Community Connection - 7 16 2026 Tina Cosby with Open Lines and Nataliya Kry-lova and Danny Bridges

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Speaker 1: WTLC AMW two three six C are Indianapolis broadcasting from the Praise Indi Indiego Studios, Indigo Boldly Moving Indy Forward. It's Community Connection with Tina Cosby on Praise AM thirteen ten ninety five point one FM.
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Speaker 2: And good afternoon, and welcome to Community Connection. I'm Tina Cosby. Today's Thursday, July sixteenth, Happy Birthday, Zi and Cheryl. Three one seven four eight zero thirteen ten. Three one seven four eight zero thirteen ten is the number to the show. And on the show today, our weekly sports segment with the Indianapolis Recorders Danny Bridges. That's in our second hour. Plus, one of the leading providers of home delivered meals for older adults, people with special needs, and more, joins us to talk about what makes their service and offerings unique. That will be about thirty minutes from now. Right now, though, let's bring you in, Eric.
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Speaker 3: Welcome back, welcome back, good to be back, good to be back.
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Speaker 4: Nice.
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Speaker 3: It's like almost like a Friday, I guess for me kind of feels that way.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it does, it does, because Friday's coming.
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Speaker 3: It's coming, it's coming.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. Before we go to the weather, we got a little bit of breaking news here. Oh yeah, yeah, I mean literally just moments ago. Uh you wanna you want me to go ahead?
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Speaker 3: You go ahead, let me Uh I'm going to give you this. You ready?
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Speaker 2: Yeah?
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Speaker 3: Yeah?
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Speaker 2: Yeah yeah. Well, apparently, just a short time ago, it was learned that Indianapolis Mayor Joe hawk Sett has vetoed said no, said no, no, no, no no to the proposed county wheel tax and has sent it back to the full city County Council. According to the Associated Press, well this is wish TV. Let's read from which Indianapolis here joehawks had announced Thursday he has vetoed a proposal in favor of increasing vehicle registration related taxes proposed by the city County Council. He announced his decision in a post on X. Of course that's proposal one ninety two. We talk about it a lot. It has did pass the council committee with a vote of fourteen to ten on July sixth, and then it passed the full council. Under the wheel tax proposal, as you know, most Marin County drivers of vehicles under eleven thousand pounds would pay a flat one hundred dollars annual fee that's up from regularly twenty dollars. And the larger vehicles would pay a flat annual fee of two hundred and forty dollars, and I believe that's up from forty he said his announcement, he disapproved of the proposal, pointing at rising cost of living for Indianapolis residents as part of his reason for doing so. And he has been very consistent, he has been very concerns in terms of why. And again with the veto, the proposal returns to the City County Council for re consideration. Now shortly after that. Actually, I got this reaction before we got the informator. I said, Oh, I guess he did. He vetoed it, but huh, this says. The following statement can be attributed to Indianapolis City County Council President Maggie A. Lewis in response to the mayor's veto or Proposal one ninety two, Indianapolis City County Councilors, we acknowledge. Okay, let's let's start this again. The Indianapolis City County Council acknowledges the mayor's veto of Proposal one. Basically, okay, we got it in accordance with the city's legislative process. The proposal will return to the full Council for reconsideration. Following a review of the mayor's veto message, The council will conduct a vote on whether to override the veto. Okay, now under council rules and an over guide and override requires the affirmative vote of seventeen council members.
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Speaker 3: Okay.
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Speaker 2: The Council remains committed to fulfilling its legislative responsibilities through a transparent and deliberative process in exercising the veto. This veto, we look forward to receiving the mayor's plan to fund the city infrastructure improvements as required to obtain the state matching grant. Basically, okay, Mayor, give us your plan.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, he's not said anything about.
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Speaker 2: He's just always said I don't like it, I don't like new taxes.
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Speaker 4: Uh.
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Speaker 2: Information on the timing of the veto override vote will be communicated through the council's regular public meeting process. And again that is from City County Council President Maggie Lewis. And basically, Okay, we got the we got your message, we heard you.
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Speaker 5: Heard you.
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Speaker 2: What's your plan?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's what we all.
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Speaker 2: Well, yeah, we I want to know, we're going to go through the process, but what is your plan? And I think that's fair. James and I talked yesterday about you know, this being a sign of leadership, knowing that it's unpopular. We talked, you know, one of the things we forgot. One of the areas we probably should have hit and we didn't, was that this did not have the full support of the mayor.
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Speaker 3: That is true.
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Speaker 2: You know, we talked about the public, the voters not liking it, but saying okay, I guess, but we did not approach and that's our fault. We did not approach and say, you know, there's still the possibility that the mayor could veto this, and he did. The news came just this morning that he was going to veto this proposal. Now, the business of the council is at hand. They have to do whatever they need to do. Counselor Lewis, I do believe the last time we spoke, Counselor Lewis said that in terms of having the votes to over ride a mayoral veto, that they would need a couple of more counselors to come over on their side to get a veto proof majority. So there's gonna be some work to do if they want to override the video, the veto, not the video override the veto. Here's what I think. I would suspect that the next full City County Council meeting is coming up August tenth. August tenth, the next full meeting, and so I would think that there's going to be a whole lot of meeting and putting heads together, meetings, putting heads together, and things of that nature prior to that. Because again, if I understood correctly, and James and I were listening with James, listen anyway, if I understood the councilor Lewis President Lewis correctly, they will need a couple more votes. They will need a couple more votes on the council to come over to the side of in favor of the approval of Proposal one ninety two, So that you know that, hey, yeah, it's all it's all shaken up a little bit. Now, it's all shaken up just a little bit, and we'll see how that pans out. Because you know, here's the thing. They both have good arguments. I see both sides have good arguments. The mayor is like, we can't keep piling on our citizens and taxpayers with more new taxes that they simply can't afford. Right now in this president economy, that the word the word is affordability. Affordability, So it's going to be more difficult to afford registering and licensing your cars or your vehicles or what have you. So there's that. But then on the other hand, I get why President Lewis and Assistant Majority Leader Nielsen want to push this wheel tax because this is the the quickest, most efficient way to get started on these roads which continue to crumble and go into a state more and more states of disrepair winner after winter. So there's the timeliness and the like let's just get it done idea, and then there's the well, let's find another way because I don't want to tax our citizens. So we are you know what they call that, We're at a stand you know what are you? A standstill? Stalemate?
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Speaker 3: Stalemate?
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Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you, thank you? Thank you? Stalemate?
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Speaker 3: So there, maybe he's going to reveal it, Maybe they'll get together and talk about it. You think is that possible? They'll get together? Going to have to they got to talk and take the answer is yes, so he can reveal what he what his plan.
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Speaker 2: Might what his plan is, and the President is going to have to whip up a couple more votes if the council wants to override, if they want to go back to the drawing board and try to come up with something else. I don't know.
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Speaker 3: Hopefully they can talk about it.
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Speaker 2: They need to talk.
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Speaker 3: You have to talk and some conclusion.
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Speaker 2: But I like the council was quick. President Lewis sent out her statement very quickly. We acknowledge it, and we're waiting to hear from you and we'll do what we're supposed to do as a counsel.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, we'll see. We'll see what and maybe as soon as I don't know today or tomorrow, could be you could hear from the mayor.
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Speaker 2: We could well, we heard from the mayor the most.
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Speaker 3: It's like, hey, no, no, So now what solution will he offer?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, now what's the solution?
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Speaker 3: How do you fund this.
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Speaker 2: And keep it going? And keep it going?
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Speaker 3: That's a one time thing.
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Speaker 2: Uh m m m so yeah, yeah, So that's that's that's the breaking news that you know. So let's let's play that again. So Whenever you hear this, you'll know that we've Yeah, yeah, you want to hear our sound here it is. Yeah, when you hear that, you'll know that something has just broken.
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Speaker 3: Something has broken.
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Speaker 2: It's just happened, just happened. Well I didn't, I guess we you know, I don't know what I was thinking. I don't know. But with the mayor, is he here's the other thing. The mayor could have just done no action whatsoever, nothing at all, and it would have gone into effect with it, they would have a certain amount of time. But he said.
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Speaker 3: No, no, no way.
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Speaker 2: So WHOA. I think that might be the one of the first or maybe one of the few. I won't say first, because he's been mayor for a long time, but in recent in recent history, I don't know if he and the council have been at odds in a while.
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Speaker 3: Be interesting to see how this comes out. I hope they Well, they have to come together some kind of conclusion. As he said, no, so they have to sit down and talk about it, and maybe they will today or tomorrow.
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Speaker 2: Yeah soon, yeah, maybe, let's hope.
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Speaker 3: So will's going only wait so long?
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Speaker 2: You know, I was holding my breath this morning because I didn't even see. Usually in the daytime, it's not foggy, it's not raining whatever. I didn't even see it. And thankfully I was just, you know, just starting to accelerate. Anyone, Oh, you hit one of them. Where in the world did that one come from?
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Speaker 3: So it's a new one, a new one.
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Speaker 2: But I mean everything, school, everything, nothing, nothing, nothing, Everything's good. Everything is really really good. So so we're all good there. So there you have it, folks, right off the hot off the presses. And that's that wasn't one of the things we were discussing. I guess I.
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Speaker 3: Heard nothing about that, So come out of nowhere.
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Speaker 2: Came kind of out of nowhere. His disapproval of the plan has been steady, but he's never said what he would do. You know, he's never said send it to me and is going right back. He's never said that until today.
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Speaker 3: That's true. Yeah, So hopefully soon we'll find out what his plan is.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, it could be maybe if they change the pay structure. I mean, you know, from twenty to one hundred dollars and from forty to two forty that's that's quite a jump. Maybe it's true, you know, but I don't know. I guess that was what was calculated to sustain it. So we'll see. But thank you for thank you for that sounder and introducing it to our listeners. I appreciate that because that means breaking news, breaking news. Yeah, so some of the other things. The lines are oh, you know what, the lines are open. Three one seven, four eight zero thirteen ten. Three one seven, four eight zero thirteen ten is the number we've got. You know, we've got someone coming up at at one thirty, but you know, for now, the lines are open. Let's let's go to the phone lines. Let's see Eric, go ahead, How are you Eric? Are you there?
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Speaker 6: Eric?
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Speaker 3: You with us?
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Speaker 2: Hello?
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Speaker 7: Well, well, my right leg is still like limited mobility.
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Speaker 3: I think he's talking to Eric.
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Speaker 2: Are you going to talk to us?
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Speaker 8: Eric?
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Speaker 3: Are you there?
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Speaker 2: Uh? What was his question?
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Speaker 3: He said he was struck by a freight train, oh my, and had damage to his right leg, and he was wanting to find out. I guess we're going to kick him out of rehab now, sure, and said you're done, and wanted to know if there was a solution, if there were any other options maybe to help him. What Hello, Hello, Yes, we're here. Can you hear us.
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Speaker 6: Yeah I can. Oh, I'm sorry. I was talking to the nurses.
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Speaker 3: Okay, So Eric, could you explain again what what happened?
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Speaker 7: Okay, So I was struck by a freight training but I ride my bike on Joe twentieth and so on my right side, my my leg and everything going up my leg. They had to put staples in there. I think they may have put some rides in it. But either way, like it's swollen, it was, it was unstabled up, scarred up. And they definitely did some surgery or something right there. And so they had been in hospital for like a week or so, and then they transported me to this rehabilitation center on North Capital and then that was Indiana, and so I've been here for a couple of weeks. And while I'm here, they had physical therapy. So I'm going on to physical therapy trying to work my you know, sayd my leg out my injury.
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Speaker 6: I'll get my shrink back.
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Speaker 7: Up and everything. But I just got informed today that my insurance got cut off on the Third Sea through Anthem today.
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Speaker 6: Like they cut it.
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Speaker 2: Off and so or did it expire after after a certain allotted number of days?
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Speaker 7: Uh?
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Speaker 9: Uh?
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Speaker 7: That may be it, I'm not really.
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Speaker 2: Sure because each plan gives you so many days of rehab and what have you. Now, if they cut it off, that means that they just just just kicked you out and stopped right in the middle of it. But if your plan, if it's outlined, out lined, if it's outlined in your plan, that you get X number of days, I I know I had, you know, and I had an accident and had to go through rehab rehabilitation, and but I only had so many days that my insurance would give me. And so when those when those days are done, then you you know, you're done with your rehab. So so what are you saying that they stopped you in the middle or that they only gave you the number of days that your insurance allowed for.
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Speaker 7: Well, to be honest with you, I don't know which one it is. All I know is that I'm still here in the rehab center and I'm still limited mobility, and they cut it off on the thirteenth, and now they're telling me that they're going to have to kick me off. And so but I'm in a tough situation because I have still mobility problems, the injury is still really relatively fresh, but and now don't have anywhere to even go.
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Speaker 2: So it's like, yeah, when is your last day?
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Speaker 3: Well soon, when's your last day for rehab? Is it today?
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Speaker 4: Oh?
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Speaker 6: My last day? Okay?
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Speaker 7: So I guess they cut me off on the thirteenth. And I guess they've been trying, like the staff here, been trying to work it out and figure it out. But I guess they can't conclusion that even if I had a fell out appeal and or or get something called their category change, that that would take a matter of weeks, and then if I got to denied, then they will be out of the money from me staying here all the time?
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Speaker 10: What is it?
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Speaker 2: What about your physician? Can your physician rewrite? Like, okay, maybe when it you know, can your physician rewrite another script for you to get X number more days of rehabituld would that be part of an appeal or what have you? What about your physician?
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Speaker 7: I'm not sure. I didn't think about that angle, but I'm not sure. I think I think they already have me a sign here or whatever, and I don't I don't know if they are willing to get in the game and like do something like that where it's like, you know, so I don't, I don't. I don't know, but I but I didn't think about that either. So, but I don't know how if they're willing to even do something like that, Right have you tried talkings on?
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Speaker 6: Why have you.
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Speaker 3: Tried talking to your insurance carrier?
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Speaker 7: So I guess the people here, they've they've done that, And like I said, it would be appeal process and then it was or something where I would get an appointment and schedule a category change. But all these things would take matter of weeks and then the matter of the issue is whether or not they get approved or not. And this place is just not willing to do that and take that risk and be out of money. And so I'm just in a tough situation right now.
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Speaker 2: Mhm, I don't. So you're not able to be at home by yourself?
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Speaker 7: No, I don't even have a home. So I was I was actually sleeping on the streets right before I got hit?
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Speaker 2: What uh? What what township was that? Maybe the township trustee. I guess they might be able to work something out. What do you know what township the accident occurred in?
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Speaker 7: So where where was I when the Actually I think I was like close to downtown if any and that was Indiana.
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Speaker 2: That happened center Township. Why don't you let's see if you can find their number and if they can't do anything directly, they have a wealth of resources to to share with you that that might be able to help. Okay, so let me get their number for you.
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Speaker 3: You see it happened downtown near downtown. Can you remember what streets specifically or area?
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Speaker 7: Uh, to be honest with you, like, I just remember what they told me about accident. I don't like whatever happened, Like I have no marrig I just welcome in the hospital, like huh right, and I'm in this situation like so, I mean, I imagine just getting smacked by freight train I guess at full speed.
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Speaker 11: So yeah, I don't like all that is is blurry, like I can on to gather from what I heard from the report and now that I don't even know where I was going or anything.
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Speaker 2: And so you say, you you you have no home to go back to, your family, no family, nothing, friends, no.
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Speaker 7: No, I was sleeping in a tent.
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Speaker 2: So what was the insurance that covered you up to the thirteenth anthem. That must have been a hip medicaid Medicaid yeah, healthy Indiana or something like that.
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Speaker 9: Uh.
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Speaker 2: Here, here's the number to the township trustees office. And if it was downtown, that has to be center township. Well, how far downtown? Yeah, okay, here's the number, three one seven let me I'm sorry, let me know when you're ready to write it down.
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Speaker 6: Oh all ready, I got you.
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Speaker 2: Okay, three one seven six three three three six one zero.
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Speaker 12: Okay.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and you should be able to, Like I said, if they don't know of anything directly, they typically have resources that they can direct you to. They're they're really good folks over there. Okay. And I'm so sorry, so sorry to hear about your situation insurance. You know, I just just dealing with insurance companies. Is that that's a whole we maybe we should do a whole.
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Speaker 3: Show, a whole show with yeah, dealing with insurance companies. That's a real situation.
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Speaker 2: It is so but but hopefully they can help you in some way, shape or form. Okay, And I'm all right, thank you. Yeah. It's when when you have to fight and fight with them, that is where the Affordable Care Act was born. If you recall because Barack Obama said, as a young adult, he it was just you know, heart it was just heartbreaking watching his mother on the phone argue with insurance companies about her coverage. And he never wanted anybody to have to go through that again, insurance companies and denying your coverage because you had a pre existing condition, in things of that nature, and for meanness, just sheer meanness and political gain. Republicans painted as Obamacare, and you don't want Obama's name on anything, but in reality, more Republicans were using it and seriously. And then the marketplace, then then the law should allow, I guess I don't know, not not to allow everybody's entitled to health care coverage. But that's that's just terrible.
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Speaker 3: That's awful.
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Speaker 2: It's a prime example of why we need healthcare reform in this country. But you know, like I said, I I knew was my insurance. They you know, right as I was being released, they said, the we're going to get you in the rehab uh, and you're gonna take you know, PT. It wasn't rehab, it was PT. So I was able to walk in and walk out on my own each time. But I only had a certain number of a certain number of visits.
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Speaker 3: Seems like everything is more limited with the insurance companies now than ever before. They don't they don't give you much time. And I've heard doctors say that they'd like to have a person longer, but insurance company is like, no, this is all you get. Gotta go, you gotta go get them out.
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Speaker 2: That's why there are times when a doctor can interfere and intercede in then say, I don't care what the insurance company says. This is what I'm writing. You're going to have to take it. So there's that. But yeah, well hopefully they can get him some help and get him over there.
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Speaker 3: So Tina, you know what's coming up senior night.
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Speaker 2: Oh I was about to say that, Yeah, you know you you you you're you're just.
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Speaker 3: Sharing a summer celebration helthfare. It's uh yeah, tonight, tonight, tonight, four to eight pm. So take a love one to the doctor or praise Indy supported by Sandra Esgonazi Mental Health Center, where every client is treated with dignity, confidentiality, and respect. So if you are loved one needs help, remember you're not alone. So the healthfare is tonight Convention Center down Town four to eight, and it is free.
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Speaker 2: Free, absolutely free. Opening ceremonies at three o'clock. Opening ceremonies at three o'clock, they're free. Senior rides are going to be up and at it. It's really dropping you off and picking you up and taking you back home. There's just a world of more than four thousand dollars. I always say more than what they say four thousand.
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Speaker 3: Yes, that's more.
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Speaker 2: Close to five thousand, if not that, if not more one thousand dollars worth of free health screenings for diseases and conditions that typically typically affect and impact minority populations in larger numbers, in larger numbers, but this is this year's Indiana Black Expos summer celebrations. Healthfare a marvelous, marvelous event. A lot of times it's the only contact that people or who are in attendance ever get with a healthcare professional throughout the course of the year. You know, it's their only contact with the healthcare professional. And so when they go through that one stop, one stick, they get screened for all kinds of things. And every year, every single year, there's a story that comes out of that health Fare that had it not been for the health fare and these screenings, I wouldn't be here today. So it is a life saving a life saving event as well as a good one to go and socialize and have a nice time, you know, all in the name of good health. So by all means, everything opens up tonight. It is senior night and people with special needs and disabilities or restricted abilities. Let's say. So, yeah, you have the whole place to yourself. You have the whole place to yourself, and it'll be it'll be getting underway, like I said, opening ceremonies at three, everything else pretty much going on about you know a little bit after that, close to four. So yeah, that's tonight down at the Indiana Convention Center. Indiana Convention Center. If you are getting one of those free rides, they will take you right to the door. So there we go. There we go. There's that Also a couple of things. I can't believe the healthfare is already here. Antonette was with us yesterday. There has been I was just talking to Dion Levingston, our co president of radio for Urban One, and we were talking about the widespread reaction to Governor Brown's recent decision to end the state's forty year old Minority and Women's Business Certification and Contracting Preference program. Yeah, he's gonna because guess what, it just sounds too much like DEI, which gives certain groups, as they see it, unfair advantage. It couldn't be further from the truth. It is one of the most lopsided, I would say, uninformed positions that any lawmaker, leader or whatever could could could just take. It's it's it's destructive, it's mean spirited, and it serves no one. It doesn't do anyone any good. I know. The Indianapolis Chamber, Indy I'm sorry, Indie Chamber, Indie Black Chamber of Commerce has come out and they have spoken out against that, and you know it's just as have other groups, as have other groups. And let me see if I can find here we go. Indie Black Chamber of Commerce responds to Governor Braun's recent decision. Indie Black Chamber of Commerce expresses deep disappointment in Governor Mike Broun's announcement ending the state's Minority and women Business Enterprise Certification and Contracting Preference program. This decision does not create a level playing field, but it removes one of the few tools that helped level the field in the first place. Black owned and women owned businesses in Indiana continue to face documented disparities and access to capital, contracting opportunities, and economic resources. Eliminating this program does not erase those disparities. It simply removes one of the mechanisms designed to help address them. And so, yeah, that's just one reaction. Indie Black Chamber, I do believe the concern. Clergy and Baptist Minister's Alliance also issued a statement, as have some others along the way, which it's just it's just so ridiculous, so ridiculous that DEI gives women and minorities an unfair advantage over the dominant culture. Yeah, there we go. My microphone is trying to die.
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Speaker 3: Here, there is the time for repair.
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Speaker 2: Let me prop it up. I'll rig it. We'll rig it. And then there's also Axios is reporting that Indiana's utility regulators, the i u r C, they are investigating rate making policies practices that make energy more expensive for hoosiers. Good good for the i u r C. They launched investigations this week into two policies that are used in part to set the rates and let's see, they are return on equity to set the rates. Okay, one of them is returned on equity and the other is trackers. Return on equity, they say, is the percentage of profit and investor owned utility is legally authorized to earn on shareholder funded capital investments legally legally, So that's the return on equity. Periodic rate adjustment mechanisms or trackers again. Periodic rate adjustment mechanisms known as trackers, allow utilities to recover costs that include both routine expenses and investments. One of the things that comes to mind right away is the electric companies. What do they call it tree trimming?
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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, they have to keep.
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Speaker 2: The trees trimmed to keep the power lines going. Give me a break. So you got to pass that long?
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Speaker 9: Uh?
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Speaker 2: Isn't that the cost of doing business?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, another part of what you're supposed to do.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, you know, you know. But anyway, so the investigators. The investigations stem from a new report looking at energy affordability in the state of Indiana, which includes sixteen recommendations. So good, they're doing their jobs, they are, I mean, yeah.
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Speaker 3: These are two any companies are just getting carried away. I mean because they can do it.
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Speaker 2: It's like they can do it.
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Speaker 3: Oh, we can raise it because we have to do it because of whatever. We feel like, you're periodic rate adjustment mechanism.
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Speaker 2: So there it is. But anyway, well, let's go ahead and take a quick break here and then we can get to our first segment, Global Meals. Yeah, well that sounds good an lunchtime especially. We'll be right back.
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Speaker 1: Let's get back to the conversation. It's Community Connection with Tita Cosby on Praise Am thirteen ten ninety FM.
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Speaker 2: And we're back with Community Connection. Just a short time ago, we heard just a heartbreaking story of a man who was in the hospital, not able to care for himself in rehab and then not having a place to go. Yeah, no family, no family, nothing. Can you imagine having that no place to go, plus no place or nothing to eat, you know, as you're recovering from serious illness or hospitalization, nothing to eat or no way to do that to get a meal to you. Well, our next guest is the CEO, the chief executive officer of a company called Global Meals. I believe they're in all ninety two counties in the state of Indiana and some in Ohio if I'm not mistaken. But anyway, let's bring in Natalia Karlova. Is that correct? Natalia?
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Speaker 9: Yes?
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Speaker 2: Hello, Tina, Hi, how are you?
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Speaker 9: I'm good?
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Speaker 1: Good?
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Speaker 9: Thanking yourself?
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Speaker 2: I think I'm good. I'm good. So tell us about Global Meals. You're the CEO, so you're you're the person. You're the one to explain the person.
00:33:14
Speaker 9: Yeah, I spend my I'll tell you. I'll spend my career helping seniors and adults with disabilities to remain independent. And I've seen firsthand how something as simple as nutritious meals can truly change someone's quality of life. So for Global Meals, who we are in our mission? The Global Meals have been serving communities since two thousand and six, and we proudly served Indiana for nearly fifteen years. Today we deliver. We deliver in all ninety two counties in Indiana, and we deliver in all eighty counties in Ohio as well. And I'll say our mission is simple. It's to help people stay healthy and independent and their own home and the inside of their own homes for as long as possible, and keep them outside of the nursing facilities. We serve seniors, adults with disabilities, and individuals living with chronic health conditions by providing meals that they're not only nutritious but also delicious. So we believe people should actually look forward to eating the meals when they see them.
00:34:26
Speaker 2: So what does it take to receive the a meal package? I guess if you will? And yeah, what's included in the meals?
00:34:38
Speaker 9: In the milk? So we did you live? It's based on the program that the person is on and the funding store that pays. You know, a lot of people don't know that they can actually get their meals for free or covered by Medicaid waiver program or different city living programs. And each meal that we provide is based on the verization that or the qualification I guess or authorization that we receive from the funding stores. And meals we do off for breakfast, lunch, dinner, different ethnicities, of different diet types. And each meal, each box seven meal paths, so we deliver seven meals, fifteen meals, ten meals, depends on how many meals they get per week. We will make sure that they get seven different meals than each delivery that they get. They get milk, they get cheese, they get buttered, they get loaf of bread and so on. So that's all included in the delivery. So it's not just the actual meal, but all the components come with it as well.
00:35:47
Speaker 2: And so you say a lot of people don't know that they have coverage for this, right, correct, Yes, yes.
00:35:55
Speaker 9: So, and it is surprising for them to learn that home delivered meals maybe by their health insurance or Medicaid waiver benefits. But the Indiana individuals like enrolled in Pathways health plans through like Anthem, Humana or United Healthcare, or those receiving services through eligible Indiana Medicate waiver programs that actually may qualify for home delivered meals. And if someone doesn't qualify through insurance, that's okay too. We also offer affordable self pay options, so and you one can enjoy convenient, nutritious meals.
00:36:30
Speaker 2: So are these sustained for as long as the insurance pays or are they you know, situational like six weeks or eight weeks or what they work?
00:36:41
Speaker 9: It's it's they continue, it's ongoing program, an ongoing service, just like people get a home health care services aide to come out and help them with you know, daily tasks or showering or bathing. So the same thing with home delivered meals. It's the home delivered meal program was designed to make sure that we give the independence to seniors and adulse disabilities to be able to stay home and be independent.
00:37:12
Speaker 2: Yeah, and not have to worry about cooking a meal. Amazing. So how is this? You know, years ago, there was an organization called Meals on Wheels. I don't know if there's do you know Meals on.
00:37:22
Speaker 3: Wheels is I'm not sure if they're still around.
00:37:24
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know.
00:37:24
Speaker 9: Yeah, they're still around it. There's a big organization. It's a nonprofit organization. They provide They all of their drivers are uh, they're volunteers. We are we we have drivers, but our drivers all trained and take drivers.
00:37:39
Speaker 2: We deliver meals.
00:37:41
Speaker 9: They have to go through actually background checks and everything. We don't do hot meals. All of our meals are refrigerated or frozen, and Meals on both do hot daily meals because volunteers will deliver those.
00:37:54
Speaker 2: So so the reason for all of the meals being frozen or refrigerated.
00:37:59
Speaker 9: Yeah, so that gives them independence. We don't deliver on a daily basis with delivery fourteen meals at a time.
00:38:08
Speaker 2: So okay, okay, so.
00:38:12
Speaker 9: They have that full delivery. Let's say they get weekly delivery. On Mondays, we will deliver fourteen meals with milk of their choice, with juices of their choice, with bread and butter. So they have meals for the rest of the week and they can choose and pick which one they want to eat, so they're not just stuck with one meal a day that and they don't have another choice to pick from.
00:38:34
Speaker 3: Yeah.
00:38:35
Speaker 2: Yeah, So how long have you been in Marion County?
00:38:41
Speaker 9: I would say a little bit over a year. I believe it's one of our new areas.
00:38:48
Speaker 6: M Yeah.
00:38:50
Speaker 9: So but we've been delivering like in the Janapolis and surrounding suburbs area for over fifteen years now.
00:38:59
Speaker 2: Yeah, so you're I guess I could say. One of the things that makes it unique is that you don't deliver daily, you deliver weekly and then they can so that that's a different concept. That's a little bit different.
00:39:12
Speaker 3: Yeah. So what do the meals consist of? Are they what? What's on the menu?
00:39:18
Speaker 9: Oh, we have a big menu, so the menu. Let me let me I guess, collect my thoughts here give you an idea, to give you an idea of what we actually do have or what we offer milk and butter.
00:39:38
Speaker 3: Milk butter, got the butter and juices.
00:39:43
Speaker 9: We never stopped. What we do is we provide that there's a reason why we're called Global Meals because if we do search around the world to bring the most unique, the health there is the highest quality products or add ons like juices or some even cheeses that we offer and so on.
00:40:04
Speaker 12: But we do.
00:40:05
Speaker 9: Search the globe. That's why we're Global Meals to bring something new in different because we do understand that people do have different flavors and they come from different places. Especially now there's so many different choices out there. People start, you know, eating compared to even ten years ago, certain seniors would never try certain things because they just never had it before. But we want to introduce and give something different to people. But we do understand that it is food is personal and it's connected to family memories and culture. So that's why our menu includes everything from like traditional American comfort foods to gourmet meals to Italian or Mexican inspired Asian. We have European menu or there are other international favors that we do offer, like callers of Grease for example. So when meals are familiar and flavorful, would say that people are more likely to eat them consistently. And that's our goal to make sure people do have healthy, nutritious meals to keep them outside of the hospital so they don't go just because of the poor nutrition.
00:41:20
Speaker 2: Can you, speaking of nutrition, can you customize these meals for people that may, for instance, be on low sodium or high protein or you know, vegetarian or vegan. I mean, can you customize these meals or can these meals be customized as per the customer request?
00:41:40
Speaker 9: Absolutely? Yes, we do have different.
00:41:46
Speaker 2: Dietary Yeah, dietary dietary needs.
00:41:50
Speaker 9: Yes, we have different dietary requirements that people might need like a veinal or gluten controlled, sodium, diabetic friendly, and so on. So we do have a lot of different options that they can choose from. So, yeah, therapeutic meals, we do have an option that they can pick or they can stay on our six week utation that that way they try everything that we have.
00:42:18
Speaker 2: On our menu. Oh okay, so you have a six week rotating menu. That's good? Is that bad? Yeah? Schools don't have that that far.
00:42:26
Speaker 10: That's true.
00:42:27
Speaker 2: They do what one or two weeks?
00:42:28
Speaker 3: Yeah, one or two and then right back.
00:42:30
Speaker 2: To the Yeah. So, if someone wanted to find out more, especially if their insurance covers such as service, where would they need to go with the website or number they could call to find out more?
00:42:46
Speaker 9: They can, Yes, they can always contact us through our website at globalmeals dot com. They can also call us two one nine, three, three, two four seven two five more. If they know that they are receiving services and they are on you know, Medicaid waiver program pathways or with United or Anthem, they can always reach out to their care coordinator or case manager and request home delivered meals from Global Meals.
00:43:18
Speaker 2: So from start to the actual first week's worth of meals being delivered, how long does the process.
00:43:24
Speaker 9: Take when we receive a referral, We typically started within five.
00:43:29
Speaker 2: Days, within five days. Oh wow, that's that's speedy. Yeah, very very speedy. Yeah.
00:43:35
Speaker 9: We try, we try our best to make sure people don't have to be there without meals or you know, it is very important because some of these people don't have anybody else in their lives and we are the only ones that see them and we're the only ones that can provide that need for them.
00:43:52
Speaker 2: Yeah, I was going to ask you know how, you can't imagine how important a service like this is, especially if your insurance or your coverage will pay for it and it is sustained. It's not like for a determinate amount of time. I mean, it's for as long as as long as you need it. Correct, Yes, correct?
00:44:10
Speaker 9: Right, and my team, the whole team that here. You know, we every time we have someone new comment on board, I always say that it's not just a paycheck, it's not just a job. It's what we do, it's who we serve because these people rely on us and they don't have anyone else besides us to be there for them and to support them and to give them those nutritious meals.
00:44:33
Speaker 2: All right, well, we appreciate what you're out there doing. Welcome to Yeah, you just got here about a year ago, Marion County.
00:44:40
Speaker 3: You're welcome.
00:44:40
Speaker 2: Yeah, welcome.
00:44:41
Speaker 9: So yeah, I might be wrong, but I believed we're just because we just got contracts with Pathways about a year ago. We've been with Socoa and Indianapolis for over fifteen years now.
00:44:55
Speaker 2: Okay, all right, Well we appreciate you and thank you. And that website again is a Globe Meals dot com Global meals dot com. Is that correct?
00:45:03
Speaker 6: Correct? Yes?
00:45:04
Speaker 2: Alrighty, all right, well, thank you so much for visiting with us and for sharing that. That's always good to know.
00:45:10
Speaker 9: Thank you, very wonderful.
00:45:12
Speaker 2: Thank you YouTube. YouTube. So that's a little bit different.
00:45:16
Speaker 3: Is you get what she said? What is it? Fourteen meals? I think they're frozen so you can prepare something different each day.
00:45:25
Speaker 2: Yeah, that reminds meals a day. Yeah, I guess you could get maybe up to.
00:45:30
Speaker 3: Three maybe if you needed it.
00:45:33
Speaker 2: Most people three meals a day?
00:45:34
Speaker 3: People still, well some do. I know, I don't my arry restrictions. It's a you know, being in this business is tough to get three in a day. Sometimes do it.
00:45:44
Speaker 2: I shouldn't put all three into one meal.
00:45:48
Speaker 3: But you know, that reminds me of something when I was growing up my parents there was a woman who lived across the street from us, and she had well she lived alone, and she was older, and my parents are always the kind we got to help, We got to help. So they found out she had a need and they fixed dinner and fixed dinners for her and take it across the street every day until I think one day she moved. Her family came to get her and took her to Chicago. But they did that every day for her, for you, I mean, they prepare we'd have dinner. They prepare something for her enough to get her through every day. They did it for years.
00:46:21
Speaker 2: They were wonderful with that.
00:46:22
Speaker 3: Oh they were great.
00:46:22
Speaker 2: Yeah, but that's how community is.
00:46:24
Speaker 3: Community used to be.
00:46:27
Speaker 2: Yeah. I remember my mother had there was some kids. The dad was raising them because the mom had run off. He was working all the time, and they were there, you know, fiting for themselves, and she always thought about making sure that they had something to eat as well. She said, I just can't stand the thought of those kids over there with nothing to eat, or one of them didn't know how to cook something. So she she would do something very similar to that. But again that we see it, this is very nice, but that's the way it used to be.
00:46:57
Speaker 3: Used to be.
00:46:57
Speaker 2: It was just a regular thing, regular thing, Yeah, take care of the neighbors and books around.
00:47:03
Speaker 3: They were, I mean, they were just both that way. They would It's like, if you had a need, we'll let us help you. There's a way we can help with the best we can always.
00:47:12
Speaker 2: Yeah, and uh, you know, so there's two different services, you know, two different concepts. I guess you will. And not knowing the landscape of home delivered meals, I had no idea. I remember growing up. This is how old meals on wheels is. If she says they're still around. I remember seeing those little red trucks going to some of the senior citizens' houses in my neighborhood. You know, yeah, little red meals on wheels.
00:47:38
Speaker 3: I remember a woman that we knew she got the meals on wheels that stop every day.
00:47:42
Speaker 2: She every day. They would be there every day, every day. And and the theory behind that is so that people have something to look forward to, if nothing more than to talk to the person delivering their meal.
00:47:54
Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly, and.
00:47:55
Speaker 2: So uh and even with this, I mean, even though it's not daily contact, it still something that folks who might be you know, sick and shut in, as they say in church, something to look forward to, more so than if they don't have anything to look exactly. Well, I'm glad to hear meals on wheels is still I am too.
00:48:14
Speaker 3: I wondered if they were still around.
00:48:15
Speaker 2: That's good, but This is is good too. Global meals. Each concept serves a.
00:48:20
Speaker 3: Purpose, that's true.
00:48:21
Speaker 2: Each concept feels a void. So there's room for all of them.
00:48:24
Speaker 3: So if you're on medicaid, it'll they can help you.
00:48:26
Speaker 2: Medicaid waiver. Yeah, what is the waiver? I not. My cousin talks about that because she had to use it with her father, and uh, we need we probably need to have somebody come on and explain that too.
00:48:40
Speaker 3: Yeah, there's so many ins and outs. There are just so many. And that's true. I've often wondered, you know, if it's been made that way intentionally. You know, it's all like you said, pull your hair out. You know, you're in this way that like spaghetti or something. It's like you're trying to figure out, Okay, I got to go here and to do this, we have to have that, that waiver, this, I can't have this, all those different things you know, to work through.
00:49:07
Speaker 2: Wow, did we do the weather?
00:49:09
Speaker 3: You know we did not? I think we were. We hinted at it.
00:49:13
Speaker 2: Okay, Well, let me know when you're ready to do it, and I'll say, hey, Eric, let's.
00:49:17
Speaker 3: Do the well you know what I think I'm let me look, I'm ready.
00:49:20
Speaker 2: Now okay, ready, okay, yeah, all right, here we go.
00:49:23
Speaker 3: All right, Well, it's ninety one degrees right now, believe it or not. Ninety one that's at the airport, and I think downtown two and it feels every bit like ninety four. It feels like and there's a fifteen percent chance of rain. Actually, we have a heat advisory that's in effect until eight tonight for all of Central Indiana. You want to be very careful if you have to be outside, you work outside, even though you may not have sun shining on you, still those rays can get to you. So you want to be careful. High around ninety two before the day is done, then tonight about seventy six. Such, it's a small chance of a scat battered shower here or there after four this afternoon, mainly here downtown right now, it's a mixture of sun and clouds, partly sunny again. Ninety one changing to ninety two as I speak right now, and feels every bit of it like that. And there was also reporting of I guess up in Canada forest fires and some of the smoke we'll be moving into the east coast and maybe the Midwest. Haven't seen any here yet maybe a little bit of haze in the air this morning from those forest fires, a smoke it there in Canada.
00:50:31
Speaker 2: I have been hearing about them. We haven't talked about that much.
00:50:34
Speaker 3: No, there hasn't been a lot, I don't think this year there but when they have that happen, we often feel the effects of it. But for us nothing so far, just partly cloudy skies, sun and clouds downtown. And it's ninety one ninety two now, so check on your pets, check on family members, neighbors and make sure they're okay. This heat advisory is in effect until eight tonight. Then it should be wrapping up after that tomorrow. Hi about ninety making plans on Saturday eighty nine. Looks like some showers tomorrow, a chance of a thunderstorm tomorrow, and that chance on Saturday.
00:51:10
Speaker 2: Oh, I hope it doesn't rain all day on ten our Friday.
00:51:14
Speaker 3: They say twenty to seventy percent on Saturday.
00:51:17
Speaker 2: Oh, that's a wide range.
00:51:18
Speaker 3: So it's of course that's something they won't get into trouble.
00:51:20
Speaker 2: Yeah, twenty to seventy percent. Thank you for narrowing that down.
00:51:23
Speaker 3: Yeah, twenty to seventy on Saturday Tomorrow thirty to sixty and tomorrow they're saying mainly between two and five. Okay for those showers and thunderstorms, but then Sunday will be beautiful. Sunday in eighty six, okay, yeah, Summer in Indiana.
00:51:42
Speaker 2: Summer in Indiana. There we go. Lines are open. Three one seven, four eight zero thirteen ten. Three one seven, four eight zero thirteen ten. We have Danny Bridges in sports from the Indianapolis Recorder. I don't know if Danny no last week. He usually he usually drops a column every other week.
00:51:59
Speaker 3: Okay, hasn't Maybe not one this week.
00:52:01
Speaker 2: If I've caught the rhythm correctly, I'm going to check out the recorder. Usually. The other thing is he usually sends me, you know, he'll send me his column.
00:52:11
Speaker 3: And the healthfare. Don't forget today.
00:52:13
Speaker 2: Right the minute we get off the air, that is going to start. That's going to signal the start of opening ceremonies.
00:52:20
Speaker 3: It certainly will, or the health fare.
00:52:23
Speaker 2: At ib summer celebration. It is a biggie. It's a good one. You got good weather for the health.
00:52:28
Speaker 3: The weather's good for you. Take somebody down that's supported by a send Rescigonazi mental health Center. Every client is treated with dignity, confidentiality, and respect and respect.
00:52:38
Speaker 2: Yes, come on down, go down and have a good time. We'll be back right after this.
00:52:50
Speaker 1: W T O C A M W two three six C are Indianapolis broadcasting from the Praise Indie Indiego Studios, Indiego Boldly moving Indie Forward. It's Community Connection with Tina Cosby on Praise AM thirteen ten ninety five point one FM.
00:53:06
Speaker 2: And we are back with Community Connection. Got Danny Bridges from the Indianapolis Recorder coming up in our sports segment that starts about two thirty, so twenty twenty nine minutes from now. One is two to one, so that'd be twenty nine minutes from now. We're going to be joining Danny from the Recorder and talk about sports. I want to recap what we led with, as they say, and then it's with page one kind of sort of kind of sort of. But it appears as if the Mayor of Indianapolis, Joseph Hawk Satt, has said no to that proposed wheel tax recently passed by the Indianapolis City County Council. He has vetoed it. As we know, Proposal one ninety two would have raised the annual excise tax on smaller vehicles from twenty dollars to one hundred dollars and on large vehicles from forty dollars to two hundred and forty dollars per vehicle. The mayor has said no, he has He has not ever indicated that he would veto the measure if it were sent to him. He has always said, however, that he feels there are other ways to raise the money than through taxes. And the money of course for potholes.
00:54:27
Speaker 3: Yeah you said you found one.
00:54:29
Speaker 2: Yeah, I found it. I found a new one. It's just like my goodness. But our roads they freeze, they thaw, and they break up. They do they thaw, they freeze and they break up. So it's a it's a vicious cycle regardless of which way you go. If they're thought out, then they'll freeze, true. If they're frozen, then they'll thaw out. But either either process creates potholes, breakage, crumbling, and just all out driving.
00:54:59
Speaker 3: No add water to that makes it even worse.
00:55:03
Speaker 2: Makes it even worse. So Council President Lewis and some of her co sponsors of the bill were Measure I Guess proposal we're looking for something that would be quick and sustained. And so they felt as if an increase in the vehicle tax for people who drive, everybody's not going to get taxed because everybody doesn't drive. There's some people that just don't care to drive. Most Hoosiers do, but some don't.
00:55:37
Speaker 3: Some use public transportation.
00:55:39
Speaker 2: Transportation, some walk, bike, a lot of things. But this is meant for drivers. The majority of it is meant for drivers. And we are used to going to the BMB or getting online and paying our taxes to get our registrations and or plates. This is going to raise the cost of doing that, or it would have if the mayor had said said yes.
00:56:04
Speaker 3: So as of right now, it's not going to happen at the moment.
00:56:07
Speaker 2: Send it right back to the council. Yep, said no, said no. So the council is just shy of enough votes right now as we speak to override the mayor's veto. So they didn't send him a veto proof proposal. They knew that it wasn't. They were hoping that he would just along with it, either sign it or just let it, let it, you know, let it take effect. Well, yeah, he.
00:56:34
Speaker 3: Did, so now we wait to see what his plan may be.
00:56:38
Speaker 6: Yeah.
00:56:38
Speaker 2: So, in case you didn't hear, that wheel tax that the council passed has been vetoed by the mayor of the City of Indianapolish more details coming has been vetoed and sent right back to the council.
00:56:53
Speaker 3: So it more well talk.
00:56:55
Speaker 2: Hopefully we will find out a little bit. I thought they had already behind closed doors. Maybe I had thought or maybe hoped.
00:57:06
Speaker 3: That, Well, they're going to have to talk. As you said earlier, they've got You can't just leave it like this. You got to talk and come to some solution because the roads are not going to get better without attention. They need attention, and it's too bad the state the whole what is it mechanism or system that they use when they decide what counties get the most amount of money for roads, Marian County doesn't get that much compared to what smaller counties or less populated counties with whatever the formula, the formula that they use is just twisted. And it's like they and this being the largest city in the state, the state capital, the county, the most county and most traffic, so you would think it would get the most money, but it doesn't.
00:57:50
Speaker 2: Well you got to you gotta go along political lines.
00:57:53
Speaker 3: Well yeah, that's right. Oh what was I thinking? That's right? To forgive me?
00:57:58
Speaker 2: I that's why we have to get out and keep and vote and keep voting and at least keep a balance to where both sides have to talk to each other and there has to be give and take. It doesn't have to be a super majority this one or super majority that one. Majorities are fine if that's what works. But what really works is when both sides have to they have to sit down and because they both have something at stake, and and you know that those days of you know, kind of split right down the middle or what have you haven't been around for a long time. I wonder if people still know how diploma statesmanship and things. I wonder if they know how that stuff works anymore.
00:58:38
Speaker 3: That's a really good question.
00:58:40
Speaker 2: It doesn't happen, It doesn't happen, doesn't seem to be happening.
00:58:43
Speaker 3: Seems to be happening very less and less in almost every.
00:58:46
Speaker 2: Area, sadly, sadly so. And Governor Brown continues his assault on DEI across the state. I mean, he's just basically taking a hatchet. He may as well be elon musk that chainsaw. Yeah, true, and just holding it up because and you know, here's the thing. If Trump hadn't trumpeted that he wants all this stuff gone, and bron wasn't so subservient to Trump, I wonder if he would have even noticed or touched any of the programs.
00:59:17
Speaker 3: That's a good question, really good question.
00:59:19
Speaker 2: And the Yeah, the other thing I don't understand is how do these people not put history two and two together or follow trends. There is no good thing that comes as an association as a result of an association with that man. And no, if you name one thing positive, I'll say, Okay.
00:59:40
Speaker 3: Some people put on they used to say, rose colored glasses.
00:59:44
Speaker 2: And there is no pleasing him, There's no true you know, you can do all you want, You can burn as many bridges as you want in favor of him, in honor of him, and in deference to him. You can do everything try to please him. He still will turn around and kick you in the tee. He loyalty is a one way street. With him. Everything is a one way street. And we as Hoosiers are suffering because we have a man that just is absolutely enamored with and and totally committed to.
01:00:19
Speaker 3: I said it's his son before yes, and I said it's Donald Jr. Who our governor son is oldest son.
01:00:31
Speaker 2: It's his oldest older than older than Don.
01:00:33
Speaker 3: Jay, older than right, this son just came up out of nowhere, but he became governor. Oh yeah, yeah, he's because he trumpets everything Trump does.
01:00:41
Speaker 2: He has probably some of the least the least amount of independence that we've seen in a state chief executive in a long time. I mean Republicans Democrat. I have yet to see one this attached to the whims of whatever the president's as. It's it's unbelievable.
01:01:02
Speaker 3: Wow.
01:01:03
Speaker 2: And his popularity here in the state of Indiana is not what it needs to be or should be. I can look that up, depending on what a source you use, but I can say it's if I were brawn, I'd be kissing babies and bacon cookies, I tell you. But let me see what his approval reading is. So anyway, three one seven four eight zero thirteen ten. Three one seven four eight zero thirteen ten. Again, want to remind everyone to make sure that sometime between now and Sunday, you stop buy the Indiana Convention Center. I believe it's HAULS, J and K for the Indiana Black Expos Summer Celebration Healthfare. It is a phenomenal event. It has happened every year for decades. And you know they say four thousand dollars worth of free health screenings. Yeah, probably more than that, but it's just a great it's a great event. And right now, probably in about an hour from now, at three o'clock, it will officially open. It officially opens on Thursday. The Healthfare does because they always celebrate the seniors and people with special needs. So today at three o'clock they're going to have the opening ceremonies for that, and then after that it's on. It's on until Sunday, probably at six o'clock. I think Sunday at six. So we will be happily tomorrow. Tomorrow will be there. I forgot about. Today is Thursday. So yeah. By way of a programming note, we will be live bringing the show to you live from the Indiana Convention Center just outside or maybe inside the Black of Minority Health. Ah Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye. The IBE Summer Celebration Healthfare black of minority health fair was the one that was deep sixth by the governor because the state of Indiana's department State Department of Public Health sponsored that, and he said that was unfair to certain people. Uh so, uh that gave you know, get rid of the health fare because it's it's showing difference. You know, you're just trying to keep people healthy and you need to stop doing that. So anyway, Uh three one seven four eight zero thirteen ten three one seven four eight zero thirteen ten. Uh, the lines are open. Let's go back to the phone lines. Robert, you have a question.
01:03:29
Speaker 8: Go ahead, Hi, Jina, how you doing I'm doing good. I was asking an act I was asking them, do you believe in capital punishment?
01:03:42
Speaker 2: Excuse me?
01:03:44
Speaker 8: Do you believe in capital punishment? Them in the execution?
01:03:48
Speaker 12: Now?
01:03:50
Speaker 2: Well, why, okay, what is this in reference to? In regards to what no, I just wanted your opinion?
01:03:58
Speaker 8: Do you believe in capital because of the stories, I'm gonna tell you.
01:04:04
Speaker 2: Well, why don't you tell me? Yeah, tell me your story. Yeah, I don't know that my opinion matters one way or another. Bit tell me the story.
01:04:14
Speaker 8: I listened to a whole lot of crime programs on television and stuff, and I was listening to a by There are two different type of laws, which I already know because I'm black. But the one scenario was this one man from Illinois. He had tied up this young girl and was a monistinger in his basement and he was supposed to get eleven to twelve years. Well, he was out of treason in three years. Then he went on to Colorado to kill a lady, so they got a new law for that. Then today this young boy who was a teenager taking a a weapon. They shot this lady in her back while she was hanging clothes. He was a teenager and he was out.
01:05:15
Speaker 5: In six months.
01:05:17
Speaker 8: Well he went on to murder somebody else, but there was a Caucasians. So I know that it's not right. I know you ain't got to tell me about the law I've liveded, But that's why I was asking for your opinion, because I'm gonna tell you the last story that in Japan, there are one of these Asian countries, there was a man killing some women over there. Once they tracked him down, I think it was in China. They had tracked him down, found him. That man was hot within a matter of let's say, uh, four months, that's crime punishment. And see we've got away from crime punishment and now we use the business. That's the problem. And that's why miss Tina, I was asking, do you believe in one supported time, I didn't believe in capital punishment, but my views have changed.
01:06:31
Speaker 2: So now, so what you're saying is you're in favor. You're in favor of capital.
01:06:37
Speaker 8: Punishment, yes, ma'am.
01:06:39
Speaker 2: As a as a deterrent do you think of because usually it's the question is the capital punishment as a deterrent? Does capital punishment stop heinous crime? Does it?
01:06:55
Speaker 8: Okay, I'm not gonna say it as a deterrerent, that's yours. I'm using it as a out of sight, out of mind taxpayer dollars saved. You know, you got to see, you got to keep a guy. I've got a friend right today, and one of these days I'll call him and let you talk.
01:07:17
Speaker 12: Though.
01:07:18
Speaker 8: Who had to look over John Wayne Gacy and this guy was living a life of I mean, he didn't eat what they ate. They had three guards watching this guy. He was using the N word and he couldn't say anything, do nothing. I am looking at it as a saving money, saving taxpayers dollars. And some of the ain't his crimes that they do do Some of these guys are supposed to go to, you know, the death role, and they outlived the victims. They live the victim.
01:08:00
Speaker 2: If they're on death row and the victim dead.
01:08:04
Speaker 8: No, what I mean, they outlived. Yes, that's the victims, the victim's parents.
01:08:10
Speaker 2: Oh okay, other than the victim.
01:08:14
Speaker 8: The victim family. You know, that's not crime and punishment where it's supposed to be crime and punishment. Thank you the other day for having the police officer officer on because that's one of the questions that I want to propose to him. Did he believe in crimate punishment?
01:08:34
Speaker 6: And you know, I still haven't got your ends.
01:08:41
Speaker 2: Well, I don't. Number one, I don't know why that would be real. Well, let me put it this way. It is that, you know, when you ask a question like that's a loaded, loaded, loaded question, there's so many uh, you know, there's just so many things at play. You know, if the death penalty for the most part, I I don't know anybody that uses it any differently, but to the best of my knowledge, in the United States of America. It was instituted as a deterrent to crime. Uh then the ultimate punishment for crime. So you're looking at crime and punishment deterrent, you know, and striking the balance against justice. You know, is it is it justified that you know, when you when you kill somebody, does that the person that they killed does is that justice?
01:09:40
Speaker 10: Is that?
01:09:40
Speaker 2: Richard? So there's just a whole whole whole lot of it is has been found. The death penalty has been found to be arbitrarily arbitrarily applied to what is it more more black? You know, more blackies than others. So it's it's not anything that is without its flaws, you see what I'm saying.
01:10:06
Speaker 13: So yes, yeah, I still I still don't see how we are getting away from the two major factors, crime punishment.
01:10:22
Speaker 8: Those are two things whereas long ago, yes, those things were in effect, and they they didn't kill, they didn't care who they killed. As long as you did the crime, you're going to do it. Until we started.
01:10:39
Speaker 2: If somebody says you did the crimes, will say, for instance, somebody that has no credibility like it was back in in the in the South, that you know, points to a young fourteen year old boy, she says, and says he did the crime. And then they say, okay, what we are as a nation of crime and punishment, so he needs he committed a crime and they say it, and so he should be punished.
01:11:02
Speaker 8: The court system has still got to be the courts that we have to take it from the top to the bottom, because if you took it from the top to the bottom, we wouldn't have a president sitting up there in the President's House today.
01:11:18
Speaker 10: So you got to take it.
01:11:21
Speaker 8: Do it the crimes that he's committed. There's no way this man is supposed.
01:11:27
Speaker 2: To be in office that he is because the law says so.
01:11:32
Speaker 8: No, the law didn't say so. He said so.
01:11:36
Speaker 2: No, I mean no that no. You you know, there's nothing in the constitution that says a convicted feling that. That's one of the holes that he has driven through the constitution. But I've got it right here in front of me, the constitution. Let me let me pull out my booklet. You have the constitution.
01:11:55
Speaker 6: Oh lord, no, we're not going to visit the constitution.
01:11:58
Speaker 2: Well, then, what else what else would govern whether or not he could become president with a felony? Though? What else would govern that.
01:12:06
Speaker 12: He has not only.
01:12:09
Speaker 10: He's the that station, this man Will had thirty counts on him again, m h you had, but you know no I didn't.
01:12:24
Speaker 2: I'm not I did. Did I say one? Never mind? Never mind? Yeah, you're right, you're right, You're right. It's not an argument. I'm just trying to, you know, with points of of clarity for clarification there.
01:12:38
Speaker 8: I always remember seeing a good conversation is a good argument.
01:12:44
Speaker 12: Always.
01:12:45
Speaker 2: I'm not arguing. I argue, well you.
01:12:48
Speaker 8: You love both, huh. I love being both by you.
01:12:54
Speaker 2: Okay, all right, thanks, all right, thank you. I appreciate it.
01:13:00
Speaker 3: I told you I was gonna answer well, I mean.
01:13:05
Speaker 2: Because I don't really understand your your question. You you your question is loaded and you explain your question in so many different ways. Okay, so what you're saying, what your is, what you're saying, let me ask you. This is what you're saying. If somebody kills somebody else, they should be killed right away. Crime.
01:13:26
Speaker 8: No, No, but.
01:13:28
Speaker 2: The examples you gave were just that, which is what's confusing me. No, the guy in China that it was hanged, I guess.
01:13:35
Speaker 12: Okay, I'll crime are are not set on if a like if if a guy pulls out a gun.
01:13:46
Speaker 8: And you pull out a gun and y'all start shooting each other, he happens to die and you get wounded, should this guy be No, that's self defense, two dudes fighting each other with us. But what I'm saying is I'm not trying to make it a loaded question at all.
01:14:09
Speaker 2: You can't help but make it a loaded question when you ask the question, because there are that question in and of itself is loaded. You can't say do you believe in capital punishment and say that's not a loaded question. You just can't. There's too much to it. There's too much to it too. I I anyway, but I appreciate your call, Robert, appreciate your call very thank you. All right, yeah, thank you very much. Appreciate you. I don't know where that one came from, but that conversation where we talking about the death punt.
01:14:49
Speaker 3: Oh, it was just a thought that he has.
01:14:51
Speaker 2: A random thought. Okay, yeah, well a random thought. I don't know that that. That is probably one of the more emotionally charged, legally tried arguments of our time, if.
01:15:09
Speaker 3: Not ever capital punishment. It's interesting other countries seem to have lower crime rates in the United States States, now their laws are more you know, they're pretty strict in some countries, like you look at China. I mean they used to do something, what was it, caning that was one of the things they do and other things. And some people say, well, you need a deterrent, something to let people know if you do this, the end result will be this after you know, you go to trial and all those things based on what the crime is. But because justice is supposed to be blind, isn't it supposed to be? But we've seen many cases where it's not, you know, it's been slanted or it's peaking through the covers and not equal justice or fair justice. But other countries have a lot of them have lower crime rates than we do here in the States for various reasons. I think, look at Germany, you look at Japan, places like that, lower crime rates, and what would the solution be for us?
01:16:22
Speaker 2: But I think now the death penalty is described as the ultimate punishment as opposed to well, they won't do that again. Because if someone were to ever ask anybody, do you believe that the death penalty is a deterrent to crime? I can answer that absolutely, not absolutely, not. If it were a deterrent, crime would have stopped a long time ago, you know, when firing squads and hangings and things, if that were not, if it were a deterrent, I can't answer that. I don't know the answer to that. I don't like I don't like the lopsidedness of it here that it's applied. But but then, like you said when you talk about the heinousness, So anyway, but I wanted to get back to you know, and you can see me. You're in the you're in the other room in the glass. Look you see this right here.
01:17:21
Speaker 3: I see that.
01:17:22
Speaker 2: Okay, what it tell everybody? What's the Constitution of the United So.
01:17:26
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, the Constitution. You've got a handbook.
01:17:29
Speaker 2: There, I've got the handbook and it says, yes, a convicted felon can be Well here's the answer. Here's the AI answer. And then I'm gonna then I'm gonna go back to that because I look that up. And then so the AI answer to you, Robert, is yes, a convicted felon can be president. The US Constitution does not prohibit convicted or imprisoned felons from running for or serving in the office. Just like I said if he were not, if he being a convicted felon, if that to keep him from becoming president, he wouldn't be a president. So our constitution says nothing about that. The only requirement to become president is outlined in Article two, Section one of the Constitution are being a natural born citizen of the United States, being at least thirty five years old, and having been a US resident for at least fourteen years.
01:18:22
Speaker 3: Ah.
01:18:23
Speaker 2: That's it.
01:18:24
Speaker 3: That's it.
01:18:24
Speaker 2: That's it. So that is in Article two, section one of this little book right here.
01:18:31
Speaker 3: I need to get one of those.
01:18:34
Speaker 2: I think I have an extra one. I'll give it to you.
01:18:36
Speaker 3: Thank you.
01:18:37
Speaker 2: They're handy to have little pocket references.
01:18:40
Speaker 10: That right.
01:18:41
Speaker 2: I got this and my other ones in DC. As a matter of fact, I was there for an Article two. Here we go. Article two up Section one, Section Article two. Section one. Executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and, together with the vice President chosen for the same term, be elected as follows. Each state. Let me go all the way down here. No person except network the time of shall be eligible to Neither shall any person eligible the office is not obtain the age of third Here it is no person. Now, this is in constant. This is the exact constitution. No person, except a natural born citizen or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution shall be eligible to the office of President. Neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
01:19:55
Speaker 3: Wonder how they arrived at thirty five? Don't know, why not thirty because you're or forty?
01:20:01
Speaker 2: Yeah, thirty five, thirty six, I don't know, yeah, somewhere, no idea. But again, yes, natural born citizen at least thirty five years old and a US resident for at least fourteen years.
01:20:16
Speaker 3: There you go, well and answers that question.
01:20:19
Speaker 2: Yeah, it does indeed. So let's go ahead and take a quick break here. And I'm not sure. I think I think Danny Bridges might be calling in. We'll see, we'll see.
01:20:30
Speaker 1: Right after this, let's get back to the conversation. It's Community Connection with Tina Cosby on Praise AM thirteen ten ninety five point one.
01:20:47
Speaker 2: FM, and we're back with community connections very quickly. Eric, have you been hearing the chatter about lawmakers trying to make once again trying to make daylight savings time permanent.
01:20:58
Speaker 3: I wish they would just do it. It's like, what's past the House, but the Senate.
01:21:03
Speaker 2: They're like, yeah, I sure would love it.
01:21:08
Speaker 3: Hasn't it died there every time it's gone to the.
01:21:12
Speaker 2: Rough time?
01:21:12
Speaker 3: Come on, I mean, just agree and agree to disagree and let it happen. That's what I'm thinking. It's like, it would be great mm hm, because they said there's been a lot of things that happen with this whole thing of skipping, you know, jumping forward, jumping back, falling back, and you know what it does to our rhythm, sleep patterns, that kind of thing. And so I just leave it alone. Let it. Just make it happen, is what I'm trying to say.
01:21:39
Speaker 2: You want to tell you what our next our next guest makes it happen.
01:21:43
Speaker 3: He makes it happen.
01:21:44
Speaker 2: He always he always goes right behind this music.
01:21:47
Speaker 3: Right, Oh here it is, okay. I think he's dancing his.
01:21:55
Speaker 6: Way in right.
01:21:56
Speaker 2: He usually does. He usually does. Dan Bridge, a sports writer with the Indianapolis Recorder, how are you today?
01:22:06
Speaker 6: Well, I'm just trying to keep cool and doing a pretty good job of it.
01:22:11
Speaker 2: What does that mean, You're not not going out?
01:22:14
Speaker 6: Yeah, I just I just set the trash can on the curve of day. I guess I'm going to have to go out and bring it up.
01:22:21
Speaker 2: You know what my trash day is today too? Your trash day's on Thursday.
01:22:24
Speaker 4: Yeah, I would have to check the mailbox and uh, you know, think about a late what's going to be a late lunch, early dinner. But you know, those are the big decisions I have to make here when we get off the air.
01:22:37
Speaker 2: Decisions decisions I tell you, I tell you. Alrighty, So what do you got for us? What's going on?
01:22:45
Speaker 5: Well, as I had said to you earlier in a text message, I think the with the training camp just days away, that once again, and I say that with respect to the Mamma, because he has performed admirably. You've got a Jonathan Taylor moment approaching the Colts. This is the last year of his extension, and I do certainly believe his durability his production warrant an extension, you know, another contract. He just turned twenty seven in January and I think it would it would be better serve to get it out of the way before they break camp. If they can do it, I don't know, you know.
01:23:33
Speaker 6: Where they're at.
01:23:33
Speaker 5: He's going to want to raise or his agent will want to raise, and you could argue that he's earned it. I mean, nobody carried the football more last year in the NFL than he did. I think just over three hundred times in the league in touchdowns. I'll remember that game against Atlanta in Germany if I if I live to be two hundred years old, how he just kept running the football and most people would have needed a breather or a break, but no, he was an unbelievable force to be reckoned with in that game.
01:24:08
Speaker 6: And he had a heck of a season.
01:24:09
Speaker 5: So he's gonna want to a raise, which is understandable. I think the Colts, I think he's got more leverage than they do. They they're gonna have to lean on him heavy when the season starts. I don't think Daniel Jones is gonna be one hundred percent. Is he gonna be on the football field?
01:24:30
Speaker 6: Who can say?
01:24:31
Speaker 5: I would think it would be wise to make sure he's one hundred percent healed up before that happens. Historically that hasn't been the case, whether that be the player saying I can go, or the team allowing him to or both. Actually so, that's a serious injury. But my point is they're gonna have to hand a football to him an enormous number of times, as they did last year. There's not much backing him up. I will say, if you think about it in those terms, there's off DJ Giddons last year. I think carry the ball twenty five twenty six times. When you've got a guy carrying it as much as Taylor, the backup doesn't get a lot of action. They didn't draft the young man. If I can pronounce his name, Seth McGowan, I believe is his name. He was drafted in the seventh round. Respectable college career, he bounced around via the transfer. Think of his career in college he rests over two thousand yards total and had a number of touchdowns. That's not Jonathan Taylor type production. But my point is somebody's going to have to give this man a breather. But first of all, I do believe he's going to get a contract. I would think it's probably a three year deal. Maybe the third year is a team option.
01:25:45
Speaker 6: He's probably not gonna like that.
01:25:47
Speaker 5: But if they load up the first two years with the kind of money that's right, they might be able to sell that. But I disbelieve that's something they don't want to hanging over them and giving him the increased security that I believe he's earned, as well as putting that to rest and then moving forward on the same page.
01:26:08
Speaker 2: Do you think, I mean, is there any indication that he's itching to go elsewhere and seeking greater money or do you think he wants to work within that system?
01:26:16
Speaker 6: Well, he said he wanted to retire a cold.
01:26:18
Speaker 2: Which is okay.
01:26:20
Speaker 6: What you want to hear is that a negotiation ploy. I have no idea. I don't know him personally.
01:26:26
Speaker 5: I mean, I do know that he's been a solid citizen off the field. He's been a heck of a football player. You know, to recall the last time when he was injured and was up for a contract, Jimmer said had to get involved and did a good job with that. I mean, I think he's due fourteen million. I think his last deal was three years forty two. That'll be fourteen a year. This is the last year. So I believe he's do fourteen million dollars this season. If they're not going to extend him, that's a psychological matter. Since I believe to him from the team, I think they can get it done. I'm saying, you know, a three year deal, maybe the third ones of player option perhaps, but how you load up those first two years would probably mean a lot to him as far as the commitment from the team and his tougher knowing that, hey, I've got some more money, I'm here, I'm not leaving. I'm here, and you know, we hopefully we've got a chance if we can get healthy to be a good football team.
01:27:28
Speaker 3: Danny, what have you heard of to go four years for four years?
01:27:31
Speaker 7: Four years?
01:27:33
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, I mean, there's a lot of ways they can structure, and I'm just thinking the cold still probably don't want to go too far too the future, you know. I mean, he just turned twenty seven, so once a running back gets to that thirty year old mark, there are questions. There are exceptions to that though, too. There's been a number of backs who have performed well. I think he's all Pro caliber as we speak, and that's what you negotiate upon is his uh stats last year.
01:28:04
Speaker 6: We're just glaudy.
01:28:05
Speaker 5: I mean the cover of carries this, it's just speaks for itself. But I think they need to find a way A shining would be to somewhat keywords, somewhat reduces workload because I don't know any player who can continually take the punishment and still.
01:28:26
Speaker 6: Be productive like he has been.
01:28:29
Speaker 5: I mean he's he's been incredible, and uh, they're baking heavily on that, and that's going to cost him some more money. And uh, I'd just like to see that get done before they break camp.
01:28:39
Speaker 6: I really would. He hasn't made any demands.
01:28:41
Speaker 5: You know, he's showed up to all the offseason workouts. He'll be in training camp. He's under contract, but uh, they should get something done on that. He's earned it. They need him.
01:28:52
Speaker 6: It's pretty good marriage.
01:28:54
Speaker 9: Hm.
01:28:55
Speaker 2: I like him. He's one of my favorite cults.
01:28:58
Speaker 3: Like me too too.
01:29:05
Speaker 6: Well.
01:29:06
Speaker 5: I mean he's like I said, he's fourteen million dollars this year is a is a good salary. He's looking obviously looking beyond this season.
01:29:14
Speaker 6: So that's where the rubber will beat the road.
01:29:19
Speaker 5: For lack of a better term, I just think they have to do it and do it in a way that's consistent with market value and what his numbers reflect. You can't go nuts and overpay.
01:29:31
Speaker 6: You can't.
01:29:32
Speaker 5: Some people will argue that, hey, a lot of professional athletes are overpaid, et cetera, et cetera. That's a whole separate issue. I don't believe he is personally. I believe that that contract and he signed that extension for three years, forty two million dollars. I believe he's earned that money, and I believe he'll earn his last fourteen million or that extension this year, provided he can stay healthy.
01:29:55
Speaker 6: So just I guess, I just.
01:29:57
Speaker 5: Think get it done. Don't have that as a distraction. When you've got a lot of health issues on the team and there's a lot of speculation who's gonna be ready, who can play, who can't. I'll find it a lot easier to hand the ball off quickly to Jonathans be will to drop back, run around and try to throw a pass.
01:30:16
Speaker 2: Hey, you know what we sell them if you ever talk about Butler basketball. But they made an interesting hire.
01:30:22
Speaker 5: Not to.
01:30:26
Speaker 1: Radio.
01:30:29
Speaker 6: I don't have a radio want.
01:30:30
Speaker 2: M h oh. I don't know why we're hearing the feedback. But anyway, Yeah, one of their better players when they were making their championship runs. He is now the coach. Uh what what did you think of that move here? What do you think? How do you think that's going to go? He was really really popular Ronald Ronald Norett.
01:30:50
Speaker 5: Right, Yeah, I don't know really, you know who the candidates may have been. That monitor to really good job for Butler. I thought it was a really good hire to bring him back and to get what they could out of him. I think he stabilized things a little bit. It's very tough for Butler to compete in today's ANIL driven basketball era. Relack of better term. There's this young man capable of coaching, I think so, but what type of talent will be assembled for him to work with. I don't know a lot much about their off season in terms of who may have transferred in, who they signed, what have you. But obviously they don't have to pass the hat at Butler.
01:31:40
Speaker 6: That's a.
01:31:43
Speaker 5: That's a fairly solid institution. Are they going to make the commitments? Can they get the corporate partnership with other people to provide INNIL money until that really becomes full blown, I really don't see them being a big factor in the Big East comp It's now. I could be incorrect about the team being good a specific year or two as it pertains to the entire program long term, but I just think that you know, when you look at that uh, that conference through and when you when you look at Saint John, when you look at at Connecticut, those are those are incredibly rich programs historically as well as financially. So you're in that type of a competition in your own conference. I wish him the best. Obviously, he's got some history with the university. Uh, it's got a very it's also got a very difficult job ahead of him as far as that team and that program is concerned.
01:32:44
Speaker 6: I I think.
01:32:47
Speaker 5: That's the easiest way to describe it. I wish him nothing but good things, and maybe he'll bring some enthusiasm and it's a spark. But at the end of the day, you have to have the horse.
01:32:57
Speaker 2: Or horses to pull the wagon. Yes you do.
01:33:00
Speaker 6: I'll see what happens there.
01:33:02
Speaker 2: Yeah, Ron Norrid Butler, you one of the better players. But you know, it was kind of interesting. I was listening to some profiles when Butler was making their runs and he had always said, you know, they were talking about going to the league, going to the league, and he had always said that he wanted to end up in coaching, that he loved coaching, that's what he wanted to do. So I just thought it was curious and hopefully that'll that'll come through and he'll he'll get some more noise and some more interest, more eyes and attention on Butler Butler.
01:33:32
Speaker 6: Basketball again, Yeah, I don't think it covered.
01:33:34
Speaker 5: Is totally bear As far as nil money at Butler.
01:33:38
Speaker 2: No, I think they have some.
01:33:40
Speaker 5: But it's not on the level that you know, the heavy weights for playing that and that's to do that, you obviously have to have a deeper financial commitment. Can they make that next step?
01:33:52
Speaker 6: I think would be key.
01:33:53
Speaker 5: But look, Butler is always going to be special in this community. Do they want to be a special program nationally? Do they want to be that type of a program? That's the key, whether it be regardless of who's the coach, having the resources and ultimately the athletes to go along with that next big step.
01:34:17
Speaker 2: Yeah, So tell us about Miles Role, what is what's going on with that? Well, the young talented driver.
01:34:27
Speaker 5: Yeah, the IndyCar Series will visit Nashville for their next to the last oval appearance this year. They'll be in Milwaukee in about five and a half six weeks to run a doubleheader on the oval track there. But both series, the IndyCar Series and the NXT Series will compete at Nashville Super Speway this weekend. It's going to be hot. Tires will be an issue. Miles won the NXT race last year in a very dominant fashion, got out in front and brought it home. I you know, I will have to remind him as I did in Saint Louis. But I told him before the race, I said, I'll see you in victory Lane. And I looked at him, and I waked at him. I just thought he's on a noble those those types of tracks are his strong suit. I would expect him to be very competitive this weekend, you know, provided that there's not an unexpected situation with a mechanical failure or a crash. So I do believe he's got an excellent opportunity to defend his championship title there. The IndyCar Race, of course, is the bigger.
01:35:34
Speaker 6: Of the two events, and there's a lot going on there.
01:35:38
Speaker 5: I mean that's a track where oh heck, there's probably six or seven guys.
01:35:42
Speaker 6: Easily they could win that race. The usual suspects as far as.
01:35:46
Speaker 5: Kinsky drivers, Ganazzi drivers Andretti drivers, what have you, and of course McLaren stuff and that bunch right there.
01:35:53
Speaker 6: There's six to.
01:35:54
Speaker 5: Eight people should be competitive. Hopefully they'll cool off a little bit. Looks like the whether it's going to be extremely I may have to send the air conditioning longer than I was thought to. I like to get out and move around when I go to a track.
01:36:08
Speaker 2: At least, so you're going you're going to the track.
01:36:11
Speaker 5: Yeah, Yeah, I'm gonna go down and I like it out and move around a little bit. Talk to people, e gauge their opinions about certain aspects, get some questions answered. But it's gonna be a warm one, that's for sure. And for those who enjoy IndyCar racing, if you can't make that trick, it's about I don't know, probably four and a half hours of that track from Central Indiana. Obviously, that'll be on Fox Sports. That will be on right after the World Cup Championship game. So the good people that Fox Sports hope that people who watch the soccer game will leave the TV on the same channel, But the television ratings don't know if that necessarily goes hand in hand or not. But I will say this though, the television coverage will be interesting because the sun will go down. They're not going to start until five thirty Eastern times, so that race will start off in the heat and then ellegeate coolers. So perhaps some strategy there if the track cools off and tires become less of an issue. But it's always a good time to see an IndyCar race on an oval. I prefer an oval over a street course or a road course. Really my old Oh yeah, that's just my old school mentality. I mean, I can remember when there was quite a few more ovals on the on the annual schedule, but events sometimes are created around a road course, around a street course. They've been successful in doing that and drawing a new fan base accordingly, so they probably don't care too much when I think at age sixty seven, but I do believe that I think the racing is better on an oval. I've always felt that way, always will What do I know?
01:37:56
Speaker 6: What do I know?
01:37:57
Speaker 9: So?
01:37:57
Speaker 2: What's coming up?
01:37:59
Speaker 6: Well? Next week?
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Speaker 5: Here in Indianapolis is that little brickyard four hundred saying, and that is a that's still a crown jewel for the NASCAR series because of the setting, because of the history, what have you. And there are still seats available for that, and certainly I do believe that the way their priced, it's still a bargain as far as what you can get in return for that. I'm hoping it'll be a little cooler next week. It looks like the long term forecast shows it cooling off, not as cool as I would like. I like to see it beat about sixty five degrees in cloudy on race day.
01:38:39
Speaker 3: Yeah, you're not.
01:38:39
Speaker 5: Gonna that's not gonna happen very so. Yeah, the cooler it is, the better for those cars.
01:38:46
Speaker 2: But the brickyardsws are pretty much a.
01:38:48
Speaker 6: Scorcher it has been historically.
01:38:52
Speaker 5: I think next week, I think the forecasts are mid to perhaps upper eighties. That's about a ten degree drop from where we're at right now. Humidity and sunshine play a factor as well, so hopefully things will just cool off in general. But I do believe for those who haven't been to that event, you should go to it at least once. Given an opportunity to settle upon you. People say it's been around for a while, Well, sure it has, and it will continue to be because it's a successful relationship both for the television network in the NASCAR series.
01:39:24
Speaker 6: But no, there's quite a bit.
01:39:27
Speaker 5: Of racing going on here in the next I don't know what ten to twelve days that involves in Indianapolis, most Indy Car Series and the Indianapolis Order Speedway in the Brickyard. But I don't think you'll be disappointed. I say you anybody who makes the effort to go out and as I always say, look me up, I'll buy you a tender loin sandwich.
01:39:48
Speaker 2: Okay, are there tenderloins in Nashville.
01:39:52
Speaker 5: Well, yeah, there's that's barbecue country down there more so.
01:39:56
Speaker 6: But I was talking about the IMS.
01:39:58
Speaker 2: The IMS teneroin is, Oh yeah, yeah, Well I'm sorry, go ahead, Yeah.
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Speaker 5: The IMS in one has made great strides in the past three or four years. I had one in the month of May and was quite surprised. They kind of changed the seasoning on the breading a little bit. And I always talk to the ladies working in the concession areas and and say, hey, give me make sure I get the biggest one or one is it.
01:40:24
Speaker 6: Hot is right out of the fry or whatever that kind of thing.
01:40:27
Speaker 5: But it's it's interesting, I think, and I'm not trying to plug anything. I think I paid ten bucks for I think it was about ten dollars. It's pretty good sandwich though. But my whole point is, as I say all the time, if you haven't been come out there. My phone number at email is on anything I've ever written for the recorder. Get in touch with me, and the first tender.
01:40:50
Speaker 6: One is on me.
01:40:51
Speaker 2: And you say they are exceptional out there.
01:40:53
Speaker 5: Huh, I think I think for you know that it's not a restaurant per se, so there. I still think there's better ones. But the point is it's certainly very respectable.
01:41:05
Speaker 2: There you go. It's all we need. It's all we need. Respectability.
01:41:09
Speaker 5: That's what I like.
01:41:10
Speaker 2: When I'm eating there, some respectability. Go all right, Danny, we'll save travels down to Nashville and back and hopefully you'll enjoy everything and well.
01:41:23
Speaker 5: Hopefully the weather will cool off pad again five point thirty eastern on Fox fifty nine for the IndyCar Race from Nashville. That's, of course, if the World Cup doesn't go into overtime. They would have to start a little bit later to wait for that audiencestitute in. But the World Cup's almost over. I'm not a soccer fan, so I'm kind of happy about that. But I will say I will say I do respect the fact that it's a global phenomena in the United States has benefited greatly from hosting it from a standpoint of the economic impact alone.
01:41:56
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