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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is Kentucky and his Morning News here on news
Radio eight forty whas Coffee and Company with you here,
and we have Mayor Craig Greenberg here in studio. And
I'm already I'm jealous of you. You've already made an
appearance at the State Fair. I'm a State Fair fanatic.
I don't know when I'm gonna go, but I'm gonna
get out there a couple of times. Give us just
how's it looking so far?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
It's as big as I've ever seen it. I mean,
it was roaring and ready to go. Started with the
commodities breakfast yesterday morning, the opening ceremonies at the Governor
and Commissioner Shell and David Beck and the whole team.
It looks really good out there at the fairgrounds. And
I always love the State Fair. Got to say thank
our first responders that are out there getting to know
the public a little bit. And I'm excited to go
back again myself with Rachel.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
The sights and sounds and the smells, I tell you what,
all the different options when it comes to food. I
know you were very mindful of what you put into
your body, and a lot of the food that the
Fair not so healthy do you have if you had
the burger with the donut bun.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
I've not had the donut burger or the flaming Cheetos
corn which is the new which is the new one?
But I tell you what, I what I actually like
going out there for. I eat honey, local honey every day,
and so I love going out to the State Fair
every year, meeting some of the beekeepers, finding some new
honeys from somewhere in Kentucky for the for the coming months.
So I know that's not quite as good as a
funnel cake. I'll have a buye to that, dear.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Yeah, I'm I'm pretty simple. Just the Kentucky proud pork
saandwich is something that that I enjoy.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
The one right out there in front of Freedom Hall.
Those guys I think his name is Jim Bob. We
had some of his corn yesterday. He's got a great
place right there.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Yeah, the corn dogs, the corn itself, a lot of
good food at the fair. So I'm excited to get
out there. But when it comes to just the week
that we've had here in Louisville, I do believe some
of the unfortunate things might have distracted folks from some
awesome news when it comes to the investments made five
billion dollars total when it comes to GE and for
their investment in the future. And then a hometown company
(01:51):
that's made us proud, Texas Roadhouse, continuing to invest here
and they're going to stick around. Obviously, very very big
for the city.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Yeah, this has been so definitely a week of highs
and lows. With the murder, tragic murder that we had
at the bus stop as well, we have just shown
what great economic momentum we have, what great momentum we
have in creating good paying jobs of the future right
here in Louisville. With Ford and GE and Texas Roadhouse,
we've established ourselves as the center of the universe for
advanced manufacturing opportunities for all industries. Texas Roadhouse is part
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of our growing food and beverage industry that we have here.
And you know, it all really ties together because of
course there was focused this week as well as it
should be on this tragic murder at the bus stop.
Long term, we need to create more opportunities for people.
As young people have more opportunities in life, they're going
to go down a better path than choosing one that
results in gun violence and so creating more jobs, having
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businesses invest in here. That's all part of our public
safety solution.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
When these companies decide to reinvest stick around. What is
it As the mayor of the city, what do you
get from feedback as far as what they like, things
that really make it to where this is where they
want to be.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
Well, there are several things. You know.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
First, that has to be an easy place to do business.
And so you know, Kevin Nolan and ge the governor
and Secretary. Nol and their team worked very closely with
Trevor Paul and our Louisville Economic Development Lines and me
to put a package together that was a competitive process
that we had to win. Louisville has to be placed
an easy place to invest, an easy place to create job.
You look at forward, they've had great They have twelve
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thousand employees here already. They know the strength of our workhorse,
they know the quality of the people that are in Louisville.
We are a Ford town, sure, and so that we
were able to talking to their team give them confidence
to invest as much as they have in Louisville and
in the surrounding communities. Here, and then of course Texas
Roadhouse started by a Louisvillion Kent Taylor, who fortunately passed
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away too early, but his team is still They might
have Texas in their name, but they've got Louisville in
their heart. And what a great culture that is they're now, Nick,
I don't think a lot of people realize this Texas
Roadhouse is now the number one casual dining restaurant in America.
They just surpassed Olive Garden, that's the biggest restaurant in
America by revenue, based out of louisvill Kentucky.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
I think that that accomplishment led to people realizing just
their growth. They're on fire right now, not only them,
but the concept the other concepts that they have that
are super popular. And I'll admit maybe it's just ignorance
on my part. It took me a while when I
was younger to even realize they're local here. I guess
maybe because it's Texas, But I don't know, you know,
I'm sure if I looked hard enough, I may find somebody,
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But I don't know many people that don't love Texas Roadhouse.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
That's right, and they've got two other great concepts in
Bubba's thirty three and Jaggers that are growing as well.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
So I'm excited for their future.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Yeah, no doubt. I remember sort of it being a
realization to a lot of people, Wow, not only are
they local, but man, they're they're killing it. And again
that that to outpass Olive Garden. That's that's the number one.
That's there's nobody better good stuff, no doubt. All right.
So when it comes to just the community, because it
seems to from my position here talking in a microphone
for four hours every morning, I feel like the heightened
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awareness of the violence is seemingly at an all time
high from those that maybe just don't even try to
look for what's going on because they just live their
day to day lives. If somebody wants to say, Okay,
I'm not sure what I could do, but hey, I'd
like to help in any way that I can. I'm
just a citizen that wants to see the community do better,
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and they're helpless as far as knowing what they can do.
What are their options?
Speaker 2 (05:23):
I mean, there's something that everyone can do. You might
not realize it, but here are just a few things.
If there's a young person that's anywhere in your circle
of your life that you think needs a little help,
that needs a little support, that might not have the
strength of a strong parent at home, or other things
to help them get a new direction. You can reach out.
You can if you know somebody. If you own guns,
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make sure your guns are locked up at home and
in the car. Be a responsible gun owner. If you
have cameras on your business or on your home, particularly
your business, you can connect those to our real time
crime center so the police have easy access to the
exterior cameras if they're needed. If none of those apply
to you, you can always volunteer. We have great organizations
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like the Why, like Big Brothers, Big Sisters, like Boys
and Girls Club that are always looking for quality adults
that are going to provide positive mentorship to youth that
don't have that at home and could use a little
help in life. And then of course people in the
professional world, I mean judges, they need to hold people
accountable when they commit crimes and our police arrest them,
they need to hold them accountable. Legislators they can pass
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some more laws to give us even more ability to
take illegal guns off of their streets. So there is
something in the here that everyone can do, and I'm
hoping this brings our I know people are angry, I
know people are upset. I certainly am mad as hell.
But let's all come together and channel this anger into action.
That's what we need to do after a trategy like this.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
I think when you are a young teenager, maybe even
a little bit younger than that, you're so impressionable and
if no one has been able to really make an
impression on you in a positive way, it could be
somebody making impression on you in a very negative way
and you don't realize it, but you attach yourself to it.
And that's just one of the things that you know,
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if you're somebody that has some time on your hands
and you'd love to mentor somebody, I mean that could
that could literally change someone's life and of course help
improve the situation.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
Everybody is looking for a sense of belonging. Everyone wants
to be part of a titan a group, and you know,
it's it' human nature, right, and so for most of
us that's our starts with our family, and we're fortunate
to be born into a loving family that provides support
to us. But that's not the case for everybody. There
are far too many people that are born into challenging,
impoverished situations in our community today and it's not being
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provided by a parent or a guardian. And so that's
where these other organizations, that's where other people can come in.
That's where teams at schools can come in. JCPS plays
a big role in what they do, but they can't
be held responsible alone. You know, we need parents and
everyone else in the community to help out.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
And that's you know, all we can do is is
encourage change and provide ways in which people can But
just the mindset that we have to tell people that
they're responsible for their kids, it's still something that's baffling
to me. But I mean it was reiterated by Chief
Humphrey a few weeks ago, and obviously doctor Yearwood said
it when speaking earlier this week.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
So yeah, Nick, let me add one more thing to
my list that I forgot because I usually start with this,
but it's still it's still early. The one other thing
that people can do is if you know anything about
a crime, let the police know. You can do it
anonymously five seven four LMPD. If you're not comfortable making
that phone call, tell somebody else who might do that.
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We need to know there are people who are at
the bus stop that saw this shooting happen, that have
seen certain crimes happen. Let us know so we can
hold those individuals responsible.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
The father of one of the teenagers that was arrested
seeing that he was the one that turned his son,
and that's certainly an awful situation all the way around.
But if more people did that, that can only help.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Absolutely. I hope everyone sees that interview with They're powerful father,
very powerful. Providing information to hold people accountable is safer
for the person who's responsible, and it's much safer for
our community.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
Mayor Greenberg is with us here on news radioate fort
E WHS. One more thing I wanted to talk about.
I know that there's been some efforts to really make
Bargetown Roads safer, more and more enjoyable for everyone. What
I mean, clearly there's been some things in the works
for a while now, But what's the plan moving forward
in order to get Bargetown Road back to what you
want it to be.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
Yeah, So earlier this summer, there were some issues with
some large groups gathering that were unruly and doing things
that are not permitted, and so we wanted to take action.
Bargetown Road is one of our great streets and great
in great neighborhoods in our community. It's got great restaurants,
great retail, great bars, and of course surrounded by great neighborhoods.
That's what we want is we want a thriving, balanced
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neighborhood where there's commercial things going on as well as residential.
And it got a little bit out of whack earlier
this summer, so we took action. And one of the
things we did we're always looking for new ways because
the police can't solve any one of these problems that
we're talking about on their own. We need we need
to do other things as well. So one new thing
that we're doing released earlier recently, here is a new
survey and it's not just for Bargetown Road. It's for
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people anywhere across the city. A survey that people can
provide what they view. You know, are there bars, clubs
in their neighborhood that are causing big issues, negative influences.
We want people to be specific just a complaint. It's
not a social media comments sectionific information. We're looking for
specific information because every year when some of these places
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come up for renewal, there's an opportunity to consider public sentiment,
and so we want to have that considered. And I'm
thrilled that we've gotten over six hundred survey responses already
just since Tuesday when we release this that.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
That's good to hear people who live there they care
about that community in that area.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
And if you don't live on the Bargetown Road corridor,
we've got a survey up as well on ABC's website
for any other part of the community if they are
establishments that are causing problems in your neighborhood. I know
the vast majority of our vast, fast, vast majority, nearly
all of our restaurants and bars are great citizens. Louisville
is a hospitality town. We want people to have fun here.
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You just got to do it by the rules. And
there are a couple that are really causing problems for everyone.
That's what we want to focus on is those very
few institutions that are causing the issues.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
All Right, I know you've got a chance to see
some Louisville football this week at practice. Give me some
insight info.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
How are we looking well, looking very good to me,
looking like if I took one of those tackles, I
would never get up.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
Same here, we look like we have a really good team.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
Of course, I'm no expert, but I've got great faith
in coach Brahm and his entire coaching team. I got
a chance to meet a couple of players who seem
like wonderful young men, and so I'm really excited about
this year's football season. And you know the fact that
we were left out of the top twenty five, hopefully
that's a little extra motivation for the team to just
prove the world that the Cards are going to be
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on a roll this year.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Yeah. I don't know if they were looking for any
added motivation, but it was there, especially considering that off
to such a good start with good momentum in the
first two years of the Jeff Brown era. But yeah,
it's still crazy. He's back home. Nobody better to lead
Louisville football than a brom.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
And I'm really excited. We have eight home games this year,
so we have more for the fans. That's gonna be
fun for this town.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
No doubt. Craig, thank you as always for your time.
Keep up, keep it up, keep keep on doing what
you're doing. And I know there's a lot that goes
into it, but appreciate you.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Thanks so much, Nick. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
All right, we'll take a quick break, get to traffick
in weather and we've got much more to come here
on news Radio forty w h a S. All right,
final segment for us here on news Radio forty WHS.
But don't worry, fear not. You're in good hands. We've
got Tony and Dwight headed your way and they're with
me right now.
Speaker 4 (12:37):
Fellas, last night was Bob Sieger Knight on the back desk.
I saw that, Oh man, we uh because of John
Alden played the night moves and I said, Jackie came
in towns Dwight moves.
Speaker 3 (12:50):
That's NIX for the show. By the way, Watt's move.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
We do it at the top of each hour for
your show. Really, it's every hour. Okay, I didn't know that, So.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
Should I revisit it? Because it's not it's it's it's perfect.
It's mellow, No.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
It's perfect when you're here. Line in that song, I
used her, she used me. Neither one cared.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
It's a beautiful range.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
Man, it's a great summer So it's a summer song.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
Now. I'm only gonna say working on to the wide move.
Thanks for putting that in my brain.
Speaker 4 (13:23):
That was actually pretty good, dude, did you were you
a singer.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
Only in the shower? But when I when I sing,
when I sing about Dwight, I kind of go into
a different element vocally because it's a powerful thing.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
Oh well, man, he sounds terrific in the shower. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (13:39):
I mean, I don't know, it's just the way it's
going there with us. But man, this sounds great.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
I've been working on it means a lot.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
All right.
Speaker 4 (13:47):
She's taking Moose out to the fair.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
Oh hell yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:50):
What's his favorite thing out there?
Speaker 1 (13:52):
It's gonna be the animals, right, I mean, so, I
feel like he's going to be at an age this
year where he'll he'll act. Actually, I'll tell you what
his favorite thing is. He loves the law enforcement set
up fire departments.
Speaker 4 (14:06):
Yeah, yeah, I forgot they still do that.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
And I wish I could take credit for it, because
it's not been anything that I specifically had an emphasis on.
But he he thinks that cops and firefighters are the
biggest heroes. In the world, which is awesome, and I
hope he never goes out of that. But so he's
not a product of j CPS count at this time.
Speaker 4 (14:32):
When when you see that those armored vehicles they have
out there, you mean to look at them and say,
about the time you start using this in the city.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
Well, all the vehicles they have set up, they'll let
some of the kids like get in them. That's the
coolest thing.
Speaker 5 (14:44):
That's one cool thing about National Night Out. It was
just like two weeks ago. Every district has one and
you get out there, swats out there.
Speaker 3 (14:52):
Yeah, it's it's cool.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
I was going to say, Alzheimer's is a real thing.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
It is a real thing.
Speaker 4 (14:59):
Yes, and you and your kiss Army T shirt.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
I brought up. I brought up me in the shower.
And now do I can't keep his head on.
Speaker 5 (15:08):
Do they still have that little tiny town where you
take a driver's Yeah.
Speaker 4 (15:12):
Yeah, yeah, the Kentucky State Police have Yeah.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
You still have that.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
Yeah, and then they let you put the goggles on
to where it looks like I.
Speaker 3 (15:19):
Got a duy in that little town.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
Uh, I think there's still a warning out.
Speaker 4 (15:23):
We used to yeah, we used to do a bit
to where he would get on the tricycle and race
the other kids, like the six year olds, and then
the state police would come in and lock him up.
Well we need to do that this.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Are you going to be doing the show at the fair?
Speaker 4 (15:36):
And no I don't and don't mention it to us.
Speaker 5 (15:39):
So uh no, I don't think so no, And we've
done our fair share of the fair.
Speaker 4 (15:44):
Oh yeah, so, but I'd still like going out there.
Jackie loves going on.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
I have a weird obsession with the fair. I can't.
I just I think the root of it for me
is that it absolutely is the people watching capital of
the world. There's so much to see, fantasist. I can't
get enough of it.
Speaker 3 (15:59):
My mother is in eighties. She's out there every day.
She was out there yesterday, kick it off.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
Walk around the fair.
Speaker 4 (16:04):
Couples are great, the ones with the arrow and the
T shirt says, I'm was stupid. I mean it's it is,
It's fantastic.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
They still about the yard stick. That was a big deal.
Speaker 4 (16:14):
Well, and back in the day used to give away
free cigarettes. Yeah, yeah, cigarettes. They would just give cartons
of cigarettes out at the State Fair.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
I O the line was down down.
Speaker 3 (16:22):
The block is there still? Can you still get an
invisible dog on a leash? There? I wanted. I wanted
an invisible dog on a leash. They still have those,
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (16:31):
Or moccasins. You should be able to you should be
able to get the moccasin shoes or boots out.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
There have you?
Speaker 1 (16:36):
So the and this is just me being a nerd.
Each county has a booth. Yeah, they they're they're I guess,
trying to sell what makes them special, what they're known for.
And that always interests me because you know, we have
a lot of counties in this state compared to its others.
And uh yeah, that's just one of those things like
there's little like for example, my father's family originally is
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from from Greensburg, Green County and the Doomas Walker song
like that shs from the Slowburger fries and a bottle
of ski. So they always have some reference of ski
in their in their booth. And I don't know, I
just I think that because that's I always.
Speaker 4 (17:11):
Love they They have they award bales of hay, so
there'll be three bails of things that you get ordered.
They'll have a first second and third, and I'm looking
at going they're all the same bail of height. Oh.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
I mean, I'm no expert, but like some of these
things that end up getting the best of this, I'm like,
did they flip a coin?
Speaker 4 (17:29):
Yea, this has half Alpa, did you real quick before
we go that. Did you see the video? I think
it was Texas or Oklahoma where a little kid he
looks about six years old and he had his pet
goat and he came in fourth place and he was
hugging and kissing his gun, and I was like, that's adorable.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
It's only things like that you see at the fair.
All right, have it go with fellas
It is Kentucky and his Morning News here on news
Radio eight forty whas Coffee and Company with you here,
and we have Mayor Craig Greenberg here in studio. And
I'm already I'm jealous of you. You've already made an
appearance at the State Fair. I'm a State Fair fanatic.
I don't know when I'm gonna go, but I'm gonna
get out there a couple of times. Give us just
how's it looking so far?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
It's as big as I've ever seen it. I mean,
it was roaring and ready to go. Started with the
commodities breakfast yesterday morning, the opening ceremonies at the Governor
and Commissioner Shell and David Beck and the whole team.
It looks really good out there at the fairgrounds. And
I always love the State Fair. Got to say thank
our first responders that are out there getting to know
the public a little bit. And I'm excited to go
back again myself with Rachel.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
The sights and sounds and the smells, I tell you what,
all the different options when it comes to food. I
know you were very mindful of what you put into
your body, and a lot of the food that the
Fair not so healthy do you have if you had
the burger with the donut bun.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
I've not had the donut burger or the flaming Cheetos
corn which is the new which is the new one?
But I tell you what, I what I actually like
going out there for. I eat honey, local honey every day,
and so I love going out to the State Fair
every year, meeting some of the beekeepers, finding some new
honeys from somewhere in Kentucky for the for the coming months.
So I know that's not quite as good as a
funnel cake. I'll have a buye to that, dear.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Yeah, I'm I'm pretty simple. Just the Kentucky proud pork
saandwich is something that that I enjoy.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
The one right out there in front of Freedom Hall.
Those guys I think his name is Jim Bob. We
had some of his corn yesterday. He's got a great
place right there.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Yeah, the corn dogs, the corn itself, a lot of
good food at the fair. So I'm excited to get
out there. But when it comes to just the week
that we've had here in Louisville, I do believe some
of the unfortunate things might have distracted folks from some
awesome news when it comes to the investments made five
billion dollars total when it comes to GE and for
their investment in the future. And then a hometown company
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that's made us proud, Texas Roadhouse, continuing to invest here
and they're going to stick around. Obviously, very very big
for the city.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Yeah, this has been so definitely a week of highs
and lows. With the murder, tragic murder that we had
at the bus stop as well, we have just shown
what great economic momentum we have, what great momentum we
have in creating good paying jobs of the future right
here in Louisville. With Ford and GE and Texas Roadhouse,
we've established ourselves as the center of the universe for
advanced manufacturing opportunities for all industries. Texas Roadhouse is part
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of our growing food and beverage industry that we have here.
And you know, it all really ties together because of
course there was focused this week as well as it
should be on this tragic murder at the bus stop.
Long term, we need to create more opportunities for people.
As young people have more opportunities in life, they're going
to go down a better path than choosing one that
results in gun violence and so creating more jobs, having
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businesses invest in here. That's all part of our public
safety solution.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
When these companies decide to reinvest stick around. What is
it As the mayor of the city, what do you
get from feedback as far as what they like, things
that really make it to where this is where they
want to be.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
Well, there are several things. You know.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
First, that has to be an easy place to do business.
And so you know, Kevin Nolan and ge the governor
and Secretary. Nol and their team worked very closely with
Trevor Paul and our Louisville Economic Development Lines and me
to put a package together that was a competitive process
that we had to win. Louisville has to be placed
an easy place to invest, an easy place to create job.
You look at forward, they've had great They have twelve
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thousand employees here already. They know the strength of our workhorse,
they know the quality of the people that are in Louisville.
We are a Ford town, sure, and so that we
were able to talking to their team give them confidence
to invest as much as they have in Louisville and
in the surrounding communities. Here, and then of course Texas
Roadhouse started by a Louisvillion Kent Taylor, who fortunately passed
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away too early, but his team is still They might
have Texas in their name, but they've got Louisville in
their heart. And what a great culture that is they're now, Nick,
I don't think a lot of people realize this Texas
Roadhouse is now the number one casual dining restaurant in America.
They just surpassed Olive Garden, that's the biggest restaurant in
America by revenue, based out of louisvill Kentucky.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
I think that that accomplishment led to people realizing just
their growth. They're on fire right now, not only them,
but the concept the other concepts that they have that
are super popular. And I'll admit maybe it's just ignorance
on my part. It took me a while when I
was younger to even realize they're local here. I guess
maybe because it's Texas, But I don't know, you know,
I'm sure if I looked hard enough, I may find somebody,
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But I don't know many people that don't love Texas Roadhouse.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
That's right, and they've got two other great concepts in
Bubba's thirty three and Jaggers that are growing as well.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
So I'm excited for their future.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Yeah, no doubt. I remember sort of it being a
realization to a lot of people, Wow, not only are
they local, but man, they're they're killing it. And again
that that to outpass Olive Garden. That's that's the number one.
That's there's nobody better good stuff, no doubt. All right.
So when it comes to just the community, because it
seems to from my position here talking in a microphone
for four hours every morning, I feel like the heightened
(04:59):
awareness of the violence is seemingly at an all time
high from those that maybe just don't even try to
look for what's going on because they just live their
day to day lives. If somebody wants to say, Okay,
I'm not sure what I could do, but hey, I'd
like to help in any way that I can. I'm
just a citizen that wants to see the community do better,
(05:19):
and they're helpless as far as knowing what they can do.
What are their options?
Speaker 2 (05:23):
I mean, there's something that everyone can do. You might
not realize it, but here are just a few things.
If there's a young person that's anywhere in your circle
of your life that you think needs a little help,
that needs a little support, that might not have the
strength of a strong parent at home, or other things
to help them get a new direction. You can reach out.
You can if you know somebody. If you own guns,
(05:45):
make sure your guns are locked up at home and
in the car. Be a responsible gun owner. If you
have cameras on your business or on your home, particularly
your business, you can connect those to our real time
crime center so the police have easy access to the
exterior cameras if they're needed. If none of those apply
to you, you can always volunteer. We have great organizations
(06:05):
like the Why, like Big Brothers, Big Sisters, like Boys
and Girls Club that are always looking for quality adults
that are going to provide positive mentorship to youth that
don't have that at home and could use a little
help in life. And then of course people in the
professional world, I mean judges, they need to hold people
accountable when they commit crimes and our police arrest them,
they need to hold them accountable. Legislators they can pass
(06:27):
some more laws to give us even more ability to
take illegal guns off of their streets. So there is
something in the here that everyone can do, and I'm
hoping this brings our I know people are angry, I
know people are upset. I certainly am mad as hell.
But let's all come together and channel this anger into action.
That's what we need to do after a trategy like this.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
I think when you are a young teenager, maybe even
a little bit younger than that, you're so impressionable and
if no one has been able to really make an
impression on you in a positive way, it could be
somebody making impression on you in a very negative way
and you don't realize it, but you attach yourself to it.
And that's just one of the things that you know,
(07:06):
if you're somebody that has some time on your hands
and you'd love to mentor somebody, I mean that could
that could literally change someone's life and of course help
improve the situation.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
Everybody is looking for a sense of belonging. Everyone wants
to be part of a titan a group, and you know,
it's it' human nature, right, and so for most of
us that's our starts with our family, and we're fortunate
to be born into a loving family that provides support
to us. But that's not the case for everybody. There
are far too many people that are born into challenging,
impoverished situations in our community today and it's not being
(07:36):
provided by a parent or a guardian. And so that's
where these other organizations, that's where other people can come in.
That's where teams at schools can come in. JCPS plays
a big role in what they do, but they can't
be held responsible alone. You know, we need parents and
everyone else in the community to help out.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
And that's you know, all we can do is is
encourage change and provide ways in which people can But
just the mindset that we have to tell people that
they're responsible for their kids, it's still something that's baffling
to me. But I mean it was reiterated by Chief
Humphrey a few weeks ago, and obviously doctor Yearwood said
it when speaking earlier this week.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
So yeah, Nick, let me add one more thing to
my list that I forgot because I usually start with this,
but it's still it's still early. The one other thing
that people can do is if you know anything about
a crime, let the police know. You can do it
anonymously five seven four LMPD. If you're not comfortable making
that phone call, tell somebody else who might do that.
(08:33):
We need to know there are people who are at
the bus stop that saw this shooting happen, that have
seen certain crimes happen. Let us know so we can
hold those individuals responsible.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
The father of one of the teenagers that was arrested
seeing that he was the one that turned his son,
and that's certainly an awful situation all the way around.
But if more people did that, that can only help.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Absolutely. I hope everyone sees that interview with They're powerful father,
very powerful. Providing information to hold people accountable is safer
for the person who's responsible, and it's much safer for
our community.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
Mayor Greenberg is with us here on news radioate fort
E WHS. One more thing I wanted to talk about.
I know that there's been some efforts to really make
Bargetown Roads safer, more and more enjoyable for everyone. What
I mean, clearly there's been some things in the works
for a while now, But what's the plan moving forward
in order to get Bargetown Road back to what you
want it to be.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
Yeah, So earlier this summer, there were some issues with
some large groups gathering that were unruly and doing things
that are not permitted, and so we wanted to take action.
Bargetown Road is one of our great streets and great
in great neighborhoods in our community. It's got great restaurants,
great retail, great bars, and of course surrounded by great neighborhoods.
That's what we want is we want a thriving, balanced
(09:45):
neighborhood where there's commercial things going on as well as residential.
And it got a little bit out of whack earlier
this summer, so we took action. And one of the
things we did we're always looking for new ways because
the police can't solve any one of these problems that
we're talking about on their own. We need we need
to do other things as well. So one new thing
that we're doing released earlier recently, here is a new
survey and it's not just for Bargetown Road. It's for
(10:07):
people anywhere across the city. A survey that people can
provide what they view. You know, are there bars, clubs
in their neighborhood that are causing big issues, negative influences.
We want people to be specific just a complaint. It's
not a social media comments sectionific information. We're looking for
specific information because every year when some of these places
(10:31):
come up for renewal, there's an opportunity to consider public sentiment,
and so we want to have that considered. And I'm
thrilled that we've gotten over six hundred survey responses already
just since Tuesday when we release this that.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
That's good to hear people who live there they care
about that community in that area.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
And if you don't live on the Bargetown Road corridor,
we've got a survey up as well on ABC's website
for any other part of the community if they are
establishments that are causing problems in your neighborhood. I know
the vast majority of our vast, fast, vast majority, nearly
all of our restaurants and bars are great citizens. Louisville
is a hospitality town. We want people to have fun here.
(11:08):
You just got to do it by the rules. And
there are a couple that are really causing problems for everyone.
That's what we want to focus on is those very
few institutions that are causing the issues.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
All Right, I know you've got a chance to see
some Louisville football this week at practice. Give me some
insight info.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
How are we looking well, looking very good to me,
looking like if I took one of those tackles, I
would never get up.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
Same here, we look like we have a really good team.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
Of course, I'm no expert, but I've got great faith
in coach Brahm and his entire coaching team. I got
a chance to meet a couple of players who seem
like wonderful young men, and so I'm really excited about
this year's football season. And you know the fact that
we were left out of the top twenty five, hopefully
that's a little extra motivation for the team to just
prove the world that the Cards are going to be
(11:52):
on a roll this year.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Yeah. I don't know if they were looking for any
added motivation, but it was there, especially considering that off
to such a good start with good momentum in the
first two years of the Jeff Brown era. But yeah,
it's still crazy. He's back home. Nobody better to lead
Louisville football than a brom.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
And I'm really excited. We have eight home games this year,
so we have more for the fans. That's gonna be
fun for this town.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
No doubt. Craig, thank you as always for your time.
Keep up, keep it up, keep keep on doing what
you're doing. And I know there's a lot that goes
into it, but appreciate you.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Thanks so much, Nick. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
All right, we'll take a quick break, get to traffick
in weather and we've got much more to come here
on news Radio forty w h a S. All right,
final segment for us here on news Radio forty WHS.
But don't worry, fear not. You're in good hands. We've
got Tony and Dwight headed your way and they're with
me right now.
Speaker 4 (12:37):
Fellas, last night was Bob Sieger Knight on the back desk.
I saw that, Oh man, we uh because of John
Alden played the night moves and I said, Jackie came
in towns Dwight moves.
Speaker 3 (12:50):
That's NIX for the show. By the way, Watt's move.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
We do it at the top of each hour for
your show. Really, it's every hour. Okay, I didn't know that, So.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
Should I revisit it? Because it's not it's it's it's perfect.
It's mellow, No.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
It's perfect when you're here. Line in that song, I
used her, she used me. Neither one cared.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
It's a beautiful range.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
Man, it's a great summer So it's a summer song.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
Now. I'm only gonna say working on to the wide move.
Thanks for putting that in my brain.
Speaker 4 (13:23):
That was actually pretty good, dude, did you were you
a singer.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
Only in the shower? But when I when I sing,
when I sing about Dwight, I kind of go into
a different element vocally because it's a powerful thing.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
Oh well, man, he sounds terrific in the shower. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (13:39):
I mean, I don't know, it's just the way it's
going there with us. But man, this sounds great.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
I've been working on it means a lot.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
All right.
Speaker 4 (13:47):
She's taking Moose out to the fair.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
Oh hell yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:50):
What's his favorite thing out there?
Speaker 1 (13:52):
It's gonna be the animals, right, I mean, so, I
feel like he's going to be at an age this
year where he'll he'll act. Actually, I'll tell you what
his favorite thing is. He loves the law enforcement set
up fire departments.
Speaker 4 (14:06):
Yeah, yeah, I forgot they still do that.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
And I wish I could take credit for it, because
it's not been anything that I specifically had an emphasis on.
But he he thinks that cops and firefighters are the
biggest heroes. In the world, which is awesome, and I
hope he never goes out of that. But so he's
not a product of j CPS count at this time.
Speaker 4 (14:32):
When when you see that those armored vehicles they have
out there, you mean to look at them and say,
about the time you start using this in the city.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
Well, all the vehicles they have set up, they'll let
some of the kids like get in them. That's the
coolest thing.
Speaker 5 (14:44):
That's one cool thing about National Night Out. It was
just like two weeks ago. Every district has one and
you get out there, swats out there.
Speaker 3 (14:52):
Yeah, it's it's cool.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
I was going to say, Alzheimer's is a real thing.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
It is a real thing.
Speaker 4 (14:59):
Yes, and you and your kiss Army T shirt.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
I brought up. I brought up me in the shower.
And now do I can't keep his head on.
Speaker 5 (15:08):
Do they still have that little tiny town where you
take a driver's Yeah.
Speaker 4 (15:12):
Yeah, yeah, the Kentucky State Police have Yeah.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
You still have that.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
Yeah, and then they let you put the goggles on
to where it looks like I.
Speaker 3 (15:19):
Got a duy in that little town.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
Uh, I think there's still a warning out.
Speaker 4 (15:23):
We used to yeah, we used to do a bit
to where he would get on the tricycle and race
the other kids, like the six year olds, and then
the state police would come in and lock him up.
Well we need to do that this.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Are you going to be doing the show at the fair?
Speaker 4 (15:36):
And no I don't and don't mention it to us.
Speaker 5 (15:39):
So uh no, I don't think so no, And we've
done our fair share of the fair.
Speaker 4 (15:44):
Oh yeah, so, but I'd still like going out there.
Jackie loves going on.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
I have a weird obsession with the fair. I can't.
I just I think the root of it for me
is that it absolutely is the people watching capital of
the world. There's so much to see, fantasist. I can't
get enough of it.
Speaker 3 (15:59):
My mother is in eighties. She's out there every day.
She was out there yesterday, kick it off.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
Walk around the fair.
Speaker 4 (16:04):
Couples are great, the ones with the arrow and the
T shirt says, I'm was stupid. I mean it's it is,
It's fantastic.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
They still about the yard stick. That was a big deal.
Speaker 4 (16:14):
Well, and back in the day used to give away
free cigarettes. Yeah, yeah, cigarettes. They would just give cartons
of cigarettes out at the State Fair.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
I O the line was down down.
Speaker 3 (16:22):
The block is there still? Can you still get an
invisible dog on a leash? There? I wanted. I wanted
an invisible dog on a leash. They still have those,
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (16:31):
Or moccasins. You should be able to you should be
able to get the moccasin shoes or boots out.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
There have you?
Speaker 1 (16:36):
So the and this is just me being a nerd.
Each county has a booth. Yeah, they they're they're I guess,
trying to sell what makes them special, what they're known for.
And that always interests me because you know, we have
a lot of counties in this state compared to its others.
And uh yeah, that's just one of those things like
there's little like for example, my father's family originally is
(16:57):
from from Greensburg, Green County and the Doomas Walker song
like that shs from the Slowburger fries and a bottle
of ski. So they always have some reference of ski
in their in their booth. And I don't know, I
just I think that because that's I always.
Speaker 4 (17:11):
Love they They have they award bales of hay, so
there'll be three bails of things that you get ordered.
They'll have a first second and third, and I'm looking
at going they're all the same bail of height. Oh.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
I mean, I'm no expert, but like some of these
things that end up getting the best of this, I'm like,
did they flip a coin?
Speaker 4 (17:29):
Yea, this has half Alpa, did you real quick before
we go that. Did you see the video? I think
it was Texas or Oklahoma where a little kid he
looks about six years old and he had his pet
goat and he came in fourth place and he was
hugging and kissing his gun, and I was like, that's adorable.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
It's only things like that you see at the fair.
All right, have it go with fellas
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