1 00:00:12,266 --> 00:00:16,166 >> Bill: GOVERNOR BEVIN VETOES A 2 00:00:12,866 --> 00:00:17,366 PENSION RELIEF BILL AND PROMISES 3 00:00:16,166 --> 00:00:18,066 A SPECIAL SESSION, A MOVE THE 4 00:00:17,366 --> 00:00:18,866 SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CALLS A 5 00:00:18,066 --> 00:00:20,666 BIG MISTAKE. 6 00:00:18,866 --> 00:00:24,666 THE STATE LABOR CABINET ISSUES 7 00:00:20,666 --> 00:00:25,766 SUBPOENAS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS 8 00:00:24,666 --> 00:00:27,033 WHERE THERE WERE TEACHER SICK ON 9 00:00:25,766 --> 00:00:27,700 ITS. 10 00:00:27,033 --> 00:00:28,633 A COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS MAJOR 11 00:00:27,700 --> 00:00:30,000 CUTS AT WESTERN KENTUCKY 12 00:00:28,633 --> 00:00:32,200 UNIVERSITY AS ENROLLMENT STALLS 13 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,633 AND STATE SUPPORT SLIDES. 14 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:36,500 AN ELECTRIC CAR COMPANY LOOKS AT 15 00:00:34,633 --> 00:00:38,200 KENTUCKY AS GM REDESIGNS THE 16 00:00:36,500 --> 00:00:39,266 BOWLING GREEN-MADE CORVETTES. 17 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:45,966 WE'RE IN THE FAST LANE, AND 18 00:00:39,266 --> 00:00:46,133 "COMMENT" IS NEXT ON KET. 19 00:00:45,966 --> 00:00:46,133 ARE 20 00:00:52,066 --> 00:00:56,633 GOOD EVENING. 21 00:00:53,300 --> 00:00:58,133 I'M BILL BRYANT, AND WE WELCOME 22 00:00:56,633 --> 00:00:58,900 YOU TO "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY," A 23 00:00:58,133 --> 00:00:59,600 LOOK BACK AT THE WEEK'S NEWS IN 24 00:00:58,900 --> 00:01:01,166 THE COMMONWEALTH. 25 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:04,300 AND THE GUESTS ON OUR PANEL OF 26 00:01:01,166 --> 00:01:06,966 WORKING KENTUCKY JOURNALISTS 27 00:01:04,300 --> 00:01:07,633 TONIGHT ARE: 28 00:01:06,966 --> 00:01:10,366 DANIEL DESROSIERS, POLITICAL 29 00:01:07,633 --> 00:01:11,900 WRITER FOR THE LEXINGTON 30 00:01:10,366 --> 00:01:12,500 HERD LEADER. 31 00:01:11,900 --> 00:01:13,900 LISA BENSON, EDITOR FOR 32 00:01:12,500 --> 00:01:14,800 LOUISVILLE BUSINESS FIRST. 33 00:01:13,900 --> 00:01:16,500 AND WES SWIETEK, NEWS DIRECTOR 34 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:18,033 OF BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS. 35 00:01:16,500 --> 00:01:19,766 ALSO TONIGHT, DEMOCRATIC 36 00:01:18,033 --> 00:01:22,866 CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR ADAM 37 00:01:19,766 --> 00:01:24,366 EDELEN FAVORS DECRIMINALIZING 38 00:01:22,866 --> 00:01:25,766 POSSESSION OF SMALL AMOUNTS OF 39 00:01:24,366 --> 00:01:28,100 MARIJUANA, AND MORE CITIES TRY 40 00:01:25,766 --> 00:01:29,500 TO DEAL WITH PANHANDLERS. 41 00:01:28,100 --> 00:01:30,933 BUT FIRST, GOVERNOR BEVIN VETOES 42 00:01:29,500 --> 00:01:34,100 THE PENSION BILL THAT WAS PASSED 43 00:01:30,933 --> 00:01:36,033 ON THE VERY LAST DAY OF THE 2019 44 00:01:34,100 --> 00:01:37,533 SESSION, AND HE SAYS HE'LL BE 45 00:01:36,033 --> 00:01:38,366 CALLING LAWMAKERS BACK TO 46 00:01:37,533 --> 00:01:39,966 FRANKFORT. 47 00:01:38,366 --> 00:01:43,500 DAN, MANY HAD CALLED THIS THE 48 00:01:39,966 --> 00:01:43,800 BEST OF BAD OPTIONS, BUT HERE WE 49 00:01:43,500 --> 00:01:45,300 ARE. 50 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,200 >> Daniel: YEAH, HERE WE ARE 51 00:01:45,300 --> 00:01:47,333 AND BASICALLY EVERYTHING IS KIND 52 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:48,733 OF THROWN INTO CHAOS. 53 00:01:47,333 --> 00:01:50,033 IT WAS KIND OF EXPECTED THAT HE 54 00:01:48,733 --> 00:01:51,233 WOULD SIGN THIS BILL BECAUSE 55 00:01:50,033 --> 00:01:52,666 THERE'S A SENSE OF URGENCY 56 00:01:51,233 --> 00:01:53,433 BEHIND IT. 57 00:01:52,666 --> 00:01:54,866 BASICALLY, THE MENTAL HEALTH 58 00:01:53,433 --> 00:01:55,600 DEPARTMENT, THE 59 00:01:54,866 --> 00:01:57,566 QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES THAT 60 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,766 ARE HELPED BY THIS BILL, HAS 61 00:01:57,566 --> 00:02:00,266 SAID THAT THEY COULD GO BANKRUPT 62 00:01:58,766 --> 00:02:01,266 IF THEY DON'T GET THE KIND OF 63 00:02:00,266 --> 00:02:02,066 PENSION RELIEF THAT WAS 64 00:02:01,266 --> 00:02:04,166 CONTAINED IN IT. 65 00:02:02,066 --> 00:02:04,500 SO NOW THERE IS THIS TIME 66 00:02:04,166 --> 00:02:05,700 CRUNCH. 67 00:02:04,500 --> 00:02:07,600 THEY HAVE UNTIL JULY 1st FOR 68 00:02:05,700 --> 00:02:10,033 THEM TO KIND OF PASS SOMETHING 69 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:11,333 BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE PENSION 70 00:02:10,033 --> 00:02:11,666 LEIF THAT'S CURRENTLY HAVE 71 00:02:11,333 --> 00:02:13,133 EXPIRES. 72 00:02:11,666 --> 00:02:14,366 AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO 73 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:15,700 BRING ALL THE PARTIES TO THE 74 00:02:14,366 --> 00:02:17,566 TABLE AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING 75 00:02:15,700 --> 00:02:19,633 TO SEE IF THE SOLUTION SASS EASY 76 00:02:17,566 --> 00:02:20,733 AS GOVERNOR BEVIN AS SUGGESTED 77 00:02:19,633 --> 00:02:22,800 THAT IT MIGHT BE. 78 00:02:20,733 --> 00:02:24,000 >> Bill: WHICH HE SAYS CAN BE 79 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:24,533 PASSED IN ONE DAY. 80 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,233 >> Daniel: HE HAS. 81 00:02:24,533 --> 00:02:27,333 IF YOU GO BACK IN LEGISLATIVE 82 00:02:26,233 --> 00:02:27,700 RECORD, 1900, THAT HAS NEVER 83 00:02:27,333 --> 00:02:30,133 HAPPENED. 84 00:02:27,700 --> 00:02:31,466 IT USUALLY TAKES ABOUT FIVE DAYS 85 00:02:30,133 --> 00:02:33,566 TO PASS A BILL. 86 00:02:31,466 --> 00:02:35,500 I THINK THAT'S HYPERBOLE FOR HOW 87 00:02:33,566 --> 00:02:37,533 HE THINKS IT COULD BE EASY TO 88 00:02:35,500 --> 00:02:38,600 FIND A CONSENSUS OR A SOLUTION. 89 00:02:37,533 --> 00:02:39,833 HIS SOLUTION IS TAKE OUT TO 90 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,633 PARTS THAT I THINK ARE ILLEGAL 91 00:02:39,833 --> 00:02:43,133 AND PASS IT. 92 00:02:41,633 --> 00:02:44,333 AS WHEN YOU'RE WORKING LAWMAKERS 93 00:02:43,133 --> 00:02:45,266 WITH SO MANY MOVING PIECES IT'S 94 00:02:44,333 --> 00:02:46,900 REALLY DIFFICULT TO GET THAT 95 00:02:45,266 --> 00:02:48,566 KIND OF CONSENSUS ON BOARD. 96 00:02:46,900 --> 00:02:51,300 >> Bill: IN FACT, HISTORY 97 00:02:48,566 --> 00:02:52,000 TEACHES US IN 2007 IN THE 98 00:02:51,300 --> 00:02:52,900 GUBERNATORIAL L. GUBERNATORIAL 99 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:56,000 YEAR THERE WAS A SPECIAL SESSION 100 00:02:52,900 --> 00:02:57,133 CALLED THAT BASICALLY THEY AND I 101 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:57,766 AM WENT HOME, IMMEDIATELY 102 00:02:57,133 --> 00:02:59,400 ADJOURNING, AND THEN LAST 103 00:02:57,766 --> 00:03:00,100 DECEMBER A COUPLE OF DAYS, AND 104 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,933 NOTHING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. 105 00:03:00,100 --> 00:03:02,933 >> Daniel: EVEN MORE RECENTLY 106 00:03:01,933 --> 00:03:04,066 IN 2018. 107 00:03:02,933 --> 00:03:06,200 AND, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF 108 00:03:04,066 --> 00:03:07,866 SHOWS THAT THEY REALLY NEED TO 109 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:09,700 MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A PLAN 110 00:03:07,866 --> 00:03:10,800 PRIOR TO THIS SPECIAL SESSION 111 00:03:09,700 --> 00:03:12,500 BEING CALLED BECAUSE WHEN DON'T 112 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:15,533 HAVE A PLAN PRIOR TO IT BEING 113 00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:17,633 CALLED, IT CAN ALL GO INTO CHAOS 114 00:03:15,533 --> 00:03:18,366 AND THEY ARE SENT HOME. 115 00:03:17,633 --> 00:03:19,233 >> Wes: THEY TOOK THEIR 116 00:03:18,366 --> 00:03:20,866 CHANCES THEY CALLED THIS LAST 117 00:03:19,233 --> 00:03:24,200 YEAR WHEN THEY HAD GIVEN UP 118 00:03:20,866 --> 00:03:25,400 THEIR RIGHT TO OVERRIDE A VETO 119 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:26,400 AND SENATOR STIVERS CALLED HIM 120 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,733 PERPLEXED BY THIS. 121 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:30,633 THE GOVERNOR RESPONDED TO THAT. 122 00:03:27,733 --> 00:03:32,133 THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER DAMON 123 00:03:30,633 --> 00:03:34,566 THAY ARE HAS CALL THE VETO A 124 00:03:32,133 --> 00:03:36,166 MISTAKE AND BASICALLY PUT ON IT 125 00:03:34,566 --> 00:03:37,500 GOVERNOR WRITE A NEW BILL, GET 126 00:03:36,166 --> 00:03:37,833 SUPPORT AND SIGNALED HE WILL 127 00:03:37,500 --> 00:03:39,400 SIGN IT. 128 00:03:37,833 --> 00:03:40,700 >> Daniel: IT WOULD THE SHADE 129 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,333 NECESSITY FRANKFORT THIS WEEK AS 130 00:03:40,700 --> 00:03:42,833 WE WERE KIND OF GOING BACK AND 131 00:03:42,333 --> 00:03:44,333 FORTH. 132 00:03:42,833 --> 00:03:45,466 THESE ARE ALL THE KIND OF SUBTLE 133 00:03:44,333 --> 00:03:46,533 MESSAGES, RIGHT? 134 00:03:45,466 --> 00:03:48,333 BECAUSE THEY HAD KIND OF PUT 135 00:03:46,533 --> 00:03:49,166 THIS OFF UNTIL THE LAST DAY 136 00:03:48,333 --> 00:03:50,366 BECAUSE THEY INDIANA UNDER THE 137 00:03:49,166 --> 00:03:51,800 ASSUMPTION HE'LL SIGN IT, AND 138 00:03:50,366 --> 00:03:54,200 GOVERNOR BEVIN HAD ACTUALLY SENT 139 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:57,333 A LETTER OF SUPPORT DURING THAT 140 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:58,333 VETO PERIOD SAYING, I'LL SIGN 141 00:03:57,333 --> 00:03:58,633 THE SENATE VERSIONS OF THIS 142 00:03:58,333 --> 00:03:59,733 BILL. 143 00:03:58,633 --> 00:04:01,800 THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE HOUSE 144 00:03:59,733 --> 00:04:03,233 WASN'T EXACTLY ONBOARD WITH THE 145 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,433 SENATE VERSION, AND SO THEY MADE 146 00:04:03,233 --> 00:04:06,000 SOME CHANGES, AND THOSE CHANGES 147 00:04:04,433 --> 00:04:06,466 ARE WHAT GOVERNOR BEVIN SAID HE 148 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,700 DIDN'T SUPPORT. 149 00:04:06,466 --> 00:04:08,833 SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE HOUSE 150 00:04:07,700 --> 00:04:10,100 WHO CAN'T GO ALONG WITH THE 151 00:04:08,833 --> 00:04:11,266 SENATE VERSION OF THE BILL. 152 00:04:10,100 --> 00:04:12,400 GOVERNOR BEVIN WON'T GO ALONG 153 00:04:11,266 --> 00:04:13,100 WITH THE COMPROMISE VERSION OF 154 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:14,533 THE BILL. 155 00:04:13,100 --> 00:04:16,733 AND NOW YOU'VE GOT THIS WAR OF 156 00:04:14,533 --> 00:04:18,466 WORDS GOING ON WHERE HE 157 00:04:16,733 --> 00:04:20,566 DEFINITELY ANGERED SENATE 158 00:04:18,466 --> 00:04:22,466 PRESIDENT ROBBER STIVERS BY 159 00:04:20,566 --> 00:04:23,533 BASICALLY -- ROBERT STIVERS BY 160 00:04:22,466 --> 00:04:24,166 BASICALLY NOT SO SUBTLELY 161 00:04:23,533 --> 00:04:25,800 CALLING HIM OUT. 162 00:04:24,166 --> 00:04:29,533 HE SENT A LETTER TO THE SENATE 163 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:30,500 PRESIDENT SAYING, HERE ARE SOME 164 00:04:29,533 --> 00:04:31,233 ATTACHED DOCUMENTS. 165 00:04:30,500 --> 00:04:32,833 THOSE ATTACHED DOCUMENTS WERE 166 00:04:31,233 --> 00:04:35,066 THE SENATE VERSION OF THE BILL, 167 00:04:32,833 --> 00:04:36,133 THE FINAL VERSION BULL IN HIS 168 00:04:35,066 --> 00:04:38,100 VETO MESSAGE. 169 00:04:36,133 --> 00:04:41,666 HE SAID IF YOU READ THESE THINGS 170 00:04:38,100 --> 00:04:43,533 YOU'LL BE LESS PERPLEXED. 171 00:04:41,666 --> 00:04:44,366 THAT'S A BOLD MOVE. 172 00:04:43,533 --> 00:04:46,466 THEY'RE BOTH REPUBLICANS. 173 00:04:44,366 --> 00:04:47,233 THEY GET ALONG WELL. 174 00:04:46,466 --> 00:04:48,466 >> Bill: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 175 00:04:47,233 --> 00:04:49,566 POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS OF NOTHING 176 00:04:48,466 --> 00:04:52,300 HAPPENING. 177 00:04:49,566 --> 00:04:54,433 THESE QUASI-S INDICATE, WES, 178 00:04:52,300 --> 00:04:55,200 THAT THEY, AND SOME SAY THEY'RE 179 00:04:54,433 --> 00:04:56,833 ON THE BUBBLE. 180 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:59,133 IF THEY'RE HIT WITH THESE HIRE 181 00:04:56,833 --> 00:05:03,333 PENSION COSTS, THEORY DONE AND 182 00:04:59,133 --> 00:05:04,933 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY -- 183 00:05:03,333 --> 00:05:05,333 POSSIBLY HALF THE STATE'S HEALTH 184 00:05:04,933 --> 00:05:06,166 DEPARTMENTS. 185 00:05:05,333 --> 00:05:06,900 >> Wes: A LOT OF THESE 186 00:05:06,166 --> 00:05:08,800 AGENCIES, THEY HAD A LITTLE BIT 187 00:05:06,900 --> 00:05:09,700 OF RELIEF IN THE LAST 188 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:10,800 INVESTIGATORS A LOT OF THESE 189 00:05:09,700 --> 00:05:12,500 PENSION COSTS WERE PHASED IN, 190 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:15,633 WHICH WAS A BIG RELIEF TO THEM, 191 00:05:12,500 --> 00:05:17,566 BUT THEY WERE LOOKING AT HOUSE 192 00:05:15,633 --> 00:05:18,266 BILL 358 WHICH YOU WERE TALKING 193 00:05:17,566 --> 00:05:20,166 ABOUT THE GOVERNOR VETOING AS 194 00:05:18,266 --> 00:05:22,866 SOMETHING HA WOULD GIVE THEM 195 00:05:20,166 --> 00:05:23,666 RELIEF, ESPECIALLY TAVARES COULD 196 00:05:22,866 --> 00:05:24,833 THEN OPT OUT OF THE RETIREMENT 197 00:05:23,666 --> 00:05:26,100 SYSTEM AND DO A BUY-OUT. 198 00:05:24,833 --> 00:05:27,133 THEY WERE LOOKING TO THAT AS 199 00:05:26,100 --> 00:05:28,500 SOMETHING THAT COULD HOPEFULLY 200 00:05:27,133 --> 00:05:29,633 EASE THE BURDEN A LITTLE BIT. 201 00:05:28,500 --> 00:05:31,066 I KNOW WESTERN KENTUCKY 202 00:05:29,633 --> 00:05:32,133 UNIVERSITY SUPPORTED THE BILL. 203 00:05:31,066 --> 00:05:33,000 THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THAT HAS 204 00:05:32,133 --> 00:05:34,300 SOME RELIEF. 205 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,566 SO NOW WITH THAT, EVERYTHING IS 206 00:05:34,300 --> 00:05:37,900 UP IN THE AIR, I THINK THERE'S A 207 00:05:35,566 --> 00:05:38,600 LOT OF UNCERTAINTY AMONG A LOT 208 00:05:37,900 --> 00:05:39,466 OF AGENCIES, A LOT OF 209 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,033 GOVERNMENTS, AND A LOT OF 210 00:05:39,466 --> 00:05:42,333 UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE. 211 00:05:41,033 --> 00:05:44,533 >> Bill: THESE PENSION ISSUES 212 00:05:42,333 --> 00:05:45,700 JUST KEEP BUBBLING, AND, OF 213 00:05:44,533 --> 00:05:46,933 COURSE, MANY GIVE THE GOVERNOR 214 00:05:45,700 --> 00:05:49,066 CREDIT FOR FRYING TO ADDRESS 215 00:05:46,933 --> 00:05:52,100 THIS VERY DIFFICULT ISSUE AND 216 00:05:49,066 --> 00:05:52,466 TAKING ON THIS HUGE UNFUND 217 00:05:52,100 --> 00:05:55,300 LIABILITY. 218 00:05:52,466 --> 00:05:57,333 BUT AGAIN, THE FALLOUT HAS 219 00:05:55,300 --> 00:05:59,533 CONTINUED TO BE THAT MANY OF 220 00:05:57,333 --> 00:06:02,433 THESE SOCIAL SERVICES ESPECIALLY 221 00:05:59,533 --> 00:06:03,533 SEEM TO REALLY BE ON EDGE ABOUT 222 00:06:02,433 --> 00:06:05,600 WHERE WE ARE. 223 00:06:03,533 --> 00:06:07,700 >> HEATER THAT'S RIGHT. 224 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:09,400 CITY OF LOUISVILLE IS FACING A 225 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:10,400 $35 MILLION BUDGET SHORTFALL SO 226 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,700 THE MAYOR HAS ROLLED OUT A 227 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,233 SERIES OF IDEAS OF HOW TO 228 00:06:12,700 --> 00:06:15,600 ADDRESS THIS. 229 00:06:13,233 --> 00:06:15,966 WE'RE MAKING SOME REALLY TOUGH 230 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:17,133 DECISIONS. 231 00:06:15,966 --> 00:06:17,533 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CLOSING CITY 232 00:06:17,133 --> 00:06:19,133 POOLS. 233 00:06:17,533 --> 00:06:20,433 THERE'S A POLICE RECRUIT CLASS 234 00:06:19,133 --> 00:06:22,266 THAT IS BEEN CANCELLED. 235 00:06:20,433 --> 00:06:24,066 WE'RE LOOKING AT COST OF LIVING 236 00:06:22,266 --> 00:06:25,000 INCREASES FOR CITY EMPLOYEES NOT 237 00:06:24,066 --> 00:06:26,700 BEING GRANTED THIS YEAR. 238 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,133 SO IT'S A LOT OF TOUGH 239 00:06:26,700 --> 00:06:29,033 DECISIONS, A LOT OF SOCIAL 240 00:06:28,133 --> 00:06:30,333 SERVICES THAT ARE ON THE BUBBLE. 241 00:06:29,033 --> 00:06:31,633 >> Bill: THIS BILL WOULD NOT 242 00:06:30,333 --> 00:06:32,733 HAVE ADDRESSED THE CITY ISSUES, 243 00:06:31,633 --> 00:06:36,066 AND CITY AND COUNTIES ARE GOING 244 00:06:32,733 --> 00:06:36,366 TO GET HIT WITH THESE HIGHER 245 00:06:36,066 --> 00:06:38,733 BILLS. 246 00:06:36,366 --> 00:06:41,000 IT'S A PHASED IN. 247 00:06:38,733 --> 00:06:41,700 >> AND THEY DID GET SOME RELIEF 248 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,600 LAST YEAR. 249 00:06:41,700 --> 00:06:46,333 NO, THIS IS DEALING WITH PRETTY 250 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:47,033 MUCH A GROUP OF SEVEN OR EIGHT 251 00:06:46,333 --> 00:06:47,666 UNIVERSITIES AND THE QUEUES A 252 00:06:47,033 --> 00:06:48,766 GOVERNMENTALLAL AGENCIES. 253 00:06:47,666 --> 00:06:50,266 >> Bill: HOW HIGH ARE THE 254 00:06:48,766 --> 00:06:52,100 STAKES FOR THE GOVERNOR TO BE 255 00:06:50,266 --> 00:06:52,666 DOING IN THE MIDST OF AN 256 00:06:52,100 --> 00:06:54,000 ELECTION YEAR? 257 00:06:52,666 --> 00:06:55,600 >> Daniel: I THINK THEY ARE 258 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,700 VERY HIGH STAKES JUST BECAUSE OF 259 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:59,333 A TIME CRUNCH HERE. 260 00:06:56,700 --> 00:07:00,700 DO TO ME THE BIGGER THING THAT 261 00:06:59,333 --> 00:07:03,533 COULD KIND OF THOUGH THROW 262 00:07:00,700 --> 00:07:04,333 THINGS UP IN THE AIR IS THIS 263 00:07:03,533 --> 00:07:05,433 INTRA-PARTY SACAJAWEA BETWEEN 264 00:07:04,333 --> 00:07:06,466 HIM AND THE LEGISLATURE, RIGHT? 265 00:07:05,433 --> 00:07:08,133 IT SHOWS CLEARLY THAT THEY ARE 266 00:07:06,466 --> 00:07:09,266 NOT ON THE SAME PAGE, AND 267 00:07:08,133 --> 00:07:10,200 THEY'RE DOING IT IN A VERY 268 00:07:09,266 --> 00:07:11,200 PUBLIC WAY. 269 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,733 THESE AREN'T CONVERSATIONS THAT 270 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,800 ARE HAPPENING BEHINDS CLOSED 271 00:07:12,733 --> 00:07:17,066 TORRES DOORS. 272 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:18,066 THE GOVERNOR PUT OUT THAT LETTER 273 00:07:17,066 --> 00:07:18,766 WHEN I WOULD IS THAT IT 274 00:07:18,066 --> 00:07:20,733 LEGISLATURE IN SOME WAYS HAS 275 00:07:18,766 --> 00:07:21,133 GONE EASY ON HIM IN DIFFERENT 276 00:07:20,733 --> 00:07:22,433 PERIODS. 277 00:07:21,133 --> 00:07:24,666 DURING THAT SPECIAL SESSION IN 278 00:07:22,433 --> 00:07:26,900 2018, BOTH HOUSE SPEAKER DAVID 279 00:07:24,666 --> 00:07:29,033 OSBORNE AND SENATE PRESIDENT 280 00:07:26,900 --> 00:07:30,500 ROBERT STIVERS KIND OF DEFEND 281 00:07:29,033 --> 00:07:31,533 THE GOVERNOR IN THAT SITUATION, 282 00:07:30,500 --> 00:07:33,233 AND THEY COULD HAVE GONE A LOT 283 00:07:31,533 --> 00:07:35,233 HARD ORE HIM BECAUSE HE DIDN'T 284 00:07:33,233 --> 00:07:35,800 BUILD CONSENSUS BEFORE HE CALLED 285 00:07:35,233 --> 00:07:37,666 THAT SPECIAL SESSION. 286 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:39,366 >> Bill: THIS ALL COMES AS THE 287 00:07:37,666 --> 00:07:41,900 STATE LABOR CABINET HAS ISSUED 288 00:07:39,366 --> 00:07:43,200 SUBPOENAS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS 289 00:07:41,900 --> 00:07:44,800 WHERE TEACHERS HELD SICK-OUTS TO 290 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:46,433 COME TO FRANKFORT TO EITHER 291 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:49,133 PROTEST OR LOOK AT LEGISLATION 292 00:07:46,433 --> 00:07:51,766 THAT THEY THOUGHT MIGHT IMPACT 293 00:07:49,133 --> 00:07:54,466 PENSIONS OR OTHER BILLS 294 00:07:51,766 --> 00:07:56,133 INVOLVING PUBLIC EDUCATION. 295 00:07:54,466 --> 00:07:57,566 THAT ALSO HAD QUITE A REACTION 296 00:07:56,133 --> 00:07:58,800 THIS WEEK WHEN THAT CAME OUT. 297 00:07:57,566 --> 00:08:00,800 >> Daniel: YEAH, IT DID. 298 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,900 AND THAT GOT REACTION A LOT FROM 299 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,400 TEACHERS, RIGHT? 300 00:08:01,900 --> 00:08:05,033 SO THE LABOR CABINET HAS THE 301 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,933 ABILITY TO ISSUE CITATIONS 302 00:08:05,033 --> 00:08:08,233 BASICALLY IF THEY FIND THAT I 303 00:08:06,933 --> 00:08:10,000 TEACHER DID WRONG AND IN CALLING 304 00:08:08,233 --> 00:08:12,266 OUT SICK WHEN THEY WEREN'T 305 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,666 ACTUALLY SICK, AND SO THEY 306 00:08:12,266 --> 00:08:16,100 SUBPOENAED THE LIST OF NAMES, 307 00:08:13,666 --> 00:08:17,400 AND BASICALLY THE DEMOCRATS AND 308 00:08:16,100 --> 00:08:19,233 TEACHERS, THEY CALLED THIS AN 309 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:21,033 ATTEMPT TO HARASSES OR 310 00:08:19,233 --> 00:08:22,633 INTIMIDATE THE TEACHERS OUT OF 311 00:08:21,033 --> 00:08:22,966 EXPRESSING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT 312 00:08:22,633 --> 00:08:23,833 RIGHTS. 313 00:08:22,966 --> 00:08:25,066 THE REPUBLICAN LINE ON THIS IS 314 00:08:23,833 --> 00:08:26,366 PRETTY MUCH LIKE, LOOK IF YOU 315 00:08:25,066 --> 00:08:27,466 TAKE A PERSONAL DAY TO GO TO 316 00:08:26,366 --> 00:08:27,766 FRANKFORT, THERE'S NO ISSUE 317 00:08:27,466 --> 00:08:30,100 THERE. 318 00:08:27,766 --> 00:08:31,300 WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE 319 00:08:30,100 --> 00:08:32,500 PRETENDING TO BE SICK AND TANK 320 00:08:31,300 --> 00:08:33,200 SICK DAY TO GO THERE, AND THAT'S 321 00:08:32,500 --> 00:08:34,533 NOT OKAY. 322 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,266 YOU'RE ABUSING THE SYSTEM. 323 00:08:34,533 --> 00:08:37,133 SO THERE'S KIND OF THIS DEBATE 324 00:08:36,266 --> 00:08:39,066 BECAUSE TEACHERS DON'T HAVE THE 325 00:08:37,133 --> 00:08:40,366 ABILITY TO STRIKE, AND SO THEY 326 00:08:39,066 --> 00:08:43,266 ARE SENDING A MESSAGE BY USING 327 00:08:40,366 --> 00:08:44,700 THEIR SICK DAYS TO DO THIS. 328 00:08:43,266 --> 00:08:45,000 AND THAT -- IT'S A POLITICAL 329 00:08:44,700 --> 00:08:46,833 MOVE. 330 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,866 IT'S A POLITICAL GAME MANSHIP. 331 00:08:46,833 --> 00:08:50,300 AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO 332 00:08:47,866 --> 00:08:51,433 SEE HOW IT ALL PLAYS OUT. 333 00:08:50,300 --> 00:08:52,933 >> Bill: DO YOU GET ANY SENSE 334 00:08:51,433 --> 00:08:54,733 IF THEY HAD THE SPECIAL SESSION 335 00:08:52,933 --> 00:08:57,666 AFTER THE SCHOOL YEAR, IF IT IS 336 00:08:54,733 --> 00:09:00,933 IN JUNE AND IT IS VACATION TIME 337 00:08:57,666 --> 00:09:01,366 FOR TEACHERS, WILL THEY SHOW UP? 338 00:09:00,933 --> 00:09:03,133 IN FRANKFORT? 339 00:09:01,366 --> 00:09:04,466 >> Daniel: IT'S POSSIBLE. 340 00:09:03,133 --> 00:09:06,400 YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, YOU NEVER 341 00:09:04,466 --> 00:09:08,133 KNOW WHAT WOULD BE TAKEN UP IN A 342 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,300 SPECIAL SESSION, BUT THIS 343 00:09:08,133 --> 00:09:12,033 SPECIAL SESSION IS SUPPOSED TO 344 00:09:09,300 --> 00:09:14,633 BE LIMITED TO JUST THE PENSION 345 00:09:12,033 --> 00:09:15,866 RELIEF ISSUE, AND SO THAT IN 346 00:09:14,633 --> 00:09:16,266 THEORY NOT REALLY EFFECT THE 347 00:09:15,866 --> 00:09:17,533 TEACHERS. 348 00:09:16,266 --> 00:09:18,666 THAT BEING SAID WE SAW 349 00:09:17,533 --> 00:09:20,100 THROUGHOUT THIS SESSION HOW 350 00:09:18,666 --> 00:09:21,233 TEACHERS WERE VERY ON ALERT, SO 351 00:09:20,100 --> 00:09:22,500 IT WOULDN'T BE SURPRISING IF 352 00:09:21,233 --> 00:09:23,800 THERE WERE AT LEAST SOME OF THEM 353 00:09:22,500 --> 00:09:25,400 THERE TRYING TO MONITOR TO MAKE 354 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:26,633 SURE THEY DIDN'T TAKE UP 355 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:28,533 ANYTHING THAT WOULD AFFECT THEM. 356 00:09:26,633 --> 00:09:29,333 >> Bill: ATE LEAST A WATCHDOG 357 00:09:28,533 --> 00:09:30,766 GROUP. 358 00:09:29,333 --> 00:09:32,400 WES, THE REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES 359 00:09:30,766 --> 00:09:34,300 AS MEANINGSED, THEY SAY THEY'RE 360 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:36,166 AS WELL CRIPPLED BY THE 361 00:09:34,300 --> 00:09:37,500 SKYROCKETING PENSION COSTS AND 362 00:09:36,166 --> 00:09:39,400 THAT'S THE REASON THEY HAD HOPED 363 00:09:37,500 --> 00:09:40,633 TO EXIT THE SYSTEM IS TO MOVE TO 364 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:42,233 OTHER RETIREMENT FORMS. 365 00:09:40,633 --> 00:09:43,566 THEY WERE GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT 366 00:09:42,233 --> 00:09:44,733 UNDER THAT BILL THAT WAS PASSED 367 00:09:43,566 --> 00:09:46,733 AND THEN VETOED. 368 00:09:44,733 --> 00:09:47,866 HOW CAREFULLY IS THIS ALL BEING 369 00:09:46,733 --> 00:09:48,633 WATCHED, DO YOU THINK, FOR 370 00:09:47,866 --> 00:09:50,466 INSTANCE AT WESTERN KENTUCKY 371 00:09:48,633 --> 00:09:52,000 UNIVERSITY IN YOUR AREA? 372 00:09:50,466 --> 00:09:53,600 >> Wes: VERY CAREFULLY. 373 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,633 THEY WERE SUPPORT, THEY CAME OUT 374 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:57,733 IN SUPPORT OF THE RELIEF BILL 375 00:09:55,633 --> 00:09:59,400 THEY SAY THEY NEED IT. 376 00:09:57,733 --> 00:10:00,400 IT'S A TRIPLE WHAMMY REALLY FOR 377 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:02,866 THE REASONABLE UNIVERSITIES IN 378 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:05,566 THE STATE IN TERMS OF ENROLLMENT 379 00:10:02,866 --> 00:10:06,766 IS STAGNANT OR FALLING, THE 380 00:10:05,566 --> 00:10:08,533 PENSION LIABILITY KEEPS 381 00:10:06,766 --> 00:10:10,300 INCREASING YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER 382 00:10:08,533 --> 00:10:11,900 YEAR, THEY MAXED OUT THEIR 383 00:10:10,300 --> 00:10:12,933 TUITION INCREASES WHICH ARE SET 384 00:10:11,900 --> 00:10:15,433 BY THE STATE BASICALLY HOW MUCH 385 00:10:12,933 --> 00:10:17,333 THEY CAN INCREASE TUITION EVERY 386 00:10:15,433 --> 00:10:21,166 YEAR, AND THEY'VE MAX THOSE OUT. 387 00:10:17,333 --> 00:10:22,266 THEN YOU ADD THE PENSION AND THE 388 00:10:21,166 --> 00:10:24,733 BUDGET, LESS MONEY FROM THE 389 00:10:22,266 --> 00:10:26,000 STATE, IT'S MAKING A HUGE IMPACT 390 00:10:24,733 --> 00:10:28,000 ON THE UNIVERSITIES. 391 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,900 AGAIN, I KNOW WESTERN WAS IN 392 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,833 SUPPORT OF THE BILL, AND I'M 393 00:10:29,900 --> 00:10:33,833 SURE THEY HAD SOME SORT OF 394 00:10:31,833 --> 00:10:34,200 COMPROMISE COMES OUT. 395 00:10:33,833 --> 00:10:35,566 THEY HOPE. 396 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:37,266 >> Bill: IT WAS VERY ATTENTION 397 00:10:35,566 --> 00:10:40,000 GETTING THIS WEEK WHEN THERE WAS 398 00:10:37,266 --> 00:10:41,700 A PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE 101 399 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,100 PROGRAMS AT WESTERN. 400 00:10:41,700 --> 00:10:44,800 THAT WOULD BE DONE RATHER 401 00:10:43,100 --> 00:10:45,333 QUICKLY, AND THAT IS COST 402 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:48,233 SAVINGS, RIGHT? 403 00:10:45,333 --> 00:10:50,900 >> Wes: IT'S THE -- THE 404 00:10:48,233 --> 00:10:52,033 IMPETUS IS IS NOT COST SAVINGS. 405 00:10:50,900 --> 00:10:53,766 THEY'RE SAYING BASE COLITIS WAY 406 00:10:52,033 --> 00:10:56,066 TO STREAMLINE. 407 00:10:53,766 --> 00:10:57,100 THEY GOT RID OF ALMOST THIRD OF 408 00:10:56,066 --> 00:10:59,200 THE PROGRAMS ACTUALLY, WHICH 409 00:10:57,100 --> 00:11:00,566 SOUNDS PRETTY DRASTIC, BUT A LOT 410 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,400 OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE 411 00:11:00,566 --> 00:11:02,833 CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS, THEY'RE 412 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:04,133 NOT NECESSARILY DEGREE PROGRAMS, 413 00:11:02,833 --> 00:11:05,733 SO THERE'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF 414 00:11:04,133 --> 00:11:07,666 STUDENTS IN THERE. 415 00:11:05,733 --> 00:11:10,266 CERTAINLY, THE CONVERSATION IS 416 00:11:07,666 --> 00:11:12,000 CONTINUING AT THE UNIVERSITY 417 00:11:10,266 --> 00:11:13,600 WHICH HAS SEEN QUITE DRASTIC 418 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,100 CUTS IN RECENT YEARS TO DEAL 419 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:18,033 WITH THE BUDGET ISSUE BUT THIS 420 00:11:15,100 --> 00:11:19,600 IS MORE ABOUT STREAMLINING 421 00:11:18,033 --> 00:11:20,966 ALTHOUGH DEDB PLAN GET RID OF 422 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,700 POPULAR CULTURE AND FRENCH AND 423 00:11:20,966 --> 00:11:24,266 ART EDUCATION, SOME MAJORS. 424 00:11:22,700 --> 00:11:25,266 THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE SOME 425 00:11:24,266 --> 00:11:26,433 POSITIONS LOST THAT MIGHT BE 426 00:11:25,266 --> 00:11:27,500 MORE LIKE PART-TIME INSTRUCTORS 427 00:11:26,433 --> 00:11:31,033 AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 428 00:11:27,500 --> 00:11:32,133 BUT IT'S JUST SORT OF THIS 429 00:11:31,033 --> 00:11:33,400 NEVER-ENDING CASCADE OF BUDGET 430 00:11:32,133 --> 00:11:35,266 ISSUES AT UNIVERSITIES LATELY. 431 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:36,000 >> Bill: WAS IT GENERALLY LOW 432 00:11:35,266 --> 00:11:36,233 ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS? 433 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,400 >> 434 00:11:36,233 --> 00:11:39,866 >> Wes: LOW ENROLLMENT P SOME 435 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:41,166 OF THE PROGRAMS HAD ZERO 436 00:11:39,866 --> 00:11:44,300 STUDENTS, SOME FOUR OR FIVE. 437 00:11:41,166 --> 00:11:48,366 >> Bill: WHEN DO WE KNOW WHEN 438 00:11:44,300 --> 00:11:48,666 THE UNIVERSITY WILL PASS THOSE 439 00:11:48,366 --> 00:11:49,866 CUTS? 440 00:11:48,666 --> 00:11:51,866 >> Wes: BOASTERS OF GENTS MET 441 00:11:49,866 --> 00:11:55,333 TODAY, LITERALLY A FEW HOURS AGO 442 00:11:51,866 --> 00:11:57,166 AND APPROVED THOSE. 443 00:11:55,333 --> 00:11:57,533 THE FULL BOARD OF REGIONS MEETS 444 00:11:57,166 --> 00:11:58,600 MAY 10th. 445 00:11:57,533 --> 00:11:58,933 >> Bill: THERE'S BEEN DRAMA ON 446 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:00,733 CAMPUS. 447 00:11:58,933 --> 00:12:04,600 IT'S BEEN BUSY THERE FOR YOU 448 00:12:00,733 --> 00:12:07,233 BECAUSE A POPULAR DEAN THAT 449 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:08,833 WAS LET GO, RIGHT? 450 00:12:07,233 --> 00:12:09,566 >> Wes: BASICALLY WE WHAT IS 451 00:12:08,833 --> 00:12:11,333 ASKED TO RESIGN. 452 00:12:09,566 --> 00:12:12,600 THEY CALL THAT A MUTUAL DECISION 453 00:12:11,333 --> 00:12:14,966 BUT THEY DIDN'T GIVE A LOT OF 454 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,966 DETAILS ON WHAT HAPPENED. 455 00:12:14,966 --> 00:12:18,266 AND IT IS RARE WHEN YOU SEE 456 00:12:15,966 --> 00:12:20,000 SOMEBODY IN ACADEMIA LET GO THAT 457 00:12:18,266 --> 00:12:22,533 STUDENTS WENT OUT AND PROTESTED 458 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:24,033 PRETTY MUCH THEIR LAST DAY, 459 00:12:22,533 --> 00:12:26,133 EVERY DAY FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS 460 00:12:24,033 --> 00:12:26,833 OVER HIS SORT OF FORCED 461 00:12:26,133 --> 00:12:28,966 RESIGNATION, AS IT WAS DEEMED, 462 00:12:26,833 --> 00:12:31,366 AND SO THEN YOU HAD ANOTHER RARE 463 00:12:28,966 --> 00:12:33,100 THING WHERE THE BOARD OF -- THE 464 00:12:31,366 --> 00:12:36,100 ACTUALLY THE UNIVERSITY SENATE 465 00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:37,300 MET AND THEY PASSED A NO 466 00:12:36,100 --> 00:12:39,100 CONFIDENCE VOTE AGAINST THE 467 00:12:37,300 --> 00:12:41,300 MOVIES 50-10 AND, OF COURSE, 468 00:12:39,100 --> 00:12:42,533 THAT'S PRETTY WARE RARE AND THE 469 00:12:41,300 --> 00:12:44,033 PROVOST HAD ONLY BEEN ON THE JOB 470 00:12:42,533 --> 00:12:45,866 FOR EIGHT MONTHS AND ON THE 471 00:12:44,033 --> 00:12:47,966 HEELS THAT OF NO CONFIDENCE VOTE 472 00:12:45,866 --> 00:12:50,800 SHE RESIGNED, AND THE DEEN WAS 473 00:12:47,966 --> 00:12:51,300 REINSTATED SO A LOT OF DRAMATIC 474 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:52,400 WESTERN THIS WEEK. 475 00:12:51,300 --> 00:12:53,433 >> Bill: LISA, BEFORE WE CUT 476 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:54,833 LOOSE WHO THE GOVERNOR'S RACE 477 00:12:53,433 --> 00:12:56,633 FOR A MINUTE, WE'LL DO THAT IN 478 00:12:54,833 --> 00:12:58,566 JUST A SECOND, BUT HOW MUCH 479 00:12:56,633 --> 00:13:00,233 CONCERN OF IS WITH THE CUTS YOU 480 00:12:58,566 --> 00:13:04,766 MENTIONED, PARTICULARLY CLOSING 481 00:13:00,233 --> 00:13:06,333 DOWN POOLS FOR THE SUMMER IN 482 00:13:04,766 --> 00:13:07,866 LOUISVILLE, NOT HIRING THE 483 00:13:06,333 --> 00:13:09,500 POLICE OFFICERS THAT NORMALLY 484 00:13:07,866 --> 00:13:10,833 WOULD BE HIRED, THOSE KINDS OF 485 00:13:09,500 --> 00:13:12,233 THINGS, HOW MUCH IS THE BUSINESS 486 00:13:10,833 --> 00:13:14,066 COMMUNITY WATCHING THAT FROM AN 487 00:13:12,233 --> 00:13:14,333 IMAGE STANDPOINT FOR THE CITY? 488 00:13:14,066 --> 00:13:15,500 >>> 489 00:13:14,333 --> 00:13:16,233 >> Lisa: THE BUSINESS 490 00:13:15,500 --> 00:13:16,566 COMMUNITY IS WATCHING PRETTY 491 00:13:16,233 --> 00:13:19,700 CLOSELY. 492 00:13:16,566 --> 00:13:21,633 THE MAYOR HAD PROPOSED CITY 493 00:13:19,700 --> 00:13:22,366 INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX INCREASE. 494 00:13:21,633 --> 00:13:24,033 THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WAS NOT 495 00:13:22,366 --> 00:13:26,033 IN FAVOR OF THAT, SO THAT TAX 496 00:13:24,033 --> 00:13:28,366 DID NOT PASS. 497 00:13:26,033 --> 00:13:29,666 SO AS A RESULT WE'RE SEEING SOME 498 00:13:28,366 --> 00:13:31,066 SHAKE-OUT AND CUTS IN SOCIAL 499 00:13:29,666 --> 00:13:32,000 SERVICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 500 00:13:31,066 --> 00:13:33,166 IT IS SOMETHING I THINK THE 501 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,833 COMMUNITY IS WATCHING FROM AN 502 00:13:33,166 --> 00:13:35,900 IMAGE STAND APPOINT, TALENT 503 00:13:34,833 --> 00:13:36,300 ATTRACTION AND RETENTION 504 00:13:35,900 --> 00:13:37,233 STANDPOINT. 505 00:13:36,300 --> 00:13:39,933 THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE 506 00:13:37,233 --> 00:13:40,800 IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY, 507 00:13:39,933 --> 00:13:41,800 POOLS, AND POLICE VEHICLE HAVING 508 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:43,466 APPROPRIATE NUMBERS OF POLICE ON 509 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:46,833 THE STREETS, SO IT IS DEFINITELY 510 00:13:43,466 --> 00:13:47,333 SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY IS 511 00:13:46,833 --> 00:13:49,100 KEEPING AN EYE ON. 512 00:13:47,333 --> 00:13:50,633 >> Bill: I WITH AN TO GET BACK 513 00:13:49,100 --> 00:13:51,833 WITH YOU ON THINGS GOING ON IN 514 00:13:50,633 --> 00:13:52,966 LOUISVILLE AND THERE IS ACTION 515 00:13:51,833 --> 00:13:54,266 ON SEVERAL FRONTS BUT THE 516 00:13:52,966 --> 00:13:55,666 GOVERNOR'S RACE, WE'RE GETTING 517 00:13:54,266 --> 00:13:57,566 CLOSER AND CLOSER AND WE'RE 518 00:13:55,666 --> 00:13:57,966 HEARING MORE AND MORE ABOUT IT, 519 00:13:57,566 --> 00:13:59,300 DAN. 520 00:13:57,966 --> 00:14:00,866 THERE ARE FOUR DEMOCRATIC 521 00:13:59,300 --> 00:14:01,466 CANDIDATES, THREE OF THEM 522 00:14:00,866 --> 00:14:03,800 CAMPAIGNING HARD. 523 00:14:01,466 --> 00:14:05,200 WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF ADAM 524 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:07,300 EDELEN'S ANNOUNCEMENT THIS WEEK 525 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:08,833 THAT HE SUPPORTS DECRIMINALIZING 526 00:14:07,300 --> 00:14:09,200 POSSESSION OF SMALL As 527 00:14:08,833 --> 00:14:10,233 MARIJUANA? 528 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:11,966 >> Daniel: SO IN THE PRIMARY 529 00:14:10,233 --> 00:14:13,666 YOU KIND OF HAVE TO DO THINGS 530 00:14:11,966 --> 00:14:15,300 THAT SEPARATE YOU FROM YOUR 531 00:14:13,666 --> 00:14:16,400 OPPONENTS, AND ALL THREE 532 00:14:15,300 --> 00:14:17,833 CANDIDATES SUPPORT THE 533 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:18,933 LEGALIZATION OF MEDICINAL 534 00:14:17,833 --> 00:14:20,333 MARIJUANA BUT NONE OF THE THREE 535 00:14:18,933 --> 00:14:23,066 ARE QUITE WILLING TO SAY THAT 536 00:14:20,333 --> 00:14:24,266 THEY SUPPORT LEGALIZING 537 00:14:23,066 --> 00:14:26,933 RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA, AND SO 538 00:14:24,266 --> 00:14:28,000 THE STEP IN BETWEEN IS 539 00:14:26,933 --> 00:14:28,366 DECRIMINALIZING SMALL AMOUNTS OF 540 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,033 MARIJUANA. 541 00:14:28,366 --> 00:14:31,833 SO ADAM EDELEN SAID THIS IS 542 00:14:30,033 --> 00:14:33,033 COSTING THE STATE TOO MUCH MONEY 543 00:14:31,833 --> 00:14:34,466 BECAUSE WE'RE PUTTING THESE 544 00:14:33,033 --> 00:14:36,766 PEOPLE IN JAIL AND PEOPLE SHOULD 545 00:14:34,466 --> 00:14:37,733 NOT GO TO JAIL BECAUSE THEY 546 00:14:36,766 --> 00:14:38,733 HAVUM SMALL AMOUNTS OF MARIJUANA 547 00:14:37,733 --> 00:14:40,933 ON THEM. 548 00:14:38,733 --> 00:14:43,733 SO HE IS KIND OF TRYING STAKE 549 00:14:40,933 --> 00:14:45,700 OUT SOME TURF IN BETWEEN ROCKY 550 00:14:43,733 --> 00:14:47,466 ADKINS AND ANDY BESHEAR. 551 00:14:45,700 --> 00:14:48,700 >> Bill: WES, HE SAID HE'S THE 552 00:14:47,466 --> 00:14:49,366 BEST CANDIDATE TO BEAT BEVIN IN 553 00:14:48,700 --> 00:14:51,200 THE FALL. 554 00:14:49,366 --> 00:14:51,566 YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT HIM TO SAY 555 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:52,866 OTHERWISE. 556 00:14:51,566 --> 00:14:53,700 >> Wes: NOT UNEXPECTED FOR HIM 557 00:14:52,866 --> 00:14:55,000 TO SAY. 558 00:14:53,700 --> 00:14:56,033 HE DID ALSO SAY WHOEVER THE 559 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,933 NOMINEE WOULD BE, HE WOULD 560 00:14:56,033 --> 00:14:58,333 SUPPORT THEM, ALSO NOT TOO 561 00:14:57,933 --> 00:14:59,166 SURPRISING. 562 00:14:58,333 --> 00:15:00,866 HE DID. 563 00:14:59,166 --> 00:15:01,633 OBVIOUSLY AGAIN IN THE 564 00:15:00,866 --> 00:15:02,500 PRIMARIES, AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU 565 00:15:01,633 --> 00:15:04,166 HAVE TO DIFFERENTIATE YOURSELF, 566 00:15:02,500 --> 00:15:05,966 YOU HAVE TO RUN TOWARDS YOUR 567 00:15:04,166 --> 00:15:08,000 BASE, AND HE SAID SOMETHING I 568 00:15:05,966 --> 00:15:09,100 THOUGHT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING, 569 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,033 THAT WE SAW LAST YEAR WHERE 570 00:15:09,100 --> 00:15:12,333 THERE WAS A LOT OF ANIMOSITY 571 00:15:11,033 --> 00:15:13,433 AGAINST THE GOVERNOR AND YOU HAD 572 00:15:12,333 --> 00:15:15,666 A LOT OF TEACHERS RUNNING AND 573 00:15:13,433 --> 00:15:19,100 YOU HAD A LOT OF ENERGY BEHIND 574 00:15:15,666 --> 00:15:20,800 THE SORT OF ANTI-BEVIN TICKETS, 575 00:15:19,100 --> 00:15:22,133 BUT THE DEMOCRATS MADE VERY 576 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:23,833 MINIMAL GAINS, OBVIOUSLY, AND HE 577 00:15:22,133 --> 00:15:25,233 MADE THE POINT THAT IT'S VERY 578 00:15:23,833 --> 00:15:26,966 HARD TO WIN ELECTIONS WHEN 579 00:15:25,233 --> 00:15:27,966 YOU'RE JUST RUNNING AGAINST 580 00:15:26,966 --> 00:15:30,466 SOMETHING WITHOUT SAYING WHAT 581 00:15:27,966 --> 00:15:32,600 YOU'RE FOR. 582 00:15:30,466 --> 00:15:34,133 SEE HE SAYS THAT'S WHY HE'S 583 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,933 FOCUSING VERY MUCH ON INSTEAD OF 584 00:15:34,133 --> 00:15:37,533 JUST BASHING BEVIN, HE'S TALKING 585 00:15:35,933 --> 00:15:39,300 ABOUT WHAT THINGS HE WANTS TO DO 586 00:15:37,533 --> 00:15:40,366 AGAIN LIKE DECRIMINALIZING 587 00:15:39,300 --> 00:15:41,500 MARIJUANA, SMALL AMOUNTS OF 588 00:15:40,366 --> 00:15:42,800 MARIJUANA AND SO FORTH. 589 00:15:41,500 --> 00:15:44,066 SO HE'S TRYING TO OBVIOUSLY 590 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:46,700 POSITION HIMSELF AS THE 591 00:15:44,066 --> 00:15:47,433 CANDIDATE WHO IS NOT RUNNING 592 00:15:46,700 --> 00:15:49,533 SIMPLY AGAINST BEVIN'S SOMEBODY 593 00:15:47,433 --> 00:15:50,233 WHO HAS IDEAS OF HIS OWN. 594 00:15:49,533 --> 00:15:52,066 >> Bill: YOU'RE SEEING A LOT 595 00:15:50,233 --> 00:15:52,366 OF THE CANDIDATES IN BOWLING 596 00:15:52,066 --> 00:15:53,266 GREEN. 597 00:15:52,366 --> 00:15:54,366 >> Wes: THE DEMOCRATIC 598 00:15:53,266 --> 00:15:55,866 CANDIDATES BASICALLY HAVE BEEN 599 00:15:54,366 --> 00:15:57,500 THERE, I THINK EACH HAS BEEN 600 00:15:55,866 --> 00:15:57,800 THERE AT LEAST TWO FOR THREE 601 00:15:57,500 --> 00:16:00,566 TIMES. 602 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:01,566 >> Becca: LISA, GILL HOLLAND, 603 00:16:00,566 --> 00:16:02,600 PROMINENT LOUISVILLE BUSINESS 604 00:16:01,566 --> 00:16:04,600 COMMUNITY MEMBER. 605 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:06,033 WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HIM? 606 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:06,733 >> Lisa: HE'S REALLY 607 00:16:06,033 --> 00:16:07,100 WELL-KNOWN IN THE BUSINESS 608 00:16:06,733 --> 00:16:08,333 COMMUNITY. 609 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:10,666 HE CAME ON THE SCENE A FEW YEARS 610 00:16:08,333 --> 00:16:11,466 AGO WORKING ON REDEVELOPMENT IN 611 00:16:10,666 --> 00:16:13,800 A TOWN CALLED NEW NEW. 612 00:16:11,466 --> 00:16:16,300 IT WAS AN AREA THAT HAD SUFFERED 613 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:18,566 FROM A LOT OF BLIGHT, A LOT OF 614 00:16:16,300 --> 00:16:21,033 DISINVESTMENT, AND HE WORKED 615 00:16:18,566 --> 00:16:22,133 DILIGENTLY TO REHAB HUGE SWATH 616 00:16:21,033 --> 00:16:24,000 OF WEST MARKET STREET AND IT'S 617 00:16:22,133 --> 00:16:26,800 NOW BECOME A REALLY VIBRANT PART 618 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:28,200 OF TOWN, LOTS OF RETAIL, LOTS OF 619 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:28,600 RESTAURANTS, AND RESIDENTIAL 620 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:30,566 DEVELOPMENT. 621 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:35,433 SO HE WAS REALLY WELL-KNOWN FOR 622 00:16:30,566 --> 00:16:37,266 THE TRANSFORMATION OF THANK NEW. 623 00:16:35,433 --> 00:16:40,033 HOW HE IS SNEAK TACKING THAT 624 00:16:37,266 --> 00:16:42,200 TACTIC TO THE WEST IT SUED 625 00:16:40,033 --> 00:16:42,900 PORTLAND ALSO FACING SIMILAR 626 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,533 PROBLEMS WITH BLIGHT, ABANDON 627 00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:48,566 HOMES, CRIME, AND HE HAS A 628 00:16:45,533 --> 00:16:50,166 TACTIC HE CALLS URBAN 629 00:16:48,566 --> 00:16:51,400 ACUPUNCTURE WHERE HE'LL FIND BIG 630 00:16:50,166 --> 00:16:53,400 BANG FOR THE BUCKS WHERE HE CAN 631 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:54,066 BUY UP PROPERTIES AND DO 632 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:57,033 DEVELOPMENT REHABILITATION. 633 00:16:54,066 --> 00:16:58,733 HE'S HAD A LOT OF SUCCESSRE. 634 00:16:57,033 --> 00:17:00,466 10 UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE 635 00:16:58,733 --> 00:17:02,133 MOVED THEIR ART INSTITUTE AND 636 00:17:00,466 --> 00:17:05,233 ANTHROPOLOGY INSTITUTE TO A 637 00:17:02,133 --> 00:17:05,700 LARGE WAREHOUSE FACILITY IN THE 638 00:17:05,233 --> 00:17:07,866 PORTLAND NOW BE. 639 00:17:05,700 --> 00:17:08,166 HINEY BROTHERS COFFEE HAS WORKED 640 00:17:07,866 --> 00:17:09,566 THERE. 641 00:17:08,166 --> 00:17:10,533 HE'S KNOWN FOR BEING A DOOR AND 642 00:17:09,566 --> 00:17:11,800 GETTING SOME THINGS DONE. 643 00:17:10,533 --> 00:17:14,633 >> Bill: DOES HE BELIEVE THAT 644 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,533 THESE THINGS ARE TRANSFERABLE TO 645 00:17:14,633 --> 00:17:18,466 KENTUCKY SMALLER CITIES? 646 00:17:15,533 --> 00:17:19,366 >> Lisa: I THINK SO, YEAH. 647 00:17:18,466 --> 00:17:19,633 HE TALKS ABOUT SUCCESSES HE HAS 648 00:17:19,366 --> 00:17:21,166 HAD. 649 00:17:19,633 --> 00:17:23,200 LIKE I SAID, HE IS A CONNECTOR. 650 00:17:21,166 --> 00:17:24,700 HE IS WELL-CONNECTED WITH LOTS 651 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,466 OF FOLKS IN THE BUSINESS 652 00:17:24,700 --> 00:17:27,033 COMMUNITY. 653 00:17:25,466 --> 00:17:29,500 SO HE DOES TALK ABOUT THESE 654 00:17:27,033 --> 00:17:30,833 THINGS BEING TRANSFERABLE. 655 00:17:29,500 --> 00:17:32,766 >> Daniel: AND EDELEN'S 656 00:17:30,833 --> 00:17:35,600 MESSAGE IN HIS CAMPAIGN AS A 657 00:17:32,766 --> 00:17:36,433 WHOLE, HE PARTICIPATED IN A 658 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:38,333 COMMUNITY FORUM HERE JERKED 659 00:17:36,433 --> 00:17:39,833 TOUCHDOWNS MESSAGES WAS HE FEELS 660 00:17:38,333 --> 00:17:41,433 LIKE MAIN STREETS, DOWNTOWN 661 00:17:39,833 --> 00:17:43,133 CENTERS IN A LOT OF THESE RURAL 662 00:17:41,433 --> 00:17:43,966 COUNTIES ARE IMPORTANT FOR 663 00:17:43,133 --> 00:17:45,866 ATTRACTING YOUNG FOLKS SO THAT 664 00:17:43,966 --> 00:17:47,400 THEY COME IN THERE, AND SO IT 665 00:17:45,866 --> 00:17:49,300 CERTAINLY APPEARS THAT THESE 666 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:50,466 TRYING TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT 667 00:17:49,300 --> 00:17:51,700 EXPERIENCE OF BILL HOLLAND. 668 00:17:50,466 --> 00:17:53,333 >> Bill: HE'S ON THE AIR A LOT 669 00:17:51,700 --> 00:17:55,500 RIGHT NOW. 670 00:17:53,333 --> 00:17:57,066 IS HOLLAND PART OF THE FINANCIAL 671 00:17:55,500 --> 00:17:57,966 UNDERPINNING OF THE CAMPAIGN? 672 00:17:57,066 --> 00:17:59,600 HE WE HAVEN'T REASON SEEN 673 00:17:57,966 --> 00:18:00,200 REPORTS TO TELL US FOR SURE. 674 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:01,533 >>> 675 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:04,000 >> Daniel: THE REPORTS AREN'T 676 00:18:01,533 --> 00:18:05,300 GOING TO COME OUT UNTIL LATER. 677 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,033 BILL HOLLAND IS MARRIED TO 678 00:18:05,300 --> 00:18:07,633 AUGUSTA BROWN. 679 00:18:06,033 --> 00:18:09,133 THE FAMILY HAS A LOT OF MONEY. 680 00:18:07,633 --> 00:18:10,766 WE'LL SEE WHEN IT COMES OUT. 681 00:18:09,133 --> 00:18:12,666 EDELEN HAS HAD THE ABILITY TO 682 00:18:10,766 --> 00:18:14,400 GET UP ON TELEVISION WHICH WAS A 683 00:18:12,666 --> 00:18:15,500 REALLY NECESSARY THING FOR EVER 684 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:16,300 FOR HIM TO DO EARLY. 685 00:18:15,500 --> 00:18:18,500 HE DIDN'T HAVE THE NAME 686 00:18:16,300 --> 00:18:20,433 RECOGNITION OF SOMEBODY LIKE 687 00:18:18,500 --> 00:18:21,933 ANDY BESHEAR EVEN THOUGH HE WAS 688 00:18:20,433 --> 00:18:23,666 STATE AUDITOR SO HE HAS TO GET 689 00:18:21,933 --> 00:18:24,800 ON TV EARLY TO SAY, LOOK, I'M 690 00:18:23,666 --> 00:18:26,233 HERE, I EXIST, JUST TO HAVE A 691 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:28,100 CHANCE TO GET INTO THE RACE. 692 00:18:26,233 --> 00:18:29,733 >> Bill: WHO IS APPEARING AT 693 00:18:28,100 --> 00:18:30,100 THOSE FORUMS AND WHO IS 694 00:18:29,733 --> 00:18:31,733 SKIPPING? 695 00:18:30,100 --> 00:18:32,533 >> Daniel: THE TWO ONES THAT 696 00:18:31,733 --> 00:18:34,200 WERE TALKED ABOUT THIS WEEK, 697 00:18:32,533 --> 00:18:35,766 THEY WERE BOTH IN LOUISVILLE, 698 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:36,966 AND OR RECENTLY, I DON'T KNOW IF 699 00:18:35,766 --> 00:18:38,466 THEY WERE BOTH THIS WEEK, BUT 700 00:18:36,966 --> 00:18:40,500 THERE WAS ONE THAT IS A BLACK 701 00:18:38,466 --> 00:18:42,333 LIVES MATTER DEBATE AND ADAM 702 00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:43,733 EDELEN WAS THE ONLY CANDIDATE OF 703 00:18:42,333 --> 00:18:45,333 THE THREE MAJOR CANDIDATES THAT 704 00:18:43,733 --> 00:18:46,500 SHOWED UP TO THAT DEBATE. 705 00:18:45,333 --> 00:18:48,400 THERE WAS ONE CAN THREE-QUARTERS 706 00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:51,800 WEEK THAT WHAT IS A LABOR DEBATE 707 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:53,666 AND ROCKY ADKINS AND ADAM EDELEN 708 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:54,100 SHOWED UP BUT BESHEAR DID NOT 709 00:18:53,666 --> 00:18:54,833 SHOW. 710 00:18:54,100 --> 00:18:56,166 IT'S STILL EARLY. 711 00:18:54,833 --> 00:18:57,433 WE'RE STILL GOING TO SEE ALL 712 00:18:56,166 --> 00:18:57,833 THREE OF THEM ON THE STAGE 713 00:18:57,433 --> 00:18:59,233 TOGETHER. 714 00:18:57,833 --> 00:19:00,700 IT IS HARD TO MANAGE WHERE 715 00:18:59,233 --> 00:19:01,733 YOU'RE GOING AND AT WHAT TIMES 716 00:19:00,700 --> 00:19:04,633 WITH YOUR SCHEDULES. 717 00:19:01,733 --> 00:19:06,033 THAT BEING SAID, THOSE TYPES OF 718 00:19:04,633 --> 00:19:07,366 END EVENTS REALLY IMPORTANT WITH 719 00:19:06,033 --> 00:19:08,766 CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITIES. 720 00:19:07,366 --> 00:19:09,866 LOUISVILLE IS OBVIOUSLY AN 721 00:19:08,766 --> 00:19:11,400 IMPORTANT CITY IN A DEMOCRATIC 722 00:19:09,866 --> 00:19:13,100 PRIMARY, AND SHOWING UP IS A 723 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:15,000 REALLY BIG THING THAT MATTERS. 724 00:19:13,100 --> 00:19:18,633 AND SO THE OTHER CANDIDATES, 725 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:19,866 ROCKY ADKINS, ADAM EDELEN FOR -- 726 00:19:18,633 --> 00:19:22,466 ANDY BESHEAR IS THE FRONTRUNNER, 727 00:19:19,866 --> 00:19:23,666 THEY ARE ABLE TO USE THAT TO BE 728 00:19:22,466 --> 00:19:24,300 WHERE IS THIS GUY? 729 00:19:23,666 --> 00:19:25,300 I'M HERE. 730 00:19:24,300 --> 00:19:27,600 I'M THERE. 731 00:19:25,300 --> 00:19:28,800 IT COULD HELP THEM BUILD SUPPORT 732 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:31,433 IN THAT CITY. 733 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:33,000 >> Bill: LISA, AN ELECTRIC CAR 734 00:19:31,433 --> 00:19:33,700 COMPANY IS LOOKING AT KENTUCKY 735 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,766 AS A POSSIBLE LOCATION. 736 00:19:33,700 --> 00:19:36,566 >> Lisa: THAT'S RIGHT. 737 00:19:34,766 --> 00:19:37,366 THIS IS A LOS ANGELES-BASED CAR 738 00:19:36,566 --> 00:19:39,966 COMPANY CALLED FIS CAR. 739 00:19:37,366 --> 00:19:42,666 THEY ARE PLANNING TO BUILD A 740 00:19:39,966 --> 00:19:43,900 MANUFACTURING PLANT TO BUILD ALL 741 00:19:42,666 --> 00:19:45,633 LUXURY ELECTRIC SUVs. 742 00:19:43,900 --> 00:19:46,733 THEY'RE LOOKING AT TEN STATES, 743 00:19:45,633 --> 00:19:48,733 KENTUCKY IS ONE OF THEM. 744 00:19:46,733 --> 00:19:50,333 ALSO LOOKING AT PLACES LIKE 745 00:19:48,733 --> 00:19:51,766 GEORGIA, TENNESSEE, INDIANA. 746 00:19:50,333 --> 00:19:54,100 SO KENTUCKY IS IN THE MIX AND IN 747 00:19:51,766 --> 00:19:54,533 THE COMPETITION WITH A LOT OF 748 00:19:54,100 --> 00:19:57,600 OTHER STATES. 749 00:19:54,533 --> 00:19:59,700 THEY JUST HIRED A MAN NAMED DON 750 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:02,000 JACKSON THIS WEEK TO HANDLE SITE 751 00:19:59,700 --> 00:20:02,933 SELECTION FOR THIS PROJECT. 752 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,133 IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING HE WAS 753 00:20:02,933 --> 00:20:06,366 FORMERLY THE VICE PRESIDENT OF 754 00:20:04,133 --> 00:20:06,966 MANUFACTURING AT TOYOTA IN 755 00:20:06,366 --> 00:20:08,366 GEORGETOWN. 756 00:20:06,966 --> 00:20:11,500 FISCAR SAYS THIS CAR IS GOING TO 757 00:20:08,366 --> 00:20:16,666 BE A $40,000 VEHICLE THAT'S 758 00:20:11,500 --> 00:20:18,433 GOING TO COMPETE WITH THE TEST . 759 00:20:16,666 --> 00:20:19,633 >> WE'LL SEE IF THAT GIVES 760 00:20:18,433 --> 00:20:20,600 KENTUCKY AN EDGE. 761 00:20:19,633 --> 00:20:22,266 WES, GENERAL MOTORS IS GIVING 762 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,533 THE CORVETTE A MAKEOVER. 763 00:20:22,266 --> 00:20:24,666 FOR ONE THING THEY'RE MOVING THE 764 00:20:23,533 --> 00:20:26,700 ENGINE TO THE MIDDLE OF THE CAR. 765 00:20:24,666 --> 00:20:27,133 >> Wes: THAT'S THE MAIN THING 766 00:20:26,700 --> 00:20:28,700 APPARENTLY. 767 00:20:27,133 --> 00:20:29,433 THE CORVETTE ENTHUSIASTS HAVE 768 00:20:28,700 --> 00:20:31,933 BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR MANY 769 00:20:29,433 --> 00:20:32,733 YEARS, AND WE HEAR STORIES THAT 770 00:20:31,933 --> 00:20:33,800 APPARENTLY SOME OF THE EARLY 771 00:20:32,733 --> 00:20:35,266 ENGINEERS OF CORVETTES HAVE 772 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:36,966 TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR DECADES, 773 00:20:35,266 --> 00:20:38,200 THAT THEY WOULD LIKE PAY 774 00:20:36,966 --> 00:20:39,933 MID-ENGINE CAR WHEN APPARENTLY 775 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:40,900 ADDS A LITTLE MORE STABILITY, 776 00:20:39,933 --> 00:20:42,633 AND SO IT WAS ACTUALLY JUST 777 00:20:40,900 --> 00:20:44,833 ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT THEY 778 00:20:42,633 --> 00:20:47,233 CONFIRMED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO 779 00:20:44,833 --> 00:20:49,233 HAVE A -- THEIR 2020 MODELS WILL 780 00:20:47,233 --> 00:20:50,066 HAVE THE MID-ENGINE, BASICALLY 781 00:20:49,233 --> 00:20:52,200 IT'S GOING TO BE AGAIN A LITTLE 782 00:20:50,066 --> 00:20:53,500 BIT OF A BIGGER ENGINE THAT'S 783 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:53,900 GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE 784 00:20:53,500 --> 00:20:54,933 STABLE. 785 00:20:53,900 --> 00:20:55,900 I GUESS IT'S GOING TO GIVE A 786 00:20:54,933 --> 00:20:58,333 LITTLE BIT MORE TRACTION. 787 00:20:55,900 --> 00:20:58,833 AND THE PRICE IS GOING TO GO UP 788 00:20:58,333 --> 00:21:01,100 ABOUT $5,000. 789 00:20:58,833 --> 00:21:01,466 THE BASE MODEL WILL BE ABOUT 790 00:21:01,100 --> 00:21:02,533 $62,000. 791 00:21:01,466 --> 00:21:03,966 ACCORDING TO THE REPORTS. 792 00:21:02,533 --> 00:21:05,566 IT'S STILL A LITTLE EARLY. 793 00:21:03,966 --> 00:21:06,233 WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET MORE 794 00:21:05,566 --> 00:21:08,400 DETAILS IN JULY. 795 00:21:06,233 --> 00:21:08,800 >> Bill: YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ONE 796 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:11,766 YET. 797 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:12,833 >> Wes: I'VE SEEN PICTURES. 798 00:21:11,766 --> 00:21:13,233 THAT'S IT IS BIRGE SUMMER IS 799 00:21:12,833 --> 00:21:15,066 APPROACHING. 800 00:21:13,233 --> 00:21:16,366 CITIES ARE TRYING TO GET A 801 00:21:15,066 --> 00:21:17,766 HANDLE ON PANHANDLING. 802 00:21:16,366 --> 00:21:19,666 BOWLING GREEN NOW CONSIDERING AN 803 00:21:17,766 --> 00:21:22,266 EFFORT THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED, 804 00:21:19,666 --> 00:21:23,300 AND ELIZABETHTOWN AND OWENSBORO. 805 00:21:22,266 --> 00:21:25,000 >> Wes: THEY HAVE STARTED, THE 806 00:21:23,300 --> 00:21:27,333 ISSUE IS BOTH THE STATE AND U.S. 807 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:29,966 SUPREME COURT HAVE RULED 808 00:21:27,333 --> 00:21:30,966 BASICALLY PANHANDLING IS A 809 00:21:29,966 --> 00:21:32,866 PROTECTED FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT 810 00:21:30,966 --> 00:21:34,666 SO WHENEVER YOU DO A LAW THAT 811 00:21:32,866 --> 00:21:35,600 RESTRICTS IT, IT SEEMS TO BE 812 00:21:34,666 --> 00:21:37,300 STRUCK DOWN BY COURTS. 813 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,733 SO WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT IT? 814 00:21:37,300 --> 00:21:41,033 THE ISSUE, OF COURSE, FOR CITIES 815 00:21:38,733 --> 00:21:42,466 IS THEY FEEL THAT PANHANDLERS 816 00:21:41,033 --> 00:21:42,833 VERY OFTEN ARE DOING THIS AS A 817 00:21:42,466 --> 00:21:44,266 BUSINESS. 818 00:21:42,833 --> 00:21:46,066 THEY'RE NOT REALLY THE HOMELESS 819 00:21:44,266 --> 00:21:47,866 OR THE NEEDY AND THEY ENCOURAGE 820 00:21:46,066 --> 00:21:48,900 FOLKS TO GIVE THE MONEY INSTEAD 821 00:21:47,866 --> 00:21:50,533 TO AGENCIES LIKE SALVATION 822 00:21:48,900 --> 00:21:53,933 ARMIES OR HOMELESS COALITIONS IN 823 00:21:50,533 --> 00:21:54,666 THESE CITIES THAT WORK THE WITH 824 00:21:53,933 --> 00:21:56,166 THE HOMELESS DIRECTLY AND HELP 825 00:21:54,666 --> 00:21:56,966 NEM MOVED FORWARD. 826 00:21:56,166 --> 00:21:59,466 THEY'RE PUTTING UP SIGNS AROUND 827 00:21:56,966 --> 00:22:01,266 THE CITY THAT SAY BASICALLY 828 00:21:59,466 --> 00:22:03,066 PANHANDLING IS NOT SAFE AND 829 00:22:01,266 --> 00:22:04,133 FINDS OTHER WAYS TO GIVE, DOING 830 00:22:03,066 --> 00:22:04,533 A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO GO 831 00:22:04,133 --> 00:22:06,100 WITH IT. 832 00:22:04,533 --> 00:22:06,600 THEY'RE TRYING SEE. 833 00:22:06,100 --> 00:22:08,100 THAT HELPS. 834 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:09,133 >> Bill: BOWLING GREEN IS THE 835 00:22:08,100 --> 00:22:11,233 LARGEST CITY IN THE COMMONWEALTH 836 00:22:09,133 --> 00:22:11,533 WITHOUT A LOCAL FAIRNESS OLDER 837 00:22:11,233 --> 00:22:12,400 THAN. 838 00:22:11,533 --> 00:22:14,466 IT'S BEEN CONTROVERSIAL THERE. 839 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:14,866 IT'S BEEN VOTED ON A FEW TIMES 840 00:22:14,466 --> 00:22:17,633 BEFORE. 841 00:22:14,866 --> 00:22:18,566 IT COMES UP FOR A VOTE TUESDAY. 842 00:22:17,633 --> 00:22:19,766 >> Wes: IT'S ACTUALLY 843 00:22:18,566 --> 00:22:21,200 SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DEBATED 844 00:22:19,766 --> 00:22:22,400 BASICALLY AT EVERY CITY 845 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:23,900 COMMISSION MEETING, IT SEEMS 846 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,633 LIKE, FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS 847 00:22:23,900 --> 00:22:27,133 WHERE PEOPLE, IF NOT DEBATED, 848 00:22:25,633 --> 00:22:29,466 IT'S AT LEAST BROUGHT UP. 849 00:22:27,133 --> 00:22:31,466 OOH THE LARGEST CITY IN THE 850 00:22:29,466 --> 00:22:32,433 STATE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A 851 00:22:31,466 --> 00:22:34,000 FAIRNESS AGENDAS. 852 00:22:32,433 --> 00:22:35,200 IT'S NEVER GONE UP FOR A VOTE 853 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,300 BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS DIED FOR 854 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,800 LACKAFF SECOND. 855 00:22:36,300 --> 00:22:38,633 THIS LAST SESSION WE HAD A NEW 856 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:39,666 CITY COMMISSIONER AND SO THAT 857 00:22:38,633 --> 00:22:40,833 MAKES THE BREAKDOWN A LITTLE BIT 858 00:22:39,666 --> 00:22:44,633 MORE CLOSE. 859 00:22:40,833 --> 00:22:46,166 THERE'S BASICALLY TWO-FOUR-THREE 860 00:22:44,633 --> 00:22:46,500 THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY 861 00:22:46,166 --> 00:22:49,000 AGAINST. 862 00:22:46,500 --> 00:22:52,033 IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THEY 863 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,333 COULD SWING ONE, SO IT WILL 864 00:22:52,033 --> 00:22:53,633 FAST. 865 00:22:52,333 --> 00:22:54,366 >> Bill: IN LOUISVILLE YOU CAN 866 00:22:53,633 --> 00:22:55,833 DRY FLEXIBLE TO L.A. FROM 867 00:22:54,366 --> 00:22:57,666 LOUISVILLE NOW, AND THAT IS SEEN 868 00:22:55,833 --> 00:22:58,233 AS AN IMPORTANT FLIGHT FOR 869 00:22:57,666 --> 00:22:59,500 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. 870 00:22:58,233 --> 00:23:00,500 >> Lisa: THAT'S RIGHT. 871 00:22:59,500 --> 00:23:02,166 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE 872 00:23:00,500 --> 00:23:03,300 BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN 873 00:23:02,166 --> 00:23:05,600 DURING FOR A LONG TIME, A DIRECT 874 00:23:03,300 --> 00:23:07,933 FLIGHT TO L.A. 875 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:08,566 RECENTLY RENAMED LOUISVILLE 876 00:23:07,933 --> 00:23:09,433 MUHAMMAD ALI INTERNATIONAL 877 00:23:08,566 --> 00:23:10,733 AIRPORT LAUNCHED A DIRECT FLIGHT 878 00:23:09,433 --> 00:23:13,500 TO L.A. ON APRIL 4th. 879 00:23:10,733 --> 00:23:13,833 IT'S AN AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 880 00:23:13,500 --> 00:23:14,533 FLIGHT. 881 00:23:13,833 --> 00:23:15,966 IT'S NON-STOP STALEY SERVICE. 882 00:23:14,533 --> 00:23:17,600 AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE 883 00:23:15,966 --> 00:23:18,400 LOUISVILLE REGION AIRLIFT 884 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:20,533 DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION HAS 885 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,533 DEDICATED A $3 MILLION POOL TO 886 00:23:20,533 --> 00:23:23,766 BACKSTOP ANY LOSSES. 887 00:23:21,533 --> 00:23:24,666 SO FOR TWO YEARS THEY'LL BE 888 00:23:23,766 --> 00:23:26,600 PROPPING THE FLIGHT UP TO MAKE 889 00:23:24,666 --> 00:23:29,900 SURE THAT IT'S VIABLE, AND THEN 890 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:30,800 HOPEFULLY IT WILL SERVE OIS AT A 891 00:23:29,900 --> 00:23:32,766 CAUGHT LIST THAT THE BUSINESS 892 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,166 COMMUNITY IS VERY INTERESTED IN 893 00:23:32,766 --> 00:23:34,033 LIKE BOSTON. 894 00:23:33,166 --> 00:23:35,266 >> Bill: THE LOUISVILLE 895 00:23:34,033 --> 00:23:36,666 REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY IS 896 00:23:35,266 --> 00:23:38,466 GETTING A VISION FOR WHAT IT 897 00:23:36,666 --> 00:23:39,200 WANTS TO DO WITH A MAJOR 898 00:23:38,466 --> 00:23:40,400 MAKEOVER OF THE AIRPORT. 899 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:41,933 >> Lisa: THAT'S RIGHT. 900 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:42,900 THEY'VE GOT ABOUT $100 MILLION 901 00:23:41,933 --> 00:23:45,766 IN IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY WANT 902 00:23:42,900 --> 00:23:48,400 TO MAKE AND JUST UNVEILED NEW 903 00:23:45,766 --> 00:23:50,133 RENDERING THIS WEEK. 904 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:52,100 THIEVE AN DIRECTOR FIRM OUT OF 905 00:23:50,133 --> 00:23:54,533 MINNEAPOLIS THAT IS CREATING 906 00:23:52,100 --> 00:23:55,300 A -- ARCHITECTURAL FIRM OUT OF 907 00:23:54,533 --> 00:23:56,433 MINNEAPOLIS IS CREATING AN 908 00:23:55,300 --> 00:23:59,400 LIGHTER MORE NATURAL WORK. 909 00:23:56,433 --> 00:24:01,600 IT'S GOING TO BE RECLAD 10 910 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:02,733 EXTERIOR, DOING LIGHTING 911 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:03,133 UPGRADES AND LANDS SCRAPING 912 00:24:02,733 --> 00:24:04,500 WORK. 913 00:24:03,133 --> 00:24:06,166 THE ARCHITECT DESCRIBES THE 914 00:24:04,500 --> 00:24:08,766 AIRPORT AS HARSH AND BRUTAL SO 915 00:24:06,166 --> 00:24:12,200 THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON 916 00:24:08,766 --> 00:24:12,766 SOFTENING UP AND CREATING A 917 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,833 BETTER APPROACH. 918 00:24:12,766 --> 00:24:17,433 >> Bill: A $150 MILLION TRACK 919 00:24:15,833 --> 00:24:18,966 IN FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY AN OAK 920 00:24:17,433 --> 00:24:20,733 GROVE STILL PLAN TO RACE IN FALL 921 00:24:18,966 --> 00:24:21,633 BUT THERE'S A LAWSUIT. 922 00:24:20,733 --> 00:24:24,200 >> Lisa: THERE IS. 923 00:24:21,633 --> 00:24:27,866 THIS IS A $150 MILLION IN OAK 924 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:29,866 GROVE, A STANDARD BRED RACING 925 00:24:27,866 --> 00:24:30,833 STIMULATE AND IT'S A PARTNERSHIP 926 00:24:29,866 --> 00:24:31,133 BETWEEN KEENELAND AND CHURCHILL 927 00:24:30,833 --> 00:24:32,166 DOWNS. 928 00:24:31,133 --> 00:24:34,300 KENTUCKY DOWNS HAS FILED A 929 00:24:32,166 --> 00:24:35,533 LAWSUIT AGAINST THIS PROJECT 930 00:24:34,300 --> 00:24:36,900 CALLING THE LICENSURE PROCESS 931 00:24:35,533 --> 00:24:38,033 THAT THE KENTUCKY RACING 932 00:24:36,900 --> 00:24:39,933 COMMISSION USED WAS UNCLEAR, 933 00:24:38,033 --> 00:24:42,133 THEY DIDN'T FOLLOW THE 934 00:24:39,933 --> 00:24:43,666 PROCEDURES WELL. 935 00:24:42,133 --> 00:24:44,366 THE KENTUCKY DOWNS ASKED FOR AN 936 00:24:43,666 --> 00:24:45,566 ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ON THE 937 00:24:44,366 --> 00:24:46,366 LICENSE AND THEY WERE NOT 938 00:24:45,566 --> 00:24:48,500 GRANTED, SO THEY'RE CLAIMING 939 00:24:46,366 --> 00:24:50,133 THEY DID NOT GET DUE PROCESS. 940 00:24:48,500 --> 00:24:51,633 BUT CHURCHILL DOWNS IS MOVING 941 00:24:50,133 --> 00:24:53,566 AHEAD AND THEY SAY THEY'RE NOT 942 00:24:51,633 --> 00:24:54,000 WORRIED ABOUT IT AND PLAN TO 943 00:24:53,566 --> 00:24:54,733 RACE IN FALL. 944 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,600 >> Bill: THUNDER OVER 945 00:24:54,733 --> 00:24:58,166 LOUISVILLE THIS WEEKENDS, 946 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,700 FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE DERBY 947 00:24:58,166 --> 00:24:59,333 FESTIVAL IS I MEN'S. 948 00:24:58,700 --> 00:25:00,633 >> Lisa: IT'S HUGE, YES. 949 00:24:59,333 --> 00:25:01,033 HUGE TIME OF YEAR FOR 950 00:25:00,633 --> 00:25:02,866 LOUISVILLE. 951 00:25:01,033 --> 00:25:04,966 KENTUCKY TOURISM ESTIMATES THAT 952 00:25:02,866 --> 00:25:06,300 270,000 FOLKS WILL COME FOR 953 00:25:04,966 --> 00:25:06,833 KENTUCKY OAKS AND KENTUCKY DERBY 954 00:25:06,300 --> 00:25:09,433 RACES. 955 00:25:06,833 --> 00:25:12,466 THAT'S ABOUT A $356 MILLION 956 00:25:09,433 --> 00:25:14,066 ANNUAL IMPACT FROM THE KENTUCKY 957 00:25:12,466 --> 00:25:14,600 DERBY, SO WE'RE GEARING UP FOR A 958 00:25:14,066 --> 00:25:17,600 BIG MONTH. 959 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:18,900 >> Bill: RENOVATIONS THERE AT 960 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,700 CHURCHILL DOWNS ALLERGIES THAT'S 961 00:25:18,900 --> 00:25:22,133 RIGHT THEY'RE PLANNING A NEW 962 00:25:19,700 --> 00:25:24,733 INFIELD DATE AND A NEW ROOFTOP 963 00:25:22,133 --> 00:25:26,266 PARK OR ROOFTOP LOUNGE ON TOP OF 964 00:25:24,733 --> 00:25:28,166 THE STARTING GATE SUITES. 965 00:25:26,266 --> 00:25:29,466 >> Bill: I KNOW THEY'VE DONE 966 00:25:28,166 --> 00:25:30,500 WORK AS WELL AT THE GAULT HOUSE, 967 00:25:29,466 --> 00:25:34,300 SOME OTHER PLACES. 968 00:25:30,500 --> 00:25:35,500 WHAT DOES A ROOM COST OVER 969 00:25:34,300 --> 00:25:36,200 THERE? 970 00:25:35,500 --> 00:25:38,033 FOR KENTUCKY DERBY WEEKEND. 971 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,466 >> Lisa: IT'S ABOUT $2,000 IF 972 00:25:38,033 --> 00:25:43,166 YOU WANT TO STAY AT THE GAULT 973 00:25:40,466 --> 00:25:43,500 HOUSE AND SOME SUITES GO FOR 974 00:25:43,166 --> 00:25:44,600 $10,000. 975 00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:45,700 >> Bill: THERE'S BEEN A 976 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:49,433 HAND-DELIVERED LETTER FROM 977 00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:52,266 CONGRESSMAN ANDY BARR TO 978 00:25:49,433 --> 00:25:53,300 REPRESENTATIVE ALEXANDRE 979 00:25:52,266 --> 00:25:56,466 OCASIO-CORTEZ HAS BEEN PROVIDED 980 00:25:53,300 --> 00:25:56,833 THE SURVIVED WITH I BARR TO A 981 00:25:56,466 --> 00:26:00,066 COAL MINE. 982 00:25:56,833 --> 00:26:00,800 >> OMAR MADE A SPEECH. 983 00:26:00,066 --> 00:26:02,566 REPRESENTATIVE CRENSHAW DIDN'T 984 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:05,233 LIKE IT. 985 00:26:02,566 --> 00:26:05,733 SHE DIDN'T LIKE HIS TWEET SO SHE 986 00:26:05,233 --> 00:26:06,466 EDIT TWO ABOUT IT. 987 00:26:05,733 --> 00:26:08,033 THEN REPRESENTATIVE BARR SENT A 988 00:26:06,466 --> 00:26:09,833 LETTER TO REPRESENTATIVE OH CASH 989 00:26:08,033 --> 00:26:11,966 I DON'T CORTEZ SAYING IF YOU 990 00:26:09,833 --> 00:26:12,733 DON'T APOLOGIZE TO 991 00:26:11,966 --> 00:26:13,466 REPRESENTATIVE CRENSHAW CAN'T 992 00:26:12,733 --> 00:26:15,500 YOU COME HERE. 993 00:26:13,466 --> 00:26:17,300 >> Bill: AND BARR IS RAISING 994 00:26:15,500 --> 00:26:18,300 MONEY FOR A CLOSE RACE. 995 00:26:17,300 --> 00:26:20,633 >> Daniel: HE'S A TARGET FOR 996 00:26:18,300 --> 00:26:22,066 THE DEMOCRATS SO HE NEEDS THAT 997 00:26:20,633 --> 00:26:23,766 MONEY TO GET IT ON HAND SO HE 998 00:26:22,066 --> 00:26:24,033 CAN BEAT OUT ANYBODY AGAINST 999 00:26:23,766 --> 00:26:27,400 HIM. 1000 00:26:24,033 --> 00:26:28,133 >> Bill: $600,000. 1001 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:28,966 THAT'S "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY" WE 1002 00:26:28,133 --> 00:26:30,000 CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 1003 00:26:28,966 --> 00:26:31,366 JOINING US DON'T FORGET THAT 1004 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,466 COMING UP MONDAY THERE WILL BE 1005 00:26:31,366 --> 00:26:33,633 "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY." 1006 00:26:32,466 --> 00:26:33,933 RENEE SHAW WILL BE HERE WITH