Straight From the Heart Episode 4 V3(AUDIO)
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[00:00:00] This is Straight From the Heart. I am your host, Kim Davis, where we are going to talk about any and everything, and we're gonna be honest and we're gonna use facts
today. I am really, really wanting to have this subject or talk about this subject. It is something that Kansas City has been on for a while, and now we are faced with this a recall. A recall of the county executor, and I really wanna talk about why it is economically. Not feasible or, that's my opinion.
Let me say that. And I really wanna know, does it really matter if we had a waited one more year? Or is this thing bigger than just, um. The issues at hand. So today I have [00:01:00] not, I have not only someone that knows someone that works with the, uh, board of Elections. Uh, she's also a staff member here at the Chamber of Commerce.
And she and I were talking and she brought some real insight on, uh, what it's gonna cost the taxpayers. To have a recall. So, uh, if you would welcome, uh, our director of operations or development, our director of development, uh, Raquel Adams. Uh, she is a plethora of knowledge, but shes about this election, so welcome.
Thank you. So let's, I'm excited to talk about this topic this week. Yeah, I, so we had a very, very, uh, candid and honest, um, conversation the other day, and I learned a lot of things that I didn't know, um, about the election and the Board of [00:02:00] Election. And so tell us one. Um, I know that you've worked, um, with the Board of Elections for years.
Yes. And so, your duties right now, tell us about what you do now. You, uh, have been working with the Board of Elections for years, and so your duties now, I'm sure you worked many duties there, but your duties now at, uh, the Board of Elections is what? So now I'm a poll judge, and as I've developed into a poll, judge, uh, my role has changed from just certifying registered voters, making sure that they're at the correct polling place and making sure that their ballots are at the location that they are.
And if their ballot isn't at the location that they are, that they can still vote, cast their ballot, and it will be counted. In the district that it's assigned to. So as a poll judge, what I do is make sure that, uh, for the most part, we have a group of voters who we really [00:03:00] appreciate and celebrate, who are very particular about using their military IDs, which are for veterans IDs that don't expire.
Mm-hmm. Sometimes that can trip up, uh, a poll. Um, a ballot judge. Yeah. And then make them feel like, oh, well this is not a valid id, and they look a little different. Mm-hmm. Um, because your father was in the military, you know? Yes. So, something that people who have, uh, family that has military experiences familiar with.
But I don't, and I was not. So I'm a researcher, so of course when I first learned about it, I wanted to get more information. And so now I'm excited to serve as a poll judge because the, uh, the voters that I, uh, work with and interact with have been voting for a long time. Yeah. Their vote is important to them and every.
Decision, um, that we, that the voters make, they show up and participate and they are engaged in, yeah, so the [00:04:00] reason that we started having the topic of conversation is because I'm paid as is every poll, worker, poll, employee, and. The what in initiated the conversation was I said, well, if I'm paid the salary that I'm paid, even if there's only one of me and one of every other position at each polling place, that's a waste of a lot of money for this one question.
Uh, voters may or may not know, they can always see any election ballot before the elect. Prior to the election, you can go to Kenzie election board or whatever your local election board is, their website and see a sample ballot. So when I got the assignment and saw the sample ballot, saw that it was one question.
Of course I asked. Why? Because there's an election coming up soon in, in November. Yeah. Yeah. They will resolve this whole issue. And I understand the [00:05:00] taxpayers and, uh, the personal property tax and how the taxpayers feel. About the county executive being solely responsible for that and the stadium and how the voters feel.
The ta, the county executive is specifically responsible for that. But, um, being in city government, being a lifelong resident of Kansas City, I have appreciated and we have all benefit from, uh, Frank White's, uh, savvy. Yes. For so long and we've all seen the growth and the development in the Kansas City community.
A lot of moving parts. Uh, I served on city council, uh, served the current mayor when he was third district and district councilman and uh, as a legislative aide. So I've seen the work, the hands on. Boots on the [00:06:00] groundwork that, um, the county executive has had to do and that legislators have to do. So I understand that maybe the typical voter not understanding that it may seem like something being done to them or happening to them.
Yeah. But ultimately, and you know, and you can speak to that, um. The ends justify the means kind of thing. Yeah, yeah. And kind of not being able to see the bigger vision, because we're stuck in the minutia of, well, I don't wanna pay 24% more properties. Well, and, and, and I mean, if we were to get into the, the weeds or to the mud of things, um, the unfairness of making Frank White, the um.
The so bearer of the taxes and the stadium. So Frank Wright is one vote. And so Frank White was not the voices that was out at [00:07:00] every, uh, every rally, rally, every meeting, every uh, stakeholders meeting, uh, against the stadium. And I am, I was for the stadium. I was for the downtown stadium. Uh, but I'm also sensible enough to know that, um, there, Frank White did, did not just, um.
Uh, caused the downfall of the stadium on his own. Uh, also when it comes to taxes, uh, the, the average, the average resident. It surprised me. I, quite frankly, it did surprise me to find out that the average, um, uh, property owner doesn't realize that the county executive does not raise taxes. He does not have the power to raise taxes.
He does not, uh, uh, [00:08:00] write up a letter and have the, the state raise the taxes. Right. They just simply do the assessments. And, um, if the, the, and in certain areas, uh, truth be told, and people are gonna push back on this and be all upset and all in the why. But truth be told, many, many, many of these, um, communities whose taxes were raised had not had a tax raised, uh, in years, like decades.
And so, um. We complain about what's not getting done in our city. We complain about, uh, what, what our needs are, uh, the streets, the trash, the this, the that, and, but we don't want to, uh, have to pay for it, right? And so, um. [00:09:00] I'm just really disappointed in the fact that we have, uh, even in our legislators that did not think enough about, um, what it's going to cost the taxpayers to have a special election on September the 30th.
And even if the election comes out, the numbers come out that, uh, that executive white is, uh, recalled. It's gonna be six weeks before he'll even be removed because it takes that long to certify and you cannot remove him before it's certified. And then by, if you look at the 30th, six weeks from the 30th, it's gonna take you past November, November election, which could have been done at the November elections on top of which.
His seat comes up again in November of [00:10:00] 2026. Yes. For 2027. So we have a, to me on, on one level, and I'm only speaking, this is not, uh, this. I'm not speaking on behalf of the Chamber. My views and opinions are not always aligned with that of the Heartland Fact Chamber of Commerce. So let me make that disclaimer.
But my view is this, when we have legislators who have spent more time with the fact that he was not attending their meetings. Than spending time getting things done. Yeah. In the meeting. Or even legislators who would not budge in negotiating or would not collaborate. Right. And then blame one person for their lack of collaborating.
Um. I, I [00:11:00] just think that we are, we're utilizing, uh, the divisiveness of our country right here in our county. I feel the same. And, and, um, it's a ugly situation because it does not have to be. I think that we could have great legislators and we could have great executive, uh. But at the end of the day, uh, people have to get out of their own personal feelings and go into, uh, these rooms with, um, how do we serve the people and then not use the people.
Right. Not use the people emotionally, use the people to, uh, to get what we want. I, I listened to a lot of the interviews and I was really surprised that there is no real meat on the bone. So, yeah. What do you think? I think that. A part, again, a part of what started our conversation was just the, the expectation for [00:12:00] me as a voter, and I don't have a political, um, agenda.
I don't, I'm apolitical. I worked in the city, apolitical, worked for UNKC, apolitical, uh, the b that the community receive. The community benefit is my focus. Yeah. Yeah. I've worked with and had experiences with interactions with meetings, engagement with a lot of people in the political realm, all the way from the, uh, state level and.
From the, to the federal level? Yeah, from local, county, state, uh, executives. Some personal friends of our family for a long time have been associated with, uh, legislatures and legislation throughout the state. We frequently are in Jeff City and, um, those kinds of things, but. It's, there's always been an expectation that [00:13:00] they are there to do the business of their constituents.
And so for this huge waste of money, that's what it comes down to. Um, you know, it, what I am aligned with in my work at the Chamber is making sure that we. The maximum benefit for a reasonable value. Yeah, so when I looked at this special election, the recall election, and like I said, just taking that small microcosm, just say, not to put anybody's financial business of what anybody is getting paid out there, but let's just say one poll in place cost $5,000 and you multiply that.
You have to open every poll because you can't restrict any voter's access. So to spend $5,000 in multiple 43 districts, uh, across the county and say, we have to spend this $5,000 so that we can, uh, voice [00:14:00] our displeasure in how the county executive, uh, spent or allocated money. Throughout his term, serving as the county executive, and he would be the first one to say, that's a waste of money.
Don't do that. And that's the only expectation. So I have to go into facing this election knowing that my vote is no. Because what you're trying to do is actually what he would recommend you not do, which is not waste the the money, money to. If you, and if that's how you feel, if you feel like he should not continue to be the county executive, you have the opportunity a few weeks after that to be able to decide who can even run.
And then within a year of that, decide who will continue to serve. Complete the term. So every issue that is of concern that the, uh. Overpayment of personal property tax that'll be resolved with by [00:15:00] 2027, the stadium. Well, we have a contract with the, with the chiefs and the Royals through 2030, so that'll be resolved if not with Frank White's administration in the next administration.
And you have, as a voter, the opportunity to influence who makes that ultimate decision. So I feel like. Whoever the legislators are, whoever the petitioners are, the voters and the constituents not being considered. Of enough value to say this is not worth the money, and just spend that, whatever campaign funds or whatever fundraising was done to be able to call this election to say You can use your voice here in in November, and it will affect.
Through the next term Yeah. Of whoever the county executive is so that you can basically still accomplish the same task [00:16:00] if that's your intention. Yeah. But for. To spend this money and spend this time that my personal investment is, I still have to go to the poll on September 30th, and I have to stay there all day and they have to pay me to do that.
So basically, so basically, uh, what we're doing is spending, uh. Several hundreds of thousands of dollars to, for six week difference. Mm-hmm. Or a 12 week difference, let's say 12 weeks. Because if you waited till November, it, it, it that wait till November, it certified then. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. So you're basically, you're spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to, for, uh, one question and a 12 week difference.
Right. And, and if it's no, and you won't get as many, you won't get as many people to the polls as you would on November. November. Exactly. Because that's a general, that's an actual general election. Right. So, um. [00:17:00] There's some questions and I and the listeners are, are chomping at the bit for this one. So let's start with question number one.
Hi Kim. I'm a taxpayer in Jackson County. I'm concerned about the cost of the special election. Why are we paying for this recall now instead of just waiting a year for the next election? Uh, what's the real cost and is it worth it? We can only estimate the cost because the cost of elections is legislatively.
Um, it is not disclosed. Uh, but we do know that there's cost associated. Um, of course. Yeah. Because it's not free to hold an election. It's not free to hold space. It's not free to create these opportunities. So I would say whatever the cost is, even if it's a minimal expense, there's gonna be a minimal voter turnout because it's a special election and [00:18:00] voters are already prepared to go to the polls in November.
So when. Whenever the, um, board of Elections was presented with this petition and couldn't get it on the ballot in time to, for November, couldn't have any other address of it other than the special election. I feel like that was the time for the legislatures to make a decision to say. Okay. It's not worth the, it's too expensive.
Mm-hmm. To go ahead and host the special election and we'll just use the money to be able to educate the voters. And they do that all the time. Right. For elections. Right. Decide to spend money on voter education. I would say that would be money well spent. Yeah. Because. Then you don't have to pay people to sit at the poll all day to answer one question.
And for me specifically, you are paying me to be at the poll all day and I'm going, you also gonna have to pay for me to cast my vote early. [00:19:00] And it's no. Yeah. So, well, I mean, and actually. You're in my pocket. Come to think about it. 'cause we pay you as well to, uh, sit at that poll all day. Yes. When I could use you at the chamber.
Okay. Let's go to question number two. Question number two. Uh, I'm worried about the political gridlock in the county. If the recall is successful, will it actually solve the problem that the county, uh, with the county exec, uh, legislator, or will it just lead to another political fight? That is a huge question.
Yeah, because. Uh, one we go back to taxes are not, um, reversed. They're not reversed, and they're not, uh, set by the county executors or executive or the legislators. It does, it's just the assessments. So are we going to be gridlocked in the [00:20:00] same thing? Are people gonna be expecting the next appointed person to, uh, lower their taxes to change the tax law, to change the assessments?
What? Are the expectations because the, the levy board is who decides, and that's your still, those are all voter decisions, but. I feel like you're targeting your angst in the incorrect direction. So your levy board, your school boards are the, the voters on bond issues are, so the taxes are gonna go up because we just passed a for the first time and I don't, 50 years bond of a levy bond for the school district, which as a product of Kansas City, Missouri School District, LCPA.
I am excited that we have accomplished and for, for the most part. The people in the community are aware that there it is [00:21:00] time, there's time for the schools to be upgraded. There's time, it's time for the bond to pass. It's time for the education system to be modernized. Yeah. And that costs money. And as taxpayers, we're educated enough to know everything, including gasoline costs more money.
So the expectation that taxes will increase or that the any. Legislators, even the levy board will be able to not pass along that increase or not be affected by that increase. There's no way to do that. Everything costs more, it costs more for boards and nails. Mm-hmm. So you can't build Yeah, that's right.
Without paying for the boards and the nails. That's right. That's right. You know, um, it's amazes me that, and I guess not because when I look at that, it really, um. The average person only goes by what they hear on the news or, uh, from a friend or in [00:22:00] the, the gossip circle, or now our famous social media.
Whatever Facebook says has to be true. Um, and one of the biggest things that I heard was, um. Frank White doesn't show up to the meetings that, uh, the, the legislator meetings and he sends his staffers and, uh. Again, that goes back to not understanding how the, um, the policies and the processes work. He does not have to attend meetings.
Right. And, uh, I have been to at least one, actually two meetings, um, where I sit in the back and the blatant attack. That took place on the one meeting he was in there. And then the continued attack when he wasn't in there, that was on his staffer, um, was very uncomfortable for [00:23:00] me. And, um. I, I, I, I think that utilizing the, um, the Jackson County residents emotional feelings because their taxes went up to, uh, twist this knife and make it seem like, uh, we didn't get anything done because he didn't show up to meetings is not only unfair, it's untrue.
Yeah. And so I agree and I feel like as a. Like I said, lifelong resident of Kansas City. And however I may look or sound, um, of the generation, I graduated from Lincoln in uh, 90, so I have. And our whole community has, I don't wanna just say I as if personally I'm representing any political, I'm apolitical any political agenda.
But I, I say to that, um, I, I felt uncomfortable with that response, uh, to Frank White. I felt [00:24:00] uncomfortable with those, uh, personal attacks to the babies. Yeah. Um, yeah. As well. Yeah. Who I know are only. In the community doing this work in the community? Uh, Frank White has been an advocate for me. People who, you know, inner city urban?
Yes, yes. Uh, voters, urban members of the community. For as long as I've been. In Kansas City for my whole over 50 years. Yes. That's a long time to advocate for and to be the voice in the room to say, okay, all of these powers that be, that the first district, Northland has a lot of influence because they have a lot of money.
Because they have a lot of property. Yeah. That has different value than, uh, some of the urban, uh, community. And we all know about the divide in east of Trus and, uh. We know property and mission is worth, is valued differently than property owned prospect, right? [00:25:00] So for all of that time to have spent 50 years building trust and advocating for this group of voters, there's no indication that he suddenly, through some revelation, decided that he's gonna throw us under the bus.
And so I feel like. Your reputation speaks for you. Right. And I feel like he's earned, he's been in those spaces fighting for decades. Yeah. So I feel like he has earned this opportunity to say, trust me, I'm not gonna throw y'all under the bus now. I haven't. Right. And I won't. Right. And. The change that's coming and the expense that's coming.
I'm trying to cushion it and buffer as much as possible because we cannot afford to pay Johnson County Mission Kansas tax rates, even though they might be across the street. We're literally, we're sitting on state line now. Right. The people across the street from us don't [00:26:00] pay what we pay. Right. Uh, when it comes to property tax, but they're across the street.
Yeah. There is, I feel like a responsibility. My no. Is me saying, I trust that the decades worth of advocacy that has been done for our community's behalf is not going to be just subjected to the whims of the current political trends. Right, right. I don't believe that, that there's, I, I don't have anything to indicate that I feel like.
Uh, you know, any fighter, after you fight your 12 rounds in the ring, you get to tap in the next, uh, person. And I feel like we have to give some allowance, uh, to Mr. White for him to be able to bow out gracefully. And I don't feel like. Him being scapegoated should remove [00:27:00] the opportunity to do that. Right.
Um, and again, not making any, I haven't said the D word or the R word. Yeah, right. But not making any political reference, but just respect the work. Yeah, yeah. And respect the reputation and. Expect respect. Yeah. You know, one of the things that, um, I heard a lot about was, uh, Frank White would not release Thera dollars that he said on Thera dollars, and it was what we don't talk about.
Uh, is the fact that, uh, that was the last part of the opera dollars, nobody talks about how much of the opera dollars were released before that. Exactly. And then because, um, there is a great need for, um. One security purposes. I, I, I, and I did some of my own [00:28:00] research. Uh, and this is not, I wanna make it clear.
This is not just something that I got from Frank White. This is something that I researched and I looked at, and I even talked to some of the staffers over there. Um, they purchased a building that needed some upgrades on it. And, uh, part of those opera dollars could be used for the upgrade and make it more accessible and easier for the Jackson County residents to get whatever, uh, whatever services that they needed through the, the county done and get through a line or get through a system instead of lining up and being, uh, in hallways at Jackson County where one, they bring all types of.
Criminal, um, court cases through there, some very dangerous, some not. Mm-hmm. But you are putting people at risk, right? And, [00:29:00] and you're putting, um, the, the law enforcement at risk. And so for, uh, for us to have a legislator legislative group. A group of legislators who were totally against using any of the opera dollars to, to finish the building and, and be satisfied, negotiate and say, okay, we will take the rest of it and disperse it.
They're, and that's where I say lack of negotiation. Their response was, we don't want the building. Sell it. We didn't ask for it. Sell the building. We wanna stay here. We're not gonna spend any money over there. We're gonna give all the money to the people, but to what motivation are you doing that? And then secondly, in a conversation that I had, uh, one of the things that I heard that Frank White was saying was.
Our [00:30:00] opera dollars were not money to just give so people can just squander and doorway. With no accountability. With no accountability, and then no, um, the money should have been able to be an investment in the building or rebuilding or making or NDA compliance, all the things that needed to happen, but also even in the organizations that were receiving funding.
Your accountability. Yeah. What, how did that money do anything but pay salaries or what was it that, that, um, where that money was able to rejuvenate Yeah. And did And mitigate the risk. And mitigate the risk. A lot, lot of people have those conversations and I always think, I go back to, uh, right after the current administration went.
Came into office and started changing things. You, you know, because, uh, it happened here at the Chamber because we're subjected to, uh, what [00:31:00] happens in the federal economy Yes. Directly affects what happens in, uh, the Chamber and MCDC economies. Yes. Um. And one of the things that I heard, I'll never forget this, one of the first sessions that I went to about how do we answer and how do we not panic and how do we relate?
And what is the nonprofit world's response and what's the philanthropic response? It was to risk management and it reminded me that even before we were wise enough to know what was coming, perhaps experience and wisdom, Frank White was. Mitigating risk. Yeah. Before the whole rest of the world was aware, right.
That these risks needed to be mitigated. And risk management, I'm sure comes second nature after you have, as I said, spent decades. That's right. In these places and spaces. That's right. Being able to anticipate needs and be [00:32:00] able to mitigate risks, so to make sure that those needs are met. It's part of the benefit of having an experienced legislator that we get Yeah.
With not only Frank White, but other experienced legislators. And I know we're all for voting in the new, uh, giving the young people their chance and, uh, modernizing, uh, politics. And I'm for that too. I support that too, as long as they don't forget the benefit of wisdom. That's right. That's right. So we got one more question and I'm gonna throw it out here.
It says, my property taxes have gone up so much and the stadium funding issue seems stuck. How will this recall election, regardless of the outcome, affect these two big issues that are so important to Jackson County's the future? Jackson County's future. And you know, that's, that's interesting. Yeah, that's an interesting question, uh, about how it, the recall, uh, [00:33:00] because at the end of the day.
Whoever gets in there, it's still going to have to go back to the people to be voted upon. Yes. And just because the person in that seat supports it doesn't mean that it will pass. Exactly. Because um, because what if they ask the voters, well, I, what if these millionaires owners, and I'm gonna say this, sports teams ask the voters to pay for it.
I'm gonna say this, the people. That were at all of these rallies that were at all of these, um, these stakeholder meetings, who was making all the noise was the KC Tenet, uh, association. Association. Mm-hmm. And I just told someone the other day that, that, that. Group, that association, they are very, very effective.
Mm-hmm. They [00:34:00] have, they have changed the narrative on how to, um, to get people. To hear a different side. Mm-hmm. And so, um, and they were the ones that were very voice, uh, boisterous when it came to, um, blocking the, the Royal Stadium and the, um, and getting that, those bond dollars and those, uh, approvals for the Royals and the Kansas City Chiefs.
Um. What we don't want to say out loud or admit out loud is that there is a community that really doesn't care that Kansas City is a big sports town, right? And they really are not, um, they're not aware, uh, that. Of the economy and how it works. And it's a [00:35:00] hot button issue because it's popular and like you said, it's, you know, it gets Facebook likes, it gets the likes, it gets the responses, it gets the thumbs up, and it's easy to, you know.
It's easy to TikTok too. Um, you know, the, this is true. The teams get a mean going. Yeah. The uh, yeah, the swifties, the, you know, the, it's easy. Yeah. But when it comes down to the actual finances, it's, there are things that the legislators have to take into consideration and that you, that you, the stakeholders, they have your wisdom and experience in the benefit of the city.
They have done the work to move Kansas City. To a tier two city and moving us towards, uh, KC Forward to yeah, move us closer to a tier one city. Um. That work to do that It is tedious. It is non glorious. It is, um, [00:36:00] sometimes distracting, but it's important. And what the maybe TikTok generation doesn't realize is that.
The grunt of that work and the dirt of that work doesn't look good on Facebook. It's not a cute meme, right? It's not, you don't wanna dance to it, right? It's crying, it's tears, it's hair pulling, it's uh, gray hair growing. So a lot of that work that I feel like we need to appreciate when we ask that type of question.
What is it really gonna change? Well, for, for me personally, I always like to try to take it back to the, uh, the dining room table. My mother is of a generation now where she's protected her, uh, personal property taxes isn't gonna go up anymore. Right. And I felt like, uh, uh, county executive white [00:37:00] along as the.
Some other legislators were really, uh, intentional about making sure that that information got out, that that information was promoted, that the access to that benefit was widely recognized. I mean, we had somebody announced it at our church and yeah, you know, I came in the office and asked you, Ms. Kim did this, do y'all, um.
Because, and I feel like those types of things, that is the important work that a legislator may not know until they hear this podcast and listen to this conversation and hear me say, thank you, I appreciate that, because then I don't have to worry about my personal family's legacy. Yes, you're right. And your daughter doesn't have to worry about it.
And so I feel like those are the type of things, those are the type of conversations that. Whatever happens to the personal property tax for the next 12 years until I'm in the category where mine is protected and frozen. Uh, and people [00:38:00] may not know, but there is, uh, there was a move in the legislator to do what the county could do.
Right. Which is place the senior and elderly remove them from, uh, harm. Increase. And increase, yeah, yeah, yeah. And protect them from increase by freezing their property tax. After they were seniors and now they have paid property taxes right through these fluctuating rates for all these years. So those type of things I think are important.
And if they are important to the voters, they can decide who's on the legislator. They can decide who serves on the Jackson County Board, who serves in the city council, who serves as their state. That's right, representative. If those things are important, you have some voice and you have some opportunity, even if you are on Kansas City tenants and you want to elevate that narrative that they so closely guard and protect, right, right.
You have the opportunity to influence that by promoting a candidate Yeah. [00:39:00] And moving a candidate into that, uh, into those positions. So I feel like the special election. I mean, it, it will be, it's it's coming now. It's here. Yeah. Yeah. It will be what it is. But I hope that we can take this waste of money and apply some of, uh, the county executive's wisdom to being a good steward and mitigating risk, and instilling accountability and re reducing harm.
As much as possible and apply that wisdom going forward so that we don't do this, waste this money this same way again. So before we close, I will say this, um, this special election is not just for the people that want to recall Frank White. This is also a special election for those of us who support. Uh, legislative, uh, executive, executive, [00:40:00] uh, excuse me, county executive Frank White, and what he has done for the county.
This is for us to also go out and have a voice about. Wasting money because that's what it is. And, uh, not allowing a few people because that's what they're banking on. They're banking on people who say they support him not to show up. And those who that support this, this measure will show up. So this is a time, even though it's an inconvenient.
Please, please, please go to the vo, go to the poll, let your voice be heard regardless to either side. And, uh, know that, um, next time before you sign a petition, before you jump on a bandwagon, do your research. And I mean, really do your research, not listen to KNBC, uh, [00:41:00] KCTV five Ks, HB, the. Uh, they report what they're given.
Not that they're, you know, not reporting actual, they're reporting what they're giving. So if I am interviewing someone who is against Frank White, I'm gonna give you that information. If I'm interviewing someone who is for a Frank White, that is what they're reporting. They are a non-bias, uh, system. And so whatever you choose to listen to is what you will follow.
I don't listen to either side. I do my own research and I make up my own mind. And that's all I'm gonna ask you to do. So as of today, this will end our episode, uh, uh, straight from the heart. Uh, of course I am so pleased to be able to have someone in my office with that much knowledge who keeps us on point.
She lets us know things that we really absolutely don't know. She is a researcher by trade. Trust me, she is going to [00:42:00] dig deep. Uh, which we need that. And, uh, I do wanna highlight her and spotlight her and say that she has been, um, a, a real source for us. Um, and even more so, even more than I even knew. And so, uh, being able to see her.
Blossom and do what she does. And I mean, she's doing a darn thing. So again, thank you. Thank you for listening. Uh, before I shut off, I have to give all the shout outs and all the props due to my production team, which is a GA production, the best and the finest production team. This side of the Mississippi top tier.
If you have not seen the Lifetime Movie Girl in the Garage, go pull it up. It's, you can find it on YouTube and then look for their, uh, their release of my Shamir, my Sharia Moore. Uh, they are fabulous. And [00:43:00] then look at all of my production. That's them. All right, thanks again for listening. Be good. Be honest and believe in the truth.
Thank you again. This is straight from the heart.