(KMN) 10.22: Play Dumb - Hour 3

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
So this is certainly a slippery slope, but ultimately who
says who says no? And again, I know there are
there are scenarios where you would you would quickly be
able to say, well, here's why I would say no.
But like, who doesn't feel like parents should have some
accountability for the actions of their of their children. Now again,

(00:21):
when it comes to legally holding them accountable, that's that's
the slippery slope, because every situation is different, right. I
mean you could have a parent that did is not
at fault for any any specific reason as far as
just completely neglecting their kid and and and you know,
leading them down this path, and yet their kid could

(00:43):
still go out and do an unthinkable thing and commit
a violent crime. But then there's others that you know,
they need to be held accountable. They are cont they're
they're harming society by bringing human beings into the world
and having zero, zero control over them, and I mean
not knowing where they are. Again, we're not that far

(01:04):
removed from this city going viral for our chief of
police having to remind people of Louisville, you need to
know where your kids are. It really hit me that
that's where we are. We need our chief of police
letting people know that when you bring a child into
this world this may surprise you, you are responsible for said child.

(01:25):
So it's far from simple. It's complicated, but some's got
to give, right And the Louisville Commonwealth Attorney, Jerina Weathers,
she took part in a town hall meeting in Shavely
last night, and she's pitching the idea that of course,
is going to get a lot of attention, and that's
holding parents legally accountable for their children's violent actions. And

(01:46):
the obvious goal here is to punish parents, but to
create a stronger sense of responsibility before things spiral into
the serious crimes that we're seeing almost every day here
in Louisville. And if your parents are held accountable legally
for what you do, your child will see how that works, right, Accountability.

(02:10):
Everybody's got to fall in line to somebody. So she
told the crowd at this meeting that she wants a
law requiring accountability from parents or caregivers who are completely
detached from their children's behavior. And that's where that's where
it gets dangerous. And what's sad is that it's not
just the kids out here living a violent lifestyle, committing

(02:33):
crimes at such a young age that deal with this.
There are kids who are trying their best and probably
doing well in school, and yet they have parents that
are completely detached. And that's not new, right, This isn't
a new trend. We've had bad, irresponsible parents on this
planet forever. But I just think as society evolves and

(03:01):
we live a lot faster now with our access to
everything with technology and whatnot, kids are exposed to things
that they were never exposed to before just because of
how we can consume things right now, it's now you've
got to be more accountable as a parent to make
sure you know what your kid's doing, because when you're

(03:21):
a min when they're a minor, you're responsible for them
whenever they you know, when something happens to them. So
whenever they are out there committing crimes making this city
especially more dangerous, somebody's got to be held accountable. So

(03:41):
what that actually looks like, who knows. That's that's above
my pay grade for sure. But last night, Weathers did
note that by the time her office sees these cases
felony level crimes, it's already too late for prevention and
that's to me, that's that's a no brainer. I mean,
I've been saying that for a while, not because I've
got any kind of you know, into well, it's just
because it's obvious. And then we did ask Chief Humphrey

(04:03):
when he joined us in studio last month that these
these juveniles who we never know who they are as
far as public right, their name's not released if they're
if they're charged with these crimes because they're a minor.
But these law enforcement officers, patrolman, they know and by
the time, I'm sure many of these children either are

(04:23):
the victim of violent crime or they are the perpetrator.
They've already been in trouble many times, but they're back
there on the street because again you can't. First of all,
we don't have a juvenile detention center, and they're leading there.
They're committing crimes. That should be the trigger for parents
to step in. All right, my kids going down the
wrong path. I've got to really step up and figure

(04:46):
something out and and be more you know, be more accountable,
be more involved and not detached to where I can
can can try my best to send my kid in
the right direction. So it's a build up right, So
I think holding parents accountable, scaring them straight a little
bit that could only help. How much it'll help, none
of us will ever know. But there were some residents

(05:07):
there that were pushing back on it, and I'm so
tired of hearing this. There was one parent that was
there and I'm reading here WK why that said that
more could be done by city leaders to address root
causes instead of instead of this plan to find a
way to legally hold parents accountable, And I'm no, that's

(05:30):
just that's just another example of deflection. If your kids
out there committing violent crimes, you know whose fault. It's
not the police, the community. It's your fault in your
kid's fault. And I hate to sound so you know,
matter of fact, but there are kids out here committing

(05:52):
violent crimes that do have good parents that are trying
their best, and it's just sometimes that happens. But clearly,
i'd say more often than not, there was a little
bit more structure, a little bit more accountability from the
parent to make sure their kids acting right and not
living this life of violent crime at such a young age.
It would help in every way. All right, let's get

(06:12):
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and that will certainly continue throughout. We will have another
trafficking weather update on the way and right now I

(07:16):
want to say it, but I don't want to jinx it.
But I've learned that that's not a real thing. It's
things are going to happen. I have no control over it.
But I feel like this has been a rather quiet
morning when it comes to accidents causing traffic and delays.
But there's always going to be some delays with the
countless construction projects going on. But so far, so good,
smooth sailing, and I hope that continues regardless of what happens.

(07:38):
We'll let you know. In fact, I lied, Bobby Ellis
is going to let you know and your next updates
coming up here in just a couple of minutes, so
stick around for that. I was, I was getting making
my way out of here yesterday morning, and I happened
to notice Tony Venetti's brand new Ford F one fifty.

Speaker 2 (07:56):
It is.

Speaker 1 (07:56):
It is a beautiful, beautiful truck, and it's got me
thinking I'm many to get myself in one. It's not
practical really at all for me, just because of you know,
it's not a necessity, but man, they're so beautiful and
there's some great savings I'm itching to take advantage of
with my friends at Trick County Ford Track twenty forward
just outside of Louisville and Oldham County Exit eighteen off

(08:18):
Ive seventy one. A beautiful drive to get there, and
of course a beautiful, beautiful dealership and a beautiful showroom
and you'll see one of the many brand new Ford
F one fifties they've got out there, and right now
you can get one for thirty seven thousand, six hundred
and seventy dollars, built tough, ready for work or play again.
It is Trick County Ford. They've got a great team

(08:40):
out there. That's an employee owned dealership by the way,
So it's not which you think when it comes to
I guess the stigma that's out there with car dealerships.
The folks that are there are not desperate for your sale.
They're going to provide great service, they're going to answer
your questions. They're going to certainly try to put you
in one of the many phenomenal vehicles they have. But

(09:00):
don't worry about getting pressured. Don't worry about it being uncomfortable,
and don't just take my word for it. Go see
him yourself. I think you'll be happy that you did,
and you'll see just the phenomenal showroom that they have
and of course a huge lot with many many beautiful
brand new Ford vehicles. Maybe you're not somebody looking for
a new truck. Maybe you want the Ford Explorer. They've

(09:22):
got those, the brand new twenty twenty fives. Also, they've
got the Bronco Sport four by four, the Escape four
by four, and a lot of great deals when it
comes to getting yourself in one of those that you
should take advantage of right now. So again it's my
friends at Track County Ford, Exit eighteen off I seventy one.
Tell him I sent you all right traving weather updates
right here, right now, we'll get to another sports update

(09:44):
with Scott Fitzgerald, which I cannot believe we're already here
at Wednesday, and then tomorrow it starts all over again.
As far as just you know, the sports weekend Thursday
night football in the NFL, usually a college game or two,
and then you know, the whole weekend is here, big
weekend for U of L. Of course, the Kansas Exhibition
Friday night, a game under the lights at Ellen N

(10:05):
Stadium on Saturday against Boston College with the Cards now
in the top twenty. So looking forward to it. But
again sports updates coming up next with Scott so stick
around right here on news radio eight forty WHS. So,
if you are an lg and E customer or a
KU customer, as we talked about last week, you should
expect to see your bill go up, but fortunately it's

(10:28):
not going to be going up quite as high as
originally proposed. So there's been months of negotiations, but a
new settlement has finally been reached that I guess softens
the blow essentially of just the increase that is still coming,
but again not as much as you as you may
have feared. So they did announce earlier this year that
they'd be raising rates for the first time since the

(10:48):
year twenty twenty, and nobody likes to hear that, especially
with the current economy and just seemingly everything becoming more
expensive and no body seemingly being able to, you know,
get the raises they used to get. And I'm sure
everybody's situation is different, but I know, financially for a
lot of folks, myself included, just the cost of things

(11:11):
this day and age, it's more noticeable than it ever.

Speaker 3 (11:14):
Has been for me.

Speaker 1 (11:16):
And again, I know I'm not alone, but everybody's situation
is different. But the average LG and E electric customer
will pay about five dollars more per month. Lgene gas
customers are going to see about an eight dollars per
month increase. So for most of Jefferson County with BOST services,
you're looking at about thirteen dollars a month total increase.
KU customers will see about nine dollars more per month

(11:40):
on their electric bills. So we knew it was coming,
and I guess the silver lining here is that it's
not as bad as maybe you would have feared. And
in the end of the day, that's not a whole
lot more added to your bill, But nobody wants to
pay more, right so, But one of those things I
would imagine that is a necessity, right gas an electric

(12:00):
that's one of those things that you're not I mean,
I'm assuming most people aren't prioritizing what they need as
a necessity and not including those two things. But again,
as I mentioned, everybody's situation is different. It is seven
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(12:22):
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SU Distracted Driver dot Com. Been a busy, busy morning
so far. The NBA returned last night, and I know
there were a couple of big matchups, and of course
Scott has mentioned those matchups with us here during Sports
this morning, But for me, it was just all about
the nostalgia of the NBA returning to NBC and that

(12:46):
theme music and just the visual. I mean, they knew,
they knew how to pull through last night as far
as just taking advantage of people like myself that when
I think of the NBA growing up watching and I
think of NBC's coverage, because that was just that's what
comes to mind. It's been over twenty years since since

(13:07):
the NBC network had any NBA affiliation, and last night
it took me right back to, you know, nineteen ninety four, seemingly,
and it was it was awesome. Another factor in that
jolt of nostalgia that I felt was the presence of
the one and only Michael Jordan. And I don't think it.

(13:27):
I think everybody probably agrees. I shouldn't say everybody, but
Jordan's just different. He has a charisma about him that
is just next level. He's just got the the the
Jordan factor. I don't want to call it the it factor,
because it's that that's under selling it. And he could

(13:48):
be an awful analyst, he could be an awful commentator,
he could be the worst when it comes to whatever
his role is going to be with NBC for their
coverage of the NBA. But I'd tune in for it
every time because it's Jordan, and that's just there's no
there's nobody else that that sort of has that impact
on me. And I grew up being the guy whose

(14:09):
favorite team. My first love was the Indiana Patios and
Reggie Miller, and I had to root against the Bulls
when they played the Pacers. But as a kid growing
up in the nineties, how did you not idolize Michael Jordan.
So he has not been in private or hiding or anonymous,
but because he would, it wouldn't be possible, but you know,
he's been away from basketball. Even as an owner, he's
pretty hands off of with the Charlotte Hornets. Not always,

(14:31):
but he has a lot of times. And hearing him
last night talk about the last time that he picked
up a basketball to play. He did an interview with
Mike Trico and he was asked about when the last
time he picked up a basketball to play. And if
you had me, guests, I would have assumed that he
still mixes in some pickup games or just you know,

(14:52):
shoots around. But I was I was wrong. This is
a cool story for Michael Jordan to share. And again
I could listen to this guy tell stories all day
long because again he's Michael Jordan, and that that that
may not make sense to some people, but he's he's
the childhood hero of many people because when he was
elevating to become the legendary figure that he is worldwide,

(15:15):
it was when I was an impressiable young young kid.
But again here is here's this conversation with with Mike Erico.

Speaker 3 (15:23):
Do you ever do you ever pick up a ball?
And this shit, I haven't picked up a ball in years.

Speaker 2 (15:27):
Come on, just like walk past, there's got to be
a hoop somewhere at your place.

Speaker 3 (15:31):
You don't see a hoop anywhere around here. I don't
the last time you picked up a basketball and shot.
I was at the Ride a Cup.

Speaker 2 (15:41):
Yeah, and I rented a house from from the owner. Sure,
he came over to do pictures. He had grandkids, and
I was beating greet and thank him for allowing me
to stay in the house. And he had a basketball court.
He says, I want you to shoot one free though
I said, really, I already paid for the already paid

(16:03):
for the house. Is likely you got to see me.
So when I stepped up to shoot your free throw,
it's the most nervous I've been in year.

Speaker 3 (16:12):
Stop it in years, Stop it come on. The reason
being is those kids.

Speaker 2 (16:18):
Heard the stories from the parents about what I did
thirty years ago, right, so their expectation is thirty years
prior and I haven't.

Speaker 3 (16:27):
Touched the basketball. I hope you switched it. Absolutely.

Speaker 2 (16:34):
I got The most gratifying that made my whole week
is that I was able to please that kid, not
knowing if I could.

Speaker 1 (16:44):
So a lot to unpact there for me.

Speaker 2 (16:46):
One.

Speaker 1 (16:47):
I don't like those kids, and that's not their fault,
but they don't know what they got to witness the
presence of Michael Jordan. Also, I just think him being
nervous and really taking it serious and being gratified. I
think it just speaks to one of the many things.
But maybe the most I think important thing about Jordan
that made him so different is the competitive nature. That

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was a chance for him to compete with himself and
you know, not miss a free throw for those young
kids that really they knew the name, they know of
Michael Jordan, but they don't know.

Speaker 3 (17:18):
They don't get it.

Speaker 1 (17:21):
He's the best. All right, Let's get to a quick
time out traving weather updates on the way. We'll see
how the roadways are looking on this Wednesday morning, and
get a look at the forecast as well. Right here
on news Radio eight forty whas Man this morning is
absolutely flying by seven forty eight here at news Radio
eight forty whas. Happy hump DAYTA hopefully a y're off
to a good star. We do have an accident that

(17:42):
looks like it's starting to cause some issues, and that
is a disabled vehicle that is on the Snyder eastbound
near the Simrna exit, so it is blocking I believe
the left lane and the left shoulder right now, so
again it's a disabled vehicle malm Arker thirteen point two.
But that is the Smirna Parkway area on the Gene

(18:04):
Snyder E. So be advised. All right, If you are
a pet owner, which I'm sure many of you are,
maybe you've been able to avoid any emergency when it
comes to your pet, a medical emergency. But it happens.
It's a scary, scary thing, and you may panic and
not know what to do. Well, I can tell you
what you should do as far as trusting you know

(18:27):
who you can trust it to get you situated in
that panic with your pet having a medical emergency. That's
my friends at the Jefferson Animal Hospital. They have been
open for decades, forty five years, they've been serving the
Louisville community and they're open twenty four hours a day,
including all holidays. They've got a doctor on site every night,
including Christmas, so they're there for you in case of

(18:49):
an emergency. You never know when it's going to happen.
It's not something you're prepare for. Again, it's an emergency
and it can be scary. But if you're thinking, where
do I go, who do I turn to? Jefferson Animal
Hospital is there for you. They're there for you if
you have an emergency with your pet, and you can
also just go see them without it being because of
an emergency. Schedule an appointment for any day or night,

(19:12):
walk right in, talk to them. They save lives every
single day a Jefferson Animal Hospital. And I know for
a lot of folks their pet is like a family member.
It's a loved one, and you want to feel good
about those that are treating your loved one when it
comes to medical situations or just general health. And you'll
find nobody better to do that than my friends at

(19:33):
Jefferson in them the hospital. So go see them, have
a conversation. They're friendly, and again they help save lives
every single day. And I'm sure many of you have
had a pet for decades it never had any issue,
but if it ever does happen, just keep in mind
they're there for you. And again they've been doing it
for forty five years, been open since nineteen eighty, twenty

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four hours a day. And again that's who I trust,
it who you should trust as well. So they're on
outer loop and if you want to check them out online.
You can visit Jefferson vets dot com or give them
a call at FAB two nine hundred pets. All right,
traving weather updates on the way. We'll see if if
there's any more accidents that are causing some real issues
this morning. I think it's been a pretty smooth morning

(20:15):
thus far, but as you know, that could change at
any moment. All right, don't go anywhere, keep it locked
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