September 27, 2024 • 35 mins
ICYMI: Hour One of ‘Later, with Mo’Kelly’ Presents – A look at the implications of New York Mayor Eric Adams’ indictment juxtaposed against California’s inability to introduce a credible Republican Candidate to challenge the state’s Democratic incumbents AND a recap of LA Metro’s Board Meeting with KFI Reporter Michael Monks…PLUS – Thoughts on the latest round of major layoffs at Disney - on KFI AM 640…Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app
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Speaker 1 (00:22):
It's later with Mo Kelly k IF. I am six forty.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio Appum, let's talk about
California and New York. In fact, I'll start with New
York and New York City Mayor Eric Adams. He has
some splaining to do. He is in more than a
little bit of trouble. Of course, yesterday the indictment came down.
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Today it was unsealed, and now we know what Mayor
Eric Adams is up against.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
And he's already saying it's all political.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
I think he might even said it was a witch hunt,
but he he did say I do remember he's blaming
the Biden dealj the Biden administration, how it's trying to
get back at him for his rhetoric on migrants. It's
kind of weird, but you know that's what he's going with.
And he says he's not going to step down. But
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here are the five counts. Eric Adams is facing. Conspiracy
to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive
campaign contributions from foreign nationals, wire fraud garden variety, solicitation
of a contribution by a foreign national two counts, and
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just regular old bribery. And that's assuming that there aren't
any superseding indictments, because you know a number of people
caught up in this probe and they may be inclined
to make a profit offer up some people some information,
so there may be more charges coming down the pike.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Can you say, well, Mo, why are you talking about this?
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Well?
Speaker 1 (01:57):
This has national implications.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Because the Democrats have to decide on a national level
and also locally in New York whether they're going to
stand up and say, hey, Eric Adams, you have to
step down, okay, just like they did with Bob Menendez,
all right. And also the Democrats are having a crisis
of reputation in New York right now. You don't know this,
or maybe you do know this, but let me remind
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you that it's not just Eric Adams's people in this administration.
The interim police chief is resigned, the school chancellor has resigned.
The whole city's falling back, you know, falling apart. You know,
cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria. The Ghostbusters should
be showing up anytime.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
Now.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
That's New York. That could swing the house.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Yes, it's a local race, but the Democratic reputation in
New York will impact congressional races. That's something very important
to remember. Let me come the California. Now, remember that guy,
Steve Garvey. I barely remember him. It's like he just disappeared.
I said when he got in the race that the
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Republicans aren't serious. I said, Steve Garvey is welcome to
prove me wrong. I said, Steve Garvey is going to
have to act as if that. He is trying to
actually appeal to independence and Democrats.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Why, because there are more.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Registered Democrats in California than there are Republicans. There are
more registered independents in the state than there are Republicans.
Put them together. Democrats and independence are two to one
to register Republicans. There is no way that just all
the Republicans liking Steve Garvey was going to get him
elected in a statewide race. And I said, he's going
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to have to make certain overtures. He would have to
do media, which wasn't friendly all the time. He would
have to do more than just come on KFI between
one and four pm. He didn't choose to do that.
Oh he had a chance to come on with us,
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he just balked at it and ran from US, and
I didn't ask after that. When we were there live
at USC for the Senate debate, he was there, we
were there, he scurried out, and so I knew at
that point he wasn't serious. And here's how I also
know he wasn't serious. Can you show me a time,
Can you show me a place? Can you show me
an example of him campaigning on the ground, because you
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actually have to go to all the cities and counties
all around the state when you were campaigning for statewide office.
That is what is required. I don't know if he
has an actual campaign infrastructure. I couldn't tell you who
his campaign manager is. I don't know if there's anyone
working around him other than I think family members and friends.
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I'm being serious, I kind of know how this stuff works.
He never had a serious campaign. Even former President Donald
Trump said there's no way he's going to win.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Said it two weeks ago.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
He said there's no way he's gonna win without Mega.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Donald Trump won't.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Even endorse him. So that are to tell you he's
caught no man's land. In other words, maga's not supporting him,
the Democrats are not supporting him, and the Independence aren't
supporting him. As of right now, he's down by thirty
five points. He'll probably lose by forty or more, forty
or more. And here's the point of why I'm talking
about this. I want the Republican Party to be competitive.
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I want the Republican Party to actually push democratic leadership
and actually vi for statewide offices.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
I said this time and time again.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
I said the Republicans should have put forth a candidate
for the mayoral race.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
They didn't.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
They put for Rick Caruso, who changed his party affiliation
to Democrat, which only means that the Democrats would never
embrace him.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
Never, never.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
So I have to ask you, who is your serious
candidate for governor? Oh, you don't have one. Who is
your serious candidate for senator? Oh, you don't have one.
But we'll always hear the complaints about how well we
got the government we voted for, or we keep voting
for these dumbass Democrats.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
No, that's not true.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
In a race of only one party, you don't have
a real choice, and so we are relegated to whoever
is running. You know, Mayor Karen Bass is going to
have to be re elected if she wants to preside
over the World Cup and also the Olympics in twenty
twenty eight.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
She talks about it like it's a foregone conclusion.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Why because there is no Republican opposition confronting her.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
There's no one running for mayor Nobody.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
If there is, it's a an asterisk, someone that no
one knows about.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
And you have to start running for the office long before.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
You have to start creating these coalitions and constituencies and
developing these relationships with communities years in advance. And if
you're not doing it now, well you're not going to
be doing it next year twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
When the election is you know who is who is
going to be.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
The standard bearer for Republicans here in California for either
a statewide office or here in the City of Los
Angeles running for mayor?
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Who who?
Speaker 2 (07:31):
You just can't try it out another person, a new person,
and say, yes, this is going to be our candidate,
and nobody knows who the hell they are. That's not
how elections actually work. I gave Steve Garvey the opportunity
to prove me wrong. I'm not even sure if he's
even talking to anyone. He's trying to fundraise I don't
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know what he's doing. I actually had to do a
Google search on that dude to see where he was.
There's nothing, absolutely nothing, not a campaign appearance, not a
fundraising dinner.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Not an interview, nothing.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
And when he loses, I am sure a lot of
people will say, see the Democrats cheated again, or see
that's why the California gets.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
What it deserves. No, there's not serious opposition.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
If you want to change this state, and I desperately
want this state to change, part of what has to happen,
has to happen, must happen, needs to happen, is that
there is a viable republican all alternative. I would die
for that, and we can't get it. Governor Gavin Newsom
does what he wants. Why because there's nobody seriously opposing him.
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Karen Bass is doing what she wants. Why because there's
no serious opposition. You want a better LA County, a
better LA City, and a better California, Get some real
damn candidates. It's later with mo Kelly KFI AM six forty.
We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Oh and by
the way, we have a metro update thanks to kfi's
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owned Michael Monks, who join us again.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
We're live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Camfi Mo Kelly another Metro update. We're live everywhere on
the iHeartRadio app. And joining us once again from the
iHeartRadio studios in downtown Los Angeles is none other than
kfi's own Michael Monks.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
How you doing there?
Speaker 5 (09:37):
Hey, if it's Ihearts, they gotta start paying my rent.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Look, you don't have to tell everyone to give give
away the secret.
Speaker 5 (09:44):
Well I guess technically they do pay the rent, so
I'm grateful to them.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
You know, we need to stop meeting like this or
people are going to talk.
Speaker 5 (09:51):
Hey, I don't mind a little seven o'clock Ki ki
every Friday or something.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
That's good.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Well, we know that it was a metro board meeting today.
Did we learn anything? Did anything change? Was there gnashing
of teeth with their furrowed eyebrows?
Speaker 4 (10:06):
What?
Speaker 3 (10:07):
It was?
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Sort of strange?
Speaker 5 (10:09):
This Metro board meeting was, of course, just their regularly
scheduled monthly meeting where the full board gets together, and
it just happened to fall a day after the latest
tragedy aboard the system. Of course, just a quick recap
that metro bus was allegedly hijacked by someone and someone
was shot and killed a passenger on that thing. So
a pretty tough story and another challenging narrative emerging from
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the Metro system and obviously very disappointing to those who
governed the system who happened to be meeting today. Additionally,
before the board meeting, there was another press conference semi
related to Metro, but to transit and public transportation more broadly,
encouraging people to participate in so called Transit Week next week.
That also had a weird feeling too because of what.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
It just wait, wait, wait, wait, they're saying please ride
public transit as if yesterday didn't happen, or they say
look over here, don't look over there.
Speaker 5 (11:06):
Another difficult kind of awkward transition because this was put
on by various agencies, But a couple of county supervisors
were there headlining at Lindsay Horvath and Hillolae, and both
acknowledged that, you know, obviously this terrible thing happened this week.
This announcement was scheduled prior to that happening, and so
cal Transit Week is next week and it does include
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free rides on Metro and other transit agencies including Metrolink
across the region on Wednesday as part of those events.
But it was just sort of the weird dichotomy of
it all, with this tragedy hanging in the air, this
promotion of public transit taking place next week announced today,
and then the official board meeting that also happened. Now
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at this board meeting, didn't learn a whole lot of
new stuff. We just heard from each board member lamenting
the latest tragedy and calling for more change. One thing
that might irritate you with it. I know it irritated
our friend John Colebelt earlier this afternoon when I talked
about it easy to do, but in this case, it
was about the press conference that happened Wednesday afternoon, called
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by Mayor Bass County Supervisor Janis Hahn, who chairs Metro
and the Metro organization itself. A lot of congratulations from
the Metro board about what a good press conference it was.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
I was sort of.
Speaker 5 (12:25):
Stopped by the amount of time that was by Metro
board members talking about that was just such a great
press conference.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
And what a great job everyone. You're kidding me, I'm not.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
They are patting themselves on the back from for the
efficiency of a press conference.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
Is that what you're telling?
Speaker 5 (12:43):
Press conference where you know, certainly they shared their condolences
and they gave an update on what had happened and outlined,
you know, the strategies that have been in place, but
nothing new was learned from it, and it's the type
of press conference you expect leadership to conduct when something
arable happens. So it just struck me as a reporter
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observing the Metro board, that's so much not just the
one off. You know, the first time it happened, it
was like, okay, that's a little awkward, but multiple board
members congratulating the organization for the press conference that they
held about it. The other weird thing was from the
earlier event in the morning because Supervisor hilld us Elase
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and Supervisor Lindsay Horvath, as part of this announcement promoting
public transit for next week, they were going to take
the Metro to the board meeting because they're also on
the Metro board, all the supervisors are, and they made
a big deal about it. Hild Us a lease ingested
that you know, it demonstrates their commitment to believing that
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the system is safe and mode. This press conference was
in Grand Park and if you're familiar with the B
line or the D line, both run through this and
go to Union Station where the board meeting would be.
It's the next stop, just one stop over. Yeah, it's
one stop. So it was just it was a very
weird day. Janis Han, the supervisor and cher Metro also
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rode the system into the board meeting today from San Pedro,
so she had a longer commute and it was not uneventful.
So one of the first buses she was on out
of San Pedro, she reported, broke down. And then when
they brought a new bus for her and the rest
of the passengers to get on, a homeless person disrupted
it and it would not move until that homeless person
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was removed. So she got a more authentic taste of
what more of us are familiar with on the public
transportation system.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Do we know any more going back to yesterday that hijackie,
any information about the victim, the gunman, any relationship or
connection between the gunmen and the victim.
Speaker 5 (14:50):
Not a lot of new details still waiting to find
out what may have precipitated this, because we don't know
if there was a relationship between this man accused of
taking over the bus and who was charged with murder
someone was shot to death on this bus. Was this
a random act of violence? Was this some sort of
targeted attack? Just very very strange. Again, though, a lot
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of a lot of applause for the bus driver who
was protected by one of those bus barriers, and that
happened again today at the board meeting, where they thanked
him for the way that he handled it, that he
stayed calm and in control of the bus during the
entire ordeal. I mean, it must have been terrifying, not
just to have somebody take over the bus, but to
know that someone on the bus was already killed.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
Before I let you go.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
I just want to make sure that I didn't miss
anything in your report from these two meetings today. Did
we get any type of clarity as far as any
specific change, addition or procedure which is going to be
put in place immediately to better protect passengers or operators.
Speaker 4 (16:01):
Not?
Speaker 5 (16:01):
Really. What we did learn about was again the emphasis
on those barriers between drivers and the passengers and those
are apparently effective because this was a very dangerous situation
and the bus driver was able to retain control. The
goal that Metro has is to have those in all
of their buses, which is more than two thousand buses.
They are currently at about forty percent, so more than
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eight hundred buses have these barriers in city councilmen. Lacity
Councilman Katie Roslovsky, who's also on the Metro board, said
something interesting today though, and it's that those are great
for the driver, they don't protect the passengers, right, and
so what can be done about that? There's talk about
these weapon detection technologies that do exist, and there is
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a pilot program currently underway at Union Station only, and
there was conversation at the board meeting about how do
we roll that out across the system a little more quickly.
That may be updated at the next board meeting. That
was the quest. But what does that look like? Not
sure yet? Does that only work in stations? Can that
work on buses? Even if it does work on a bus,
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what does that mean if mo Kelly gets on a
bus armed and it's detected so wide?
Speaker 2 (17:13):
Okay, so first I'm not getting on a bus period.
Let's dead that right now, so we don't You're gonna
hang out in the downtown bureau. Look, I will get
an uber, I'll get Stepan, you know, to drive me.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Maybe I'll get Mark Ronner to pick me up. But
I'm not getting on metro Yes, well, then I guess
I'm gonna have to walk my ass down there because
I'm not getting on a metro bus armed or unarmed. Understood,
Michael Monks, Yes, sir, Thank you very much for coming
on tonight.
Speaker 5 (17:44):
Always a pleasure. See you next time.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
Be safe.
Speaker 2 (17:47):
It's Later with mo Kelly. When we come back, we're
gonna tell you what's happening at Disney. They had the
start of major layoffs today and see what that means
either for the amusement parks or their programming or both.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
That's next.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty Disney.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Late yesterday, it was announced that Disney was laying off
several hundred corporate level employees, not necessarily the i'll say
lower staff, but corporate management staff. About three hundred people
across various corporate departments. As it reads, and if you've
been following what has been happening with Disney on a
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employment level. These are the latest layoffs, but they're not
the only layoffs. You may remember that Disney let it
go about let go about one hundred and forty employees
in its television division just a few months ago at
July as a matter of fact, and May Pixar laid
off one hundred and seventy five employees. But all that
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pales in comparison to what happened last year, in which
Disney cut some seven thousand jobs from a global workforce.
These jobs we're talking about today are specifically with Disney
here in the United States. And if you're wondering why, well,
is it because Disney went so woke?
Speaker 3 (19:11):
No?
Speaker 2 (19:11):
No, no, Actually, the movies are doing fine because Bob
Iiger came back made changes in the movie schedule, making
sure that better product was coming out. The movies have
done fine. What has been decreasing is the theme park.
Theme park revenue is down six percent, and Bob Eiger
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made it very clear when he came back to take
over for Bob Japik that he wanted to make sure
that Disney was moving in the direction of shoring up
their theme park attractions. That's where they wanted to focus
their energies and their future. The movies were doing fine,
and they're also pulling back from the television aspect. When
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I say television, I'm talking about ABC and talking about
ESPN plus is growing.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
So for all of the.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
Complaints about the supposed change in direction of Disney programming
because you think that their politics don't align with yours,
that hasn't really had a measurable impact. It's the theme
parks which have struggled this past year, and also as
we go into winter, they're probably going to have to
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revise their projections for that as well, because theme parks
obviously do better in spring and summer than they do fall.
But as far as revenue projections, Disney met its revenue projection.
So this is about shoring up which was already moving
in the big picture sense, No pun intended moving in
the right direction. Theme parks were not, movies were streaming was,
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and yes, I'm quite sure Deadpool and Wolverine had something
to do with it. Quite sure Inside Out Too had
something to do with it. So if you look at
the totality of what Disney is doing, they're okay, but
they're changing their direction and their focus ever so slightly.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
And I'm not a hater.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
I mean I thoroughly enjoyed going to Disneyland a couple
of weeks a few weeks ago. It is a great time.
But remember, and we talked about this. When Bob iber
Iiger took over, he specifically changed the pricing structure of
what was going on at the theme parks at all
the levels. He said they were overpriced and he thought
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he if he would diminish some of those prices, it
would be more of a value for people like you
and me who want to bring a family. It's still
cost prohibitive, but still there was an acknowledgement of what
could be done there to make it more attractive and
appealing for families to come to the theme parks. Because
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Bob chap took the company in a completely different direction,
there are churning out movies probably before they were ready there,
churning out series of an inferior caliber, and also so
the Disney brand took a hit. But now Bob Iger
has turned a lot of that around. The last part
of that is turning the theme park revenue around, and
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it'll get there. But Disney has been trimming a lot
of the fat over the past year and a half,
and it would seem as if there's more light at
the end of the tunnel than anything. So the theme
parks got to do better. TV they're probably pulling back.
They'll still have their streaming and I got to differentiate
between TV linear TV, which is ABC and ESPN. With
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theirs streaming properties we talked about the bundles between Hulu
and also Disney plus those are doing fine from what
I read, but the linear TV they're pulling back. I
don't know why they have as of yet to sell
ABC and ESPN because it doesn't seem like they're trying
to do anything with either of them. It's a part
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of their IP, but it's not like they're trying to
grow it. If you look at the ESPN slate of programming,
it's very un Disney esque. If you look at what
ABC is doing, they have a few hit TV shows,
but it doesn't seem like Disney is really pushing them
as part of the House of the Mouse. But excuse me.
Three hundred employees have been laid off today. But what
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it looks like this might be the last layoff for
quite some time. It's Later with mo Kelly KFI AM
six forty. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app and
we're gonna keep it right here with the Disneyland theme.
Did you hear about the story about the woman who
is dragged out of Disneyland and arrested trying to get
in their crumb snatchers for free?
Speaker 1 (23:39):
Now?
Speaker 2 (23:40):
I think, as a former Disney delinquent, I am the
best person, the most qualified to weigh in on appropriate
behavior at Disneyland, unless someone here has also been arrested
and detained and putting a Disney cell.
Speaker 4 (23:58):
Stephan you no, sir, mark you statute or limitations has expired?
Well yeah, same with me. But I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
Answer their question, have you ever been to Disneyland jail?
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (24:11):
Or no?
Speaker 4 (24:13):
I'll consult my attorney and get back to Yancy.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
Moses answer that damn question.
Speaker 3 (24:19):
Oh look at the time you're listening to Later with
Moe Kelly on demand from KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (24:26):
Some things are really really simple. Either you have a
valid ticket or you do not. There is no in between,
and if you don't have a valid ticket, you must
leave the premises. Either your kids when going to Disneyland,
are actually under the age of three or they are not.
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There is no in between. Disneyland's policy allows kids under
three under three to answer Disneyland or Disney California Adventure
free of charge, provided here is the caveat, provided they're
joining someone who holds a valid park at mission and reservation.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
So it's a both and you, as the adult.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Guardian parent, you have to have a valid ticket for admission,
there's no in between, and your crumb statures have to
be under the age of three. There is no in between.
And if there is some sort of discussion or discrepancy
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or some sort of conversation about the validity of your ticket,
and it then escalates to the point that law enforcement comes,
you probably should comply, if only because you're not ever
going to win at Disneyland. You are not because again,
either you have a valid ticket or you do not,
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and the moment they ad ask you to leave the premise,
you will have to leave the premise. This woman did not,
and she was escorted from California Adventure Park after reportedly
failing to show ID. Two peace officers inside the park.
And I know something about peace officers inside the Park because.
Speaker 1 (26:20):
I've been kicked out of Disneyland. I've been put in
Disneyland jail.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
Who better to talk about this than a former disney felon.
Speaker 4 (26:28):
Please tell me Disneyland jail is at least fun and
has some fun stuff in it, like a fake skeleton
in a in one of those hangin cage things.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
Well, the one in nineteen eighty five ish was an
actual holding cell with a single bench, no bathroom, clear
lexan glass.
Speaker 1 (26:49):
It is an actual cell. And this is in the
nineteen eighties.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
There were tons of undercover armed police back in the
nineteen eighties, So no, when you go to Disneyland, they're everywhere.
Speaker 1 (27:02):
Don't think that they're not. Are they armed with Seltzer bottles?
Speaker 2 (27:06):
No, this one these ones that I saw because they
were coming in changing out their radios and you can
see their guns are using revolvers back then.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
But absolutely armed.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
Absolutely In the event, some whol again like me, got
loose dropping ketchup mustard on people from the sky gondola,
well we can't have that, No, no, no, and.
Speaker 1 (27:26):
They put me out.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
But but my point is Disneyland does not play around
at all. And if you're at the front gate, you
either have a ticket or not, and obviously Disneyland said
you do not have a valid ticket, you have two
kids with you, that's not the time to make a scene,
you know, that's just the time you're just gonna have
to go home. And if law enforcement gets involved talk
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about should have complied, that's about the time you're gonna
need to comply or leave. And this woman clearly was
not going to leave and was not going to comply.
And I'm not going to go into all the rumors
about whether she's done this before and other times. I'm
just talking about this particular incident, and the police say
that she resists a cooperation with park staff, which escalated
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to police being called.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
And it's real simple, and there's video of the moment.
Speaker 2 (28:18):
I would feel mortified if I'm there with my kids
and I'm embarrassing them, for me, For me, if I'm
going to Disneyland as an adult with two children, I
know I'm going to spend a lot of money. If
I can't afford the ticket or afford my children's tickets,
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then I'm just going to leave, because I would think
that it's more important for your children if you want
them in that park. That bad then maybe you're just
going to have to fork over the money, because you're
clearly you're probably going to buy some food while you're there.
If you don't have the money to go, then you
shouldn't be there in the first place. But if you're
going to go there, and it's going to come down
to whether you're going to get in the park or not,
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and your children, why would you make a scene? Why
would you do that in front of your kids? But
she did that anyhow, and they put her out, and
there's video of the children crying and being escorted away
and mom's in handcuffs and everyone's.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
Saying, oh my god. All of it was avoidable. Either
you have a ticket or you don't.
Speaker 2 (29:19):
And if you haven't been to Disneyland lately, it's high tech.
They scan your face. They will if you have their
their Disney bracelet. You know, you could put your ticket
digitally on your Disney bracelet and Nigga nig can scan
you in. It's real, real simple, provided that you are
there legitimately. That's why it's very hard for me to
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believe that this woman had a legitimate claim to be
in the park. And looking at her children, they didn't
look under the age of three. They looked like they
were old enough to know what was going on. They
were aware, like they look closer to forty five. Actually,
I don't know if they were about three, but I
would say forty five. Don't quote me on that. It
just they seem very mature for their age. They were
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aware and cognizant of mommy getting arrested and getting put
out the park. So they started started started crying. Here's
the next part of the story. This woman, I don't
know her name, but her name's like Genesee, Genisa, Jalisa,
some something something, Janine. She's now on social media promising
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to release her version of events. Why won't you just
go ahead and put up a video of your version
of events? Why is it you need us to wait
an extra two or three days. Either you had a
valid ticket or you didn't. When we buzz into this
building every single night, either we have a valid badge
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to buzz in.
Speaker 1 (30:49):
Or we don't. There's no in between.
Speaker 2 (30:53):
And if we try to get in in an unauthorized way,
security will meet you. They will greet you, they will
escort you out, and if that's not enough, they will
call Burbank police on you.
Speaker 1 (31:04):
It's real, real simple, And for all.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
That the grief that Disney may get in the news,
this is something that is clearly not their fault. And
I just wish it were Mark Ronner so I could
see him getting hauled off to jail with his kids crying.
Speaker 4 (31:22):
That seems really unnecessary. Were these kids smoking cigars because
it's a dead giveaway. No, they just seem obviously over
the age of three, that's all. Did they look like
they had beard shadows?
Speaker 2 (31:32):
No, no, no, no, they just looked like they had finished,
I don't know, graduate.
Speaker 4 (31:36):
School, just polished off a couple of martinis before they
hit the park, like you know, look like you know,
if you've ever worked at a bar or something like that,
you've worked at a bar and you have someone who
walks in.
Speaker 1 (31:45):
And was like, Okay, you're not really twenty one?
Speaker 4 (31:49):
Are you?
Speaker 1 (31:50):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (31:50):
Are we going to have to go through this whole exercise?
All right, let me see your ID, because I know
you can't be more than eighteen. Show me your fake ID.
Go ahead, I know you had that instance. Happened to
you Mark a little bit? Yeah, yeah, it's easier to
spot than you would guess. Yeah, I remember my fight
fake id my first one. It was not very good.
Speaker 4 (32:11):
Oh I had one of those too. It was a
it wasn't even a legit driver's license. It was an
Alaska state resident card. And I was such a brazen
idiot if somebody turned me down. Instead of walking out
and being like okay, I was like, no, I want.
Speaker 1 (32:25):
To see that.
Speaker 4 (32:26):
I demand to see the manager right now. I of course,
it never worked. I had a California driver's license. I
was fifteen. The license said I was twenty four. And
if you're not old enough to remember what the old
California driver licenses looked like, it was like photo paper.
And I use an exact de knife on some other
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legitimate license to cut and pay, literally cut and paste. Yeah,
you could do that back then with those, and with
passports the whole day of the jackal thing which you
cannot do anymore, which wasn't laminated, right. It was just
string paper.
Speaker 2 (32:59):
No, it was straight like photo paper, and you could
cut and paste. And that's what I did, and it
fooled no one, but I had id wink wink. And
I remember I went to Anchor Liquor, which just closed
recently for good. It was a it was a monument
in my community at the corner of so Pobet and Vermont.
Went into Anchor Liquor. They knew us because we would
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always buy candy in the liquor store. And one day
I jumped from fifteen to twenty four and it was
a bad.
Speaker 1 (33:30):
Hatchet job on that California ID.
Speaker 2 (33:33):
And I remember the guy looked at the ID, looked
at me, looked at the ID, looked at me, looked
at the ID. He said, so, when's your birthday? And
of course I memorized all the information on it. And
I said, I said, is there a problem? Because at
that age I had almost a mustache. My voice had change,
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you know, I was. I thought, I could you know,
play older than I actually was. Well, that's what spies
called their legend. You gotta ge to memorize before you
go do anything. Yeah, right, So I had all my
information memorize and then he said.
Speaker 1 (34:08):
And then he said, well somewhat the price like okay,
three fifty nine. It's like he just said, okay, you win.
Speaker 2 (34:13):
You put all this effort into this, You've memorized the information.
It was nineteen eighty three or eighty four, it was
much different time, and it was probably.
Speaker 4 (34:23):
Would have been more work for him to have taken
the license, called the cops, brang them in, tell them
what it happened.
Speaker 1 (34:30):
So, yeah, it's not worth it.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
But there was a time I let my friend use
my license when I was going to El Toedo, one
of those places and there's a bar area, and then
they figured it out. I was like, okay, not all
black people look alike. That's not you. So they took
my driver's license. I remember that well exactly. It was
sporting of the one clerk to accept it. I appreciate that.
So all I'm saying is you can't put one over
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on Disneyland or wrap all this up. The kids were
not three years under three, and the mother probably did
not have a valid ticket, and then she wants to
show her ass and not show her ID to the police.
Speaker 1 (35:07):
Uncle Walt doesn't mess around with that stuff.
Speaker 2 (35:09):
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We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio Appum, let's talk about
California and New York. In fact, I'll start with New
York and New York City Mayor Eric Adams. He has
some splaining to do. He is in more than a
little bit of trouble. Of course, yesterday the indictment came down.
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Today it was unsealed, and now we know what Mayor
Eric Adams is up against.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
And he's already saying it's all political.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
I think he might even said it was a witch hunt,
but he he did say I do remember he's blaming
the Biden dealj the Biden administration, how it's trying to
get back at him for his rhetoric on migrants. It's
kind of weird, but you know that's what he's going with.
And he says he's not going to step down. But
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here are the five counts. Eric Adams is facing. Conspiracy
to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive
campaign contributions from foreign nationals, wire fraud garden variety, solicitation
of a contribution by a foreign national two counts, and
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just regular old bribery. And that's assuming that there aren't
any superseding indictments, because you know a number of people
caught up in this probe and they may be inclined
to make a profit offer up some people some information,
so there may be more charges coming down the pike.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Can you say, well, Mo, why are you talking about this?
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Well?
Speaker 1 (01:57):
This has national implications.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Because the Democrats have to decide on a national level
and also locally in New York whether they're going to
stand up and say, hey, Eric Adams, you have to
step down, okay, just like they did with Bob Menendez,
all right. And also the Democrats are having a crisis
of reputation in New York right now. You don't know this,
or maybe you do know this, but let me remind
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you that it's not just Eric Adams's people in this administration.
The interim police chief is resigned, the school chancellor has resigned.
The whole city's falling back, you know, falling apart. You know,
cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria. The Ghostbusters should
be showing up anytime.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
Now.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
That's New York. That could swing the house.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Yes, it's a local race, but the Democratic reputation in
New York will impact congressional races. That's something very important
to remember. Let me come the California. Now, remember that guy,
Steve Garvey. I barely remember him. It's like he just disappeared.
I said when he got in the race that the
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Republicans aren't serious. I said, Steve Garvey is welcome to
prove me wrong. I said, Steve Garvey is going to
have to act as if that. He is trying to
actually appeal to independence and Democrats.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Why, because there are more.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Registered Democrats in California than there are Republicans. There are
more registered independents in the state than there are Republicans.
Put them together. Democrats and independence are two to one
to register Republicans. There is no way that just all
the Republicans liking Steve Garvey was going to get him
elected in a statewide race. And I said, he's going
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to have to make certain overtures. He would have to
do media, which wasn't friendly all the time. He would
have to do more than just come on KFI between
one and four pm. He didn't choose to do that.
Oh he had a chance to come on with us,
(04:07):
he just balked at it and ran from US, and
I didn't ask after that. When we were there live
at USC for the Senate debate, he was there, we
were there, he scurried out, and so I knew at
that point he wasn't serious. And here's how I also
know he wasn't serious. Can you show me a time,
Can you show me a place? Can you show me
an example of him campaigning on the ground, because you
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actually have to go to all the cities and counties
all around the state when you were campaigning for statewide office.
That is what is required. I don't know if he
has an actual campaign infrastructure. I couldn't tell you who
his campaign manager is. I don't know if there's anyone
working around him other than I think family members and friends.
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I'm being serious, I kind of know how this stuff works.
He never had a serious campaign. Even former President Donald
Trump said there's no way he's going to win.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Said it two weeks ago.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
He said there's no way he's gonna win without Mega.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Donald Trump won't.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Even endorse him. So that are to tell you he's
caught no man's land. In other words, maga's not supporting him,
the Democrats are not supporting him, and the Independence aren't
supporting him. As of right now, he's down by thirty
five points. He'll probably lose by forty or more, forty
or more. And here's the point of why I'm talking
about this. I want the Republican Party to be competitive.
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I want the Republican Party to actually push democratic leadership
and actually vi for statewide offices.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
I said this time and time again.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
I said the Republicans should have put forth a candidate
for the mayoral race.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
They didn't.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
They put for Rick Caruso, who changed his party affiliation
to Democrat, which only means that the Democrats would never
embrace him.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
Never, never.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
So I have to ask you, who is your serious
candidate for governor? Oh, you don't have one. Who is
your serious candidate for senator? Oh, you don't have one.
But we'll always hear the complaints about how well we
got the government we voted for, or we keep voting
for these dumbass Democrats.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
No, that's not true.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
In a race of only one party, you don't have
a real choice, and so we are relegated to whoever
is running. You know, Mayor Karen Bass is going to
have to be re elected if she wants to preside
over the World Cup and also the Olympics in twenty
twenty eight.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
She talks about it like it's a foregone conclusion.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Why because there is no Republican opposition confronting her.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
There's no one running for mayor Nobody.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
If there is, it's a an asterisk, someone that no
one knows about.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
And you have to start running for the office long before.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
You have to start creating these coalitions and constituencies and
developing these relationships with communities years in advance. And if
you're not doing it now, well you're not going to
be doing it next year twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
When the election is you know who is who is
going to be.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
The standard bearer for Republicans here in California for either
a statewide office or here in the City of Los
Angeles running for mayor?
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Who who?
Speaker 2 (07:31):
You just can't try it out another person, a new person,
and say, yes, this is going to be our candidate,
and nobody knows who the hell they are. That's not
how elections actually work. I gave Steve Garvey the opportunity
to prove me wrong. I'm not even sure if he's
even talking to anyone. He's trying to fundraise I don't
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know what he's doing. I actually had to do a
Google search on that dude to see where he was.
There's nothing, absolutely nothing, not a campaign appearance, not a
fundraising dinner.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Not an interview, nothing.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
And when he loses, I am sure a lot of
people will say, see the Democrats cheated again, or see
that's why the California gets.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
What it deserves. No, there's not serious opposition.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
If you want to change this state, and I desperately
want this state to change, part of what has to happen,
has to happen, must happen, needs to happen, is that
there is a viable republican all alternative. I would die
for that, and we can't get it. Governor Gavin Newsom
does what he wants. Why because there's nobody seriously opposing him.
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Karen Bass is doing what she wants. Why because there's
no serious opposition. You want a better LA County, a
better LA City, and a better California, Get some real
damn candidates. It's later with mo Kelly KFI AM six forty.
We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Oh and by
the way, we have a metro update thanks to kfi's
(09:14):
owned Michael Monks, who join us again.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
We're live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Camfi Mo Kelly another Metro update. We're live everywhere on
the iHeartRadio app. And joining us once again from the
iHeartRadio studios in downtown Los Angeles is none other than
kfi's own Michael Monks.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
How you doing there?
Speaker 5 (09:37):
Hey, if it's Ihearts, they gotta start paying my rent.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Look, you don't have to tell everyone to give give
away the secret.
Speaker 5 (09:44):
Well I guess technically they do pay the rent, so
I'm grateful to them.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
You know, we need to stop meeting like this or
people are going to talk.
Speaker 5 (09:51):
Hey, I don't mind a little seven o'clock Ki ki
every Friday or something.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
That's good.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Well, we know that it was a metro board meeting today.
Did we learn anything? Did anything change? Was there gnashing
of teeth with their furrowed eyebrows?
Speaker 4 (10:06):
What?
Speaker 3 (10:07):
It was?
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Sort of strange?
Speaker 5 (10:09):
This Metro board meeting was, of course, just their regularly
scheduled monthly meeting where the full board gets together, and
it just happened to fall a day after the latest
tragedy aboard the system. Of course, just a quick recap
that metro bus was allegedly hijacked by someone and someone
was shot and killed a passenger on that thing. So
a pretty tough story and another challenging narrative emerging from
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the Metro system and obviously very disappointing to those who
governed the system who happened to be meeting today. Additionally,
before the board meeting, there was another press conference semi
related to Metro, but to transit and public transportation more broadly,
encouraging people to participate in so called Transit Week next week.
That also had a weird feeling too because of what.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
It just wait, wait, wait, wait, they're saying please ride
public transit as if yesterday didn't happen, or they say
look over here, don't look over there.
Speaker 5 (11:06):
Another difficult kind of awkward transition because this was put
on by various agencies, But a couple of county supervisors
were there headlining at Lindsay Horvath and Hillolae, and both
acknowledged that, you know, obviously this terrible thing happened this week.
This announcement was scheduled prior to that happening, and so
cal Transit Week is next week and it does include
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free rides on Metro and other transit agencies including Metrolink
across the region on Wednesday as part of those events.
But it was just sort of the weird dichotomy of
it all, with this tragedy hanging in the air, this
promotion of public transit taking place next week announced today,
and then the official board meeting that also happened. Now
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at this board meeting, didn't learn a whole lot of
new stuff. We just heard from each board member lamenting
the latest tragedy and calling for more change. One thing
that might irritate you with it. I know it irritated
our friend John Colebelt earlier this afternoon when I talked
about it easy to do, but in this case, it
was about the press conference that happened Wednesday afternoon, called
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by Mayor Bass County Supervisor Janis Hahn, who chairs Metro
and the Metro organization itself. A lot of congratulations from
the Metro board about what a good press conference it was.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
I was sort of.
Speaker 5 (12:25):
Stopped by the amount of time that was by Metro
board members talking about that was just such a great
press conference.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
And what a great job everyone. You're kidding me, I'm not.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
They are patting themselves on the back from for the
efficiency of a press conference.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
Is that what you're telling?
Speaker 5 (12:43):
Press conference where you know, certainly they shared their condolences
and they gave an update on what had happened and outlined,
you know, the strategies that have been in place, but
nothing new was learned from it, and it's the type
of press conference you expect leadership to conduct when something
arable happens. So it just struck me as a reporter
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observing the Metro board, that's so much not just the
one off. You know, the first time it happened, it
was like, okay, that's a little awkward, but multiple board
members congratulating the organization for the press conference that they
held about it. The other weird thing was from the
earlier event in the morning because Supervisor hilld us Elase
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and Supervisor Lindsay Horvath, as part of this announcement promoting
public transit for next week, they were going to take
the Metro to the board meeting because they're also on
the Metro board, all the supervisors are, and they made
a big deal about it. Hild Us a lease ingested
that you know, it demonstrates their commitment to believing that
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the system is safe and mode. This press conference was
in Grand Park and if you're familiar with the B
line or the D line, both run through this and
go to Union Station where the board meeting would be.
It's the next stop, just one stop over. Yeah, it's
one stop. So it was just it was a very
weird day. Janis Han, the supervisor and cher Metro also
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rode the system into the board meeting today from San Pedro,
so she had a longer commute and it was not uneventful.
So one of the first buses she was on out
of San Pedro, she reported, broke down. And then when
they brought a new bus for her and the rest
of the passengers to get on, a homeless person disrupted
it and it would not move until that homeless person
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was removed. So she got a more authentic taste of
what more of us are familiar with on the public
transportation system.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Do we know any more going back to yesterday that hijackie,
any information about the victim, the gunman, any relationship or
connection between the gunmen and the victim.
Speaker 5 (14:50):
Not a lot of new details still waiting to find
out what may have precipitated this, because we don't know
if there was a relationship between this man accused of
taking over the bus and who was charged with murder
someone was shot to death on this bus. Was this
a random act of violence? Was this some sort of
targeted attack? Just very very strange. Again, though, a lot
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of a lot of applause for the bus driver who
was protected by one of those bus barriers, and that
happened again today at the board meeting, where they thanked
him for the way that he handled it, that he
stayed calm and in control of the bus during the
entire ordeal. I mean, it must have been terrifying, not
just to have somebody take over the bus, but to
know that someone on the bus was already killed.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
Before I let you go.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
I just want to make sure that I didn't miss
anything in your report from these two meetings today. Did
we get any type of clarity as far as any
specific change, addition or procedure which is going to be
put in place immediately to better protect passengers or operators.
Speaker 4 (16:01):
Not?
Speaker 5 (16:01):
Really. What we did learn about was again the emphasis
on those barriers between drivers and the passengers and those
are apparently effective because this was a very dangerous situation
and the bus driver was able to retain control. The
goal that Metro has is to have those in all
of their buses, which is more than two thousand buses.
They are currently at about forty percent, so more than
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eight hundred buses have these barriers in city councilmen. Lacity
Councilman Katie Roslovsky, who's also on the Metro board, said
something interesting today though, and it's that those are great
for the driver, they don't protect the passengers, right, and
so what can be done about that? There's talk about
these weapon detection technologies that do exist, and there is
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a pilot program currently underway at Union Station only, and
there was conversation at the board meeting about how do
we roll that out across the system a little more quickly.
That may be updated at the next board meeting. That
was the quest. But what does that look like? Not
sure yet? Does that only work in stations? Can that
work on buses? Even if it does work on a bus,
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what does that mean if mo Kelly gets on a
bus armed and it's detected so wide?
Speaker 2 (17:13):
Okay, so first I'm not getting on a bus period.
Let's dead that right now, so we don't You're gonna
hang out in the downtown bureau. Look, I will get
an uber, I'll get Stepan, you know, to drive me.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Maybe I'll get Mark Ronner to pick me up. But
I'm not getting on metro Yes, well, then I guess
I'm gonna have to walk my ass down there because
I'm not getting on a metro bus armed or unarmed. Understood,
Michael Monks, Yes, sir, Thank you very much for coming
on tonight.
Speaker 5 (17:44):
Always a pleasure. See you next time.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
Be safe.
Speaker 2 (17:47):
It's Later with mo Kelly. When we come back, we're
gonna tell you what's happening at Disney. They had the
start of major layoffs today and see what that means
either for the amusement parks or their programming or both.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
That's next.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty Disney.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Late yesterday, it was announced that Disney was laying off
several hundred corporate level employees, not necessarily the i'll say
lower staff, but corporate management staff. About three hundred people
across various corporate departments. As it reads, and if you've
been following what has been happening with Disney on a
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employment level. These are the latest layoffs, but they're not
the only layoffs. You may remember that Disney let it
go about let go about one hundred and forty employees
in its television division just a few months ago at
July as a matter of fact, and May Pixar laid
off one hundred and seventy five employees. But all that
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pales in comparison to what happened last year, in which
Disney cut some seven thousand jobs from a global workforce.
These jobs we're talking about today are specifically with Disney
here in the United States. And if you're wondering why, well,
is it because Disney went so woke?
Speaker 3 (19:11):
No?
Speaker 2 (19:11):
No, no, Actually, the movies are doing fine because Bob
Iiger came back made changes in the movie schedule, making
sure that better product was coming out. The movies have
done fine. What has been decreasing is the theme park.
Theme park revenue is down six percent, and Bob Eiger
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made it very clear when he came back to take
over for Bob Japik that he wanted to make sure
that Disney was moving in the direction of shoring up
their theme park attractions. That's where they wanted to focus
their energies and their future. The movies were doing fine,
and they're also pulling back from the television aspect. When
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I say television, I'm talking about ABC and talking about
ESPN plus is growing.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
So for all of the.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
Complaints about the supposed change in direction of Disney programming
because you think that their politics don't align with yours,
that hasn't really had a measurable impact. It's the theme
parks which have struggled this past year, and also as
we go into winter, they're probably going to have to
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revise their projections for that as well, because theme parks
obviously do better in spring and summer than they do fall.
But as far as revenue projections, Disney met its revenue projection.
So this is about shoring up which was already moving
in the big picture sense, No pun intended moving in
the right direction. Theme parks were not, movies were streaming was,
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and yes, I'm quite sure Deadpool and Wolverine had something
to do with it. Quite sure Inside Out Too had
something to do with it. So if you look at
the totality of what Disney is doing, they're okay, but
they're changing their direction and their focus ever so slightly.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
And I'm not a hater.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
I mean I thoroughly enjoyed going to Disneyland a couple
of weeks a few weeks ago. It is a great time.
But remember, and we talked about this. When Bob iber
Iiger took over, he specifically changed the pricing structure of
what was going on at the theme parks at all
the levels. He said they were overpriced and he thought
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he if he would diminish some of those prices, it
would be more of a value for people like you
and me who want to bring a family. It's still
cost prohibitive, but still there was an acknowledgement of what
could be done there to make it more attractive and
appealing for families to come to the theme parks. Because
(21:49):
Bob chap took the company in a completely different direction,
there are churning out movies probably before they were ready there,
churning out series of an inferior caliber, and also so
the Disney brand took a hit. But now Bob Iger
has turned a lot of that around. The last part
of that is turning the theme park revenue around, and
(22:10):
it'll get there. But Disney has been trimming a lot
of the fat over the past year and a half,
and it would seem as if there's more light at
the end of the tunnel than anything. So the theme
parks got to do better. TV they're probably pulling back.
They'll still have their streaming and I got to differentiate
between TV linear TV, which is ABC and ESPN. With
(22:35):
theirs streaming properties we talked about the bundles between Hulu
and also Disney plus those are doing fine from what
I read, but the linear TV they're pulling back. I
don't know why they have as of yet to sell
ABC and ESPN because it doesn't seem like they're trying
to do anything with either of them. It's a part
(22:55):
of their IP, but it's not like they're trying to
grow it. If you look at the ESPN slate of programming,
it's very un Disney esque. If you look at what
ABC is doing, they have a few hit TV shows,
but it doesn't seem like Disney is really pushing them
as part of the House of the Mouse. But excuse me.
Three hundred employees have been laid off today. But what
(23:18):
it looks like this might be the last layoff for
quite some time. It's Later with mo Kelly KFI AM
six forty. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app and
we're gonna keep it right here with the Disneyland theme.
Did you hear about the story about the woman who
is dragged out of Disneyland and arrested trying to get
in their crumb snatchers for free?
Speaker 1 (23:39):
Now?
Speaker 2 (23:40):
I think, as a former Disney delinquent, I am the
best person, the most qualified to weigh in on appropriate
behavior at Disneyland, unless someone here has also been arrested
and detained and putting a Disney cell.
Speaker 4 (23:58):
Stephan you no, sir, mark you statute or limitations has expired?
Well yeah, same with me. But I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
Answer their question, have you ever been to Disneyland jail?
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (24:11):
Or no?
Speaker 4 (24:13):
I'll consult my attorney and get back to Yancy.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
Moses answer that damn question.
Speaker 3 (24:19):
Oh look at the time you're listening to Later with
Moe Kelly on demand from KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (24:26):
Some things are really really simple. Either you have a
valid ticket or you do not. There is no in between,
and if you don't have a valid ticket, you must
leave the premises. Either your kids when going to Disneyland,
are actually under the age of three or they are not.
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There is no in between. Disneyland's policy allows kids under
three under three to answer Disneyland or Disney California Adventure
free of charge, provided here is the caveat, provided they're
joining someone who holds a valid park at mission and reservation.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
So it's a both and you, as the adult.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Guardian parent, you have to have a valid ticket for admission,
there's no in between, and your crumb statures have to
be under the age of three. There is no in between.
And if there is some sort of discussion or discrepancy
(25:36):
or some sort of conversation about the validity of your ticket,
and it then escalates to the point that law enforcement comes,
you probably should comply, if only because you're not ever
going to win at Disneyland. You are not because again,
either you have a valid ticket or you do not,
(25:59):
and the moment they ad ask you to leave the premise,
you will have to leave the premise. This woman did not,
and she was escorted from California Adventure Park after reportedly
failing to show ID. Two peace officers inside the park.
And I know something about peace officers inside the Park because.
Speaker 1 (26:20):
I've been kicked out of Disneyland. I've been put in
Disneyland jail.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
Who better to talk about this than a former disney felon.
Speaker 4 (26:28):
Please tell me Disneyland jail is at least fun and
has some fun stuff in it, like a fake skeleton
in a in one of those hangin cage things.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
Well, the one in nineteen eighty five ish was an
actual holding cell with a single bench, no bathroom, clear
lexan glass.
Speaker 1 (26:49):
It is an actual cell. And this is in the
nineteen eighties.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
There were tons of undercover armed police back in the
nineteen eighties, So no, when you go to Disneyland, they're everywhere.
Speaker 1 (27:02):
Don't think that they're not. Are they armed with Seltzer bottles?
Speaker 2 (27:06):
No, this one these ones that I saw because they
were coming in changing out their radios and you can
see their guns are using revolvers back then.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
But absolutely armed.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
Absolutely In the event, some whol again like me, got
loose dropping ketchup mustard on people from the sky gondola,
well we can't have that, No, no, no, and.
Speaker 1 (27:26):
They put me out.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
But but my point is Disneyland does not play around
at all. And if you're at the front gate, you
either have a ticket or not, and obviously Disneyland said
you do not have a valid ticket, you have two
kids with you, that's not the time to make a scene,
you know, that's just the time you're just gonna have
to go home. And if law enforcement gets involved talk
(27:51):
about should have complied, that's about the time you're gonna
need to comply or leave. And this woman clearly was
not going to leave and was not going to comply.
And I'm not going to go into all the rumors
about whether she's done this before and other times. I'm
just talking about this particular incident, and the police say
that she resists a cooperation with park staff, which escalated
(28:12):
to police being called.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
And it's real simple, and there's video of the moment.
Speaker 2 (28:18):
I would feel mortified if I'm there with my kids
and I'm embarrassing them, for me, For me, if I'm
going to Disneyland as an adult with two children, I
know I'm going to spend a lot of money. If
I can't afford the ticket or afford my children's tickets,
(28:40):
then I'm just going to leave, because I would think
that it's more important for your children if you want
them in that park. That bad then maybe you're just
going to have to fork over the money, because you're
clearly you're probably going to buy some food while you're there.
If you don't have the money to go, then you
shouldn't be there in the first place. But if you're
going to go there, and it's going to come down
to whether you're going to get in the park or not,
(29:01):
and your children, why would you make a scene? Why
would you do that in front of your kids? But
she did that anyhow, and they put her out, and
there's video of the children crying and being escorted away
and mom's in handcuffs and everyone's.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
Saying, oh my god. All of it was avoidable. Either
you have a ticket or you don't.
Speaker 2 (29:19):
And if you haven't been to Disneyland lately, it's high tech.
They scan your face. They will if you have their
their Disney bracelet. You know, you could put your ticket
digitally on your Disney bracelet and Nigga nig can scan
you in. It's real, real simple, provided that you are
there legitimately. That's why it's very hard for me to
(29:42):
believe that this woman had a legitimate claim to be
in the park. And looking at her children, they didn't
look under the age of three. They looked like they
were old enough to know what was going on. They
were aware, like they look closer to forty five. Actually,
I don't know if they were about three, but I
would say forty five. Don't quote me on that. It
just they seem very mature for their age. They were
(30:03):
aware and cognizant of mommy getting arrested and getting put
out the park. So they started started started crying. Here's
the next part of the story. This woman, I don't
know her name, but her name's like Genesee, Genisa, Jalisa,
some something something, Janine. She's now on social media promising
(30:26):
to release her version of events. Why won't you just
go ahead and put up a video of your version
of events? Why is it you need us to wait
an extra two or three days. Either you had a
valid ticket or you didn't. When we buzz into this
building every single night, either we have a valid badge
(30:48):
to buzz in.
Speaker 1 (30:49):
Or we don't. There's no in between.
Speaker 2 (30:53):
And if we try to get in in an unauthorized way,
security will meet you. They will greet you, they will
escort you out, and if that's not enough, they will
call Burbank police on you.
Speaker 1 (31:04):
It's real, real simple, And for all.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
That the grief that Disney may get in the news,
this is something that is clearly not their fault. And
I just wish it were Mark Ronner so I could
see him getting hauled off to jail with his kids crying.
Speaker 4 (31:22):
That seems really unnecessary. Were these kids smoking cigars because
it's a dead giveaway. No, they just seem obviously over
the age of three, that's all. Did they look like
they had beard shadows?
Speaker 2 (31:32):
No, no, no, no, they just looked like they had finished,
I don't know, graduate.
Speaker 4 (31:36):
School, just polished off a couple of martinis before they
hit the park, like you know, look like you know,
if you've ever worked at a bar or something like that,
you've worked at a bar and you have someone who
walks in.
Speaker 1 (31:45):
And was like, Okay, you're not really twenty one?
Speaker 4 (31:49):
Are you?
Speaker 1 (31:50):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (31:50):
Are we going to have to go through this whole exercise?
All right, let me see your ID, because I know
you can't be more than eighteen. Show me your fake ID.
Go ahead, I know you had that instance. Happened to
you Mark a little bit? Yeah, yeah, it's easier to
spot than you would guess. Yeah, I remember my fight
fake id my first one. It was not very good.
Speaker 4 (32:11):
Oh I had one of those too. It was a
it wasn't even a legit driver's license. It was an
Alaska state resident card. And I was such a brazen
idiot if somebody turned me down. Instead of walking out
and being like okay, I was like, no, I want.
Speaker 1 (32:25):
To see that.
Speaker 4 (32:26):
I demand to see the manager right now. I of course,
it never worked. I had a California driver's license. I
was fifteen. The license said I was twenty four. And
if you're not old enough to remember what the old
California driver licenses looked like, it was like photo paper.
And I use an exact de knife on some other
(32:46):
legitimate license to cut and pay, literally cut and paste. Yeah,
you could do that back then with those, and with
passports the whole day of the jackal thing which you
cannot do anymore, which wasn't laminated, right. It was just
string paper.
Speaker 2 (32:59):
No, it was straight like photo paper, and you could
cut and paste. And that's what I did, and it
fooled no one, but I had id wink wink. And
I remember I went to Anchor Liquor, which just closed
recently for good. It was a it was a monument
in my community at the corner of so Pobet and Vermont.
Went into Anchor Liquor. They knew us because we would
(33:21):
always buy candy in the liquor store. And one day
I jumped from fifteen to twenty four and it was
a bad.
Speaker 1 (33:30):
Hatchet job on that California ID.
Speaker 2 (33:33):
And I remember the guy looked at the ID, looked
at me, looked at the ID, looked at me, looked
at the ID. He said, so, when's your birthday? And
of course I memorized all the information on it. And
I said, I said, is there a problem? Because at
that age I had almost a mustache. My voice had change,
(33:53):
you know, I was. I thought, I could you know,
play older than I actually was. Well, that's what spies
called their legend. You gotta ge to memorize before you
go do anything. Yeah, right, So I had all my
information memorize and then he said.
Speaker 1 (34:08):
And then he said, well somewhat the price like okay,
three fifty nine. It's like he just said, okay, you win.
Speaker 2 (34:13):
You put all this effort into this, You've memorized the information.
It was nineteen eighty three or eighty four, it was
much different time, and it was probably.
Speaker 4 (34:23):
Would have been more work for him to have taken
the license, called the cops, brang them in, tell them
what it happened.
Speaker 1 (34:30):
So, yeah, it's not worth it.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
But there was a time I let my friend use
my license when I was going to El Toedo, one
of those places and there's a bar area, and then
they figured it out. I was like, okay, not all
black people look alike. That's not you. So they took
my driver's license. I remember that well exactly. It was
sporting of the one clerk to accept it. I appreciate that.
So all I'm saying is you can't put one over
(34:54):
on Disneyland or wrap all this up. The kids were
not three years under three, and the mother probably did
not have a valid ticket, and then she wants to
show her ass and not show her ID to the police.
Speaker 1 (35:07):
Uncle Walt doesn't mess around with that stuff.
Speaker 2 (35:09):
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