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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Uncle Henry Show weekday afternoons from five till seven.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Hey, Uncle Henry, I was just driving through the Bankhead
Tunnel and I had an idea we should have a
haunted tunnel this Halloween. You know, you could have the
invite people to set it up like a theme and
you could do like a walkthrough, have maybe Trey Lane
to some music and some effects in the tunnel. You know,
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just for that one night only the haunted Bankhead Tunnel.
You know it'd be fun.
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Anyway, Bye, message deleted.
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Wonderful town, wonderful people, places to go, things to see.
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My love is move that's my wonderful.
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Times, Schools and churches, entertainment, laces to shop.
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My heart's in morebel that's.
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My wonderful time.
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Mobile Center Transportation, Business and industries.
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At the place Mobile's got the Junior miss Cell Operation
Home of Party crom Senior Home Game.
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Mobile is great to live in and work in.
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Good Climate's ideal for progress.
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You see.
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My love is mobil. That's my wonderfault. Okay, this is
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the Uncle Henry Show here on News Radio seven ten WNTM.
Thank you so much for listening to the Uncle Henry Show.
I appreciate it very very much. I really really do.
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It's me and you trying to figure out what is
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seems to be a lot going on, as you may
have noticed. If you'd like to talk about whatever it
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address Uncle Henry at iHeartMedia dot com. That's Uncle Henry
adiheartmedia dot com. Certainly lots of stuff to get to,
still lots of lots of stuff to talk about. On
the continued fallout from the assassination of Charlie Kurrent, we
have some some interesting and fun endorsements and the mobiles
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Mayor's race that have not been brought up on the
show yet. But I want to begin here with an
email I just got this afternoon. Let me go to
the un Claimbery Show email inbox. The subject line on
the email is let's not forget. The email reads as follows,
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Happy Friday, Henry. Hurricane Frederick came ashore the evening of
September twelfth, nineteen seventy nine, forty six years ago. I'll
always remember the ice lines and living on a midtown
street that had and will always have utility polls between
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our houses and the houses behind us. The power crews
had to go down every driveway to reconnect us, so
we were not a high priority. Three weeks without electricity
was not fun, but we were thankful for being spared
any real devastation. Tighten up and have a wonderful weekend.
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And that email from the common man, common man, thank
you for emailing in, Thank you for listening. Email address
Uncle Henry at iHeartMedia dot com. Today the anniversary of
Hurricane Frederick forty six years ago, forty five forty six
years whatever it is, of course, those of us that
are around long enough to remember it would have trouble
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forgiving it because you heard the guy say it was
three weeks without power. Even though they didn't have real
tremendous devastation in his neighborhood, they went that long without power.
I of course remember it well, being of advanced years
at the time that Hurricane Frederick hit the guff Coast.
I was with the family, was living out in the
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Sims area, and we went without power for I guess
it was about two and a half weeks that we
went without power. The things I remember were how I
slept through the storm. Yes, I slept through it to
awaken to the world being changed dramatically, just a physical
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aspect of the landscape was changed because so many trees
were down. I can remember driving into Mobile the day
after and what normally took about thirty minutes to make
it from the where I lived. It usually would take
about thirty minutes to make it to Airport and McGregor
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Airport and Azia, and after Frederick it took about ninety
minutes because all of the trees that were down everywhere
blocking all the different roads. I remember learning about bartering
back then. Yeah, after the storm, we learned about bartering
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out there in Sims. We didn't own a chainsaw, which
was a disgrace for our family. We didn't own a chainsaw,
and we had a neighbor with a chainsaw, and I
remember we bartered with beer. Yes, we used beer to
barter for the use of a chainsaw to cut some
trees that were down. Learned about bartering. Also, I've told
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you before and I've thought about it. During this Big
Creek Lake fight, many many of the neighbors would get
together and go out to Big Creek Lake to bathe.
Now we're worried about the drinking water for mals and mobile,
worried about invasive species getting into the drinking water. I
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tell you what, after Frederick, it was bathwater for a while. Yes,
there were numerous neighbors that were going out there and
bathing in Big Creek Lake that time. I was not
an eye witness, but back forty six years ago, these
stories about it painted a vivid mental picture in my mind.
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I remember Jimmy Carter flying over. President Carter flew over
to look at the damage, and I believe I was
on bel Air Boulevard. Yes, there was a helicopter, and
I remember when Carter flew over and uh, and remembered
everybody helping each other. We Fortunately, there there were some
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people that got mad at each other because you get
you get ornery when you're without power on the Gulf
coast for for that long. But I don't remember any
big civil unrest. I just remember some people getting irritated
with each other standing in line for ice. But we
all made it. We made it through Hurricane Frederick, and
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everything looked different from that point forward. I've got callers waiting.
I'll go to the phones after the break here on
the anniversary of Hurricane Frederick on the Uncle Henry Show.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Do WNTM.
Speaker 5 (09:32):
This is the Uncle Henry Show. It is five twenty
news headlines coming up in ten minutes. Telephone number two
five one four seven nine two seven two three. I
got people waiting to talk. Hello, color, Hey, Hey Henry Owl.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Listen.
Speaker 7 (09:51):
I ain't gonna take up about one minute. I just
want to make a comment here. Oh, I want to
congratulate Corter Penn and a suit of counsel for or
not destroying the wave and letting those of employees keep
their benefits. Uh, they got good benefits. Henry of pension
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over time and you leave sick, leave a case of time.
And I'm so glad that he got Bill who was
brought in body lame dumb mail and make sure they
sign that contract. Were those folks, those eighty five people
that the Wave can keep their pension and all that
stuff that they that they need. And then and one thing,
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I'm gonna say, two hundred by jail got us running
for mail. I would not both of him because when
he said when he was four years old, his daddy
shot a man in self defense, but he didn't say
that his daddy shot the man in the back. And
he's going around. You know, if he's at Matt Dillon
shot a man in the back, you'll get hung. But
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I'm pen to go now. But he's going around trying
to get boats, going to black churches and everything. We
ain't never been a day in his life. He's a crook.
Speaker 5 (11:04):
And I'm not Oh no, now do you uh? Should
he file a lawsuit against you for that? Do you
do you have any evidence of criminal wrongdoing? Or you
just being a jerk?
Speaker 7 (11:14):
I heard it on Alabama brought this Sunday.
Speaker 5 (11:19):
Oh Alabama Voices Sunday accuses him of committing a crime.
Speaker 7 (11:23):
No, I say his dad he shot the man in
the bad You don't had to commercial any four years
old and see your daddy.
Speaker 5 (11:29):
No, you called him a crook.
Speaker 7 (11:33):
Yeah, that's my personal opinion, he got.
Speaker 5 (11:36):
Oh, well, then my personal opinion is that you're a crook.
Speaker 7 (11:39):
I'm a crook.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (11:40):
Well, there's no evidence. You're you're saying it's your personal
opinion that Sparrow's a crook. Yeah, you're just saying that's
your opinion. Don't have any evidence of it. Well, if
you don't need evidence, well I'll think of some other
things to accuse you of then well.
Speaker 7 (11:54):
You know, like like Cowbrod said, you can indict a
ham sammit. So you know, all right in try to
rest of your day. Man.
Speaker 5 (12:03):
All right, Al, there's al who talking about Corey Penn
saving the bus drivers. Just so you the listener can know,
the city Council had a pre cancel committee meeting at
like eight o'clock in the morning this past Tuesday where
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they talked about that contract. Now, from what I could see,
all of the council people seemed concerned about making sure
that the workers were taken care of. So it was
not just Corey Penn or a lame duck mayor or anybody.
It looked like all of the council members wanted to
make sure that all of the bus workers were taken
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care of and that people didn't lose their sick time
or didn't lose their vacation time or anything like that.
In fact, I think I remember vividly Gina Gregory speaking
up and saying, let's make sure that these people don't
lose their accrued vacation time when things go so Corey
Penn had a part, but everybody else had a part
as well, because if you were to actually pay attention
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to what's going on down there, you would know that
there are no council people trying to get rid of
the bus services, and looks like all of them are
trying to help the workers. Two five to one four
seven nine two seven two three the telephone number on
the oak Lamberg Show. And if you want to watch
that meeting and confirm what I've said, it's on YouTube
you can look at. In fact, if you need help
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going to sleep tonight, go to the Mobile City Council's
YouTube channel and watch the I think it's the Public
Services Committee meeting.
Speaker 3 (13:40):
Now.
Speaker 5 (13:40):
The reason I know all this is because I accidentally
saw that dad Gum meeting when I was getting ready
for work Tuesday morning, and I decided to listen to
it while I was getting ready for work, So I
heard all of the stuff and know that Al is
just trying to uh light of fire when he calls
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the show two five to one, four seven nine two
three the telephone number here on the Uncle Herey Show.
And maybe if there's time later we'll talk about the
dueling endorsements, because both the Sparrow and Barbara Drumming campaigns
got some endorsements this week.
Speaker 8 (14:18):
Hello, color, Yeah, that's exactly what I want to talk
to you about. Uncle Henry's these endorsements.
Speaker 5 (14:23):
If you don't mind, go right ahead, Bamba bush Hog.
Speaker 4 (14:27):
Yes, sir, listen here.
Speaker 8 (14:30):
You know mayor up in Birmingham is endorsed Barbara Drumming
and we all know.
Speaker 4 (14:35):
She's Democrat, right right, yeah, today.
Speaker 8 (14:39):
Today Cory Booker, a United States Senator, endorsed Barbara drum Yes. Now,
I don't understand a game with someone would explain to
me why it is that in the general election here
in Mobile County last in twenty twenty four. Mobile County
voted repub fifty eight percent Republican and forty one percent Democrat.
Speaker 5 (15:04):
Now during these but I'm sorry to interview you're that
is a you're knowing about the county, right, Yes, this
is a city election and Mobile is the city of
Mobile is not hardcore read like the county is.
Speaker 8 (15:22):
Well, I'm just wondering why is it that nobody knows
about Barbara Drummond talking bad about President Trump and the
MAGA supporters back in the day up in Montgomery with you.
I mean, if everybody in Mobile knew about this, I'm
thinking that we're more conservative than what you think on
go Enry. And if everybody knew which and candidate was
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endorsed by which political party, we could have a better
understanding and make our vote count more better.
Speaker 4 (15:50):
We do more informed.
Speaker 5 (15:51):
Well, see, I think people do know Spiro ran as
a Republican to be a judge, Barbara Drummond has run
as a Democrat to be in the legislature. People know
that one is a Democrat and one is a Republican,
I think, and it's obvious when you're getting New Jersey
Senator Cory Penn endorsing you that you're advertising yourself as
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a far left type person. But as I said, Mobile
is not a rock solid red voting town. The city,
now the Mobile County. You're not going to find a
lot of Democrats elected to county wide positions. But there
are Democrats that can get elected in Mobile municipal elections,
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even though it's a non partisan election. This is a
very I would describe Mobile as very purple. I live
in midtown Mobile. I walk my dog all throughout the
streets of the city of Mobile, and I see I
see way more left wing stuff in people's yards, yard
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signs and things like that than I ever see anything
right wing. So she, I'm sure feels like this is
going to shore up her support in the city of Mobile.
Speaker 9 (17:14):
Well that's probably probably true.
Speaker 4 (17:17):
Well let me ask one more thing for I'll let
you go on, Glenn.
Speaker 9 (17:19):
Yes, I'll sell you on Studio ten on the news
the other day. Yeah, talking, well, your hair was so
full and luxurious. I'm wondering what kind of samdpum conditioner
you use.
Speaker 5 (17:39):
I don't let me think about that. I'm trying to
think of it. When was I think it's called cascade.
I just I just take it off and put it
in the dishwasher, and I think my wife, see, I
never would buy a Cascade because it's so expensive, but
my wife by the Cascade, so it's Cascade. This is
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telephone number here two five one four seven nine two
seven two three. That's two five one four seven nine
two seven two three email address Uncle Henry at iHeartMedia
dot com. Now I mentioned before I go to any
voicemail or anything else like that, I mentioned the endorsements
in the mayor's race. We hadn't talked about on the program. UH.
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Now we got the call from al earlier and that
that brought up the Alabama bush hog calling in about
the new endorsement for Barbara Drummond. UH State represented Barbara Drummond.
Now that she has the endorsement of of New Jersey
Senator Corey Booker endorsing her for mayor of Mobile. Now,
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I guess that'll that'll make her current supporters feel great.
Can't hurt among your current supporters. But the question is,
are you trying to reach any of the people that
voted for Connie Hudson or Paul Prime and bring them
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over to vote for you? I mean to you, I'm
I don't know if this strategy is going to work
or not. The getting people like Pete Buddha Judge to
endorse you, that was now, that was comically a terrible
endorsement to get. But Corey Booker, you know, if she wins,
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it'll look brilliant. But if she doesn't, why would you
why would you want to bring in that kind of endorsement,
because it will for those that are politically polarized one
way or the other. It is going to have a
It is going to have quite a polarizing effect to
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get Corey Booker's endorsement. I just I can't remember a
mayor's race and mobile having these kind of endorsements. I've
heard of local endorsements, of course, from different labor unions
and get the people that work with law enforcement and
all that kind of stuff making endorsements, and you'll have
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other political figures on the local level make endorsements back
in the day. I can't remember national, nationally known figures
coming in and doing this. So we'll all find out,
I suppose on some incept later this month, September twenty third,
if it helps her not, but I would not. It's
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something that it's something I would not be trying. It
would be that I'm trying to think is I'm sure
there are big name Republicans that Spiro could probably get
to offer an endorsement, but it would not be to
his benefit to do that. Now, the other endorsement that
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has already been widely reported on is that the Mobile
Area Association of Real Tours officially endorsed Spiro in the election.
And they gave they gave us the reason his commitment
to strong neighborhoods and economic growth. So the Mobile Realtors
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endorsing Spiro in a big left wing senator Senator Spartacus
Cory Booker endorse Representative Drummond again two five to one
or seventy nine two seventy two three. The telephone number
here on the Uncle Himer Show. Let me go to
some voicemail messages that have come in voicemail number two
five one two one six, nineteen seventy six. That's two
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five one two one six nineteen seventy six. Let me see.
I got a message here from somebody that I believe
has not called the show before Uncle A Henry.
Speaker 3 (23:27):
It's this Keets.
Speaker 6 (23:29):
I'm a Yankee transplant down here to Mobile since January.
Big fan, big fan.
Speaker 5 (23:36):
Really, I'm already a little suspicious, Keith, No offense, No
I'm not look, I'm just a little suspicious that a
Yankee transplant would immediately like the show. Usually people have
to listen for five or six years before they will
admit they like the show. So I'm a little suspicious.
I do want to mention you're a Yankee transplant. I've
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mentioned this before a few times. My father was born
in Queens, New York, so I am. I am a
half Yankee by birth. I know that's a shock thing
for many people to learn, but yes, I'm half Yankee.
Speaker 6 (24:18):
Down here to Mobile since January, big fan, Big fan,
really enjoy the show. I have a comment about the
mayoral race. I live in Midtown. I live and I
bought a nice old historic home here and one one complaint,
Uncle Henry about Mobile.
Speaker 4 (24:41):
The roads suck.
Speaker 6 (24:43):
I don't care who becomes mayor. They got to concentrate
on two things. Number one, stix the roads. Number two,
make sure that you know we have a safe city.
Speaker 5 (24:59):
Pausing there, and just to say thank you for that.
Number one, fix the roads. People have all these great
visions for mobile and what mobile might become. All the
big potential we got this going. We're gonna have this airport,
we're gonna have this bridge, and we have all this industry,
and we're gonna have this big entertainer. We're gonna have
the new arena, and we're gonna have this other big
development downtown. Everybody's excited about the potential mobile. But if
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I live in Midtown and I want to get to
any of these things, it's gonna tear up my car
to ride down the road. In the issue of torn
up roads, it affects people of every political persuasion, the
left wingers and the right wingers, and the people dumb
enough not to be a winger. They all have to
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ride down these terrible roads. Please politicians. The basics of
a city or police, fire department, in infrastructure, roads and
drainage and stuff like that. Everything else is gravy. If
you can't take care of the basics, you've got no
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business being in office.
Speaker 6 (26:10):
On stix to roads number two. Make sure that you
know we have a safe city. If you do those
two things, everything else fall in place. Everything will be
great here. You know what I mean, Uncle Henry.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
And one other thing.
Speaker 6 (26:30):
One other thing I live near You probably know where
it is, Uncle Henry, because I think you live in Midtown.
There's a Salvation Army place on Domphin Street. Yes, somebody
needs to tell them to tear down that ratty old
fence they have around. That thing looks terrible. It's an
I shore.
Speaker 4 (26:49):
Yeah huh.
Speaker 6 (26:51):
Anyway, Uncle Henry really enjoyed a show.
Speaker 4 (26:55):
And in the words.
Speaker 6 (26:59):
Of the Great Delate, Great General Joshua Samberlain Stan Fern,
ye boys from Maine.
Speaker 5 (27:11):
All right, all right, well, thank you, thank you very
much for your voicemail. Keith Yankee Transplant. Please call again
and tell me more about just any observation since you've
been here since January. Would like to hear your observations
about the town, especially now as we are heading into
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We're heading into what we hope is a great time
for Mobile with all of the things that are cooking.
Even though we have horrible roads, do have a lot
of great things cooking in this town. So I'd love
to hear more from you as we go forward. There's
more Uncle Henry show to come after the break here
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on News Radio seventy ten. Which high school ball games
going on this evening. They're always fun. And also tonight
is the Loda Art Walk in downtown Mobile going on
from six to nine. I've always enjoyed going to the
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Loda art Walk. It's just a when the weather isn't
too hot, it's always just a nice and relaxing to
walk around and Downtown Mobile there look at all the
different art that is available to either just look at
or purchase. And they have all the great food, downtown
load of art walk going on. And they are commemorating
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today as National Video Game Day, and they're going to
have some kind of a gaming truck in their kids Zone.
Now I don't know if I don't know what that is.
I don't know. If it's a truck with a bunch
of games in it and they're inviting people to go
on the truck and play games. I don't know, but
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that's going on. Loda aren't walking Downtown Mobile tonight. And
also it's another roll Mobile skate night where they block
off the streets around Bimbo Square for people to roller skate.
This is the kind of stuff that I've been told
as an older American that young voters love that.
Speaker 10 (29:18):
You.
Speaker 5 (29:18):
Well, I don't know that any young voters listening to this.
Maybe somebody, I don't know, young, if fifties considered young.
But I'm told that young voters want their cities instead
of paving streets adequately and providing proper drainage, instead, they'd
like cities to have entertainment, and so you can go downtown,
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you can roller skate, and you can just enjoy, just
enjoy Downtown Mobile. That's all going on in Downtown Mobile
the Loda Art Walk with roll Mobile. Skate night tonight.
And remember, skateboards not allowed, only roller skates. Hoverboards not allowed,
only roller skates. Bicycles not allowed, only roller skates.
Speaker 4 (30:05):
Hello, Color, Hey, ol go Henry this ARTEA RT.
Speaker 5 (30:11):
You are live on the radio.
Speaker 4 (30:14):
Hey, you talking about events and everything. But Alabama's got
an earlier game tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (30:22):
Yes, they do.
Speaker 4 (30:24):
Eleven am. So don't get too child tonight. We need
to be up and Adham and it's important. I think,
I think Alabama. There's still hope good, still.
Speaker 5 (30:39):
Hope good, Thank the Lord.
Speaker 4 (30:43):
Yeah, and now I'm looking. We got Georgia net so
we need to handle Wisconsin that I'm with you. It's
a big ten team and we need to be up
and at him in the morning and be ready for
this football game.
Speaker 5 (30:58):
I agree with that. And hey, in the commercial breaks,
you can flip over and see University of South Alabama
Jags taking on Auburn tomorrow, also an early game, and.
Speaker 4 (31:10):
I'm praying for them. I'm a South Alabama Alama, Henry,
I'm playing for them.
Speaker 5 (31:16):
Oh hey, well congratulations.
Speaker 4 (31:19):
Yeah, I'm so disappointed in that two a game. But
you know this, Yeah, I'm praying with Rod Jaguars, I
really am. But but it's not over with Alabama either.
Speaker 5 (31:36):
Good.
Speaker 4 (31:38):
I don't think so at all.
Speaker 5 (31:40):
I appreciate that, you know, and I hope you understand.
This does make me. You're helping me personally when you
call in and say these things. You lift my spirits
when you tell me that there's still hope for Alabama.
I appreciate that.
Speaker 4 (31:52):
Of course there is. I mean, Florida State's nailing everybody
else they're playing in the country. That makes us look good.
And as long as we do the same, that's the
rematch of the year.
Speaker 5 (32:07):
All right, Well, I'm looking forward to that.
Speaker 4 (32:10):
Yeah, I mean really, I mean, Wold of State manhandled
their people. They won. They scored over seventy points out
of I haven't scoled over seventy points. I see this continuing.
Speaker 5 (32:26):
All right, Well, I'm glad. This is what a wonderful
call Rtie to tell me that they're still hope and
remind me that I need to be ready for that
game at eleven.
Speaker 4 (32:35):
I will be eleven in the morning. We need to
be up and mad and get you a good brekfast
and man, let's get the small game done, and let's
get this south too.
Speaker 5 (32:45):
I agree, Go Jackson, row.
Speaker 4 (32:47):
Time, Yeah, roll Trod. It was late week here you two.
Speaker 5 (32:51):
Thank you, Artie. What a wonderful call here at the
end of this hour. A call of hope. Been a
rough week, but a call of hope. And we get
to get to say roll time and go Jags in
the same breath. All right, there's more to come. This
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is they Uncle Henry Show here on news Radio seventy
ten WNT. Thank you so much for listening to the
Uncle Henbry Show. Now, in this half hour of show,
I'm going to get to a news item Er two.
Also going to get to some voicemail if you would
like to leave me a message. The voicemail number two
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five one two one six, nineteen seventy six. That's two
five to one two one six, nineteen seventy six, the
number to leave me and the listener a message for
the Uncle Henry Show and one of the regular message leavers.
Buford has called in about character development. I'd made a
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comment recently about sometimes character development can be uncomfortable. When
one is developing their their personal character, that can be
that can be uncomfortable. I remember the first time I
heard the phrase character building. I was a child and
a friend of my father had asked us to help
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him move and go move a bunch of furniture. And
I remember my father's friend looking down at me as
an adult, looking down at me as a child, and
he says to me, he said, kid, this is going
to be very character building for you. Hard work builds character. Yes, no,
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I remember have that memory from childhood, and yes, hard
work can be very character building. It can also be uncomfortable.
Speaker 3 (35:12):
Interview in the podcast, and you mentioned that character building
is very uncomfortable and it is not an enjoyable experience.
Henry Duffer Junior is in the process of having his
character built up. Football team he's on has yet to
win a game so far this year. In the past,
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he has been on very successful football teams, be one
of the teams he has only won the championship, and
he started on all the football teams as well. But
any I tell you this, if you find your your
bull owner or even a girl on a situation like
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that team sport. This is will I have been how
I've been.
Speaker 5 (35:58):
Guiding youper junior before you tell me you've guided him,
But you've reminded me. When I was trying to think
of how old I was, I guess I was in
the middle school years. I was on a sports team.
We might have won one game, maybe two. I'm not
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even sure if we I'm not even sure if we
won two. Now the experience, as I look back on
the experience, there was a lot of disappointment among all
the adults were disappointed. That is free. The adults in
our lives were more disappointed than we now. We all
wanted to win, but I remember the adults were all disappointed.
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And I don't remember anybody trying to mentor me about
dealing with losing. I just never I didn't get any
So you may help me with this beauffort. I might
also get helped by whatever you've told your son about this.
But I do remember losing lots of games, about being
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disappointed in it and being how the the all the
adults involved also disappointed. In fact, our coach quit, Yes,
the coach quit in the middle of the season, and
they they brought in some high schoolers to coach us
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for the final games of the season. So anyway, I
need to hear this, maybe more than Beauford Junior. So
Buford trying to mentor his son through a losing He's
on a team and he's losing. Let's listen, how Bufford,
how are you handling this is?
Speaker 3 (37:45):
If you find your your bull owner or even a
girl on a situation like that team sport, who will
I happen? How I've been guiding you for Junior? I
keep reminding him, just concentrate on his job. Make sure
he's putting as much effort as he can in the
position he's supposed to be playing and doing the best
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that he can. And as far as his personal performance,
he's magnificent.
Speaker 4 (38:13):
Hand they but good.
Speaker 3 (38:14):
But I also remember them. They're remind them they are
part of a team, right and now there's some boys
on his football team that are struggling. So remind him
to be a leader to those struggling players and to
build them up. And uh it need be you know,
show them the way. But I also to you know,
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talk them up and try to get from fire in
their belly.
Speaker 5 (38:42):
And by the way, we had no fire in our billy,
I do remember that. I don't I enjoyed being on
the team. I don't remember any fire there.
Speaker 3 (38:53):
Try to get from fire in their belly.
Speaker 5 (38:55):
I think I just liked going out and playing.
Speaker 3 (39:00):
And just being a all around leader for the fellas
that are struggling. But the most important thing is is
after those tough losses, don't harp on the team's lost
to your boy. Just remind them that they did a
great job and whatever mistakes they made in the game,
always be there to tell them what they could have
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done better and how to fix the mistake. If they
it's a block, don't just harp on them from missing it.
Let them know what they could have done differently where
they'll be successful in the next go around.
Speaker 5 (39:35):
You know, this reminds me. I've heard recently that Nick Saban,
when Alabama would win or lose, mostly win. As you
might remember, there was a lot of winning involved there.
That Saban would be tough on the team when they won,
and he was nicer to them when they lost.
Speaker 3 (39:58):
Anyway, Henry, hopefully team pulls through start winning some games.
It's hard on all them boys, and they work really hard,
but hey, sometimes you come across the time of your
life where your character must be built. And as you said,
it is not an enjoyable experience. But he's a starting
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offensive Tackleol mounts around starting between linebacker and defensive end,
and those tackle they kind of move them around when
depending what offenses their facing. But he don't sit out
that game hardly, but maybe one if you plays a
game and Wow is beaten, So yes, I am letting
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him stay home and score to borrow. You had a tough,
physical game and a hard loss.
Speaker 5 (40:45):
Wow, all right, Brufford, thank you, thank you very much
for that voice mail playing both sides of the ball
like we back in the day. There was a lot
back in the nineteen sixties especially, there was a lot
of boat sides of the ball. Play you're out there
and then you just you stayed out there back then.
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Thank you for that slice of life about dealing with
the son who's doing a good job, but the team
itself just can't get it get it together. You brought
back my memories of me playing some team sports and
our lack of winning. I do remember the before the
coach quit. I remember more about the coach quitting than
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anything we did on the field. But I do remember
my one point of pride is the coach told me
that I was most improved that on the team, I
was the most improved player, and then of course he quit.
All right, let's see what else. Oh, I've got some
news items I want to get to with you, but
first I need to take a break for some traffic, weather,
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words from our sponsors, all that kind of stuff. So
taking a break and then back with more Uncle Henry's
show here on news radio WNTM. Now let us please
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(42:22):
Henry Show. We have news headlines coming up in ten minutes.
Before we get to the news headlines, I got a
news item on I want to share with you here.
This is something from upstate. This was done by a
TV station in Huntsville, WAFF or waa F. It's a
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combination of letters. There's an A and F in there.
They're a step sister station of Fox ten and they've
done a story on the future of sports betting in
the state of Alabama. Now, I'm not a gambler. Now,
generally speaking, I don't care what you do as long
as it doesn't affect me. If you want to go,
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if you want to go, bet on sports. I don't
really care as long as it doesn't affect me, and
I would prefer that in it not affect the games,
because I still enjoy watching some sports and I would
hope that they would not be affected by all the
way during going on, and I'm sure they are, but
that's life now. I do know my one connection to
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sports betting, and again I'm not I just don't get
into gambling. I want to thank the Lord, thank you
Lord for me not being born with a desire to
gamble in any way. There's just something about it that
does not appeal to me. I don't get any entertainment
out of it. A lot of people enjoy the entertainment
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of it, even if they're not winning. There's something about it.
I don't know what it appeals to in people. Just
I don't enjoy slot machines. I don't enjoy roulette or
blackjack or poker or lottery tickets or none of it.
Just none of it. I don't know, it doesn't it
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doesn't grab me. My only connection is I had a
friend back in the early nineties and he was he
became really into college basketball betting, and I remember he
had to go to a bank here in Mobile. He
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had a friend that worked for the bank. And this
was a younger man, he would have been in his
late twenties back in the early nineties. He had to
go to the bank and get a personal loan to
pay off his bookie. Now, I don't know how they
I don't know what the reason he was he gave
the bank, but that's how bad he got. He was
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down something like eight gram back then, a lot of money. Yeah,
had to go and get a personal loan to pay
the bookie. So it was, and that was of course
illegal then still illegal now. So let's listen. What is
the future in Alabama of sports betting? According to this
TV report from Huntsville.
Speaker 11 (45:18):
Happening almost every day of the week, and with that,
fans across the country are placing wagers on college and
NFL games, leaving fans here in Alabama. I'm wondering when
that will be an option for them for the It's
Matthew King joins his live in Huntsville and Matthew the
debate over gaming comes up seemingly every year during the
legislative session.
Speaker 10 (45:39):
It really does, and betting has now become easier right
now than it really has ever been with a lot
of people just able to put a bet on their
cell phone. I talk to lawmakers who say that with
people leaving to other states to bet legally, also a
couple with people betting illegally here in Alabama is leaving
some dollars.
Speaker 12 (45:55):
For the state. It's not a new topic of conversation
for sports fans here in Alabama.
Speaker 13 (46:00):
But when you google sports betting, Alabama ranks number one
in that list.
Speaker 12 (46:05):
The multi billion dollars.
Speaker 5 (46:06):
Really, I'd not heard that stat.
Speaker 12 (46:08):
All our betting industry is blowing up with more users
every year, and many other states it's as easy as
logging onto your phone within state lines, something State Representative
Andy Witz sees often.
Speaker 13 (46:19):
It's very disappointing to me at the amount of traffic
that's falling over Alabama's lines and border to Tennessee, and
we're educating Tennessee's children. In response to that.
Speaker 12 (46:29):
He says the state loses and estimated three hundred to
four hundred million dollars a year or to the lottery alone,
with an additional fifty to seventy five million dollars in
sports betting. And on the Tennessee side, they welcome that
additional traffic.
Speaker 9 (46:43):
There is traffic around the borders. It's particularly along states
that don't have some sort of sports wagering.
Speaker 12 (46:52):
W also noted an uptick of illegal sports betting already
happening here in Alabama.
Speaker 13 (46:57):
You know, it's simple. The bookies win, the people lose.
In the state of Alabama's left hold in an empty bag.
Speaker 12 (47:06):
A similar message echoed by State Senator Arthur Or. He
argues the reason sports betting and lottery fill every year
is complicated legislation and grouping them together. But he says
his job is to pass what the people want.
Speaker 14 (47:19):
If you took a poll today, the people overwhelmingly would
say they want to vote on a lottery. The problem
becomes other gaming interests want to tie their particular.
Speaker 5 (47:35):
Section to that lottery. Now, how does that happen? Do they?
Is it paying off legislators? If the legislators are supposed
to represent the will of the people, whether I like
it or not, why would the legislators not allow people
to vote on what they want to Why would they
allow these betting interests to tie other things to the lottery.
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Why the Alma legislature allow that? Why are those politicians
doing that?
Speaker 14 (48:05):
And if they can't connect themselves to the lottery. They
won't let the lottery pass.
Speaker 5 (48:13):
All right. Well, and that was the end of that story.
So I guess the whether it's sports betting, which is
what the story was about, or the lottery or any
of the gambling. All that told me, according to that legislator,
is that legislators don't control the legislature. It's whoever's giving
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them money, gambling interests. All right, well, I guess next
time I want a road paved, I need to go
contact gambling interests and ask them to get something done
up there. Montgomery, all right, out of time for this
edition of the Uncle Henry Show. I appreciate you listening.
As they say in Sarahland, have a good one. As
they say in Theodore, take it easy.
Speaker 3 (48:58):
All right Later,
The Uncle Henry Show weekday afternoons from five till seven.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Hey, Uncle Henry, I was just driving through the Bankhead
Tunnel and I had an idea we should have a
haunted tunnel this Halloween. You know, you could have the
invite people to set it up like a theme and
you could do like a walkthrough, have maybe Trey Lane
to some music and some effects in the tunnel. You know,
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just for that one night only the haunted Bankhead Tunnel.
You know it'd be fun.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Anyway, Bye, message deleted.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
Wonderful town, wonderful people, places to go, things to see.
Speaker 5 (00:52):
My love is move that's my wonderful.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
Times, Schools and churches, entertainment, laces to shop.
Speaker 5 (01:06):
My heart's in morebel that's.
Speaker 6 (01:09):
My wonderful time.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
Mobile Center Transportation, Business and industries.
Speaker 5 (01:17):
At the place Mobile's got the Junior miss Cell Operation
Home of Party crom Senior Home Game.
Speaker 7 (01:26):
Mobile is great to live in and work in.
Speaker 6 (01:29):
Good Climate's ideal for progress.
Speaker 7 (01:31):
You see.
Speaker 5 (01:33):
My love is mobil. That's my wonderfault. Okay, this is
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the Uncle Henry Show here on News Radio seven ten WNTM.
Thank you so much for listening to the Uncle Henry Show.
I appreciate it very very much. I really really do.
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you can see that on YouTube. Look for Uncle Henry
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It's me and you trying to figure out what is
going on in the world around us. Seems to be
seems to be a lot going on, as you may
have noticed. If you'd like to talk about whatever it
is that's on your mind, as long as it's not pornographic,
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address Uncle Henry at iHeartMedia dot com. That's Uncle Henry
adiheartmedia dot com. Certainly lots of stuff to get to,
still lots of lots of stuff to talk about. On
the continued fallout from the assassination of Charlie Kurrent, we
have some some interesting and fun endorsements and the mobiles
(03:54):
Mayor's race that have not been brought up on the
show yet. But I want to begin here with an
email I just got this afternoon. Let me go to
the un Claimbery Show email inbox. The subject line on
the email is let's not forget. The email reads as follows,
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Happy Friday, Henry. Hurricane Frederick came ashore the evening of
September twelfth, nineteen seventy nine, forty six years ago. I'll
always remember the ice lines and living on a midtown
street that had and will always have utility polls between
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our houses and the houses behind us. The power crews
had to go down every driveway to reconnect us, so
we were not a high priority. Three weeks without electricity
was not fun, but we were thankful for being spared
any real devastation. Tighten up and have a wonderful weekend.
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And that email from the common man, common man, thank
you for emailing in, Thank you for listening. Email address
Uncle Henry at iHeartMedia dot com. Today the anniversary of
Hurricane Frederick forty six years ago, forty five forty six
years whatever it is, of course, those of us that
are around long enough to remember it would have trouble
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forgiving it because you heard the guy say it was
three weeks without power. Even though they didn't have real
tremendous devastation in his neighborhood, they went that long without power.
I of course remember it well, being of advanced years
at the time that Hurricane Frederick hit the guff Coast.
I was with the family, was living out in the
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Sims area, and we went without power for I guess
it was about two and a half weeks that we
went without power. The things I remember were how I
slept through the storm. Yes, I slept through it to
awaken to the world being changed dramatically, just a physical
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aspect of the landscape was changed because so many trees
were down. I can remember driving into Mobile the day
after and what normally took about thirty minutes to make
it from the where I lived. It usually would take
about thirty minutes to make it to Airport and McGregor
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Airport and Azia, and after Frederick it took about ninety
minutes because all of the trees that were down everywhere
blocking all the different roads. I remember learning about bartering
back then. Yeah, after the storm, we learned about bartering
(06:54):
out there in Sims. We didn't own a chainsaw, which
was a disgrace for our family. We didn't own a chainsaw,
and we had a neighbor with a chainsaw, and I
remember we bartered with beer. Yes, we used beer to
barter for the use of a chainsaw to cut some
trees that were down. Learned about bartering. Also, I've told
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you before and I've thought about it. During this Big
Creek Lake fight, many many of the neighbors would get
together and go out to Big Creek Lake to bathe.
Now we're worried about the drinking water for mals and mobile,
worried about invasive species getting into the drinking water. I
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tell you what, after Frederick, it was bathwater for a while. Yes,
there were numerous neighbors that were going out there and
bathing in Big Creek Lake that time. I was not
an eye witness, but back forty six years ago, these
stories about it painted a vivid mental picture in my mind.
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I remember Jimmy Carter flying over. President Carter flew over
to look at the damage, and I believe I was
on bel Air Boulevard. Yes, there was a helicopter, and
I remember when Carter flew over and uh, and remembered
everybody helping each other. We Fortunately, there there were some
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people that got mad at each other because you get
you get ornery when you're without power on the Gulf
coast for for that long. But I don't remember any
big civil unrest. I just remember some people getting irritated
with each other standing in line for ice. But we
all made it. We made it through Hurricane Frederick, and
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everything looked different from that point forward. I've got callers waiting.
I'll go to the phones after the break here on
the anniversary of Hurricane Frederick on the Uncle Henry Show.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Do WNTM.
Speaker 5 (09:32):
This is the Uncle Henry Show. It is five twenty
news headlines coming up in ten minutes. Telephone number two
five one four seven nine two seven two three. I
got people waiting to talk. Hello, color, Hey, Hey Henry Owl.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Listen.
Speaker 7 (09:51):
I ain't gonna take up about one minute. I just
want to make a comment here. Oh, I want to
congratulate Corter Penn and a suit of counsel for or
not destroying the wave and letting those of employees keep
their benefits. Uh, they got good benefits. Henry of pension
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over time and you leave sick, leave a case of time.
And I'm so glad that he got Bill who was
brought in body lame dumb mail and make sure they
sign that contract. Were those folks, those eighty five people
that the Wave can keep their pension and all that
stuff that they that they need. And then and one thing,
(10:33):
I'm gonna say, two hundred by jail got us running
for mail. I would not both of him because when
he said when he was four years old, his daddy
shot a man in self defense, but he didn't say
that his daddy shot the man in the back. And
he's going around. You know, if he's at Matt Dillon
shot a man in the back, you'll get hung. But
(10:55):
I'm pen to go now. But he's going around trying
to get boats, going to black churches and everything. We
ain't never been a day in his life. He's a crook.
Speaker 5 (11:04):
And I'm not Oh no, now do you uh? Should
he file a lawsuit against you for that? Do you
do you have any evidence of criminal wrongdoing? Or you
just being a jerk?
Speaker 7 (11:14):
I heard it on Alabama brought this Sunday.
Speaker 5 (11:19):
Oh Alabama Voices Sunday accuses him of committing a crime.
Speaker 7 (11:23):
No, I say his dad he shot the man in
the bad You don't had to commercial any four years
old and see your daddy.
Speaker 5 (11:29):
No, you called him a crook.
Speaker 7 (11:33):
Yeah, that's my personal opinion, he got.
Speaker 5 (11:36):
Oh, well, then my personal opinion is that you're a crook.
Speaker 7 (11:39):
I'm a crook.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (11:40):
Well, there's no evidence. You're you're saying it's your personal
opinion that Sparrow's a crook. Yeah, you're just saying that's
your opinion. Don't have any evidence of it. Well, if
you don't need evidence, well I'll think of some other
things to accuse you of then well.
Speaker 7 (11:54):
You know, like like Cowbrod said, you can indict a
ham sammit. So you know, all right in try to
rest of your day. Man.
Speaker 5 (12:03):
All right, Al, there's al who talking about Corey Penn
saving the bus drivers. Just so you the listener can know,
the city Council had a pre cancel committee meeting at
like eight o'clock in the morning this past Tuesday where
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they talked about that contract. Now, from what I could see,
all of the council people seemed concerned about making sure
that the workers were taken care of. So it was
not just Corey Penn or a lame duck mayor or anybody.
It looked like all of the council members wanted to
make sure that all of the bus workers were taken
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care of and that people didn't lose their sick time
or didn't lose their vacation time or anything like that.
In fact, I think I remember vividly Gina Gregory speaking
up and saying, let's make sure that these people don't
lose their accrued vacation time when things go so Corey
Penn had a part, but everybody else had a part
as well, because if you were to actually pay attention
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to what's going on down there, you would know that
there are no council people trying to get rid of
the bus services, and looks like all of them are
trying to help the workers. Two five to one four
seven nine two seven two three the telephone number on
the oak Lamberg Show. And if you want to watch
that meeting and confirm what I've said, it's on YouTube
you can look at. In fact, if you need help
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going to sleep tonight, go to the Mobile City Council's
YouTube channel and watch the I think it's the Public
Services Committee meeting.
Speaker 3 (13:40):
Now.
Speaker 5 (13:40):
The reason I know all this is because I accidentally
saw that dad Gum meeting when I was getting ready
for work Tuesday morning, and I decided to listen to
it while I was getting ready for work, So I
heard all of the stuff and know that Al is
just trying to uh light of fire when he calls
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the show two five to one, four seven nine two
three the telephone number here on the Uncle Herey Show.
And maybe if there's time later we'll talk about the
dueling endorsements, because both the Sparrow and Barbara Drumming campaigns
got some endorsements this week.
Speaker 8 (14:18):
Hello, color, Yeah, that's exactly what I want to talk
to you about. Uncle Henry's these endorsements.
Speaker 5 (14:23):
If you don't mind, go right ahead, Bamba bush Hog.
Speaker 4 (14:27):
Yes, sir, listen here.
Speaker 8 (14:30):
You know mayor up in Birmingham is endorsed Barbara Drumming
and we all know.
Speaker 4 (14:35):
She's Democrat, right right, yeah, today.
Speaker 8 (14:39):
Today Cory Booker, a United States Senator, endorsed Barbara drum Yes. Now,
I don't understand a game with someone would explain to
me why it is that in the general election here
in Mobile County last in twenty twenty four. Mobile County
voted repub fifty eight percent Republican and forty one percent Democrat.
Speaker 5 (15:04):
Now during these but I'm sorry to interview you're that
is a you're knowing about the county, right, Yes, this
is a city election and Mobile is the city of
Mobile is not hardcore read like the county is.
Speaker 8 (15:22):
Well, I'm just wondering why is it that nobody knows
about Barbara Drummond talking bad about President Trump and the
MAGA supporters back in the day up in Montgomery with you.
I mean, if everybody in Mobile knew about this, I'm
thinking that we're more conservative than what you think on
go Enry. And if everybody knew which and candidate was
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endorsed by which political party, we could have a better
understanding and make our vote count more better.
Speaker 4 (15:50):
We do more informed.
Speaker 5 (15:51):
Well, see, I think people do know Spiro ran as
a Republican to be a judge, Barbara Drummond has run
as a Democrat to be in the legislature. People know
that one is a Democrat and one is a Republican,
I think, and it's obvious when you're getting New Jersey
Senator Cory Penn endorsing you that you're advertising yourself as
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a far left type person. But as I said, Mobile
is not a rock solid red voting town. The city,
now the Mobile County. You're not going to find a
lot of Democrats elected to county wide positions. But there
are Democrats that can get elected in Mobile municipal elections,
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even though it's a non partisan election. This is a
very I would describe Mobile as very purple. I live
in midtown Mobile. I walk my dog all throughout the
streets of the city of Mobile, and I see I
see way more left wing stuff in people's yards, yard
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signs and things like that than I ever see anything
right wing. So she, I'm sure feels like this is
going to shore up her support in the city of Mobile.
Speaker 9 (17:14):
Well that's probably probably true.
Speaker 4 (17:17):
Well let me ask one more thing for I'll let
you go on, Glenn.
Speaker 9 (17:19):
Yes, I'll sell you on Studio ten on the news
the other day. Yeah, talking, well, your hair was so
full and luxurious. I'm wondering what kind of samdpum conditioner
you use.
Speaker 5 (17:39):
I don't let me think about that. I'm trying to
think of it. When was I think it's called cascade.
I just I just take it off and put it
in the dishwasher, and I think my wife, see, I
never would buy a Cascade because it's so expensive, but
my wife by the Cascade, so it's Cascade. This is
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telephone number here two five one four seven nine two
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dot com. Now I mentioned before I go to any
voicemail or anything else like that, I mentioned the endorsements
in the mayor's race. We hadn't talked about on the program. UH.
(19:47):
Now we got the call from al earlier and that
that brought up the Alabama bush hog calling in about
the new endorsement for Barbara Drummond. UH State represented Barbara Drummond.
Now that she has the endorsement of of New Jersey
Senator Corey Booker endorsing her for mayor of Mobile. Now,
(20:16):
I guess that'll that'll make her current supporters feel great.
Can't hurt among your current supporters. But the question is,
are you trying to reach any of the people that
voted for Connie Hudson or Paul Prime and bring them
(20:37):
over to vote for you? I mean to you, I'm
I don't know if this strategy is going to work
or not. The getting people like Pete Buddha Judge to
endorse you, that was now, that was comically a terrible
endorsement to get. But Corey Booker, you know, if she wins,
(21:02):
it'll look brilliant. But if she doesn't, why would you
why would you want to bring in that kind of endorsement,
because it will for those that are politically polarized one
way or the other. It is going to have a
It is going to have quite a polarizing effect to
(21:22):
get Corey Booker's endorsement. I just I can't remember a
mayor's race and mobile having these kind of endorsements. I've
heard of local endorsements, of course, from different labor unions
and get the people that work with law enforcement and
all that kind of stuff making endorsements, and you'll have
(21:44):
other political figures on the local level make endorsements back
in the day. I can't remember national, nationally known figures
coming in and doing this. So we'll all find out,
I suppose on some incept later this month, September twenty third,
if it helps her not, but I would not. It's
(22:05):
something that it's something I would not be trying. It
would be that I'm trying to think is I'm sure
there are big name Republicans that Spiro could probably get
to offer an endorsement, but it would not be to
his benefit to do that. Now, the other endorsement that
(22:28):
has already been widely reported on is that the Mobile
Area Association of Real Tours officially endorsed Spiro in the election.
And they gave they gave us the reason his commitment
to strong neighborhoods and economic growth. So the Mobile Realtors
(22:51):
endorsing Spiro in a big left wing senator Senator Spartacus
Cory Booker endorse Representative Drummond again two five to one
or seventy nine two seventy two three. The telephone number
here on the Uncle Himer Show. Let me go to
some voicemail messages that have come in voicemail number two
five one two one six, nineteen seventy six. That's two
(23:14):
five one two one six nineteen seventy six. Let me see.
I got a message here from somebody that I believe
has not called the show before Uncle A Henry.
Speaker 3 (23:27):
It's this Keets.
Speaker 6 (23:29):
I'm a Yankee transplant down here to Mobile since January.
Big fan, big fan.
Speaker 5 (23:36):
Really, I'm already a little suspicious, Keith, No offense, No
I'm not look, I'm just a little suspicious that a
Yankee transplant would immediately like the show. Usually people have
to listen for five or six years before they will
admit they like the show. So I'm a little suspicious.
I do want to mention you're a Yankee transplant. I've
(23:56):
mentioned this before a few times. My father was born
in Queens, New York, so I am. I am a
half Yankee by birth. I know that's a shock thing
for many people to learn, but yes, I'm half Yankee.
Speaker 6 (24:18):
Down here to Mobile since January, big fan, Big fan,
really enjoy the show. I have a comment about the
mayoral race. I live in Midtown. I live and I
bought a nice old historic home here and one one complaint,
Uncle Henry about Mobile.
Speaker 4 (24:41):
The roads suck.
Speaker 6 (24:43):
I don't care who becomes mayor. They got to concentrate
on two things. Number one, stix the roads. Number two,
make sure that you know we have a safe city.
Speaker 5 (24:59):
Pausing there, and just to say thank you for that.
Number one, fix the roads. People have all these great
visions for mobile and what mobile might become. All the
big potential we got this going. We're gonna have this airport,
we're gonna have this bridge, and we have all this industry,
and we're gonna have this big entertainer. We're gonna have
the new arena, and we're gonna have this other big
development downtown. Everybody's excited about the potential mobile. But if
(25:25):
I live in Midtown and I want to get to
any of these things, it's gonna tear up my car
to ride down the road. In the issue of torn
up roads, it affects people of every political persuasion, the
left wingers and the right wingers, and the people dumb
enough not to be a winger. They all have to
(25:47):
ride down these terrible roads. Please politicians. The basics of
a city or police, fire department, in infrastructure, roads and
drainage and stuff like that. Everything else is gravy. If
you can't take care of the basics, you've got no
(26:08):
business being in office.
Speaker 6 (26:10):
On stix to roads number two. Make sure that you
know we have a safe city. If you do those
two things, everything else fall in place. Everything will be
great here. You know what I mean, Uncle Henry.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
And one other thing.
Speaker 6 (26:30):
One other thing I live near You probably know where
it is, Uncle Henry, because I think you live in Midtown.
There's a Salvation Army place on Domphin Street. Yes, somebody
needs to tell them to tear down that ratty old
fence they have around. That thing looks terrible. It's an
I shore.
Speaker 4 (26:49):
Yeah huh.
Speaker 6 (26:51):
Anyway, Uncle Henry really enjoyed a show.
Speaker 4 (26:55):
And in the words.
Speaker 6 (26:59):
Of the Great Delate, Great General Joshua Samberlain Stan Fern,
ye boys from Maine.
Speaker 5 (27:11):
All right, all right, well, thank you, thank you very
much for your voicemail. Keith Yankee Transplant. Please call again
and tell me more about just any observation since you've
been here since January. Would like to hear your observations
about the town, especially now as we are heading into
(27:32):
We're heading into what we hope is a great time
for Mobile with all of the things that are cooking.
Even though we have horrible roads, do have a lot
of great things cooking in this town. So I'd love
to hear more from you as we go forward. There's
more Uncle Henry show to come after the break here
(27:54):
on News Radio seventy ten. Which high school ball games
going on this evening. They're always fun. And also tonight
is the Loda Art Walk in downtown Mobile going on
from six to nine. I've always enjoyed going to the
(28:14):
Loda art Walk. It's just a when the weather isn't
too hot, it's always just a nice and relaxing to
walk around and Downtown Mobile there look at all the
different art that is available to either just look at
or purchase. And they have all the great food, downtown
load of art walk going on. And they are commemorating
(28:36):
today as National Video Game Day, and they're going to
have some kind of a gaming truck in their kids Zone.
Now I don't know if I don't know what that is.
I don't know. If it's a truck with a bunch
of games in it and they're inviting people to go
on the truck and play games. I don't know, but
(28:58):
that's going on. Loda aren't walking Downtown Mobile tonight. And
also it's another roll Mobile skate night where they block
off the streets around Bimbo Square for people to roller skate.
This is the kind of stuff that I've been told
as an older American that young voters love that.
Speaker 10 (29:18):
You.
Speaker 5 (29:18):
Well, I don't know that any young voters listening to this.
Maybe somebody, I don't know, young, if fifties considered young.
But I'm told that young voters want their cities instead
of paving streets adequately and providing proper drainage, instead, they'd
like cities to have entertainment, and so you can go downtown,
(29:39):
you can roller skate, and you can just enjoy, just
enjoy Downtown Mobile. That's all going on in Downtown Mobile
the Loda Art Walk with roll Mobile. Skate night tonight.
And remember, skateboards not allowed, only roller skates. Hoverboards not allowed,
only roller skates. Bicycles not allowed, only roller skates.
Speaker 4 (30:05):
Hello, Color, Hey, ol go Henry this ARTEA RT.
Speaker 5 (30:11):
You are live on the radio.
Speaker 4 (30:14):
Hey, you talking about events and everything. But Alabama's got
an earlier game tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (30:22):
Yes, they do.
Speaker 4 (30:24):
Eleven am. So don't get too child tonight. We need
to be up and Adham and it's important. I think,
I think Alabama. There's still hope good, still.
Speaker 5 (30:39):
Hope good, Thank the Lord.
Speaker 4 (30:43):
Yeah, and now I'm looking. We got Georgia net so
we need to handle Wisconsin that I'm with you. It's
a big ten team and we need to be up
and at him in the morning and be ready for
this football game.
Speaker 5 (30:58):
I agree with that. And hey, in the commercial breaks,
you can flip over and see University of South Alabama
Jags taking on Auburn tomorrow, also an early game, and.
Speaker 4 (31:10):
I'm praying for them. I'm a South Alabama Alama, Henry,
I'm playing for them.
Speaker 5 (31:16):
Oh hey, well congratulations.
Speaker 4 (31:19):
Yeah, I'm so disappointed in that two a game. But
you know this, Yeah, I'm praying with Rod Jaguars, I
really am. But but it's not over with Alabama either.
Speaker 5 (31:36):
Good.
Speaker 4 (31:38):
I don't think so at all.
Speaker 5 (31:40):
I appreciate that, you know, and I hope you understand.
This does make me. You're helping me personally when you
call in and say these things. You lift my spirits
when you tell me that there's still hope for Alabama.
I appreciate that.
Speaker 4 (31:52):
Of course there is. I mean, Florida State's nailing everybody
else they're playing in the country. That makes us look good.
And as long as we do the same, that's the
rematch of the year.
Speaker 5 (32:07):
All right, Well, I'm looking forward to that.
Speaker 4 (32:10):
Yeah, I mean really, I mean, Wold of State manhandled
their people. They won. They scored over seventy points out
of I haven't scoled over seventy points. I see this continuing.
Speaker 5 (32:26):
All right, Well, I'm glad. This is what a wonderful
call Rtie to tell me that they're still hope and
remind me that I need to be ready for that
game at eleven.
Speaker 4 (32:35):
I will be eleven in the morning. We need to
be up and mad and get you a good brekfast
and man, let's get the small game done, and let's
get this south too.
Speaker 5 (32:45):
I agree, Go Jackson, row.
Speaker 4 (32:47):
Time, Yeah, roll Trod. It was late week here you two.
Speaker 5 (32:51):
Thank you, Artie. What a wonderful call here at the
end of this hour. A call of hope. Been a
rough week, but a call of hope. And we get
to get to say roll time and go Jags in
the same breath. All right, there's more to come. This
(33:34):
is they Uncle Henry Show here on news Radio seventy
ten WNT. Thank you so much for listening to the
Uncle Henbry Show. Now, in this half hour of show,
I'm going to get to a news item Er two.
Also going to get to some voicemail if you would
like to leave me a message. The voicemail number two
(33:57):
five one two one six, nineteen seventy six. That's two
five to one two one six, nineteen seventy six, the
number to leave me and the listener a message for
the Uncle Henry Show and one of the regular message leavers.
Buford has called in about character development. I'd made a
(34:20):
comment recently about sometimes character development can be uncomfortable. When
one is developing their their personal character, that can be
that can be uncomfortable. I remember the first time I
heard the phrase character building. I was a child and
a friend of my father had asked us to help
(34:41):
him move and go move a bunch of furniture. And
I remember my father's friend looking down at me as
an adult, looking down at me as a child, and
he says to me, he said, kid, this is going
to be very character building for you. Hard work builds character. Yes, no,
(35:01):
I remember have that memory from childhood, and yes, hard
work can be very character building. It can also be uncomfortable.
Speaker 3 (35:12):
Interview in the podcast, and you mentioned that character building
is very uncomfortable and it is not an enjoyable experience.
Henry Duffer Junior is in the process of having his
character built up. Football team he's on has yet to
win a game so far this year. In the past,
(35:33):
he has been on very successful football teams, be one
of the teams he has only won the championship, and
he started on all the football teams as well. But
any I tell you this, if you find your your
bull owner or even a girl on a situation like
(35:54):
that team sport. This is will I have been how
I've been.
Speaker 5 (35:58):
Guiding youper junior before you tell me you've guided him,
But you've reminded me. When I was trying to think
of how old I was, I guess I was in
the middle school years. I was on a sports team.
We might have won one game, maybe two. I'm not
(36:21):
even sure if we I'm not even sure if we
won two. Now the experience, as I look back on
the experience, there was a lot of disappointment among all
the adults were disappointed. That is free. The adults in
our lives were more disappointed than we now. We all
wanted to win, but I remember the adults were all disappointed.
(36:44):
And I don't remember anybody trying to mentor me about
dealing with losing. I just never I didn't get any
So you may help me with this beauffort. I might
also get helped by whatever you've told your son about this.
But I do remember losing lots of games, about being
(37:06):
disappointed in it and being how the the all the
adults involved also disappointed. In fact, our coach quit, Yes,
the coach quit in the middle of the season, and
they they brought in some high schoolers to coach us
(37:29):
for the final games of the season. So anyway, I
need to hear this, maybe more than Beauford Junior. So
Buford trying to mentor his son through a losing He's
on a team and he's losing. Let's listen, how Bufford,
how are you handling this is?
Speaker 3 (37:45):
If you find your your bull owner or even a
girl on a situation like that team sport, who will
I happen? How I've been guiding you for Junior? I
keep reminding him, just concentrate on his job. Make sure
he's putting as much effort as he can in the
position he's supposed to be playing and doing the best
(38:08):
that he can. And as far as his personal performance,
he's magnificent.
Speaker 4 (38:13):
Hand they but good.
Speaker 3 (38:14):
But I also remember them. They're remind them they are
part of a team, right and now there's some boys
on his football team that are struggling. So remind him
to be a leader to those struggling players and to
build them up. And uh it need be you know,
show them the way. But I also to you know,
(38:38):
talk them up and try to get from fire in
their belly.
Speaker 5 (38:42):
And by the way, we had no fire in our billy,
I do remember that. I don't I enjoyed being on
the team. I don't remember any fire there.
Speaker 3 (38:53):
Try to get from fire in their belly.
Speaker 5 (38:55):
I think I just liked going out and playing.
Speaker 3 (39:00):
And just being a all around leader for the fellas
that are struggling. But the most important thing is is
after those tough losses, don't harp on the team's lost
to your boy. Just remind them that they did a
great job and whatever mistakes they made in the game,
always be there to tell them what they could have
(39:22):
done better and how to fix the mistake. If they
it's a block, don't just harp on them from missing it.
Let them know what they could have done differently where
they'll be successful in the next go around.
Speaker 5 (39:35):
You know, this reminds me. I've heard recently that Nick Saban,
when Alabama would win or lose, mostly win. As you
might remember, there was a lot of winning involved there.
That Saban would be tough on the team when they won,
and he was nicer to them when they lost.
Speaker 3 (39:58):
Anyway, Henry, hopefully team pulls through start winning some games.
It's hard on all them boys, and they work really hard,
but hey, sometimes you come across the time of your
life where your character must be built. And as you said,
it is not an enjoyable experience. But he's a starting
(40:19):
offensive Tackleol mounts around starting between linebacker and defensive end,
and those tackle they kind of move them around when
depending what offenses their facing. But he don't sit out
that game hardly, but maybe one if you plays a
game and Wow is beaten, So yes, I am letting
(40:41):
him stay home and score to borrow. You had a tough,
physical game and a hard loss.
Speaker 5 (40:45):
Wow, all right, Brufford, thank you, thank you very much
for that voice mail playing both sides of the ball
like we back in the day. There was a lot
back in the nineteen sixties especially, there was a lot
of boat sides of the ball. Play you're out there
and then you just you stayed out there back then.
(41:06):
Thank you for that slice of life about dealing with
the son who's doing a good job, but the team
itself just can't get it get it together. You brought
back my memories of me playing some team sports and
our lack of winning. I do remember the before the
coach quit. I remember more about the coach quitting than
(41:29):
anything we did on the field. But I do remember
my one point of pride is the coach told me
that I was most improved that on the team, I
was the most improved player, and then of course he quit.
All right, let's see what else. Oh, I've got some
news items I want to get to with you, but
first I need to take a break for some traffic, weather,
(41:52):
words from our sponsors, all that kind of stuff. So
taking a break and then back with more Uncle Henry's
show here on news radio WNTM. Now let us please
take the break. Take the break. It is the Uncle
(42:22):
Henry Show. We have news headlines coming up in ten minutes.
Before we get to the news headlines, I got a
news item on I want to share with you here.
This is something from upstate. This was done by a
TV station in Huntsville, WAFF or waa F. It's a
(42:45):
combination of letters. There's an A and F in there.
They're a step sister station of Fox ten and they've
done a story on the future of sports betting in
the state of Alabama. Now, I'm not a gambler. Now,
generally speaking, I don't care what you do as long
as it doesn't affect me. If you want to go,
(43:08):
if you want to go, bet on sports. I don't
really care as long as it doesn't affect me, and
I would prefer that in it not affect the games,
because I still enjoy watching some sports and I would
hope that they would not be affected by all the
way during going on, and I'm sure they are, but
that's life now. I do know my one connection to
(43:32):
sports betting, and again I'm not I just don't get
into gambling. I want to thank the Lord, thank you
Lord for me not being born with a desire to
gamble in any way. There's just something about it that
does not appeal to me. I don't get any entertainment
out of it. A lot of people enjoy the entertainment
(43:53):
of it, even if they're not winning. There's something about it.
I don't know what it appeals to in people. Just
I don't enjoy slot machines. I don't enjoy roulette or
blackjack or poker or lottery tickets or none of it.
Just none of it. I don't know, it doesn't it
(44:14):
doesn't grab me. My only connection is I had a
friend back in the early nineties and he was he
became really into college basketball betting, and I remember he
had to go to a bank here in Mobile. He
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had a friend that worked for the bank. And this
was a younger man, he would have been in his
late twenties back in the early nineties. He had to
go to the bank and get a personal loan to
pay off his bookie. Now, I don't know how they
I don't know what the reason he was he gave
the bank, but that's how bad he got. He was
(44:58):
down something like eight gram back then, a lot of money. Yeah,
had to go and get a personal loan to pay
the bookie. So it was, and that was of course
illegal then still illegal now. So let's listen. What is
the future in Alabama of sports betting? According to this
TV report from Huntsville.
Speaker 11 (45:18):
Happening almost every day of the week, and with that,
fans across the country are placing wagers on college and
NFL games, leaving fans here in Alabama. I'm wondering when
that will be an option for them for the It's
Matthew King joins his live in Huntsville and Matthew the
debate over gaming comes up seemingly every year during the
legislative session.
Speaker 10 (45:39):
It really does, and betting has now become easier right
now than it really has ever been with a lot
of people just able to put a bet on their
cell phone. I talk to lawmakers who say that with
people leaving to other states to bet legally, also a
couple with people betting illegally here in Alabama is leaving
some dollars.
Speaker 12 (45:55):
For the state. It's not a new topic of conversation
for sports fans here in Alabama.
Speaker 13 (46:00):
But when you google sports betting, Alabama ranks number one
in that list.
Speaker 12 (46:05):
The multi billion dollars.
Speaker 5 (46:06):
Really, I'd not heard that stat.
Speaker 12 (46:08):
All our betting industry is blowing up with more users
every year, and many other states it's as easy as
logging onto your phone within state lines, something State Representative
Andy Witz sees often.
Speaker 13 (46:19):
It's very disappointing to me at the amount of traffic
that's falling over Alabama's lines and border to Tennessee, and
we're educating Tennessee's children. In response to that.
Speaker 12 (46:29):
He says the state loses and estimated three hundred to
four hundred million dollars a year or to the lottery alone,
with an additional fifty to seventy five million dollars in
sports betting. And on the Tennessee side, they welcome that
additional traffic.
Speaker 9 (46:43):
There is traffic around the borders. It's particularly along states
that don't have some sort of sports wagering.
Speaker 12 (46:52):
W also noted an uptick of illegal sports betting already
happening here in Alabama.
Speaker 13 (46:57):
You know, it's simple. The bookies win, the people lose.
In the state of Alabama's left hold in an empty bag.
Speaker 12 (47:06):
A similar message echoed by State Senator Arthur Or. He
argues the reason sports betting and lottery fill every year
is complicated legislation and grouping them together. But he says
his job is to pass what the people want.
Speaker 14 (47:19):
If you took a poll today, the people overwhelmingly would
say they want to vote on a lottery. The problem
becomes other gaming interests want to tie their particular.
Speaker 5 (47:35):
Section to that lottery. Now, how does that happen? Do they?
Is it paying off legislators? If the legislators are supposed
to represent the will of the people, whether I like
it or not, why would the legislators not allow people
to vote on what they want to Why would they
allow these betting interests to tie other things to the lottery.
(47:59):
Why the Alma legislature allow that? Why are those politicians
doing that?
Speaker 14 (48:05):
And if they can't connect themselves to the lottery. They
won't let the lottery pass.
Speaker 5 (48:13):
All right. Well, and that was the end of that story.
So I guess the whether it's sports betting, which is
what the story was about, or the lottery or any
of the gambling. All that told me, according to that legislator,
is that legislators don't control the legislature. It's whoever's giving
(48:36):
them money, gambling interests. All right, well, I guess next
time I want a road paved, I need to go
contact gambling interests and ask them to get something done
up there. Montgomery, all right, out of time for this
edition of the Uncle Henry Show. I appreciate you listening.
As they say in Sarahland, have a good one. As
they say in Theodore, take it easy.
Speaker 3 (48:58):
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