1 00:00:05,066 --> 00:00:10,100 [♪♪] 2 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:11,200 >> Bill: KENTUCKY BORN ACTOR 3 00:00:10,100 --> 00:00:13,000 GEORGE CLOONEY CALLS FOR 4 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:14,766 PRESIDENT BIDEN TO STEP ASIDE AS 5 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:17,000 THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE AS 6 00:00:14,766 --> 00:00:18,500 REPUBLICANS GET SET FOR THEIR 7 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,433 NATIONAL CONVENTION. 8 00:00:18,500 --> 00:00:22,100 THE SAFER KENTUCKY ACT GOES IN 9 00:00:20,433 --> 00:00:23,766 EFFECT MONDAY AND LOCAL 10 00:00:22,100 --> 00:00:25,300 OFFICIALS FACE DECISIONS. 11 00:00:23,766 --> 00:00:26,900 THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 12 00:00:25,300 --> 00:00:28,566 OUTLINES WHAT IT IS LOOKING FOR 13 00:00:26,900 --> 00:00:29,933 IN ITS PROBE OF KENTUCKY'S 14 00:00:28,566 --> 00:00:32,100 JUVENILE CORRECTIONS. 15 00:00:29,933 --> 00:00:35,733 PARENTS SEEK A RESTRAINING ORDER 16 00:00:32,100 --> 00:00:37,766 TO STOP TRANSPORTATION CUTS BY 17 00:00:35,733 --> 00:00:38,500 JCPS THE STATE'S LARGEST SCHOOL 18 00:00:37,766 --> 00:00:40,500 SYSTEM. 19 00:00:38,500 --> 00:00:45,766 BERYL BLOWS BY AND HEAT RETURNS 20 00:00:40,500 --> 00:00:54,933 AND COMMENT IS NEXT ON KET. 21 00:00:45,766 --> 00:00:56,266 [♪♪] 22 00:00:54,933 --> 00:00:58,266 GNGS I'M BILL BRYANT. 23 00:00:56,266 --> 00:01:01,366 AND WE WELCOME YOU TO "COMMENT 24 00:00:58,266 --> 00:01:02,966 ON KENTUCKY" A LOOK BACK AT AND 25 00:01:01,366 --> 00:01:03,966 SOME ANALYSIS OF THE WEEK'S NEWS 26 00:01:02,966 --> 00:01:06,266 IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE 27 00:01:03,966 --> 00:01:07,766 GUESTS ON OUR PANEL OF WORKING 28 00:01:06,266 --> 00:01:10,466 KENTUCKY JOURNALISTS TONIGHT ARE 29 00:01:07,766 --> 00:01:13,433 SYLVIA GOODMAN, CAPITAL REPORTER 30 00:01:10,466 --> 00:01:15,766 FOR KENTUCKY PUBLIC RADIO. 31 00:01:13,433 --> 00:01:17,500 JESS CLARK INVESTIGATIVE 32 00:01:15,766 --> 00:01:20,366 REPORTER FOR THE KENTUCKY CENTER 33 00:01:17,500 --> 00:01:22,733 FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING AND 34 00:01:20,366 --> 00:01:24,766 BILL ESTEP FOR THE LATINXION 35 00:01:22,733 --> 00:01:25,533 HERALD LEADER. 36 00:01:24,766 --> 00:01:26,933 TONIGHT FRANKFORT DISCUSSION 37 00:01:25,533 --> 00:01:29,166 ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 38 00:01:26,933 --> 00:01:30,866 AND WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE MOVING 39 00:01:29,166 --> 00:01:32,100 TO EASTERN KENTUCKY FROM BIG 40 00:01:30,866 --> 00:01:34,000 CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY. 41 00:01:32,100 --> 00:01:36,266 A LOT TO DISCUSS THIS EVENING. 42 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,533 KENTUCKY KEEPS FINDING ITSELF IN 43 00:01:36,266 --> 00:01:38,533 THE DIALOGUE ABOUT THE 44 00:01:37,533 --> 00:01:40,766 DEMOCRATIC RACE FOR PRESIDENT IF 45 00:01:38,533 --> 00:01:42,833 THERE IS A SHAKE-UP. 46 00:01:40,766 --> 00:01:45,033 GOVERNOR BESHEAR CONTINUES TO BE 47 00:01:42,833 --> 00:01:46,733 MENTIONED AS A POSSIBLE ADDITION 48 00:01:45,033 --> 00:01:48,600 TO THE NATIONAL TICKET. 49 00:01:46,733 --> 00:01:51,900 WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AND THIS 50 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:53,033 WEEK, KENTUCKY BORN MOVIE STAR 51 00:01:51,900 --> 00:01:55,466 GEORGE CLOONEY SAID PRESIDENT 52 00:01:53,033 --> 00:01:56,133 BIDEN SHOULD LEAVE THE RACE. 53 00:01:55,466 --> 00:01:57,633 BILL, INTERESTING THAT 54 00:01:56,133 --> 00:01:59,800 KENTUCKIANS ARE IN THE HIGH 55 00:01:57,633 --> 00:02:02,400 STAKES CONVERSATIONS. 56 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:03,966 CLOONEY HELPED BIDEN RAISE A 57 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:05,733 RECORD AMOUNT OF MONEY NOW SAYS 58 00:02:03,966 --> 00:02:07,700 THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BOW OUT. 59 00:02:05,733 --> 00:02:09,066 >> KENTUCKY'S HAD WITH MITCH 60 00:02:07,700 --> 00:02:10,966 McCONNELL IN LEADERSHIP THEY 61 00:02:09,066 --> 00:02:12,200 HAVE HAD A PLACE IN NATIONAL 62 00:02:10,966 --> 00:02:13,700 POLITICS AND THIS IS ANOTHER 63 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:15,266 EXAMPLE OF THAT. 64 00:02:13,700 --> 00:02:17,133 CLOONEY DID HAVE A FUNDRAISER 65 00:02:15,266 --> 00:02:20,133 AND RAISED A TON OF MONEY AND 66 00:02:17,133 --> 00:02:20,900 CAME OUT AND SAID BIDEN OUGHT TO 67 00:02:20,133 --> 00:02:22,633 DROPOUT. 68 00:02:20,900 --> 00:02:25,166 BIDEN'S PEOPLE SAID CLOONEY DID 69 00:02:22,633 --> 00:02:28,400 NOT STAY FOR THE WHOLE THING. 70 00:02:25,166 --> 00:02:30,000 AND HE DIDN'T GET A GOOD PICTURE 71 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,300 WHAT THE PRESIDENT WAS LIKE. 72 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:34,766 BIDEN SAID HE IS HANGING TOUGH 73 00:02:31,300 --> 00:02:36,733 AND STAYING IN THE RACE. 74 00:02:34,766 --> 00:02:37,266 >> Bill: ASHLEY JUDD MAKING A 75 00:02:36,733 --> 00:02:40,033 STATEMENT TODAY AS WELL. 76 00:02:37,266 --> 00:02:42,100 >> I THINK CLOONEY'S STATEMENT 77 00:02:40,033 --> 00:02:44,000 HAS MORE RELEVANCE THAN ASHLEY 78 00:02:42,100 --> 00:02:47,000 JUDD'S BECAUSE OF THE MONEY HIS 79 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:48,000 ROLE IN RAISING MONEY FOR 80 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,800 DEMOCRATIC CAUSES. 81 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,766 >> Bill: AND GOVERNOR BESHEAR'S 82 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:52,733 NAME KEEPS COMING UP HE IS 83 00:02:51,766 --> 00:02:54,366 PLANNING A TRIP TO IOWA. 84 00:02:52,733 --> 00:02:57,066 A GOOD REASON TO BELIEVE HE HAS 85 00:02:54,366 --> 00:02:58,666 SOME EYES ON 2028. 86 00:02:57,066 --> 00:03:00,100 BUT COULD CIRCUMSTANCES BE 87 00:02:58,666 --> 00:03:00,833 CREATING A DIFFERENT TIMETABLE 88 00:03:00,100 --> 00:03:03,033 FOR HIM? 89 00:03:00,833 --> 00:03:04,866 >> SURELY THEY COULD. 90 00:03:03,033 --> 00:03:06,666 IF IN FACT THE PRESIDENT DROPS 91 00:03:04,866 --> 00:03:08,133 OUT AND THEY HAVE TO FIND 92 00:03:06,666 --> 00:03:08,800 ANOTHER NOMINEE THERE'S TALK 93 00:03:08,133 --> 00:03:10,633 ABOUT VICE-PRESIDENT HARRIS AT 94 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:12,500 THE TOP OF THE TICKET AND 95 00:03:10,633 --> 00:03:14,366 BESHEAR AS A POTENTIAL VP 96 00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:15,833 CANDIDATE THERE'S LESS TALK 97 00:03:14,366 --> 00:03:16,800 ABOUT HIM BEING AT THE TOP OF 98 00:03:15,833 --> 00:03:19,366 THE TICKET. 99 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:20,933 BUT I MEAN, HE'S BEEN MAKING 100 00:03:19,366 --> 00:03:21,633 THESE MOVES AND THERE'S BEEN 101 00:03:20,933 --> 00:03:23,933 ATTENTION ON HIM. 102 00:03:21,633 --> 00:03:27,366 A LOT OF NATIONAL MEDIA COVERED 103 00:03:23,933 --> 00:03:29,533 THE GOVERNOR'S RACE BECAUSE 104 00:03:27,366 --> 00:03:30,733 BESHEAR AS A DEMOCRAT WON IN A 105 00:03:29,533 --> 00:03:31,966 DEEP RED STATE. 106 00:03:30,733 --> 00:03:33,066 RUNNING ON THE ISSUE OF ABORTION 107 00:03:31,966 --> 00:03:34,966 AND OTHERS. 108 00:03:33,066 --> 00:03:37,700 THERE WAS ALREADY ATTENTION TO 109 00:03:34,966 --> 00:03:39,133 HIM AND THIS HAS BUILT ON THAT. 110 00:03:37,700 --> 00:03:41,733 >> Bill: AUSTIN HORN DID A STORY 111 00:03:39,133 --> 00:03:43,566 WHICH BESHEAR WAS CAREFUL NOT TO 112 00:03:41,733 --> 00:03:45,066 DISCLAIM INTEREST IN NATIONAL 113 00:03:43,566 --> 00:03:46,433 POLITICS AND IS CAREFUL ABOUT 114 00:03:45,066 --> 00:03:47,866 INDICATING HE WANTS TO CONTINUE 115 00:03:46,433 --> 00:03:50,100 HIS JOB HERE IN KENTUCKY. 116 00:03:47,866 --> 00:03:51,200 SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO WATCH THE 117 00:03:50,100 --> 00:03:52,900 WORDING CAREFULLY, RIGHT? 118 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:55,000 >> OH, DEFINITELY. 119 00:03:52,900 --> 00:03:56,800 AND KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU WERE 120 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:59,100 SAYING IT'S NOT OUT OF THE BLUE 121 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:02,233 THAT HE HAS STARTED THROWING OUT 122 00:03:59,100 --> 00:04:03,833 NATIONAL FLAGS AFTER HE WON THE 123 00:04:02,233 --> 00:04:05,033 GOVERNOR'S RACE HE STARTED 124 00:04:03,833 --> 00:04:05,833 TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 125 00:04:05,033 --> 00:04:08,066 NATIONAL POLITICS. 126 00:04:05,833 --> 00:04:09,600 BEFORE HE WOULD NOT COMMENT ON 127 00:04:08,066 --> 00:04:10,233 BIDEN AND TRUMP NOT DURING THE 128 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,166 ELECTION. 129 00:04:10,233 --> 00:04:14,166 AND AFTER HE STARTED MAKING 130 00:04:12,166 --> 00:04:15,966 COMMENTS AND THAT SPEAKS TO HE'S 131 00:04:14,166 --> 00:04:18,066 BUMPING UP HIS NATIONAL IMAGE HE 132 00:04:15,966 --> 00:04:19,600 IS STARTING TO WEIGH-IN A LITTLE 133 00:04:18,066 --> 00:04:21,066 BIT MORE IN NATIONAL POLITICS 134 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:24,700 AND FLEX MUSCLES MORE. 135 00:04:21,066 --> 00:04:26,433 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HE KNOWS 136 00:04:24,700 --> 00:04:28,766 THAT ESPECIALLY 2024 IS NOT A 137 00:04:26,433 --> 00:04:30,733 GIVEN BY ANY MEANS LIKE WE WERE 138 00:04:28,766 --> 00:04:31,966 TALKING ABOUT BIDEN IS STAYING 139 00:04:30,733 --> 00:04:33,333 FIRM IN THE RACE. 140 00:04:31,966 --> 00:04:35,100 BUT AT THE SAME TIME HE WANTS TO 141 00:04:33,333 --> 00:04:36,300 KEEP OPTIONS OPEN WE'RE SEEING 142 00:04:35,100 --> 00:04:38,100 THAT WITH STATEMENTS. 143 00:04:36,300 --> 00:04:40,366 HE SAID SOMETHING LIKE I LOVE MY 144 00:04:38,100 --> 00:04:43,066 JOB HERE IN KENTUCKY BUT IF AN 145 00:04:40,366 --> 00:04:43,866 OPPORTUNITY CAME UP THAT I COULD 146 00:04:43,066 --> 00:04:45,700 SERVE KENTUCKIANS IN ANOTHER 147 00:04:43,866 --> 00:04:46,400 SPECIAL WAY, I WOULD BE OPEN TO 148 00:04:45,700 --> 00:04:47,900 IT. 149 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,600 SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. 150 00:04:47,900 --> 00:04:51,333 I DEFINITELY THINK THAT THERE'S 151 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:53,266 STILL SOME WIGGLE ROOM THERE. 152 00:04:51,333 --> 00:04:55,800 BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, 2024 IS 153 00:04:53,266 --> 00:04:58,733 NOT A SURE THING BY MY MEANS BUT 154 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:59,266 HIS EYES ARE STILL ON 2028 TO 155 00:04:58,733 --> 00:05:03,033 SOME EXTENT. 156 00:04:59,266 --> 00:05:05,566 >> REMEMBER HE SETUP A PACT 157 00:05:03,033 --> 00:05:07,366 BEFORE ALL THIS CAME UP. 158 00:05:05,566 --> 00:05:08,700 SETUP A PAC IN IT TOGETHER. 159 00:05:07,366 --> 00:05:09,300 >> IN THIS TOGETHER. 160 00:05:08,700 --> 00:05:12,833 >> YEAH. 161 00:05:09,300 --> 00:05:13,966 AND HE HAS BEEN TO DC TO MEET 162 00:05:12,833 --> 00:05:16,233 WITH HIGH PROFILE FUNDRAISER HE 163 00:05:13,966 --> 00:05:17,800 IS MAKING THESE MOVES BEFORE 164 00:05:16,233 --> 00:05:19,666 THIS CAME TO A HEAD IN THE LAST 165 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:21,266 COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH THE 166 00:05:19,666 --> 00:05:21,800 PRESIDENT BEING CALLED ON TO 167 00:05:21,266 --> 00:05:23,566 STEP DOWN. 168 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:25,100 >> Bill: HE IS OFF ON AN 169 00:05:23,566 --> 00:05:26,333 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRIP 170 00:05:25,100 --> 00:05:27,900 OVERSEAS RIGHT NOW. 171 00:05:26,333 --> 00:05:30,200 WHICH IS KIND OF INTERESTING 172 00:05:27,900 --> 00:05:31,666 TIMING IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THIS 173 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,166 DISCUSSION AND SPECULATION. 174 00:05:31,666 --> 00:05:35,233 >> I GUESS THAT WAS SCHEDULED 175 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:36,733 BEFORE THE BAD DEBATE 176 00:05:35,233 --> 00:05:37,766 PERFORMANCE BY BIDEN. 177 00:05:36,733 --> 00:05:39,833 >> Bill: ALL THAT IS INTERESTING 178 00:05:37,766 --> 00:05:40,966 AND WE'LL KEEP WATCH. 179 00:05:39,833 --> 00:05:43,633 AS THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 180 00:05:40,966 --> 00:05:45,433 CONVENTION IS SET TO KICKOFF 181 00:05:43,633 --> 00:05:48,000 NEXT WEEK IN MILWAUKEE. 182 00:05:45,433 --> 00:05:48,200 KENTUCKY IS 46 G.O.P. DELEGATES 183 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,533 GOING. 184 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:52,300 THEY ARE PART OF THE CONVENTION 185 00:05:49,533 --> 00:05:54,100 THAT WILL NOMINATE FORMER 186 00:05:52,300 --> 00:05:56,000 PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND 187 00:05:54,100 --> 00:05:56,466 UNITED FRONT IT APPEARS HEADING 188 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,933 TO MILWAUKEE. 189 00:05:56,466 --> 00:06:00,666 >> TRUMP'S BASE TRUMP HAS A FIRM 190 00:05:59,933 --> 00:06:02,200 BASE. 191 00:06:00,666 --> 00:06:04,966 X PERCENTAGE THAT WILL VOTE FOR 192 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:05,466 HIM DESPITE THE FACT HE IS A 193 00:06:04,966 --> 00:06:07,066 CONVICTED FELON. 194 00:06:05,466 --> 00:06:09,533 ALL THOSE THINGS, HE SAID 195 00:06:07,066 --> 00:06:12,100 SOMETHING IN THE 2016 RACE BEING 196 00:06:09,533 --> 00:06:15,533 ABLE TO KILL SOMEBODY AND BE 197 00:06:12,100 --> 00:06:17,366 ELECTED HE HAS A BASE THAT IS 198 00:06:15,533 --> 00:06:20,133 GOING TO PROVE THAT TRUE. 199 00:06:17,366 --> 00:06:22,200 >> Bill: AND CARRIED KENTUCKY IN 200 00:06:20,133 --> 00:06:22,966 '16 AND '20 AND HE IS STRONG IN 201 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:24,466 KENTUCKY IN POLLING. 202 00:06:22,966 --> 00:06:26,000 >> NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. 203 00:06:24,466 --> 00:06:29,133 >> Bill: WE GOT THE CONFIRMED 204 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:31,300 LIST OF SPEAKERS FOR THE FANCY 205 00:06:29,133 --> 00:06:31,866 FARM PICNIC AUGUST 3 IN WESTERN 206 00:06:31,300 --> 00:06:33,700 KENTUCKY. 207 00:06:31,866 --> 00:06:35,533 GOVERNOR BESHEAR AND LIEUTENANT 208 00:06:33,700 --> 00:06:37,933 GOVERNOR JACQUELINE COLEMAN AND 209 00:06:35,533 --> 00:06:39,200 THE STATE'S TWO HIGH PROFILE 210 00:06:37,933 --> 00:06:42,800 SENATORS McCONNELL AND PAUL 211 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:45,633 ARE LISTED AS TENTATIVE. 212 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:47,300 DON'T READ A LOT IN THAT AND 213 00:06:45,633 --> 00:06:49,566 THEY CONFIRM AND CONGRESSMAN 214 00:06:47,300 --> 00:06:51,166 JAMES COMER AND STATE-WIDE 215 00:06:49,566 --> 00:06:52,900 OFFICE HOLDERS ARE CONFIRMED. 216 00:06:51,166 --> 00:06:55,000 THERE WILL BE A LOT OF SPEECHES. 217 00:06:52,900 --> 00:06:56,866 AND JESS, THE CONSTITUTIONAL 218 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,733 AMENDMENT NOT A CANDIDATE BUT IT 219 00:06:56,866 --> 00:07:00,600 WILL BE ON THE BALLOT. 220 00:06:58,733 --> 00:07:04,100 AND SCHOOL CHOICE IS GOING TO 221 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:05,366 GET ITS OWN SET OF SPEECHES, 222 00:07:04,100 --> 00:07:07,566 REPRESENTATIVE STEVENSON AND 223 00:07:05,366 --> 00:07:07,866 SUSAN MILES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF 224 00:07:07,566 --> 00:07:09,366 THAT ISSUE. 225 00:07:07,866 --> 00:07:12,433 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 226 00:07:09,366 --> 00:07:14,033 SUSAN MILES IS THE LAWMAKER THAT 227 00:07:12,433 --> 00:07:15,633 SPONSORED THE CONSTITUTIONAL 228 00:07:14,033 --> 00:07:17,600 AMENDMENT IN THE LEGISLATURE. 229 00:07:15,633 --> 00:07:19,900 THIS IS THE AMENDMENT THAT WOULD 230 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:23,866 CHANGE THE KENTUCKY CONSTITUTION 231 00:07:19,900 --> 00:07:26,800 AND ALLOW THE STATE TO FUND 232 00:07:23,866 --> 00:07:29,066 PRIVATE SCHOOL TUITION OTHER 233 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:30,400 KINDS OF PRIVATE, NONPUBLIC 234 00:07:29,066 --> 00:07:31,433 SCHOOLS. 235 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:34,400 YEAH, THERE'S THE BATTLE LINES 236 00:07:31,433 --> 00:07:35,866 HAVE BEEN DRAWN FOR A WHILE ON 237 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,833 THIS ISSUE. 238 00:07:35,866 --> 00:07:39,800 STEVENSON IS ON THE OPPOSED TO 239 00:07:37,833 --> 00:07:42,833 AMENDMENT 2 AND I'M SURE WE CAN 240 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:44,566 EXPECT HER TO STICK TO THE 241 00:07:42,833 --> 00:07:46,933 DEMOCRAT'S LINE WHICH IS THAT IT 242 00:07:44,566 --> 00:07:47,400 TAKES MONEY FROM THE PUBLIC 243 00:07:46,933 --> 00:07:48,800 SCHOOLS. 244 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:49,900 THE EXISTING PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT 245 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:51,866 WE HAVE. 246 00:07:49,900 --> 00:07:55,166 IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING VENUE 247 00:07:51,866 --> 00:07:57,066 FOR MILES TO NAVIGATE BECAUSE 248 00:07:55,166 --> 00:07:59,866 MAYFIELD, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE 249 00:07:57,066 --> 00:08:01,433 FOLKS IN MAYFIELD HAVE A WHOLE 250 00:07:59,866 --> 00:08:02,633 LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO USE 251 00:08:01,433 --> 00:08:04,066 THINGS LIKE VOUCHERS. 252 00:08:02,633 --> 00:08:05,400 THERE IS NOT A LOT OF PRIVATE 253 00:08:04,066 --> 00:08:08,133 SCHOOLS IN THAT AREA. 254 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:10,533 SO SHE WILL HAVE TO NAVIGATE 255 00:08:08,133 --> 00:08:14,133 CAREFULLY IN THOSE AS A RURAL 256 00:08:10,533 --> 00:08:14,433 COMMUNITY EVEN THOUGH IT IS MORE 257 00:08:14,133 --> 00:08:15,800 REPUBLICAN. 258 00:08:14,433 --> 00:08:17,100 IT'S ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES 259 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:19,400 WHERE SCHOOL CHOICE DOESN'T 260 00:08:17,100 --> 00:08:19,666 ALWAYS NECESSARILY GAIN A LOT OF 261 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,400 TRACTION. 262 00:08:19,666 --> 00:08:23,333 >> Bill: AND WE REFER TO FANCY 263 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:25,800 FARM IS THE KICKOFF TO THE FALL 264 00:08:23,333 --> 00:08:26,133 CAMPAIGNS IN KENTUCKY AT LEAST 265 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:27,666 UNOFFICIALLY. 266 00:08:26,133 --> 00:08:29,433 AND THIS REALLY LOOKS TO BE 267 00:08:27,666 --> 00:08:32,333 OTHER THAN THE PRESIDENTIAL 268 00:08:29,433 --> 00:08:33,566 RACE, THE BIG ISSUE STATE-WIDE 269 00:08:32,333 --> 00:08:35,633 ON THE BALLOT. 270 00:08:33,566 --> 00:08:37,433 >> YOU'VE STARTED SEEING THE 271 00:08:35,633 --> 00:08:40,133 PUSH ON BOTH SIDES FOR THAT. 272 00:08:37,433 --> 00:08:41,733 YES, IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH 273 00:08:40,133 --> 00:08:43,833 SELL IN RURAL COUNTIES WHERE THE 274 00:08:41,733 --> 00:08:44,766 PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS THE 275 00:08:43,833 --> 00:08:46,400 BIGGEST EMPLOYER AND THAT'S WHY 276 00:08:44,766 --> 00:08:48,066 YOU SAW THE CAMPAIGN START IN 277 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:49,666 ONE OF THOSE AREAS. 278 00:08:48,066 --> 00:08:51,200 THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST IT. 279 00:08:49,666 --> 00:08:52,933 OUT OF THE HAZARD AREA AND IT'S 280 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:53,900 GOING TO BE A TOUGH SELL IN 281 00:08:52,933 --> 00:08:55,866 THOSE AREAS. 282 00:08:53,900 --> 00:08:57,200 >> Bill: THE SAFER KENTUCKY ACT 283 00:08:55,866 --> 00:08:59,266 TAKES EFFECT ON MONDAY AND THAT 284 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:01,033 IS A COMPREHENSIVE BILL THAT 285 00:08:59,266 --> 00:09:02,466 INCLUDES THREE STRIKES RULE FOR 286 00:09:01,033 --> 00:09:04,533 VIOLENT FELONIES. 287 00:09:02,466 --> 00:09:05,766 AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL PLANK 288 00:09:04,533 --> 00:09:07,966 MAYBE THE PART THAT MAKES 289 00:09:05,766 --> 00:09:08,200 SLEEPING IN MOST PUBLIC PLACES 290 00:09:07,966 --> 00:09:09,633 ILLEGAL. 291 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,900 AND COMMUNITIES ARE TRYING TO 292 00:09:09,633 --> 00:09:12,500 FIGURE OUT HOW THEY ARE GOING TO 293 00:09:10,900 --> 00:09:13,866 ENFORCE THE RULE. 294 00:09:12,500 --> 00:09:16,833 LEXINGTON'S POLICE CHIEF SAID 295 00:09:13,866 --> 00:09:17,666 THAT POLICE WILL TRY TO AVOID 296 00:09:16,833 --> 00:09:19,866 ARRESTING THE HOMELESS. 297 00:09:17,666 --> 00:09:21,833 >> IF EVERYBODY THINKS WE ARE 298 00:09:19,866 --> 00:09:24,833 GOING TO HANDLE THIS ONE WAY 299 00:09:21,833 --> 00:09:28,600 THEY ARE MISTAKEN. 300 00:09:24,833 --> 00:09:30,400 WE'VE HAD UNHOUSED PEOPLE HERE 301 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,500 PRIOR TO THIS BILL AND PRIOR TO 302 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:34,566 THIS LAW BEING PASSED. 303 00:09:31,500 --> 00:09:36,366 AND WE'VE ALWAYS DEALT WITH IT 304 00:09:34,566 --> 00:09:38,066 IN A COMPASSIONATE WAY AND WE 305 00:09:36,366 --> 00:09:39,800 WILL CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH IT. 306 00:09:38,066 --> 00:09:41,433 >> Bill: THERE IS A MECHANISM 307 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:44,400 THAT SAYS LOCALITIES CANNOT 308 00:09:41,433 --> 00:09:47,733 IGNORE THE NEW LAW THAT IS GOING 309 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:49,633 INTO EFFECT BUT IT APPEARS MOST 310 00:09:47,733 --> 00:09:50,633 CITIES DO NOT INTEND TO ROUNDUP 311 00:09:49,633 --> 00:09:52,833 THOSE WHO HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. 312 00:09:50,633 --> 00:09:55,300 >> THE CITIES WE'VE HEARD FROM 313 00:09:52,833 --> 00:09:57,700 SAID THEY DON'T INTEND TO CHANGE 314 00:09:55,300 --> 00:09:59,066 HOW THEY HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH 315 00:09:57,700 --> 00:10:00,933 HOMELESS POPULATIONS. 316 00:09:59,066 --> 00:10:02,666 THEY TEND TO STAY THE COURSE. 317 00:10:00,933 --> 00:10:05,333 LIKE YOU MENTIONED THERE IS AN 318 00:10:02,666 --> 00:10:06,800 ELEMENT OF THIS BILL THAT SAYS 319 00:10:05,333 --> 00:10:07,866 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS THE 320 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,433 RIGHT TO ENFORCE IT. 321 00:10:07,866 --> 00:10:11,900 HAS THE RIGHT TO FORCE CITIES 322 00:10:09,433 --> 00:10:14,066 THROUGH THE COURTS TO ENFORCE 323 00:10:11,900 --> 00:10:16,166 WHATEVER THE LAWMAKERS INTENDED. 324 00:10:14,066 --> 00:10:18,966 AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH INTEREST 325 00:10:16,166 --> 00:10:19,766 GROUPS THAT PUSHED THIS 326 00:10:18,966 --> 00:10:21,433 LEGISLATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY 327 00:10:19,766 --> 00:10:23,800 BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN EXAMPLES 328 00:10:21,433 --> 00:10:25,166 WHERE CITIES SAID I KNOW THE 329 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:26,966 STATE WANTS THIS BUT THIS DOES 330 00:10:25,166 --> 00:10:28,366 NOT FIT IN HOW WE WANT TO DEAL 331 00:10:26,966 --> 00:10:29,600 WITH THIS AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO 332 00:10:28,366 --> 00:10:32,066 DO IT. 333 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:33,100 WE HAVE NOT HEARD THAT FROM ANY 334 00:10:32,066 --> 00:10:34,933 CITIES. 335 00:10:33,100 --> 00:10:37,033 I WOULD NOT SAY WHAT THEY'VE 336 00:10:34,933 --> 00:10:39,666 SAID GOES TO THAT EXTENT. 337 00:10:37,033 --> 00:10:42,800 SOME ADVOCATES SAY THAT WHAT IS 338 00:10:39,666 --> 00:10:43,600 HAPPENING IN LOUISVILLE WITH 339 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:45,866 HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT CLEARINGS 340 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:47,833 AND CITATIONS OF HOMELESS PEOPLE 341 00:10:45,866 --> 00:10:49,266 IT ALREADY DOES THE SAME THING 342 00:10:47,833 --> 00:10:50,566 IS HOUSE BILL 5. 343 00:10:49,266 --> 00:10:51,133 I'VE HEARD THAT ARGUMENT FROM 344 00:10:50,566 --> 00:10:53,333 ADVOCATES. 345 00:10:51,133 --> 00:10:54,400 IT HAS TO DO WITH HOW MUCH 346 00:10:53,333 --> 00:10:56,500 APPETITE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 347 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:58,766 REALLY HAS IF HE FEELS IF 348 00:10:56,500 --> 00:11:01,133 RUSSELL COLEMAN FEELS THIS BILL 349 00:10:58,766 --> 00:11:02,366 IS NOT BEING FAITHFULLY CARRIED 350 00:11:01,133 --> 00:11:05,433 OUT IT DEPENDS. 351 00:11:02,366 --> 00:11:06,666 I WAS THINKING EARLIER I WOULD 352 00:11:05,433 --> 00:11:09,033 IMAGINE IT'S DIFFICULT TO PROVE 353 00:11:06,666 --> 00:11:10,233 IN COURT THAT CITIES AREN'T 354 00:11:09,033 --> 00:11:11,400 ENFORCING THIS PART OF THE BILL 355 00:11:10,233 --> 00:11:14,000 THAT THEY ARE NOT CHARGING 356 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:15,433 PEOPLE ENOUGH OR WHAT HAVE YOU 357 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,400 UNLESS THERE IS A POLICY ON THE 358 00:11:15,433 --> 00:11:17,566 BOOKS WHICH WE HAVE NOT SEEN NOT 359 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,933 YET. 360 00:11:17,566 --> 00:11:22,200 >> Bill: AND THE CITIES NOW ARE 361 00:11:20,933 --> 00:11:25,233 LED TO FIND SOME WAY TO DEAL 362 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:27,600 WITH THIS ISSUE. 363 00:11:25,233 --> 00:11:30,500 AND THEY ARE LEANING ON CHURCHES 364 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:31,866 AND PRIVATE GROUPS AND SO ON. 365 00:11:30,500 --> 00:11:35,566 BUT THERE JUST IS NOT A THE LOW 366 00:11:31,866 --> 00:11:35,933 OF DIRECT MONEY TO DEAL WITH THE 367 00:11:35,566 --> 00:11:37,800 HOMELESS ISSUE. 368 00:11:35,933 --> 00:11:39,433 >> THERE DEFINITELY IS NOT. 369 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:41,766 WE HEAR THAT CONSTANTLY. 370 00:11:39,433 --> 00:11:43,600 AT LEAST ADVOCACY GROUPS FEEL 371 00:11:41,766 --> 00:11:45,733 THEIR APPROACHES ARE WORKING THE 372 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,966 PEOPLE WHO COME INTO THEIR 373 00:11:45,733 --> 00:11:49,166 PROGRAMS THEY ARE BENEFITING BUT 374 00:11:46,966 --> 00:11:50,300 THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO 375 00:11:49,166 --> 00:11:51,366 HELP EVERYBODY. 376 00:11:50,300 --> 00:11:53,000 THIS ISSUE HOMELESSNESS HAS 377 00:11:51,366 --> 00:11:55,733 GROWN SINCE THE PANDEMIC. 378 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,933 THE NUMBERS ARE HARD TO PIN 379 00:11:55,733 --> 00:11:57,400 DOWN. 380 00:11:55,933 --> 00:11:59,600 BUT IT IS AN INCREASING ISSUE 381 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,466 AND BECOMING INCREASINGLY 382 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:01,666 VISIBLE AS WELL. 383 00:12:00,466 --> 00:12:03,800 AND I THINK THAT THERE IS A LOT 384 00:12:01,666 --> 00:12:05,866 OF APPETITE FOR SOLUTIONS. 385 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:07,000 BUT LIKE YOU SAID A LOT OF ONUS 386 00:12:05,866 --> 00:12:09,233 IS ON PRIVATE GROUPS. 387 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,866 AND THE WAY THEY HANDLE IT IS 388 00:12:09,233 --> 00:12:11,533 VERY DIFFERENT. 389 00:12:09,866 --> 00:12:12,933 AND SOMETIMES THERE ARE A LOT OF 390 00:12:11,533 --> 00:12:17,600 QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. 391 00:12:12,933 --> 00:12:19,300 AND I JUST DO WONDER IS THERE 392 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:21,400 PART OF THIS BILL IS THIS IDEA 393 00:12:19,300 --> 00:12:23,166 THAT IF YOU ARE HOMELESS ON THE 394 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:23,733 STREET THAT YOU NEED TO FIND 395 00:12:23,166 --> 00:12:27,133 SOMEWHERE TO GO. 396 00:12:23,733 --> 00:12:28,766 THAT YOU CAN'T BE THERE YOU NEED 397 00:12:27,133 --> 00:12:29,466 TO FIND SOMEWHERE AND MOVE 398 00:12:28,766 --> 00:12:30,500 ALONG. 399 00:12:29,466 --> 00:12:32,033 AND WHERE THEY OFTEN ARE 400 00:12:30,500 --> 00:12:33,333 EXPECTED TO GO IS PRIVATE 401 00:12:32,033 --> 00:12:33,600 SHELTERS THAT DON'T ALWAYS HAVE 402 00:12:33,333 --> 00:12:35,500 ROOM. 403 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,933 WHAT IS THE PUBLIC ROLE IN 404 00:12:35,500 --> 00:12:38,733 MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE DON'T 405 00:12:36,933 --> 00:12:40,933 GET ARRESTED FOR SOMETHING THEY 406 00:12:38,733 --> 00:12:42,600 DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER. 407 00:12:40,933 --> 00:12:45,966 >> Bill: AND SOMERSET IS 408 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:47,933 STARTING AN EFFORT TO DEAL WITH 409 00:12:45,966 --> 00:12:48,166 HOMELESSNESS AFTER HAVING LOST A 410 00:12:47,933 --> 00:12:50,066 SHELTER. 411 00:12:48,166 --> 00:12:50,966 >> IT CLOSED AND LOST ACCESS TO 412 00:12:50,066 --> 00:12:52,366 THEIR BUILDING. 413 00:12:50,966 --> 00:12:53,433 BUT THERE ARE GROUPS THAT 414 00:12:52,366 --> 00:12:56,433 STEPPED UP. 415 00:12:53,433 --> 00:12:57,866 ONE GROUP THAT IS WORKING ON 416 00:12:56,433 --> 00:12:59,533 SHELTER FOR HOMELESS VETERANS 417 00:12:57,866 --> 00:13:02,133 AND OTHERS ARE TRYING TO PICK UP 418 00:12:59,533 --> 00:13:03,300 THAT ISSUE AND MAKE A PLACE FOR 419 00:13:02,133 --> 00:13:04,066 FOLKS TO GO. 420 00:13:03,300 --> 00:13:05,533 >> Bill: INCREASINGLY AN ISSUE 421 00:13:04,066 --> 00:13:08,600 IN COMMUNITIES OF ALL SIZES. 422 00:13:05,533 --> 00:13:11,433 >> YOU USED TO THINK OF 423 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,666 HOMELESSNESS AS AN URBAN 424 00:13:11,433 --> 00:13:13,666 PROBLEM. 425 00:13:11,666 --> 00:13:15,300 THERE IS A LOT MORE I'M TOLD 426 00:13:13,666 --> 00:13:16,333 THERE'S MORE HOMELESSNESS IN 427 00:13:15,300 --> 00:13:19,033 RURAL AREAS NOW. 428 00:13:16,333 --> 00:13:20,433 I I'VE TALKED TO FOOD PANTRY 429 00:13:19,033 --> 00:13:24,166 OPERATORS WHO SAY THEY ARE 430 00:13:20,433 --> 00:13:26,066 SEEING MORE PEOPLE TO GET FOOD. 431 00:13:24,166 --> 00:13:27,233 >> Bill: AND THE KENTUCKY 432 00:13:26,066 --> 00:13:28,900 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TRACKS 433 00:13:27,233 --> 00:13:32,400 STUDENTS WHO ARE HOMELESS THAT 434 00:13:28,900 --> 00:13:32,800 HAS TO BE A TERRIBLE BARRIER TO 435 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:34,800 EDUCATION, RIGHT? 436 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:36,266 >> IT'S VERY HARD TO FOCUS ON 437 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,533 SCHOOL WORK WHEN YOU ARE WORRIED 438 00:13:36,266 --> 00:13:38,733 ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO 439 00:13:37,533 --> 00:13:40,300 SLEEP THAT NIGHT. 440 00:13:38,733 --> 00:13:42,433 WHERE YOUR NEXT MEAL IS GOING TO 441 00:13:40,300 --> 00:13:43,000 COME FROM. 442 00:13:42,433 --> 00:13:44,966 THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF 443 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,666 EDUCATION TRACKS THE NUMBER OF 444 00:13:44,966 --> 00:13:48,133 HOMELESS STUDENTS. 445 00:13:46,666 --> 00:13:49,766 LAST YEAR I BELIEVE IT WAS 446 00:13:48,133 --> 00:13:50,933 AROUND OVER 20,000 KENTUCKY 447 00:13:49,766 --> 00:13:52,500 STUDENTS WERE HOMELESS. 448 00:13:50,933 --> 00:13:54,700 AND LIKE BILL WAS SAYING THEY 449 00:13:52,500 --> 00:13:55,900 ARE NOT JUST IN JEFFERSON COUNTY 450 00:13:54,700 --> 00:13:57,033 THEY ARE SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT 451 00:13:55,900 --> 00:13:58,766 THE STATE. 452 00:13:57,033 --> 00:14:00,666 THERE'S HOMELESS STUDENTS IN ALL 453 00:13:58,766 --> 00:14:03,933 OF OUR COMMUNITIES. 454 00:14:00,666 --> 00:14:04,233 AND THAT 20,000 IS LIKELY AN 455 00:14:03,933 --> 00:14:06,300 UNDER COUNT. 456 00:14:04,233 --> 00:14:07,066 THERE WERE ACTUALLY MORE 457 00:14:06,300 --> 00:14:07,833 HOMELESS STUDENTS COUNTED BEFORE 458 00:14:07,066 --> 00:14:09,733 THE PANDEMIC. 459 00:14:07,833 --> 00:14:11,900 WE KNOW THAT HOMELESSNESS HAS 460 00:14:09,733 --> 00:14:13,833 INCREASED SINCE THEN SO THERE'S 461 00:14:11,900 --> 00:14:15,766 LIKELY A LOT MORE STUDENTS THAT 462 00:14:13,833 --> 00:14:16,733 WE DO NOT HAVE EYES ON. 463 00:14:15,766 --> 00:14:17,833 >> Bill: SO MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR 464 00:14:16,733 --> 00:14:19,266 THE STATE. 465 00:14:17,833 --> 00:14:21,466 THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 466 00:14:19,266 --> 00:14:23,433 LAID OUT ITS INTENTIONS THIS 467 00:14:21,466 --> 00:14:24,533 WEEK WITH ITS PROBE OF 468 00:14:23,433 --> 00:14:25,166 KENTUCKY'S JUVENILE CORRECTIONS 469 00:14:24,533 --> 00:14:27,733 SYSTEM. 470 00:14:25,166 --> 00:14:29,300 AND STATE AUDITOR BALL TALKEDDED 471 00:14:27,733 --> 00:14:31,266 WITH ME ABOUT SEVERAL ISSUES 472 00:14:29,300 --> 00:14:32,666 INCLUDING THE FINDINGS IN HER 473 00:14:31,266 --> 00:14:34,166 AUDIT THAT PARTIALLY PROMPTED 474 00:14:32,666 --> 00:14:37,566 THIS DOJ PROBE. 475 00:14:34,166 --> 00:14:40,700 >> SO THESE ARE KIDS USUALLY 476 00:14:37,566 --> 00:14:45,866 AWAITING TRIAL AGES 13 TO 17 FOR 477 00:14:40,700 --> 00:14:47,600 THE MOST PART. 478 00:14:45,866 --> 00:14:48,566 AND EXCESSIVE USE-OF-FORCE 479 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:52,033 AGAINST THESE CHILDREN. 480 00:14:48,566 --> 00:14:54,900 LOTS OF USE OF PEPPER SPRAY, IT 481 00:14:52,033 --> 00:14:56,366 WAS ALMOST 74 TIMES THE AMOUNT 482 00:14:54,900 --> 00:14:57,866 OF PEPPER SPRAY USED ON ADULTS 483 00:14:56,366 --> 00:14:59,933 IN FEDERAL PRISON. 484 00:14:57,866 --> 00:15:01,866 EXCESSIVE AND ABUSIVE USE OF 485 00:14:59,933 --> 00:15:02,833 PEPPER SPRAY. 486 00:15:01,866 --> 00:15:04,166 EXCESSIVE USE OF PUTTING 487 00:15:02,833 --> 00:15:06,500 CHILDREN IN ISOLATION THAT IS 488 00:15:04,166 --> 00:15:08,000 SUPPOSED TO BE USED TO 489 00:15:06,500 --> 00:15:09,766 DEESCALATE PROBLEMS AND ALSO 490 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,433 USED AS PUNISHMENT. 491 00:15:09,766 --> 00:15:12,366 >> Bill: A LOT OF EYES ON THIS 492 00:15:11,433 --> 00:15:14,833 ISSUE RIGHT NOW. 493 00:15:12,366 --> 00:15:16,800 THE DOJ INDICATED IT WANTS TO 494 00:15:14,833 --> 00:15:18,633 FIND SOLUTIONS THAT CAN IMPROVE 495 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:20,666 THE SITUATION IN KENTUCKY WITH 496 00:15:18,633 --> 00:15:23,466 ITS MAJOR PROBLEMS. 497 00:15:20,666 --> 00:15:24,333 >> JOHN HAS DONE A LOT OF 498 00:15:23,466 --> 00:15:27,533 REPORTING ON THIS. 499 00:15:24,333 --> 00:15:28,966 THERE WAS A CONFERENCE CALL WITH 500 00:15:27,533 --> 00:15:30,500 DOJ OFFICIALS AND PARENTS THAT 501 00:15:28,966 --> 00:15:32,500 WERE INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE AND 502 00:15:30,500 --> 00:15:34,966 SAID IT COULD TAKE UP TO A YEAR 503 00:15:32,500 --> 00:15:36,633 AND THEY KIND OF CAUTIONED THE 504 00:15:34,966 --> 00:15:38,366 PARENTS TO BE PATIENT IT MAY 505 00:15:36,633 --> 00:15:39,933 LOOK LIKE THEY ARE NOT DOING 506 00:15:38,366 --> 00:15:41,366 ANYTHING AS THEY ARE GATHERING 507 00:15:39,933 --> 00:15:42,200 RECORDS BUT THEY WERE MAKING 508 00:15:41,366 --> 00:15:44,133 PROGRESS. 509 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:46,100 THE GOAL THEY ARE INVESTIGATING 510 00:15:44,133 --> 00:15:48,900 CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS LIKE THE 511 00:15:46,100 --> 00:15:50,300 AUDITOR TALKED ABOUT. 512 00:15:48,900 --> 00:15:52,500 AND ULTIMATELY IT'S NOT CLEAR 513 00:15:50,300 --> 00:15:54,233 HOW IT TURNS OUT. 514 00:15:52,500 --> 00:15:55,233 WHETHER THEY COME UP WITH A 515 00:15:54,233 --> 00:15:56,366 CONSENT DECREE, WHETHER THE 516 00:15:55,233 --> 00:15:58,900 STATE DEGREES. 517 00:15:56,366 --> 00:16:01,233 THEY DID SAY THE STATE IS 518 00:15:58,900 --> 00:16:02,200 COOPERATING WITH THEIR WORK SO 519 00:16:01,233 --> 00:16:03,033 FAR. 520 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:03,766 SO THERE COULD BE A CONSENT 521 00:16:03,033 --> 00:16:06,166 DECREE. 522 00:16:03,766 --> 00:16:07,800 HERE IS HOW WE CAN FIX THIS. 523 00:16:06,166 --> 00:16:10,300 THERE COULD BE A LAWSUIT. 524 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,666 THERE ARE POTENTIAL DIFFERENT 525 00:16:10,300 --> 00:16:13,000 OUTCOMES. 526 00:16:10,666 --> 00:16:14,466 >> Bill: OFTEN THE BLAME GAME IN 527 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:16,800 FRANKFORT BUT IT SEEMS TO BE THE 528 00:16:14,466 --> 00:16:18,266 LEGISLATURE AND THE EXECUTIVE 529 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:18,466 BRANCH KNOW THERE'S WORK TO BE 530 00:16:18,266 --> 00:16:20,566 DONE. 531 00:16:18,466 --> 00:16:21,700 >> THERE'S BLAME GAME GOING 532 00:16:20,566 --> 00:16:23,900 AROUND IT'S WORTH NOTING THERE 533 00:16:21,700 --> 00:16:26,366 IS A NEW COMMISSIONER I THINK HE 534 00:16:23,900 --> 00:16:27,166 HAS BEEN ON FOR A COUPLE MONTHS. 535 00:16:26,366 --> 00:16:28,900 RANDY WHITE. 536 00:16:27,166 --> 00:16:31,133 SO I THINK THAT WITH THAT NEW 537 00:16:28,900 --> 00:16:32,733 LEADERSHIP THERE'S THE IDEA THAT 538 00:16:31,133 --> 00:16:33,400 IT'S NOT HIS FAULT WHAT'S 539 00:16:32,733 --> 00:16:36,266 HAPPENED. 540 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:38,166 HE DEFINITELY HAS A LOT TO THAT 541 00:16:36,266 --> 00:16:39,533 HE WANTS TO MAKEUP GROUND. 542 00:16:38,166 --> 00:16:41,466 AND THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT 543 00:16:39,533 --> 00:16:41,966 THIS DOJ INVESTIGATION COULD 544 00:16:41,466 --> 00:16:44,133 HELP. 545 00:16:41,966 --> 00:16:46,100 I THINK THAT IS ALSO PART OF IT 546 00:16:44,133 --> 00:16:47,500 THAT NEW LEADERSHIP ELEMENT. 547 00:16:46,100 --> 00:16:48,666 >> Bill: SUMMER IS MOVING ALONG. 548 00:16:47,500 --> 00:16:49,933 SCHOOLS ARE GETTING READY FOR 549 00:16:48,666 --> 00:16:50,566 THE NEW YEAR. 550 00:16:49,933 --> 00:16:53,366 IT WON'T BELONG. 551 00:16:50,566 --> 00:16:54,333 THE STATE'S LARGEST SYSTEM IS 552 00:16:53,366 --> 00:16:55,266 JEFFERSON COUNTY WHERE THE 553 00:16:54,333 --> 00:16:57,633 CHALLENGES ARE BIG. 554 00:16:55,266 --> 00:16:59,700 JESS, THERE'S RECENT DATA ON THE 555 00:16:57,633 --> 00:17:01,500 POTENTIAL IMPACT OF CHANGES THAT 556 00:16:59,700 --> 00:17:02,600 ARE PROPOSED FOR THE SCHOOL 557 00:17:01,500 --> 00:17:04,966 TRANSPORTATION AND NOW THERE IS 558 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:05,366 A REQUEST BY PARENTS FOR A 559 00:17:04,966 --> 00:17:06,100 RESTRAINING ORDER. 560 00:17:05,366 --> 00:17:08,800 >> RIGHT. 561 00:17:06,100 --> 00:17:10,300 SO THESE ARE THE PARENTS THAT 562 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:13,833 FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE 563 00:17:10,300 --> 00:17:15,833 DISTRICT EARLIER THIS MONTH. 564 00:17:13,833 --> 00:17:18,766 ACTUALLY IN JUNE. 565 00:17:15,833 --> 00:17:20,066 OVER THE CUTS TO MAGNET 566 00:17:18,766 --> 00:17:22,933 TRANSPORTATION. 567 00:17:20,066 --> 00:17:24,500 AND NOW THEY'VE ASKED THE JUDGE 568 00:17:22,933 --> 00:17:26,100 TO BLOCK THE DISTRICT FROM 569 00:17:24,500 --> 00:17:28,300 IMPLEMENTING THOSE CUTS THAT 570 00:17:26,100 --> 00:17:30,600 THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF 571 00:17:28,300 --> 00:17:30,800 ENACTING AHEAD OF THE SCHOOL 572 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,433 YEAR. 573 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:35,833 >> Bill: AND THE DATA THAT YOU 574 00:17:33,433 --> 00:17:37,333 LOOKED INTO, DOES INDICATE THAT 575 00:17:35,833 --> 00:17:37,566 SOME THERE ARE SOME GROUPS AT 576 00:17:37,333 --> 00:17:38,800 RISK? 577 00:17:37,566 --> 00:17:40,600 >> RIGHT. 578 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:42,166 AND THAT IS THE ARGUMENT THESE 579 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:45,233 PARENTS HAVE BEEN MAKING IS THAT 580 00:17:42,166 --> 00:17:46,733 THE CUTS ARE DISCRIMINATORY 581 00:17:45,233 --> 00:17:49,366 AGAINST STUDENTS OF COLOR AND 582 00:17:46,733 --> 00:17:51,366 LOW INCOME STUDENTS BECAUSE 583 00:17:49,366 --> 00:17:54,633 STUDENTS WHO DONTSD'S HAVE THE 584 00:17:51,366 --> 00:17:56,633 RESOURCES TO GET TO MAGNET 585 00:17:54,633 --> 00:17:59,766 SCHOOLS ON THEIR OWN WILL BE THE 586 00:17:56,633 --> 00:18:02,000 MOST IMPACTED BECAUSE OF THE WAY 587 00:17:59,766 --> 00:18:03,466 OUR SOCIOECONOMIC LANDSCAPE IS 588 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,833 THAT IS STUDENTS OF COLOR. 589 00:18:03,466 --> 00:18:07,700 AND SOMETHING THAT COMMUNITY 590 00:18:04,833 --> 00:18:09,900 LEADERS HAVE BEEN WARNING SINCE 591 00:18:07,700 --> 00:18:11,300 WE STARTED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT 592 00:18:09,900 --> 00:18:14,600 CUTTING MAGNET TRANSPORTATION. 593 00:18:11,300 --> 00:18:16,600 I GOT DATA BACK FROM JCPS 594 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:18,166 SHOWING ALL THE ABOUT A THOUSAND 595 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,966 STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY SAYING 596 00:18:18,166 --> 00:18:21,033 I HAVE TO LEAVE MY SCHOOL AHEAD 597 00:18:19,966 --> 00:18:24,133 OF NEXT YEAR. 598 00:18:21,033 --> 00:18:26,066 AND THE DATA SHOWS WHAT 599 00:18:24,133 --> 00:18:27,833 COMMUNITY LEADERS HAVE BEEN 600 00:18:26,066 --> 00:18:29,133 WARNING THAT THE IMPACT IS 601 00:18:27,833 --> 00:18:31,800 FALLING MOST HEAVILY ON STUDENTS 602 00:18:29,133 --> 00:18:33,266 OF COLOR, BLACK STUDENTS AND LOW 603 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:35,100 INCOME STUDENTS ARE TWICE AS 604 00:18:33,266 --> 00:18:35,333 LIKELY TO HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR 605 00:18:35,100 --> 00:18:37,366 SCHOOL. 606 00:18:35,333 --> 00:18:39,900 >> Bill: THIS IS JUST AN OVERALL 607 00:18:37,366 --> 00:18:40,900 SHORTAGE OF BUS DRIVERS AND THE 608 00:18:39,900 --> 00:18:42,300 ABILITY OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO 609 00:18:40,900 --> 00:18:43,200 GET STUDENTS TO THEIR SCHOOLS. 610 00:18:42,300 --> 00:18:45,200 >> RIGHT. 611 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:47,933 THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS THE MONEY 612 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:49,500 TO HIRE MORE BUS DRIVERS TO 613 00:18:47,933 --> 00:18:52,100 DRIVE KIDS TO SCHOOL BUT THEY 614 00:18:49,500 --> 00:18:54,100 CANNOT HIRE ENOUGH BUS DRIVERS. 615 00:18:52,100 --> 00:18:55,633 I THINK FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO 616 00:18:54,100 --> 00:18:57,900 THEY HAD A THOUSAND BUS DRIVERS 617 00:18:55,633 --> 00:19:02,400 AND A THOUSAND ROUTES. 618 00:18:57,900 --> 00:19:03,500 RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE LIKE 570 619 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,533 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 620 00:19:03,500 --> 00:19:07,233 AND SO THEY HAVE ABOUT HALF THE 621 00:19:05,533 --> 00:19:08,866 DRIVERS THAT THEY HAD 10 YEARS 622 00:19:07,233 --> 00:19:10,533 AGO OR LESS THAN 10 YEARS AGO 623 00:19:08,866 --> 00:19:11,866 AND TRYING TO TRANSPORT THE SAME 624 00:19:10,533 --> 00:19:12,800 NUMBER OF STUDENTS. 625 00:19:11,866 --> 00:19:14,200 >> Bill: THE COMMITTEE CREATED 626 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:18,000 BY THE LEGISLATURE TO LOOK AT 627 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:18,966 THE FUTURE OF JCPS IS READY TO 628 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,633 BEGIN ITS WORK NEXT WEEK. 629 00:19:18,966 --> 00:19:22,833 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 630 00:19:20,633 --> 00:19:24,000 MONDAY THE EFFICIENT AND 631 00:19:22,833 --> 00:19:25,300 EFFECTIVE DISTRICT GOVERNANCE 632 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:25,800 TASK FORCE WILL MEET FOR THE 633 00:19:25,300 --> 00:19:28,633 FIRST TIME. 634 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:29,700 THIS IS THE TASK FORCE THAT WAS 635 00:19:28,633 --> 00:19:30,800 CONTROVERSIAL DURING THE 636 00:19:29,700 --> 00:19:33,366 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 637 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:37,700 IT WAS FORMED BY REPUBLICANS 638 00:19:33,366 --> 00:19:41,000 STATE LAWMAKERS WHO SAY LOOK AT 639 00:19:37,700 --> 00:19:42,100 IN LIGHT OF THE JCPS' RECENT 640 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,800 STRUGGLES WITH TRANSPORTATION, 641 00:19:42,100 --> 00:19:45,600 THIS IS THE TIME TO DO SOMETHING 642 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:48,166 TO LOOK UNDER THE HOOD TO MAYBE 643 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:51,333 MAKE CHANGES TO JCPS AND MAYBE 644 00:19:48,166 --> 00:19:53,800 CHANGE THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE. 645 00:19:51,333 --> 00:19:55,100 DEMOCRATS AND OTHER FOLKS WHO 646 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:57,300 ARE NERVOUS ABOUT THIS TASK 647 00:19:55,100 --> 00:20:00,166 FORCE ARE WORRIED THAT IT MIGHT 648 00:19:57,300 --> 00:20:02,300 BE USED AS A WAY TO BREAK UP 649 00:20:00,166 --> 00:20:03,466 JCPS SOMETHING THAT SOME 650 00:20:02,300 --> 00:20:06,233 REPUBLICANS HAVE ALREADY SAID 651 00:20:03,466 --> 00:20:06,866 PUBLICLY THAT THEY WOULD 652 00:20:06,233 --> 00:20:08,666 SUPPORT. 653 00:20:06,866 --> 00:20:10,266 SO, YEAH, THAT TASK FORCE IS 654 00:20:08,666 --> 00:20:12,233 GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF EYES ON 655 00:20:10,266 --> 00:20:14,533 IT THEY BEGIN THEIR WORK MONDAY 656 00:20:12,233 --> 00:20:15,800 AND THERE ARE ALREADY CONCERNS 657 00:20:14,533 --> 00:20:17,266 ABOUT TRANSPARENCY. 658 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:18,200 >> Bill: WELL, IS THERE ANYTHING 659 00:20:17,266 --> 00:20:22,966 WHY IS THAT? 660 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:24,733 >> WELL, SO THE TASK FORCE HAS 661 00:20:22,966 --> 00:20:27,066 FOUR CITIZEN MEMBERS. 662 00:20:24,733 --> 00:20:28,500 THEY SELECTED THOSE FROM A 663 00:20:27,066 --> 00:20:30,566 NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS 664 00:20:28,500 --> 00:20:32,000 COULD SUBMIT APPLICATIONS TO BE 665 00:20:30,566 --> 00:20:33,100 CONSIDERED BY LAWMAKERS TO BE 666 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,233 PUT ON THE TASK FORCE. 667 00:20:33,100 --> 00:20:35,633 ABOUT 40 PEOPLE SUBMITTED 668 00:20:35,233 --> 00:20:37,566 APPLICATIONS. 669 00:20:35,633 --> 00:20:39,133 FOUR PEOPLE WERE CHOSEN. 670 00:20:37,566 --> 00:20:41,266 BUT LAWMAKERS WILL NOT TURNOVER 671 00:20:39,133 --> 00:20:43,366 THE NAMES OR THE APPLICATION 672 00:20:41,266 --> 00:20:43,533 MATERIALS OF EVERYONE. 673 00:20:43,366 --> 00:20:45,766 AND. 674 00:20:43,533 --> 00:20:46,933 >> Bill: IS A REASON GIVEN? 675 00:20:45,766 --> 00:20:51,366 >> NO -- 676 00:20:46,933 --> 00:20:53,800 THE REASON SO KYCAR ASKED FOR 677 00:20:51,366 --> 00:20:55,866 THE MATERIALS AND THE LRC SAYS 678 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:57,900 WE'RE CONSIDERING THEM LIKE JOB 679 00:20:55,866 --> 00:21:00,200 APPLICATIONS SO YOU ARE NOT 680 00:20:57,900 --> 00:21:02,500 ENTITLED TO THOSE MATERIALS. 681 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:04,466 SO IT'S JUST GIVEN SOME PAUSE TO 682 00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:05,700 PEOPLE WHO ARE WORRIED THAT 683 00:21:04,466 --> 00:21:08,066 LAWMAKERS MAY BE TRYING TO STACK 684 00:21:05,700 --> 00:21:09,866 THE COMMITTEE AND IF WE KNEW WHO 685 00:21:08,066 --> 00:21:11,633 ELSE WANTED TO BE ON THIS 686 00:21:09,866 --> 00:21:13,000 COMMITTEE WE MAY HAVE MORE 687 00:21:11,633 --> 00:21:13,633 INFORMATION ABOUT KIND OF THE 688 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,300 APPLICANT POOL. 689 00:21:13,633 --> 00:21:18,666 >> Bill: A LOT TO WATCH ON THAT. 690 00:21:15,300 --> 00:21:19,966 KENTUCKY STATE AUDITOR BALL SENT 691 00:21:18,666 --> 00:21:21,200 A DEMAND LETTER TO THE BESHEAR 692 00:21:19,966 --> 00:21:23,000 ADMINISTRATION AND SAYS THE 693 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,133 CABINET FOR FAMILIES AND 694 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,833 CHILDREN IS WITHHOLDING 695 00:21:24,133 --> 00:21:27,133 INFORMATION THAT SHE NEEDS THAT 696 00:21:25,833 --> 00:21:32,133 COMES AFTER LEGISLATION MOVED 697 00:21:27,133 --> 00:21:32,700 THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CHILD 698 00:21:32,133 --> 00:21:33,766 ENFORCEMENT CHILD SUPPORT 699 00:21:32,700 --> 00:21:35,000 ENFORCEMENT FROM THE GOVERNOR'S 700 00:21:33,766 --> 00:21:36,533 OFFICE TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 701 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,366 AND TO HER OFFICE, RIGHT? 702 00:21:36,533 --> 00:21:40,533 >> SURE. 703 00:21:37,366 --> 00:21:43,700 IT MOVED THIS ENTIRE OMBUDSMAN'S 704 00:21:40,533 --> 00:21:46,566 OFFICE TO THE AUDITOR. 705 00:21:43,700 --> 00:21:48,833 THEY DO OVERSIGHT INVESTIGATIONS 706 00:21:46,566 --> 00:21:51,000 OF THE HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT 707 00:21:48,833 --> 00:21:52,200 THE CABINET DOES AND THE 708 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,166 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY-BASED 709 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:55,566 SERVICES DOES. 710 00:21:53,166 --> 00:21:58,266 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOSTER CARE, 711 00:21:55,566 --> 00:22:00,033 LIKE YOU SAID, CHILD PROTECTION 712 00:21:58,266 --> 00:22:01,233 ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS 713 00:22:00,033 --> 00:22:02,800 THAT THEY TAKE CARE OF. 714 00:22:01,233 --> 00:22:06,300 AND THEY SPECIFICALLY WANT 715 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:07,766 ACCESS TO THIS SYSTEM THAT HAS 716 00:22:06,300 --> 00:22:09,666 THE DATA THEY NEED. 717 00:22:07,766 --> 00:22:10,733 BESHEAR HAS NOT BEEN WILLING TO 718 00:22:09,666 --> 00:22:12,466 GIVE IT TO THEM. 719 00:22:10,733 --> 00:22:15,266 AND YOU KNOW BESHEAR SAID IT HAS 720 00:22:12,466 --> 00:22:17,166 TO DO WITH STATUTE THERE IS A 721 00:22:15,266 --> 00:22:18,433 LIMIT STATION ON HIS ABILITY TO 722 00:22:17,166 --> 00:22:19,833 SHARE THAT ACCESS. 723 00:22:18,433 --> 00:22:20,833 IT IS KIND OF THIS CONTEST 724 00:22:19,833 --> 00:22:23,033 BETWEEN THE TWO. 725 00:22:20,833 --> 00:22:24,166 WE'LL SEE IF IT GETS RESOLVED. 726 00:22:23,033 --> 00:22:25,166 >> Bill: SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT 727 00:22:24,166 --> 00:22:27,466 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THIS 728 00:22:25,166 --> 00:22:28,833 WEEK IN FRANKFORT I'M NOT SURE 729 00:22:27,466 --> 00:22:30,000 ANYTHING WAS RESOLVED THERE ARE 730 00:22:28,833 --> 00:22:32,100 CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS. 731 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,233 >> IT IS A TASK FORCE SO IT'S 732 00:22:32,100 --> 00:22:34,866 JUST THE FIRST MEETING THEY ARE 733 00:22:33,233 --> 00:22:38,066 LAYING OUT THE FRAMEWORK. 734 00:22:34,866 --> 00:22:39,366 BUT THERE IS A LOT OF ANXIETY 735 00:22:38,066 --> 00:22:40,400 PERHAPS RIGHTFULLY SO AROUND 736 00:22:39,366 --> 00:22:43,633 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND IF 737 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:46,366 THERE ARE ANY BUMPERS AROUND IT 738 00:22:43,633 --> 00:22:47,500 KEEPING IT SOMEWHAT REGULATED. 739 00:22:46,366 --> 00:22:49,133 AND NATIONALLY THERE HAS BEEN 740 00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:51,133 LITTLE MOVEMENT ON THAT FRONT. 741 00:22:49,133 --> 00:22:52,833 SO I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF 742 00:22:51,133 --> 00:22:53,700 ANXIETY ON THE STATE LEVEL TO 743 00:22:52,833 --> 00:22:55,366 MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN. 744 00:22:53,700 --> 00:22:57,133 WE'LL SEE IF THAT HAPPENS HERE 745 00:22:55,366 --> 00:22:58,900 OR IF THEY COME TO CONCLUSIONS 746 00:22:57,133 --> 00:23:00,333 IN THE TASK FORCE WE ARE HAVING 747 00:22:58,900 --> 00:23:00,766 THE BEGINNINGS OF THOSE 748 00:23:00,333 --> 00:23:02,200 CONVERSATIONS. 749 00:23:00,766 --> 00:23:04,066 >> Bill: BILL A NEW FEDERAL 750 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:05,066 PRISON APPEARS CLOSER TO REALITY 751 00:23:04,066 --> 00:23:08,333 IN EASTERN KENTUCKY. 752 00:23:05,066 --> 00:23:10,266 >> YEAH, THE BUREAU OF PRISONS 753 00:23:08,333 --> 00:23:12,100 ISSUED THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL 754 00:23:10,266 --> 00:23:12,400 IMPACT WHICH CLEARED IT TO BE 755 00:23:12,100 --> 00:23:14,966 BUILT. 756 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:16,966 AND IT STARTS THERE IS A COMMENT 757 00:23:14,966 --> 00:23:19,066 PERIOD THAT STARTS TODAY. 758 00:23:16,966 --> 00:23:20,533 THERE IS A LOCAL GROUP PUSHING 759 00:23:19,066 --> 00:23:23,766 FOR THIS FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS NOW 760 00:23:20,533 --> 00:23:25,433 AS A WAY TO TRY TO BOOST THE 761 00:23:23,766 --> 00:23:26,900 ECONOMY BUT THERE'S OPPOSITION 762 00:23:25,433 --> 00:23:28,533 WITH FOLKS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL 763 00:23:26,900 --> 00:23:30,700 CONCERNS AND FOLKS OPPOSED TO 764 00:23:28,533 --> 00:23:31,900 THE HIGH INCARCERATION RATES IN 765 00:23:30,700 --> 00:23:34,266 THE COUNTRY. 766 00:23:31,900 --> 00:23:36,133 THE NEXT THE FINAL STEP WOULD BE 767 00:23:34,266 --> 00:23:36,833 A DECISION BY THE BUREAU OF 768 00:23:36,133 --> 00:23:39,033 PRISONS. 769 00:23:36,833 --> 00:23:40,533 >> Bill: YOU DID A FASCINATING 770 00:23:39,033 --> 00:23:42,166 STORY HOW NEW RESIDENTS ARE 771 00:23:40,533 --> 00:23:43,833 BEING LURED TO EASTERN KENTUCKY 772 00:23:42,166 --> 00:23:45,066 AND COMING FROM CITIES TAMPA AND 773 00:23:43,833 --> 00:23:46,600 NEW YORK AND PLACES. 774 00:23:45,066 --> 00:23:47,666 >> WE TALKED TO A NUMBER OF 775 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:50,200 PEOPLE THAT PEOPLE ARE MOVING 776 00:23:47,666 --> 00:23:52,900 FROM PLACES OF HIGHER TAXES, 777 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:54,100 HIGHER HOUSING COSTS, CONCERNS 778 00:23:52,900 --> 00:23:56,166 ABOUT CRIME AND TRAFFIC TRYING 779 00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:57,100 TO GET TO PLACES WITH MORELLE 780 00:23:56,166 --> 00:23:59,933 BOW ROOM. 781 00:23:57,100 --> 00:24:02,066 LOWER HOUSING COSTS. 782 00:23:59,933 --> 00:24:03,333 THERE ARE PEOPLE COMING FROM 783 00:24:02,066 --> 00:24:04,866 CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, NEW YORK, 784 00:24:03,333 --> 00:24:06,833 ALL OVER AND BUYING. 785 00:24:04,866 --> 00:24:09,000 I TALKED TO TWO REALTORS WHO 786 00:24:06,833 --> 00:24:12,000 SAID PEOPLE ARE BUYS HOUSES 787 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:15,466 SIGHT UNSEEN THEY SEE A PICTURE 788 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:17,833 ON THE INTERNET A GUY BOUGHT A 789 00:24:15,466 --> 00:24:18,333 $700,000 HOME IN PIKE COUNTY AND 790 00:24:17,833 --> 00:24:20,533 NEVER SEEN IT. 791 00:24:18,333 --> 00:24:21,900 >> THAT WOULD BE NICE. 792 00:24:20,533 --> 00:24:23,766 >> Bill: I'M SURE IT IS. 793 00:24:21,900 --> 00:24:26,800 BILL, A LAWSUIT OVER A FACEBOOK 794 00:24:23,766 --> 00:24:27,900 POST BROUGHT BY LONDON MAYOR WAS 795 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,566 DISMISSED THIS WEEK? 796 00:24:27,900 --> 00:24:31,200 >> AN INTERESTING LAWSUIT 797 00:24:29,566 --> 00:24:33,833 BECAUSE YOU DON'T IN THIS AGE 798 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:35,033 THERE IS A LOT OF YOU CAN GO ON 799 00:24:33,833 --> 00:24:38,300 FACEBOOK AND CRITICIZE YOUR 800 00:24:35,033 --> 00:24:40,266 LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS. 801 00:24:38,300 --> 00:24:42,466 USUALLY THEY MAKE A COMMENT BACK 802 00:24:40,266 --> 00:24:44,366 ON FACEBOOK OR SAY SOMETHING AT 803 00:24:42,466 --> 00:24:47,000 THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING BUT 804 00:24:44,366 --> 00:24:48,733 RANDALL SUED THREE PEOPLE OVER 805 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:52,000 FACEBOOK COMMENTS ONE COMMENTER 806 00:24:48,733 --> 00:24:53,533 CALLED HIM A COMMUNIST AND SO IT 807 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,966 WAS DISMISSED THIS WEEK AND ONE 808 00:24:53,533 --> 00:25:00,100 OF THE THINGS THE JUDGE CITED 809 00:24:55,966 --> 00:25:01,166 WAS THERE IS AN ANTI-SLAP 810 00:25:00,100 --> 00:25:02,433 STRATEGIC LAWSUIT AGAINST PUBLIC 811 00:25:01,166 --> 00:25:04,466 PARTICIPATION THE STATE 812 00:25:02,433 --> 00:25:05,666 LEGISLATURE PASSED A LAW TO 813 00:25:04,466 --> 00:25:06,533 DISCOURAGE THOSE KINDS OF 814 00:25:05,666 --> 00:25:08,133 LAWSUITS. 815 00:25:06,533 --> 00:25:10,100 HE USED THAT AS PART OF THE 816 00:25:08,133 --> 00:25:12,700 REASONING FOR DISMISSING IT. 817 00:25:10,100 --> 00:25:14,166 >> Bill: STATE POLICE MADE A 818 00:25:12,700 --> 00:25:16,633 STATE-WIDE DRUG BUST MORE THAN 819 00:25:14,166 --> 00:25:18,066 206 ARRESTS FOLLOWING A 820 00:25:16,633 --> 00:25:20,533 THREE-MONTH INVESTIGATION 821 00:25:18,066 --> 00:25:21,300 $700,000 WORTH OF DRUGS SEIZED A 822 00:25:20,533 --> 00:25:24,066 MAJOR CRACKDOWN THERE. 823 00:25:21,300 --> 00:25:25,900 AND SPORTS BETTING HAS EXCEEDED 824 00:25:24,066 --> 00:25:27,266 PROJECTIONS FOR TAX REVENUE. 825 00:25:25,900 --> 00:25:28,000 >> YES, IT'S BECOME QUITE THE 826 00:25:27,266 --> 00:25:30,633 CASH COW. 827 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,700 WE'RE SEEING THIS ALL ACROSS THE 828 00:25:30,633 --> 00:25:33,433 COUNTRY. 829 00:25:31,700 --> 00:25:35,200 AND YOU KNOW IT JUST ALWAYS THE 830 00:25:33,433 --> 00:25:36,500 QUESTION IS WHERE DOES THE MONEY 831 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,900 END UP GOING. 832 00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:40,600 THE INTENTION WAS TO HELP PAY 833 00:25:37,900 --> 00:25:43,666 DOWN PENSIONS WE'LL SEE AS WE 834 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:45,966 GET MORE AND MORE CASH. 835 00:25:43,666 --> 00:25:47,000 >> Bill: AND BILL THE MEDICAL 836 00:25:45,966 --> 00:25:48,433 MARIJUANA LICENSES ARE BEING 837 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:48,633 APPLIED FOR AND WE'RE WATCHING 838 00:25:48,433 --> 00:25:50,100 THAT. 839 00:25:48,633 --> 00:25:52,000 >> THERE'S DEBATE SOME PLACES 840 00:25:50,100 --> 00:25:54,400 ARE CONSIDERING NOT ALLOWING 841 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,833 DISPENSARIES IN THEIR 842 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:55,933 JURISDICTION. 843 00:25:54,833 --> 00:25:58,066 THEY HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT 844 00:25:55,933 --> 00:26:00,133 AND I THINK THE HARLAN CITY 845 00:25:58,066 --> 00:26:01,266 COUNCIL DISCUSS TO DO THIS WEEK, 846 00:26:00,133 --> 00:26:02,433 TOO. 847 00:26:01,266 --> 00:26:04,100 THERE WILL BE SOME DEVELOPMENTS 848 00:26:02,433 --> 00:26:06,166 GOING FORWARD IN TERMS OF WHERE 849 00:26:04,100 --> 00:26:08,100 THEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO SETUP. 850 00:26:06,166 --> 00:26:09,300 >> Bill: SOME CITY ALSO HOLD 851 00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:11,000 ELECTIONS FLORENCE IN CLARK 852 00:26:09,300 --> 00:26:14,766 COUNTY AND OTHER PLACES. 853 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:16,166 ALL RIGHT BELL MARK WILL BUILD A 854 00:26:14,766 --> 00:26:18,133 PACKAGING PLANT AND INVEST $99 855 00:26:16,166 --> 00:26:18,666 MILLION FOR A PLANT IN ALLEN 856 00:26:18,133 --> 00:26:20,200 COUNTY. 857 00:26:18,666 --> 00:26:21,433 THE GOVERNOR CALL TO DO A 858 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,400 THRILLING ANNOUNCEMENT. 859 00:26:21,433 --> 00:26:24,066 CONSTRUCTION IS SUPPOSED TO 860 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:26,666 BEGIN NEXT SUMMER. 861 00:26:24,066 --> 00:26:26,966 IT'S EXPECTED TO CREATE 160 NEW 862 00:26:26,666 --> 00:26:28,400 JOBS. 863 00:26:26,966 --> 00:26:29,333 THAT IS "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY" 864 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:32,733 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 865 00:26:29,333 --> 00:26:32,733 HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD.