WEBVTT 00:06.666 --> 00:12.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% >> We begin our conversations 00:09.733 --> 00:13.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% with candidates and this year's 00:10.600 --> 00:16.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% general election. And today's 00:12.700 --> 00:19.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% program, you learn more about 00:13.533 --> 00:19.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% the Democratic and Republican 00:16.433 --> 00:22.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% nominees for Kentucky State 00:19.033 --> 00:27.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% treasurer that's now on 00:19.633 --> 00:34.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:2.5% ♪ 00:22.233 --> 00:36.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:2.5% ♪ 00:27.266 --> 00:39.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:2.5% ♪ 00:34.300 --> 00:40.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:50% >> thank you for for 00:36.433 --> 00:42.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% connections today. I'm Renee 00:39.433 --> 00:45.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% Shaw, the Kentucky state 00:40.366 --> 00:46.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% treasurer essentially acts as 00:42.133 --> 00:49.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% the state's chief financial 00:45.066 --> 00:50.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% officer and handles the state's 00:46.033 --> 00:53.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% checkbook. All the money you 00:49.000 --> 00:53.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% pay in taxes goes through that 00:50.000 --> 00:54.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% office. The treasurer also sits 00:53.000 --> 00:56.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:52.5% on several boards and 00:53.566 --> 00:58.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% commissions, including the 00:54.200 --> 00:58.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Kentucky teachers retirement 00:56.266 --> 00:59.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% system and the Kentucky 00:58.100 --> 01:01.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% Lottery. The Kentucky state 00:58.800 --> 01:05.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% treasurer is among the 00:59.366 --> 01:06.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% constitutional offices along 01:01.400 --> 01:09.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% with Governor. Kentuckians will 01:05.366 --> 01:11.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% decide in November. The current 01:06.100 --> 01:12.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% officeholder Republican Allison 01:09.966 --> 01:16.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Ball is term limited Democrat 01:11.033 --> 01:16.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Michael Bowman and Republican 01:12.233 --> 01:17.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Mark Metcalf are each hoping 01:16.000 --> 01:20.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% to replace her. Here's my 01:16.633 --> 01:20.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% conversation with Michael 01:17.266 --> 01:24.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% Bowman who saw this post 01:20.033 --> 01:25.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:17.5% before. 01:20.366 --> 01:25.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:2.5% ♪ 01:24.633 --> 01:27.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% Mister Bowman. It's a pleasure 01:25.333 --> 01:29.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% to have you on the program 01:25.966 --> 01:30.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% today. We appreciate your time. 01:27.933 --> 01:32.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Thanks for inviting me. Thank 01:29.800 --> 01:33.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% you. So tell me we want to 01:30.866 --> 01:36.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% learn a little bit more about 01:32.966 --> 01:37.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% you will hear a lot more about 01:33.766 --> 01:39.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% your positions. Perhaps we have 01:36.900 --> 01:40.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% you on the Kentucky tonight 01:37.800 --> 01:41.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% engagement. But tell us about 01:39.933 --> 01:44.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% you. I know you're a 6 01:40.833 --> 01:45.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% generation, Kentucky. And as 01:41.766 --> 01:48.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% you've said on one of your 01:44.833 --> 01:49.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% videos on your website. 01:45.733 --> 01:52.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% >> And you come from a union 01:48.000 --> 01:53.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% homes and give us some more 01:49.200 --> 01:56.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% detail. You know, it's going to 01:52.233 --> 01:57.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% raise Valley station southwest 01:53.166 --> 01:59.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:27.5% Louisville. 01:56.200 --> 02:01.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% >> I am a my father was a 40 01:57.233 --> 02:01.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% year member of the Postal 01:59.166 --> 02:05.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% Workers Union. you know, 02:01.266 --> 02:08.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:52.5% growing up, I had the 02:01.833 --> 02:09.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% experience understanding what 02:05.400 --> 02:10.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% the union met for a home like 02:08.400 --> 02:10.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% mine that it provided good 02:09.033 --> 02:12.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% paying jobs benefits, things 02:10.166 --> 02:14.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% that could support a put food 02:10.866 --> 02:16.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% on the table and a roof over 02:12.366 --> 02:19.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% your head. So that's why I'm 02:14.366 --> 02:21.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% always proud to say that and 02:16.566 --> 02:23.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% I'm proud of the work that my 02:19.266 --> 02:24.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% father throughout his working 02:21.300 --> 02:24.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% working who is now retired. 02:23.333 --> 02:26.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% He's good. He's enjoying his 02:24.100 --> 02:28.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% retirement. you know, that's 02:24.766 --> 02:30.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% that's my background. And 02:26.866 --> 02:33.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% that's part of the reason why 02:28.700 --> 02:34.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% I take positions. because of 02:30.166 --> 02:35.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% those experiences growing up. 02:33.866 --> 02:39.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% I am went to holy Cross high 02:34.533 --> 02:40.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:52.5% school as well as the 02:35.300 --> 02:42.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% University of Louisville and 02:39.033 --> 02:44.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% worked for the governor as well 02:40.966 --> 02:47.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% as for the Louisville Metro 02:42.733 --> 02:49.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% Council and then some time as a 02:44.800 --> 02:54.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% a bank officer embrace manager 02:47.866 --> 02:56.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% for a U.S. bank. So so you can 02:49.733 --> 02:57.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% throw those cells with Well, 02:54.633 --> 02:58.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% you know, I'm a Kentucky haha. 02:56.733 --> 03:00.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% Yeah. you know, born and raised 02:57.733 --> 03:03.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% in that respect as well. 02:58.733 --> 03:05.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% As you know, I I enjoyed my 03:00.566 --> 03:06.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% time at U of L, but that's 03:03.866 --> 03:07.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:25% still very 03:05.600 --> 03:10.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% >> h******* bleeding blue, OK? 03:06.666 --> 03:11.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% All right, Ali, back there. 03:07.533 --> 03:13.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% That could be a pretty divisive 03:10.666 --> 03:15.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% discussion on it sounds what 03:11.533 --> 03:16.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% this is not your first foray 03:13.466 --> 03:18.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% into running for statewide 03:15.566 --> 03:19.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% office and you also run and 03:16.500 --> 03:21.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% Jefferson County as well. 03:18.400 --> 03:24.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% So tell us why it this time in 03:19.100 --> 03:25.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% your life and then times you've 03:21.466 --> 03:26.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:27.5% run before. 03:24.400 --> 03:27.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% >> That being in public service 03:25.333 --> 03:29.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% in an elected office is 03:26.400 --> 03:30.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% important to you? Well, I think 03:27.400 --> 03:31.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% it's it's the quality of of 03:29.833 --> 03:35.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% the individuals that are 03:30.700 --> 03:36.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:30% stepping up. 03:31.100 --> 03:37.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% >> We've seen I think some 03:35.500 --> 03:39.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% people who have obtained 03:36.100 --> 03:40.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% elected office through a of a 03:37.533 --> 03:41.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% variety of hate to say it. 03:39.966 --> 03:44.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Look, that are just honestly 03:40.633 --> 03:44.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% not prepared and aren't 03:41.833 --> 03:45.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% qualified for the job that they 03:44.133 --> 03:46.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% have. And, you know, my 03:44.733 --> 03:48.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% background is unique in that. 03:45.933 --> 03:50.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:50% I've worked in local 03:46.466 --> 03:51.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% government, worked in state 03:48.000 --> 03:52.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% government as well in the 03:50.733 --> 03:53.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% private sector as a bank 03:51.900 --> 03:56.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% officer for a large financial 03:52.600 --> 03:57.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% institutions. So I have a lot 03:53.933 --> 03:58.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% of skills that I can bring to 03:56.500 --> 04:01.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% bear In particular. The 03:57.100 --> 04:01.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% treasurer's office is what 03:58.400 --> 04:03.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% comes to what I'm speaking now, 04:01.066 --> 04:05.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% you know, 4 years ago, I 04:01.666 --> 04:06.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% contended I was the most 04:03.200 --> 04:09.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:42.5% qualified person. 04:05.066 --> 04:11.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Unfortunately, the people of 04:06.366 --> 04:12.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Kentucky chose to remain with 04:09.733 --> 04:14.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% with the current treasure. 04:11.900 --> 04:16.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% But I still contend today that 04:12.900 --> 04:16.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% I am the most qualified person, 04:14.833 --> 04:19.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% in fact, would be the first in 04:16.133 --> 04:20.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% nearly 40 years elected to the 04:16.900 --> 04:22.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% job that has any type of 04:19.400 --> 04:24.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% financial experience. So I 04:20.033 --> 04:25.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% think that's going to be 04:22.400 --> 04:26.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% important as we look forward. 04:24.400 --> 04:29.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% And that's what's in the back 04:25.500 --> 04:29.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% of my mind is where we moving 04:26.200 --> 04:32.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% as a commonwealth. What do we 04:29.166 --> 04:33.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% need for the moment? And can I 04:29.866 --> 04:35.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% can I do anything to help in 04:32.700 --> 04:36.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% that? And I I believe I can. 04:33.666 --> 04:38.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% >> Oftentimes the bill, what 04:35.366 --> 04:38.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:47.5% we call down ballot 04:36.366 --> 04:41.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% constitutional officers, they 04:38.233 --> 04:46.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% express themselves about issues 04:38.966 --> 04:46.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% that particularly in may not 04:41.033 --> 04:47.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% be related to the duties of the 04:46.033 --> 04:50.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% office for which they are 04:46.933 --> 04:52.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% applying. Right. And you said 04:47.633 --> 04:54.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% that's the lure that leaders 04:50.366 --> 04:57.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% now in Frankfort, which 04:52.366 --> 04:58.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% majority Republican are putting 04:54.366 --> 05:00.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% quote the wrong thing first. 04:57.466 --> 05:02.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% And you say it's time for that 04:58.233 --> 05:04.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% in what would you be able to 05:00.366 --> 05:06.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% do if you're elected estate 05:02.333 --> 05:07.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% as state treasurer to undo what 05:04.400 --> 05:08.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% you see as the wrong things 05:06.866 --> 05:12.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% those leaders are doing 05:07.466 --> 05:13.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% certainly, you know, I think of 05:08.200 --> 05:17.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% Governor Beshear has showing us 05:12.066 --> 05:19.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:17.5% what it 05:13.833 --> 05:20.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% >> that looks he is not quick 05:17.966 --> 05:22.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% to be drawn into cultural 05:19.533 --> 05:24.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% issues, debates or debates 05:20.266 --> 05:27.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% honestly about basic human 05:22.166 --> 05:27.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% rights. That shouldn't be 05:24.300 --> 05:29.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% debatable. He focuses on what's 05:27.066 --> 05:31.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% important, creating jobs for 05:27.733 --> 05:32.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% Kentucky, ensuring that we are 05:29.166 --> 05:32.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% educating our next generation 05:31.100 --> 05:33.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% in our children and that we're 05:32.233 --> 05:36.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% doing the right things by 05:32.866 --> 05:37.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% keeping our promises to people 05:33.566 --> 05:40.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% like our teachers are state 05:36.766 --> 05:42.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:52.5% workers are our first 05:37.966 --> 05:43.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% responders. Those are the 05:40.133 --> 05:44.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% things that at the end of the 05:42.300 --> 05:46.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% day, I believe is what is most 05:43.800 --> 05:48.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% important to people in 05:44.366 --> 05:51.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Kentuckyian we focus on that 05:46.500 --> 05:52.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% and we don't get drawn into 05:48.466 --> 05:53.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% these unnecessary debate and we 05:51.433 --> 05:54.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% can actually come together and 05:52.466 --> 05:56.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% build consensus. That's how we 05:53.166 --> 05:57.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% move things forward. You know, 05:54.433 --> 06:00.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% I would be a unique position 05:56.766 --> 06:01.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% as treasurer. One of only 7 05:57.433 --> 06:03.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% people elected statewide for 06:00.733 --> 06:05.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% state government. And that 06:01.633 --> 06:06.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% gives me a position to be able 06:03.533 --> 06:11.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% to talk about that, whether 06:05.333 --> 06:12.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% it's in Louisville, Lexington 06:06.033 --> 06:13.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% or in Pike County or Fulton 06:11.100 --> 06:15.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% County. So that's I think how 06:12.933 --> 06:18.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% we get past these. They're 06:13.566 --> 06:20.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% looking at the wrong things. 06:15.166 --> 06:21.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Is that stated and moving us 06:18.466 --> 06:22.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:20% towards. 06:20.300 --> 06:23.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% Paying attention to what's 06:21.233 --> 06:25.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% important. And that's jobs. 06:22.233 --> 06:28.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% Are our families making sure we 06:23.033 --> 06:28.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% have people that are being 06:25.133 --> 06:30.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% educated properly and they were 06:28.233 --> 06:32.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% moving Kentucky in that 06:28.833 --> 06:33.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% direction. Many people would 06:30.100 --> 06:33.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% say that, yes, those issues are 06:32.200 --> 06:36.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% important. We call them 06:33.100 --> 06:38.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% sometimes the bread and butter 06:33.800 --> 06:40.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% the table, the kitchen table 06:36.133 --> 06:41.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:50% conversations right? 06:38.166 --> 06:43.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% >> But also that there are 06:40.000 --> 06:43.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% issues like abortion and the 06:41.133 --> 06:47.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% some of the transgender issues 06:43.200 --> 06:49.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% that have come to the fore of 06:43.900 --> 06:51.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% light are also important to 06:47.133 --> 06:52.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% many Kentuckians who feel 06:49.033 --> 06:53.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% perhaps maybe differently than 06:51.766 --> 06:55.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% you and your fail and you're 06:52.433 --> 06:57.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% you're the the those who are 06:53.833 --> 07:00.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% running this year under the 06:55.433 --> 07:01.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Democratic Party's so is the 06:57.000 --> 07:03.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Democratic Party out of step 07:00.800 --> 07:04.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% with what up the majority of 07:01.866 --> 07:05.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% Kentuckians want to have 07:03.966 --> 07:07.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% focused on. Well, I'm not going 07:04.700 --> 07:08.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% to be to the party as a whole. 07:05.833 --> 07:09.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% I can speak for myself as far 07:07.900 --> 07:12.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% as I've been endorsed by 07:08.500 --> 07:13.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% organizations like Planned 07:09.133 --> 07:15.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% Parenthood, Planned Parenthood, 07:12.433 --> 07:16.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:25% which has. 07:13.533 --> 07:18.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% >> You know, everyone been at 07:15.400 --> 07:19.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% the forefront of ensuring that 07:16.100 --> 07:21.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% women, reproductive women's 07:18.033 --> 07:23.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% reproductive health is being 07:19.666 --> 07:26.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% protected as well as the 07:21.600 --> 07:27.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% fairness campaign and ensuring 07:23.766 --> 07:31.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% that LGBTQ rights are being 07:26.633 --> 07:32.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% respected and those are those 07:27.333 --> 07:33.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% are issues that when they come 07:31.100 --> 07:34.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% up, I'm ready to defend my 07:32.433 --> 07:35.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% positions and ensure that we as 07:33.166 --> 07:38.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% a government are doing the 07:34.433 --> 07:39.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% right. Thanks for those people. 07:35.600 --> 07:42.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% But that shouldn't be our 07:38.566 --> 07:43.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% focus. Our focus should be 07:39.200 --> 07:44.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% what's important to to people 07:42.566 --> 07:45.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% in terms of jobs in terms of 07:43.633 --> 07:46.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% ensuring that they have what 07:44.566 --> 07:47.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% they need, the education that 07:45.533 --> 07:49.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% they're receiving. And I'm not 07:46.766 --> 07:50.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:45% saying the 3rd not 07:47.300 --> 07:52.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% interconnected in some ways and 07:49.900 --> 07:55.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% a lot of ways they are. But 07:50.900 --> 07:58.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% when we focus on those things 07:52.066 --> 07:59.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% and not those those culture 07:55.133 --> 08:01.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% issues, those what again, and 07:58.633 --> 08:05.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% not trying to categorize them 07:59.333 --> 08:08.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% all in one as calling them a 08:01.233 --> 08:09.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% culture war. But when we're 08:05.300 --> 08:09.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% talking about those issues like 08:08.300 --> 08:11.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% human rights and LGBTQ rights 08:09.166 --> 08:14.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% and women's That shouldn't be 08:09.866 --> 08:15.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% up for the government to decide 08:11.633 --> 08:17.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% it should be the individuals 08:14.566 --> 08:17.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% that they have. They that they 08:15.266 --> 08:21.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% should be able to exercise 08:17.033 --> 08:23.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% those rights as people. They 08:17.700 --> 08:24.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% have every constitutional right 08:21.633 --> 08:26.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:45% as anyone else. So 08:23.733 --> 08:27.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% they need jobs. We need 08:24.700 --> 08:28.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% education. And that's what the 08:26.700 --> 08:29.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% focus should be when we do 08:27.800 --> 08:32.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% those things, we can build 08:28.433 --> 08:33.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% consensus in and take us 08:29.666 --> 08:34.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% ourselves out of that culture 08:32.700 --> 08:35.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% war. I think that's where we'll 08:33.500 --> 08:36.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% be able to move Kentucky 08:34.100 --> 08:39.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% forward up a pass away. And 08:35.433 --> 08:39.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% again, like I said, the 08:36.033 --> 08:42.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% governor has shown that he's 08:39.200 --> 08:43.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:52.5% not going to be drawn 08:39.766 --> 08:45.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% into that. And, yeah, I believe 08:42.766 --> 08:46.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% that's the best way to go. 08:43.666 --> 08:49.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% >> When you travel the state, I 08:45.766 --> 08:50.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% know you're probably doing that 08:46.966 --> 08:51.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% extensively. You probably have 08:49.766 --> 08:53.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% somewhere to go after you 08:50.400 --> 08:54.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% finish with the with us or do 08:51.100 --> 08:56.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% people understand the office 08:53.966 --> 08:58.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:47.5% of state treasurer? 08:54.866 --> 08:59.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% >> You know, by and large, 08:56.033 --> 09:00.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% there are some that There are 08:58.033 --> 09:01.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% quite a few people who they 08:59.900 --> 09:04.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% they they know what the word 09:00.566 --> 09:06.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% treasure would generally mean 09:01.266 --> 09:09.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% when it comes to their PTA or 09:04.433 --> 09:11.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% social clubs. But it is 09:06.266 --> 09:12.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% something that we do have to 09:09.900 --> 09:13.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% explain more often than not 09:11.733 --> 09:13.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% and how in-depth it goes. 09:12.366 --> 09:17.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% I believe that's something that 09:13.233 --> 09:18.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% a lot of people don't realize 09:13.933 --> 09:20.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% is it's not just about 09:17.133 --> 09:22.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% balancing the checkbook. 09:18.633 --> 09:23.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% It's ensuring that we're having 09:20.600 --> 09:24.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% providing that independent 09:22.633 --> 09:25.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% accountability for our tax 09:23.566 --> 09:28.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% dollars. And, you know, the 09:24.466 --> 09:29.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% treasure sits on a variety of 09:25.533 --> 09:30.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% boards and commissions. The 09:28.500 --> 09:31.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% lottery board, the Higher 09:29.566 --> 09:33.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Education Authority, the the 09:30.400 --> 09:35.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Financial Commission, as well 09:31.666 --> 09:36.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% as the investment commission 09:33.633 --> 09:37.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% and the Teachers Retirement 09:35.800 --> 09:39.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Board, which are, as we know, 09:36.600 --> 09:41.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% been critical over the last few 09:37.400 --> 09:45.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% years. In terms of how we are 09:39.333 --> 09:46.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% dealing with policy around the 09:41.233 --> 09:47.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% teachers, pensions, how are 09:45.166 --> 09:48.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% investing our money? And that's 09:46.100 --> 09:50.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% where the treasure can have 09:47.233 --> 09:52.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% an outsized influence. And I 09:48.766 --> 09:54.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% think that's once people 09:50.366 --> 09:56.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% realize how deep the treasure 09:52.833 --> 09:56.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% the treasurer's writ large is 09:54.800 --> 10:00.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% involved in those decisions 09:56.000 --> 10:00.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% is when they realize it's and 09:56.700 --> 10:01.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% it's an important office that 10:00.033 --> 10:03.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% needs to be independently 10:00.700 --> 10:04.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% elected. We don't want to wrap 10:01.400 --> 10:06.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% it up in the bureaucracy. 10:03.066 --> 10:06.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% We want to ensure that they are 10:04.100 --> 10:09.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% being held accountable to the 10:06.266 --> 10:10.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% people directly rather you 10:06.900 --> 10:10.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% know, at the whim of the 10:09.533 --> 10:13.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% governor or legislature. 10:10.133 --> 10:14.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% >> And you hit on a point that 10:10.833 --> 10:16.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% has been a point of contention 10:13.233 --> 10:17.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% about whether or not that the 10:14.100 --> 10:19.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% state treasurer's office should 10:16.533 --> 10:22.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% be even an elected one right to 10:17.266 --> 10:24.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% you. And it seems that you are 10:19.500 --> 10:29.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% intimating that it needs to 10:22.066 --> 10:29.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% remain as it is. comes down to 10:24.866 --> 10:30.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% who who should be accountable 10:29.033 --> 10:34.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% to the people for your tax 10:29.666 --> 10:36.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% dollars and an independently 10:30.333 --> 10:36.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% elected person ensures that 10:34.100 --> 10:37.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:27.5% a governor. 10:36.100 --> 10:40.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% >> Doesn't have the unchecked a 10:36.933 --> 10:40.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% bureaucratic, you know, 10:37.533 --> 10:41.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% leverage that to manage that 10:40.033 --> 10:43.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% act. The tax act like that and 10:40.733 --> 10:45.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:47.5% just as well as the 10:41.933 --> 10:46.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% Legislature, we KET it 10:43.733 --> 10:48.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% independent for that very 10:45.633 --> 10:50.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% There's there's a variety of 10:46.300 --> 10:52.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% history as to why we did that. 10:48.000 --> 10:54.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% You know, before that the 10:50.066 --> 10:54.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% Constitution was amended in the 10:52.833 --> 10:56.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% the late 1800's. It was an 10:54.000 --> 10:57.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% appointed position by the 10:54.633 --> 11:00.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% governor. So we may get elected 10:56.566 --> 11:02.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% for a Very particular reason. 10:57.833 --> 11:03.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% And I believe that still holds 11:00.866 --> 11:05.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% true today. I would rather have 11:02.600 --> 11:07.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% more accountability. That's 11:03.266 --> 11:10.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% that's directly influenced by 11:05.666 --> 11:11.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% the people of Kentucky. Then 11:07.633 --> 11:12.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% not. And I think that's why the 11:10.633 --> 11:12.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% treasures job should remain 11:11.633 --> 11:13.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:45% elected. The other 11:12.133 --> 11:16.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% responsibilities that you 11:12.833 --> 11:17.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% listed about the number of 11:13.466 --> 11:17.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% boards that the state treasurer 11:16.833 --> 11:20.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:25% serves on. 11:17.200 --> 11:21.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% >> Unclaimed property is 11:17.900 --> 11:22.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% probably one thing that a lot 11:20.833 --> 11:24.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% of Kentucky citizen citizens 11:21.833 --> 11:25.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% understand and more connected 11:22.800 --> 11:27.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% to or know about in some way 11:24.866 --> 11:27.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% because perhaps they have 11:25.966 --> 11:29.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% benefited from that. And we 11:27.066 --> 11:31.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:52.5% know that the current 11:27.633 --> 11:34.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% treasurer, who is a Republican 11:29.100 --> 11:35.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Allison Ball, has had record 11:31.566 --> 11:37.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% setting levels of unclaimed 11:34.833 --> 11:38.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:20% property 11:35.733 --> 11:41.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% being restored, monetarily or 11:37.333 --> 11:42.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% otherwise to Kentucky ends. 11:38.000 --> 11:44.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% This is the lost and found if 11:41.333 --> 11:45.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% you will. A lot of people 11:42.433 --> 11:47.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% applaud that program. Do you 11:44.400 --> 11:48.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% think it needs changing in any 11:45.400 --> 11:49.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% way and would you give her 11:47.466 --> 11:51.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% kudos for the job she's done in 11:48.433 --> 11:53.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% handling that particular part 11:49.400 --> 11:54.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% of the job? I would say that, 11:51.533 --> 11:56.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% yes, there are ways to improve 11:53.433 --> 11:57.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% that that program. I think you 11:54.300 --> 12:00.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% know, given technology being 11:56.433 --> 12:00.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% what it is today, there are 11:57.400 --> 12:01.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% certainly ways that we can make 12:00.000 --> 12:03.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% it into the more easily 12:00.766 --> 12:05.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% accessible and less cumbersome. 12:01.500 --> 12:05.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% One of the biggest complaint I 12:03.100 --> 12:09.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% hear from people about. 12:05.200 --> 12:10.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% >> The unclaimed property 12:05.866 --> 12:10.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% process is that it is overly 12:09.433 --> 12:13.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% cumbersome and I think that 12:10.100 --> 12:14.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% again, with technology being 12:10.766 --> 12:16.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% what it is, there is no reason 12:13.900 --> 12:18.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% why we can't do that. And the 12:14.633 --> 12:19.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% first in the unclaimed property 12:16.066 --> 12:21.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% fund itself is a source of the 12:18.933 --> 12:23.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% revenue to be able to implement 12:19.733 --> 12:26.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% those changes without really 12:21.666 --> 12:27.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% tapping into general fund 12:23.900 --> 12:28.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% dollars. So those are those are 12:26.733 --> 12:32.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% things and it in a moment 12:27.366 --> 12:33.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% ministration in the treasurer's 12:28.733 --> 12:34.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% office would something that we 12:32.366 --> 12:35.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% would we would You I think that 12:33.100 --> 12:38.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% this is the treasure has been 12:34.500 --> 12:41.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% responsible for unclaimed 12:35.666 --> 12:43.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% property. We've seen the fund 12:38.633 --> 12:45.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% itself grow from Treasure. 12:41.933 --> 12:46.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:22.5% Miller's. 12:43.700 --> 12:50.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% 200 and roughly 200 million 12:45.433 --> 12:51.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% dollars to now. It sits at 12:46.066 --> 12:52.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% around 800 million dollars as a 12:50.000 --> 12:56.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% fun. So I think it's yes, I'll 12:51.766 --> 12:57.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% give each treasure they're due 12:52.833 --> 12:59.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% for for maintain that program 12:56.566 --> 13:00.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% and the knowledge of it. 12:57.166 --> 13:00.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% But I think there is a process 12:59.333 --> 13:02.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% ways that we can improve. 13:00.133 --> 13:03.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% You know, having worked in a 13:00.800 --> 13:05.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% large financial institution 13:02.900 --> 13:10.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% and understanding, you know how 13:03.800 --> 13:11.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% we records and KET track of 13:05.400 --> 13:12.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% this type of of stuff that. 13:10.466 --> 13:13.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% Should be easy to do with 13:11.100 --> 13:14.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% technology. And that's where 13:12.600 --> 13:16.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% I would focus ensuring that we 13:13.433 --> 13:17.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% can and bring the treasurer's 13:14.133 --> 13:20.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% office out to the state. 13:16.333 --> 13:21.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% I think that's something that 13:17.033 --> 13:22.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% has been not been done well, is 13:20.366 --> 13:23.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% that? Doling into these 13:21.666 --> 13:23.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% communities across Kentuckyian 13:22.433 --> 13:26.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% ensuring that they know and 13:23.100 --> 13:28.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% understand what the treasure 13:23.766 --> 13:29.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% does and the services that the 13:26.700 --> 13:30.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% treasurer's office with that. 13:28.566 --> 13:33.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% >> How optimistic are you the 13:29.666 --> 13:35.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% second time around? You still 13:30.366 --> 13:36.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% have the same candidate at the 13:33.666 --> 13:38.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% top of the ticket. Absolute may 13:35.500 --> 13:39.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% not have as a deep coattails is 13:36.233 --> 13:42.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% perhaps you'd like. If you 13:38.900 --> 13:43.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% think that even has power to 13:39.700 --> 13:43.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% bring you into victory, why do 13:42.733 --> 13:44.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% you think this time could be 13:43.400 --> 13:45.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:25% different? 13:43.766 --> 13:47.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% >> Well, I think there is a 13:44.800 --> 13:49.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% difference and the person at 13:45.800 --> 13:50.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% the top of the ticket this time 13:47.700 --> 13:51.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% around in terms of he's not 13:49.866 --> 13:53.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% the challenger. He is the 13:50.666 --> 13:55.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% incumbent. And not only is he 13:51.366 --> 13:57.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% the incumbent, he is a 13:53.266 --> 13:58.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% remarkably popular incumbent. 13:55.300 --> 14:01.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% And I think there is a desire 13:57.500 --> 14:02.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% to send him to help in 13:58.066 --> 14:05.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Frankfort that he needs to be 14:01.466 --> 14:05.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% able to to continue for 4 more 14:02.366 --> 14:06.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% years. while there may not have 14:05.033 --> 14:07.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% been coattails 4 years ago, 14:05.700 --> 14:10.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% it's certainly possible that he 14:06.433 --> 14:11.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% has those now. But I'm not 14:07.800 --> 14:13.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% relying on that. I'm getting 14:10.600 --> 14:17.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% out across the state. We're 14:11.666 --> 14:18.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% doing our job putting that. 14:13.566 --> 14:19.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% As you said, shoe leather to 14:17.533 --> 14:20.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% the pavement and getting in 14:18.200 --> 14:23.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% front of those people and 14:19.000 --> 14:25.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% letting know why I'm more 14:20.933 --> 14:25.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% qualified than my opponent. 14:23.033 --> 14:26.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% And why can leave this office 14:25.233 --> 14:29.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% and be a good partner with the 14:25.933 --> 14:30.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% governor for the next 4 years 14:26.633 --> 14:30.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% to ensure that we're doing the 14:29.100 --> 14:31.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% right things for Kentucky. 14:30.033 --> 14:32.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% Well, at the moment, thank you 14:30.733 --> 14:35.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% so much. It's been pleasure. 14:31.400 --> 14:37.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% Sitting down speaking with you. 14:32.133 --> 14:38.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% Thank you. And I appreciate it. 14:35.300 --> 14:40.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:50% >> Say whether us on 14:37.133 --> 14:42.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% connections as we next hear 14:38.300 --> 14:43.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% from Republican nominee for 14:40.066 --> 14:44.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% state treasurer Martin Metcalf, 14:42.233 --> 14:47.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% who's had a careers as a 14:43.166 --> 14:47.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% prosecutor and holds the rank 14:44.333 --> 14:51.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% of lieutenant colonel and the 14:47.366 --> 14:52.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:45% U.S. Army Reserve. 14:47.866 --> 14:54.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:2.5% ♪ 14:51.933 --> 14:55.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% Mark Metcalf, thank you so much 14:52.666 --> 14:58.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% for being with us today. 14:54.700 --> 15:00.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% We appreciate some time. 14:55.300 --> 15:01.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% It's an honor and a privilege. 14:58.400 --> 15:02.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Thank you. So you're running 15:00.366 --> 15:04.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% for one of the constitutional 15:01.500 --> 15:05.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% offices, state treasurer. 15:02.433 --> 15:06.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% We'll get to why in a moment. 15:04.333 --> 15:07.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% But let's talk a little bit 15:05.466 --> 15:09.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% about you and your background 15:06.766 --> 15:10.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% and where you come from and 15:07.433 --> 15:11.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% your lived. Experience that 15:09.833 --> 15:14.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:27.5% can reform. 15:10.566 --> 15:15.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% >> How you would operate that 15:11.266 --> 15:17.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% office if you're selected. 15:14.300 --> 15:18.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% Tell us about yourself. 15:15.233 --> 15:21.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% >> Overnight, thanks for the 15:17.633 --> 15:23.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% question. I'm a native of 15:18.333 --> 15:23.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Garrett County. He served his 15:21.633 --> 15:24.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:47.5% county attorney for 15:23.100 --> 15:27.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% 22 years. I'm sure. Beach 15:23.733 --> 15:27.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Commonwealth's Attorney first 15:24.433 --> 15:31.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% assistant Commonwealth's 15:27.033 --> 15:35.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% attorney for 3 years. those in 15:27.733 --> 15:37.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% the Kentucky Army National 15:31.833 --> 15:39.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:45% Guard for 29 years 15:35.100 --> 15:41.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% the veteran of Iraq and over 15:37.166 --> 15:42.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% the course of my we focused 15:39.066 --> 15:45.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% as you would expect in the 15:41.100 --> 15:45.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% guard, the folks on the soldier 15:42.966 --> 15:47.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% in the county attorney's 15:45.100 --> 15:53.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% office, we focus on the private 15:45.833 --> 15:53.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% individual and it's not just 15:47.300 --> 15:54.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% about prosecution. It's about 15:53.066 --> 15:57.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% helping the child support 15:53.733 --> 15:58.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% as the case may be with the 15:54.400 --> 16:01.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% addicted, making sure that they 15:57.300 --> 16:01.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:22.5% get into. 15:58.100 --> 16:04.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% Rehab and hopefully I can 16:01.100 --> 16:08.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% redeem their lives that way. 16:01.900 --> 16:09.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% But county attorney's offices 16:04.633 --> 16:09.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% are full service prosecution 16:08.300 --> 16:11.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% offices that look at the 16:09.000 --> 16:12.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% individual as well as your 16:09.633 --> 16:14.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% circumstances in order to serve 16:11.933 --> 16:16.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:30% them better. 16:12.900 --> 16:18.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% >> Right. And many people may 16:14.833 --> 16:18.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% not make that assumption when 16:16.900 --> 16:22.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% they hear about a prosecutorial 16:18.166 --> 16:24.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% role such as the county 16:18.766 --> 16:25.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% attorney that they think very 16:22.166 --> 16:26.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% much of law and order and not 16:24.166 --> 16:29.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% trying to help people with 16:25.166 --> 16:30.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% wraparound services as we often 16:26.200 --> 16:30.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% hear them called. So it's 16:29.366 --> 16:31.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% interesting to hear you define 16:30.066 --> 16:34.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% the position of such headed in 16:30.766 --> 16:36.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% that think rep around is 16:31.366 --> 16:37.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% probably the best as you 16:34.400 --> 16:39.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:47.5% develop herd. It's. 16:36.233 --> 16:43.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% It's the kind of office where 16:37.466 --> 16:44.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% you can do more good in the 16:39.366 --> 16:44.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% morning that many attorneys can 16:43.433 --> 16:45.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% do a When you look at it. 16:44.066 --> 16:48.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% >> That means that people 16:44.700 --> 16:49.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:52.5% praying to the county 16:45.266 --> 16:54.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% attorney's office is that have 16:48.266 --> 16:55.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% to do as the Sadr addiction. 16:49.933 --> 17:00.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Yeah, I'm with being victims. 16:54.200 --> 17:01.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% And also with the child support 16:55.200 --> 17:04.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% issues you're talking about the 17:00.366 --> 17:05.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% kinds of services that to find 17:01.433 --> 17:05.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% point being able to help people 17:04.666 --> 17:08.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% with their lives. And when 17:05.300 --> 17:11.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% you're talking about child 17:05.933 --> 17:12.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% support in particular, you're 17:08.333 --> 17:15.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% talking about the difference 17:11.833 --> 17:16.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% between a family being able to 17:12.533 --> 17:18.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% make ends meet to reverse is 17:15.466 --> 17:20.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% not being able to. Yeah. 17:16.533 --> 17:24.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% >> We were talking before we 17:18.300 --> 17:26.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% started taping helping children 17:20.466 --> 17:27.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% who are vulnerable in order to 17:24.500 --> 17:29.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% have them have food for the 17:26.266 --> 17:30.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% weekend. And you and your wife 17:27.400 --> 17:32.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% are very involved in that and 17:29.333 --> 17:35.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% you and your your military 17:30.333 --> 17:36.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% background. Also informs that 17:32.366 --> 17:37.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% activity as well. Talk about 17:35.300 --> 17:39.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% why that's so important in your 17:36.433 --> 17:42.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Internet and appreciate your 17:37.733 --> 17:43.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% bringing that up because it's 17:39.433 --> 17:46.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% an important aspect of what 17:42.833 --> 17:49.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% the Kentucky Army National 17:43.466 --> 17:52.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:27.5% Guard does. 17:46.966 --> 17:54.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% >> When you think soldiers, you 17:49.566 --> 17:56.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% think of we got the Kentucky 17:52.466 --> 17:58.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% Army National Guard is a medium 17:54.233 --> 17:59.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% size guard in a small state 17:56.733 --> 18:03.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% that time deploys everywhere. 17:58.633 --> 18:05.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% And it's very busy all the 17:59.566 --> 18:09.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% time. But the other side of the 18:03.966 --> 18:11.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% story is that we in every place 18:05.833 --> 18:13.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% where there's a disaster right 18:09.933 --> 18:16.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% in the unit was activated and 18:11.600 --> 18:18.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% we came all the several states 18:13.400 --> 18:20.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% in Tennessee, Indiana, Ohio, 18:16.633 --> 18:21.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% where our members live and 18:18.700 --> 18:25.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Kentucky and we're delivering 18:20.200 --> 18:26.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% meals to Kentucky ends who did 18:21.066 --> 18:30.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% not have water did not have a 18:25.200 --> 18:30.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:10% food 18:26.833 --> 18:33.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% all of from the top down. 18:30.333 --> 18:36.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% We're handing food out to 18:30.966 --> 18:38.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% people in Western Kentucky, in 18:33.666 --> 18:39.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% particular job, the wind storms 18:36.700 --> 18:41.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% in Mayfield, Graves, County 18:38.533 --> 18:43.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% and the water in Breathitt 18:39.166 --> 18:44.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% County and the E-street a key 18:41.400 --> 18:46.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% counties most impacted by the 18:43.466 --> 18:48.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% flooding. The guard is their 18:44.233 --> 18:49.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:15% right. 18:46.366 --> 18:53.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% >> And we saw that heroic 18:48.100 --> 18:53.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% footage right of folks being 18:49.966 --> 18:55.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% airlifted from what could have 18:53.166 --> 18:57.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% been their demise in their 18:53.800 --> 18:59.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% death. Those flood waters, 18:55.966 --> 19:00.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% right? I mean, been lifted up 18:57.066 --> 19:03.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% and rescued. I mean, it was 18:59.033 --> 19:04.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% remarkable and it got attention 19:00.166 --> 19:05.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% from U.S.. Senate Minority 19:03.300 --> 19:05.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% Leader Mitch McConnell who 19:04.200 --> 19:07.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% talked about his bravery and 19:05.266 --> 19:09.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% the commitment of the Kentucky 19:05.966 --> 19:10.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Air National Guard and others 19:07.733 --> 19:14.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% who served to help people in 19:09.666 --> 19:15.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% these intense times of crisis 19:10.433 --> 19:19.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% right here. National Guard can 19:14.900 --> 19:20.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:37.5% leave that out. 19:15.366 --> 19:23.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% They're ready. It's a bad 19:19.133 --> 19:24.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% thing. You have to call also 19:20.300 --> 19:25.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% KET in mind that when we talk 19:23.933 --> 19:29.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% about drug it you're it's your 19:24.633 --> 19:31.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% Kentucky Army national and 19:25.833 --> 19:31.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% Kentucky Air National Guard 19:29.166 --> 19:33.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:27.5% which drops 19:31.300 --> 19:36.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% federal assets FBI, DEA and 19:31.966 --> 19:37.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Kentucky State police on the 19:33.400 --> 19:39.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% growth fields that are now 19:36.600 --> 19:41.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% coming up in the Washington 19:37.266 --> 19:45.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% National Forest, the Jefferson 19:39.800 --> 19:46.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% National Forest, Smoky Mountain 19:41.366 --> 19:48.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% National Forest in the Daniel 19:45.400 --> 19:48.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% Boone National Forest. So we're 19:46.366 --> 19:50.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% begin to law enforcement in 19:48.100 --> 19:52.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% those areas. And there those 19:48.766 --> 19:55.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% are overlook missions. As I 19:50.233 --> 19:56.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% said, you think of soldiers 19:52.066 --> 19:57.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% we think of the guard and it's 19:55.133 --> 20:00.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% not always that all. Yeah. 19:56.066 --> 20:03.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% >> I know your experience also 19:57.600 --> 20:04.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% lends you to have a lot of 20:00.366 --> 20:05.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% interaction and probably even 20:03.266 --> 20:09.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% expertise when it comes to the 20:04.900 --> 20:10.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% drug scourge pride in this 20:05.533 --> 20:11.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% state and this nation. And it 20:09.000 --> 20:14.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% seems like someone over 20:10.100 --> 20:15.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% intractable problem. We make 20:11.966 --> 20:16.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% some progress and then we it 20:14.933 --> 20:19.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% kind of ebbs and What do you 20:15.966 --> 20:20.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% think? And this is not 20:16.533 --> 20:24.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% necessarily something that the 20:19.966 --> 20:25.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% state treasurer takes on, but 20:20.933 --> 20:26.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% do you how do you view this is 20:24.866 --> 20:27.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% one of the big issues and 20:25.966 --> 20:31.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% concerns facing Kentucky ends 20:26.666 --> 20:31.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% well for so again, it's about 20:27.366 --> 20:38.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% people that's important thing 20:31.300 --> 20:40.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% we can do. He's create an 20:31.933 --> 20:41.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% environment where people can. 20:38.500 --> 20:46.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% >> And safe and not be a 20:40.366 --> 20:48.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% dependent on the on the assets 20:41.066 --> 20:49.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% of government. But if so, the 20:46.100 --> 20:50.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% government is there to act 20:48.066 --> 20:53.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% decisively to Kentucky to help 20:49.666 --> 20:57.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Americans. The most important 20:50.366 --> 20:58.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% thing that I can tell you that 20:53.300 --> 20:59.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% the treasurer's office is that 20:57.266 --> 21:01.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% it has a large role and making 20:58.633 --> 21:01.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% certain that our children have 20:59.333 --> 21:05.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% fiscal knowledge so they can 21:01.200 --> 21:06.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% begin their lives, being able 21:01.900 --> 21:07.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% to open up a checking account, 21:05.833 --> 21:08.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% being able to balance the 21:06.866 --> 21:12.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% checking account, understanding 21:07.600 --> 21:13.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% that to start a business. 21:08.466 --> 21:17.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% It's more than just putting a 21:12.300 --> 21:18.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% shingle on the door. Let's talk 21:13.866 --> 21:20.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% the retirement funds of 21:17.600 --> 21:24.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Kentucky he heard me say that 21:18.300 --> 21:27.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% I'm pushing back against the 21:20.366 --> 21:30.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% esg movement which stands for 21:24.533 --> 21:31.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% environments, Social and 21:27.033 --> 21:34.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% governmental. It is an effort 21:30.866 --> 21:35.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% as as I the left to basically 21:31.566 --> 21:37.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% commandeered the assets 21:34.733 --> 21:38.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% contained in our retirement 21:35.800 --> 21:41.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% funds and direct them towards 21:37.300 --> 21:45.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% green technologies. Summly. 21:38.033 --> 21:45.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% And we know that in Kentucky 21:41.233 --> 21:46.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% we have tremendous Cole and 21:45.233 --> 21:49.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% we have 8500 years over on mine 21:45.966 --> 21:50.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% coal in the United States. 21:46.600 --> 21:51.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% A lot of which is located in 21:49.466 --> 21:52.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% eastern Kentucky. We have 21:50.833 --> 21:55.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% miners ready to go to work. 21:51.500 --> 21:57.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Cole is 30 times cleaner than 21:52.700 --> 22:00.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% it was 10 years ago because it 21:55.933 --> 22:03.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% can be mind cleanly and 21:57.533 --> 22:05.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% effectively and efficiently. 22:00.966 --> 22:08.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% They can also be burned also 22:03.466 --> 22:08.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% awaited has I much less impact 22:05.366 --> 22:09.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% on the environment. So what we 22:08.366 --> 22:14.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% need to be doing is he's 22:08.966 --> 22:15.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% leveraging those assets to 22:09.600 --> 22:17.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% create wealth in Kentucky. 22:14.533 --> 22:20.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% So that. Our people are there 22:15.266 --> 22:22.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% are dependent only on the hand 22:17.433 --> 22:26.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% at the end of their own sleeve 22:20.433 --> 22:31.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% and not upon government. 22:22.700 --> 22:31.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% My my role as treasure. His 22:26.000 --> 22:32.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:20% advance. 22:31.033 --> 22:34.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% That and make certain that that 22:31.766 --> 22:36.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% older people, especially those 22:32.866 --> 22:38.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% in need. But also the taxpayers 22:34.300 --> 22:43.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% and take care of those in need 22:36.400 --> 22:45.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% are dignified by government. 22:38.900 --> 22:46.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% And then we have and that they 22:43.300 --> 22:50.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% have in in in my candidacy, 22:45.000 --> 22:50.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% a man who will go out and 22:46.466 --> 22:53.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% advocate on behalf of taxpayers 22:50.200 --> 22:53.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% to cut the budget where where 22:50.900 --> 22:58.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% we find waste and to do the 22:53.100 --> 22:59.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% things that I think of as being 22:53.933 --> 23:01.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% sort of common sense to call 22:58.033 --> 23:04.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% that when you look at it 22:59.466 --> 23:06.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% we have a 16 billion dollar 23:01.933 --> 23:10.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% direct debt of Kentucky east of 23:04.266 --> 23:11.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% Kentucky's taxpayers. That's a 23:06.333 --> 23:12.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% $20,000 debt on every taxpayer 23:10.333 --> 23:14.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% in Kentucky. So how do we lower 23:11.533 --> 23:15.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% that? We have 27,000 people 23:12.200 --> 23:16.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% that still haven't come off the 23:14.666 --> 23:19.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% welfare rolls. When you get 23:15.466 --> 23:21.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% them off the welfare rolls and 23:16.166 --> 23:22.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% they you put them into 23:19.366 --> 23:24.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% productive employment. 23:21.566 --> 23:26.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% More people to pay down the 23:22.233 --> 23:28.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% debts of Kentucky. But it also 23:24.000 --> 23:30.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% means more taxpayers. It means 23:26.766 --> 23:30.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% more people who can live on 23:28.800 --> 23:33.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% their own and not depend upon 23:30.333 --> 23:35.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% others. And so what I'm 23:30.966 --> 23:35.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% interested in doing is taking 23:33.966 --> 23:39.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:52.5% that message forward. 23:35.300 --> 23:41.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% >> When you talk about the 23:35.933 --> 23:41.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% state budget and the deaths 23:39.266 --> 23:45.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% of Kentucky, do you believe 23:41.000 --> 23:47.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% there's more than just public 23:41.700 --> 23:49.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% assistance programs that need 23:45.700 --> 23:50.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% revision and reform? Do you see 23:47.300 --> 23:52.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% and have evidence of widespread 23:49.500 --> 23:52.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% waste, fraud or abuse and other 23:50.233 --> 23:53.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% the state government agencies 23:52.200 --> 23:57.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:40% and departments. 23:52.766 --> 23:58.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% >> Let's see. This is a 23:53.366 --> 24:00.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% top-down effort working with 23:57.700 --> 24:03.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% the auditor working with the 23:58.366 --> 24:04.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% assets, the great people in 24:00.433 --> 24:05.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% the auditor's office and in the 24:03.966 --> 24:08.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% treasurer's office and in every 24:04.700 --> 24:08.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% major Department of State 24:05.333 --> 24:11.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% government finding waste in 24:08.000 --> 24:12.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:45% getting rid of it. 24:08.500 --> 24:13.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% Starting with the smallest 24:11.366 --> 24:15.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% programs up to the largest one 24:12.766 --> 24:19.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:50% of the things we can 24:13.300 --> 24:20.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% immediately is to say if you're 24:15.133 --> 24:22.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% going to be on welfare, we're 24:19.633 --> 24:23.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% going to require that you 24:20.833 --> 24:26.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% engage in public interest work, 24:22.866 --> 24:27.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% you know, help cleaning up a 24:23.533 --> 24:30.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% park help city helping out of 24:26.566 --> 24:31.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% the daycare. These are the 24:27.200 --> 24:32.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% kinds of things that people 24:30.666 --> 24:34.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% can do besides just looking for 24:31.933 --> 24:35.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% If you're going to take from 24:32.600 --> 24:36.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% the public, you should be 24:34.000 --> 24:40.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% willing to give back to the 24:35.500 --> 24:42.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% public. And I think that that 24:36.200 --> 24:44.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% we don't need to lose sight 24:40.700 --> 24:45.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% of that. The the whole idea 24:42.666 --> 24:49.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% of welfare as we know it today, 24:44.500 --> 24:49.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% his to make certain that people 24:45.233 --> 24:50.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% have that safety net so they 24:49.000 --> 24:52.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% don't go without but also dance 24:49.733 --> 24:54.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% from them while they're 24:50.333 --> 24:56.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% receiving those funds to do 24:52.366 --> 24:57.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% something to give back to their 24:54.466 --> 24:58.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% >> I want to go back to why 24:56.333 --> 25:01.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% you're running for this office 24:57.500 --> 25:02.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% is what was the reason? Was 24:58.166 --> 25:02.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% there a particular moment in 25:01.366 --> 25:05.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% time? Will it ignited the 25:02.066 --> 25:05.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% clarification that this is the 25:02.766 --> 25:12.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% past. But I should next. 25:05.666 --> 25:13.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:12.5% Take. 25:05.966 --> 25:16.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% >> This tough decision. I love 25:12.533 --> 25:19.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% my job. But I thought that with 25:13.266 --> 25:21.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% what I saw in the U.S. she 25:16.000 --> 25:22.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% movement coming out against 25:19.033 --> 25:22.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% call. One of the things that 25:21.533 --> 25:25.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% the the the left is out for 25:22.200 --> 25:25.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% season is doing is saying that 25:22.900 --> 25:27.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% there is that we should not 25:25.233 --> 25:28.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% have fossil fuels at all this 25:25.933 --> 25:31.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% fossil fuels that have created 25:27.833 --> 25:34.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% the cheapest energy on the 25:28.666 --> 25:37.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% planet to be able to power 25:31.533 --> 25:38.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% businesses and homes and to 25:34.266 --> 25:40.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% look at the fact that I'm in 25:37.766 --> 25:43.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% Western Kentucky. Just this 25:38.433 --> 25:44.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% year we have rolling blackouts 25:40.133 --> 25:45.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% from TVA and in eastern 25:43.433 --> 25:47.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:52.5% Kentucky where money. 25:44.000 --> 25:48.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% More call that we can use in 25:45.700 --> 25:51.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Kentucky. Where is that cold 25:47.633 --> 25:52.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% going well in in in some of 25:48.300 --> 25:55.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% the colon in Harlan County is 25:51.733 --> 25:57.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% going to places. One is going 25:52.433 --> 25:57.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% to it's found Rico and the 25:55.166 --> 25:59.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% Chinese are buying. But the 25:57.100 --> 26:01.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% North Carolinians are buying 25:57.766 --> 26:04.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% it, too, because the Green 25:59.800 --> 26:05.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% Technologies field in both 26:01.200 --> 26:07.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% Western Kentuckyian in eastern 26:04.000 --> 26:07.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% Kentucky skews me and in North 26:05.100 --> 26:09.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% Carolina. And so now that North 26:07.233 --> 26:12.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Carolina is buying Kentucky, 26:07.933 --> 26:15.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% call to power those plants that 26:09.366 --> 26:15.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% they wound down when they tried 26:12.066 --> 26:17.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% to replace coal and natural 26:15.100 --> 26:19.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% natural gas with. Green 26:15.700 --> 26:23.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% technologies. He just doesn't 26:17.566 --> 26:23.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% work yet and may not for a long 26:19.266 --> 26:27.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% time to come. We need to KET 26:23.233 --> 26:28.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% in mind that the esg movement, 26:23.933 --> 26:29.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% which is hostile to fossil 26:27.466 --> 26:31.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% fuels. Has a component and that 26:28.833 --> 26:34.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% component is found in China. 26:29.500 --> 26:36.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% The manufacturers, many of the 26:31.833 --> 26:39.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% solar panels and their manner 26:34.833 --> 26:41.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% of manufacturing releases more 26:36.766 --> 26:42.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% carbon into the atmosphere. 26:39.466 --> 26:44.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% The mining coal burning coal 26:41.466 --> 26:45.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% >> Many people would say that 26:42.566 --> 26:47.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% sounds like a stretch for the 26:44.633 --> 26:48.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% office of the state treasurer 26:45.333 --> 26:48.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% to be involved in. It seems 26:47.466 --> 26:50.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% like that would be underneath a 26:48.300 --> 26:52.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% different environment or a 26:48.933 --> 26:53.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% different cabinet level 26:50.300 --> 26:55.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% position. Energy environment 26:52.366 --> 26:58.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% or something else. Can you make 26:53.100 --> 27:00.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% that makes sense to the viewer 26:55.966 --> 27:02.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:35% at home? Sure. 26:58.766 --> 27:05.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% >> The state treasurer of 27:00.833 --> 27:06.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% Kentucky is mandated to report 27:02.866 --> 27:11.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% to the General Assembly about 27:05.833 --> 27:12.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% those businesses that are 27:06.466 --> 27:13.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% discriminating against fossil 27:11.933 --> 27:17.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% fuels. If I'm going to be 27:12.600 --> 27:18.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% active in advocating what some 27:13.300 --> 27:18.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% of the things that Kentucky 27:17.166 --> 27:23.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% does best, which is produce 27:18.266 --> 27:25.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% energy, then I'll be asking 27:18.933 --> 27:26.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% Kentucky's to take a second 27:23.033 --> 27:27.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% look at these esg movement that 27:25.100 --> 27:29.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% diminish the importance of 27:26.000 --> 27:30.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% fossil fuels. Not just to not 27:27.800 --> 27:35.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% just empowering Kentucky but 27:29.600 --> 27:36.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% impairing the United States. 27:30.400 --> 27:37.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% And the other thing to KET in 27:35.166 --> 27:39.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% mind is because many of the 27:36.066 --> 27:41.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% utilities in Kentucky are 27:37.733 --> 27:43.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% trying to make that transition 27:39.766 --> 27:44.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% solely to green technologies. 27:41.166 --> 27:45.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% The biggest impact has been 27:43.166 --> 27:49.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% felt in eastern Kentucky where 27:44.966 --> 27:50.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% the cost of huge electric 27:45.666 --> 27:51.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% utilities has gone up 18% this 27:49.000 --> 27:52.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:12.5% year. 27:50.133 --> 27:53.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% >> Well, thank you, Mister Mark 27:51.233 --> 27:55.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Metcalf. It's been a pleasure 27:52.866 --> 27:56.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% to sit with you on that side of 27:53.600 --> 27:59.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% the studio. We appreciate your 27:55.533 --> 28:00.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% time. Thank you. Thank you. 27:56.566 --> 28:01.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Renee, thank you for joining 27:59.600 --> 28:02.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% us today. KET, Kentucky. 28:00.900 --> 28:04.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% Tonight. We'll have the 28:01.500 --> 28:05.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% candidates and the statewide 28:02.166 --> 28:07.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% constitutional contests debate. 28:04.600 --> 28:10.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:27.5% The issues. 28:05.700 --> 28:11.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% >> And the races for the 28:07.566 --> 28:14.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% offices they seek. Make sure 28:10.433 --> 28:15.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% you tune NH Monday night in 28:11.100 --> 28:18.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% October at 8 Eastern 7 central 28:14.500 --> 28:19.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% for that and join me next week 28:15.333 --> 28:20.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% on connections. As we talk to 28:18.033 --> 28:23.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% the candidates running for 28:19.933 --> 28:23.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% state auditor, you can always 28:20.900 --> 28:24.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% connect with me all the ways 28:23.033 --> 28:27.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% you see on your screen and in 28:23.733 --> 28:32.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% the main time you take good 28:24.400 --> 28:36.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% care and I'll see you soon. 28:27.100 --> 28:41.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:2.5% ♪ 28:32.033 --> 28:46.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:2.5% ♪ 28:36.933 --> 28:52.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:2.5% ♪ 28:41.966 --> 29:02.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:2.5% ♪ 28:46.866 --> 29:02.066 align:start position:10% line:63.33% size:2.5% ♪ 28:52.000 --> 29:02.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:2.5% ♪