February 22, 2025 • 34 mins
ICYMI: Hour One of ‘Later, with Mo’Kelly’ Presents – Thoughts on Mayor Bass firing Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley AND former mayoral candidate Rick Caruso’s partnership prefab home company ‘Samara’ to provide “new houses for low-income residents who lost their homes in the in Eaton and Palisades wildfires…PLUS – A look at the rollout of ‘Protector’; the rideshare app that comes complete with an armed bodyguard - on KFI AM 640…Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app
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Speaker 1 (00:22):
It's finally Friday. Thank goodness, It's finally Friday. Later with
Mo Kelly, We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app And
I'm just gonna start with this. I wouldn't have done
it at this time, and I wouldn't have done it
in this manner. Some things can be done at the
wrong time, and it may give you a short term gain,
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but long term it's gonna be an l I'm talking
about Mayor Karen Bass firing LA Fire Department now former
chief Kristen Crowley. We heard rob during the fires even
that there was discord that there was tension that possibly
Mayor Bass. In fact, there were some published news reports
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that got out in front of it allegedly Mayor Bass
had fired Kristin Crowley during the height of the fires
and the height of the crisis.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
That turned out to be not.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
True, or at least not true in that moment, But
in the intervening and subsequent days, it seemed like that
tension began to grow, and Kristin Crowley had more and
more remarks critical of the mayor and how she had
been handling the overall crisis.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Well, it came to a head today.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Mayor Bass decided to pull the trigger and fire Kristin Crowley.
I wouldn't have done it now if I were mayor,
and I wouldn't have done it in this way.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
This is what I would have done.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Before I play Mayor Bass's remarks, I would have waited
for the official invent investigations to say everything that the
LA Fire Department maybe did wrong. Or Crowley did not
do any mistakes that were made, but she got out
in front of it, as in Mayor Bass got out
in front of it and then accused the fire department
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chief of not doing X and Y, getting out in
front of any overall of findings.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
I wouldn't have done it that way, and also I
wouldn't have.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Tried to kick the fire chief in the behind on
the way out the door.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
This is what Mayor Bass had to say.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
And on the other side, I'll say that never before
did I think that her mayoral reelection bid was in
trouble until today.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Good afternoon. Thank you for being here acting in the
best interest of Los Angeles public safety and for the
operations of the Los Angeles Fire Department. I just met
with Chief Crowley and removed.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Her as fire chief.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
I have appointed a forty one year veteran of the
fire department, former Chief Deputy Ronald VI Nueva as interim
fire chief. He is respected and ready to hit the
ground running. So let me be clear. Our firefighters acted
heroically during the Palisades fire, and they act heroically every
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single day.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
That is without question.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Bringing new leadership to the fire Department is what they
and the people of Los Angeles deserve. As you know,
I have called for a full investigation of everything leading
up to January seventh.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Ah ah, full investigation.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Okay, Well, if that's the case, why not wait for
the investigation to play itself out.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Why are you out in front of this?
Speaker 3 (03:45):
As you know, I have called for a full investigation
of everything leading up to January seventh. A necessary step
to the investigation was the President of the Fire Commission
telling Chief Crowley to do after action report on the fires.
The fire chief refused. We all know that a thousand
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firefighters that could have been on duty on the morning
the fires broke were instead sent home on Chief Crowley's watch.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
I think that should have been in the report. Let
report say that not you, But would you preface it
with we all know not? Actually no, no, we don't
all know that's what you're telling.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Us that could have been on duty on the morning
the fires broke were instead sent home on Chief Crowley's watch.
These actions required.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Her removal, if you say so, but it should have
come from the report.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
We all know that a thousand firefighters that could have
been on duty on the marning the fires broke were
instead sent home on Chief Crowley's watch. These actions required
her removal. While the department is in the experience and
expert hands of Chief via Nueva, my office will lead
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a national search and I will speak directly with firefighters
and Angelino's about what they want to see in the
next fire chief.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Here's what I do know in my limited time following politics.
First responders will stick together. And although Kristin Crowley had
her detractors, no doubt, although that the report may have
found that Crowley might have been at fault on some level,
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the way that this is being done is going to
turn I would say a lot of the unions and
also rank and file against Mayor Bass in what is
going to turn into an election year, because she is
running for reelection next year. She made it more difficult
for herself. Mayor Bass she didn't make it easier. Instead,
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she seems like someone who's trying to scapegoat this fire
chief and put all all the blames squarely on Kristin
Crowley's shoulders, and the first responders are not going to
allow that.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
They're not going to stand for that.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
If anything, two weeks ago, I would have said just
possibly Mayor Bass would able to would be able to
ride this out.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
It would have been a bumpy ride.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
But we're talking about Los Angeles, it's a democratic haven.
There probably wouldn't be a serious challenge to her, not
even Rick Caruso. But after today, seeing that press conference,
making this move at this time in this way, I
think that changes everything. And it's going to get worse
now for Mayor Bass, and I'm not sure it's going
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to get better. It's Later with mo Kelly KFI AM
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some thoughts on Rick Cruso, what he's trying to do,
and if I wasn't sure that he was going to
run prior to today, well I'm positive he's running now.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
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Speaker 5 (06:59):
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Speaker 2 (07:07):
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Speaker 1 (07:12):
And I had been ruminating over the idea of whether
Rick Caruso was actually going to run again. And let's
just review when he ran last time for mayor of
Los Angeles. He ran as a Democrat, and I put
that in air quotes. He was originally a Republican, went
to independent and then shifted to party registration of Democrats
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specifically for the mayoral race. And if you know anything
about politics, that usually doesn't turn out well because the
party that you're trying to sneak your way into, for
lack of a better phrase, they're not ever going to
embrace you. You're not going to get the full support
of the party leadership, and not going to pour in
the type of money that you would want. They'll probably
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withhold any type of polling data. You would be a
Democrat in name own in the truest sense of the word.
So it be very difficult for anyone to pose as
a Democrat and win. Rick Caruso this time. I expect
him to probably run as an independent or even go
back to being a Republican. But I knew the moment
that I saw this first story that he was definitely
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going to run. And it's I call it campaigning without
actually campaigning.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
You're doing things to keep your name in the news.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
You're doing things to be able to conduct the interviews
about what you're doing without explicitly talking about running for
office or having to declare and filing all the appropriate
paperwork and what have you. When I read that Rick
Carusoe's organization is offering new homes to wildfire victims, I said, Yep,
there it is. He is now setting the stage to
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run for mayor once again. He announced Wednesday that he
has partnered with a prefab home construction company to provide
new houses for low income residents who lost their homes
in the La wilds and the prefab homes will be
built by Samara and will be offered to low income
homeowners in both Altadena and the Pacific Palisades who lost
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homes in the wildfires and lack the economic resources to rebuild.
And before you say there are no low income homeowners
in Pacific Palisades, that's not true. It's not a uniform
economic demographic. There are a number of people who are
not wealthy who live in the Pacific Palisades.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Area.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
The homes are going to be funded, as I read through,
the Steadfast LA Foundation, which will collaborate with an outside
organization to oversee the eligibility building an installation process. So
these are what I call manufactured homes. They're not going
to be the homes of the wealthy. They're not going
to be necessarily on the level of what we see
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in the better parts of Altadena. These are going to
be like prefabricated homes, manufactured homes, mobile homes, if you
can call them that, to be placed in certain areas.
And the Caruso Family Foundation also is going to provide
an unspecified amount of seed funding for the program, which
means all and I'm not doubting the sincerity of Rick Crusoe.
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I'm just looking at all the strategic timing of all
this which is going on, which says to me that yes,
not only is he going to be critical of Mayor
Bass in the press, and he's going to continue to
do that, but he's also doing other things to keep
his name front and center in Angelino's minds. So when
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he does eventually declare that he's in the race, he
will have had all of this what I call free
press to keep his name out there. He doesn't have
to spend money to get commercial time. He's getting time elsewhere.
And these are some of the of the decisions and
the considerations which are made for candidates as they start
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gearing up to officially run.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Now, whether he'll win no.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Last segment, I was saying that I didn't agree with
what Mayor Bass did as far as firing the LA
Fire Department chief in the way that was done. And
even though I believe that that's going to really hurt
Karen Bass's re election chances the way that she did that,
people we may have like a seven second news cycle,
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but this is going to be a little bit longer,
and people are going to remember this for a little
bit longer, and it's going to dog her for longer,
if only because first responders are not going to let
this go. But even though Karen Bass, I think, is
now in a weaker position, it doesn't mean automatically that
Rick Caruso is the heir apparent. If anything, it just
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says that Rick Caruso will have more to campaign on.
But politics can be very strange, and since Democrats are
very strong here in LA, they're not.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Going to embrace Rick Caruso.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
They didn't before and they won't now, which means they
may turn to someone else if they think that Karen
Bass cannot get re elected. So this is all complex,
but at the same time, there's certain things you can
point at and look at and recognize and Twalla, since
you just came in the studio and you have a
vested interest in what happens in Altadena beyond yourself, what
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did you think when you saw this story and specifically
Rick Caruso h his attachment to it.
Speaker 5 (12:29):
The very first thing I said to myself is looks
like Rick Caruso is officially throwing his hat back into
the mayor all race. He is making it clear on
what his position is. He is coming in as the savior.
He is, to his credit, doing something that I've been
asking and wondering why Mayor Bass hasn't done. What he's
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doing isn't something that she could not have done herself
or any other city official could not have been doing themselves.
That the residents of the Palisades and Alta Dina and
eating in all those areas needing most of all our home.
They need housing, they need options, they need something to
put them back to where they were make them hold.
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No one has offered anything. He came in and said, so,
no one is offering to just come through and rebuild homes.
You know what, this is my bellywick, this is what
I do. I would die. Ran a whole campaign on
infrastructure and housing and all of that. Now it's time
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for me to put my money where my mouth is.
Something that people accused me of not doing. People said
I was big on plans and didn't have a lot
to show for it. If he comes through with this,
it's going to be hard for Bear Bast to make
a case running against him, because this right now is
going to be top of everyone's mind from now at
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least for the next few years while he is doing it.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
This is people right, and when they have the groundbreaking,
you're gonna see Rick Caruso. When they start finishing the homes,
you're gonna find Rick Crusso and they're gonna finish the homes.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
They said in his early as six to seven months.
Speaker 5 (14:11):
Yes he's running even beyond the six to seventh month plan.
When you look deeper into his plan, this is something
that he is starting with. He has just reached out
to this first company to start rebuilding. He's like, that's
just one company. I have lots of companies that can
do stuff with And now that to Mara Bass's credit
and to Governor Nuso's credit, they have eased up on
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a lot of the permitting and building codes and things
like that. Hey, I will reach out to everyone I
know and I'm gonna get it done. Which is one
of those things where we look at Maribas and say,
I'm not sure why you didn't do this.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Not a good week for the mayor, But I do
wonder this and this is not going to be When
I say this, Caruso's plan is not going to be
for everyone in Altadena, for Palisades. This is for specifically
for lower income housing. I can't speak to what percentage
that is in Altadena. I don't think it's a high percentage.
Speaker 5 (15:11):
No, No, it doesn't have to be a high percentage
if you are getting anyone off of the streets. If
you're looking at the people that are most effective and
most at a disadvantage when it comes to rebuilding, you
have to start with those most Indeed, you don't start
with the upper class or even the middle class. You
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start at the low people who have nothing, who have
no fire insurance, who have no savings, who have nothing,
no temporary housing, no nothing.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
You start there. You have to build up the foundation.
Speaker 5 (15:45):
The people that are working in these communities, the people
who are are large in part, are the ones who
are i would say, putting the most into the community
with all of the spending that they're doing. Yes, you
start there and think about it. You have to start somewhere.
You gotta start somewhere.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
No, you have to start somewhere and soon. You can't
wait to start somewhere. Yes, yes, because we know timelines
are coming. All the funds are running out as far
as you know. Come and get your thousand dollars gift cars.
That's coming to an end pretty soon. People are gonna
be looking at you like mayor Bass. Where are we
staying tonight? When we come back, we want to tell
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you about the Protector app. Protect your app. Think of
it as Uber but with armed security. Ride share. Yes,
we'll tell you about that. Next, it's a Later with
mo Kelly. Can if I Am six forty live everywhere
in the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 4 (16:39):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
Could you imagine Stephan picking you up in his uber
but also carrying Maybe he's in a suit, maybe he's
in I don't know, business casual. Maybe he's in what
is called like tactical casual polo shirt with tactical pants
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and shoes. Or maybe he'll show up as an operator
full on suat attire. But that could be a well,
it is a reality on a small level because this
new app rideeshair app it's being characterized as Uber but
with guns, and it's called Protector. Right now, it is
available on the iOS and the MacApp store. It doesn't
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say anything about the Google Play Store, but it offers
ride share services with a personal protector, and that protector
is either former military and or law enforcement professionals who
are armed, who will be actively armed. And the app
as of yesterday was only available here in LA and
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in New York City, so they're trying to start off
big in big cities. And when booking, you can even
select the amount or number of protectors you want inside
your ride. You choose the dress code. Like I was
saying with Stefan, you have four options, four options for
your protector. Business formal a traditional suit business casual, a
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lighter suit without a tie, there's tactical casual, a polo
shirt with tactical pants and shoes.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
An operator which.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Is full on SWAT attire can meet all your needs,
but you have to reserve it for five hours of protection.
That's the minimum amount of time that can be selected.
If you're wondering how much it costs, and I know
you are about one thousand dollars minimum for those five hours,
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and you have to have a membership which is one
hundred and twenty nine dollars per year. So it's not
meant to be inexpensive because these are trained professionals who
would protect you. My question is who would need something
like this. I mean, if you need that type of protection,
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you probably already have a detail. I'm thinking, I know,
if you're like a CEO of a healthcare company or
you're a CEO of a tech company, you probably have
a private security detail and transportation.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
Who do you think we use this Stefan.
Speaker 6 (19:24):
So me and Richie were talking about it, and we
think while it's still fresh and brand new, you're gonna
have a lot of those wanna be influencers who are
going to hire them so that they look like a
bigger deal than they are, because they're gonna show up
to the club and people already don't know who they are,
and then you see, oh, if they got all that protection,
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it must be someone huge. They go sit down, they
got bottle service, they got four people surrounding them protecting them.
So yeah, I think that's what it's going to be
while it's still like the new cool thing.
Speaker 1 (19:54):
That makes more sense, and you have four or five
guys legitimate arm security, yeah, legit security. Now, I would
love to see what the fine print is as far
as the extent you know, are they supposed to go
in the club with you or just meet you at
the door as you're leaving the club, because I don't
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think the bodyguards per se would follow you around everywhere
you go. I think it's just connected to the ride
and drop off. Now if it's supposed to if they're
supposed to wait for you, maybe they wait buy the car,
but not inside the club. That's what I would want
to know. How much actual security do you have or
is it only connected to the transportation, the wait and
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return aspect of it. That's what I would want to know.
I don't know who would use it on a day
to day basis. So I'm going to watch to see
if this actually becomes as popular as people would want
to be.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
I know it could work in LA, and it could
work in New York.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
Because you have people with a subdegree of money and
also status who would be interested in this, But the knee,
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (21:02):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
I could see it if, like, for example, here's someone
like when a rapper comes into town, especially if that
rappers from another major city, A lot of times they
may have their own private security, or they're not big
enough to have their own private security, and they feel
vulnerable and maybe they've said some things about LA rappers
and this is something which I've seen before which has happened,
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and they're concerned about possibly something happening to them while
they're in town for a music award show or something
like that.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
Then I can see this. You can't necessarily.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Afford full time security, but you could maybe get some
security for just the Grammy Awards or the Oscars or
so and so's big party the night before the Grammys
or something like that that I could see, But as
far as a day to day use, I don't know.
If there's enough of a market for it to demand,
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and how many people, how far advanced do you have
to actually book this. It's not like I could just
open up my app right down and get Uber and
you'll show up at my door in four minutes or something.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
A tactical gear.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
Yeah, so I'm quite sure you'd have to do this,
probably a few days in advance at the minimum, to
schedule it.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
I don't know how.
Speaker 1 (22:18):
I just don't know how convened you it would be,
because there are people out there like Mark Ronner who
scare me, and I have to be very very clear
that people like Mark Ronner can't approach me, and this
would be a good way to get around town without
being bothered by people like Mark Ronner.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
Subtle, well played. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. What were you saying?
Speaker 7 (22:36):
Mark Ronner caused me to wake up? I appreciate that
heard my name and it's like, oh, better wake up.
Speaker 1 (22:43):
I have to I wonder though, in our lives and
we also live in a different time where this is
not something we would dismiss out of hand. It's like, oh,
this is ridiculous, No, no, no, I see how people.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
Would use it.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
I just don't know if the business model is that
there's enough people to support it long term.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
I see you doing it.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
No, I could probably use some security because, oh, here's
true story. Did Twala tell you about the time when
we got some call some caller who said you want
to come up here.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
And fight us?
Speaker 7 (23:17):
I'm not sure that they all blend together. No, no, no,
I'm being very serious.
Speaker 1 (23:21):
So working in radio and TV, people take things very personally,
even though you're not talking to them individually. You're not
telling me personally. You're not saying, you know, John and
Temecula you're an a hole. No, you're just talking about
things that they don't agree with. Hey, Twala, you're here.
What was it the guy who said he was going
to come up here and fight us or something? I
remember that.
Speaker 5 (23:41):
I remember that we told him what time we got
off to That's right, yo, we did him what time
we get out there to meet us at where to park?
Will validate, we will validate that ass whoop.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
True story, true story.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
And you know, working in entertainment, I am personally self
aware of what is out there, but I'm not I'm
not getting armed security to go to the movie.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
Sorry.
Speaker 5 (24:09):
Yeah, just you three Walla and Stefan. That's it now,
coming from the music industry. And you remember when we
would do these concerts like Summer jam or you know, uh,
any concerts that come to town. But I could see this.
I remember a time there was a certain rap artist
who was very nervous about performing in Los Angeles. This
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was after the East Coast West Coast beef and a
very dear friend of his was murdered just blocks away,
not even a full block away from the station that
I worked at. He was very nervous and uneasy about
coming to town and doing anything.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
Are you talking about the artists whose mother died today? Yeah? Okay,
go ahead, keep going.
Speaker 5 (24:53):
Yeah, wow, if this is the time to get that
If if we would have had the option for an
app like this back then, we would have said, hey,
we will send protector to the airport to pick you
up and get you to the host hotel, Protector to
get you to the venue, Protector to get you back
to the airport. We would have used protector in an
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instant like that to protect our client when they come to town.
Speaker 1 (25:19):
And for let's say one thousand dollars, let's say it's
two thousand dollars, that's reasonable for like a five hour
period an artist is coming in to do a concert
and leave out that night.
Speaker 5 (25:29):
Absolutely, we probably as a station, especially being hip hop station,
we would probably get a direct contract with Protector to
do events.
Speaker 2 (25:39):
I kid you not.
Speaker 5 (25:39):
We would use Protector for everything. And why do I
know we would because we were already paying that for
Jackson limousine.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
If someone from Protector is listening right now, you ought
to just contact us, reach out to us.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
We'll bring you on and see what we can do.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Because I know Mark Runner with all the runners that
he's been giving people who he needs protection when he's
going to work.
Speaker 7 (26:00):
No, I'm like Ringo, I'm here to spread peace and love.
But you and Moe Kelly, you with your your final
comments or whatever they're called, you've got to be amassing
just a rogues gallery of enemies.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
Oh I'm sure, I'm sure.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
I mean, look, Batman has nothing on me, not a
damn thing on me.
Speaker 2 (26:19):
It's just it's to digress.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
Yeah, that's kind of the The job I signed up
for is not to be liked, is to do what
I do. And if you talk about politics, I'm quite
sure there are a lot of Democrats who are mad
at me what I said about Karen Bass, and I'm
quite sure Republicans are mad whenever I say anything that
does you know, just besmirches their God, Donald Trump, I'm
not trying to please people.
Speaker 5 (26:42):
You didn't see some of the messages that you received
in my inbox talking about your comments on measles.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
Oh let's hear that. Yeah, oh man, you got some
of those. You are a.
Speaker 5 (26:56):
Full uh stop lying, stop lying, you're lying. Well, you
are a bold face liar.
Speaker 1 (27:03):
You know you probably got in your inbox because they've
probably said something, you know, crazy to me and I've
already blocked them, so they feel they can't get to me.
Speaker 5 (27:10):
Probably probably because I was thinking of myself, because I
had a lot of messages that said tell Mo. In
my mind, I'm thinking of myself telling me, so, well,
what I gotta tell them for is MO lying to
the public about the old freedom bumps?
Speaker 7 (27:22):
He was?
Speaker 2 (27:23):
Yeah, he is a bold face lie.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
Well, since we're there to whoever that person was or them,
let me just first thank them for listening, even if
it's hate listening. But everything I gave were actual facts
and science. I didn't make up anything. I didn't lie
about anything. I didn't mislead. I did not contort any
of the messaging to present a false sense of reality.
Speaker 5 (27:49):
Y'all are just ignorant. That's all it is. No, all
it is. You are a liar. The vaccines are a
lie since nineteen sixty three.
Speaker 7 (27:59):
Yes, I think if somebody wants to complain about what
you said about the measles, they should also include a
photocopy of their medical degree and a copy of their
last published article in a journal.
Speaker 1 (28:11):
Well, look, my response is always just saying your last
science class was in ninth grade.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
Maybe it's probably called modern science.
Speaker 1 (28:18):
And I am reflecting the views of epidemiologists, virologists, immunologists,
all of them pathologists. And if your best is well
I got a C in biology in two thousand and eight. Sorry,
I'm going with what I know and what the experts
(28:40):
have actually said. And when you get sick, I should say,
when other people get sick, nobody's coming to your dumbass.
Speaker 2 (28:46):
Oo edgy science embracing. I know, I know you. This
is why you need the protector.
Speaker 1 (28:53):
Yeah, it's later with Boke Kelly ca If I am
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KFI A six forty.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
Last segment, we went all the way around the world
with that discussion because we first started talking about the
Protector app, which is basically Uber with guns. That's how
it's been characterized, where you can get a ride share,
but it also comes with a protector or more than
one protector that will come who's either ex military or
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law enforcement, and they'll be armed and dressed the way
that you need or request of him or them or
her or them, and you can you know they'll guard
you for five hours at a time at least with
respect to the ride. And then all of a sudden,
we ended up with Mark Ronner saying, hey, that's probably
good for you, Mo, because of all your haters and everything.
(29:46):
And I don't live that way. I really don't. But
I'm also aware of the world in which we live.
For example, like my wife, she's not on social media.
She knows that what I deal with, and so she's like,
I'm out. I am not on social media, and you know,
for the most part, she doesn't post any of her
photos anywhere. She tries to keep as low a profile
(30:08):
as possible for a number of reasons I talked.
Speaker 2 (30:13):
I don't know if I talked about this before.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
There were idiots who were sending these letters to my
parents' house trying to get to me. What they were
doing because my father, obviously when he was alive, he
and I had the same first and last name, so
they were just searching more so Kelly, and they thought
that it was my house. So they were sending all
this crazy stuff to my parents' house. And you know,
(30:39):
of course I let station management know, but that's the
type of world in which we live, unfortunately, and being
on KFI, number one news talk station in America, number
one stream station on iHeartRadio, a lot of people can
hear you at any given time.
Speaker 2 (30:55):
And here is the rub, if you will, the irony
of it all. When you're in.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
Radio, you're taught to create this connection, this level of
intimacy with whomever is listening, as if you're just talking
to one person. Because people are very picky about who
they allow and I think that's the right word allow
in their car or in their headphones when they're at
the gym working out. It's someone that you either like
(31:21):
or you trust, or even if you hate listen. There
is this relationship, and unfortunately people take it to a
place where they feel like you're talking to her or
him or a group very personally and very specifically, and
they get angry.
Speaker 2 (31:39):
They get very angry sometimes.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
And I could tell you all sorts of stories about
things which have happened to people in media. We can
go back and talk about the CNN bomber, for example,
saysar Psyak, I think his name was, and he just
wasn't a good bomber, but the intent was to harm
the people who were delivering information or cable news air
(32:01):
quotes that he disagreed with. So it is a very
serious subject. And there are a lot of things that
I receive in my mail not cool at all. And
most of my family I have to let them know, say, hey,
you don't need to defend me. I can defend myself.
But you know my wife is no she is out
on social media. Nope, no parts whatsoever, nothing none. So
(32:25):
I hear you, Mark, I actually do hear you. And
there is a serious discussion to be had surrounding those issues.
Speaker 2 (32:32):
I just don't live my life that way.
Speaker 1 (32:34):
And I and I tell people on social media all
the time, anything I say, be it on this show
or on TV or on social media.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
I will say it with.
Speaker 1 (32:43):
My name, with my face, with my account, and I
will say it and sign my name to it, as
opposed to anonymous internet trolls.
Speaker 7 (32:52):
I gotta tell you, and you're gonna think I'm nuts.
But I keep reading more and more about people showing
less impulse control and more aggression as a direct result
of COVID brain damage widespread, largely undiagnosed COVID brain damage.
But I honestly think we can start to see some
of this slight change in people's behavior.
Speaker 2 (33:14):
I don't know to what I would attribute it.
Speaker 1 (33:17):
I will say this mark we as a society pre
and post COVID are completely different. We don't know how
to act on airplanes, we don't know how to act
in movie theaters. We can't even interact with one another
with some degree of civility. And it's more than just
our politics. It just seems like we don't know how
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to socialize with one another.
Speaker 7 (33:43):
Well, there are multiple factors, and it's hard to separate
them out discreetly. But I wouldn't have even mentioned this
if I hadn't seen it from quite a number of
actual medical and science professionals.
Speaker 2 (33:52):
What do you talk about medical and science?
Speaker 7 (33:55):
You know, people with credentials who can actually send you
the photo.
Speaker 2 (33:58):
Copy of their diploma. That's all fake.
Speaker 1 (34:01):
Oh look I've seen one YouTube video and that is
equal to your twelve doctors and their multiple degrees and
their board certifications.
Speaker 2 (34:09):
Well, naturally, anything we don't like is fake.
Speaker 7 (34:12):
Mo.
Speaker 2 (34:13):
Anything well I don't like you said, that mean su're fake? Largely.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
Yes, Look at the time. Kf I am six forty.
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It's finally Friday. Thank goodness, It's finally Friday. Later with
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I'm just gonna start with this. I wouldn't have done
it at this time, and I wouldn't have done it
in this manner. Some things can be done at the
wrong time, and it may give you a short term gain,
(00:46):
but long term it's gonna be an l I'm talking
about Mayor Karen Bass firing LA Fire Department now former
chief Kristen Crowley. We heard rob during the fires even
that there was discord that there was tension that possibly
Mayor Bass. In fact, there were some published news reports
(01:09):
that got out in front of it allegedly Mayor Bass
had fired Kristin Crowley during the height of the fires
and the height of the crisis.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
That turned out to be not.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
True, or at least not true in that moment, But
in the intervening and subsequent days, it seemed like that
tension began to grow, and Kristin Crowley had more and
more remarks critical of the mayor and how she had
been handling the overall crisis.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Well, it came to a head today.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Mayor Bass decided to pull the trigger and fire Kristin Crowley.
I wouldn't have done it now if I were mayor,
and I wouldn't have done it in this way.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
This is what I would have done.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Before I play Mayor Bass's remarks, I would have waited
for the official invent investigations to say everything that the
LA Fire Department maybe did wrong. Or Crowley did not
do any mistakes that were made, but she got out
in front of it, as in Mayor Bass got out
in front of it and then accused the fire department
(02:16):
chief of not doing X and Y, getting out in
front of any overall of findings.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
I wouldn't have done it that way, and also I
wouldn't have.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Tried to kick the fire chief in the behind on
the way out the door.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
This is what Mayor Bass had to say.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
And on the other side, I'll say that never before
did I think that her mayoral reelection bid was in
trouble until today.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Good afternoon. Thank you for being here acting in the
best interest of Los Angeles public safety and for the
operations of the Los Angeles Fire Department. I just met
with Chief Crowley and removed.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Her as fire chief.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
I have appointed a forty one year veteran of the
fire department, former Chief Deputy Ronald VI Nueva as interim
fire chief. He is respected and ready to hit the
ground running. So let me be clear. Our firefighters acted
heroically during the Palisades fire, and they act heroically every
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single day.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
That is without question.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Bringing new leadership to the fire Department is what they
and the people of Los Angeles deserve. As you know,
I have called for a full investigation of everything leading
up to January seventh.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Ah ah, full investigation.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Okay, Well, if that's the case, why not wait for
the investigation to play itself out.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Why are you out in front of this?
Speaker 3 (03:45):
As you know, I have called for a full investigation
of everything leading up to January seventh. A necessary step
to the investigation was the President of the Fire Commission
telling Chief Crowley to do after action report on the fires.
The fire chief refused. We all know that a thousand
(04:07):
firefighters that could have been on duty on the morning
the fires broke were instead sent home on Chief Crowley's watch.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
I think that should have been in the report. Let
report say that not you, But would you preface it
with we all know not? Actually no, no, we don't
all know that's what you're telling.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Us that could have been on duty on the morning
the fires broke were instead sent home on Chief Crowley's watch.
These actions required.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Her removal, if you say so, but it should have
come from the report.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
We all know that a thousand firefighters that could have
been on duty on the marning the fires broke were
instead sent home on Chief Crowley's watch. These actions required
her removal. While the department is in the experience and
expert hands of Chief via Nueva, my office will lead
(05:05):
a national search and I will speak directly with firefighters
and Angelino's about what they want to see in the
next fire chief.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Here's what I do know in my limited time following politics.
First responders will stick together. And although Kristin Crowley had
her detractors, no doubt, although that the report may have
found that Crowley might have been at fault on some level,
(05:34):
the way that this is being done is going to
turn I would say a lot of the unions and
also rank and file against Mayor Bass in what is
going to turn into an election year, because she is
running for reelection next year. She made it more difficult
for herself. Mayor Bass she didn't make it easier. Instead,
(05:54):
she seems like someone who's trying to scapegoat this fire
chief and put all all the blames squarely on Kristin
Crowley's shoulders, and the first responders are not going to
allow that.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
They're not going to stand for that.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
If anything, two weeks ago, I would have said just
possibly Mayor Bass would able to would be able to
ride this out.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
It would have been a bumpy ride.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
But we're talking about Los Angeles, it's a democratic haven.
There probably wouldn't be a serious challenge to her, not
even Rick Caruso. But after today, seeing that press conference,
making this move at this time in this way, I
think that changes everything. And it's going to get worse
now for Mayor Bass, and I'm not sure it's going
(06:39):
to get better. It's Later with mo Kelly KFI AM
six forty WeLive everywhere in the iHeartRadio app. I got
some thoughts on Rick Cruso, what he's trying to do,
and if I wasn't sure that he was going to
run prior to today, well I'm positive he's running now.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
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Speaker 5 (06:59):
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Speaker 1 (07:12):
And I had been ruminating over the idea of whether
Rick Caruso was actually going to run again. And let's
just review when he ran last time for mayor of
Los Angeles. He ran as a Democrat, and I put
that in air quotes. He was originally a Republican, went
to independent and then shifted to party registration of Democrats
(07:33):
specifically for the mayoral race. And if you know anything
about politics, that usually doesn't turn out well because the
party that you're trying to sneak your way into, for
lack of a better phrase, they're not ever going to
embrace you. You're not going to get the full support
of the party leadership, and not going to pour in
the type of money that you would want. They'll probably
(07:54):
withhold any type of polling data. You would be a
Democrat in name own in the truest sense of the word.
So it be very difficult for anyone to pose as
a Democrat and win. Rick Caruso this time. I expect
him to probably run as an independent or even go
back to being a Republican. But I knew the moment
that I saw this first story that he was definitely
(08:18):
going to run. And it's I call it campaigning without
actually campaigning.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
You're doing things to keep your name in the news.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
You're doing things to be able to conduct the interviews
about what you're doing without explicitly talking about running for
office or having to declare and filing all the appropriate
paperwork and what have you. When I read that Rick
Carusoe's organization is offering new homes to wildfire victims, I said, Yep,
there it is. He is now setting the stage to
(08:47):
run for mayor once again. He announced Wednesday that he
has partnered with a prefab home construction company to provide
new houses for low income residents who lost their homes
in the La wilds and the prefab homes will be
built by Samara and will be offered to low income
homeowners in both Altadena and the Pacific Palisades who lost
(09:10):
homes in the wildfires and lack the economic resources to rebuild.
And before you say there are no low income homeowners
in Pacific Palisades, that's not true. It's not a uniform
economic demographic. There are a number of people who are
not wealthy who live in the Pacific Palisades.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Area.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
The homes are going to be funded, as I read through,
the Steadfast LA Foundation, which will collaborate with an outside
organization to oversee the eligibility building an installation process. So
these are what I call manufactured homes. They're not going
to be the homes of the wealthy. They're not going
to be necessarily on the level of what we see
(09:51):
in the better parts of Altadena. These are going to
be like prefabricated homes, manufactured homes, mobile homes, if you
can call them that, to be placed in certain areas.
And the Caruso Family Foundation also is going to provide
an unspecified amount of seed funding for the program, which
means all and I'm not doubting the sincerity of Rick Crusoe.
(10:14):
I'm just looking at all the strategic timing of all
this which is going on, which says to me that yes,
not only is he going to be critical of Mayor
Bass in the press, and he's going to continue to
do that, but he's also doing other things to keep
his name front and center in Angelino's minds. So when
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he does eventually declare that he's in the race, he
will have had all of this what I call free
press to keep his name out there. He doesn't have
to spend money to get commercial time. He's getting time elsewhere.
And these are some of the of the decisions and
the considerations which are made for candidates as they start
(10:56):
gearing up to officially run.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Now, whether he'll win no.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Last segment, I was saying that I didn't agree with
what Mayor Bass did as far as firing the LA
Fire Department chief in the way that was done. And
even though I believe that that's going to really hurt
Karen Bass's re election chances the way that she did that,
people we may have like a seven second news cycle,
(11:21):
but this is going to be a little bit longer,
and people are going to remember this for a little
bit longer, and it's going to dog her for longer,
if only because first responders are not going to let
this go. But even though Karen Bass, I think, is
now in a weaker position, it doesn't mean automatically that
Rick Caruso is the heir apparent. If anything, it just
(11:43):
says that Rick Caruso will have more to campaign on.
But politics can be very strange, and since Democrats are
very strong here in LA, they're not.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Going to embrace Rick Caruso.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
They didn't before and they won't now, which means they
may turn to someone else if they think that Karen
Bass cannot get re elected. So this is all complex,
but at the same time, there's certain things you can
point at and look at and recognize and Twalla, since
you just came in the studio and you have a
vested interest in what happens in Altadena beyond yourself, what
(12:22):
did you think when you saw this story and specifically
Rick Caruso h his attachment to it.
Speaker 5 (12:29):
The very first thing I said to myself is looks
like Rick Caruso is officially throwing his hat back into
the mayor all race. He is making it clear on
what his position is. He is coming in as the savior.
He is, to his credit, doing something that I've been
asking and wondering why Mayor Bass hasn't done. What he's
(12:52):
doing isn't something that she could not have done herself
or any other city official could not have been doing themselves.
That the residents of the Palisades and Alta Dina and
eating in all those areas needing most of all our home.
They need housing, they need options, they need something to
put them back to where they were make them hold.
(13:13):
No one has offered anything. He came in and said, so,
no one is offering to just come through and rebuild homes.
You know what, this is my bellywick, this is what
I do. I would die. Ran a whole campaign on
infrastructure and housing and all of that. Now it's time
(13:34):
for me to put my money where my mouth is.
Something that people accused me of not doing. People said
I was big on plans and didn't have a lot
to show for it. If he comes through with this,
it's going to be hard for Bear Bast to make
a case running against him, because this right now is
going to be top of everyone's mind from now at
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least for the next few years while he is doing it.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
This is people right, and when they have the groundbreaking,
you're gonna see Rick Caruso. When they start finishing the homes,
you're gonna find Rick Crusso and they're gonna finish the homes.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
They said in his early as six to seven months.
Speaker 5 (14:11):
Yes he's running even beyond the six to seventh month plan.
When you look deeper into his plan, this is something
that he is starting with. He has just reached out
to this first company to start rebuilding. He's like, that's
just one company. I have lots of companies that can
do stuff with And now that to Mara Bass's credit
and to Governor Nuso's credit, they have eased up on
(14:33):
a lot of the permitting and building codes and things
like that. Hey, I will reach out to everyone I
know and I'm gonna get it done. Which is one
of those things where we look at Maribas and say,
I'm not sure why you didn't do this.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Not a good week for the mayor, But I do
wonder this and this is not going to be When
I say this, Caruso's plan is not going to be
for everyone in Altadena, for Palisades. This is for specifically
for lower income housing. I can't speak to what percentage
that is in Altadena. I don't think it's a high percentage.
Speaker 5 (15:11):
No, No, it doesn't have to be a high percentage
if you are getting anyone off of the streets. If
you're looking at the people that are most effective and
most at a disadvantage when it comes to rebuilding, you
have to start with those most Indeed, you don't start
with the upper class or even the middle class. You
(15:32):
start at the low people who have nothing, who have
no fire insurance, who have no savings, who have nothing,
no temporary housing, no nothing.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
You start there. You have to build up the foundation.
Speaker 5 (15:45):
The people that are working in these communities, the people
who are are large in part, are the ones who
are i would say, putting the most into the community
with all of the spending that they're doing. Yes, you
start there and think about it. You have to start somewhere.
You gotta start somewhere.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
No, you have to start somewhere and soon. You can't
wait to start somewhere. Yes, yes, because we know timelines
are coming. All the funds are running out as far
as you know. Come and get your thousand dollars gift cars.
That's coming to an end pretty soon. People are gonna
be looking at you like mayor Bass. Where are we
staying tonight? When we come back, we want to tell
(16:24):
you about the Protector app. Protect your app. Think of
it as Uber but with armed security. Ride share. Yes,
we'll tell you about that. Next, it's a Later with
mo Kelly. Can if I Am six forty live everywhere
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Speaker 4 (16:39):
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Speaker 1 (16:45):
Could you imagine Stephan picking you up in his uber
but also carrying Maybe he's in a suit, maybe he's
in I don't know, business casual. Maybe he's in what
is called like tactical casual polo shirt with tactical pants
(17:09):
and shoes. Or maybe he'll show up as an operator
full on suat attire. But that could be a well,
it is a reality on a small level because this
new app rideeshair app it's being characterized as Uber but
with guns, and it's called Protector. Right now, it is
available on the iOS and the MacApp store. It doesn't
(17:33):
say anything about the Google Play Store, but it offers
ride share services with a personal protector, and that protector
is either former military and or law enforcement professionals who
are armed, who will be actively armed. And the app
as of yesterday was only available here in LA and
(17:54):
in New York City, so they're trying to start off
big in big cities. And when booking, you can even
select the amount or number of protectors you want inside
your ride. You choose the dress code. Like I was
saying with Stefan, you have four options, four options for
your protector. Business formal a traditional suit business casual, a
(18:17):
lighter suit without a tie, there's tactical casual, a polo
shirt with tactical pants and shoes.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
An operator which.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Is full on SWAT attire can meet all your needs,
but you have to reserve it for five hours of protection.
That's the minimum amount of time that can be selected.
If you're wondering how much it costs, and I know
you are about one thousand dollars minimum for those five hours,
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and you have to have a membership which is one
hundred and twenty nine dollars per year. So it's not
meant to be inexpensive because these are trained professionals who
would protect you. My question is who would need something
like this. I mean, if you need that type of protection,
(19:07):
you probably already have a detail. I'm thinking, I know,
if you're like a CEO of a healthcare company or
you're a CEO of a tech company, you probably have
a private security detail and transportation.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
Who do you think we use this Stefan.
Speaker 6 (19:24):
So me and Richie were talking about it, and we
think while it's still fresh and brand new, you're gonna
have a lot of those wanna be influencers who are
going to hire them so that they look like a
bigger deal than they are, because they're gonna show up
to the club and people already don't know who they are,
and then you see, oh, if they got all that protection,
(19:45):
it must be someone huge. They go sit down, they
got bottle service, they got four people surrounding them protecting them.
So yeah, I think that's what it's going to be
while it's still like the new cool thing.
Speaker 1 (19:54):
That makes more sense, and you have four or five
guys legitimate arm security, yeah, legit security. Now, I would
love to see what the fine print is as far
as the extent you know, are they supposed to go
in the club with you or just meet you at
the door as you're leaving the club, because I don't
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think the bodyguards per se would follow you around everywhere
you go. I think it's just connected to the ride
and drop off. Now if it's supposed to if they're
supposed to wait for you, maybe they wait buy the car,
but not inside the club. That's what I would want
to know. How much actual security do you have or
is it only connected to the transportation, the wait and
(20:37):
return aspect of it. That's what I would want to know.
I don't know who would use it on a day
to day basis. So I'm going to watch to see
if this actually becomes as popular as people would want
to be.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
I know it could work in LA, and it could
work in New York.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
Because you have people with a subdegree of money and
also status who would be interested in this, But the knee,
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (21:02):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
I could see it if, like, for example, here's someone
like when a rapper comes into town, especially if that
rappers from another major city, A lot of times they
may have their own private security, or they're not big
enough to have their own private security, and they feel
vulnerable and maybe they've said some things about LA rappers
and this is something which I've seen before which has happened,
(21:24):
and they're concerned about possibly something happening to them while
they're in town for a music award show or something
like that.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
Then I can see this. You can't necessarily.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Afford full time security, but you could maybe get some
security for just the Grammy Awards or the Oscars or
so and so's big party the night before the Grammys
or something like that that I could see, But as
far as a day to day use, I don't know.
If there's enough of a market for it to demand,
(21:57):
and how many people, how far advanced do you have
to actually book this. It's not like I could just
open up my app right down and get Uber and
you'll show up at my door in four minutes or something.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
A tactical gear.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
Yeah, so I'm quite sure you'd have to do this,
probably a few days in advance at the minimum, to
schedule it.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
I don't know how.
Speaker 1 (22:18):
I just don't know how convened you it would be,
because there are people out there like Mark Ronner who
scare me, and I have to be very very clear
that people like Mark Ronner can't approach me, and this
would be a good way to get around town without
being bothered by people like Mark Ronner.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
Subtle, well played. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. What were you saying?
Speaker 7 (22:36):
Mark Ronner caused me to wake up? I appreciate that
heard my name and it's like, oh, better wake up.
Speaker 1 (22:43):
I have to I wonder though, in our lives and
we also live in a different time where this is
not something we would dismiss out of hand. It's like, oh,
this is ridiculous, No, no, no, I see how people.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
Would use it.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
I just don't know if the business model is that
there's enough people to support it long term.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
I see you doing it.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
No, I could probably use some security because, oh, here's
true story. Did Twala tell you about the time when
we got some call some caller who said you want
to come up here.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
And fight us?
Speaker 7 (23:17):
I'm not sure that they all blend together. No, no, no,
I'm being very serious.
Speaker 1 (23:21):
So working in radio and TV, people take things very personally,
even though you're not talking to them individually. You're not
telling me personally. You're not saying, you know, John and
Temecula you're an a hole. No, you're just talking about
things that they don't agree with. Hey, Twala, you're here.
What was it the guy who said he was going
to come up here and fight us or something? I
remember that.
Speaker 5 (23:41):
I remember that we told him what time we got
off to That's right, yo, we did him what time
we get out there to meet us at where to park?
Will validate, we will validate that ass whoop.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
True story, true story.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
And you know, working in entertainment, I am personally self
aware of what is out there, but I'm not I'm
not getting armed security to go to the movie.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
Sorry.
Speaker 5 (24:09):
Yeah, just you three Walla and Stefan. That's it now,
coming from the music industry. And you remember when we
would do these concerts like Summer jam or you know, uh,
any concerts that come to town. But I could see this.
I remember a time there was a certain rap artist
who was very nervous about performing in Los Angeles. This
(24:31):
was after the East Coast West Coast beef and a
very dear friend of his was murdered just blocks away,
not even a full block away from the station that
I worked at. He was very nervous and uneasy about
coming to town and doing anything.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
Are you talking about the artists whose mother died today? Yeah? Okay,
go ahead, keep going.
Speaker 5 (24:53):
Yeah, wow, if this is the time to get that
If if we would have had the option for an
app like this back then, we would have said, hey,
we will send protector to the airport to pick you
up and get you to the host hotel, Protector to
get you to the venue, Protector to get you back
to the airport. We would have used protector in an
(25:15):
instant like that to protect our client when they come to town.
Speaker 1 (25:19):
And for let's say one thousand dollars, let's say it's
two thousand dollars, that's reasonable for like a five hour
period an artist is coming in to do a concert
and leave out that night.
Speaker 5 (25:29):
Absolutely, we probably as a station, especially being hip hop station,
we would probably get a direct contract with Protector to
do events.
Speaker 2 (25:39):
I kid you not.
Speaker 5 (25:39):
We would use Protector for everything. And why do I
know we would because we were already paying that for
Jackson limousine.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
If someone from Protector is listening right now, you ought
to just contact us, reach out to us.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
We'll bring you on and see what we can do.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Because I know Mark Runner with all the runners that
he's been giving people who he needs protection when he's
going to work.
Speaker 7 (26:00):
No, I'm like Ringo, I'm here to spread peace and love.
But you and Moe Kelly, you with your your final
comments or whatever they're called, you've got to be amassing
just a rogues gallery of enemies.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
Oh I'm sure, I'm sure.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
I mean, look, Batman has nothing on me, not a
damn thing on me.
Speaker 2 (26:19):
It's just it's to digress.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
Yeah, that's kind of the The job I signed up
for is not to be liked, is to do what
I do. And if you talk about politics, I'm quite
sure there are a lot of Democrats who are mad
at me what I said about Karen Bass, and I'm
quite sure Republicans are mad whenever I say anything that
does you know, just besmirches their God, Donald Trump, I'm
not trying to please people.
Speaker 5 (26:42):
You didn't see some of the messages that you received
in my inbox talking about your comments on measles.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
Oh let's hear that. Yeah, oh man, you got some
of those. You are a.
Speaker 5 (26:56):
Full uh stop lying, stop lying, you're lying. Well, you
are a bold face liar.
Speaker 1 (27:03):
You know you probably got in your inbox because they've
probably said something, you know, crazy to me and I've
already blocked them, so they feel they can't get to me.
Speaker 5 (27:10):
Probably probably because I was thinking of myself, because I
had a lot of messages that said tell Mo. In
my mind, I'm thinking of myself telling me, so, well,
what I gotta tell them for is MO lying to
the public about the old freedom bumps?
Speaker 7 (27:22):
He was?
Speaker 2 (27:23):
Yeah, he is a bold face lie.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
Well, since we're there to whoever that person was or them,
let me just first thank them for listening, even if
it's hate listening. But everything I gave were actual facts
and science. I didn't make up anything. I didn't lie
about anything. I didn't mislead. I did not contort any
of the messaging to present a false sense of reality.
Speaker 5 (27:49):
Y'all are just ignorant. That's all it is. No, all
it is. You are a liar. The vaccines are a
lie since nineteen sixty three.
Speaker 7 (27:59):
Yes, I think if somebody wants to complain about what
you said about the measles, they should also include a
photocopy of their medical degree and a copy of their
last published article in a journal.
Speaker 1 (28:11):
Well, look, my response is always just saying your last
science class was in ninth grade.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
Maybe it's probably called modern science.
Speaker 1 (28:18):
And I am reflecting the views of epidemiologists, virologists, immunologists,
all of them pathologists. And if your best is well
I got a C in biology in two thousand and eight. Sorry,
I'm going with what I know and what the experts
(28:40):
have actually said. And when you get sick, I should say,
when other people get sick, nobody's coming to your dumbass.
Speaker 2 (28:46):
Oo edgy science embracing. I know, I know you. This
is why you need the protector.
Speaker 1 (28:53):
Yeah, it's later with Boke Kelly ca If I am
six forty live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 4 (28:58):
You're listening to later with Moke Kelly on Demand from
KFI A six forty.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
Last segment, we went all the way around the world
with that discussion because we first started talking about the
Protector app, which is basically Uber with guns. That's how
it's been characterized, where you can get a ride share,
but it also comes with a protector or more than
one protector that will come who's either ex military or
(29:25):
law enforcement, and they'll be armed and dressed the way
that you need or request of him or them or
her or them, and you can you know they'll guard
you for five hours at a time at least with
respect to the ride. And then all of a sudden,
we ended up with Mark Ronner saying, hey, that's probably
good for you, Mo, because of all your haters and everything.
(29:46):
And I don't live that way. I really don't. But
I'm also aware of the world in which we live.
For example, like my wife, she's not on social media.
She knows that what I deal with, and so she's like,
I'm out. I am not on social media, and you know,
for the most part, she doesn't post any of her
photos anywhere. She tries to keep as low a profile
(30:08):
as possible for a number of reasons I talked.
Speaker 2 (30:13):
I don't know if I talked about this before.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
There were idiots who were sending these letters to my
parents' house trying to get to me. What they were
doing because my father, obviously when he was alive, he
and I had the same first and last name, so
they were just searching more so Kelly, and they thought
that it was my house. So they were sending all
this crazy stuff to my parents' house. And you know,
(30:39):
of course I let station management know, but that's the
type of world in which we live, unfortunately, and being
on KFI, number one news talk station in America, number
one stream station on iHeartRadio, a lot of people can
hear you at any given time.
Speaker 2 (30:55):
And here is the rub, if you will, the irony
of it all. When you're in.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
Radio, you're taught to create this connection, this level of
intimacy with whomever is listening, as if you're just talking
to one person. Because people are very picky about who
they allow and I think that's the right word allow
in their car or in their headphones when they're at
the gym working out. It's someone that you either like
(31:21):
or you trust, or even if you hate listen. There
is this relationship, and unfortunately people take it to a
place where they feel like you're talking to her or
him or a group very personally and very specifically, and
they get angry.
Speaker 2 (31:39):
They get very angry sometimes.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
And I could tell you all sorts of stories about
things which have happened to people in media. We can
go back and talk about the CNN bomber, for example,
saysar Psyak, I think his name was, and he just
wasn't a good bomber, but the intent was to harm
the people who were delivering information or cable news air
(32:01):
quotes that he disagreed with. So it is a very
serious subject. And there are a lot of things that
I receive in my mail not cool at all. And
most of my family I have to let them know, say, hey,
you don't need to defend me. I can defend myself.
But you know my wife is no she is out
on social media. Nope, no parts whatsoever, nothing none. So
(32:25):
I hear you, Mark, I actually do hear you. And
there is a serious discussion to be had surrounding those issues.
Speaker 2 (32:32):
I just don't live my life that way.
Speaker 1 (32:34):
And I and I tell people on social media all
the time, anything I say, be it on this show
or on TV or on social media.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
I will say it with.
Speaker 1 (32:43):
My name, with my face, with my account, and I
will say it and sign my name to it, as
opposed to anonymous internet trolls.
Speaker 7 (32:52):
I gotta tell you, and you're gonna think I'm nuts.
But I keep reading more and more about people showing
less impulse control and more aggression as a direct result
of COVID brain damage widespread, largely undiagnosed COVID brain damage.
But I honestly think we can start to see some
of this slight change in people's behavior.
Speaker 2 (33:14):
I don't know to what I would attribute it.
Speaker 1 (33:17):
I will say this mark we as a society pre
and post COVID are completely different. We don't know how
to act on airplanes, we don't know how to act
in movie theaters. We can't even interact with one another
with some degree of civility. And it's more than just
our politics. It just seems like we don't know how
(33:39):
to socialize with one another.
Speaker 7 (33:43):
Well, there are multiple factors, and it's hard to separate
them out discreetly. But I wouldn't have even mentioned this
if I hadn't seen it from quite a number of
actual medical and science professionals.
Speaker 2 (33:52):
What do you talk about medical and science?
Speaker 7 (33:55):
You know, people with credentials who can actually send you
the photo.
Speaker 2 (33:58):
Copy of their diploma. That's all fake.
Speaker 1 (34:01):
Oh look I've seen one YouTube video and that is
equal to your twelve doctors and their multiple degrees and
their board certifications.
Speaker 2 (34:09):
Well, naturally, anything we don't like is fake.
Speaker 7 (34:12):
Mo.
Speaker 2 (34:13):
Anything well I don't like you said, that mean su're fake? Largely.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
Yes, Look at the time. Kf I am six forty.
We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 4 (34:21):
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Speaker 2 (34:24):
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Speaker 1 (34:27):
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