,
and so we talked about a lot of long term solutions.
Whether we need to use the zoning code locally and
at the state level. What are things we can do
beyond just the force of LMPD and alcohol beverage control
to crack down. We want to prevent it from happening
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in the first place and make it a great place
to live and enjoy yourself.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
What is the most consistent thing you're hearing from residents
in the area that clearly want this addressed, and it's
probably not been in the last couple of weeknds, certainly
what they what they thought when they purchased a home there,
or what it's been for the majority of their time there,
what's been I guess.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
The consistence themes that we hear are people love where
they live. They made a choice to live near Bargstown Road,
near a thriving commercial corridor where they could walk to
restaurants and stores and bars. That's why they live there.
But they've had enough. This has gone too far. Whether
it's the noise violation, whether it's these extreme crowds, or
violence that's taking place outside of these bars. They've had
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enough with the violence. They want the action. They don't
want violence, and we're going to prevent that.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
In your conversation yesterday that you had with residents and
business owners, does.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
It feel as if they're they're aware.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
That you guys have not only made it clear that
you understand this, people will be held accountable. As we discussed,
it's not going to happen, but we're going to prevent it.
Does it seem as if as we head into this
weekend that there's been an appreciation to how much attention
you guys have put on this.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
I think there's some of that. I mean, certainly, they're
very frustrated and they want to see action, and I
get that. I get that on this issue or any issue.
And you know, I've been working with South Louisville residents
this week too on some concerns they have about issues
that are facing their part of the city. Every part
of the city deserves to enjoy whatever they are doing safely.
Public safety is the foundation for everything else. Whether it's
(03:53):
going to the UFL basketball game this afternoon, going to
Barstown Road tonight for a drink, or going to the
South End and enjoying yourself at the new Tom Wallace
Recreational Area at Jefferson Memorial Park. Everyone deserves the right
to do all of that safely. And that's our goal.
That's what I'm working with Chief Humphrey on and that's
what will continue to do.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Louivill may Or Kreugerenberg joins us here on News Radio
eight forty whas you recently appointed Bill Bell as the
inaugural director of the first Louisville Department of Transportation. Talk
a little bit about that as well as sort of
I guess what stood out about Bill.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Well speaking of public safety.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
I mean, when we travel a lot, we need to
make sure that people are getting to where they go safely.
Whether you're in a car or whether you're walking, whether
you're on a bike. We want to make sure that
our roads are safe. And so the Department of Transportation
really has a couple folds. First is to ensure that
all the infrastructure we're building around the city is safe
and improves the neighborhoods. Look at what we're doing in
New lou right now, where we're really shrinking the street.
(04:47):
We're going to make it safer for cars. We're going
to make it better for pedestrians and the businesses that
are there. It's going to be a better neighborhood as
a result. So make sure we get our infrastructure done
on time and on budget, and that we actually implement
this stuff. And then it's also got to be done safely.
And so Bill comes from the Kentucky Highway Transportation Cabinet.
I were really excited about his experience. He's going to
(05:08):
help us get these projects done and ensure safety for everybody.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
Now I know this, and I'm sure a lot of
people know this. That Craig is a big Louisville Cardinal fan.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
And how about this run Dan McDonald the baseball team,
they have had a lot. I mean, Dan's done a
great job since he's been here. We got really spoiled
for a while because it was Super Regionals. Seemingly every
year we're hosting them, and then many trips to Omaha,
and this year was a good bounce back season, but
the momentum had really faded towards the end of the season.
And now here they are. They are two wins away
(05:38):
from omahall hosting once again a super regional. I think,
from my perspective, whenever you've had something so consistent and
then it's gone for a while. This is the first
time they've hosted or super regional I believe since twenty nineteen.
The excitement's back and you learn to appreciate it a
little bit more. Kind of like when Pat Kelsey brought
Louisville basketball tack to life. Things that used to just
be the norm, the expectation. Man, they felt a lot
(05:59):
better because gone a while without it. I can sense
the baseball fans, I mean all the texting, Hey, anybody
got tickets? Are you going? Are we pregaming somewhere? There's
excitement once again and again it's a big event to
host here in the city Louisville.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Oh, it's so wonderful. Rachel and I are so excited
to go out and cheer on the cards at Jim
Patterson Stadium this afternoon. It's going to be wonderful. I mean,
I know that the city is buzzing again. We love
sports here, we love I know there are a lot
of UK fans as well. That's wonderful. We love our
sports and so be able to bring our city together
around events like this, to see this program shining. Coach
(06:34):
McDonald is such a wonderful human being. He's of course
a great coach, he's also a great person. He's done
so much for his teams, for our cities, for every
player that's been through the program, and I'm excited that
the city is going to and hopefully this leads to
even more support for the baseball team. It's a challenging
sport right now to be in the ACC here, competing
with some of the bigger programs in the SEC that
(06:56):
have a lot more funding for their baseball programs. I'm
hopeful that this continues to build the support for u
of L baseball.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Whenever there are NCAA postseason events where the winner gets
a chance to host, what kind of an impact. I
guess it depends on the sport, but obviously the good
thing whenever you can have and there's going to be
ESPN coverage and they're going to be showing that beautiful ballpark,
showing this city.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
That's great for the city. Oh, it's great visibility for
the city. It's just like, I mean, how about our
women's volleyball team at u of L too. They had
a great run this year having the final four, the
women's volleyball final four.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
That was huge for the city.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Of course, it's dollars people coming here to eat and
to spend the night and to buy things. But it's
also great exposure to keep Louisville on the map as
this amazing college sports city that we are. It's going
to build it for professional sports and for so many
other economic development things that we're doing. It's really really helpful.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
When I hear that the city of Louisville has better
vibes and things are just booming in a much better
way when the Cards are having success. That's a no brainer.
Because I've lived here my whole life. I'm a big
Louisville fan myself, but recently it's really stood out again
with the basketball coming back to life. You mentioned volleyball
that's become now a new sport that the die hard
fans just always you know, they get into more so,
(08:06):
so yeah, I know, things are better for them.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
We're looking at we had that there's a new volleyball
professional buyball league that has strumed for women as well,
and we're looking can we get one of a professional
volleyball teams here in Louisville. It'd be a great fit.
That's only possible because of the success of our collegiate teams,
because of the great high school programs that we have,
the club programs we have in that sport, baseball can
be the same thing.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
It's a it's a big part of our culture. Sports.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
It's something that I'll always be passionate about, but now
I get to talk about some other things, which you know,
a lot of fun.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
I love about sports is you know, there's so many
parts of our lives these days in the world that
are working to divide us. Sports bring us together. Yes,
there are rivalries, but that's also bringing us together to
have great fun with these rivalries, and so that's one
of the great things about sports. It's going to be
great to watch the Cards win today at three.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
That's right, you hear that on taking on Miami, two
wins away from another trip to Omaha. Lastly, Craig, go
want to ask you you're gonna You're gonna be making
an appearance tomorrow at the Miracle League Baseball the Miracle
League Baseball league, which is out in Fern Creek, and
I've talked about it quite a bit. My daughter Maya,
she's a part of this league and she's a specially
each child. She has an intellectual disability. She's also also autistic.
(09:14):
And we've been in this league for three years. You're
going to be in for a treat. It is such
an awesome atmosphere to see all the kids play and
having fun. They put so much into it. For me
as a parent, it's just great to be around other families.
It's just been so such a great thing for me.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
And my family. But they go all out.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
They've got a big video board where they put the
picture of the players up there. They announce them as
they walk up to the plate. It's a lot of excitement.
I know you're making an appearance. Are you thrown out
a first pitch?
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Not thrown out a first pist Rachel and k will
both be there and we're gonna be paired with athletes.
We're going to be each be paired with the kid.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
Yes, you're gonna be one of the buddies.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
We're going to be one of the buddies for the
entire game, and so we were out opening the pick off.
Of course, had seen you know on socialdia here I
heard you talking about your experiences there.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
I knew of it.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
And then recently when I was out at Fern Creek
Park opening one of our new thirty four pick aball
courts that we've opened this year throughout the city, I
was talking to the individual who organizes the Miracle League,
and so I knew there would be something that Rachel
and I really wanted to do. We've been meaning to
do it, and so we're excited tomorrow to be buddies
with two great young people for the Miracle League baseball game.
(10:18):
And we're really looking forward to that at at Fern
Creek Park tomorrow morning.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
It is going to be a lot of fun. I
hate that I'm going to miss it. It's actually the
one game this year we won't be able to be
at because we're traveling. But I know you'll have fun,
and I know Rachel will have fun as well. So
have a great weekend.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
Go cards. Let's hope they can go cards.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
And I do want to say one last thing, which
is today's National Gun Violence Awareness Day. Here in Louisville,
we are making tremendous progress. We are down thirty percent
year over year in shootings and homicides, but we still
have a lot of work to do. I want to
invite everyone to join us as we advocate for change,
as we work to support victims and their families, as
we work to hold perpetrators accountable. We can and must
(10:56):
do more. We're making great progress, but you will see
me main committed every day to making Louisville safer, and
I just wanted to say that on today, National Gun
Violence Awareness Day. Nick, Congratulations again. Excited to continue these
conversations for many years to come.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
Thank you so much, Thank you so much. It still
doesn't seem real, but I'm enjoying it. This is great
doing a great job. Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
Greg. We'll take a quick break.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
We've got news in traffic, weather coming your way right
here on news Radio eight forty whas.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
It is eight forty five here on.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
A Friday morning on news radio eight forty whas, good vibes.
Thank you for doing this for me, John. For those
who don't know, whenever John used to be my producer
before he was ripped away from me, and that's what
it was too. Exactly what it was made it a
little bit easier to deal with because it would have
(11:46):
been more emotional on mi end if it was like
a long sind off. They just took you, He just
kidnapped you and brought you to has and now I'm
here where we are reunited. But this was always the
final song you heard in the last segment on a
Friday before we get out of here for the weekend.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
So thank you good vibes here. Really appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
So we're gonna hand it off to Tony and Dwight
coming up here shortly. They're gonna be at Mercurial Wealth
Advisors for the show today, so this will be the
last last time you hear me before we come back
next week. Hopefully they let me come back after one
week in this position, and I do believe they plan
on allowing me to return next week and hopefully for
a long time. And it's it's been a lot of fun,
been a big adjustment, but still just so appreciative to
(12:27):
be in this position. So hopefully you guys have enjoyed
what you have taken from this if not, come back
next week, we'll try it again. Done work, come back
the week after, We'll give it another shot. And if
you just say that you're out, that's that's your fault,
that's a you problem. I say that sarcastically because I
do realize that this is a big change for a
lot of people. You've heard the same voice in this
(12:48):
position for twenty plus years, and he's a legend. That's
Tony Cruz. And you know, I miss him greatly. But
I'm I'm gonna be me as best I can, because
if we could all be Tony Cruz, we would've said
that throughout the week.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
It's true.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
Who wouldn't want to be Tony Cruz. I mean, what
a cool name, Tony Cruz, and he's a cool gen.
Speaker 4 (13:05):
Hear his story on where that came from. It was
from Michael did did He isn't like a prostitute or something.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
I'm not kidding, I know, but I wouldn't have. I
wouldn't have. There's a lot of ways people can take
what you just said. I mean, if you missed the story,
go back and listen. So he did talk about it
on the air. It did, okay, I did. Yeah, that's
why I'm People.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Who didn't hear it might think prostitute gave Tony Cruz
his name.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
No, there's teas, though, there's your teas.
Speaker 4 (13:32):
Just go check out last week's podcast from his farewell
shows and you can find out the full story on
where it came from.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
And it is a wild story. But again, to be clear,
it wasn't the prostitute gave him that name. But yeah,
he was sharing some great stories in the last couple
of weeks that I really enjoyed. Not only is somebody
that enjoys hearing stories from people like Tony, who I
look up to, who obviously had a legendary run in
broadcasting and I hope to to, you know, have half
the success that he did, maybe a fraction of it.
(14:00):
But it also let people who maybe listened for you know,
ten twelve years that you know, they probably didn't know
that a lot about him, so they were able to,
I think, connect with him in a way that they
hadn't before. And I thought that was really awesome. But yeah,
Tony Cruz, he's he's been gone a week. You think
he misses us?
Speaker 3 (14:16):
I doubt it. I don't know.
Speaker 4 (14:17):
I bet he felt out of place for the first
couple of days, because when that's your routine for twenty
plus years and then it's all of a sudden not
your routine anymore.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
I'm sure it was weird.
Speaker 4 (14:27):
It was weird at first, but I bet he got
acclimated pretty quickly, and I'm sure he's sleeping a lot
better than he ever has.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
Yeah, I mean he was. He was a wild one
last night.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
I said this earlier in the show if you guys
weren't with us, but I have reason to believe he
was up past eleven o'clock last night and it did
not take him long to become I mean a night ol,
I guess. I mean that's not technically what being up
past eleven PM I think would would get you classified.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
As a night oul.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
But when you've been getting up really really early for many,
many years, I'm sure the sleeping in will be a
big thing for him if he can. Hopefully he can,
because some people when you get up a early for
so long, it just mentally you're just you're gonna wake
up on your own and you're gonna try to go
back to sleep and maybe you'll get a little bit
more sleep. But yeah, wishing him well after one week
away and really happy to be one week in here
(15:12):
real quick before we hand it off to the fellas,
this is something I wanted to share with you, John,
because you and I, again we're not super close in age,
but on the younger side, I think I can say
that right, I'm thirty six, I'll be thirty seven. I'm
not old, but I'm not young. There's now a list
here that I wanted. This is a guy named Aaron
Marino who is a men's lifestyle influencer with over eight
(15:35):
million followers. So he's got recommendations for things that men
should stop doing at a certain age. Living with your parents.
He says, age twenty five, you shouldn't be living with
your parents anymore.
Speaker 3 (15:48):
I think that's a good number me too.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
I mean I was out earlier than that, but it
was really just a circumstantial kind of thing. My wife
and I were together, we weren't married at the time,
but my mom had just moved in with my now
stepdad and and she was just getting out of high
school at that around that time, so we just decided, okay.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
Let's let's let's let's have it.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
Let's get an apartment, and we did that, and now
we're you know, we're still together. So yeah, twenty five.
I guess everybody's situation is different, but I think twenty
five is fair. What about taking money from your parents.
Speaker 4 (16:18):
I think once you're I'd like to say, once you
graduate high school is probably when you should be. I'm
with you, you should be you should have your own job,
that sort of thing. By that point, I feel like,
even if it's just, you know, something temporary, I think
that's a good time to do that.
Speaker 3 (16:31):
He says twenty three.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
And I feel like that aid that number is mentioned
because it isn't uncommon, and I hope people are very
appreciative if parents are able to pay or at least
help pay for your college education. I mean, that's that's
not you getting money in your bank account. But it's
certainly something that can go a long way if they're
helping pay for your education. But I just it's one
thing for parents to to help you out when it's
(16:53):
in a time of need, when you're young, or when
you're still kind of just becoming, you know, an adult
in the workforce, to where you don't have a whole
lot of money, maybe they'll they'll cover your end of
the family vacation, keep you on the family phone plan,
that kind of thing. But when it comes to just
like an allowance or something past eighteen, that.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
Would be I think that's a little that's a little odd.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
This is This is one that I'm sure will be
controversial if there was a real back and forth about
it because video games. He says, video games are something
you should stop playing by twenty four unless you're somebody
that is earning income from streaming that kind of stuff.
Speaker 3 (17:26):
I disagree with that. Actually, it can be a hobby.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
It can be a something you do to just enjoy yourself,
like instead of somebody, you know, spending a couple of
hours binging a show, spending a couple of hours on
the sticks.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
As they say, is that a thing? Am I am?
Speaker 1 (17:41):
I aging myself. When I was a kid, they would
talk about the control they would call the control of
the sticks or the joystick or whatever it was. Right
they had joysticks on and that was there. I don't know,
you not knowing what I'm talking about. Is another reminder
that despite me being the younger guy on the lineup,
and certainly the youngest person to have to to be
a host on this station in a long long time.
(18:03):
You're gonna You're gonna keep me comfortable in realizing that
I'm also not super young, right because oh absolutely ten
years of age roughly between between the two of us,
and then this one is partying. You should scale back
the partying by twenty seven. I think that's fair.
Speaker 3 (18:17):
This is my final year to party. I better live,
get out of your.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
System while you have a newborn baby girl at home.
It'd be quite the year for you at twenty seven, making.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
Sure you be eleven life every year. That's true.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Party as much as you can, but also, you know,
help bring a new one into the world. So yeah,
a lot of balancing at age twenty seven. But that'll
do it for us. Tony and dew iider up next.
We'll be back at it on Monday. Hopefully everybody enjoys
their weekend. This has been Kentucky in his morning news
on News Ready eight forty whis
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