(KMN) 11.18: The Whole Hog - Hour 3

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is seven oh five here at news Radio eight
forty w h as Happy Tuesday to you. A wet
and cold start to our morning, but that's okay, we'll
get through. You might need to head out a little
early than usual if if you've got a commute that
ends up on really any interstate, because I don't want
to continue it. We've got a disastrous situation right now
with traffic. But people always go a little slower when

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it comes to wet roadways, and i'd say most do
that because they're they're just trying to be safe. Now,
I'm also aware that sometimes people can be a little
too cautious and it can actually make things a little
more dangerous. But look, if you've been in Louisville and
maybe anywhere really, you just know that weather like today,
cold and wet, it could lead to a slower drive.

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So again, be advised of that. We'll have updates for
you coming up in just a few minutes on traffic
and roadways. So something we talked about a little bit
earlier is the JCPS budget situation. So they've got a
lot of money, they've got a trim out of their expenses.
So right now, the school system, the JCPS School Board

(01:07):
says that they're about eighty five percent finished on deciding
where they're going to cut one hundred and thirty two
million dollars from next year's budget. Doctor Brian Yearwood, who
is the new superintendent who inherited this, this this mess
of a situation. He told the district's Revenue Advisory Task
Force that the cuts come after a line by line

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review of the entire JCPS budget. So the review points
to three major reduction areas restructuring and reducing contracts, eliminating
central office positions, overhauling the district's organization to eliminate duplicate work,
figuring out how they're determining what work is being done

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more than once, which again.

Speaker 2 (01:51):
Is just a waste.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
So that's a big word that I'm sure comes up
quite a bit as they review how they got here
with a one hundred and thirty two dollars million millions
in cuts that need to be that need to take place,
because there's really, i mean, there's multiple layers to this
entirely one. How do you, i mean, how do you
cut this much without there being a drastic difference in

(02:14):
just the existence of JCPS. How do you cut one
hundred and thirty two million dollars from a budget and
have the school district even look remotely the same as
it did prior. That's one component. Another is how'd you
get here? How to help this happen? And that may
be an that may be a question we never really

(02:35):
get any full transparency on. I'd say it's clearly more
than one issue that led them here, and the one
that I hear quite often is the not I guess
not realizing that the the COVID relief funding was in
fact temporary and not not permanent. And there's been a

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back and forth he said, she said on that entire
situation from the new superintendent, doctor Yearwood, and of course
the previous superintendent, Marty polio So. Doctor Yearwood has said
that school closures may be on the table for buildings
that have very low enrollment. That went from being something
that initially was referenced as well, We're going to hope

(03:17):
and really try to avoid that to where now anytime
there's any kind of an update, it's quite clear that's
going to be a be a real shocker if there
aren't schools that are closed, and that's just what you
have to do here so again, the one hundred and
eighty eight million dollar deficit is just anytime I look
at the number, anytime I say it out loud, it

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still just seems unreal that you could end up in
this situation. So also, the task force has examined which
new taxes or tax increases could be used next year
with many existing taxes already maxed out. That's a whole
other thing that's just going to be and it already
is a talking point among many here in Louisville Jefferson

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County residents when it comes to talking about taking more taxes.
I mean, right now, I can't imagine there's many many
families out there that would like to hear that JCPS
is going to take more of your taxes, take more
out on taxes because they put themselves in a mess

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that they've got to clean up. Because that's really what
this is, right, I mean, you can't point your finger
at one person. I guess maybe if you wanted to,
you'd point it at the guy who was in fact
in charge, and that's Marty Polio who's no longer here.
But they've made a mess and it needs to be
cleaned up. It has to be cleaned up, and I
think they will be met with resistance, to say the

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least when it comes to it being something that taxpayers
have to help clean up. So the task force is
going to wait until the spring to make a tax
recommendation after they see how year Wood's one hundred and
thirty two million dollar cuts are actually impacting the overall budget.
So the JCBs board chair James Craig says a recallable

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tax is eventually unavoidable if the district wants new schools
and enough teachers. So it's already I'm sure something people
are talking about and not being happy about it when
it comes to just taxpayers having to help clean this up.
But as we get closer, and of course if it
becomes a real thing, it'll be an even bigger talking

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point with more resistance, I'm sure. So again, big decisions
coming ahead for JCPS. Cuts are massive. But unless they
find new revenue, which I'm not sure where they're going
to find that, this financial squeeze is for me hard
to envision it not being a different looking school district.

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And what I mean by that is just not just
one or two schools, multiple schools closing a big chunk
of positions being eliminated, not necessarily teachers because they need
those right, but these central office positions. I've talked to
folks who I know work at JCPS in that type
of role that have essentially acknowledged Yeah, it wouldn't shock

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me at all if what if my position in the
many others that do it is just gone. So they
got to clean it up somehow. All right, stick around
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So we talked earlier about Ford. They're going to offer

(06:35):
vehicles on Amazon. You can go through the Amazon process
like you do anything else that you buy on Amazon,
and you can now buy a Ford, a certified pre
owned Ford. So it's starting in Los Angeles, Seattle, and Dallas,
and it'll roll out to more cities. But this is
probably something we shouldn't be surprised by. You can buy
just about anything online, and soon you'll be able to

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buy a car online. And you've been able to do
that for a while. As far as just going through
the process at dealership's websites, but I guess having it
within Amazon, where you add it to your car, that's
what makes it seem odd. But wouldn't be shocked if
anything you buy in society, mean, really, what can't you
get on Amazon? Now that I think about it, But

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the process is going to be this you go through.
I mean, you essentially do the legwork online and you
just show up and pick up your vehicle. So I'm
not going to be buying buying a new vehicle anytime soon,
but if I was, I would avoid this just because
I would assume, well, it'll probably be tough to figure out,
I could easily mess something up, and the benefit for

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me would be avoiding sitting in a dealership going through
that process. And I just feel like, even if I
did order it online, the scenario where I just show
up and get the keys and leave, I don't think
would be I just don't think that's realistic. And also
you'd want to test drive, I'm sure, so at least
they're heading in that direction, and I'm sure others outside

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of just Forward will will follow. But this got me
thinking about what are some other things that you would
never think to buy online or on Amazon? And yet
you can. How about this, You can get a casket
that is very strange.

Speaker 2 (08:15):
Yeah, you can.

Speaker 1 (08:16):
You can buy a casket that'll have next day shipping
for you, a legitimate casket that can be used after
you die, hot tub or a sauna. That didn't really
surprise me. I'm thinking like the blow up ones. Oh,
but I'm sure you can get the the you know,
the high dollar ones you can get. You can also
get a prefab house. Yes, entire homes. You can buy,

(08:38):
uh one to bed, one to three bedroom fully fully,
you know, prefab houses that are delivered on a flatbread
and uh some even come with plumbing layouts, insulation, and
electrical schematics. So buy it on Amazon Prime and get
it to your house next day.

Speaker 2 (08:56):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (08:56):
Let's see what else is on this list of things
that people can buy from amaz On and it may
surprise you. You can get a forty thousand dollars commercial
pizza oven.

Speaker 2 (09:06):
So twenty thousand dollars.

Speaker 1 (09:07):
Yeah, if you want to open up a pizza shop
and you need the best oven in order to you know,
provide the product, you can get on Amazon. So is
there a stigma that if you get it on Amazon
you should be just you know, you should just not
be surprised with what you get because I don't shop
enough on Amazon to have a I don't have an
experience to really know, because you can obviously get you know,

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I would imagine people pay attention to reviews and you
want to find a price take away Amazon. I think
anything when you're considering prices and you see that one
is a lot more expensive than the other, and to
the eye the product is relatively the same. I just
assume that you're going to get what you pay for,
and I try to find something in the middle there right,

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not the cheapest, but not the most expensive. So yeah,
just other things here that you can get a flamethrower
and not a toy version, an actual working flame thrower.
You can get a backyard bowling alley kid a what
else do we have here on this list? You can
get a full a twenty foot metal shipping container. So

(10:14):
there's a lot of things I've I've listed on this
on this list that I wouldn't ever know where to
get it if I needed it. Don't think I ever would,
but nice to know that I can get it on Amazon.

Speaker 3 (10:24):
Because it seems to flamethrowers, those things are dangerous. I
do know some people during the wintertime they'll use a
something like a flamethrower. Maybe it is just an actual
flamethrower to melt the snow off their driveway.

Speaker 2 (10:36):
Whatever works.

Speaker 3 (10:37):
Hey, it's a lot easier and probably less bag breaking
than a shovel, I would imagine.

Speaker 1 (10:41):
I had a little homemade flamethrower when I was a kid.
I thought for a while I was going to be
a pyro.

Speaker 2 (10:45):
Was that aeros can?

Speaker 1 (10:47):
It was my sister's hairspray and on the you know,
the long stick lighters. Yeah, I realized I think, in
like sixth grade, what something being flamable actually means, and
never remember I would. I would sit and waist her
hair spray without her knowing, of course, with that lighter lit,
and just look at the flame. And then one time

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I caught a piece of paper on fire and it
scared me and I never did it again. And I
tried like crazy to keep the smell from getting to
any other It wasn't like a mint an issue in
the house. It was quickly put out, but it did
scare me, and of course the smell of it was obvious,
and yeah, I learned to stay away. But as a
sixth grader, I was fascinated. So yeah, flamethrower could be

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fun but also you know, dangerous. All right, let's get
to a quick time out trafficking weather updates on the way.
We've got Alex White stopping Biden Studio coming up here
in just a few minutes. We've also got another news
update coming your way around seven thirty, so stick around
right here news Radio eight forty whas. All right, it
is seven thirty five here at news Radio eight forty whas.

(11:51):
Thank you for hanging out with us here on this
wet and cold Tuesday morning. We have our friend Alex
White with us here in studio. I'm glad to see you.
Seem to be in a good mood.

Speaker 2 (12:01):
Man. Does that is that accurate to say it's a
great day?

Speaker 1 (12:04):
Well, it is.

Speaker 2 (12:05):
It's always great to have you.

Speaker 1 (12:06):
But I always worry whenever I invite people to come
and join me in studio very early, although this isn't
that early. I mean, I start this thing at five o'clock.
But you had to get out in the in the
in the wet conditions, the traffic. But you're here, you're
in a good mood, and that's that's all. That's all
we can ask for. So Louill did a good job
today with traffic. Normally when it rains, it's it's a
bear coming in smooth no traffic really, so props everybody

(12:30):
out there thinking, well good, yeah, and you never really
know what to expect regardless of weather, but when it
is wet, it seems to be I've learned with this
new newish role that or weather is always going to
make it a little bit more difficult for people to
get where they want to get to. But I also
tell them, hey, you're in luck because you get a
longer experience of coffee and company if you end up

(12:50):
in traffic, so you're actually winning. And again I hope
people can pick up on sarcasm, because if you're sitting
in traffic and you're going to be late, I'm sure
you're you're in a foul mood. But anyways, so this
this is something we talked about yesterday that I wanted
to get your thoughts on because I'm I'm someone that
would probably have the Christmas tree up nine months out
of the year if my wife allowed it, and who knows,
maybe we get there at some point. But when it

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comes to those that are bothered by people who want
to start the Christmas season before Thanksgiving.

Speaker 2 (13:18):
I don't know what the issue is.

Speaker 1 (13:20):
What about putting the Christmas tree up and having Christmas
lights on my house means I'm not going to celebrate Thanksgiving.
People think they need to defend Thanksgiving, and I just
need to get your your friend of mine. I need
to get your thoughts on this, because I'm done sitting
back acting like I've disrespected Thanksgiving because I want to
have my Christmas tree up.

Speaker 4 (13:38):
So I too would have mine up nine months out
of the year, but not because of like my spirit
of Christmas and everything.

Speaker 2 (13:44):
It's because I would be too lazy to take it down.
It's a process.

Speaker 4 (13:47):
So luckily, you know, my wife come come January, she
puts me to work. We work together and everything goes down.
But yeah, you know, this is a this is gonna
be a hot topic. We're probably going to get a
lot of hate mail, some callers in maybe that tap
back line and getting busy. So again, not trying to
upset anybody, but you know, I take the opposite approach.
You know, previously I was a December first. You gotta

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let that was your stance. That was it was you
have to let Thanksgiving have its time. So that's that's
where I was most of my life.

Speaker 1 (14:16):
But that's but that's my thing is that why does
that why why is it viewed as as Thanksgiving is
getting is getting a kick to the you know what
because the Christmas music is on? Because the I mean, look,
Thanksgiving is a holiday, Christmas is a season. I mean
that's not that's I mean, I'm not a lawyer here
you are, but that that do you?

Speaker 2 (14:35):
I have a good case.

Speaker 4 (14:36):
Uh So I've definitely softened my approach and I have
a new rule now. So it's not even Thanksgiving Day,
it's whenever Alex our White ploc has our Thanksgiving pot luck. Okay,
that is kind of my new rule of thumb of
when it's official. And now so I've got a battle
not just how early my wife wants to decorate, but
everyone at the office wants to decorate too. And I'll

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tell you that in October we had several offices.

Speaker 2 (15:00):
That had Christmas trees in them.

Speaker 4 (15:01):
So, I mean, it is it is a wave that
you really have to be kind of stay strong to
keep that stuff boxed up until you know the time
is right. But my My new softened approach is, you know,
after Alex R. White Ploc has its Thanksgiving pot luck, boom,
deck the halls, let's.

Speaker 1 (15:17):
Go turn the page. It's it's that's when it's Christmas
in full effect. So talk to me about this pot luck.
Is it is it competitive? I was at the chili cookoff.
It was highly competitive.

Speaker 2 (15:28):
Uh you know it was.

Speaker 1 (15:30):
I mean, I'm sure there was. There's still some that
are licking their wounds for not winning.

Speaker 2 (15:33):
It was you that won.

Speaker 1 (15:34):
Yes, Alex White won the Alex White Chili Cookoff, but
that's just because he had the best batch. I can
say it was in fact championship caliber. But do you
get a good spread? I mean, so that's the best
part about it pot luck is that, like you got
all kinds of stuff to try.

Speaker 4 (15:47):
So the good news and I you know, came here
to announce it first. Our pot luck was yesterday. So oh, okay,
today is now official in Louisville. Everyone, Are you still full?

Speaker 2 (15:58):
Yes I am. That's why I'm in such a good mood. Okay,
but yeah, it's usually helps.

Speaker 4 (16:01):
I'm glad to tell everyone that you can now go
ahead and decorate for Christmas. We had the pot luck yesterday.
So it's kind of like, you know, the groundhog didn't
see a shadow. You know, you can do stuff. We
had our potluck decorate for Christmas. But it was it
was exceptional. We we are a office of great cooks.

Speaker 2 (16:17):
Tourney.

Speaker 4 (16:17):
John Spaulding did a beef brisket on smoke for about
nine or twelve hours. It was exceptional. We had some
of the best desserts I ever had, the best macaroni
and cheese ever had, which is a high bar.

Speaker 2 (16:28):
Yeah, oh yeah, and just want to be a huge
shout out to Polly for that.

Speaker 1 (16:32):
It was.

Speaker 2 (16:32):
It was fantastic. I made a potato dish.

Speaker 4 (16:35):
It was like sweet potatoes, yams, russell potatoes, small potato.

Speaker 1 (16:38):
I still I'm hungry.

Speaker 4 (16:40):
My secret here, you know, just giving a lot of
secrets out black pepper, salt, cayenne, clove, and maple syrup.
That's that's the secret. You cook it on the grill, okay,
for about thirty minutes.

Speaker 2 (16:53):
So interesting.

Speaker 4 (16:53):
It was an exceptional It was exceptional day. And that
you know what it's like the third favorite day of
mine at the office, Number one being chili cookoff. But
uh yeah, you know, I was able to set the
mood for the whole week with the potlat.

Speaker 1 (17:06):
This is the time of year, with the chili cookoffs
that were taking place around things around Halloween, and of
course I'm sure a lot of offices do something for
Thanksgiving if you can, if you can add a day
where people can just sit around and eat and socialize
and of course try to maybe get some work done.

Speaker 2 (17:22):
Got to be a boost to the culture, I think. So, yeah,
it was great.

Speaker 1 (17:25):
Who wouldn't Who wouldn't want that?

Speaker 2 (17:27):
All right?

Speaker 1 (17:27):
So Alex White is with us here Alex Rright PLLC
sou Distracted driver dot com. I'm sure many of you
are familiar with this brand if you If you are
not yet, you certainly will be. But you bring awareness
to distracted drivers and you do that in a variety
of ways. And with the Christmas season coming up, you're
gonna run it back. Sue Santa Is that? Is that?

(17:48):
What's the actual website? Sue Santa Claus dot Sue Santa
Claus dot com. So tell me when this first officially
became a thing for you guys, And really, I guess
what the reaction has been, because I'm sure sure it's
been a mixed bag.

Speaker 2 (18:01):
Yeah, So again.

Speaker 4 (18:02):
You know I'm I'm a young business owner, entrepreneur. You
know I make mistakes, and uh, you know, no one's
no one's obviously going to tell you to run Sue
Santa Claus dot com. But we do it, and I
love it so about I guess this will be our
third year. But two years ago, three years ago, on

(18:22):
Thanksgiving Day, during the NFL Games, we premiered Sue Santa
Claus dot com. And it is a TV commercial that
is entirely a parody of you know, Sue Distracted Driver
dot com. We are poking fun at ourselves, we are
making fun of me. I act like I'm thank you.
I act like I'm a serious attorney that says like,

(18:44):
you know, don't risk the naughty list, don't let be
mean all year, separate you from holiday plunder. Uh visit
Sue Santa Claus dot com. And then we try to
always buy a second spot in the same commercial. Break
just to like the nerves where I take a phone
call from someone who's upset about the TV commercial and

(19:06):
I explained that this is a joke. We will not
sue Santa Claus. And we won't by the way, I'm
going on record, we will not do that. We sue
distracted drivers.

Speaker 1 (19:18):
So you mentioned right right out of the gate that
some would say you reference making a mistake. Some would
say maybe not to do that. Why though, like what
would be there just because I guess people would assume that,
like I know, kids may see it, and that could
be something that my like my kids would probably think,
like wait a second, he's gonna not the big guy.
They're real protective of him. But like, who wouldn't get
that that's a joke.

Speaker 4 (19:39):
Yeah, well, I mean here's a thing you can You
can do anything and somebody's gonna have a problem with it.

Speaker 2 (19:45):
So, you know, in this job, it's just part of
the territory.

Speaker 4 (19:48):
You know, we've run holiday commercials like between Thanksgiving and
January first, when like it's the most likely time someone's
getting a correct, most likely time someone's going to be
victimized by duhy, And we've simply run TV commercials that
like warn about don't drink and drive please this holiday season,
don't drink and drive. And you know I've got emails
about you know, just nasty stuff. Sure, so you can

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you can put anything on TV and somebody's going to
have a problem with it. Sue Santa Claus dot com.
Is intentionally provocative. Obviously, we're trying to get attention because.

Speaker 1 (20:22):
That's the name of the game.

Speaker 2 (20:23):
Yes, But also, like, what I like.

Speaker 4 (20:25):
About it is it is an opportunity to talk about
distracted driving. And this is a huge thing for kids.
So when kids are twelve, thirteen, ten, they're watching mom
and dad in the car. They see what's going on,
and they're absorbing all that information. So Sue Santa Claus
dot com, Oh, mom, what is this? Well, actually, you

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know it's about it's about not just not driving and texting. Oh, like, Grandpa,
does you know what I mean? Like, it's it's an
opportunity to have a conversation. And actually this year, December seventh,
at light Up Valley Station, we're going to give away
kids t shirts that say say no, No, No to
distracted driving. So it's provocative, it's provocative on purpose, but
it's an opportunity to talk to kids about distracted driving.

Speaker 2 (21:09):
Sure, when they.

Speaker 4 (21:09):
Turn fifteen sixteen, they're gonna be behind the wheel and
they need to have a negative connotation of driving with
your phone out.

Speaker 1 (21:17):
Yeah, I mean that that makes it make total sense
as far as you have You've initiated a conversation that
you know will take place because Sanna is involved, right,
I mean, that's that's the play here. And even if
the kids may be worried, and as you said, the
parent has to say, it's it's you know, it's not real.
They're not really gonna Susanna. And then the commercial comes

(21:37):
on later that shows that you're that you're not gonna Susanna.
I mean, I can see my son if he sees me,
even looking away. Hey, you shouldn't be distracted. Put your
phone away because he's gonna it's gonna. What connects to
him more than anything is the Santa element. So when
you explain it like that, it's well done. And I
would imagine even those that work, you know, in the
marketing world, would say, hey, that's a pretty good idea.

(21:58):
So when you would get again, you were right about this,
and uh, I've known this for a long time, it
was it was. It was something I had to accept
pretty early on. No matter what you do, if you
have a platform for radio television, it will not take
long to realize there'll be people that just want to
give you criticism, tell you you're awful, tell you it
was a terrible idea and that's just what comes with it,
no matter what you do.

Speaker 2 (22:19):
But when you did get pushed back, what was it?

Speaker 4 (22:21):
So two that I'll share it because one's great, but
you know, the first one was I guess after the
Macy's Day parade. It ended right before a commercial break
with like and next Santa Claus is coming up, and
you know, he's waving everything. It's a great, you know,
awesome view. And then the first commercial that aired was
don't risk the naughty list visit dot com. But you
can't control that right right as far as the time,

(22:43):
and that's the timing I would pick to be, of course.

Speaker 2 (22:45):
Yeah, But so I get I get the email and
it's like, hey.

Speaker 4 (22:49):
Man, like this happened, and Santa's on TV and my
whole family was watching him, my three.

Speaker 2 (22:53):
Daughters, and then you ruined Christmas.

Speaker 1 (22:55):
And I'm like, mantle a little bit of an exaggeration,
I'm sure, but I can They're they're teeing him up.
It's they're teasing here up. Next is the big guy.
It's his time, it's Santa. And then right away he's
facing a lawsuit as they go to commercial break, potentially,
so then last.

Speaker 4 (23:10):
Year, I got a really well done letter from like
a nine or ten year old girl, and and props
to her. I mean she she read me, right, I
mean she she put me in my place like Santa's
the man.

Speaker 2 (23:24):
I mean it was. It was well done.

Speaker 1 (23:25):
So she was like his lawyer representing him to you, right, yes,
And I was so.

Speaker 4 (23:29):
Impressed with it. I actually spent about an hour and
a half drafting a response and then we and I
figured out there was enough clues, like definitely anonymous, but
there was enough clues. I figured out like who her
parents were, and I sent I sent them like a
gift basket the letter to their daughter, explaining like how

(23:50):
great that letter was and how she should keep this
spirit of advocacy and just you.

Speaker 2 (23:55):
Know, really like good job.

Speaker 4 (23:57):
And I sent some swag, some coffee, mug, t shirt, coke,
what's it called hot chocolate, So all of that sentiur.

Speaker 1 (24:06):
Well Christmas care package, right, And I thought for sure i'd.

Speaker 4 (24:09):
Hear back like hey, thanks, you know that was really funny.
Crickets nothing, so I think may have actually been mad.
I don't know, but I'm glad that it was an
opportunity for that family to work with their daughter and
do a project and.

Speaker 2 (24:21):
Speak up for himself.

Speaker 1 (24:21):
Well, if it's something that did impact their Christmas, then
I guess that's unfortunate, but they'll associate it with you
and your overall message, which is to keep people aware
that there are distracted drivers and we need to reduce
that as best we can. So you reference some data
as far as just the when you're most likely to
be impacted. Does that ever change or has it constantly

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been sort of the same times of year, the same
potential situations that just seem to be most likely.

Speaker 4 (24:47):
So we are, you know, into the season where it
gets bad for a number of factors. Weather, right, we
referenced like we had no rain from August to September
in the Ohio River Valley and now we're getting rain
which is going to turn into snow, so it's dark early,
all of that daylight savings time hits, so you're going
to be driving at night there in dark hours where

(25:09):
previously would have been daytime, like just going to dinner,
So that makes it dangerous. Then you've got all of
the holiday parties and celebrations, so everything from you know,
the office Christmas party, which is you know, just terrible
think about as a personal injury atorney to uh, you know, Thanksgiving,
it Grandmas where people are maybe drinking and driving home

(25:29):
all the Christmas parties, et cetera. And then obviously New
Year's Eve too is like you know, they're called January firs,
like National Hungover.

Speaker 2 (25:35):
Day or whatever.

Speaker 4 (25:35):
So you just got a season where everything's working against
us as far as you know the likelihood of a
wreck happening.

Speaker 1 (25:44):
So whenever you all and people are more busy, I mean,
of course, yeah, there's so much going on the travel
of just the just the holidays for sure. So every
I'm sure every case is I mean, every case is different,
Every situation is different. But how often when you when
you have any you know, when you have direct communication
with with these those that you represent that have been impacted.

(26:06):
I just imagine if it was me, it would be
one of those moments where you know, people for the
most part, are traveling via car every day and it's
it's routine. You don't really it's just you're almost like
on autopilot. But at any moment, there could be somebody
that could could literally ruin your life, in your life
because of that, and I just think if it happened
to me, it would be one of those things where
I would just realize, oh wow, like this this could

(26:26):
have happened in any moment, and it never did. I
guess my overall question is that people don't really really
get it until maybe they've been impacted unfortunately. I mean
that or somebody you know, to where you just are
more mindful of it.

Speaker 2 (26:38):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (26:38):
What's interesting is if I've got some kind of following
Facebook or you know, I see on social media, and
you know, you'll see some comments that they make from
time to time that are.

Speaker 2 (26:49):
I just use the term ambulance chaser.

Speaker 4 (26:51):
Oh yeah, yeah, and then inevitably, you know, six months later,
a year later, it's like, oh man, you won't believe
what happened. I'm like, yes, I do believe what that happened.
Happens all the time. Here's what you're up against, and
that's not fair. Well, we're gonna do everything we can
for you.

Speaker 1 (27:04):
And there's a reason that it's a reminder for them.
There's a reason that you guys do what you do.
So you said it not me ambulance chaser. You to me,
and I I you give off the exact opposite of
that in every way. But I feel but I feel
like it's it's it's more so just it's it doesn't
seem as if you're like going out of your way
to do it. It just seems more I don't know.

(27:25):
I guess it speaks to the brand of you and
and and your team overall. And I guess my question
is like, is that is that Are you mindful of
that stigma being out?

Speaker 2 (27:33):
I think you have to be right, sure, yes, and
then you can't control that.

Speaker 4 (27:37):
I'm sure I'll get an email that's like, don't talk
about not being ambulance chaser when you have SUSHIRACLEI dot com.

Speaker 2 (27:43):
I get that.

Speaker 4 (27:44):
But anyways, No, I love my job and I you know,
this is a profession. It's one of the only professions
that's actually referenced in the United States Constitution lawyer. So
it's it's really important to me. It's something that I
take a lot of pride in. And uh, what I
see in our industry is the important special things that
we do to actually help people. When it's us against

(28:04):
a multi billion dollar insurance company and you know ear bull,
I mean that's earlier this week, we work on a
situation where there's a particular medical device that someone had
to use every day, and the insurance company didn't want
to pay full price for it because it was quote
used at the time of the crash, and therefore they
should get depreciation. And you know, our message was like,

(28:26):
no client of ours is going to go buy a
used hearing aid. So figured out now or you can sue.

Speaker 2 (28:33):
That's it. And so it's little stuff like that.

Speaker 1 (28:35):
That's a good example of something that would would never
come to mind. But yeah, that's that's fighting for somebody
that may have without representation, without help from you, they
would have just I guess this is what.

Speaker 2 (28:44):
I have to do.

Speaker 4 (28:44):
Yeah, And so you know, I see those little battles
and I take that very seriously and I love it,
and I was I would say, like, chase the dream,
the money will follow. So if we're concentrated on just
helping people, we don't have to worry about, you know,
chasing ambulances or doing doing the stupid stuff that you
know gets a lot of attorneys into trouble and also

(29:05):
gives the industry a bad name. So I want to
just focus on helping people.

Speaker 2 (29:08):
Good stuff.

Speaker 1 (29:09):
Alex, appreciate your time, and I'm glad to know that
with the pot luck taking place yesterday, you guys have
shifted the page.

Speaker 2 (29:15):
It's official.

Speaker 1 (29:15):
I don't have to worry about any criticism from your
team about having my Christmas tree up too early. I
don't know why I'm so sensitive to it this year,
but I've been taking some taking some heat for being
someone that just wants to embrace it too early. But
I'm not changing. I'm standing firm. Thanks as always, Alex,
appreciate you. Let's get to a quick time out. We've
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