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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, you know what, Wrecky, the same thing to be
said for Harris County. Make Harris County great again. Twenty seventeen.
When I first moved here, Harris County was a different place.
I mean, it's amazing to me in the last seven
or eight years how much Harris County has changed, and
it has not changed for the better. Here to talk
about with us is Mattress Mac Jim mackavale, of course,
speaking at a pack rally, I guess for a lack
(00:22):
of a better term for Harris County last week, Mac,
welcome back to the show. What was the message you
were trying to give the people who attended this event.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
The message was, Jimmy, that we have to get a
hold of the law and order in Harris County and
get both the right people in otherwise we're going to
be another Detroit, Chicago, Memphis, New Orleans, as if we're
already not there. So, as you said, it's shocking the
crime wave in Harris County and shocking the number of
people that are moving out of Harris County moving Montgomery County.
(00:55):
But we can stop it, we can turn it around.
We can make Harris County great again.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Well, you're absolutely right about that. And you know, I've
been mentioning my own experience from seven eight years ago.
We had an entirely different hierarchy in Harris County. Harris
County was controlled by Republicans. The Harris County Judge was
a Republican. That's no longer the case, Yeah it is.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
And the graft of the politicians and the money they
waste is shameful. What we are to do is take
all the money they're wasting and pay the policeman more
in the people that are really going to get out
there and police these small percentage of criminals that commit
a huge percent of the crimes that make it miserable
for all of us in Harris County. And you know,
(01:39):
they've the criminals have run over the metro bus stops,
they've run over the gallery area. It's just a shame.
And we've got to put a chiatus on this and
make Harris County a county people want to move to
and live in, because a great county with great schools
and great people, which ninety five percent of the people are.
(01:59):
We just got to get to the five percent causing
all the problems.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
You know, normally you're pretty much behind the scenes when
it comes to politics. This is the first time I've
seen you get up in front of something like this.
What was the breaking point for you? What was the
straw that broke your back?
Speaker 2 (02:15):
You know when these guys that were for me, that
live in the Heights say their wives are scared to
live in the heights and they want to move way
out to Conroe. I think that Conrad is a great place,
but so is the Heights, and so is Harris County.
My friends of mine getting shot at on the freeway
by road rage. The never any cops on the freeways
(02:37):
riding tickets like there used to be because they don't
have enough police. So we need to get behind the
people in Harris County. They are four law in order
and turn the city around. People come to Houston from
Singapore and I ask them all the time, would you
rather live in Houston or Singapore? And they all say,
you're kidding. Singapore is the safest place in the world.
Granted they got some tough laws, but why can't we
(02:59):
be somewhere close.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Of course, a lot of the problems are with the
judges when it comes to law and order aspect. Right now,
these are elected judges the hierarchy of Harris County. These
are elected officials. I mean, granted they hire plenty of
people that are not elected to work for them, but
there has to be a real change in voter attitude here.
How do you get that message? I know you can.
(03:23):
You can get to get people like being precinct iree
to to vote Republican, that's not an issue. But what
do you how do you get people in the city
to change their minds about their future and who they
should vote for?
Speaker 2 (03:36):
This make Harris County great again. Pack has a good
idea to go to the areas that are heavily d
and talk to the citizens there, talk to the residents
they don't like crime any more than we do, and
try to get people to vote out these bad judges.
And by making a concerted effort in a several districts
(03:57):
that are blue right now, we can turn those district's
read and turn Harris County around. I think if Alex
Mieler would have been running for county judge with Trump
on the take as she had won so things. There's
always a light at the end of the tunnel. There's
great people all over Harris County and we just got
to rally him and say, look, let's take our county back,
Let's take our schools back. Let's make Harris County a
(04:19):
great place to live, work, playing, and raise the family.
That's what it's all about, not a great place to
be shot in.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
And let me ask you this back, have you ever
thought about running for political office? Because it strikes me
as well that one of the problems we have in
Harris County is we don't have a lot of good
Republican candidates are willing to run for office.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Well, I got lots of Republican shunt of asking me
for money, and they're very dedicated. I decided a long
time time ago, Jimmy, I'd be better off running for
furniture man, not any political office.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
I don't believe you. I don't believe it all. Thanks
for joining us. Good to talk to you back, appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Make Harris County great again.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
We can do it. Thank you you bet Jim matthis
mcinvale joining us at seven twenty six
Well, you know what, Wrecky, the same thing to be
said for Harris County. Make Harris County great again. Twenty seventeen.
When I first moved here, Harris County was a different place.
I mean, it's amazing to me in the last seven
or eight years how much Harris County has changed, and
it has not changed for the better. Here to talk
about with us is Mattress Mac Jim mackavale, of course,
speaking at a pack rally, I guess for a lack
(00:22):
of a better term for Harris County last week, Mac,
welcome back to the show. What was the message you
were trying to give the people who attended this event.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
The message was, Jimmy, that we have to get a
hold of the law and order in Harris County and
get both the right people in otherwise we're going to
be another Detroit, Chicago, Memphis, New Orleans, as if we're
already not there. So, as you said, it's shocking the
crime wave in Harris County and shocking the number of
people that are moving out of Harris County moving Montgomery County.
(00:55):
But we can stop it, we can turn it around.
We can make Harris County great again.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Well, you're absolutely right about that. And you know, I've
been mentioning my own experience from seven eight years ago.
We had an entirely different hierarchy in Harris County. Harris
County was controlled by Republicans. The Harris County Judge was
a Republican. That's no longer the case, Yeah it is.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
And the graft of the politicians and the money they
waste is shameful. What we are to do is take
all the money they're wasting and pay the policeman more
in the people that are really going to get out
there and police these small percentage of criminals that commit
a huge percent of the crimes that make it miserable
for all of us in Harris County. And you know,
(01:39):
they've the criminals have run over the metro bus stops,
they've run over the gallery area. It's just a shame.
And we've got to put a chiatus on this and
make Harris County a county people want to move to
and live in, because a great county with great schools
and great people, which ninety five percent of the people are.
(01:59):
We just got to get to the five percent causing
all the problems.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
You know, normally you're pretty much behind the scenes when
it comes to politics. This is the first time I've
seen you get up in front of something like this.
What was the breaking point for you? What was the
straw that broke your back?
Speaker 2 (02:15):
You know when these guys that were for me, that
live in the Heights say their wives are scared to
live in the heights and they want to move way
out to Conroe. I think that Conrad is a great place,
but so is the Heights, and so is Harris County.
My friends of mine getting shot at on the freeway
by road rage. The never any cops on the freeways
(02:37):
riding tickets like there used to be because they don't
have enough police. So we need to get behind the
people in Harris County. They are four law in order
and turn the city around. People come to Houston from
Singapore and I ask them all the time, would you
rather live in Houston or Singapore? And they all say,
you're kidding. Singapore is the safest place in the world.
Granted they got some tough laws, but why can't we
(02:59):
be somewhere close.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Of course, a lot of the problems are with the
judges when it comes to law and order aspect. Right now,
these are elected judges the hierarchy of Harris County. These
are elected officials. I mean, granted they hire plenty of
people that are not elected to work for them, but
there has to be a real change in voter attitude here.
How do you get that message? I know you can.
(03:23):
You can get to get people like being precinct iree
to to vote Republican, that's not an issue. But what
do you how do you get people in the city
to change their minds about their future and who they
should vote for?
Speaker 2 (03:36):
This make Harris County great again. Pack has a good
idea to go to the areas that are heavily d
and talk to the citizens there, talk to the residents
they don't like crime any more than we do, and
try to get people to vote out these bad judges.
And by making a concerted effort in a several districts
(03:57):
that are blue right now, we can turn those district's
read and turn Harris County around. I think if Alex
Mieler would have been running for county judge with Trump
on the take as she had won so things. There's
always a light at the end of the tunnel. There's
great people all over Harris County and we just got
to rally him and say, look, let's take our county back,
Let's take our schools back. Let's make Harris County a
(04:19):
great place to live, work, playing, and raise the family.
That's what it's all about, not a great place to
be shot in.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
And let me ask you this back, have you ever
thought about running for political office? Because it strikes me
as well that one of the problems we have in
Harris County is we don't have a lot of good
Republican candidates are willing to run for office.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Well, I got lots of Republican shunt of asking me
for money, and they're very dedicated. I decided a long
time time ago, Jimmy, I'd be better off running for
furniture man, not any political office.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
I don't believe you. I don't believe it all. Thanks
for joining us. Good to talk to you back, appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Make Harris County great again.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
We can do it. Thank you you bet Jim matthis
mcinvale joining us at seven twenty six
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