A discussion of the evidence in the Jayland Walker case: Today in Ohio

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Jayland Walker case took greater than every week to current to a Summit County grand jury, as Akron braced for protests and the opportunity of violence.

We’re speaking in regards to the proof Ohio Lawyer Common Dave Yost introduced within the case, wherein Walker was fatally shot by eight Akron cops, on At the moment in Ohio.

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With the shut of the investigation into the loss of life of Jayland Walker and a weeklong presentation to a grand jury full, is anybody being charged with against the law? What are the main findings of the investigation?

Did Jim Jordan get what he wished by taking his committee on the street to New York to place a highlight on crime within the house of the native prosecutor who’s dealing with the Donald Trump hush cash case?

Cedar Level has dropped the value of admission. What’s the new value, and when was the final time the amusement park dropped its gate value? How does the value examine to Walt Disney World?

My head remains to be spinning from the price of going to the amusement park, so let’s speak in regards to the different finish of the dimensions. What hurdle did individuals in search of to boost Ohio’s minimal wage cross Monday?

Why may Ohio lawmakers strip the state Board of Pharmacy of its function in regulating medical marijuana dispensaries? Which company may take over?

Who’s the brand new head of Cleveland Hopkins Worldwide Airport, and why is that this a much bigger job now than at any time in a long time?

We’ve acquired one other man who has spent a long time in jail whereas protesting his innocence who now will get a brand new trial. What’s this one about?

Our U.S. Senate race in Ohio was a record-breaker for spending final 12 months, and subsequent 12 months’s is already off to a sizzling begin. What’s within the coffers of the candidates who’ve introduced thus far?

Cuyahoga County has a brand new legislation director, and it somebody with a deep background from one among Cleveland’s greatest recognized companies. Who’s it?

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[00:00:00] Chris: Effectively, the information of the week is clearly the Jaylan Walker story, and that’s what we can be beginning with on at present in Ohio. The information podcast dialogue from cleveland.com and The Plain Seller. I’m Chris Quinn. I’m right here with Lisa Garvin, Laura Johnston and Layla Tassi. Let’s go straight to it with the shut of the investigation into the loss of life of Jaylen Walker and every week lengthy presentation to a grand jury.

Full. Is anybody being charged with against the law? Laura, what are the main findings of the investigation?

[00:00:31] Laura: There are not any fees. Lawyer Common DAOs held a video press convention yesterday afternoon to go after the choice of the grand jury, which met for that week, and so they launched the entire proof.

They compiled. We’re speaking about lots of of pages of paperwork, of images, of interview, transcripts of a timeline, and what Yost confused is that the bull, the police discovered a bullet casing from the chase and that police believed Jalen. Walker had a weapon and that appeared to vary every thing for the [00:01:00] officers.

They stated they feared for his or her lives, and when Jalen acquired out of the automobile wre for his waistband, they believed he nonetheless had that gun. So bullets of eight officers struck Walker 46 occasions on June twenty seventh of final 12 months. The Ohio Bureau of. Bureau of Felony Investigation dealt with this complete unbiased examination and so they performed greater than 100 interviews, together with with 47 police.

They served six warrant, six search warrants, 4 subpoenas. That they had cellphone employment information, Google information, monetary telephone information, 140 objects, EV proof, and 51 body-worn digicam footage clip. So this was an exhaustive investigation. Clearly it began proper after the capturing in the summertime and, and that is the.

[00:01:42] Chris: What, what was fascinating once we talked about this final summer season, we stated this investigation would largely come all the way down to did he fireplace a shot from the automobile? Mm-hmm. As a result of the minute you shoot at police, it adjustments every thing. And in the event you learn the interviews with the police, they are saying that, Holy moly. He simply shot at us.

[00:02:00] That raises the stress. He’s a harmful man. Sign 21 and all people comes. The minute someone shoots at a police officer, the they’re hazard. I imply, what number of massacres do you must see by unhinged individuals with weapons and so they need to see it by way of to the conclusion. Persons are saying, properly, that they had his license plate quantity.

They knew who he. Couldn’t they meet up with him later? He took a shot at police, proper? You don’t know what’s gonna occur subsequent. What? Look, I, I, I, what was odd yesterday is how cautious all people was being, to not say it, however I believe the proof is overwhelming, that Jaylen Walker introduced this on to himself.

He shot at police, the proof is evident, after which when he was operating away, he circled, reached into his waistband, pulled down his arm, and pointed. Police. I imply the, the, the images again that up. Each officer noticed it that manner. What are police purported to do? I really feel actually dangerous for these officers if you learn this.

They’re traumatized. They killed an unarmed man, however I don’t [00:03:00] imagine that they had a selection. Their job is to guard the group.

[00:03:03] Laura: The police interviews do present that. They’re, these are considerate interviews the place persons are explaining what is occurring and they’re emotional and teary and so they say issues like, you understand, I simply wished him get out of the automobile together with his arms up.

Like, please God, simply let him get outta the automobile together with his arms up. They didn’t wish to shoot. Jalen Walker, I believe they felt that they had no selection. And you understand what all people factors to is 46 pictures. You recognize, this occurred over seven seconds. That’s a number of pictures. And if you take a look at the bullet casings on the bottom, I imply, it, it appears like so many, however when you will have eight officers who don’t know who’s capturing at this level, proper?

They hear a shot, they don’t know if it’s Jalen Walker capturing and so they don’t comprehend it’s police. They shoot and, and I believe that’s, The unique commotion and, and feeling an emotion that set off all of these protests in Akron final summer season. And I perceive it, that’s a, a horrible technique to die. However if you take a look at the details [00:04:00] of the state of affairs, nobody’s taking this like frivolously.

And yeah, it escalated with that gunshot in the course of the chase. I imply, the factor is Jaylen Walker had been driving round form of aimlessly. He’d gotten pulled over the night time earlier than, or sorry, chase the night time earlier than, I imagine by New Franklin. They see the identical automobile. They let it go, they see it once more, eight minutes later, they assume possibly one thing suspicious is occurring.

After which when that FI shot will get fired, every thing adjustments.

[00:04:27] Chris: Effectively, the opposite, the opposite factor that’s clear right here, he, he was traumatized. Sure. Clearly by the loss of life of his girlfriend. There have been, there was, within the timeline, he was calling about journeys to Africa. There have been odd communications together with his household that was very anxious about him due to what was happening, due to the loss of life of his girlfriend.

He’s Dr. Such as you stated, he’s driving round aimlessly. We as a society don’t deal properly. People who find themselves having psychological trauma,

[00:04:53] Laura: proper? And grief. I imply, his, his fiance, and I don’t know in the event that they have been technically engaged, however he had a marriage ring within the automobile. [00:05:00] She died in a automobile crash on Could twenty eighth, and this timeline begins then, you understand, hours after she dies, he’s texting her.

I really like you. He googles the quickest technique to die. He, Dr. Google’s consuming bleach. His household is texting him saying, we’re actually anxious about you. It, that is so unhappy and that. You recognize, lawyer Common Dave Yos stated on this information convention, the query for the grand jury was not whether or not this was a horrible tragedy, because it clearly was.

Like he, he had no medication in his system, no alcohol, however he was clearly grieving deeply and having a psychological well being, you understand,

[00:05:35] Chris: Once they have been requested, one of many reporters, one of many reporters who truly requested the official query requested, do you assume it is a case of suicide by cop? Mm-hmm. They usually have been very cautious to not say sure, however they left the door large open.

I believe if you take a look at the totality of the proof, That’s clearly what it was. I imply, you don’t, if you’re carrying a ski masks, you fired a shot at police and also you’re operating away. If you happen to flip round and intention your [00:06:00] arm at them, there’s just one manner that’s going to finish,

[00:06:03] Laura: proper? They didn’t know he didn’t have a gun.

How have been they purported to know that?

[00:06:07] Chris: The opposite factor I’d wish to say earlier than we go is that media has acquired to step up. It was embarrassing watching that press convention. You recognize, after a 40 minute presentation of 1000’s of paperwork and timelines, a reporter requested, what single piece of proof modified your thoughts on this?

And it’s such as you noticed Dave Yo’s face. You would, as a result of he’s a wise man. You would see him considering, you understand what? And he lastly, Effectively, if there was one piece of proof we wouldn’t have needed to spent every week

[00:06:31] Laura: earlier than the jury and it wasn’t his, his determination. This was a grand jury. Proper. I simply wanna put out that it was made up of two black and 7 white residents.

Six have been ladies and three have been males. Cuz I do know that folks marvel like, who’s the make-up of that? None of them have to come back ahead. They’re not recognized. I don’t know if any of them will discuss. What was introduced over that

[00:06:48] Chris: week. The opposite query that threw me was, you understand, how have you learnt the police didn’t plant the bullet casing?

If you happen to’re gonna ask that query, you must have some piece of proof to assist it. You may’t simply randomly say, [00:07:00] you understand, Hey, do you assume police acquired collectively that night time and determined they wished to shoot someone? I imply, it’s simply a kind of, these belongings you heard and also you cringe as a result of, They’re the media.

We’re the media. It makes us all

[00:07:10] Laura: look dangerous. Our job is to convey the details, proper, your entire image, the context. And in that vein, I do wanna say, you understand, there was a, a information convention with Jaylen’s household who have been very upset at this determination. And you understand, they’re Akron colleges canceled at present. Plenty of authorities buildings are closed.

There’s home windows boarded up. Folks don’t know what’s gonna occur with protests, so clearly an entire lot of persons are upset about this. The Ohio Democratic Occasion put out a form of bizarre assertion saying it was. Yeah, so like this has actually, you understand, torn the group and, and I don’t know what’s subsequent for Akron.

I hope every thing stays peaceable, however, um, yeah, only a actually, I, in the event you undergo the proof, I imply, there’s 25 completely different. Hyperlinks from the lawyer common of picture after picture after picture of the proof, and it’s actually sobering. How a lot info is that truthful.

[00:07:59] Chris: [00:08:00] Lisa Leila, do you will have something you wish to add

[00:08:01] Lisa: to the dialog?

Effectively, and I did see that press convention. It was held by, uh, Jaylen Walker’s household’s attorneys and members of the family, and went on for over an hour, however they have been offended, however I needed to give them credit score for. In treating individuals to not be violent. Mm-hmm. You recognize, they’re saying, you understand, they wanna paint us as a violent mob, don’t give them that satisfaction.

So, you understand, regardless that they have been offended, you understand, they did name for peaceable protests. So hopefully, uh, individuals will take heed to that.

[00:08:31] Chris: Yeah, we’ll need to see Layla.

[00:08:34] Leila: I imply, it’s simply such a tragic, heartbreaking state of affairs to assume that this might probably be a suicide by cop state of affairs. And, um, I simply, it it actually simply soul crushing to think about what Jalen Walker may need been feeling in, you understand, in these moments.

But it surely does sound like he, uh, he was actually, actually simply. Untethered and [00:09:00] in search of some aid from.

[00:09:04] Chris: Anguish. Yeah. If, if someone may have supplied him some psychological well being assist, he’d, if this in all probability all wouldn’t have occurred, however how have you learnt? I imply, it, it was clear. His household was anxious, however he was driving round.

He wasn’t coming again. Very unhappy case you’re listening to at present in Ohio. Did Jim Jordan get what he wished by taking his committee on the street to New York to place a highlight on crime within the house of the prosecutor Who was dealing with the Donald Trump hush cash case? Lisa. It was a circus. It was

[00:09:34] Lisa: fairly the circus and there have been a number of performers.

So, uh, you understand, home judiciary committee chair Jim Jordan took the committee to New York Metropolis for testimony to assist his declare that New York Metropolis prosecutor, Alvin Bragg is utilizing his. To do the bidding of left wing marketing campaign funders. And he was saying that, you understand, brag was specializing in getting after Donald Trump when, uh, he was being comfortable on crime within the metropolis and claimed [00:10:00] that crime was operating rampant within the metropolis.

New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams in a press convention says, Jordan is the one who’s enjoying politics by intimidating Bragg on Trump’s behalf. Uh, the Democrat from New York, Gerald nad. That it’s an outrageous abu abuse of energy and weaponizing the judiciary committee and, uh, simply lots of people weighed in and there have been demonstrators.

They’re outdoors of the, of the committee. There have been a number of anti Jordan demonstrators. They, you would hear them shouting outdoors that Jordan was sleazy and a liar. He was a traitor and an insurrectionist, however there have been professional. Jordan and Professional G o p demonstrators contained in the room. They have been cheering loudly a number of occasions.

Clearly went to the Marjorie Taylor Inexperienced Faculty of Public Disruption cuz they have been cheering loudly when witnesses, you understand, have been going their manner. And Jordan threatened to eject them and he needed to eject. Two of them, you understand, later as a result of they, they [00:11:00] interrupted Adam Schiff, the Democrat from California on the committee who was making an attempt to speak.

So yeah, it was fairly a circus.

[00:11:07] Chris: Yeah. Jordan has develop into the circus clown. He’ll do something to get the highlight, the headline to defend Donald Trump. What’s troubling about this although, is that this undercurrent. Of a theme The Republicans are pushing that the cities in America are lawless locations as a result of they’re run by Democrats.

They’re actually making an attempt to commerce on this concept within the rural areas that the cities are these forbidding horrible lands, proper? Solely as a result of they’re run by Democrats. That’s a horrible factor to do, and it makes it very laborious for the cities to, to navigate round that. I, I don’t. That’s occurring as a lot in Ohio.

I don’t assume Mike DeWine and John Houston are taking place that street, however it’s an unpleasant factor. Any individual stated, it’s best to come to Milwaukee. It’s outta management. Proper, proper. There was information out of Baltimore. Baltimore is a lawless place, and th that one of many causes [00:12:00] there’s gun violence within the cities is as a result of Republicans have stopped the power of cities to control weapons.

However the cities. The locations that the Republicans try to convey.

[00:12:10] Lisa: And Jim Kessler, who’s with Coverage of the Third Means, he testified that the New York Metropolis homicide fee is eighteen% beneath the nationwide common. And the Ohio homicide fee as, as a state is 59% increased than New York Metropolis. They usually’ve, you understand, there have been, I truly learn a truth verify this morning on CNN n.

Or they have been saying that, you understand, a number of cities have decrease crime charges than than New York Metropolis, and there was one Democrat, I didn’t catch his identify. He says, properly, you understand, possibly it’s best to have the listening to in Ohio.

[00:12:41] Chris: Yeah, yeah. Effectively’s the circus. Jim Jordan acquired what he wished. You’re listening to at present in Ohio.

Cedar Level has dropped the value of admission. What’s the new value? And when was the final time Mu amusement Park dropped its homosexual value? How does it examine to Disney World? And Layla, I gotta inform you, I have to not have been paying consideration. [00:13:00] I used to be shocked by how costly it’s to go to that park. I do know this

[00:13:04] Leila: is the primary time Cedar Level has lowered the value of admission on the gate in practically 20 years.

The season, this season, it’ll be 80 bucks down from 85 final 12 months in 2020. $75. 2006 was the final time they lowered their value that was main into the Nice Recession at the moment. Ticket costs dropped from 44 level 95 to 39.95. You recognize, one trade advisor stated that amusement parks have form of hit a wall with their pricing after they, you understand, enacted a sequence of raid hikes.

In order that they’re pulling again a bit, however I imply, you. These value will increase even over an 18 12 months interval, appear actually aggressive to me. Has anything doubled in value over 18 years? Effectively,

[00:13:47] Chris: so all these occasions you’ve talked about taking your loved ones there, you’re paying a number of

[00:13:52] Lisa: for that time. No, no, no, no, no, no.

That’s

[00:13:53] Leila: it. Yeah. It doesn’t actually matter as a result of nobody pays full gate value for a ticket to Cedar Level. Proper. If you happen to purchase your tickets [00:14:00] upfront, they all the time have offers on the web site that you simply. Nearer to the 2006 costs. And in the event you go like

[00:14:06] Laura: preschoolers free, like 4 and underneath

[00:14:09] Chris: can get, wait, maintain on, end, end that thought.

Le So, so say that once more. You will get half

[00:14:13] Leila: value. I imply, maintain go. Yeah. I imply, they’ve offers on their web site, but in addition if you’re a, you understand, a AAA member, you may, you should buy your tickets by way of aaa, but in addition in the event you go quite a lot of occasions a season and in the event you don’t have a gold move, you’re a whole.

As a result of they value value 140 bucks and so they largely have gross sales. You all the time get ‘em at throughout sale season and so they get you free parking reductions on meals and merchandise and stuff. And it contains admission to the water park. So it’s fairly the discount. They usually say that greater than half of the parks annual attendance comes from move holders.

So persons are good on the market.

[00:14:50] Laura: It’s like shopping for a ski, like a season move for snowboarding, proper? Like in the event you’re gonna go, you’re simply gonna get the season move after which they get your cash upfront and so they, you understand, they’ve that [00:15:00] regardless of what number of occasions you go, however Yeah. They usually have offers. So you purchase the gold move on the finish of 1 season, so that you get to go for 2 months and one 12 months, after which your entire subsequent 12 months for like, you understand, 100 or 150 bucks.

I, I the price of. What was shocking to me was truly how low it was in 2006. I, I don’t do not forget that. And also you’re proper, it’s an extremely excessive value enhance, however I don’t know that anyone, in case you have any sense, is paying that, that sticker value. Yeah.

[00:15:27] Leila: Proper. Proper. However, and in addition, in the event you. Do occur to be a chump.

Who pays that value on the gate? They do allow you to then on the finish of your go to, in the event you go to the ticket gross sales sales space, you may put the price of, of that what you paid to get in towards a gold move. And the way a lot

[00:15:44] Chris: is that? The

[00:15:45] Leila: Gold Cross? The Gold Cross is, is $140 proper now. However they normally go on sale for, you understand, I believe for some time throughout their, you understand, their.

Uh, you understand, Centennial celebration or Bicentennial or no matter it was, they have been on sale for like $99.

[00:15:59] Laura: So yeah, that’s what [00:16:00] I purchased mine for. Yeah. And I haven’t, I acquired to go for 3 seasons due to Covid. That’s proper. And I haven’t purchased my prolonged that. Proper.

[00:16:05] Chris: So in the event you go twice underneath the Gold Cross, You’re, you’re slicing the, the value of admission considerably.

Yeah. Effectively, you go 3 times. It turns into the superior factor

[00:16:15] Leila: in regards to the gold move as soon as the park opens, it’s, you understand, in, in subsequent month, I, I believe it opens subsequent month. You may take your gold move, take your youngsters proper after faculty for only a few hours. You don’t really feel like you could spend the entire day there.

You may, you understand, that’s the great thing about residing 45 minutes from Cedar Level.

[00:16:33] Lisa: How typically go a contented hour?

[00:16:34] Chris: Gosh, we, how typically do you guys go? We,

[00:16:37] Leila: we, we attempt to go as a lot as potential with this move. I’m all about making it, making it, uh, definitely worth the cash,

[00:16:44] Laura: so. Wow. I do know people who didn’t get a pool move, so they only use the waterpark.

Oh,

[00:16:48] Leila: actually? The waterpark will get crowded although on sizzling days. I, I, we’ve solely been there one time and I used to be like, yeah, it is a little bit overwhelming. However they do have

[00:16:58] Laura: slides that you simply arise on and [00:17:00] the the underside simply slides out and also you simply free fall. In order that’s their time.

[00:17:04] Chris: Okay. All proper. Gotta transfer on.

You’re listening to at present in Ohio. My head’s spinning from the price of that amusement park. Let’s speak in regards to the different finish of the dimensions. What hurdle did individuals in search of to boost Ohio’s minimal wage cross on Monday and so they simply wished to go to $15 an hour? Take into consideration the value of that move.

[00:17:21] Laura: Yeah, elevate the wage.

Ohio desires to place this on the proposal, on the poll in November, 2024. I believe by the point we get there, like wouldn’t all people be making $15 an hour anyway? Un, until you’re possibly like a childcare employee, that are paid terribly, however DEI partisan, Ohio poll board unanimously superior this modification, they’ll start amassing 413,000 signatures.

That’s what they should get on the poll. The purpose is to get 650,000 as a result of you understand an entire lot get disqualified. And the marketing campaign plans to make use of largely. Signature gathers. This can be a work of, uh, three liberal teams and so they’ve already carried out polling exhibiting a majority of Ohioans would assist it. [00:18:00] The Ohio Restaurant Affiliation is opposed although as a result of this is able to, um, make it clearly dearer to rent servers and tipping.

You recognize, clearly servers get tipped. Individuals who rely on ideas for his or her wages, this is able to work just a little bit in a different way. It wouldn’t go as much as the complete 15 and it might be phased in, however, so the Ohio Restaurant Affiliation has now attended a listening to on a invoice that might make it more durable to amend the Ohio Structure.

You recognize that invoice that’s arising in, properly, we expect it. An August election in order that it might be more durable to move any constitutional modification after that. And it does really feel like anyone who’s like tremendous professional enterprise and anti what the individuals need are getting on board to make it more durable to vary our structure.

[00:18:42] Chris: Would, would this construct in future will increase or is it simply capita $15?

[00:18:46] Laura: Yeah, it might, would. It might rise with inflation utilizing the buyer value index. And that might pause the inflationary will increase till January, 2027 after they would resume. However at this level, $15 an hour. Bear in mind when [00:19:00] Cleveland wished to do this a few years in the past?

And everybody’s like, oh my God, that’s a lot cash and, and you understand,

[00:19:05] Chris: all these, no, it was extra, it ought to be statewide. Effectively, as a result of

[00:19:08] Laura: Proper. You didn’t wanna drawback Cleveland and have each, uh, enterprise simply go outdoors town borders. However now $15 sounds. Like actually purpose.

[00:19:19] Chris: Yeah, truly I believe you’re proper.

By the point this will get to the individuals, it, it’ll naturally have reached that for lots of people.

[00:19:26] Laura: I imply, we, you’re , I suppose what they did say is individuals employed in the course of the pandemic when there was such a employee scarcity are already making this. However anyone who’s been employed since, or who already labored there and didn’t take pleasure in that form of bump, when individuals have been determined, they should get elevate.

[00:19:40] Chris: We’re by no means gonna full our roster questions at present. It’s at present in Ohio. Lisa, it looks like Mike Dew wine’s turning into a megalomaniac. First, he desires to strip the college board of its duties and take them over. Now he desires to strip the state board of Pharmacy of its function in regulating medical marijuana.

Why, and who does he wish to take over?

[00:19:59] Lisa: Actually, I, [00:20:00] I don’t assume there’s a boogeyman right here. This laws was requested by Governor Mike DeWine. He desires to switch the medical marijuana regulation from the Board of Pharmacy to the Division of Commerce. So the present board of pharmacy duties embrace affected person and kit.

Caregiver registration. Background checks of checks of dispensary staff, deciding on dispensary licensees, and sustaining a toll-free info line about medical marijuana. Medical Pot is overseen at the moment by three completely different businesses, the Division of Commerce, the Board of Pharmacy, and the State Medical Board.

All of them have completely different duties, so DeWine spokesman, Dan Tierney says they’re simply making an attempt to consolidate this for. They are saying that almost all workers assist and experience is already within the Commerce Division anyway about medical marijuana. The Ohio Medical Hashish Business Affiliation Director, Matt Shut, is all for it.

He says, I stay up for the change. He says the present course of is convoluted, and he says, I’m not in search of much less [00:21:00] regulation, however I simply wanna streamline course of. That is sensible. And the Board of Pharmacy is all, all so okay with this.

[00:21:09] Chris: Yeah, the one factor is the Board of Pharmacy is quasi unbiased.

As soon as it’s appointed, the Division of Commerce solutions 100% to Mike DeWine, so it does give the governor rather more management. It sounds just like the system’s not working. We’ve carried out tales in regards to the sluggish fee of opening dispensaries, and folks have complained fairly a bit since this program started, that it doesn’t work in addition to in different states.

It does look like the governor’s workplace will get extra

[00:21:36] Lisa: energy. Effectively, however there’s a Senate invoice proper now, Senate invoice 9 that’s being thought-about to create a division of marijuana management. So it appears like they’re making an attempt to farm that out. After which this is able to be inside the Commerce Division, although this division.

[00:21:50] Chris: Okay, you’re listening to at present in Ohio, who’s the brand new head of Cleveland Hopkins Worldwide Airport. And why is that this a much bigger job now than in all probability at any [00:22:00] time in a long time? Leila, the brand new

[00:22:02] Leila: director is Bryant Francis. He’s at the moment the director of aviation at Oakland Worldwide Airport in California.

He’ll be. However he’ll be beginning right here in Cleveland on Could twenty fourth. He’s gonna be making $365,000 a 12 months, which can make him the best paid worker within the metropolis. However that wage comes with an enormous job. What makes this a better problem than any previous airport administrators have confronted is that he’ll be anticipated to supervise a 2 billion plan to rebuild.

Our crappy airport. So he has, um, he has actually intensive profession expertise at his again. Have, having labored in Detroit, Atlanta, Louisiana, and Idaho, along with California, the, this 800000001st part of the growth is predicted to start in 2025. And the airport is already negotiating with airways on financing choices for that.

They usually actually like Francis as a result of, properly, for one, he’s lik. It appears everybody says he’s, he’s only a nice man, but in addition he has the best [00:23:00] sorts of expertise. He’s been by way of all of the issues that Hopkins can be going by way of, the capital enhancements and lease negotiations with the airways. Just lately, he oversaw a plan to enhance meals and retail choices all through the terminal at his present airport with extra native distributors.

And that airport in Oakland is greater than Cleveland’s, which form of shocked me. I don’t know why it did, however they, they see a pair million extra passengers annually than Hopkins does. So he’s desirous to get.

[00:23:27] Chris: I, I maintain listening to about this massive growth and the way they’re planning to maneuver ahead, and so they simply have to barter with the airways.

I, I don’t assume they’ve any bargaining energy on the airways. They’re gonna go to the airways, and the best way the negotiation’s gonna go is, can we have now more cash from you? They usually’re gonna say, no, we don’t have $2 billion that will help you construct your new airport. I the arrogance they’ve that they’re gonna find a way.

Do that gigantic renovation. I’m simply unsure the place it’s coming from. I do know

[00:23:55] Leila: Francis, although, says he has the best relationships with airways. [00:24:00] He, he sounds fairly assured about that. So we’ll see if, uh, if he’s the distinction maker right here.

[00:24:06] Chris: Yeah, we’ll see. Uh, the airways reply to stockholders who’re gonna say, 2 billion,

[00:24:12] Leila: what are you nuts?

I’m actually curious what he’ll say about Burke. He has, he was deliberately closed lipped about that, and, uh, he stated he’ll have interaction in that dialogue as soon as he’s, he’s on website. However

[00:24:24] Chris: yeah, I don’t assume that’s gonna be his selection both Justin Bibbs both gonna shut that all the way down to develop the lakefront, or he’s gonna be bullied by the enterprise curiosity that wanna maintain it.

Yeah. And maintain it open as each earlier mayor has carried out, regardless of fashionable opinion to eliminate it. You’re listening to at present in Ohio. We’ve acquired one other man who has spent a long time in jail whereas protesting his innocence, who will now get a brand new trial. Laura, it looks like one other massive injustice. What’s it about?

[00:24:53] Laura: That is, it’s, uh, the case of Duane Brooks, who was convicted of a 1987 ambush killing in Luke Easter [00:25:00] Park. And police experiences and witness statements have been with withheld from the protection attorneys, which is thoughts boggling. However two ladies stated they noticed 5 males linked to this loss of life, and Brooks was not one among them.

And. Woman. He and his girlfriend truly stated that they have been out of city when this occurred, so the protection attorneys didn’t know that. They didn’t know key particulars. That police knew that one of many males admitted to being on the scene and testified that Brooksville the set off had made false statements about his involvement in a carjacking tied to the case.

And the make investments. F b I used to be investigating him in a drug case, so they might have used that to puncture his credibility. However on the time, this was fairly frequent. The county prosecutors didn’t give protection attorneys their very own copies of police experiences or every other paper paperwork. As a substitute, protection attorneys needed to evaluate the experiences the prosecutor deemed have been pertinent.

Generally the prosecutors merely learn parts of those paperwork to attorneys, which that appears like a miscarriage of justice. It

[00:25:53] Chris: is simply putting how typically this occurred again then the place they withheld [00:26:00] exculpatory proof from someone who misplaced a long time of their legs 35 years. And it’s simply, it’s so mistaken in so some ways, and it’s one of many massive arguments in opposition to the loss of life penalty as a result of it a minimum of.

If he’s acquitted now, he, he can transfer on with some a part of his life and be compensated for all of the years that have been improperly taken from him. If, if this have been an execution case, there’d be no, no coming again.

[00:26:29] Laura: Yeah, I imply, I’ve no phrases for why the system labored this fashion and why it took so lengthy to ship some form of justice.

[00:26:38] Chris: Yeah. It’s a, it’s a stunning one. They’re all, all of them find yourself being stunning. They’re all gross injustices. You recognize, listening to at present in Ohio, our US Senate race in Ohio was a file breaker for spending final 12 months, and subsequent 12 months is already off to a sizzling begin. What’s within the coffers of the candidates who’ve introduced thus far, Lisa?

Yeah.

[00:26:57] Lisa: And we’re extra, far more than a 12 months away from the [00:27:00] election. So the incumbent senator, she Brown, the Democrat from Cleveland, raised $3.5 million. First quarter of this 12 months. That is probably the most in Ohio historical past for the primary quarter of a 12 months previous to the election 12 months. So he at the moment has 5.8 million in his marketing campaign struggle Chest Senator Matt Dolan.

Uh, uh, the Republican from Chagrin Falls, who’s jumped into the race. He’s raised $303,000 within the first quarter, plus 3 million of his personal cash. So he has 3.3 million whole within the financial institution. After which Bernie extra. We are able to’t actually, as a result of he jumped into the race only in the near past, simply final week. He’s the Cleveland businessman.

He, uh, simply raised $8,600 within the first quarter, and he solely has about 7,800 whole within the financial institution. However he has $3.8 million in marketing campaign debt from the 2022 US Senate race for a Rob Portman’s outdated seat.

[00:27:57] Chris: Yeah. And, and I believe a part of that debt [00:28:00] was cash that he put into it himself. It’s just a little distressing how Matt Dolan, Bernie Moreno, are virtually making an attempt to purchase the seat with their very own cash.

Mm-hmm. For, for Matt Dolan to boost a reasonably paltry sum. Mm-hmm. After which put 3 million of his personal cash in. Looks like a man who desires to purchase the seat, whereas she, brown is extra grassroots than the place he’s elevating his cash. Proper? Effectively,

[00:28:22] Laura: y sure. I used to be simply gonna say, wouldn’t you fairly them purchase, purchase their very own seat with their very own cash than having a lobbyist purchase it for them?

Effectively, I imply, that’s a nasty state of affairs and I agree grassroots is a lot better. I believe publicly funded campaigns could be the best way to go, however I don’t like the entire darkish cash marketing campaign both.

[00:28:40] Chris: No, you shouldn’t have darkish cash, but it surely shouldn’t simply be a province of the wealthy. That is purported to be a characterize consultant authorities and what it’s.

A consultant authorities for the

[00:28:51] Lisa: rich, however she Brown’s been throughout Fb and social media. I imply, he’s been operating adverts for a minimum of the final couple of weeks, so he in all probability, I’m [00:29:00] guessing he will get a number of small greenback donations by way of social media, so we’ll need to see. However I did discover it fascinating that Bernie Moreno, he’s gonna maintain a fundraiser in Nashville, Tennessee this week at a Ferrari dealership.

That simply strikes me as very

odd.

[00:29:15] Chris: Simply assume again to his ridiculous adverts. I imply, he, he was the, the, the comedian aid of that Senate race earlier than he dropped out. His adverts have been so horrible, his bizarre positions, I’m, I, I imagine he went all the way down to Florida and Trump stated, Hey, drop out of the race and possibly I’ll assist you subsequent time.

So he’s throwing his hat into the ring. I don’t see any manner he can. Win this factor. I believe it’ll find yourself dropping out once more. You’re listening to at present in Ohio. That’s it for a Tuesday. Thanks, Lisa. Thanks Laura. Thanks Layla. Because of all people. Listens. We’ll be again Wednesday to speak in regards to the information.