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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Alex was with us in the studio yesterday and he's
he's he's a friend of mine, but also he's been
a great partner. And I love when we can partner
with people who who who just do great things for
the community, not just with the service they provide, but
also just with giving back, helping out whenever possible. And
Alex h this is the kind of thing that that
(01:05):
that that speaks to just Alex being overall just a
good dude. And I just say that as somebody who
who who calls him a friend, but you know, he
he's probably not even really making this an known thing,
but he did something that was very, very, very awesome
and appreciated I know by so many people here in
the area. So high school girls flag football is is
(01:27):
I should I could be wrong, but I believe next
year it's going to be a KHS Double A. Like
an actual sport. You need a certain amount of schools
in the state to participate and have a team to
where it can be it can be an actual sport
within the KHS Double A and not considered a club
level kind of thing. I believe right now it is
still considered club level, but it is exploded as far
(01:50):
as just there are girls that want to play flag
football and it's competitive and they have regional champions. That's
how this, you know, putting it together in a in
a region region by region was I guess the groundwork,
if you will, to to make it to where when
it does get approved to become an actual, you know,
an actual sport by the KHS Double A, there's already
(02:12):
some some some structure, if you will, because not everybody's
gonna have a team, but there there's enough to where
it's going to be actually a real sport. But they
now have all these all these regional champions but there's
really no there's no tournament that's set up to see
who can actually maybe claim the you know, the state championship.
And also with with with with with the the logistics,
(02:34):
right like where would you play, uh, with the weather
being what it is, you have to find a turf field.
You need a neutral site, you need something that makes
that makes the most sense. Well, because they were in need,
Alex has decided to step up and pay for the
the I guess the rental of ellen N Cardinal Stadium.
So they're going to have like an actual Kentucky girls
(02:56):
high school flag football state championship at Ellen N Federal
Credit Union Stadium. And again without his donation and without
him making it happen, it may not happen. So it's
just one of those things that like you would expect
people who do that to want it to be known
and make it a big deal. That's just not really
who he is. But now because of it, not only
is is this going to give them a chance to
(03:17):
have you know, one of these teams is gonna be
able to say they're the state champ, but also they
get to do it in an ACC stadium.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
So good stuff.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
And I will be pulling for the North Bullet Eagles
because they were Region four champs and I'm hoping they
can bring home the hardware. The North Bullet Lady Eagles,
who have had a really good season so far, and
I mean it's really competitive. I've followed along just because
again I'm from that community, and obviously they've had a
team that's pretty good and now they got a chance
to maybe win a state title. But of all the
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sports that catch on, this one seems to be one
that didn't take long at all for it to become
super popular and there to be enough interest from student
there to where there's I mean, I'd love to do
a deep dive and see the timeline it took for
other schools to get to the point where, all right,
(04:09):
you're playing club level to where it's not necessarily sanctioned
by the KHS Double A. But you can still, you know,
you can use the school property and have a team
come and play well. To now it's it's it's I
mean again, I think the expectation is by next year
it's actually part of the KHS Double A. So good
stuff there, all right, speaking of good stuff, not good
stuff last night for Kentucky basketball. I I know, as
(04:32):
a as a Louisville fan myself, I'm sure I'm the
last you want to hear talk about it, but it
is it is certainly something worth talking about. I wish
I could tell you, as again somebody who's a louis
A fan, that that I you know, I thought this
was that the downfall is is is coming for Kentucky
and Mark Pope. But I think he's shown he's a
good enough coach to use what he's got and make
the most of it. But if you are a Kentucky
(04:54):
fan and you're concerned after these first couple of weeks,
I totally get it. But one thing you don't offer
to hear your coach say, and it certainly isn't a
great sign. But I do think just from what we
can see from the outside looking in, I get why
he said it. He called his team a complicated cocktail,
and I think he's referring to the ingredients not necessarily
(05:16):
all mixing together. You had some guys last night jawing
at each other teammates of course in a huddle, needed
to be separated, and it's never a good sign. But
if there is a silver lining, maybe you get this
stuff out of the way early because you got many
more tough games to come, that's for sure. All right,
stick around It is News Radio eight forty whs. We've
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had some real traffic headaches, not only in recent months,
and we have some in months to come, with the
next summer when they completely shut down part of sixty
five for an extended amount of time.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
So I guess we just need to get used to it.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
And one of the many traffic headaches is getting close
to home for myself and mister John Alden. So I
did not expect there to be as many people impacted
by this.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
As clearly there are.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
So for those who don't know, I'm born and raised
in Bullet County, still live there to this day, and
I know what Bell's Mill Road is. I've been on
Bells Mill Road many many times. John, You're on it
what every day? Whenever it's open it every day? Yes,
so it is. It's going to be closed down for
six months because they are repairing a bridge. And the
(06:26):
coverage of this, I mean it's been It's been on
every news station in town recently, and it was on WLKY,
our partners they had the story yesterday, is because when
you have this many people that are impacted by a
road being shut down, I mean, it's going to get
people figuring out, Okay, what's what's what can I do
to avoid these traffic headaches? And unfortunately, there's really nothing
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you can do other than just sit in traffic with
everybody else. But the Floyd's Fork Bridge on Bell's Mill
Road is now officially shut down for repairs and it
won't be back open it sounds like, until May of
twenty twenty six. So if you're traveling between Shepherdsville and
Mount Washington, you're gonna feel it every single day. But
what I I guess had never really thought about, but
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makes total sense. There are many that use it just
as a cutthrough. Maybe they're not necessarily like maybe the
end destination is not Shepherdsville or Mount Washington, but they
just for example, if you're somebody that is trying to
get to the Gene Snyder. Let's say you're you know,
sixty five, You're going sixty five south and you're getting
to the east end, and you have learned that you
(07:34):
can save some time by getting off at getting off
the brooks Sexit on sixty five South and navigating to
Bellsville Road and then taking that to forty four to
Barchtown Road then to the Snyder. Sounds like I'm giving
you some big complicated path, but it can save you time,
especially if you're wanting.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
To avoid rush hour traffic.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
But yeah, the amount of people that relied on this
that I did not realize is again, I guess it
makes me feel like there's more people that are at
least aware of, you know, where, I just would have
never expected many people to even know what bells Mill
Road is.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
So my wife works in Shepherdsville. The school she works
as in basically the right across the railroad tracks in
Shepherdsville Shepardsville Elementary. Her commute to and from used to
be about fifteen minutes to our house, which is just
it's right on the border of Mount Washington. Shepherdsville and
it's the last two days it's taken her fifteen minutes
to get home instead of fifteen. That's a significant What
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is that thirty five minute difference?
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Yeah, I mean the amount of cars that are that
are now going to be on forty four and Preston
Highway deep into Bullet County. Of course, that's that's where
you're gonna feel that at the lights. But honestly, I'm
not blaming you specifically, John, but you guys grew too fast.
Mount Washington has so many people that have moved. It's
a very big growing area, and they got enough room
(08:55):
for everybody when it comes to houses and whatnot. But man,
forty four is it time? It can be just a complete.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
They were talking and I don't know how realistic this
is to even happen nowadays, but they were talking about
widening Highway forty four back when I was in high school,
which was almost ten years ago.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
Now they need to and I guess maybe maybe not
doing it at this point. I'm sure there's many reasons
if they haven't done it yet, but it could be
just because they realized the construction would make what is
already a very terrible traffic situation.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Even worse.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
But yeah, I mean you're talking about more than ten
thousand vehicles per day that that are going to be
impacted by this, and yeah, people are going to feel it.
What did you tell me that the reports or the
rumors are as far as.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
What was they're The reason that they can't do it
in the summer is because it will it would impact
the crawfish mating season and some bats that live underneath
the bridge.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
That's the most Bully County thing I've ever heard. Can't
we can't do the project in the summer because because
we got crawlfish mating. And again, I don't poke fun
at that. I'm assuming that's a real thing that you
have to be mindful of. But it just meant it
sounds like Bullet County to me, and I wouldn't have
it any other way.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
But how are you impacted by this?
Speaker 3 (10:03):
Thankfully because of our very strange commute time, I'm the
only thing that's different from me is I just can't
go Bell's Mill.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
I just go down to sixty five.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
We're taking a different path, but it's not really causing
like any You're not sitting in the traffic.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
And I've actually learned I think it's maybe a couple
of minutes faster to not go Bell's Mill.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Yeah, I mean, hey, maybe maybe you benefit from the
maybe again small wins for me. I guess I know
it's not win for everybody else. Good stuff.
Speaker 1 (10:28):
Let's get to a cook update of trapping in weather.
Sports updates on the way as well, So stick with
us right here. It's news Radio eight forty whas it
is six thirty six. Here at news Radio eight forty
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a very long winded rant for me about the college
football playoff in our last sports update there with Scott
and I don't want to act as if I'm anti
(14:07):
a college football because I'll watch a lot of it
this weekend like I do every weekend. And there's also
some great things that come with college football, but you
really just can't get anywhere else. Just some of the
stories just some of I mean, it's a big part
of the culture in a lot of areas, but it's
just when Louisville football is expected to have a season
where they can compete for an ACC championship and it
(14:31):
was right there, and now for the second straight year,
you're thinking what could have been? It is deflating because
I'd be a liar if I told you, oh, yeah,
nine in three. But man, we've got the Belk Ball
here we go. Now, anytime your team plays, you're gonna
watch and hope they win. And bowl games can still
(14:51):
be fun as far as just making it an experience
like taking a trip and having fun, that's great. But
where I think it just seems to be so.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Stupid. I guess, for lack of a better word.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
It makes no sense because right now, you know, how
are we supposed to believe these bowl games are a
big priority. Whenever coaches are in a spot that what's what?
What would make the most sense for a coach that
maybe is going to be entering next season where he's
got to really deliver, he's got to perform to feel
to feel reassured at at his job. Is he going
(15:27):
to focus on a bowl game that most people won't
remember who you played and if you want or lost
in a year or two, should that be the emphasis
or should he be all in on building the next
season's roster in the transfer portal, because that's what you
have to do. If you're not focusing on the portal,
you're missing out and you're not going to have as
good of a roster.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
Potentially, when Indiana hired Signeti a couple of years ago,
he had to ditch his James Madison team that was
playing in a bowl game for the first time because
he had to hit the ground running.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
And and you'll see more it's already been a thing,
but you'll see more schools that just choose not to
participate in bowls because they realize, we can't even act
like we care about playing in the Gasparillo Bowl. We
need to go and build a team for next year.
We got to round up money, we got to go
recruit players, and that's what we want our staff focused
(16:15):
on and not worried about, you know, other things. So
you know, I don't have a solution as far as
you know how you fix it, but it's it's become
a growing issue that certainly can't be ignored. All right,
quick break, We've got traving weather updates on the way,
so stick with us right here. It's news Radio eight
forty whas So, Louisville's twenty twenty six legislative session is
(16:37):
coming up, and Maya Greenberg is already making his pitch
to state lawmakers, and here are some things that he's prioritizing.
Funding for TARK. Greenberg says that TARK hasn't seen real funding,
a real funding changed since nineteen seventy four, and he
also wants the state to chip in so TARK can
expand their service, reach more neighborhoods and serve more JCPS schools.
(16:59):
That could certainly be a convenient thing given the bus
driver shortage that is seemingly never ending. I know they've
made some improvements there, but still if you could utilize
the TARK service to help make up for what you're
missing with just the lack of drivers, that would go
a long way. Also, gun safety measures that'll continue to
be a focus, youth violence, and the juvenile detention facility
(17:24):
Ding Ding Ding. I mean, this is something that I
hope people realize is not a City Greenberg type thing.
I mean, I think anybody in the city, including our
leader Mayor Greenberg, would tell you a juvenile detention center
is needed. The results are there. I'd love to hear
somebody dispute that it's not needed right now because we
(17:47):
have I think the violent criminals in this city, they
in a way are benefiting from like we've got it
set up right now as a city to where they're thriving.
They can have, you know, they can gang leaders, gang members,
they can make they can go out and bring in
these impressionable kids. Yes, children who maybe feel a level
(18:08):
of importance for the first time in their life because
they feel like they're a part of something and it's
something awful. It's a violent gang, but maybe that's maybe
that's where they feel like they belong because of their upbringing,
their background, and they're the ones out here committing violent
crimes and it probably in fact, you know, talking to
some folks from LMPD, it starts to where they're they're
(18:30):
involved in it, but not to the extent to where
they've picked up charges that they're being held and they're
being you know that they're awaiting trial and they're just
locked up. So by the time you see a story
of fifteen year old charged in the murder or sixteen
year old victim of a murder. These are children that
(18:52):
LMPD with some of them, I'm sure it's not all
of them. They saw this coming, right, they saw that
they were living that life and this, you know, I
don't want to say it was bound to happen, but
this is that's that's that's not a shocking outcome when
that's the life you're living and it keeps these you know,
these violent gang members from that. They're using children to
do their dirty work to make this a more violent
(19:13):
and dangerous city and the way in which we just
don't have. And another component that people rarely think about
is that there are parents that would love their kids
to be in the juvenile Attention center in Louisville because
they would know, Hey, at least I'm aware of where
they are and I don't have to worry about getting
the phone call that they're the next child to be
either the victim or the perpetrator. And a violent crime
(19:36):
that takes somebody's life. I mean, that's that's something I
don't think many ever think about, but I bet there
are parents that that that wish they could lock their
kids up because they're trying as best they can and
they just they they need help. They need somebody to
hold them accountable at the legal level, locking them up.
So again, I believe it when I see it, because
(19:56):
they the money's there, but the state, the state, it's well, Frankfort.
They've got to get the ball rolling. And when that happens,
who knows? All Right, trafficking, weather updates on the way,
a sports update as well, So stick around right here
at news Radio eight forty whas
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Alex was with us in the studio yesterday and he's
he's he's a friend of mine, but also he's been
a great partner. And I love when we can partner
with people who who who just do great things for
the community, not just with the service they provide, but
also just with giving back, helping out whenever possible. And
Alex h this is the kind of thing that that
(01:05):
that that speaks to just Alex being overall just a
good dude. And I just say that as somebody who
who who calls him a friend, but you know, he
he's probably not even really making this an known thing,
but he did something that was very, very, very awesome
and appreciated I know by so many people here in
the area. So high school girls flag football is is
(01:27):
I should I could be wrong, but I believe next
year it's going to be a KHS Double A. Like
an actual sport. You need a certain amount of schools
in the state to participate and have a team to
where it can be it can be an actual sport
within the KHS Double A and not considered a club
level kind of thing. I believe right now it is
still considered club level, but it is exploded as far
(01:50):
as just there are girls that want to play flag
football and it's competitive and they have regional champions. That's
how this, you know, putting it together in a in
a region region by region was I guess the groundwork,
if you will, to to make it to where when
it does get approved to become an actual, you know,
an actual sport by the KHS Double A, there's already
(02:12):
some some some structure, if you will, because not everybody's
gonna have a team, but there there's enough to where
it's going to be actually a real sport. But they
now have all these all these regional champions but there's
really no there's no tournament that's set up to see
who can actually maybe claim the you know, the state championship.
And also with with with with with the the logistics,
(02:34):
right like where would you play, uh, with the weather
being what it is, you have to find a turf field.
You need a neutral site, you need something that makes
that makes the most sense. Well, because they were in need,
Alex has decided to step up and pay for the
the I guess the rental of ellen N Cardinal Stadium.
So they're going to have like an actual Kentucky girls
(02:56):
high school flag football state championship at Ellen N Federal
Credit Union Stadium. And again without his donation and without
him making it happen, it may not happen. So it's
just one of those things that like you would expect
people who do that to want it to be known
and make it a big deal. That's just not really
who he is. But now because of it, not only
is is this going to give them a chance to
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have you know, one of these teams is gonna be
able to say they're the state champ, but also they
get to do it in an ACC stadium.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
So good stuff.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
And I will be pulling for the North Bullet Eagles
because they were Region four champs and I'm hoping they
can bring home the hardware. The North Bullet Lady Eagles,
who have had a really good season so far, and
I mean it's really competitive. I've followed along just because
again I'm from that community, and obviously they've had a
team that's pretty good and now they got a chance
to maybe win a state title. But of all the
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sports that catch on, this one seems to be one
that didn't take long at all for it to become
super popular and there to be enough interest from student
there to where there's I mean, I'd love to do
a deep dive and see the timeline it took for
other schools to get to the point where, all right,
(04:09):
you're playing club level to where it's not necessarily sanctioned
by the KHS Double A. But you can still, you know,
you can use the school property and have a team
come and play well. To now it's it's it's I
mean again, I think the expectation is by next year
it's actually part of the KHS Double A. So good
stuff there, all right, speaking of good stuff, not good
stuff last night for Kentucky basketball. I I know, as
(04:32):
a as a Louisville fan myself, I'm sure I'm the
last you want to hear talk about it, but it
is it is certainly something worth talking about. I wish
I could tell you, as again somebody who's a louis
A fan, that that I you know, I thought this
was that the downfall is is is coming for Kentucky
and Mark Pope. But I think he's shown he's a
good enough coach to use what he's got and make
the most of it. But if you are a Kentucky
(04:54):
fan and you're concerned after these first couple of weeks,
I totally get it. But one thing you don't offer
to hear your coach say, and it certainly isn't a
great sign. But I do think just from what we
can see from the outside looking in, I get why
he said it. He called his team a complicated cocktail,
and I think he's referring to the ingredients not necessarily
(05:16):
all mixing together. You had some guys last night jawing
at each other teammates of course in a huddle, needed
to be separated, and it's never a good sign. But
if there is a silver lining, maybe you get this
stuff out of the way early because you got many
more tough games to come, that's for sure. All right,
stick around It is News Radio eight forty whs. We've
(05:36):
had some real traffic headaches, not only in recent months,
and we have some in months to come, with the
next summer when they completely shut down part of sixty
five for an extended amount of time.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
So I guess we just need to get used to it.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
And one of the many traffic headaches is getting close
to home for myself and mister John Alden. So I
did not expect there to be as many people impacted
by this.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
As clearly there are.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
So for those who don't know, I'm born and raised
in Bullet County, still live there to this day, and
I know what Bell's Mill Road is. I've been on
Bells Mill Road many many times. John, You're on it
what every day? Whenever it's open it every day? Yes,
so it is. It's going to be closed down for
six months because they are repairing a bridge. And the
(06:26):
coverage of this, I mean it's been It's been on
every news station in town recently, and it was on WLKY,
our partners they had the story yesterday, is because when
you have this many people that are impacted by a
road being shut down, I mean, it's going to get
people figuring out, Okay, what's what's what can I do
to avoid these traffic headaches? And unfortunately, there's really nothing
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you can do other than just sit in traffic with
everybody else. But the Floyd's Fork Bridge on Bell's Mill
Road is now officially shut down for repairs and it
won't be back open it sounds like, until May of
twenty twenty six. So if you're traveling between Shepherdsville and
Mount Washington, you're gonna feel it every single day. But
what I I guess had never really thought about, but
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makes total sense. There are many that use it just
as a cutthrough. Maybe they're not necessarily like maybe the
end destination is not Shepherdsville or Mount Washington, but they
just for example, if you're somebody that is trying to
get to the Gene Snyder. Let's say you're you know,
sixty five, You're going sixty five south and you're getting
to the east end, and you have learned that you
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can save some time by getting off at getting off
the brooks Sexit on sixty five South and navigating to
Bellsville Road and then taking that to forty four to
Barchtown Road then to the Snyder. Sounds like I'm giving
you some big complicated path, but it can save you time,
especially if you're wanting.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
To avoid rush hour traffic.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
But yeah, the amount of people that relied on this
that I did not realize is again, I guess it
makes me feel like there's more people that are at
least aware of, you know, where, I just would have
never expected many people to even know what bells Mill
Road is.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
So my wife works in Shepherdsville. The school she works
as in basically the right across the railroad tracks in
Shepherdsville Shepardsville Elementary. Her commute to and from used to
be about fifteen minutes to our house, which is just
it's right on the border of Mount Washington. Shepherdsville and
it's the last two days it's taken her fifteen minutes
to get home instead of fifteen. That's a significant What
(08:29):
is that thirty five minute difference?
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Yeah, I mean the amount of cars that are that
are now going to be on forty four and Preston
Highway deep into Bullet County. Of course, that's that's where
you're gonna feel that at the lights. But honestly, I'm
not blaming you specifically, John, but you guys grew too fast.
Mount Washington has so many people that have moved. It's
a very big growing area, and they got enough room
(08:55):
for everybody when it comes to houses and whatnot. But man,
forty four is it time? It can be just a complete.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
They were talking and I don't know how realistic this
is to even happen nowadays, but they were talking about
widening Highway forty four back when I was in high school,
which was almost ten years ago.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
Now they need to and I guess maybe maybe not
doing it at this point. I'm sure there's many reasons
if they haven't done it yet, but it could be
just because they realized the construction would make what is
already a very terrible traffic situation.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Even worse.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
But yeah, I mean you're talking about more than ten
thousand vehicles per day that that are going to be
impacted by this, and yeah, people are going to feel it.
What did you tell me that the reports or the
rumors are as far as.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
What was they're The reason that they can't do it
in the summer is because it will it would impact
the crawfish mating season and some bats that live underneath
the bridge.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
That's the most Bully County thing I've ever heard. Can't
we can't do the project in the summer because because
we got crawlfish mating. And again, I don't poke fun
at that. I'm assuming that's a real thing that you
have to be mindful of. But it just meant it
sounds like Bullet County to me, and I wouldn't have
it any other way.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
But how are you impacted by this?
Speaker 3 (10:03):
Thankfully because of our very strange commute time, I'm the
only thing that's different from me is I just can't
go Bell's Mill.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
I just go down to sixty five.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
We're taking a different path, but it's not really causing
like any You're not sitting in the traffic.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
And I've actually learned I think it's maybe a couple
of minutes faster to not go Bell's Mill.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Yeah, I mean, hey, maybe maybe you benefit from the
maybe again small wins for me. I guess I know
it's not win for everybody else. Good stuff.
Speaker 1 (10:28):
Let's get to a cook update of trapping in weather.
Sports updates on the way as well, So stick with
us right here. It's news Radio eight forty whas it
is six thirty six. Here at news Radio eight forty
whas coffee and company with you, and we are fueled
by Thornton's appreciate you hanging out with us. Also want
to give a shout out to the fine folks with
the Secolar team at Remax Properties. He's Bob Sicoler, a
(10:51):
name he used to hear on these very airwaves many
years ago, and now you hear him on the airwaves,
but in a different way. He's telling you how he
can help you when it comes to buying or selling
your home. And I can tell you that that is
exactly what he does. The proof speaks for itself, hundreds
of five star reviews on all the different platforms where
you can review the services that real estate real estate
(11:13):
groups provide. So the Cecolar team. They do a lot
of things really well. But where I would say they
stand out more than others is the understanding of what
it takes to get your house the listing I should say,
in front of the right people that would value it,
that would say, Okay, this is what I'm looking for.
Let's go, let's go take a look at this house.
(11:35):
And of course what you hope is that they make
an offer, right. I mean, marketing, targeting very very important
in the process, and nobody does that better than Bob
and his team. Again, it's the Cecolar team at Remax
Properties East. There's a lot of concerns about the market, understandably,
so I would never tell you that it's fake news
and it's not legit. It is, But that doesn't mean
(11:57):
that you should just hold off on putting your house
on the market, or that you should hold off on
putting yourself in a home that you think is your
dream home. Navigating that can be tough and it can
be overwhelming unless you've got a resource that can help
you do it, and Bob and his team they are
that exact resource. You know. One of the things he
says that makes a lot of sense if you think
(12:18):
about it, you marry the home, you date the interest rate,
you can stay in the home forever. You can change
your interest rate at times that benefit you. And yes,
the market is unpredictable, and that's just that's just the
nature of what we're discussing here. But you could find
the right time to where you get you know, you
get your rate different than you know, you change your
(12:41):
rate compared to what it was when you first bought
the house. And I just know there's many that just
they hear the noise as far as the market and
they stay away from buying or selling. And I get it.
But if you really know that, you'll want to put
your house on the market, But but you're not because
you're scared. Reach out to Bob and his team. They
can help you. They can answer the questions. They can
(13:02):
tell you the things that you should be worried about,
and maybe things that yes they are they are true,
but maybe it doesn't it won't impact you just because
of your certain situation. So we sell Louisville dot com
as the website where you can get more information about
Bob and the Secolar team. Again, we sell Louisville dot
com and UH again one thing that I can't overemphasize
is that with the market being what it is, you
(13:24):
may be able to make a profit from your home
that you never imagine just because of the market. And
you may think, Okay, well it'll be tough to sell
because that's just what the market is. Well, that's where
Bob and his team are great. They'll find the people,
They'll they'll target the right the right potential buyers to
where they've they've they've found exactly what they're looking for.
(13:45):
It happens to be your home, and they're willing to
pay asking price because that's how much they love the home.
So again, it's the scholar team at Remax Properties Seas
we sell Louisville dot com. Check them out online, reach
out to them and tell them I sent you. All Right, So,
a very long winded rant for me about the college
football playoff in our last sports update there with Scott
and I don't want to act as if I'm anti
(14:07):
a college football because I'll watch a lot of it
this weekend like I do every weekend. And there's also
some great things that come with college football, but you
really just can't get anywhere else. Just some of the
stories just some of I mean, it's a big part
of the culture in a lot of areas, but it's
just when Louisville football is expected to have a season
where they can compete for an ACC championship and it
(14:31):
was right there, and now for the second straight year,
you're thinking what could have been? It is deflating because
I'd be a liar if I told you, oh, yeah,
nine in three. But man, we've got the Belk Ball
here we go. Now, anytime your team plays, you're gonna
watch and hope they win. And bowl games can still
(14:51):
be fun as far as just making it an experience
like taking a trip and having fun, that's great. But
where I think it just seems to be so.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Stupid. I guess, for lack of a better word.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
It makes no sense because right now, you know, how
are we supposed to believe these bowl games are a
big priority. Whenever coaches are in a spot that what's what?
What would make the most sense for a coach that
maybe is going to be entering next season where he's
got to really deliver, he's got to perform to feel
to feel reassured at at his job. Is he going
(15:27):
to focus on a bowl game that most people won't
remember who you played and if you want or lost
in a year or two, should that be the emphasis
or should he be all in on building the next
season's roster in the transfer portal, because that's what you
have to do. If you're not focusing on the portal,
you're missing out and you're not going to have as
good of a roster.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
Potentially, when Indiana hired Signeti a couple of years ago,
he had to ditch his James Madison team that was
playing in a bowl game for the first time because
he had to hit the ground running.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
And and you'll see more it's already been a thing,
but you'll see more schools that just choose not to
participate in bowls because they realize, we can't even act
like we care about playing in the Gasparillo Bowl. We
need to go and build a team for next year.
We got to round up money, we got to go
recruit players, and that's what we want our staff focused
(16:15):
on and not worried about, you know, other things. So
you know, I don't have a solution as far as
you know how you fix it, but it's it's become
a growing issue that certainly can't be ignored. All right,
quick break, We've got traving weather updates on the way,
so stick with us right here. It's news Radio eight
forty whas So, Louisville's twenty twenty six legislative session is
(16:37):
coming up, and Maya Greenberg is already making his pitch
to state lawmakers, and here are some things that he's prioritizing.
Funding for TARK. Greenberg says that TARK hasn't seen real funding,
a real funding changed since nineteen seventy four, and he
also wants the state to chip in so TARK can
expand their service, reach more neighborhoods and serve more JCPS schools.
(16:59):
That could certainly be a convenient thing given the bus
driver shortage that is seemingly never ending. I know they've
made some improvements there, but still if you could utilize
the TARK service to help make up for what you're
missing with just the lack of drivers, that would go
a long way. Also, gun safety measures that'll continue to
be a focus, youth violence, and the juvenile detention facility
(17:24):
Ding Ding Ding. I mean, this is something that I
hope people realize is not a City Greenberg type thing.
I mean, I think anybody in the city, including our
leader Mayor Greenberg, would tell you a juvenile detention center
is needed. The results are there. I'd love to hear
somebody dispute that it's not needed right now because we
(17:47):
have I think the violent criminals in this city, they
in a way are benefiting from like we've got it
set up right now as a city to where they're thriving.
They can have, you know, they can gang leaders, gang members,
they can make they can go out and bring in
these impressionable kids. Yes, children who maybe feel a level
(18:08):
of importance for the first time in their life because
they feel like they're a part of something and it's
something awful. It's a violent gang, but maybe that's maybe
that's where they feel like they belong because of their upbringing,
their background, and they're the ones out here committing violent
crimes and it probably in fact, you know, talking to
some folks from LMPD, it starts to where they're they're
(18:30):
involved in it, but not to the extent to where
they've picked up charges that they're being held and they're
being you know that they're awaiting trial and they're just
locked up. So by the time you see a story
of fifteen year old charged in the murder or sixteen
year old victim of a murder. These are children that
(18:52):
LMPD with some of them, I'm sure it's not all
of them. They saw this coming, right, they saw that
they were living that life and this, you know, I
don't want to say it was bound to happen, but
this is that's that's that's not a shocking outcome when
that's the life you're living and it keeps these you know,
these violent gang members from that. They're using children to
do their dirty work to make this a more violent
(19:13):
and dangerous city and the way in which we just
don't have. And another component that people rarely think about
is that there are parents that would love their kids
to be in the juvenile Attention center in Louisville because
they would know, Hey, at least I'm aware of where
they are and I don't have to worry about getting
the phone call that they're the next child to be
either the victim or the perpetrator. And a violent crime
(19:36):
that takes somebody's life. I mean, that's that's something I
don't think many ever think about, but I bet there
are parents that that that wish they could lock their
kids up because they're trying as best they can and
they just they they need help. They need somebody to
hold them accountable at the legal level, locking them up.
So again, I believe it when I see it, because
(19:56):
they the money's there, but the state, the state, it's well, Frankfort.
They've got to get the ball rolling. And when that happens,
who knows? All Right, trafficking, weather updates on the way,
a sports update as well, So stick around right here
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