February 20, 2026 • 53 mins
Angie Gillenwater from the Kanawha Charleston Humane Association with this week's "Adopt Me Please" Pet of the Week, WV Coal Association President Chris Hamilton, and State Senate candidate for District 4 Travis Willard.
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Yeah, we've made it to the weekend Sunday in seventy
five here in the Capital City. I'm going to keep
saying it till it is. Actually, it was a stormy
night in a lot of areas. Rain is moving outs
and it's going to be a nice afternoon and a
kind of a quiet Saturday before the snow is back
with us Sunday into Monday. We'll have more on that
coming up a little bit later on It's Friday, meaning
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we're going to talk to Angie gilden Water from the
Kenalla Charleston Humaine Association with this week's Adopt Me Please
Pet of the Week. Travis Willard, who is a Republican
running for State Senate in District four, is going to
join us on the show today as well. Chris Hamilton,
president of the West Virginia Association. All that plus your
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Speaker 2 (02:11):
Welcome to a show. Now a good friend.
Speaker 5 (02:12):
Angie gillen Water from the Gonaal Charleston New Main Association.
Good morning, ang and welcome to the show.
Speaker 6 (02:19):
Good morning.
Speaker 7 (02:19):
It's Friday again.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Thus Friday again?
Speaker 5 (02:23):
All right, as always, our pets pictures posted Dave Alan
Radio on Facebook, also the WHS network Facebook page and
on my x page which is at day Base seventy.
We got a beautiful dog by the name of Garrison.
Tell us about Garrison.
Speaker 7 (02:40):
So Garrison was actually one of the dogs that was
in our building when the U haul hit the building,
and he was adopted quickly from the U haul's incident.
But he has found his way back to Kha. The
adopter fell on some hard times, so he is back.
He's available for adoption for zero dollars adoption for he
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has been completely sponsored, he's neutered, he's vaccinated. He's great
with other dogs. However, if you have cats, you might
want to pass on Garrison, they get along with.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Not a fan. Not a fan, huh.
Speaker 7 (03:13):
Yeah. And let's see, he's housebroken, he's great with kids,
and he's actually a part of our Tales of Hope program,
which is a really really cool and interesting program. He's
currently at a local correctional facility where inmates are teaching
him basic commands like sit, shake, lay, and they also
teach him some pretty cool things. They teach him how
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to retrieve their own leash, which is pretty cool. So
he's down there getting getting a little bit smarter than
he was.
Speaker 5 (03:40):
I want to talk about that program because we featured
a couple of pets over the years, Angie, that have
gone through that program. Again, it's called Tales of Hope,
and basically what they do is they take some critters
to some local correctional facilities and put and match him
up with some of the folks that are incarcerated there.
And these kind of programs have been proved to be
hugely successful across the country, and I know you've seen
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it firsthand.
Speaker 7 (04:05):
Yeah, these programs pretty much set these dogs up with
like a basic obedience training, which is a lot of
the times why people return pets to their shelter. Why
people surrender their pets to the shelter in the first place.
So these basic obedience training classes that they get in
these programs set them up for for success from the
point of adoption, which is really great and we're really
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thankful for that.
Speaker 5 (04:27):
And plus what it does for the folks that are
working with them, the folks that are residents that are incarcerated,
I mean, it's it's very very good for them as well.
Speaker 7 (04:36):
Absolutely with our particular correctional facility we work with, they
will send notes back with the dogs, like once they've
completed their program and they're getting adopted, and these notes
are for the new adopters just like, hey, this is
what I learned about, like, for example, Garrison while he
was with me. These are the tricks he knows, and
they are often the most like peer jerking, heartwarming notes
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you'll read.
Speaker 5 (05:00):
Yeah and well, and it gives them something, you know,
the folks that are incarcerated, It gives them something to
do other than just you know, staring at four walls.
I mean, it actually gives them a purpose. For the
ones that want to do this, and some of the
some of the success stories that I have, I've read
about and seen across the country, Angie, have just been phenomenal.
Speaker 7 (05:21):
Yeah, they, Like I said, it's one of the most
tear jerking and heartwarming things for me is when they
come back and those those notes and just like the
story altogether, it's it's really moving.
Speaker 5 (05:32):
Talking to Angie gillen Water from the Connealge Charleston Humane
Association with Garrison. This week's Adopt Me Please Pet of
the Week, The Day Alan Show on five eighty Live
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n gvia the text line, do you know of any
rescues or volunteers who will trap and release cats for
no charge or just to trap? I can pay to
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get them fixed. It's irritating the neighbors. They refuse to
help and the litters get more and more.
Speaker 7 (05:59):
I don't know of any particular rescue groups that will
go out and maybe do the trapping for you. However,
there are New Hope Animal Rescue offers Spain Hooter vouchers
for residents of particular counties to have animals stay and neutered,
So you might want to reach out with them. They
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operate through Facebook and email only. They don't have a
phone number or a building you can visit, unfortunately, but
that was New Hope Animal Rescue. And of course you're
always welcome to go to like any type of tractor supply,
any seed store really is going to have traps that
you can purchase. I know that's kind of like a
big purchase for a one time type of situation, but
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you can purchase and set up with any Spain nooter
clinic to get the cat sterilized.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
You guys out and about anywhere on this weekend, not
this weekend.
Speaker 7 (06:52):
Next weekend is when things are going to start picking up.
Speaker 5 (06:54):
Okay, well just mentioning it because tomorrow the weather's going
to be pretty good, but then after that's gonna take
another nose dive.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
But in the winter that would not end.
Speaker 5 (07:01):
So I just thought maybe maybe you might be out there,
but also a little downtime and to do some things
that the shelter is not necessarily a bad thing either.
Tucks and Tails your big fundraiser coming up April twenty
fifth at JQ Dickets and Salt Works.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Better plan on getting those tickets early.
Speaker 7 (07:15):
Angie, Yes, I actually spoke with Amanda, who is pretty
much our you know, our leader in texts of Tales.
She's our director of development, and she said there's about
seventy tickets left, so definitely definitely gets them if you
plan on going.
Speaker 5 (07:30):
And this is not till April twenty fifth, so that
should tell you how popular that this event is going
to be. And you you haven't correct me if I'm wrong.
You haven't had it at JQ Dickinson Saltworks in the past.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
Have you.
Speaker 7 (07:41):
That's correct. This is a new venue for us, and
I prove I will want am extremely excited about the
new venue and how Touches and Tails, Whiskers and Wildflowers
is going to play out.
Speaker 5 (07:52):
Yeah, it's it is going to be a great, great night.
And again to April twenty fifth, we'll be talking about
it plenty as we head up to. But I did
want to just remind folks they probably need to get
their tickets. They can just go to the website and
get the tickets. You're a website, so there.
Speaker 7 (08:06):
Is a Facebook group where you there's a direct link
to purchase tickets. You can also visit the website. It's
kind of hard to find on there. So just type
in tuxes and Tails twenty twenty six on Facebook and
that that will be much easier for you.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (08:18):
Actually I saw that. It's one thing when I was
preparing for the show. That's when I actually saw that
out there. I keep getting these reminders on Facebook that
says an event coming up that you may like. I
think they're trying to tell me something, Angie.
Speaker 7 (08:29):
Yeah, I think you need to get those tickets one percent.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Hey, I read on your page that you had about
seventy intakes this week alone, so you definitely could use
some supplies.
Speaker 7 (08:40):
Absolutely seventy intakes since Sunday and it's not flowing down
at all. Peerina Chowel products are always appreciated. Cleaning products
right now, our team is really asking for like steel
wool scrubbers and wet food of any brand, as well
as volunteers that are willing to help clean or if
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you're not you know, if you're not able to get
down and dirty taking dogs out on walks while our
team gets down and dirty on cleaning them.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
And fostering there. I mean I've talked about in the past.
Speaker 5 (09:13):
I've got several friends that do the fostering program and
it's a wonderful thing.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
It's a great way to help out.
Speaker 7 (09:20):
Yes, if you can foster, that is a great way
to have a pet short term and not make that,
you know, fifteen plus year commitment to the animal. I
currently have a foster puppy for Kseyha. It's been wonderful.
We love them. So if you're interested in fostering, please
come up and visit us as well. We could really
benefit from your health right now, all right?
Speaker 5 (09:38):
And I did want to mention two that actually we
have a text here why don't Texas, Why don't more
places like children's hospitals, nursing homes and even schools taking
several shelter animals as mascots and support animals.
Speaker 7 (09:54):
That is actually a like a really I love that idea.
I just want to put that out there. I don't
know why per se, but I do know like some
places around here, for example, Metro nine to one one,
they had fostered a dog through us and he just
kind of hung out at the nine one one facility
and acted as like an emotional support dog. And now
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a couple of years back they adopted him and now
he's just their mascot at Metro nine one one, So
some places do it. I guess maybe why schools aren't
doing it is maybe like a if kids have allergies
or you know, are scared of dogs or anything like that,
So maybe that's why.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
But I like the idea of it is a good idea.
And another question for you.
Speaker 5 (10:37):
You're quite popular, uh, any update on the progress of
a new shelter.
Speaker 7 (10:42):
So we it's something that is just moving at the
speed of a turtle. In the last they are they
are working on paving the road, the driveway per se
of the shelter and breaking ground very very soon. It's
just a lot of you know and you know, crossing
t's dot andys all that, but they are we are
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getting a little bit closer than we.
Speaker 6 (11:06):
Were on that.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
And where's this going to be located? Do we know yet?
Speaker 7 (11:10):
So I don't have an exact address quite yet because
there's nothing there, but it is pretty much like a
mile down the road from where the current.
Speaker 5 (11:18):
Shelter stays, same general, same general area. All right, Hey, Angie,
it is always a pleasure to talk to you and
keep doing great things you and the team there, and
we'll talk again next week.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
Thanks a lot.
Speaker 7 (11:28):
Absolutely sounded great.
Speaker 5 (11:30):
Angie Gilla Wana Canal, Charleston. You've main association with this
week's Adopt Me. Please put it the week again. Go
to Dave Allen Radio on Facebook, the WCCHS network Facebook
page or at Dave A seventy and ax and you
can take a look at Garrison. He is almost three
years old, around fifty four pounds. He's neutered, he's housebroken,
great with kids, great with other playful dogs. Do know
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he's not a fan of cats. Though he's not a
fan of cats. He's free, has adoption if he's covered,
and he's part of this which I just think is
a fantastic program. This Tales of program where they take
animals from the shelter and they send them out to
a local correctional facility to work. I don't know, to
be honest with you, I don't know who's working with
who here. I think it's mutually beneficial because the prisoners
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are working with the animals and they're learning from them.
The animals are working with the prisoners and they're learning
from them. They teach them basic commands and so on,
and so then they fill out basically a report. As
Angie tells me, So when you go. If you've had
a dog that's been through this program and you go
to adopt it, you get a report from one of
the inmates that said, this is what we were able
to do with this dog. This dog can already sit, stand, fetch,
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you know, do whatever.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
I think.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
It's a fantastic program. It really really is.
Speaker 5 (12:39):
But again, Garrison is our dog this week. About three
years old, fifty four pound male, neutered, house broken, great
with kids, other playful dogs, but not with cats. His
adoption fee is sponsored. He's a great, great looking dog.
He came from the shelter, was adopted out, and the
new owners had to bring him back through no fault
of the dog. The owners themselves had some issues, fell
on a hard times is a way that Angie put it,
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and so they surrendered him back to the shelters. So
it's a great looking dog. Go take a look at
his picture on one of my social media pages, The
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District for is going to join us a little bit
later on the show. Right now, let's go to the
West Virginia State Capital checking with our good friend Chris Hamilton,
president of the West Virginia Cold Association. Good morning, sir,
welcome to the show.
Speaker 11 (16:23):
Hey, good morning Dave. Thanks for having me on.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
Thank you for being here. Chris.
Speaker 5 (16:27):
You know, it's been a it's been a world win
of a couple of weeks for the coal industry. And
we talked about, you know, the meeting with President Trump
in Washington, some positive news from the cold industry. But
then just a couple of days later, we get worried
of about five hundred jobs being cut, primarily logan in
Wyoming counties. To so to say, Chris, it's been an
up and down week or so for the cold industry
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would be an.
Speaker 11 (16:48):
Understatement, absolutely, David. You know, you mentioned world Win. We've
been on a world win you know, tour for you know,
a decade or longer in this business with you know,
last week was especially bittersweet.
Speaker 3 (17:04):
You know.
Speaker 11 (17:04):
On one hand, we were with the President as he
was announcing a number of projects that were going forward
to help the state's coal industry and our coal fired
power stations, and he was also announcing some other initiatives
that were underway. Then you know, by the time we
got home, we've heard the news of you know, five
hundred plus miners receiving their warn notices in southern West Virginia.
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And that comes on the heels of course of you know,
a couple of hundred miners up in Tucker County at
the Metiki mine the week before. So it's, uh, you know,
it's we're we're experiencing both sides of that pendulum here
within a couple of within a very compressed period of time.
But but what it does it underscores, UH, you know,
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the challenges that we're looking at currently as an industry.
We do have a couple of minds that have that
have announced the closure or or cutbacks. We still have
a couple of you know, in state power facilities operating
less than full capacity. UH. And we have a number
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of other challenges with getting our coal fired electrons onto
the grid and through t j M. And we've noted
and our Division of Energy has found that there's some
restrictions in those outlets from West Virginia to the to
the grid. So there's a lot of things coming together
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that are very troublesome and present challenges that we're going
to have to work through.
Speaker 5 (18:38):
We'll talked to Chris Hamplon again from the West Virginia
Coal Association. I want to go back to the to
the good News for a moment. We had you on
Metro News midday talk about to talk to some other
people's where about it was well about the trip to Washington,
UH and the meeting that you had with the with
the president up there. What what what was your takeaway
from that meeting and the remarks that President Trump made.
Speaker 11 (18:59):
That day, Well, we just can't express our appreciation for
everything that President Trump has done and continues to do
to boost the you know, our our coal industry. Uh,
there's no question about it. He wants to do everything
he's capable of helping us, uh, ensure the long term
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ability of this industry to continue its employment numbers and
to grow it's uh it's coal producing assets, both from
an operational standpoint, to be able to more effectively compete
on the export market with our strong metallurgical coals and
and also uh, you know our coal fired uh you
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know the power power generators. Uh. You know, he's making
money available that under the previous administration was being was
being made available for renewable energy sources.
Speaker 12 (19:54):
Uh.
Speaker 11 (19:54):
And he's he's doing everything he can to you know,
make those dollars available to upgrade, modernize all of our
coal plants. He's ordered some plants that were set for
closure to continue to operate as long as humanly possible.
And that's what he wants to see. And he's also
interested in new coal, fair generation, new coking facilities. So
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hopefully we get we can get in line real soon
and be real aggressive through our state coal team, which
includes the you know, the governor, to our to our
minor operators, to our working miners, and and our legislative
leaders to formulate a dynamic team with our congressional reps
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and go after everything we can possibly get while President
Trump's in office. It's truly a once in a lifetime opportunity.
We've never ever have seen this in our business before.
Speaker 5 (20:49):
Christ I got a question on the text line here
for you, and I'm gonna go ahead, and I know
you're good about about taking questions. It says, does Chris
see a huge comeback for coal when all these data
centers get powered up and realize that this is alternative
energy cannot provide enough power for them. That's a great question.
Speaker 11 (21:06):
It's a great question. That's pretty simple answer. Yes, we
are the battery right here are State of West Virginia
for future growth within the data center and other industrial facilities.
Just like New Core. We have that ability. We have
the ability to literally double the output of our existing
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in state coal fired power facilities, and that will also
double the coal supplies. Now, this isn't going to happen
every night, but we have a bill in the legislature
right now that we've been working on, you know, which
provides some incentives to our coal fired power facilities to
be able to generate the power for these existing and
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for new incoming data centers. I mean, we have the
ability to plug. We don't have to wait till micro
grids are built, which will likely not be completed until
a five to seven year timeframe. We can bring data
centers in here to the state of West Virginia today
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and plug them right into the Mountaineer Plant, the John
Amos Plant, the Mitchell and Harrison power stations up north,
and then we can run these plants at the optimum
efficiency levels, the optimum capacity levels that they're designed to
operate at.
Speaker 5 (22:27):
Chris, when we talk about pardon upon fueling the country,
where does coal in twenty twenty six currently stand among gas, solar, wind,
all the other all the other outlets, where does coal stand?
Speaker 11 (22:42):
You know, we've had a pretty good bump in the
burn demands placed on our coal fire generators, mainly because
of the inclement weather and the difficulty of other based
fuels and intermittent fuels to meet that demand. So we're
back up above twenty twenty three percent and you know,
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that's that's a less than half of where we were
twenty years ago, but it's still you know, very very critical.
You know, we're going to need every every amp, every
electron from every fuel producing source going forward. And we
have the ability to maximize our co assets here, but
then to add to those assets, you know, with other
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based fuels and for new and with new coal generation
going forward. I mean, the projections out there ten fifteen,
twenty years from now are so phenomenal, such an increase
in demand that it's going to take everything from every
every fuel source to meet that demand.
Speaker 5 (23:44):
Chris, it seems to me like sometimes and this is
this is an outsider looking in that sometimes that these
different outlets for energy mentioned solar, when gas and cults,
and specifically let me focus on gas and coal, it
seems like that there is a bit and I don't
know if rivalry is the right word, but a little
back and forth sometimes between the gas industry and the
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coal industry. Ken can both industries work together to do
what America needs?
Speaker 11 (24:13):
Oh, I think they absolutely can, and I think we've
shown the ability to do that over the years. But
you know, it gets a little bit contentuous when when
there's encroachment involved, and by that I mean when one
tries to encroach and and take the market from another
within certain areas, then that obviously creates conflict. We're just
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so much better than that. We do not need to
be trading one energy job for another, particularly with all
this growth on the horizon, you know, and that that
really puts a lot of pressure frankly on our executive
and legislature, you know, to keep the keep everybody in
their lane. And but yet let's, uh, you know, let's
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develop the kinds of state program here that allows both
industries to really thrive. And yes, we think we can
see maximum development from both industries. But again, there has
to be a pretty pretty strong leadership to keep these
industries working together and within their own lanes. You know,
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there's a report of a coal fired power plant being
replaced by a gas plant up north, and that you know,
just causes a lot of a lot of tension and
potential conflict. But you know, with strong, strong leadership and
with a strong energy strategy, I believe we can you know,
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stay focused and maximize the output of all of our
natural resources.
Speaker 5 (25:46):
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Speaker 2 (25:59):
Chris.
Speaker 5 (26:00):
One final question for you. Anytime that we talk about coal,
whether I have you on or I have anybody you
know associated with call anybody that's touting coal, usually get
you know, I get a lot of text or comments
online or whatever about we need to move beyond coal.
You know, coal is so nineteenth and twentieth century and
we just need to It's dirty. We just need to
put it behind us. To all of those naysayers. And
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you've been hearing this your entire career, but specifically right now,
as I said in twenty twenty six, when people are
saying it's time to move on to those folks, you would.
Speaker 11 (26:32):
Say, what, oh, I would say that you know, they
really need to, you know, take a closer in depth
look at our industry and all the technological advancements and
modernization that's that's occurred over the last twenty years. And
when you go into an underground line today, I mean
it's a real eye opener. It's a it's a Star
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Wars tech all of it.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
It's like going into the bat Cave. I mean literally
it is.
Speaker 5 (26:59):
It's like going into the back cave from the television
show with the with the computers and everything that are
down there. Now.
Speaker 11 (27:04):
Yeah, if we call Star Wars technologies, I mean you
have you have minds that are completely computerized. High skilled
miners uh, you know, operate in these machines from great
distances away on little game boys and computerized the you
know what. You see your grandson and son operating in
these in the bedroom today. I mean, it's just phenomenal.
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And they're standing of the state. Now, there's still hazards
and those have to be controlled, and everybody focuses on
industrial mind safety, no question about that. That's paramount to
all the other goals. But hey, people come from all
over the world to see how we do it here
because nobody does it better. There's no better trained and
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qualified miners than what we have here. And they just
take such pride and sophistication in the work that they do.
And we're just so proud of them and the same.
Look there coal fired power facilities. You know, you and
I right by John Aims and see this huge industrial facility.
But it's state of the art. Also, all of our
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plants in West Virginia are fully compliant with every single
aspect of existing federal law, and we're very proud of that.
You ride by, you see a little water, vapor, steam,
no admission whatsoever. There's not a you know, there's not
a more efficient industrial facility than one of our eight
the in state coal plants here.
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Travis Willard is here, Republican hoping to get elected to
the States Senate out of district for Good morning, sir,
Welcome to the show.
Speaker 6 (30:55):
Good morning Dave, Thanks for having me, Thank you for
being Explain the district to us. A little convoluted in
West Virginia, weird, right, So it's south of the river
in Putnam County, so Winfield, Tayese Valley, Hurricane Scott Depot.
It's Cable County, just a little bit past Milton and
parts of Ona. Then it goes north over to the river,
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includes all of Mason County and then the western part
of Jackson County, so Ripley, Ravenswood, Evans, Cottageville, that area.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
Give us your by. Who is Travis Wilding.
Speaker 6 (31:30):
So I was born and raised in West Virginia. I've
spent my entire life between Putnham Mason County. Graduated from
Point Pleasant High School. My dad grew up in Putnam
County out on Red House Hill, so we're really rooted here.
I did twenty four years in the West Virginia Army
National Guard. It truly was the greatest privilege that I've
had in my life. It taught me a lot about service,
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not only to my country and my state, but to
one another, to my fellow citizen.
Speaker 3 (32:00):
Is right.
Speaker 6 (32:01):
I work in finance now, so I run my own
business in Tayses Valley. So graduated from Marshall and you see, uh,
I also teach it, you see, right, So every every
couple of years I'll go back and teach a class.
And it's just it's just my way to kind of
give back and pay it forward as well.
Speaker 5 (32:16):
You mentioned your your military service, what what were some
of the things that you learned, uh, in the in
the military that you think would transition if you are
elected to make you a good legislator.
Speaker 6 (32:31):
So that's a really good question, Dave. And I'm taking
kind of the path less less traveled on this with
this political campaign. And I'm really focused on values. And
that's really at least when I joined the army, they
were really, uh, they really pushed that hard.
Speaker 8 (32:44):
Right.
Speaker 6 (32:44):
It taught me about loyalty, It taught me about duty, respect,
selfless service, honor, integrity, personal courage. And I really think
that those value values don't replace good policy, but values
absolutely drive good policy. And I think I think that
really has set me apart throughout my life. That coupled
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with honestly just my faith in general. Right, I'm proud
to be a Christian, and those values as Christian values,
is those military values really I think give me a
leg up. Additionally, it gives me the opportunity to work
and understand people from various different backgrounds, help get them
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on the same page in order to accomplish the overall
mission right the end state. Beginning with the end in
mind is crucial. So again, I think I'm in a
unique position. I did spend most of my time in
combat arms units, so I have a really heavy operational
background from the army's perspective, and again that gives me,
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It gives me some rare insight on how to get
things done in an efficient and effective way.
Speaker 5 (33:54):
So, with all this that you've done, with your military background,
with your stuff in the world of nants and everything,
why do you want to be a state senator?
Speaker 6 (34:04):
It's we have a lot of opportunity, especially in my
district and especially in West Virginia. I really believe I
know you just said Chris On there, he's a great guy,
and Cole is important, but I really believe that the
people are what is West Virginia's number one resource. And
West Virginias don't ask for much. They ask for the
ability to get an honest day's work. They ask for
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the ability to send their kids to school in a safe,
enriching environment. Right, they deserve somebody that represents them, that
is going to respect them enough to give them the
truth and not just the canned political responses. And also
somebody that doesn't forget who they work for. They need
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an ally, they need a representative that's going to fight
for them and and not minimize their position.
Speaker 5 (34:55):
There are others, including the acumbent running for the seat.
Why do you feel you're the better cam because I
I understand what it's like.
Speaker 6 (35:08):
I haven't forgotten where I come from. I've had some
some rough times in my life. You know, I don't.
Speaker 3 (35:14):
I don't.
Speaker 6 (35:15):
I wasn't raised by politics, right, I was raised by
West Virginia. I know what it's like to be doing,
to be a young man, doing all the right things,
working your tail off, and not be able to get ahead,
and still have to choose sometimes who gets to eat tonight,
me or my children. And it's not for lack of effort,
it's not for lack of hard work or dedication. It's
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there are problems that we that exist. And I feel
like I kept coming back to the same answer, Dave.
If I've got the opportunity to make things one percent
better for me, for others, for our children, and I
just choose not to take that opportunity, I don't know
what that says about me as a man. So for me,
it's it's I'm doing it on principle. I'm not doing
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it out of ego. I couldn't care less about a title.
I'm there to serve the people of West Virginia period,
end of story.
Speaker 5 (36:08):
Would you be open to a debate or participating in
candidates forums and things of that nature.
Speaker 3 (36:13):
Absolutely. Absolutely.
Speaker 6 (36:15):
I think one of the one of the biggest issues
we have across the legislature today is that, and honestly
just in society that a lot of us have forgotten
how to communicate with one another. Right, we can have discourse.
Discourse is healthy, but we have to be able to
work together to come up with it with better solutions.
So yeah, I'm I'm more than happy to do anything
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like that.
Speaker 2 (36:36):
How's the campaign been so far?
Speaker 3 (36:39):
You know what, It's been a learning curve.
Speaker 6 (36:41):
Like I said, I don't come from I'm really kind
of a political outsider in West Virginia, So I'm the
learning curve was deep in the beginning, just you know,
understanding the ins and outs. But it has been incredibly
rewarding being out in the community and actually listening to
people and hearing, hearing what they're saying.
Speaker 5 (36:57):
And it is and what are they saying? Travis, if
you don't mind asking what what are you hearing? When
you were going out door to door or whatever, what
are you hearing?
Speaker 2 (37:03):
From people.
Speaker 3 (37:04):
So, you know, my district's a little unique, right.
Speaker 6 (37:06):
We have a lot of a lot of new facilities coming, right,
We've got the new core facility. We've got you know
time X that's that's over towards the Ravenswo area. We've
got like Frontiers and Fidelis that they're supposed to be coming.
You know, they're talking data centers, and people are concerned, right.
They they they're glad that we are getting jobs because
they all want their children and grandchildren of the ability
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to stay in West Virginian work. But they're concerned because
we have a lot of growth coming. We have a
lot of new jobs, and they don't feel like they're ready.
They're concerned that the data centers are gonna affect their
water supply. I've talked to a lot of folks that's
still they don't have h running water where they live, right,
And they don't live out you know, way out in
the holler. They they're fairly close to civilization and they
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still don't have running water. I hear a lot of
people concerned about the state of the school system, right,
and and some of the things that are coming down
the line. People are afraid in some cases to send
their kids to school because they don't know what's going
to happen to them. That those are the issues that
I'm really seeing.
Speaker 2 (38:12):
Do you have a website or social medium that you
to direct people to?
Speaker 3 (38:16):
I absolutely do.
Speaker 6 (38:17):
The website is Willard for WV, and the Facebook is
the same Willard for WV.
Speaker 5 (38:23):
So I'm kind of interested how closely I know that
you know, you said you're an outsider, uh, and you're
running your business, and you're got a family and so
on this sword. But I know that you've been watching
as best you can the legislature up to this point.
What have you thought about this session so far?
Speaker 6 (38:43):
You know, I see a lot, I see a lot
of canned political responses. I see a lot of people
that are more concerned with getting likes and views on
their social media or than actually providing actual solutions.
Speaker 3 (38:58):
Right we talk.
Speaker 6 (38:59):
You know, the the budget or the income tax cuts
has been all over the place, and everybody's talking about
cutting it by you know, ten percent income tax cuts.
Of course, everybody wants to pay less taxes. But what
I'm hearing from from the people in my district is
that when they understand that, you know, a ten percent
income tax cut for the media in West Virginia. That's
that's going to be about two dollars and fifty cents
(39:20):
a week for the household extra, right, They would much
rather have their roads fixed.
Speaker 3 (39:26):
You see what I'm saying.
Speaker 6 (39:27):
But it's a good political response, it's it's good media
right for them to say, oh, we're going to cut taxes. Well,
of course, but the people that I'm hearing from, they
just they just feel like that's insulting, right, Like they're
just there, their intelligence is being insulted because they've realized
that there's problems, they're not afraid to work on the problems.
(39:48):
And again, I think we do have a lot of opportunity,
but we have a lot of complex issues here in
West Virginia, and I think if people don't understand the
problem or they can't come up with a solution, they
ignore it. And I feel like that's what's what's happened. Unfortunately.
Speaker 5 (40:05):
Do you think that they're over the last couple of years,
and this is not necessarily just to the Senate, I'm
talking to the legislature in general, conclude the House?
Speaker 2 (40:12):
Now, do you think there's been too much focus on
social issues?
Speaker 3 (40:14):
Oh? Absolutely, absolutely.
Speaker 11 (40:16):
Uh.
Speaker 6 (40:17):
On some level, social issues are important, right, you know,
I'm not going to say that they're that they're completely irrelevant.
But we have bigger fishta fry so to speak. Right
when we have we still have opioid problems. Right, We
still have like we mentioned, people that don't have running water,
We have roads that are falling apart. We have a
healthcare system that that is struggling. You know, I've got
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I've talked to several older folks who unfortunately have to
choose between their medicine this month or putting food on
the table. Those are real problems. The social issues on again,
on some level, they're important, but we really need to
focus and start working together to actually make some progress.
And when I say us working together, I don't just
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mean politicians, right, it's the community. West Virginians are strong,
they understand the lay of the land. They're not idiots.
They will step up. I have faith in them. I
know they're my people. They will step up and help.
They just need some leadership, some guidance, some honesty to
get everybody on the same page to work together.
Speaker 5 (41:22):
If you are elected, would you be willing to do
some sort of like town halls or you know, I
mean as best you can.
Speaker 2 (41:29):
I mean, would you be willing to do them?
Speaker 6 (41:31):
Absolutely? I think you can't lead if you don't listen.
And that is a huge missing piece because I don't
remember the last time I saw one of those outside
of an election year, right, So, but that's incredibly important.
People have to be able to have access to their
elected officials. They have to be able to share their concerns,
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share their opinions, because otherwise it's very easy to get
disconnected from the people. So yeah, not only would I
be open to that, but that's that's absolutely part of
my plan as well.
Speaker 5 (42:02):
One final question, and then we'll let you get on
with your day, because you do have a job to
get to.
Speaker 3 (42:07):
I do.
Speaker 2 (42:08):
There's that little thing. Thanks, I'll get you out of here.
Speaker 5 (42:12):
The State Republican Party last year opted to and it's
their right to do it, opted to close their primary
to independence. So if you are a registered independent when
you go to the bout in the year's past, you
were able to go in and say, Okay, I'm independent,
but I want a Republican ballot or I want a
Democrat ballot. The State Republican Party last year voted not
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well actually a couple of years ago, and they continue
this year not to allow independence to vote.
Speaker 2 (42:38):
Do you have an opinion on that?
Speaker 6 (42:41):
I do, Yeah, you know, I understand that. I understand
their thought process, but I don't agree. You know, the
beautiful thing about America in my mind is the freedom,
and you know, we should have completely open elections in
my mind, so you know, if an independent wants to
go and vote on the Republican ticket, then they should
have that right. So my whole thing is the people
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are the most important thing, not the politics. So I
always default to putting the people above politics.
Speaker 2 (43:08):
Final thirty.
Speaker 5 (43:09):
Why should someone vote for Travis Wilden Republican District form?
Speaker 6 (43:16):
Politics was never in the cards for me. It was
never my desire. If people are looking for change, if
people are looking for actual solutions to the problems and
not just self interest, then I'm their guy. The problems
we have today can't be solved with the same mindset
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that God is here. So I am a political outsider,
but I'm not an outsider for West Virginian. So I'm
the guy that's going to stand up genuinely, selflessly and
fight for West Virginians. And if that's what they are
looking for. If that's what the people are looking for,
then I'm absolutely one hundred percent the guy. If they
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want the status quo, then I'm not for them. But again,
I think even that statement right, like I want, I'm
doing this for the people, and I firmly believe that
it's the right path, and I firmly believe that they're
going to stand up and I really think that I
resonate with them. And if I don't, that's also fine
because the people have spoken right, so right, I'm good
(44:25):
either way. I'm here to stand up for him. I'm
here to fight for him. And I really think that's
what people are craving. They just they need an ally,
They need somebody to listen, and I'm that guy.
Speaker 5 (44:36):
Travis Willard, Republican candidate for States in a district for
appreciate you being here.
Speaker 3 (44:41):
Thanks Dave, thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (44:42):
Thanks a lot.
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To the weather quickly, storms and heavy rain moving out.
Don't think we had a lot of issues in our
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I got some pictures posts on social media for some
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before the snow comes back on Sunday into Monday. Doesn't
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Who knows we'll get into.
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Uh well, we'll just keep a close eye on it
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I got to tell you hope and budget, budget and hope,
the politics of all that.
Speaker 2 (51:52):
That's what it all boiled down to. Uh this week.
Speaker 4 (51:54):
I talked about it my commentary a little bit. Folks
can read that. But you know, kudos Vernon, Chris. Somebody
has to be the financial adult in the room.
Speaker 2 (52:02):
Kudos all right.
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jew from the Clay Center, and Attorney General JB. Mccusky
all coming up on the show on Monday. And Happy
birthday to my wife Ruthan celebrating tomorrow. Ryan Nicholson, our producer,
that's the senior producer on the other side of the glass.
Thank you so much, to see you later. They have a
great weekend. Till then, have fun and love SOMEBODYSA
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Welcome to a show. Now a good friend.
Speaker 5 (02:12):
Angie gillen Water from the Gonaal Charleston New Main Association.
Good morning, ang and welcome to the show.
Speaker 6 (02:19):
Good morning.
Speaker 7 (02:19):
It's Friday again.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Thus Friday again?
Speaker 5 (02:23):
All right, as always, our pets pictures posted Dave Alan
Radio on Facebook, also the WHS network Facebook page and
on my x page which is at day Base seventy.
We got a beautiful dog by the name of Garrison.
Tell us about Garrison.
Speaker 7 (02:40):
So Garrison was actually one of the dogs that was
in our building when the U haul hit the building,
and he was adopted quickly from the U haul's incident.
But he has found his way back to Kha. The
adopter fell on some hard times, so he is back.
He's available for adoption for zero dollars adoption for he
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has been completely sponsored, he's neutered, he's vaccinated. He's great
with other dogs. However, if you have cats, you might
want to pass on Garrison, they get along with.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Not a fan. Not a fan, huh.
Speaker 7 (03:13):
Yeah. And let's see, he's housebroken, he's great with kids,
and he's actually a part of our Tales of Hope program,
which is a really really cool and interesting program. He's
currently at a local correctional facility where inmates are teaching
him basic commands like sit, shake, lay, and they also
teach him some pretty cool things. They teach him how
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to retrieve their own leash, which is pretty cool. So
he's down there getting getting a little bit smarter than
he was.
Speaker 5 (03:40):
I want to talk about that program because we featured
a couple of pets over the years, Angie, that have
gone through that program. Again, it's called Tales of Hope,
and basically what they do is they take some critters
to some local correctional facilities and put and match him
up with some of the folks that are incarcerated there.
And these kind of programs have been proved to be
hugely successful across the country, and I know you've seen
(04:03):
it firsthand.
Speaker 7 (04:05):
Yeah, these programs pretty much set these dogs up with
like a basic obedience training, which is a lot of
the times why people return pets to their shelter. Why
people surrender their pets to the shelter in the first place.
So these basic obedience training classes that they get in
these programs set them up for for success from the
point of adoption, which is really great and we're really
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thankful for that.
Speaker 5 (04:27):
And plus what it does for the folks that are
working with them, the folks that are residents that are incarcerated,
I mean, it's it's very very good for them as well.
Speaker 7 (04:36):
Absolutely with our particular correctional facility we work with, they
will send notes back with the dogs, like once they've
completed their program and they're getting adopted, and these notes
are for the new adopters just like, hey, this is
what I learned about, like, for example, Garrison while he
was with me. These are the tricks he knows, and
they are often the most like peer jerking, heartwarming notes
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you'll read.
Speaker 5 (05:00):
Yeah and well, and it gives them something, you know,
the folks that are incarcerated, It gives them something to
do other than just you know, staring at four walls.
I mean, it actually gives them a purpose. For the
ones that want to do this, and some of the
some of the success stories that I have, I've read
about and seen across the country, Angie, have just been phenomenal.
Speaker 7 (05:21):
Yeah, they, Like I said, it's one of the most
tear jerking and heartwarming things for me is when they
come back and those those notes and just like the
story altogether, it's it's really moving.
Speaker 5 (05:32):
Talking to Angie gillen Water from the Connealge Charleston Humane
Association with Garrison. This week's Adopt Me Please Pet of
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rescues or volunteers who will trap and release cats for
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get them fixed. It's irritating the neighbors. They refuse to
help and the litters get more and more.
Speaker 7 (05:59):
I don't know of any particular rescue groups that will
go out and maybe do the trapping for you. However,
there are New Hope Animal Rescue offers Spain Hooter vouchers
for residents of particular counties to have animals stay and neutered,
So you might want to reach out with them. They
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operate through Facebook and email only. They don't have a
phone number or a building you can visit, unfortunately, but
that was New Hope Animal Rescue. And of course you're
always welcome to go to like any type of tractor supply,
any seed store really is going to have traps that
you can purchase. I know that's kind of like a
big purchase for a one time type of situation, but
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you can purchase and set up with any Spain nooter
clinic to get the cat sterilized.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
You guys out and about anywhere on this weekend, not
this weekend.
Speaker 7 (06:52):
Next weekend is when things are going to start picking up.
Speaker 5 (06:54):
Okay, well just mentioning it because tomorrow the weather's going
to be pretty good, but then after that's gonna take
another nose dive.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
But in the winter that would not end.
Speaker 5 (07:01):
So I just thought maybe maybe you might be out there,
but also a little downtime and to do some things
that the shelter is not necessarily a bad thing either.
Tucks and Tails your big fundraiser coming up April twenty
fifth at JQ Dickets and Salt Works.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Better plan on getting those tickets early.
Speaker 7 (07:15):
Angie, Yes, I actually spoke with Amanda, who is pretty
much our you know, our leader in texts of Tales.
She's our director of development, and she said there's about
seventy tickets left, so definitely definitely gets them if you
plan on going.
Speaker 5 (07:30):
And this is not till April twenty fifth, so that
should tell you how popular that this event is going
to be. And you you haven't correct me if I'm wrong.
You haven't had it at JQ Dickinson Saltworks in the past.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
Have you.
Speaker 7 (07:41):
That's correct. This is a new venue for us, and
I prove I will want am extremely excited about the
new venue and how Touches and Tails, Whiskers and Wildflowers
is going to play out.
Speaker 5 (07:52):
Yeah, it's it is going to be a great, great night.
And again to April twenty fifth, we'll be talking about
it plenty as we head up to. But I did
want to just remind folks they probably need to get
their tickets. They can just go to the website and
get the tickets. You're a website, so there.
Speaker 7 (08:06):
Is a Facebook group where you there's a direct link
to purchase tickets. You can also visit the website. It's
kind of hard to find on there. So just type
in tuxes and Tails twenty twenty six on Facebook and
that that will be much easier for you.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (08:18):
Actually I saw that. It's one thing when I was
preparing for the show. That's when I actually saw that
out there. I keep getting these reminders on Facebook that
says an event coming up that you may like. I
think they're trying to tell me something, Angie.
Speaker 7 (08:29):
Yeah, I think you need to get those tickets one percent.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Hey, I read on your page that you had about
seventy intakes this week alone, so you definitely could use
some supplies.
Speaker 7 (08:40):
Absolutely seventy intakes since Sunday and it's not flowing down
at all. Peerina Chowel products are always appreciated. Cleaning products
right now, our team is really asking for like steel
wool scrubbers and wet food of any brand, as well
as volunteers that are willing to help clean or if
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you're not you know, if you're not able to get
down and dirty taking dogs out on walks while our
team gets down and dirty on cleaning them.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
And fostering there. I mean I've talked about in the past.
Speaker 5 (09:13):
I've got several friends that do the fostering program and
it's a wonderful thing.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
It's a great way to help out.
Speaker 7 (09:20):
Yes, if you can foster, that is a great way
to have a pet short term and not make that,
you know, fifteen plus year commitment to the animal. I
currently have a foster puppy for Kseyha. It's been wonderful.
We love them. So if you're interested in fostering, please
come up and visit us as well. We could really
benefit from your health right now, all right?
Speaker 5 (09:38):
And I did want to mention two that actually we
have a text here why don't Texas, Why don't more
places like children's hospitals, nursing homes and even schools taking
several shelter animals as mascots and support animals.
Speaker 7 (09:54):
That is actually a like a really I love that idea.
I just want to put that out there. I don't
know why per se, but I do know like some
places around here, for example, Metro nine to one one,
they had fostered a dog through us and he just
kind of hung out at the nine one one facility
and acted as like an emotional support dog. And now
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a couple of years back they adopted him and now
he's just their mascot at Metro nine one one, So
some places do it. I guess maybe why schools aren't
doing it is maybe like a if kids have allergies
or you know, are scared of dogs or anything like that,
So maybe that's why.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
But I like the idea of it is a good idea.
And another question for you.
Speaker 5 (10:37):
You're quite popular, uh, any update on the progress of
a new shelter.
Speaker 7 (10:42):
So we it's something that is just moving at the
speed of a turtle. In the last they are they
are working on paving the road, the driveway per se
of the shelter and breaking ground very very soon. It's
just a lot of you know and you know, crossing
t's dot andys all that, but they are we are
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getting a little bit closer than we.
Speaker 6 (11:06):
Were on that.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
And where's this going to be located? Do we know yet?
Speaker 7 (11:10):
So I don't have an exact address quite yet because
there's nothing there, but it is pretty much like a
mile down the road from where the current.
Speaker 5 (11:18):
Shelter stays, same general, same general area. All right, Hey, Angie,
it is always a pleasure to talk to you and
keep doing great things you and the team there, and
we'll talk again next week.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
Thanks a lot.
Speaker 7 (11:28):
Absolutely sounded great.
Speaker 5 (11:30):
Angie Gilla Wana Canal, Charleston. You've main association with this
week's Adopt Me. Please put it the week again. Go
to Dave Allen Radio on Facebook, the WCCHS network Facebook
page or at Dave A seventy and ax and you
can take a look at Garrison. He is almost three
years old, around fifty four pounds. He's neutered, he's housebroken,
great with kids, great with other playful dogs. Do know
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he's not a fan of cats. Though he's not a
fan of cats. He's free, has adoption if he's covered,
and he's part of this which I just think is
a fantastic program. This Tales of program where they take
animals from the shelter and they send them out to
a local correctional facility to work. I don't know, to
be honest with you, I don't know who's working with
who here. I think it's mutually beneficial because the prisoners
(12:14):
are working with the animals and they're learning from them.
The animals are working with the prisoners and they're learning
from them. They teach them basic commands and so on,
and so then they fill out basically a report. As
Angie tells me, So when you go. If you've had
a dog that's been through this program and you go
to adopt it, you get a report from one of
the inmates that said, this is what we were able
to do with this dog. This dog can already sit, stand, fetch,
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you know, do whatever.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
I think.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
It's a fantastic program. It really really is.
Speaker 5 (12:39):
But again, Garrison is our dog this week. About three
years old, fifty four pound male, neutered, house broken, great
with kids, other playful dogs, but not with cats. His
adoption fee is sponsored. He's a great, great looking dog.
He came from the shelter, was adopted out, and the
new owners had to bring him back through no fault
of the dog. The owners themselves had some issues, fell
on a hard times is a way that Angie put it,
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and so they surrendered him back to the shelters. So
it's a great looking dog. Go take a look at
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District for is going to join us a little bit
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West Virginia State Capital checking with our good friend Chris Hamilton,
president of the West Virginia Cold Association. Good morning, sir,
welcome to the show.
Speaker 11 (16:23):
Hey, good morning Dave. Thanks for having me on.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
Thank you for being here. Chris.
Speaker 5 (16:27):
You know, it's been a it's been a world win
of a couple of weeks for the coal industry. And
we talked about, you know, the meeting with President Trump
in Washington, some positive news from the cold industry. But
then just a couple of days later, we get worried
of about five hundred jobs being cut, primarily logan in
Wyoming counties. To so to say, Chris, it's been an
up and down week or so for the cold industry
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would be an.
Speaker 11 (16:48):
Understatement, absolutely, David. You know, you mentioned world Win. We've
been on a world win you know, tour for you know,
a decade or longer in this business with you know,
last week was especially bittersweet.
Speaker 3 (17:04):
You know.
Speaker 11 (17:04):
On one hand, we were with the President as he
was announcing a number of projects that were going forward
to help the state's coal industry and our coal fired
power stations, and he was also announcing some other initiatives
that were underway. Then you know, by the time we
got home, we've heard the news of you know, five
hundred plus miners receiving their warn notices in southern West Virginia.
(17:30):
And that comes on the heels of course of you know,
a couple of hundred miners up in Tucker County at
the Metiki mine the week before. So it's, uh, you know,
it's we're we're experiencing both sides of that pendulum here
within a couple of within a very compressed period of time.
But but what it does it underscores, UH, you know,
(17:50):
the challenges that we're looking at currently as an industry.
We do have a couple of minds that have that
have announced the closure or or cutbacks. We still have
a couple of you know, in state power facilities operating
less than full capacity. UH. And we have a number
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of other challenges with getting our coal fired electrons onto
the grid and through t j M. And we've noted
and our Division of Energy has found that there's some
restrictions in those outlets from West Virginia to the to
the grid. So there's a lot of things coming together
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that are very troublesome and present challenges that we're going
to have to work through.
Speaker 5 (18:38):
We'll talked to Chris Hamplon again from the West Virginia
Coal Association. I want to go back to the to
the good News for a moment. We had you on
Metro News midday talk about to talk to some other
people's where about it was well about the trip to Washington,
UH and the meeting that you had with the with
the president up there. What what what was your takeaway
from that meeting and the remarks that President Trump made.
Speaker 11 (18:59):
That day, Well, we just can't express our appreciation for
everything that President Trump has done and continues to do
to boost the you know, our our coal industry. Uh,
there's no question about it. He wants to do everything
he's capable of helping us, uh, ensure the long term
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ability of this industry to continue its employment numbers and
to grow it's uh it's coal producing assets, both from
an operational standpoint, to be able to more effectively compete
on the export market with our strong metallurgical coals and
and also uh, you know our coal fired uh you
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know the power power generators. Uh. You know, he's making
money available that under the previous administration was being was
being made available for renewable energy sources.
Speaker 12 (19:54):
Uh.
Speaker 11 (19:54):
And he's he's doing everything he can to you know,
make those dollars available to upgrade, modernize all of our
coal plants. He's ordered some plants that were set for
closure to continue to operate as long as humanly possible.
And that's what he wants to see. And he's also
interested in new coal, fair generation, new coking facilities. So
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hopefully we get we can get in line real soon
and be real aggressive through our state coal team, which
includes the you know, the governor, to our to our
minor operators, to our working miners, and and our legislative
leaders to formulate a dynamic team with our congressional reps
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and go after everything we can possibly get while President
Trump's in office. It's truly a once in a lifetime opportunity.
We've never ever have seen this in our business before.
Speaker 5 (20:49):
Christ I got a question on the text line here
for you, and I'm gonna go ahead, and I know
you're good about about taking questions. It says, does Chris
see a huge comeback for coal when all these data
centers get powered up and realize that this is alternative
energy cannot provide enough power for them. That's a great question.
Speaker 11 (21:06):
It's a great question. That's pretty simple answer. Yes, we
are the battery right here are State of West Virginia
for future growth within the data center and other industrial facilities.
Just like New Core. We have that ability. We have
the ability to literally double the output of our existing
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in state coal fired power facilities, and that will also
double the coal supplies. Now, this isn't going to happen
every night, but we have a bill in the legislature
right now that we've been working on, you know, which
provides some incentives to our coal fired power facilities to
be able to generate the power for these existing and
(21:49):
for new incoming data centers. I mean, we have the
ability to plug. We don't have to wait till micro
grids are built, which will likely not be completed until
a five to seven year timeframe. We can bring data
centers in here to the state of West Virginia today
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and plug them right into the Mountaineer Plant, the John
Amos Plant, the Mitchell and Harrison power stations up north,
and then we can run these plants at the optimum
efficiency levels, the optimum capacity levels that they're designed to
operate at.
Speaker 5 (22:27):
Chris, when we talk about pardon upon fueling the country,
where does coal in twenty twenty six currently stand among gas, solar, wind,
all the other all the other outlets, where does coal stand?
Speaker 11 (22:42):
You know, we've had a pretty good bump in the
burn demands placed on our coal fire generators, mainly because
of the inclement weather and the difficulty of other based
fuels and intermittent fuels to meet that demand. So we're
back up above twenty twenty three percent and you know,
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that's that's a less than half of where we were
twenty years ago, but it's still you know, very very critical.
You know, we're going to need every every amp, every
electron from every fuel producing source going forward. And we
have the ability to maximize our co assets here, but
then to add to those assets, you know, with other
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based fuels and for new and with new coal generation
going forward. I mean, the projections out there ten fifteen,
twenty years from now are so phenomenal, such an increase
in demand that it's going to take everything from every
every fuel source to meet that demand.
Speaker 5 (23:44):
Chris, it seems to me like sometimes and this is
this is an outsider looking in that sometimes that these
different outlets for energy mentioned solar, when gas and cults,
and specifically let me focus on gas and coal, it
seems like that there is a bit and I don't
know if rivalry is the right word, but a little
back and forth sometimes between the gas industry and the
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coal industry. Ken can both industries work together to do
what America needs?
Speaker 11 (24:13):
Oh, I think they absolutely can, and I think we've
shown the ability to do that over the years. But
you know, it gets a little bit contentuous when when
there's encroachment involved, and by that I mean when one
tries to encroach and and take the market from another
within certain areas, then that obviously creates conflict. We're just
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so much better than that. We do not need to
be trading one energy job for another, particularly with all
this growth on the horizon, you know, and that that
really puts a lot of pressure frankly on our executive
and legislature, you know, to keep the keep everybody in
their lane. And but yet let's, uh, you know, let's
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develop the kinds of state program here that allows both
industries to really thrive. And yes, we think we can
see maximum development from both industries. But again, there has
to be a pretty pretty strong leadership to keep these
industries working together and within their own lanes. You know,
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there's a report of a coal fired power plant being
replaced by a gas plant up north, and that you know,
just causes a lot of a lot of tension and
potential conflict. But you know, with strong, strong leadership and
with a strong energy strategy, I believe we can you know,
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stay focused and maximize the output of all of our
natural resources.
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Chris.
Speaker 5 (26:00):
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whether I have you on or I have anybody you
know associated with call anybody that's touting coal, usually get
you know, I get a lot of text or comments
online or whatever about we need to move beyond coal.
You know, coal is so nineteenth and twentieth century and
we just need to It's dirty. We just need to
put it behind us. To all of those naysayers. And
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you've been hearing this your entire career, but specifically right now,
as I said in twenty twenty six, when people are
saying it's time to move on to those folks, you would.
Speaker 11 (26:32):
Say, what, oh, I would say that you know, they
really need to, you know, take a closer in depth
look at our industry and all the technological advancements and
modernization that's that's occurred over the last twenty years. And
when you go into an underground line today, I mean
it's a real eye opener. It's a it's a Star
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Wars tech all of it.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
It's like going into the bat Cave. I mean literally
it is.
Speaker 5 (26:59):
It's like going into the back cave from the television
show with the with the computers and everything that are
down there. Now.
Speaker 11 (27:04):
Yeah, if we call Star Wars technologies, I mean you
have you have minds that are completely computerized. High skilled
miners uh, you know, operate in these machines from great
distances away on little game boys and computerized the you
know what. You see your grandson and son operating in
these in the bedroom today. I mean, it's just phenomenal.
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And they're standing of the state. Now, there's still hazards
and those have to be controlled, and everybody focuses on
industrial mind safety, no question about that. That's paramount to
all the other goals. But hey, people come from all
over the world to see how we do it here
because nobody does it better. There's no better trained and
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qualified miners than what we have here. And they just
take such pride and sophistication in the work that they do.
And we're just so proud of them and the same.
Look there coal fired power facilities. You know, you and
I right by John Aims and see this huge industrial facility.
But it's state of the art. Also, all of our
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plants in West Virginia are fully compliant with every single
aspect of existing federal law, and we're very proud of that.
You ride by, you see a little water, vapor, steam,
no admission whatsoever. There's not a you know, there's not
a more efficient industrial facility than one of our eight
the in state coal plants here.
Speaker 5 (28:30):
All right, it's Chris Hamilton, President Westervirginia Cold Association. Always
a pleasure to talk to you and we'll be talking
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Thanks a lot, great program, Thank you, Dave.
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Travis Willard is here, Republican hoping to get elected to
the States Senate out of district for Good morning, sir,
Welcome to the show.
Speaker 6 (30:55):
Good morning Dave, Thanks for having me, Thank you for
being Explain the district to us. A little convoluted in
West Virginia, weird, right, So it's south of the river
in Putnam County, so Winfield, Tayese Valley, Hurricane Scott Depot.
It's Cable County, just a little bit past Milton and
parts of Ona. Then it goes north over to the river,
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includes all of Mason County and then the western part
of Jackson County, so Ripley, Ravenswood, Evans, Cottageville, that area.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
Give us your by. Who is Travis Wilding.
Speaker 6 (31:30):
So I was born and raised in West Virginia. I've
spent my entire life between Putnham Mason County. Graduated from
Point Pleasant High School. My dad grew up in Putnam
County out on Red House Hill, so we're really rooted here.
I did twenty four years in the West Virginia Army
National Guard. It truly was the greatest privilege that I've
had in my life. It taught me a lot about service,
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not only to my country and my state, but to
one another, to my fellow citizen.
Speaker 3 (32:00):
Is right.
Speaker 6 (32:01):
I work in finance now, so I run my own
business in Tayses Valley. So graduated from Marshall and you see, uh,
I also teach it, you see, right, So every every
couple of years I'll go back and teach a class.
And it's just it's just my way to kind of
give back and pay it forward as well.
Speaker 5 (32:16):
You mentioned your your military service, what what were some
of the things that you learned, uh, in the in
the military that you think would transition if you are
elected to make you a good legislator.
Speaker 6 (32:31):
So that's a really good question, Dave. And I'm taking
kind of the path less less traveled on this with
this political campaign. And I'm really focused on values. And
that's really at least when I joined the army, they
were really, uh, they really pushed that hard.
Speaker 8 (32:44):
Right.
Speaker 6 (32:44):
It taught me about loyalty, It taught me about duty, respect,
selfless service, honor, integrity, personal courage. And I really think
that those value values don't replace good policy, but values
absolutely drive good policy. And I think I think that
really has set me apart throughout my life. That coupled
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with honestly just my faith in general. Right, I'm proud
to be a Christian, and those values as Christian values,
is those military values really I think give me a
leg up. Additionally, it gives me the opportunity to work
and understand people from various different backgrounds, help get them
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on the same page in order to accomplish the overall
mission right the end state. Beginning with the end in
mind is crucial. So again, I think I'm in a
unique position. I did spend most of my time in
combat arms units, so I have a really heavy operational
background from the army's perspective, and again that gives me,
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It gives me some rare insight on how to get
things done in an efficient and effective way.
Speaker 5 (33:54):
So, with all this that you've done, with your military background,
with your stuff in the world of nants and everything,
why do you want to be a state senator?
Speaker 6 (34:04):
It's we have a lot of opportunity, especially in my
district and especially in West Virginia. I really believe I
know you just said Chris On there, he's a great guy,
and Cole is important, but I really believe that the
people are what is West Virginia's number one resource. And
West Virginias don't ask for much. They ask for the
ability to get an honest day's work. They ask for
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the ability to send their kids to school in a safe,
enriching environment. Right, they deserve somebody that represents them, that
is going to respect them enough to give them the
truth and not just the canned political responses. And also
somebody that doesn't forget who they work for. They need
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an ally, they need a representative that's going to fight
for them and and not minimize their position.
Speaker 5 (34:55):
There are others, including the acumbent running for the seat.
Why do you feel you're the better cam because I
I understand what it's like.
Speaker 6 (35:08):
I haven't forgotten where I come from. I've had some
some rough times in my life. You know, I don't.
Speaker 3 (35:14):
I don't.
Speaker 6 (35:15):
I wasn't raised by politics, right, I was raised by
West Virginia. I know what it's like to be doing,
to be a young man, doing all the right things,
working your tail off, and not be able to get ahead,
and still have to choose sometimes who gets to eat tonight,
me or my children. And it's not for lack of effort,
it's not for lack of hard work or dedication. It's
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there are problems that we that exist. And I feel
like I kept coming back to the same answer, Dave.
If I've got the opportunity to make things one percent
better for me, for others, for our children, and I
just choose not to take that opportunity, I don't know
what that says about me as a man. So for me,
it's it's I'm doing it on principle. I'm not doing
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it out of ego. I couldn't care less about a title.
I'm there to serve the people of West Virginia period,
end of story.
Speaker 5 (36:08):
Would you be open to a debate or participating in
candidates forums and things of that nature.
Speaker 3 (36:13):
Absolutely. Absolutely.
Speaker 6 (36:15):
I think one of the one of the biggest issues
we have across the legislature today is that, and honestly
just in society that a lot of us have forgotten
how to communicate with one another. Right, we can have discourse.
Discourse is healthy, but we have to be able to
work together to come up with it with better solutions.
So yeah, I'm I'm more than happy to do anything
(36:35):
like that.
Speaker 2 (36:36):
How's the campaign been so far?
Speaker 3 (36:39):
You know what, It's been a learning curve.
Speaker 6 (36:41):
Like I said, I don't come from I'm really kind
of a political outsider in West Virginia, So I'm the
learning curve was deep in the beginning, just you know,
understanding the ins and outs. But it has been incredibly
rewarding being out in the community and actually listening to
people and hearing, hearing what they're saying.
Speaker 5 (36:57):
And it is and what are they saying? Travis, if
you don't mind asking what what are you hearing? When
you were going out door to door or whatever, what
are you hearing?
Speaker 2 (37:03):
From people.
Speaker 3 (37:04):
So, you know, my district's a little unique, right.
Speaker 6 (37:06):
We have a lot of a lot of new facilities coming, right,
We've got the new core facility. We've got you know
time X that's that's over towards the Ravenswo area. We've
got like Frontiers and Fidelis that they're supposed to be coming.
You know, they're talking data centers, and people are concerned, right.
They they they're glad that we are getting jobs because
they all want their children and grandchildren of the ability
(37:29):
to stay in West Virginian work. But they're concerned because
we have a lot of growth coming. We have a
lot of new jobs, and they don't feel like they're ready.
They're concerned that the data centers are gonna affect their
water supply. I've talked to a lot of folks that's
still they don't have h running water where they live, right,
And they don't live out you know, way out in
the holler. They they're fairly close to civilization and they
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still don't have running water. I hear a lot of
people concerned about the state of the school system, right,
and and some of the things that are coming down
the line. People are afraid in some cases to send
their kids to school because they don't know what's going
to happen to them. That those are the issues that
I'm really seeing.
Speaker 2 (38:12):
Do you have a website or social medium that you
to direct people to?
Speaker 3 (38:16):
I absolutely do.
Speaker 6 (38:17):
The website is Willard for WV, and the Facebook is
the same Willard for WV.
Speaker 5 (38:23):
So I'm kind of interested how closely I know that
you know, you said you're an outsider, uh, and you're
running your business, and you're got a family and so
on this sword. But I know that you've been watching
as best you can the legislature up to this point.
What have you thought about this session so far?
Speaker 6 (38:43):
You know, I see a lot, I see a lot
of canned political responses. I see a lot of people
that are more concerned with getting likes and views on
their social media or than actually providing actual solutions.
Speaker 3 (38:58):
Right we talk.
Speaker 6 (38:59):
You know, the the budget or the income tax cuts
has been all over the place, and everybody's talking about
cutting it by you know, ten percent income tax cuts.
Of course, everybody wants to pay less taxes. But what
I'm hearing from from the people in my district is
that when they understand that, you know, a ten percent
income tax cut for the media in West Virginia. That's
that's going to be about two dollars and fifty cents
(39:20):
a week for the household extra, right, They would much
rather have their roads fixed.
Speaker 3 (39:26):
You see what I'm saying.
Speaker 6 (39:27):
But it's a good political response, it's it's good media
right for them to say, oh, we're going to cut taxes. Well,
of course, but the people that I'm hearing from, they
just they just feel like that's insulting, right, Like they're
just there, their intelligence is being insulted because they've realized
that there's problems, they're not afraid to work on the problems.
(39:48):
And again, I think we do have a lot of opportunity,
but we have a lot of complex issues here in
West Virginia, and I think if people don't understand the
problem or they can't come up with a solution, they
ignore it. And I feel like that's what's what's happened. Unfortunately.
Speaker 5 (40:05):
Do you think that they're over the last couple of years,
and this is not necessarily just to the Senate, I'm
talking to the legislature in general, conclude the House?
Speaker 2 (40:12):
Now, do you think there's been too much focus on
social issues?
Speaker 3 (40:14):
Oh? Absolutely, absolutely.
Speaker 11 (40:16):
Uh.
Speaker 6 (40:17):
On some level, social issues are important, right, you know,
I'm not going to say that they're that they're completely irrelevant.
But we have bigger fishta fry so to speak. Right
when we have we still have opioid problems. Right, We
still have like we mentioned, people that don't have running water,
We have roads that are falling apart. We have a
healthcare system that that is struggling. You know, I've got
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I've talked to several older folks who unfortunately have to
choose between their medicine this month or putting food on
the table. Those are real problems. The social issues on again,
on some level, they're important, but we really need to
focus and start working together to actually make some progress.
And when I say us working together, I don't just
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mean politicians, right, it's the community. West Virginians are strong,
they understand the lay of the land. They're not idiots.
They will step up. I have faith in them. I
know they're my people. They will step up and help.
They just need some leadership, some guidance, some honesty to
get everybody on the same page to work together.
Speaker 5 (41:22):
If you are elected, would you be willing to do
some sort of like town halls or you know, I
mean as best you can.
Speaker 2 (41:29):
I mean, would you be willing to do them?
Speaker 6 (41:31):
Absolutely? I think you can't lead if you don't listen.
And that is a huge missing piece because I don't
remember the last time I saw one of those outside
of an election year, right, So, but that's incredibly important.
People have to be able to have access to their
elected officials. They have to be able to share their concerns,
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share their opinions, because otherwise it's very easy to get
disconnected from the people. So yeah, not only would I
be open to that, but that's that's absolutely part of
my plan as well.
Speaker 5 (42:02):
One final question, and then we'll let you get on
with your day, because you do have a job to
get to.
Speaker 3 (42:07):
I do.
Speaker 2 (42:08):
There's that little thing. Thanks, I'll get you out of here.
Speaker 5 (42:12):
The State Republican Party last year opted to and it's
their right to do it, opted to close their primary
to independence. So if you are a registered independent when
you go to the bout in the year's past, you
were able to go in and say, Okay, I'm independent,
but I want a Republican ballot or I want a
Democrat ballot. The State Republican Party last year voted not
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well actually a couple of years ago, and they continue
this year not to allow independence to vote.
Speaker 2 (42:38):
Do you have an opinion on that?
Speaker 6 (42:41):
I do, Yeah, you know, I understand that. I understand
their thought process, but I don't agree. You know, the
beautiful thing about America in my mind is the freedom,
and you know, we should have completely open elections in
my mind, so you know, if an independent wants to
go and vote on the Republican ticket, then they should
have that right. So my whole thing is the people
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are the most important thing, not the politics. So I
always default to putting the people above politics.
Speaker 2 (43:08):
Final thirty.
Speaker 5 (43:09):
Why should someone vote for Travis Wilden Republican District form?
Speaker 6 (43:16):
Politics was never in the cards for me. It was
never my desire. If people are looking for change, if
people are looking for actual solutions to the problems and
not just self interest, then I'm their guy. The problems
we have today can't be solved with the same mindset
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that God is here. So I am a political outsider,
but I'm not an outsider for West Virginian. So I'm
the guy that's going to stand up genuinely, selflessly and
fight for West Virginians. And if that's what they are
looking for. If that's what the people are looking for,
then I'm absolutely one hundred percent the guy. If they
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want the status quo, then I'm not for them. But again,
I think even that statement right, like I want, I'm
doing this for the people, and I firmly believe that
it's the right path, and I firmly believe that they're
going to stand up and I really think that I
resonate with them. And if I don't, that's also fine
because the people have spoken right, so right, I'm good
(44:25):
either way. I'm here to stand up for him. I'm
here to fight for him. And I really think that's
what people are craving. They just they need an ally,
They need somebody to listen, and I'm that guy.
Speaker 5 (44:36):
Travis Willard, Republican candidate for States in a district for
appreciate you being here.
Speaker 3 (44:41):
Thanks Dave, thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (44:42):
Thanks a lot.
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Don't think we had a lot of issues in our
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texture Texas military values, Christian values, family values still supports Trump.
Speaker 2 (51:18):
I've said it before.
Speaker 5 (51:18):
Republicans, Magath, Conservatives, they don't understand Irony, says TJ. Meadows
understands everything and he's with us right now. You doing,
my friend, man? Did you marry up? I understand that.
Happy birthday, Ruth. Then pot calling the kettle black there, dude, dude,
I did too, no doubt, no doubt.
Speaker 2 (51:38):
Absolutely, you're back from the Capitol. How'd that work out
for you last three days?
Speaker 1 (51:41):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (51:41):
Well, you know, no one threw anything at me, No
one came at me. H. So you know that's always good.
Maybe that don't have on when you go home. Maybe
that's always good.
Speaker 4 (51:49):
I got to tell you hope and budget, budget and hope,
the politics of all that.
Speaker 2 (51:52):
That's what it all boiled down to. Uh this week.
Speaker 4 (51:54):
I talked about it my commentary a little bit. Folks
can read that. But you know, kudos Vernon, Chris. Somebody
has to be the financial adult in the room.
Speaker 2 (52:02):
Kudos all right.
Speaker 5 (52:04):
DJ Meadows Dave Wilson coming up with talk line in
their respective studios at ten oh six, I'll be back
later today Metro News, Midday thirteen News and Tonight Live
anchor Manda Beardey powered by Selingo Law.
Speaker 2 (52:15):
We'll see you at noon today.
Speaker 5 (52:16):
Again on this show Monday, Danny Jones is here, Taylor
jew from the Clay Center, and Attorney General JB. Mccusky
all coming up on the show on Monday. And Happy
birthday to my wife Ruthan celebrating tomorrow. Ryan Nicholson, our producer,
that's the senior producer on the other side of the glass.
Thank you so much, to see you later. They have a
great weekend. Till then, have fun and love SOMEBODYSA
Speaker 1 (52:52):
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