May 27, 2023 • 33 mins
Vero G Spotlight Radio Show with Sgt Gonzalo Duran Devil Dog USA
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We got in the building, theone and only the Actually he's in the
magazine right now as you see righthere. Then one and only Sergeant Gonzalo
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Duran and also running for seventy eighthdistrict if I got that correct right district.
So I'm running for city Council Districtseventeen. Okay, in the Bronx,
in the Bronx. Okay, Well, let's give it a first,
Sergeant Gonzalo Duran, How you been? I can't complain. It feels like
I haven't seen in a whole week. Oh, come on, stop,
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We've always been a while. It'sbeen a while, right, So,
I mean you've been doing a lotsince we last saw each other, and
tell us more about that. Whatyou've been doing out for your campaign and
other teams as well events as well. Well. So let me throw on
my campaign hat right now at themoment, because um so, we've been
doing a lot of political events,helping out other candidates that may not have
the opportunity to be speaking out atthe moment. Also for just you know,
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throwing in some some top secret stufffor you, just for you and
did all right now, I wasjust recently nominated by the Conservative Party to
um be the district leader for theseven End district. Congratulations, all right.
In a couple of weeks to findout if my nomination goes through.
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But being means a lot. Soyes, that in itself is a is
a huge platform right there. Andthen um, now that I have the
line for the Conservative Party, youknow everything's going. I'll be in the
run into November. So I didpetition for I'm a registered Democrat and I
did petition with the Democratic Party.But they came at me full force.
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Wow, you came right engage.I came ready, and I had some
backup plans and I had some motheryou know, this year was pretty different
from me. I had a lotof other organizations and parties come reach out
to me, and you know,this year it was different though. So
this year, you know, Iinvested in them and got as much information
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I could, and this time Iwanted to go through the whole, the
whole process because you know, theDemocratic Party, unless they un in that
little club that they have, theydidn't want you in it. Yeah.
They're very selective. Yeah wow,but you're able to break those barrios though.
So I've been able to break thevarious and over the last let's say,
you know, I've been working asan executive officer for nonprofit for ten
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years, so my work there issolidified. For the last eight years,
I've been doing political political work aswell on the side, not specifically just
for me. I mean I haverun before, but giving other individuals the
ability to run for office has alwaysbeen a fundamental project of mine. Is
to help out. Like if VERYLsaid tomorrow, I want to run for
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off, like this is how they'regonna do it. Okay, you know,
here's the breakdown. I know thestory that the proceedings of it.
Definitely definitely No, that's amazing,But I like that because now you have
more a power in a sense,not in the bad way, but also
the way to help the community.Yes, and I'll just talk about your
communities work community where he'd been doingfor a while, so I'll talk about
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that. So this June I willbe officially going into my tenure anniversary congagelation
and for Devil Dog USD Incorporated yetawesome. Um. You know, one
of the recognitions that I had inthe beginning of the year was right here,
this handsome looking guy ring on thefront of the magazine, which I
appreciate, thank you, by theway, angle Um. And then there's
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some of the stuff that's coming outyou know, I've I've never really made
a public on you know, myyears of service until recently when somebody I
forgot what they told me, like, they mentioned something about a logo,
and I was like, oh,so I went back and looking at the
logo process, and I realized it'sbeen ten years since I started doing It's
been actually eleven years that I've beenworking for Devil Dog, but officially on
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paperwork for ten years, so itstarted in during twenty Okay, wow,
that's amazing. So are you gonnaupdate the logo or just leave it the
way it is? You know,you know, I've actually thought about that,
but for the moment, we're goingto leave it the way it is.
You know, working in the communitythe general population, the word devil
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Dog has really been hurting us,you know, because you know, let's
see, if I'm gonna work witha church and they see doubt and they're
like, oh. But literally everytwo months we've knocked out maybe over twenty
five events or so so and we'vebeen operational for ten years. We've helped
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thousands of people out in different typeof programs, from civic engagements to domestic
violence to almost anything you can ofzil. I don't see. I was
having to change our name or logoas a deterrent. So if for any
reason I thought that it would be, then I would change here automatically leaving
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it down for right now, we'releaving maybe with my updated like maybe some
because the way it went about wasum And then I cheached this as the
fundamental for businesses. You So,how do you start your logo? For
me? I had some I paidsomebody to draw like an outline of it,
and then next thing I know,I'm in like Colombia and I see
somebody um doing a program on theircomputer. I'm like, hey, how
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much would it cost for you todo this for me? And then you
know, together and then put ittogether, and then I came back home,
did a little touch up here andthere, and then boom, that's
I was born. So I saythat because you know, you don't know
how the process is going to beand how it's gonna come out. But
that's one example of it. Okay, definitely, And I guess I've been
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doing a lot of community could youmentioned which you know which one's you've been
doing with? Also you've been withthe work youth, Yes, congratulations by
the way, it's good thrown inthere and show you have on now a
team youth program. Yes, solate last year I was I was approached
by Exalt, an organization that helpsteams, and I was developing a program
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and see what I can do tohelp out. And we already had a
mentor and program to begin with,but we've never really put it in any
effort into like making it a structuredprogram. And this year we've done um
I want to say eight teens thatI've filtered through the program. Six or
eighteens I can't im at the moment. And the program has been pretty good,
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and you know, um veril G'sproduction has been a big part of
that, which I appreciate. Thankyou so much. Any time. I
think we had a DJ a coupleof weeks ago on radio Yeah, but
he was a little shy on fortI was trying to get it out,
like, dude, your name isDJ, why don't you wrap and take
the money? You know, momspaghetti and all that version G version.
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Oh we're not We're not at theother one. But I go you say,
yeah, yeah, but um yeah, but that's amazing you actually have
two I have you know, Ihave two teams shollowing me today so they
can see, you know, whatit looks like to prepare yourself, because
you know, coming on TV,you know, it's not a simple thing
talking about the subject with the outlineis gonna be who's the host, you
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know, et cetera. You know, luckily I've read Childs and tripulation Donald
brow Og. You know, we'veworked together for the like the last eight
nine years. I think this yearalone we've done three events. So,
um, you know, coming tothis right here, it's normal, it's
interactive, we're good. But youknow, coming into a different program,
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noings, you have to prepare yourself, and you know, I want them
to see, you know, whatit looks like. You know, hopefully
and a month they might be theones talking here while I'm shollowing up to
see what, you know, howthey're doing. Yeah, you're like,
come back. Yeah. Also,but like as a gradulation is all,
were you doing your accolades? Youalso was nominate actually nominated and you won,
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which he was kind of just thrownit in there. You're like,
wait, what for the real firstand Rode Awards for your hard work and
the special record. I think itwas recognition of special recognition, award,
nonation and how do you feel aboutthat? So, you know, once
again, I didn't realize that Iwas at that level of my work because
I knock out so much and it'snever there's never really a thought process of
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what, um, what the outcomeof it is going to be. It's
just trying to knock out something tohelp out somebody or a group or whatever.
So when you get it flipped overlike that and somebody's like awarding you,
it's like, Okay, it's weird. It's weird, and I'm like,
because I don't I don't think thelast time I received an award for
my work was maybe five, six, seven years ago. Oh my god,
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it's a long time. There's beena long time. And it was
a Man of the Year by umEM and ppc UM and then before that
was Father of the Year for NewYork City again, so you know,
it's but how many you know,it's really not many awards that can receive
because you know, I've been Veteranof the Year for the bronx UM,
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Advocate of the Year, Humanitarian ofthe Year, Man of the Year,
Father of the Year. I gota couple of words, but like,
you know, I can't be fatherof the state, veteran of New York
City, you know. So youknow, I've I've I think I've reached
my potential of how much I canbut beat you recorded by being recognized by
a community or such as yourself puts, you know, a broader approach to
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what I'm being recognized for. Andwhen I walked into that, I'm like,
you know, you had the roomfull of people, you know,
you had the artist is there,you had all the awards lined up,
and I'm like, Okay, therewe go, you know, I'm like,
and then traveling to um you know, the location that we were at,
and then seeing you know, howit all came together. It was
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beautiful, by the way, beautiful, and I'm looking at the other people
that were being recognized. I'm like, you weren't all out for this one,
and the people you picked to bein a company of them, I
already know. I was like,that's an award in itself that's been nominated.
And then when a winning as well, No, definitely, and I
just feel like, you know,and it's a true story. I feel
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like we were doing this for threeyears in the works by the way,
three years put in this because ofCOVID, you know that happened a lot
of people. Unfortunately situation then thefinancial but I realized I wanted to finally
have it done. Why because I'veseen so many people like yourself who do
so much. It's not just toget it for the moment, it's because
you know what you do. AndI saw a lot of artists actor,
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especially unsigned that don't get that recognition. That's way we're doing. So that's
when we did this. We saidwe're gonna put all we can to make
it happen. We did and it'sbeen amazing and then we're gonna dike shares
we big and better. So youd know, I just want to put
it out there. Anything that Ican do to help out, please let
me know and we'll do our partfor out. We appreciate that. Thank
you got me start me crying.Thank you. So besides you like community
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where you're doing. You have acouple events coming up, yes, one
of them on June third will havethe State of the District for the seventy
eight district. Um. I justgot a phone call um that on the
thirty for me at twenty three thirtyArthur Avenue in the Bronx. I can't
remember the name of the bar,but the Conservative Party will be recognized me
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for my ten years of service.That's amazing. Guard Night that night,
um, and you know, supplieswhere they last, you know, because
it'll be going in a harvey,you know. And let's see what's coming
up. Um, We're going tobe doing a Father of the so a
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father Fathers the event for fathers thathave taking had the custodia parents so um,
because you know, obviously Mother Day'scoming up. Everybody loves mothers,
you know, I don't. I'mtrying to get the guys to feel some
love as well. In this truck. Had to throw it in there.
You're also a great single I haveto throw it in there. He's a
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great single dad. But they saidit correctly, Did I say correctly single?
Well that sounds good enough for me. Okay. It's the point as
for the ladies to know that Iam saying no, no, that,
but I'm saying you're a great dad. Who who you know what I'm saying
right, You're like what they don'tthink? No, no, no,
I want to say, like youare a great dad and you do an
exceptional work, you know, behindto see people don't know that like you
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do it on your own and you'vebeen you know, right way. I
just gotta say, they say,correctly, do it right. It's the
other way that the right right,So you do it and then I follow
it behind you. Okay, thankyou for serving our country. By the
way, thank you, thank you, because people do understand that you sacrifice
a lot and you your kids,your family to serve our country and protect
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this. So I just say thankyou. Prior to that, let's go
back to you law, your communitywork, what you're doing. What else
are you doing that we don't knowthat you don't know I don't want to
sell you too much because then I'mnot having exclusive So let's see the nonprofit
work we already. Um, wetalked about that, you know, being
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nominated, so come come. IfI do get the appointment um starting to
line um and being the elected beingelected official, I'm gonna have to have
certain responsibilities. So one of thethings that I'm gonna do as the District
seventy nine Oh good, this ismy platform right here. So the District
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seventy nine district leader, my goalwould be to increase the other individuals that
we are surrounding my boundaries. I'mgonna bounce around as much as I can,
but I want to get a goodsilent foundation. So I want to
have let's say, the first monthof July ten individuals that are like minded
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like me, that standing behind me. The complete month after that twenty,
and then the month after that another, you know, twenty to thirty more.
So I want to try to builda good solid foundation of individuals that
are let's say, like minded individualslike me that want to run for office
and have them literally elected officials theirfirst year this year. I want to
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have that and then something similar tothe words you just said today. You
know, there's a lot of individualsthat are not getting recognized for the work
that they are. Me being anelected officials and me working for the last
ten years and seeing the community andknowing people wink wink. Oh it was
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like cross earlier. One of mygoals is to start recognizing individuals in my
capacity of office and awarding them therecognition that they deserve. Oh well,
I'm gonna take it as I care, so I appreciate week week the offer.
I'm gonna just take that. Yeah, and you know something I a
lot of people don't know. Let'ssay, here's the civic lesson. Quick
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they're a lesson. There are onlyfour ballidum parties that have that. You
can run for Democratic Republicans. Peopleknow ball people don't know about that.
Many about the Conservative Party or theFamily Working Party, the Independent Party.
They didn't have enough people when theybroke down a couple of years ago,
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two or three years ago. SoI would like to build up the Conservative
Party. And this year I believethey have to do their restructuring, So
every two or three years they partieshave to restructure in subcapacity, and this
year I want their September one forthe Conservative Party to have a big impact.
So that's my goal. Um,if you know, I get my
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appointment through and whether or not,whether it doesn't go through or not,
that's my goal to try to buildup. Well, that's a good thing
because either way, now I guessyou're not a position to expand and to
help other people on the way.So it's a great thing what you're doing
and I commit you for that definitely. Well, those stuff wouldn't come out
if I didn't have the foundation ofit built up, and you know,
so once again something like this talkingit out in a public form, it's
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a it's a key fundamental No,definitely, you right know that, and
I just can't wait. And alsoI'm going to just add in here on
the show. Um, is itJune that they're gonna start the voting?
Right, So June twenty seventh isthe primary. Since I didn't make the
Democratic Party, they came at mestrong, they got the lawyers to fight
my petitions. But then this,you know, I'm not trying to be
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negative or pessimistic, but you know, the incumbent um. I looked at
his petitions and I can tell youright now they were horrendous, and I
am appalled at what I saw.I saw witnessed signatures that were invalid.
I saw unligible signature four petitions.So one volume of a possible three hundred
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and thirty signatures, there were onlyone hundred and ten that were maybe maybe
possibly a valid. And I didn'tlook name by name, but if I
saw that same trend go over,let's say maybe fifty, we're probably good
if that. So you're saying thiswill possibly that's maybe four there were no
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I'm well I'm not saying that theywere possibility. They were invalid um petitions
period. There's no doubt about that. Um. I believe if I had
the money for the lawyers, Iwould have challenged the petitions for that side,
and I'm pretty sure they wouldn't gotkicked off. So right now,
at the moment, they're they're they'rethey're still running because you know, I
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mean, you know, they youknow, the election, the petition process,
it's a very difficult thing. Youknow. You you only have a
certain amount of time period to challengesomebody, and it's resources, time,
money, it's a lot of workand to get in a short time period,
you know, and then you're you'retalking about lawyers and other stuff that
you have to deal with. Andthat's a timid thing too, because they're
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gonna make you seem like, oh, well, you're you're just trying to
do what you can, you know, and trying to impact people. The
funny thing is that they're challenging mefor the same thing that they're doing.
But minds weren't as bad a horrendousas theirs. So that's what them pissed
me off. Now, could Ichallenge them my my petitions here, but
once again, time after money,it's lawyers, and I already secured the
Conservative party line, So I'm like, why why fight it? Why battle
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it more? Um? I hada chance to go to the Independent party
as well, And you know,I'm tired of the paperwork. I want
to get to work. I wantto get it done. I want to
get I want to go to work. You know, I'm holding like anywhere
between twenty twenty more than twenty fiveevents. Um, while I was petitioning,
right, So now I'm gonna doublea trip with hers. So you
guys think that you're holding me back. No, now that the paper we
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are done, I'm gonna keep itgoing. I'm gonna double my work effort
to know me. But that's whatmaaze? Yeah, could this really motivate
you more? Now? You know, in the timeframe that I was petitioning
and doing all this stuff, Iactually opened a second office for Double Dog
as well. So it's a communitycenter that's going to be open in the
summer. And um, you knowI'm telling people right now, it's it's
something to build the foundation for moreorganizations that maybe not have the resources we're
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trying to provide. It for you, which we've been doing for the last
ten years. That's amazing. AndI know there's issues we want to talk
about as well. The big thingfor you is immigration. A big thing
for you is to youth a lotof stuff like the senior citizens to talk
about that, what things that youknow people want to vote, you know,
vote for Gonzalo. Why they shouldthe vote for you? Well,
I would say if you wanted tothe reason why you would want to vote
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for me because you want to change. So for example, if I am
elected for city council, I'm goingto take a half pay cut. I'm
saying that it's already been pledged andeverything. And the reason for that is
because the city council that are youknow right now And I'm not trying to
throw negativity or presdomistic when I saythis, but you know right now they
have a one hundred and thirty fourthousand dollars paychecks starting as a city council
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person. And if the city wasanywhere where it needs to be, then
they would be earning that paycheck.But they're not. They're not. It's
clearly that they're not. And onthe the horrendous part that I saw a
couple of years back. You know, they increase their paycheck by thirty four
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themselves. So you know the game, so you understand so um and you
know a lot of things that aregoing on. I want to make changes
to that. So when you say, well, y vote for you,
I'm already doing the work of anelected official. I'm just not getting paid
for it. And I'm not gonnahave the the the manpower or the office
that the titles that they hold.But I'm still doing the work already.
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Um. So me switching over whenI'm running, when I'm no longer just
consound ran you know activists and I'mthe District seventy nine leader, You're going
to see a whole different ball gamethat I'm being because now I have that
power. And if I if ittakes me another two years, because city
Council for this specific time period isonly going to be for two years,
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so twenty twenty five is going tobe the next one. Normally it's a
four year thing, but through thetimeframe it's just broken up into two two
terms. It just had something thathappens every couple of years. Anyway,
The point is for my opponent andanybody that's thinking about challenging me in two
years, know that I'm coming inwith two years of a political experience and
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the weight of the people. Knowingthat I'm a political person, then what
else you know? In my workcapacity and as an activist an individual,
I've hit every pretty much every demographicyou can think about, LGBT, immigration,
senior citizens, mental health, domesticviolence, community, recreational activities.
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You know, our recreational programs alonehas been funded by the people. We
had no All the things that we'vebeen doing have no government grants. These
are from the people supporting us.And that's what I want to show that
it doesn't We don't need to keepon taxing people. We don't need to
be begging for money. We havethe resources. Putting together is the hard
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part. But if you have somebodythat people trust, that people want to
work with, then it's capable.You have the ability to do it.
And again in the magazine, asyou guys can see here, he is
known as the Robin Hood of theBronx. If you know that means to
explain that those people they don't know. I remember we were having a conversation
a couple of months ago and youwere telling me like, how am I
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getting all these things done? AndI told you, you know, I'm
just taking from you know, thesebigger corporations. And so let's say the
LGBT event that we had. SageUSA is a large LGBT community nonprofit that
helps the elderly LGBT community. Sofor them to get to the position that
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they have been in, they neededgroundbreaking people to be at that position.
But it's been years since we hadany progressive moves there. But you know
there's been controversy recently, but thoseare more in the negative terms. Right
now, I'm trying to go backand think of about the positivities of those
situations. So now if you flipit around, the smaller organizations that are
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doing a lot of groundwork, arethat hard hitting and making those topics that
are in the news right now.They need some foundation to get their own
platform up. And that's what Idid in that event. So that shows
one way of how you can makea change and build upon it. Now,
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that same concept is what I woulddo in office for a different program
or a different venue, different situations. So let's see our golf program that
we've been doing. I think wehit our ninth year congratulation. So it's
the only golf program in New YorkCity that's veteran and community themed at no
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charge, which is rare. Andthe way that we've been keeping the operational
is obviously the golf the Turticle ofGolf Range has been supporting us in that
program, but it's the community businessesthat are funding the program and Devil Dog
putting it all together. So ifI've been able to do that in the
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biggest city in New York City andwe're the only one doing it for nine
years, imagine what I could doif I had the funding and the backing
from you know, two more andyou know in the past, before the
pandemic, we had a Golf Scoobacamping program. Once again, things that
aren't done by other organizations in NewYork City. We were one of the
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first ones to do it, andwe've done it for years now. Hopefully
when things settle down and people arebeing more active, we can start requesting
funds for those other programs to comeback up, like the golf program or
sing the golf program. We wereable to start that immediately. The camping
technically we had the funds and weweren't focused on other things. We could
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do it this summer, but I'mgonna try to push it for next year,
and then the year it gives ustime, and then the next following
year. Then we try to goback into the school a program. But
understand that the foundation of those thingsare already in place, just we have
to find different place because some spotswere closed down. So let's say the
where we did our practicing for theschool program closed down. So but you
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know, how do you fund forlet's see the pool activities If COVID is
too you know, the caution istoo so high. So true, So
try will say that, but Ithink you know, now they just mentioned
it to this year. Then COVIDofficially is now gone. Supposedly they say
that, so well, I meanthey're they're trying to say that it's not
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a as well. I would assumethat they're trying to say and then it's
vampid that it was before. Butit's still a cautionarything that we still have
to think about. You know,where were your stances We're taking the vaccine
is one thing. Are we preparedif we have another outbreak? You know,
what's the next step? Are weprepared because we weren't that last time
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exactly. So you know, that'sthat's one of the reasons why we're holding
back to see how things go.Because, let's say our golf program,
you know, we've been we've we'vekept it on the basis being able to
teach multiple individuals at the same time. But when the restrictions were put on
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during the pandemic, we can onlyteach one person in one slot, and
that just wouldn't constitute the core crestingthe funds for the program to happen.
It's limitations. It's limitations for us. You know, if I'm taking a
picture just one person that I taughtand I'm asking for funds, you know,
it's gonna be that difficult. ButI think what you're doing now is
great because, like I said,you're not opening more doors in a sense
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that you know, even though,like I said, I hope people please
vote for him. He's a greatguy. Please go vote for him in
June twenty. So it's gonna befor November for the general elections. Okay,
yeah, I believe November seventh,Okay, that's the election that's for
the general elections. So the primariesof June twenty seven, So that's you
know, if I was running aDemocratic UM line, then me and the
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competition will be there. But Ireally secured the Conservative Party, so I'm
until November, so that's not tootoo much of a concern. But you
know, and I'm gonna be realistic. I'm gonna say this. You know,
um, in New York City,I think there's only a few,
maybe a handful of positions that areheld by the Republican Party. Everything else
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a Democrat. So I'm coming inknowing that it's going to be all pale
battle. But I would prefer forpeople to not look at, you know,
who they're voting for based off oftheir party line, and focus more
on what the person's doing and thework that they've accomplished. And you know,
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me sitting here and telling them people, look, I'm going to take
a half pick cut, get morepeople and as aids to help me build
a bigger stringer office. My mentorshipability, my work a workability. Though
they're all things solidified over the lastten years, you know, what more
can I could possibly do to say, Look, vote for somebody who's doing
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the work, not just somebody who'sperpetually doing the same thing over and over
and nothing's getting done, you know, and these guys aren't winning with like
hundreds of thousands of votes. They'rewinning with like a couple of thousands,
which it makes it even worse.And you're like, come on, change,
you gotta happen. Change gotta happen. You know, when when we
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have an elected efficient that's winning inoffice, I say, an assembly person
winning with like twelve hundred votes,twelve hundred votes when there's like tens and
tens of thousands of people in that, you know, they're saying, you
know what, just it's like eightpoints of a million people in this world,
and you're putting you're giving somebody onehundred thousand dollars paycheck exactly. You
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know, doesn't look right, itdoesn't sound right. And then on top
of that, the way things aregoing, it's horrendous. You know.
So definitely that for you right now. But besides that, any shout outs
you want to give right now,not specifically UM, but you know,
if you if you guys want tocontact me regarding UM Devil Dog USA,
you can reach us at www DotDevil Dog Usa, Inc. Dot org.
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UM you can email me at CEOat Devil Dog Usa Inc. Dot
org. You can call me fiveone six five one five zero two four
zero if you're looking for my campaignor anything information like that, uh ww
dot Gonzalo Duran dot NYC. Youcan also email me at Gonzalo Duran at
or is it Yeah, Yeahal DuranNYC at gmail dot com. And you
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can also reach me at five onsix five on five zero two for zero
as well. No stalkers, please, no people at two in the morning.
Yeah, just because I remember ifit wouldn't comes to giving a normal
out. You gotta be careful.But I just have for your reasons,
I respect it, but please don'tstalk this man. Please? Is our
So is there any tic you wantto talk about? Um? Well quickly
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because we got to wrap up.But I think me particularly my main issue
for me, I think it's allyou mentioned LGBTQ community, where I still
think it was amazing. You know, you welcome very by Bob Arms and
people came and supported and it wasamazing. And I think my main concerning
thing is they need to have moreresources and more be more open to us
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in the community because well, unfortunatelywe're still being categorized in certain ways,
and discrimination still exists. Unfortunately,there's a lot of cases you have you
heard people getting killed still Unfortunately,it's just like the unbearable. You know,
there's a there's a lot of situationsgoing on on both sides of being
pro or against the LGBT community andme and being running on the conservative line.
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A lot of people are looking athim like that sounds kind of weird.
Well, at the end of theday, when it comes to political
parties, UM, I consider myselfa moderate conservative. You know, I
have a belief in the constitution,and I have faith. I have faith
at base faith strong faith in UH, based in faith and and UH.
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But my concern is always with thepeople, the general people, not just
one side. And helping is themost important thing to me. So,
you know, when it came tosomething like that, my goal was somebody
came because they felt unsafe, Sohow can we try to bridge that gap.
Now there's all the things that needto be discussed, but we'll leave
that for another time right now,just not just get in a room so
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we can talk about making those changesthat all right, Well, I want
to thank you so much you guysfor coming, um, Gonzalo. It's
gonna a first Sergeant Gonzalo Dome bythe way, Come on now, and
they said vote friend Nomember seven peopleprimaries. All right, I don't know
how to say anymore, but justvote, vote, vote. I'm so
excited right now. Thank you guysfor coming. I know you want to
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We got in the building, theone and only the Actually he's in the
magazine right now as you see righthere. Then one and only Sergeant Gonzalo
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Duran and also running for seventy eighthdistrict if I got that correct right district.
So I'm running for city Council Districtseventeen. Okay, in the Bronx,
in the Bronx. Okay, Well, let's give it a first,
Sergeant Gonzalo Duran, How you been? I can't complain. It feels like
I haven't seen in a whole week. Oh, come on, stop,
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We've always been a while. It'sbeen a while, right, So,
I mean you've been doing a lotsince we last saw each other, and
tell us more about that. Whatyou've been doing out for your campaign and
other teams as well events as well. Well. So let me throw on
my campaign hat right now at themoment, because um so, we've been
doing a lot of political events,helping out other candidates that may not have
the opportunity to be speaking out atthe moment. Also for just you know,
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throwing in some some top secret stufffor you, just for you and
did all right now, I wasjust recently nominated by the Conservative Party to
um be the district leader for theseven End district. Congratulations, all right.
In a couple of weeks to findout if my nomination goes through.
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But being means a lot. Soyes, that in itself is a is
a huge platform right there. Andthen um, now that I have the
line for the Conservative Party, youknow everything's going. I'll be in the
run into November. So I didpetition for I'm a registered Democrat and I
did petition with the Democratic Party.But they came at me full force.
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Wow, you came right engage.I came ready, and I had some
backup plans and I had some motheryou know, this year was pretty different
from me. I had a lotof other organizations and parties come reach out
to me, and you know,this year it was different though. So
this year, you know, Iinvested in them and got as much information
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I could, and this time Iwanted to go through the whole, the
whole process because you know, theDemocratic Party, unless they un in that
little club that they have, theydidn't want you in it. Yeah.
They're very selective. Yeah wow,but you're able to break those barrios though.
So I've been able to break thevarious and over the last let's say,
you know, I've been working asan executive officer for nonprofit for ten
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years, so my work there issolidified. For the last eight years,
I've been doing political political work aswell on the side, not specifically just
for me. I mean I haverun before, but giving other individuals the
ability to run for office has alwaysbeen a fundamental project of mine. Is
to help out. Like if VERYLsaid tomorrow, I want to run for
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off, like this is how they'regonna do it. Okay, you know,
here's the breakdown. I know thestory that the proceedings of it.
Definitely definitely No, that's amazing,But I like that because now you have
more a power in a sense,not in the bad way, but also
the way to help the community.Yes, and I'll just talk about your
communities work community where he'd been doingfor a while, so I'll talk about
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that. So this June I willbe officially going into my tenure anniversary congagelation
and for Devil Dog USD Incorporated yetawesome. Um. You know, one
of the recognitions that I had inthe beginning of the year was right here,
this handsome looking guy ring on thefront of the magazine, which I
appreciate, thank you, by theway, angle Um. And then there's
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some of the stuff that's coming outyou know, I've I've never really made
a public on you know, myyears of service until recently when somebody I
forgot what they told me, like, they mentioned something about a logo,
and I was like, oh,so I went back and looking at the
logo process, and I realized it'sbeen ten years since I started doing It's
been actually eleven years that I've beenworking for Devil Dog, but officially on
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paperwork for ten years, so itstarted in during twenty Okay, wow,
that's amazing. So are you gonnaupdate the logo or just leave it the
way it is? You know,you know, I've actually thought about that,
but for the moment, we're goingto leave it the way it is.
You know, working in the communitythe general population, the word devil
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Dog has really been hurting us,you know, because you know, let's
see, if I'm gonna work witha church and they see doubt and they're
like, oh. But literally everytwo months we've knocked out maybe over twenty
five events or so so and we'vebeen operational for ten years. We've helped
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thousands of people out in different typeof programs, from civic engagements to domestic
violence to almost anything you can ofzil. I don't see. I was
having to change our name or logoas a deterrent. So if for any
reason I thought that it would be, then I would change here automatically leaving
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it down for right now, we'releaving maybe with my updated like maybe some
because the way it went about wasum And then I cheached this as the
fundamental for businesses. You So,how do you start your logo? For
me? I had some I paidsomebody to draw like an outline of it,
and then next thing I know,I'm in like Colombia and I see
somebody um doing a program on theircomputer. I'm like, hey, how
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much would it cost for you todo this for me? And then you
know, together and then put ittogether, and then I came back home,
did a little touch up here andthere, and then boom, that's
I was born. So I saythat because you know, you don't know
how the process is going to beand how it's gonna come out. But
that's one example of it. Okay, definitely, And I guess I've been
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doing a lot of community could youmentioned which you know which one's you've been
doing with? Also you've been withthe work youth, Yes, congratulations by
the way, it's good thrown inthere and show you have on now a
team youth program. Yes, solate last year I was I was approached
by Exalt, an organization that helpsteams, and I was developing a program
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and see what I can do tohelp out. And we already had a
mentor and program to begin with,but we've never really put it in any
effort into like making it a structuredprogram. And this year we've done um
I want to say eight teens thatI've filtered through the program. Six or
eighteens I can't im at the moment. And the program has been pretty good,
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and you know, um veril G'sproduction has been a big part of
that, which I appreciate. Thankyou so much. Any time. I
think we had a DJ a coupleof weeks ago on radio Yeah, but
he was a little shy on fortI was trying to get it out,
like, dude, your name isDJ, why don't you wrap and take
the money? You know, momspaghetti and all that version G version.
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Oh we're not We're not at theother one. But I go you say,
yeah, yeah, but um yeah, but that's amazing you actually have
two I have you know, Ihave two teams shollowing me today so they
can see, you know, whatit looks like to prepare yourself, because
you know, coming on TV,you know, it's not a simple thing
talking about the subject with the outlineis gonna be who's the host, you
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know, et cetera. You know, luckily I've read Childs and tripulation Donald
brow Og. You know, we'veworked together for the like the last eight
nine years. I think this yearalone we've done three events. So,
um, you know, coming tothis right here, it's normal, it's
interactive, we're good. But youknow, coming into a different program,
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noings, you have to prepare yourself, and you know, I want them
to see, you know, whatit looks like. You know, hopefully
and a month they might be theones talking here while I'm shollowing up to
see what, you know, howthey're doing. Yeah, you're like,
come back. Yeah. Also,but like as a gradulation is all,
were you doing your accolades? Youalso was nominate actually nominated and you won,
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which he was kind of just thrownit in there. You're like,
wait, what for the real firstand Rode Awards for your hard work and
the special record. I think itwas recognition of special recognition, award,
nonation and how do you feel aboutthat? So, you know, once
again, I didn't realize that Iwas at that level of my work because
I knock out so much and it'snever there's never really a thought process of
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what, um, what the outcomeof it is going to be. It's
just trying to knock out something tohelp out somebody or a group or whatever.
So when you get it flipped overlike that and somebody's like awarding you,
it's like, Okay, it's weird. It's weird, and I'm like,
because I don't I don't think thelast time I received an award for
my work was maybe five, six, seven years ago. Oh my god,
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it's a long time. There's beena long time. And it was
a Man of the Year by umEM and ppc UM and then before that
was Father of the Year for NewYork City again, so you know,
it's but how many you know,it's really not many awards that can receive
because you know, I've been Veteranof the Year for the bronx UM,
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Advocate of the Year, Humanitarian ofthe Year, Man of the Year,
Father of the Year. I gota couple of words, but like,
you know, I can't be fatherof the state, veteran of New York
City, you know. So youknow, I've I've I think I've reached
my potential of how much I canbut beat you recorded by being recognized by
a community or such as yourself puts, you know, a broader approach to
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what I'm being recognized for. Andwhen I walked into that, I'm like,
you know, you had the roomfull of people, you know,
you had the artist is there,you had all the awards lined up,
and I'm like, Okay, therewe go, you know, I'm like,
and then traveling to um you know, the location that we were at,
and then seeing you know, howit all came together. It was
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beautiful, by the way, beautiful, and I'm looking at the other people
that were being recognized. I'm like, you weren't all out for this one,
and the people you picked to bein a company of them, I
already know. I was like,that's an award in itself that's been nominated.
And then when a winning as well, No, definitely, and I
just feel like, you know,and it's a true story. I feel
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like we were doing this for threeyears in the works by the way,
three years put in this because ofCOVID, you know that happened a lot
of people. Unfortunately situation then thefinancial but I realized I wanted to finally
have it done. Why because I'veseen so many people like yourself who do
so much. It's not just toget it for the moment, it's because
you know what you do. AndI saw a lot of artists actor,
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especially unsigned that don't get that recognition. That's way we're doing. So that's
when we did this. We saidwe're gonna put all we can to make
it happen. We did and it'sbeen amazing and then we're gonna dike shares
we big and better. So youd know, I just want to put
it out there. Anything that Ican do to help out, please let
me know and we'll do our partfor out. We appreciate that. Thank
you got me start me crying.Thank you. So besides you like community
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where you're doing. You have acouple events coming up, yes, one
of them on June third will havethe State of the District for the seventy
eight district. Um. I justgot a phone call um that on the
thirty for me at twenty three thirtyArthur Avenue in the Bronx. I can't
remember the name of the bar,but the Conservative Party will be recognized me
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for my ten years of service.That's amazing. Guard Night that night,
um, and you know, supplieswhere they last, you know, because
it'll be going in a harvey,you know. And let's see what's coming
up. Um, We're going tobe doing a Father of the so a
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father Fathers the event for fathers thathave taking had the custodia parents so um,
because you know, obviously Mother Day'scoming up. Everybody loves mothers,
you know, I don't. I'mtrying to get the guys to feel some
love as well. In this truck. Had to throw it in there.
You're also a great single I haveto throw it in there. He's a
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great single dad. But they saidit correctly, Did I say correctly single?
Well that sounds good enough for me. Okay. It's the point as
for the ladies to know that Iam saying no, no, that,
but I'm saying you're a great dad. Who who you know what I'm saying
right, You're like what they don'tthink? No, no, no,
I want to say, like youare a great dad and you do an
exceptional work, you know, behindto see people don't know that like you
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do it on your own and you'vebeen you know, right way. I
just gotta say, they say,correctly, do it right. It's the
other way that the right right,So you do it and then I follow
it behind you. Okay, thankyou for serving our country. By the
way, thank you, thank you, because people do understand that you sacrifice
a lot and you your kids,your family to serve our country and protect
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this. So I just say thankyou. Prior to that, let's go
back to you law, your communitywork, what you're doing. What else
are you doing that we don't knowthat you don't know I don't want to
sell you too much because then I'mnot having exclusive So let's see the nonprofit
work we already. Um, wetalked about that, you know, being
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nominated, so come come. IfI do get the appointment um starting to
line um and being the elected beingelected official, I'm gonna have to have
certain responsibilities. So one of thethings that I'm gonna do as the District
seventy nine Oh good, this ismy platform right here. So the District
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seventy nine district leader, my goalwould be to increase the other individuals that
we are surrounding my boundaries. I'mgonna bounce around as much as I can,
but I want to get a goodsilent foundation. So I want to
have let's say, the first monthof July ten individuals that are like minded
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like me, that standing behind me. The complete month after that twenty,
and then the month after that another, you know, twenty to thirty more.
So I want to try to builda good solid foundation of individuals that
are let's say, like minded individualslike me that want to run for office
and have them literally elected officials theirfirst year this year. I want to
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have that and then something similar tothe words you just said today. You
know, there's a lot of individualsthat are not getting recognized for the work
that they are. Me being anelected officials and me working for the last
ten years and seeing the community andknowing people wink wink. Oh it was
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like cross earlier. One of mygoals is to start recognizing individuals in my
capacity of office and awarding them therecognition that they deserve. Oh well,
I'm gonna take it as I care, so I appreciate week week the offer.
I'm gonna just take that. Yeah, and you know something I a
lot of people don't know. Let'ssay, here's the civic lesson. Quick
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they're a lesson. There are onlyfour ballidum parties that have that. You
can run for Democratic Republicans. Peopleknow ball people don't know about that.
Many about the Conservative Party or theFamily Working Party, the Independent Party.
They didn't have enough people when theybroke down a couple of years ago,
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two or three years ago. SoI would like to build up the Conservative
Party. And this year I believethey have to do their restructuring, So
every two or three years they partieshave to restructure in subcapacity, and this
year I want their September one forthe Conservative Party to have a big impact.
So that's my goal. Um,if you know, I get my
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appointment through and whether or not,whether it doesn't go through or not,
that's my goal to try to buildup. Well, that's a good thing
because either way, now I guessyou're not a position to expand and to
help other people on the way.So it's a great thing what you're doing
and I commit you for that definitely. Well, those stuff wouldn't come out
if I didn't have the foundation ofit built up, and you know,
so once again something like this talkingit out in a public form, it's
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a it's a key fundamental No,definitely, you right know that, and
I just can't wait. And alsoI'm going to just add in here on
the show. Um, is itJune that they're gonna start the voting?
Right, So June twenty seventh isthe primary. Since I didn't make the
Democratic Party, they came at mestrong, they got the lawyers to fight
my petitions. But then this,you know, I'm not trying to be
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negative or pessimistic, but you know, the incumbent um. I looked at
his petitions and I can tell youright now they were horrendous, and I
am appalled at what I saw.I saw witnessed signatures that were invalid.
I saw unligible signature four petitions.So one volume of a possible three hundred
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and thirty signatures, there were onlyone hundred and ten that were maybe maybe
possibly a valid. And I didn'tlook name by name, but if I
saw that same trend go over,let's say maybe fifty, we're probably good
if that. So you're saying thiswill possibly that's maybe four there were no
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I'm well I'm not saying that theywere possibility. They were invalid um petitions
period. There's no doubt about that. Um. I believe if I had
the money for the lawyers, Iwould have challenged the petitions for that side,
and I'm pretty sure they wouldn't gotkicked off. So right now,
at the moment, they're they're they'rethey're still running because you know, I
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mean, you know, they youknow, the election, the petition process,
it's a very difficult thing. Youknow. You you only have a
certain amount of time period to challengesomebody, and it's resources, time,
money, it's a lot of workand to get in a short time period,
you know, and then you're you'retalking about lawyers and other stuff that
you have to deal with. Andthat's a timid thing too, because they're
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gonna make you seem like, oh, well, you're you're just trying to
do what you can, you know, and trying to impact people. The
funny thing is that they're challenging mefor the same thing that they're doing.
But minds weren't as bad a horrendousas theirs. So that's what them pissed
me off. Now, could Ichallenge them my my petitions here, but
once again, time after money,it's lawyers, and I already secured the
Conservative party line, So I'm like, why why fight it? Why battle
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it more? Um? I hada chance to go to the Independent party
as well, And you know,I'm tired of the paperwork. I want
to get to work. I wantto get it done. I want to
get I want to go to work. You know, I'm holding like anywhere
between twenty twenty more than twenty fiveevents. Um, while I was petitioning,
right, So now I'm gonna doublea trip with hers. So you
guys think that you're holding me back. No, now that the paper we
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are done, I'm gonna keep itgoing. I'm gonna double my work effort
to know me. But that's whatmaaze? Yeah, could this really motivate
you more? Now? You know, in the timeframe that I was petitioning
and doing all this stuff, Iactually opened a second office for Double Dog
as well. So it's a communitycenter that's going to be open in the
summer. And um, you knowI'm telling people right now, it's it's
something to build the foundation for moreorganizations that maybe not have the resources we're
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trying to provide. It for you, which we've been doing for the last
ten years. That's amazing. AndI know there's issues we want to talk
about as well. The big thingfor you is immigration. A big thing
for you is to youth a lotof stuff like the senior citizens to talk
about that, what things that youknow people want to vote, you know,
vote for Gonzalo. Why they shouldthe vote for you? Well,
I would say if you wanted tothe reason why you would want to vote
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for me because you want to change. So for example, if I am
elected for city council, I'm goingto take a half pay cut. I'm
saying that it's already been pledged andeverything. And the reason for that is
because the city council that are youknow right now And I'm not trying to
throw negativity or presdomistic when I saythis, but you know right now they
have a one hundred and thirty fourthousand dollars paychecks starting as a city council
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person. And if the city wasanywhere where it needs to be, then
they would be earning that paycheck.But they're not. They're not. It's
clearly that they're not. And onthe the horrendous part that I saw a
couple of years back. You know, they increase their paycheck by thirty four
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themselves. So you know the game, so you understand so um and you
know a lot of things that aregoing on. I want to make changes
to that. So when you say, well, y vote for you,
I'm already doing the work of anelected official. I'm just not getting paid
for it. And I'm not gonnahave the the the manpower or the office
that the titles that they hold.But I'm still doing the work already.
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Um. So me switching over whenI'm running, when I'm no longer just
consound ran you know activists and I'mthe District seventy nine leader, You're going
to see a whole different ball gamethat I'm being because now I have that
power. And if I if ittakes me another two years, because city
Council for this specific time period isonly going to be for two years,
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so twenty twenty five is going tobe the next one. Normally it's a
four year thing, but through thetimeframe it's just broken up into two two
terms. It just had something thathappens every couple of years. Anyway,
The point is for my opponent andanybody that's thinking about challenging me in two
years, know that I'm coming inwith two years of a political experience and
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the weight of the people. Knowingthat I'm a political person, then what
else you know? In my workcapacity and as an activist an individual,
I've hit every pretty much every demographicyou can think about, LGBT, immigration,
senior citizens, mental health, domesticviolence, community, recreational activities.
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You know, our recreational programs alonehas been funded by the people. We
had no All the things that we'vebeen doing have no government grants. These
are from the people supporting us.And that's what I want to show that
it doesn't We don't need to keepon taxing people. We don't need to
be begging for money. We havethe resources. Putting together is the hard
(23:22):
part. But if you have somebodythat people trust, that people want to
work with, then it's capable.You have the ability to do it.
And again in the magazine, asyou guys can see here, he is
known as the Robin Hood of theBronx. If you know that means to
explain that those people they don't know. I remember we were having a conversation
a couple of months ago and youwere telling me like, how am I
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getting all these things done? AndI told you, you know, I'm
just taking from you know, thesebigger corporations. And so let's say the
LGBT event that we had. SageUSA is a large LGBT community nonprofit that
helps the elderly LGBT community. Sofor them to get to the position that
(24:06):
they have been in, they neededgroundbreaking people to be at that position.
But it's been years since we hadany progressive moves there. But you know
there's been controversy recently, but thoseare more in the negative terms. Right
now, I'm trying to go backand think of about the positivities of those
situations. So now if you flipit around, the smaller organizations that are
(24:33):
doing a lot of groundwork, arethat hard hitting and making those topics that
are in the news right now.They need some foundation to get their own
platform up. And that's what Idid in that event. So that shows
one way of how you can makea change and build upon it. Now,
(24:53):
that same concept is what I woulddo in office for a different program
or a different venue, different situations. So let's see our golf program that
we've been doing. I think wehit our ninth year congratulation. So it's
the only golf program in New YorkCity that's veteran and community themed at no
(25:18):
charge, which is rare. Andthe way that we've been keeping the operational
is obviously the golf the Turticle ofGolf Range has been supporting us in that
program, but it's the community businessesthat are funding the program and Devil Dog
putting it all together. So ifI've been able to do that in the
(25:40):
biggest city in New York City andwe're the only one doing it for nine
years, imagine what I could doif I had the funding and the backing
from you know, two more andyou know in the past, before the
pandemic, we had a Golf Scoobacamping program. Once again, things that
aren't done by other organizations in NewYork City. We were one of the
(26:03):
first ones to do it, andwe've done it for years now. Hopefully
when things settle down and people arebeing more active, we can start requesting
funds for those other programs to comeback up, like the golf program or
sing the golf program. We wereable to start that immediately. The camping
technically we had the funds and weweren't focused on other things. We could
(26:26):
do it this summer, but I'mgonna try to push it for next year,
and then the year it gives ustime, and then the next following
year. Then we try to goback into the school a program. But
understand that the foundation of those thingsare already in place, just we have
to find different place because some spotswere closed down. So let's say the
where we did our practicing for theschool program closed down. So but you
(26:52):
know, how do you fund forlet's see the pool activities If COVID is
too you know, the caution istoo so high. So true, So
try will say that, but Ithink you know, now they just mentioned
it to this year. Then COVIDofficially is now gone. Supposedly they say
that, so well, I meanthey're they're trying to say that it's not
(27:12):
a as well. I would assumethat they're trying to say and then it's
vampid that it was before. Butit's still a cautionarything that we still have
to think about. You know,where were your stances We're taking the vaccine
is one thing. Are we preparedif we have another outbreak? You know,
what's the next step? Are weprepared because we weren't that last time
(27:37):
exactly. So you know, that'sthat's one of the reasons why we're holding
back to see how things go.Because, let's say our golf program,
you know, we've been we've we'vekept it on the basis being able to
teach multiple individuals at the same time. But when the restrictions were put on
(28:00):
during the pandemic, we can onlyteach one person in one slot, and
that just wouldn't constitute the core crestingthe funds for the program to happen.
It's limitations. It's limitations for us. You know, if I'm taking a
picture just one person that I taughtand I'm asking for funds, you know,
it's gonna be that difficult. ButI think what you're doing now is
great because, like I said,you're not opening more doors in a sense
(28:22):
that you know, even though,like I said, I hope people please
vote for him. He's a greatguy. Please go vote for him in
June twenty. So it's gonna befor November for the general elections. Okay,
yeah, I believe November seventh,Okay, that's the election that's for
the general elections. So the primariesof June twenty seven, So that's you
know, if I was running aDemocratic UM line, then me and the
(28:47):
competition will be there. But Ireally secured the Conservative Party, so I'm
until November, so that's not tootoo much of a concern. But you
know, and I'm gonna be realistic. I'm gonna say this. You know,
um, in New York City,I think there's only a few,
maybe a handful of positions that areheld by the Republican Party. Everything else
(29:08):
a Democrat. So I'm coming inknowing that it's going to be all pale
battle. But I would prefer forpeople to not look at, you know,
who they're voting for based off oftheir party line, and focus more
on what the person's doing and thework that they've accomplished. And you know,
(29:29):
me sitting here and telling them people, look, I'm going to take
a half pick cut, get morepeople and as aids to help me build
a bigger stringer office. My mentorshipability, my work a workability. Though
they're all things solidified over the lastten years, you know, what more
can I could possibly do to say, Look, vote for somebody who's doing
(29:51):
the work, not just somebody who'sperpetually doing the same thing over and over
and nothing's getting done, you know, and these guys aren't winning with like
hundreds of thousands of votes. They'rewinning with like a couple of thousands,
which it makes it even worse.And you're like, come on, change,
you gotta happen. Change gotta happen. You know, when when we
(30:11):
have an elected efficient that's winning inoffice, I say, an assembly person
winning with like twelve hundred votes,twelve hundred votes when there's like tens and
tens of thousands of people in that, you know, they're saying, you
know what, just it's like eightpoints of a million people in this world,
and you're putting you're giving somebody onehundred thousand dollars paycheck exactly. You
(30:36):
know, doesn't look right, itdoesn't sound right. And then on top
of that, the way things aregoing, it's horrendous. You know.
So definitely that for you right now. But besides that, any shout outs
you want to give right now,not specifically UM, but you know,
if you if you guys want tocontact me regarding UM Devil Dog USA,
you can reach us at www DotDevil Dog Usa, Inc. Dot org.
(31:02):
UM you can email me at CEOat Devil Dog Usa Inc. Dot
org. You can call me fiveone six five one five zero two four
zero if you're looking for my campaignor anything information like that, uh ww
dot Gonzalo Duran dot NYC. Youcan also email me at Gonzalo Duran at
or is it Yeah, Yeahal DuranNYC at gmail dot com. And you
(31:30):
can also reach me at five onsix five on five zero two for zero
as well. No stalkers, please, no people at two in the morning.
Yeah, just because I remember ifit wouldn't comes to giving a normal
out. You gotta be careful.But I just have for your reasons,
I respect it, but please don'tstalk this man. Please? Is our
So is there any tic you wantto talk about? Um? Well quickly
(31:55):
because we got to wrap up.But I think me particularly my main issue
for me, I think it's allyou mentioned LGBTQ community, where I still
think it was amazing. You know, you welcome very by Bob Arms and
people came and supported and it wasamazing. And I think my main concerning
thing is they need to have moreresources and more be more open to us
(32:15):
in the community because well, unfortunatelywe're still being categorized in certain ways,
and discrimination still exists. Unfortunately,there's a lot of cases you have you
heard people getting killed still Unfortunately,it's just like the unbearable. You know,
there's a there's a lot of situationsgoing on on both sides of being
pro or against the LGBT community andme and being running on the conservative line.
(32:37):
A lot of people are looking athim like that sounds kind of weird.
Well, at the end of theday, when it comes to political
parties, UM, I consider myselfa moderate conservative. You know, I
have a belief in the constitution,and I have faith. I have faith
at base faith strong faith in UH, based in faith and and UH.
(33:01):
But my concern is always with thepeople, the general people, not just
one side. And helping is themost important thing to me. So,
you know, when it came tosomething like that, my goal was somebody
came because they felt unsafe, Sohow can we try to bridge that gap.
Now there's all the things that needto be discussed, but we'll leave
that for another time right now,just not just get in a room so
(33:24):
we can talk about making those changesthat all right, Well, I want
to thank you so much you guysfor coming, um, Gonzalo. It's
gonna a first Sergeant Gonzalo Dome bythe way, Come on now, and
they said vote friend Nomember seven peopleprimaries. All right, I don't know
how to say anymore, but justvote, vote, vote. I'm so
excited right now. Thank you guysfor coming. I know you want to
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