10.16: Plumpkin - Hour 3

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is far from uncommon to see the news of
a violent crime happening, or an update on a violent
crime that occurred at a teenager be involved. An eighteen
year old was arrested in connection with a deadly June shooting.
That's the headline I'm seeing here this morning. This was
June fourteenth in the South eleven Street is where it

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took place. And again, an eighteen year old has now
has now been arrested, and it was so an eighteen
year old has been arrested, but the victim was a
fourteen year old boy that was killed. And now we
have a separate story here that is in regards to
an arrest that was made of a fourteen year old

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who was involved in a violent crime. So again, I
hope this is never the new norm, but like it
kind of. I mean, again, it's not a surprise. Calling
it normal is inhumane, seemingly, but it's not a surprise
all anymore to see violent crime again occurring, or updates
on crimes that have happened already, and we learned that

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the victim and or perpetrator are children, or at least
just young teenagers that are you know, eighteen, which you
can technically you're an adult. But yeah, that LMPD arrested
a juvenile I think, yeah, fourteen years old in a
September for a September shooting that left a man hospitalized.

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So that wasn't a murder, but still just it's when
I see this, I now think, Okay, the victim and
or maybe the perpetrator, had they already been locked up
in a juvenile detention center that this city desperately needs
but does not have, could this have been prevented? I mean,
we'll never know in every situation's different, but I wonder

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when the state is going to get the ball rolling
and of course get this project started, because the funds
are there. That's what a lot of folks, myself included,
would assume would be the hardest part.

Speaker 2 (01:58):
Rounding up money.

Speaker 1 (02:00):
That's been approved. That's that's that's been given the green light.
As far as just funding it. We just got to
get it started, and hopefully that happens soon. I don't
know if it will, but hopefully it uh it will.
And clearly I think everybody is aware and and if
you're not, I can tell you. And if you heard
May of Greenberg on with Tony Venetti I believe it
was last week. You know, he's he's the city knows

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that they needed and they wanted. It's just they can't
actually start the process until I mean, the state. The
state's got to do that. So again fingers crossed that
it that it happens soon, but it actually, I mean again,
I guess we'll believe it when I believe it when
I see it. I can't speak for anybody but myself.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
All right. So, you know, those those speed.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
Cameras that that were put up here in Kentucky, they're working. Yeah,
the new the new work zone speed cameras are already
slowing down drivers. I think there's a handful of them
in the area. None in Louisville specifically, but I know
Shelbyville has has won and it says here that so
far they're seeing good progress this system. It snaps a

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driver's license plate if they're going more than ten miles
per hour over the limit in an active work zone.
That information from that snapshot is then sent to an
officer station just outside the work zone, meaning tickets are
still issued by real law enforcement, not mailed automatically. And again,
Shelby County right off Ive sixty four. That is where
they've got cameras and they're going to rotate. I guess

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they're rotating them in different areas as they launch this,
and I guess work out some kings, figure out some
things they may need to update and whatnot. But this
is the Jared Lee Helton Act, and it's named after
a twenty two year old that was killed in a
twenty eighteen work zone crash. So since rolling this out,
lawmakers reports significant speed reductions where cameras and flashing mornings

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are posted. So five hundred dollars fines are on the
table if, of course, you end up I guess that's
the steepest price you can see on your ticket if
you end up getting getting pulled over. And some of
course have said that's that's a little steep, but it
protects workers. And if you know that you get caught
doing it, you're gonna potentially have to pay five hundred dollars.

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You know what that's gonna do. That's going to keep
people from doing it? Now sometimes I think you can
and this just happens. This is part of everyday speeding tickets.
People don't necessarily realize just how fast they're going. But
I think with the work zones, sometimes the speed limit
being so low it's impossible to not realize I'm on
the interstate and I'm going really slow. Well it's because

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there's a work zone. There's a reason why you are
told to slow down, and sometimes you can be I mean, look,
I've never been pulled over for anything other than I
got one speeding ticket. And of all people, I was
on the phone with Tony Venetti, wold happened somehow, I'm
going to I use that to try to blame him
for it. But anyways, I got pulled over one time
for pulling out of a parking lot without having my

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lights on. And I also got pulled over. I got
pulled over once for speeding and got a warning and
I was going like five overs. So look, it's happened
to me before. But I have a comfortable fear of
speeding in a work zone long before they had cameras,
just because man, they put a lot of warnings out
there about like what the significant punishment you could face

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if you get caught going over the speed limit or
excessively over the speed limit in a work zone. But
clearly other people didn't have that same comfortable fear to
where they were speeding. But it was hard to hold
people accountable without the cameras, right, because you can't set
up within the work zone if you're law enforcement and
then conveniently be able to get out there and pull
somebody over without causing more of a dangerous situation. So

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these were clearly needed. And yeah, that is a steep
price to see for a ticket, but it'll get your attention,
right because if you get a five hundred dollars ticket
for going over the speed limit in a work zone,
you know you'll probably never do again go over the
speed limit in a work zone because you don't have
to pay that.

Speaker 2 (05:49):
All right, let's get to a quick update.

Speaker 1 (05:50):
Of traffick and whether we do have some accidents out
there causing what looks to be some minor delays, and
we'll get the latest on that with Bobby Ellis. Also
we'll get a look at the forecast for Matt Mellows
bitch of WLK, why keep it locked here with us
on news radio eight forty whas it's crazy for me
to say this out loud, but the nineties were a

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long time ago. I mean, nineteen ninety five was thirty
years ago. That is crazy for me to think about
because I grew up in the nineties. That that's you know,
I was born in eighty eight, so the nineties, there's
a nostalgia there that'll that'll never be topped for me.
But gen Z can't identify the nineties, and that makes
total sense. For example, John Alden born in ninety seven,

(06:31):
Is that right?

Speaker 3 (06:32):
That's correct?

Speaker 2 (06:32):
So you don't remember anything, No, not at all.

Speaker 1 (06:35):
So there's a new research that has revealed just how
far removed young people are from the nineteen nineties. And
it's enough to make people like myself feel ancient. And
I'm sure there's people out there older than me that
feel even more ancient because you know, you were in
the nineties something. Heck, the guy who's about to walk
in here before too long, Tony Vinetti in the nineties,

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I mean he was, he was grown. He's a grown
man with you know, I don't know, just life goes
by too fast. That's been something that's brought up a
lot today. But again, if you were born in the nineties,
you don't know about in my opinion, the best era
decade that we've ever had. And I'm sure everybody feels.

Speaker 3 (07:11):
See I feel the same way about the two thousands,
of course.

Speaker 1 (07:13):
Yeah, I think a lot of people And that's one
thing I've learned that really, people who who grew up
in whatever era it is, they just assumed that that
era was the best and it'll never be topped. And
I can say that's the case with me, and John
just confirmed it's the same with him. So they polled
two thousand young adults and found that most cannot identify
basic items from the decade. Many of us, of course,

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still remember vividly from dial up Internet. How about the
Yellow Pages? You know what a phone book is?

Speaker 3 (07:40):
John, I used the phone book for a very brief
time in my life.

Speaker 1 (07:43):
So seventy five percent of respondence don't even know what
dial up Internet is. Sixty have no idea what the
Yellow Pages are. Many couldn't recognize a Walkman, Windows ninety five,
startup sound, floppy discs. Some didn't know that people had
to blow on video game cartridge to get them to work.
When I say that to you a lot, okay, so
you know what that is?

Speaker 2 (08:03):
Yeah, gotcha.

Speaker 1 (08:04):
Other items that some of these gen z folks couldn't
recognize VHS tapes, disposable cameras, overhead projectors, pagers, snap bands,
fax machines, and the top unrecognized item overall, the bulky,
chunky CRT televisions. When I say CRT television, does an

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image come to mind for you? If it doesn't, no
judgment here, John, because obviously you're young.

Speaker 3 (08:30):
Is it the box TV? Oh?

Speaker 1 (08:32):
Yeah, okay, big old you know, the big old box
TV that that didn't matter the size of the screen.
It was going to weigh as much as your Volkswagen.
I mean it was. I mean, now, it is crazy
how light TVs are these days, but yeah, back then,
those big bulky box TVs in gosh, Now that I'm
now that I'm looking at an image of one, I mean,

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I haven't seen one of those out in the wild
in a long long time. But the visual is is
the definition of nineties nostalgia for me, now that I'm
looking at it. So across all ages, the Spice Girls
are most associated with the nineties seventy one percent, followed
by Blockbuster Video and Saturday Morning cartoons. I did not
really consume much of the Spice Girls, but clearly they

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were a big deal. But Blockbuster Video, I mean, that's.

Speaker 3 (09:17):
That was a staple in the two thousands too.

Speaker 2 (09:19):
Oh yeah, oh yeah, the nineties.

Speaker 1 (09:21):
In the two thousands, Blockbuster, I mean just going to
Blockbuster on a My mom would take me to Blockbuster
on a Friday night, and I more often than not
didn't have any plan, Like, there wasn't a movie that
I'm hoping they've got a copy so I can get it.
It's just knowing I've got you know, I'm gonna get
a few DVDs, vhs essentially or initially, and then of
course it changed the DVD and uh yeah.

Speaker 3 (09:43):
One time my mom owed ninety dollars to Blockbuster because
we couldn't find something that we had to return, and
then we eventually just had to pay you know, the
late fee and then for all of it upfront. And
that was not a good time for me.

Speaker 1 (09:52):
I remember, I remember walking up to check out hoping
that that you know, I didn't I didn't tell my
mom the wrong date that these needed to be brought back,
because you know, you don't want those laf fees, right. No, So,
when asked what made the nineties better, respondents said, less
phone use, more face to face interaction, more playing outside. Amen,

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all of those things we don't do nearly as much
as we did in the nineties. And that's why the
nineties was better, I mean less phone use. Nobody had phones,
I mean in your pocket at least, and and we survived. Now,
if we didn't have just just just knowing, we didn't
have the ability to utilize the phones the way we

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use them now, people would have a panic attack.

Speaker 2 (10:35):
And yeah, I'm talking about myself. I think you, to
be honest with.

Speaker 1 (10:38):
You, that's where I'm more consumed by the new modern technology. John,
You're an old soul and thought we could ship you
back to the sixties, you'd be just fine.

Speaker 3 (10:48):
You're talking about kids playing outside in our neighborhood where
we live in Mount Washington. I see kids playing outside
all the time.

Speaker 2 (10:53):
Now.

Speaker 3 (10:53):
I don't know if it's like a resurgence or what
it is.

Speaker 2 (10:55):
Yep, no, I will I agree.

Speaker 1 (10:57):
Well, I see it in our neighborhood, especially when it's
nice outside, and my kids sometimes I do have to say, hey,
you want to go outside, my son, and when we do,
you know, he's never regretting it.

Speaker 2 (11:06):
He loves it.

Speaker 1 (11:07):
But when you've got distractions inside, you don't think about
outside as much. We wanted to get outside because there
was nothing to do inside. All right, quick break traffic
of weather updates on the way. We've also got another
sports update coming up right here News Radio eight forty whas.
Thank you very much, John Shannon, seven thirty five. Here
at NewsRadio eight forty whas, it is coffee and company
with you, and we are fueled by Thorntons. Thanks for

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hanging out with us on this beautiful Thursday morning. So
later today Mayor Greenberg is expected to provide an update
on the future of the Inspector General's office. So Greenberg
will make an announcement and he could determine the future
of the city's Office of Inspector General and whether or

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not it's current leader, who his name is Ed Harness,
is going to keep his job. So he became the
first ever Louisville Inspector General in twenty twenty one. And
for those who are unfamiliar with what that job asks
of you, it is to investigate misconduct allegations involving LMPD
in the public, a very important role, no doubt. And
he also leads the Civilian Review and Accountability Board and

(12:11):
eleven member citizen panel created in response to the Breonna
Taylor's shooting to provide, of course, oversight of LMPD. Now
there is power limits mean, the board can review and
make recommendations, but they don't have any authority to actually
discipline officers. They're just there to review and provide recommendation.
So it sounds like there's been a pretty tense relationship.

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Harness has described his relationship with LMPD leadership as cold.
He says that his office hasn't always received cooperation or
responses to these recommendations that they provide. So contract is
set to expire next month, and I believe he's admitted
more than once that he's been told his chances of
renewal are slim, despite believing he's done the jobs as intended.

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So Greenberg did decline recently to comment publicly on whether
he plans to reappoint Harness.

Speaker 2 (13:02):
So make of that what you will.

Speaker 1 (13:03):
But when the guy's telling you that he's already been
told his chances of renewal or slim, I'd say that
that means he's likely not going to be in that
position past his contract, which again expires coming up in November.
So this is going to signal I guess just how
serious the leadership is as far as just the independent
police oversight and whether they believe the Office of the

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Inspector General has lived up to the promises of accountability
and transparency. So this is absolutely a very important thing.
And if in fact Harness wasn't the guy to get
it done, they got to find somebody who can. And
I don't I would never know enough to be able
to give any kind of of a review of how
well he's done his job. But if he can't, you know,
if he can't get with l and p D leadership

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and find sort of a common ground to work together,
that's an issue. And they got to find somebody who can,
right I mean, I'm sure I shouldn't sy I'm sure
because I don't know know him if you walked in here.
But Ed Harness may may eventually come out whenever his
time is done with that position and claim that he
tried to do what was needed but he didn't get
the cooperation that was needed from LMPD, And only those

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two sides would really know where the truth lies in
that situation. But you've got to have somebody in place
that can have that relationship to where there's a respect,
there's an understanding. And again, none of us unless you're involved,
maybe somebody listening is involved in this whole thing. You
would know if in fact it you know why it's

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not working out. But it doesn't sound like it's working out,
and that's coming directly from the individual who was hired to.

Speaker 2 (14:42):
Be responsible for this.

Speaker 1 (14:43):
So again, I'm not sure when Greenberg is expected to
make this announcement, but doesn't look as if that's going
to be his position for very much longer. And you know,
obviously the Breonna Taylor situation, it changed a lot of
things around here, probably will always. There's probably gonn always
be some level of impact as far as just the

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way some people perceive LMPD, which I think they've done
a good job at least in my opinion of really
showing that that more often than not. You know, again,
people people believe what they want to believe, and I
guess there's there's examples of of of good and bad everywhere.
I just I think if people took emotion out of
it and just think sheer numbers and just think about
you know, think big picture, don't try to you know,

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just try to look at it with an open mind.

Speaker 2 (15:29):
I mean, the vast.

Speaker 1 (15:30):
Majority, vast majority of those that are in law enforcement
are in law enforcement because they they want to help,
and they're not they're not out there to try to
make anybody's life difficult. They're there to to protect and serve. Now, again, yeah,
there's always going to be unfortunately some that don't do
it the right way. That's never going to change. But
I think more than some people realize, those that work

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within law enforcement, they love that they that there's a
demand for transparency because they want to be able to
show Hey, for those that have this misconception about what
we do and that we're we're not doing it the
right way, we want to show you that we're we're
we're doing our jobs the way we're supposed to. But unfortunately,
you know, you can you know, everybody sees things the
way they want to see them, and look, some people

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view things differently, have different opinions.

Speaker 2 (16:16):
That's life.

Speaker 1 (16:17):
But I mean, I think you could you could watch
a video, a bodycam video and say, wow, great job
by that officer. Really did a good job there of
of of calming a situation, de escalating and and you know,
given given this criminal an opportunity to you know, not

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make the situation worse, but they just they they did
all they could. So you may see a video and
have praise for the officer, where others may may see
it completely differently, which I think that at times is
just based off people choosing to see what they want
to see, and maybe those people would say the same
thing about me. But again, we'll have an update at
some point today and on the future of the Inspector

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General's office here in Louisville. All right, traving weather updates
on the way, so don't go anywhere. What I want
to talk about next is something that interests me, to
say the least, the amount of people who, if they could,
they would do it all over again as far as
their focus and their studies in college. Not necessarily would
they study more, but what field they would get into.

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The results may surprise you. We'll get to that next
right here on news radio eight forty WHS. So new
research shows there are more Americans now than ever that
are rethinking their college days, but not because of nostalgia
and maybe wishing they could have been involved in a
little more partying whatever it is. It's because thirty four
percent of adults say they love to go back to

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school now, but it's to do something completely different because
they believe now. That says here that nearly two thirds
believe a more practical degree could make a big difference
in their careers.

Speaker 2 (17:51):
Today.

Speaker 1 (17:51):
A quarter of Americans admit they weren't all that interested
in college at the normal age, but now they jump
at the chance. I think most college kids don't know
exactly what it is they want to do, or they
have an idea, and then they get to college and
then things change. I'd say that's more the norm than
somebody knowing right out of the gate and hey, this

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is what I want to do, and that ends up
being exactly what ends up playing out. It does happen,
trust me, it's not like I'm saying it's insanely rare.
But I know many that have gone to school and
don't do anything in their career that has anything to
do with their degree. Now they may have to have
a degree in order to hold the job they have.
That's that's fairly common. But forty three percent of college

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grads say they go back for redo, but it's really
just about a different career path and more money. But
my question would be, well, yeah, you could go back
in time. But if you're going back in time, the
career path you're thinking of right now may not have
even existed then. I mean, obviously there are industries that
were not existent even ten years ago. Sixty three percent

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say getting a practical agree with real world skills would
be valuable now, even if it's not required for their job.
Life events like illness, career changes are moving often sparked
that desire to return to school. The pop the most
popular do over degrees for today's job market AI in
machine learning, healthcare, cybersecurity, and accounting. Half a current college

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grad say they did not get a practical degree, most
most commonly in education, business, or health care. So I
mean AI didn't exist, But I'm sure there are some
that took a path in the tech in the tech
world that would be better suited to adjust to the
new world of AI than most. But it's one thing
to go back and and and have have been able

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to read, you know, predict the future and know which
jobs are going to be really valuable in high demand.
But that that's that's a different situation than just saying, hey,
you know, I focused on something that I really thought
I wanted to do because I loved it, but now
I realized that doesn't pay a lot and I should
have done something different. I'd say that's probably a pretty
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Speaker 2 (20:53):
All right, We've got.

Speaker 1 (20:54):
Trafficking weather updates on the way. We'll see how these
roadways are looking as we get this Thursday morning up
and running. We've also got a sports update coming your
ways well right here on news Radio eight forty WHS