Bob Joseph Connects Community on Health, Environment and Local Issues

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[music] I'm Bob Joseph. Today is [music] Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026. Let's talk. 6077721290 is my number. for you and me. It is time for our community conversation. Pour yourself another cup of hot cocoa and let's get talking. 607721290. Beautiful day in Mr. Joseph's neighborhood. What will happen between now and midnight? Hey, I don't know. But I'm going to try to cover key portions of what happens here in the Bingmpington district. If you have uh thoughts about some stories that I need to uh follow today, feel free to tip me off by phone or even better email bob at wnbf.com. Good morning. You're on the air. What's your first name? Where are you calling from? It's Cliffy from the ward. Good morning, Cliffy. How are you doing? Great. Yeah, it's nice to see the sunshine for a few days in a row, isn't it? It's fantastic. But I'm calling because I called last week and it was like at the end of the show about the haunt virus that I know it's like rat and mice poop but and you said you knew the answer. So what why do I mean they poop all over. Why do they What's You said you know the answer to that my question. Well, what's the question? the haunt virus with the uh rat and mice poop and um [clears throat] it's like well you know mice most houses get a mouse or two in a once in a while but uh so you said you knew the difference and how the the haunt virus you know why does it more people get probably because they're not rolling around in it. I don't know. I mean, well, it's complicated. I'm not a doctor. I, you know, I can look it up online, but no, I mean, the main the main thing is you don't have to worry about it here in Bingmpington. When's the last time we had a HANA virus case in Bingmpington? Well, that's what I'm saying, though. I know. Well, it's because because we have certain procedures in place to protect the the citizens. I you know, as far as all the the technical aspects, well, these homeless people that go into houses, right? I'm sure there's rats and mice in there. Of course there are. And and cats and dogs and chipmunks. There's everything. I mean, you know, don't be afraid of nature. Oh, but no. No, you're talking the thing about the thing about nature is it's all natural. I love nature. I'm a hunter and a fisher man. So, but I don't like people have hunting camp. And I remember, oh, this was probably 30 years ago, somebody in Pennsylvania in their hunting camp got it. Well, the the truth is you you could get it. You I suppose I suppose there are ways to get haunt virus in Bingmpington even in the first ward, but I'd say the odd the odds are minimal, but who knows? I I don't know that I'm sure the Broom County Health Department has the full the full story. I I think for the most part your your chance your risk of haunt virus in in Bingmpington seems fairly slim, but Oh, I I I know that cuz you know, we have a hunting cap, too. And that's I don't understand why are what what are them rats and mice eating on them ships? Lobster that get that makes them get it? I don't I don't understand why what the mouse or the rat Why do I mean they're pooping all over? Well, I Yeah, I don't know. This is not It's not my specialty. And furthermore, I'm Well, you Yeah, I'm not I'm not even particularly liking this on the air. I mean, this topicality, this is this is what we want to talk about when people are having their third bagel. Well, no, but no, I'm just talking. You said you knew the answer is Yeah, the answer is we have high high health standards in New York. I just looked up last year in New York State, zero HANA virus cases were confirmed. According to the internet, well, okay. So, between 1995 and 2023, there were six confirmed cases of HANA virus in New York State. So, the last one in New York State was in 2017. So, why? I don't know. Because we're better. Because we're the Empire State. I don't know. Why? I don't know. I And and again, this is, you know, to to be focusing on this at this hour of the day. Good grief. As as Charlie Brown might say, good grief. You You said you knew the answer, but we didn't have time. Yeah. Well, yeah. The answer is we have higher health standards in New York than most other places in the world. So, let's not talk about that anymore. Well, okay. I won't talk about that. Thank you. There must be a zillion other things we could talk about that aren't going to make people sick. Well, I No, I'm not trying to make them sick. Well, it's too late now. Too late to turn back now, man. I'm going to go to the bagel shop. What are you trying? You know, go to the bagel shop. They closed. They closed 30 seconds ago cuz no one's hungry. Oh, no. I could run over to the bagel shop over there by Price Dropper and I'll buy a bagel. You want sausage and cheese? What do you want? Ask me tomorrow. I And by the way, thank you. I appreciate your call. Okay. Have fun. Thank you. Yep. Yep. God bless. Well, there you go. 9:20 WNBF. All the hits all the time. Good morning. Good morning. How's the doctor? [laughter] Dr. Bob, here. Let me let me prescribe two diet moxies. Oh my god. Well, you know, the program technically is open to virtually all topics. So, I guess true. Guess we prove that. Yeah. Sheesh. [laughter] Huh. Well, who knew when I woke up at 4 this morning, who knew that would be the first call out of the shoot? See? See? Expect the unexpected. I know. I love it. I love it. You know, just when I I thought the first call would be about the price of tea in China and it turns about about what the the mice are doing over on Clinton Street. Gotcha. Anyway, the following, this is called a sponsor identificate. 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Thank you. Bye-bye. 9:24 WBF. No, we're not going to be talking about mice and rats as far as I can tell. Well, I guess we could if we must. If we must. [gasps] As far as haunt virus, I don't know. I don't know when the last haunt virus case was in Broom County. Suppose the people at the health department would know, but probably not allowed to say because of HIPPA or something. Anyway, at least they don't have any HANA virus cases at the correctional facility. 6077290. Bob Joseph standing up for America now more than ever. Let's have a conversation. Can talk about the local issues, state issues, national issues, global issues, whatever you want to talk about pretty much pretty much within reason. Feel free to join us Tuesday morning WNBF. I've got good. It's 9:30 in the Northeast, 6:30 in the Southwest. So, wherever you are, thanks for dialing in on air on a multitude of frequencies, online at wnbf.com, and of course, the WNBF app, highly acclaimed, powered by the G Auto Team. Good morning. You're on the air. What's your first name? Where are you calling from? My name's Ron. I'm calling from Bingmpington for Robert Joseph. This is Mr. Joseph. Proceed. Uh yes. Um Mr. Joseph. Bob. Uh yesterday I called and we were talking about the U proposed law in Oregon about hunting and fishing. Got a lot of people calling in after that giving their opinion. And I I was wondering, you probably would know, I don't uh a while ago, this is I guess several years ago, the uh Bingmpington University was going to have some Oh, the slaughter. The slaughter of the deers. Yeah. The slaughter. Yeah. Did Did anything like that take place? Was that carried through? Do you do you um I don't know. Well, I think it was I I know there was a there was a big outcry, but in the end, you can't can't fight the ivory tower. Ah, see what I did there? You can't fight the ivory tower. Oh, man. And that that's great. You've substituted city hall ivory tower of of [laughter] kudo. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. I I the reason I'm I'm uh thinking about this uh uh yesterday again I called about Oregon and their proposed law. Um uh and my thought was you had a you had a caller call later and I I think possibly a few had mentioned that it was important to have hunters callull the herd. In other words, there are too many deer. Deer overpop populate and therefore you have to go out and hunt. And here here's my thought. Before we uh we being uh the Mayflower in Jamestown and all the folks came over from the other side before we began populating and creating this country. Of course, the uh original people were here, the Native Americans. But uh when when we came over uh was there were there a overpopulation of deer? Did the overpopulation of deer occur before we uh came over in uh thousands and hundreds of thousands and now millions. uh did uh I I I don't think the I think nature took care of itself and there was no need to have nature always takes care of itself. It's the people in the ivory towers who think they know better than us. Well, Bob, you know, we've my point is we've and and I'm I'm not this is not a value judgment but an observation. We displaced the deer, the animals. We uh built our cities. We created our concrete. We saved paradise and put up a parking lot. In other words, we took over all of this uh land. And uh therefore, the deer uh were the deer that roamed uh freely or much more freely before the university began really spreading its wings up there. Uh there was no need to go call the deer. Uh, the deer are being Why do they say call? Why don't they just say kill? Oh, I Hey, I'm all for that. But I, you know, you know, call call doesn't sound so bad. Killing the deer is what you're doing. Well, yeah, but Bob, after your first caller, I was very, you know, [clears throat] Well, I don't I don't mind talking about what they do to the deer. I don't want to hear what the mice and rats are doing when people are trying to enjoy their bagels, including Scott Belly. Yes. Well, at any rate, um you know, we are leading me to another thought and this this is this is really jumping and and it's kind of an aside, but since we mentioned the ivory tower and you can't fight the ivory tower, uh am am I correct? Is there uh going is there $50 million uh been given uh awarded for more building up at the university? They're going to build some uh big building or complex that cost 50 million. You know about that? Who told you? Who told? It was on the radio and TV. Was on TV. Was on Action News. Oh, okay. Action News for Kids. So, I can't really comment directly on that allegation. What I will say about killing the deer and um I believe I believe they did it. I'm looking back at the newspaper coverage because the newspaper covered it well. The the shocking the shocking decision to kill the deer over at Bingmpington University. Let me see. Because they, you know, it's the liberal media. So, of course, they wanted to sell newspapers back when back when they printed newspapers here in Broom County. So, let's see. 2011 BEu Boo. I like that. Boo ways planned to shoot deer on campus. That's a good headline. BU Beu ways plan to shoot deer on campus. Culling would take place during break. I don't know why it says culling, not killing. Killing would take place during break. Uh the growing deer population at Bingmpington University is overwhelming the nature preserve. So administrators are considering a plan to hire sharp shooters to kill 90% of those bad deer. Just the bad deer. Not not the good deer. Not the conservative deer. Just the bad liberal progressive deer. [snorts] Well, Bob, actually that that uh news article could have been slanted to the overpopulation of Bingmpington University is causing the problem. Not the deer, but the fact that they're taking away the deer in the deer environs. That is really what's causing the need to kill the deer. the expansion of the university, taking away more land, and therefore we have people saying, "We've got to be out there hunting. We're doing our job to callull the deer. There will be too many. They'll be starving." Well, that's because we took away their land. Well, you know, and raises the uh disturbing or at least for some people uncomfortable question. Do we owe reparations? Rep. So now I know in the next story by George Basler in the legendary present Sun Bulletin back when it was printed in Broom County. His next story on page one says despite some opposition Bingington University is moving ahead with a plan to and then he puts in quotes in this article call the deer population on its campus. So even he was starting to have some second thoughts about just taking their word. Oh, we're not going to kill Bambi. We're going to call her. Oh, okay. So he he puts it in quotes. So that's that's a start because again, as we all know, the whole point of the university is to avoid any sort of controversy. They don't want people to be upset. Yes. And Bob, th this this is leading me to and you use that word, so the the blame's on you here. Uh uh the ivory tower. Okay. A word about the ivory tower and more and I say that, by the way, Ron, parenthetically, I say that with all due respect, of course. Um but if we're, you know, more and more you're we've got um the ability to do um non-brick and mortar. We buy from Amazon. We you know brick and mortar except the university. The university wants more brick and mortar. Uh why not more? There are universities you can attend now basically online. Maybe go for a short period of time. uh and then do your work online. How come Bingham University, a a greatly advanced university, is not doing more online education, uh but have to have more brick and mortar. We this isn't a brickandmortar age. And [clears throat] uh a final question here which you may know the answer to. Uh we've got a basically community college on Front Street and I you know that has been twisted so much in the last number of years. A community college I understood was basically for the indigenous population. The people who lived in the area had a community college. Why does a community college have to have dormitories and what is the because they need more people. The whole point of the dormitories was so they could attract more people from Brooklyn, right? Yeah. But that's not, you know, but that's No, we wanted not just students from Broom, but also from Brook. Is this all leading back to the bar owners and the need to have more bars? Absolutely. In the end, it comes down to big stacks of cash. Ah, yeah. And the six families that run this place. Ah, it the families. The families. That, you know, that sounds almost, you know, like a throwback to the good old days when I was growing up in Endicott. The families. Well, but that's not what I'm talking about. You know, lest anybody think that I'm referring to that interpretation of the families. No, I'm talking about the modern families who control everything around here. Yeah. Well, I think I'm going to head down to Bar 57 and Apple Lake and have a uh you know uh I think it the name of the place is Bambies, as a matter of fact. [laughter] The uh Don't get me started. You're just trying to stir up troubles. Bob, you're you get me started. Thank you. Well, you know, I think it, you know, I think it works out pretty well all for all concerned for you as an individual viewer and for our vast North American viewing audience. Hope you have a great day. Yes. Thank you, Bob. Calling is killing. Thanks. 9:42 WNBF. When will they start killing deer again over at Bingmpington University? Or as we call it, Sunni Bingmpington. It's almost time. Hey, students are gone. Time for the sharpest of shooters to start killing deer. To make the campus safe, to make the nature preserve safe for good people like you. Good people. Yeah, good people like you. Who is this? This would be Jeffy from AGOP. Good people. Like I say, you can't fight the ivory tower. I know. I know. Yeah, Ron always cracks me up. You know what? Every time I can't tell you how many trips I have taken to Albany and I do remember one time, I can't remember when it was Bob. Every time I go by fish kill, I think I remember a time where they were doing a protest and they wanted to change fish kill into fish save. I can't remember how far back this went. Sounds like something for, you know, that people for the ethical treatment of fish would do. [laughter] Yeah. You know, so I guess it's called PEP and or PEP. And uh if they're that concerned about the treatment, ethical treatment of fish, well, what about fileto fish? Why why have they allowed billions and billions of fileto fish meals to be served? They don't they don't protest that. What What are they getting? Uh some sort of um annual support from the McDonald's Foundation. McDonald's would be completely out of business if that happened. Well, everyone loves FileTo Fish, although I haven't had one. Somebody told me that you should only order the fileto fish sandwich during Lent. Oh, you know what? I eat fish all year round. It's good. No, I like fish all year round. I'm somewhat reluctant to order fish around here because we're nowhere near a fresh fish location. So, I'm I'm a little I'm a little leery because you never know. I mean, fish f fresh fish is wonderful. Not so fresh fish, not so much. Well, maybe you got to go to New York City and you can get near Fresh Kills. Oh, there's another one. Jeez, there are so many There are so many kills out there. Holy jeez. How How many kills could you name for different places around here? I don't know. Let's put that on pause. So, what else is going on? What else is happening down there at Aigo? Well, we're gearing up for the strawberry festival. We got the steamer all set to go. Are they worried about that steamer? Oh, the the the big project. Nah, we got the steamer back in the house. There's a couple missing pieces, but that's all right. We will work with it, and we're gonna shine that baby up, and I'll be the break man on the steamer in the parade. So, if you see some crazy guy in the back of the steamer, that will be Mo. I think I'm being set up, but we'll find out. We'll see. Only, you know what I say? Only time will tell. Listen to this. This is the funniest darn thing to me. Nobody else will find this funny. But, uh, Mayor Cra had a a little, uh, announcement over at the stadium, over at Morabo Stadium yesterday because, thank goodness that some money has been allocated for more upgrades at the stadium. So, after all that, because obviously Kathy Hokll's running for another term. So, listen to this question. And this shows you how out of touch I am. You'll get a kick out of this. This this is this is um this is called uh what do they what do they call it? A flub or uh this is this is something that's best left on the cutting room floor. If this was on 60 Minutes, it wouldn't make it to to air. But because it was so funny to me, I decided to put this on on Twitter just because it's funny. Listen, I asked the mayor who he would invite to see a Rumble Ponies game this season. I think you'll get a kick out of this. Shows you how out of touch I was. Inviting Governor Cuomo to attend a Rumble Ponies game this season. I certainly would invite Governor Hokll to I asked him I asked him if he's going to invite Governor Cuomo. I mean, what? No, I I would say it was just the heat fighting Governor Cuomo to attend a Rumble Pony's game this season. Well, I certainly would invite Governor Hokll to a Oh, yeah. [laughter] What kind of a sicko, you know, that alone ought to get me fired, don't you think? Well, you know what? He might as well invite that governor who's about to leave in California and Karen Bass, too. They can all get together. But on the bright side, so that was all amusing and everybody got such a laugh out of that. So then of course, well, look, you know, we're all human. So of course I did a take two so we could run the correct version on the air. Would you invite Governor Hokll to attend a Rumble Ponies game this season? A Governor Hokll is more than welcome to attend a game and throw out the first pitch at a at a Rumble Ponies game in the near future this season. Well, so at least I did a second take and and at least nobody knows better that I screwed up the first one. Well, that's true. But do you remember when she dropped a puck at a hockey event? Do you remember what happened with the audience? They booed the living Jesus out of her. I'll never forget that. So, what's going to happen here at the Rumble Pon? Oh, let's put it this way. I I'm not Casey Kasem, but I predict she's not coming to a Rumble Ponies game this year. I don't think she would I don't I know Bingington loves Governor Hokll, but I'm not sure she'd be well received at at one of those games, people. I really do. Oh, well. By the way, Bob, Strawberry Festival, man, we got like I'm going to say close to a 100 bands. Where are they getting the strawberries from this year? Maryland. I probably Honduras via Cyprus. I'm not sure yet. I heard that they're getting them from Secot. I heard Secott has one of those vines gardens. and the the people down at Secot, including some of those people who got fired uh by Barry Weiss at 60 Minutes, they're now growing strawberries. And those beautiful red ripe strawberries grown at the Vines Garden in Cacod are are going to be airlifted up to Oiggo for the strawberry festivals. Trust is everything to me. Oh, hops and barley. I'd be a whole lot better off. And hey, uh, you want to get a hold of Wendy Post? Do an interview with her before the Strawberry Festival kicks in? That would be good. Oh, Wendy Post. Yeah. You know, she ought to be on the show. I wish she would be. She's up there. All right. She's good. All right. Thank you. 950 WNBF. Good morning. You're on the air. What's your first name? Where you calling from? Gary Westside. It's only a matter of time before Tony Dopal becomes a uh 60 Minutes correspondent. Yeah, Tony Dopal and Ivanka Trump. In fact, aren't they married? I was surprised that they fired Sharon Alonsi and Cecilia. Huh? I'm not surprised. I'm surprised they haven't fired Scott P. Why? He's about to get fired. Well, he somebody wrote on Twitter that he has what do they call it? bleep you money. So he basically he knew going into that meeting Monday morning that uh what he was going to say would get him fired. The only thing that shocked him is he still had a job at 5:00 p.m. That's I mean he I'm sure he told his wife, "Hey, I'm probably coming home at about noon, so don't be surprised, you know, get get your boyfriend out of here cuz I'm coming coming home early, I think." And yet even as late as 5 or 6 PM yesterday, he still had a job. That's the amazing thing. Yeah. Call me naive, but I haven't really seen that much difference between 60 Minutes. I mean, I don't you know, some of their stories are kind of boring, but uh I don't But that's always been the case. Even from from its inception, there were always some boring stories. It wasn't well, it wasn't always Dan Rather going around, you know, kicking in doors and and going down to Texas to check out those car repair scams. You know, everyone or or Mike Wallace acting apologetic with the Isaia. Well, excuse me, your holiness, but I just have to ask, you know, when we're all waiting to see Mike Wallace be get beheaded on on TV, but uh no, it's not. It's like Saturday Night Live. You know, occasionally they have some gems, but we we choose it's like this program. This program sometimes they're gems and then there's some episodes that are eminently forgettable. Hey Bob, just a little quick uh if I can save anybody money, this might help. If anybody's traveling down to Philadelphia Way, you know, like maybe down the Turnpike and 95 and, you know, down to Baltimore or whatever. Beware of when you're in a uh slowdown zone or a work zone, you better go pretty close to the speed limit because they have cameras now in these zones and they are Why did you get a ticket? I haven't yet, but uh you will. I'll be checking the mail. [laughter] I don't know. I was going with this. You know, look, I go pretty I try to go as slow as I can. And uh the thing was was that I had noticed that uh or I saw a article when I was down there, not an article, a uh story on news about it and I was like, "Oh jeez, I didn't even know about that." Right. So, I was aware of them and they're pretty hard to spot. They used to be on like uh pickup trucks and then they were on top of the pickup trucks, but they're not like that anymore. They're kind of almost like a I don't know, a mailbox now. I think they should be illegal, but thanks for the warning because I may be traveling down that way in a couple weeks. So, thanks for the heads up. Yeah. Yeah. What a shame. What a shame. I used to live in a country where freedom freedom rang and we could do whatever we wanted within reason. It's 953. This is Bob Joseph live on WNBF. WNBF. Here's the forecast from the National Weather Service. Mostly sunny today, 74. Mainly clear tonight, 49. Sunny tomorrow, 80. Sunny Thursday, 85. And then even hotter on Friday. Right now, it seems to be 60, which appears to translate to 16 Celsius. You're at the mighty 1290. The almighty 1290. Coming up, more of your calls. So stay tuned. I'm Bob Joseph Vicki. Find out what the people have to say. Richard in Norwich, you're on the air. Sorry, Richard. Dial back and see if we can stay connected. Morning. You're on the air. What's your first name? Where you calling from? Oh my gosh, I love the phone company. Sure do. It's one of the best phone companies we have. Anyway, 6077290. A lot to talk about. Uh, of course, the war continues. And why do they continue to call it a ceasefire? I don't think it was a ceasefire for even 24 hours. So stop with the false premise that it's a ceasefire. A ceasefire means fire has ceased. And for it to be a cease fire, it really requires uh no firing on the part of anybody for at least 24 or 48 hours. So ceasefire, I say no. If you're going to end the war, now would be a good time. Call in. Call in before noon if you're planning to end the war. Good morning. you're on the air. What's your first name? Where you calling from? Richard from Norwich. Hey, what's up? Um, I want to talk about uh what's going on in uh Shenango County. Uh we have a uh senior citizens council that has been in um existence for probably 10 or 15 years. Uh they work in conjunction with the area uh agency on the aging and the board of supervisors has come up with this great plan that they're going to eliminate nine employees from uh the area on the aging and they're going to um move them over to uh give their positions to three people in I believe the division of human services. I could be wrong there, but one thing I want to state is these employees, their wages, the nine are paid by the federal government. The only thing the county is responsible for is their uh benefits and their retirement. The total the county uh uh the wages is approximately $250,000. And of course, uh, that goes along with, uh, they're able to buy goods and services with that money. So, it actually brings even more money into the county. And also, these people are overworked. And now they think the board of supervisors that they can just switch nine people's work to three people and expect the same services that the area on the aging has been uh agency on the aging has been providing for the last 10 years. Well, why would they do that? That doesn't make any sense. Well, I know. So why what what is the explanation? What are they saying publicly why they would do such a thing? They are saying that the three people that the U agency on the aging has gotten topheavy which is not true only because the services that are offered are necessary and uh the responsibilities and the overwork. They tried to get this through in a non um uh what is it called? They had a uh meeting of just the supervisors and they accepted it. But luckily some people got together and forced them to uh table it until we get more information. Their biggest complaint is that the agency has become topheavy. If we're not paying their salaries and we're getting all the benefits, I want one of them to explain it and we cannot get any information. Um, I just wanted the people in this county to know that they're trying to get away with this. Well, of course they are. Sounds like they're running some sort of news organization. No, that's how news organizations I mean whether it's CBS or Guanette or any other news organization in this country, that's all they do. They say they if they have a staff of nine people, they trim it to three, they think they're going to get the same results. I've seen it I've seen it close up. I can understand if that was the the problem was uh the county is trying to save money. The county is trying to eliminate some services, but that's not the point. The point is that these people, their salaries are paid by the federal government. The county gains everything and doesn't have to pay except for their benefits and their retirement. Well, you said that's $250,000 a year. So, the the county saves a quarter million dollar a year on benefits, right? I misspoke, I believe, or you misheard. The 250 is the salaries that is paid by the federal government. Yeah. I mean, the bottom line is they could still save some money by paying uh or eliminating some benefits they currently pay, right? Whatever the amount is, they they will save some money. Yes. But the uh take that much money out of an economy at this uh day and age is ludicrous. Um you know that we always say the trickle down theory. Well, if you take $250,000 and then you start eliminating or you eliminate that and the ability to spend money in that e economy, the um room for growth is nil. I just I don't know what I call it I call it I the new theory of America and it's been in effect for I'd say at least the last year and a half maybe a little bit longer. The new theory in America is called the race to the bottom. That's very poignant. Uh yeah and also accurate compared to I'd say for the first 200 or 210 years of this country we work to excel at everything everything we we wanted to be the best. Now all we want to do is to cut cost and we don't care who gets hurt. You know like it's like a big business that swallows up another business uh buys them out. you know, they take away their leadership and eliminate it and all you have left is uh just the one set of president, vice president when you're not going to be able to build an economy unless people are employed and making money. And um that's a darn I agree. It's a darn shame, but you know, these people answer to no one. Yes, they will answer this time. All right. Well, remember elections have consequences. Yes, they do. Thank you, sir. Hey, thank you for that information. I was unaware that was going on. What a what a shocking shocking development in Schnango County. Who knew? Who knew that the uh board of supervisors would be attempting to do something like that? Sheesh. And here we are a month away from celebrating all that's good about America. And then we see something like that. And it's no wonder. It's no wonder people are so discouraged, so disappointed, so disillusioned. 6077290 does make you wonder who in this country who runs things anymore. to the people. No, it's the families. The families run this country. You know who the families are? Good morning, WNBF. You're on the air. What's your first name? Where you calling from? Good morning. My name is Steve. I'm calling from Vesto. I just have a question. Perhaps somebody can answer it. I have to drive down for avenue every day and it's like a third world country. Is somebody avoiding paving that or uh who's responsible for patching up 40 Avenue village of Johnson City? Well, that's not what I've told. Somebody said it's the town of Union. I don't know why it would be. I mean, if somebody knows differently, why would the town of Union be responsible for Floral Avenue? I believe it's a village street. Yeah. I I guess I just have a question. It's just like driving through a third world country, though. It's unbelievable. Well, it's like the triple cities. Hey, third world. I've I've been on some roads in the triple cities that look more like fourth world. [laughter] I'm serious. Don't get me started. All right. Sorry to boss you. No, no, [laughter] no. I'm No. I'm having a little fun at my expense, but the bottom line is Floral Avenue is rough, but look at Shenango Street in Bingmpington, you know, which should be a premier street, you know, that's nobody does a darn thing about that, but do you hear me complain about it? Rarely. Well, who's responsible for that, Bob? Me. It's my fault because I don't complain anymore. If I complained about Floral Avenue, no, as far as I know. In all seriousness, as far as I know, uh, Floral Avenue from the city of Bingmpington line to the roundabout, I believe, is a village of Johnson City Street. I, um, I don't see any reason why the town of Union is responsible for that. Maybe, maybe the town is, but, I think it's the village. I'm sure somebody either from the village or the town could correct me. Union is responsible for that. All right. Well, Bob, thanks for listening to me. Yeah, thank you. It's 10:23 and the bottom line is whether it's Floral Avenue or Shenango Street, there's no point in complaining because there's no money. We're out of money. If we had money, we would repave the streets. We have only x amount of money to spend on street milling and paving every year. and they do the best they can. Then when they're out of money, they stop. I've never encountered a a government official, a mayor, or anyone else who has said, "Man, I'm really happy that we don't do more street improvements every spring and summer. I'm glad we only do about 8 or 10% of the streets every year." No, they're they're not happy. They wish they could do 20 or 25% of the streets every year. We just don't have the money. What do you think we are? Texas. You think we are, Florida? Can't even keep our parking garages from collapsing. Come on, man. 607721290. But despite all that, I love New York. I love New York. I know that there are some people, the naysayers, the negative neighbors who hate New York. People who are crying in their mansions, so upset. Oh, I'm in my mansion and everybody else in New York hates me because I have so much money. I hate New York. Well, yeah, if you're living in a mansion, I can understand why 20 million other New Yorkers probably are not impressed, especially with all the whining, the nashing of teeth. Oh, it's such a bad state. Everything is bad about New York. As you sit in your mansion, I'm always pleased to welcome or to wish the um the billionaires and the oligarchs and the wellto-do, the people who think that New York is so bad that they have to move to Florida or Tennessee or Texas or wherever. I'm always glad to wish them the best in their future endeavors because if you can't take it here, well then, okay, leave. Leave. Don't Don't waste our time complaining. Just leave and go on and enjoy life in Florida or Tennessee or Texas or South Carolina or Mississippi, wherever you want to go. And let us enjoy New York. Let us enjoy the 62 wonderful counties of New York State. 607721290. Bob Joseph live on your Tuesday morning on WNBF. Tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick. You thought we were going to lead into another story about 60 minutes. Don't worry, we'll probably talk about tick tick tick tick tick 60 minutes going down the tubes. Everything is being enslified thanks to the sky dancers. No, the tick tick tick means the tick bites. Tick bites are um out of control or about to become out of control. Jim reports at News34. Spring is tick season and now there's a reminder. You better be careful when you're outdoors. Jim Mi reports at News34. The number of cases of tickborne illnesses is up in Broom County this year. As of the first week of May, there had been 400 cases of Lyme disease. Although officials suspect that number increased dramatically over the course of last month. Oh my gosh. This is enough to make you sick. This is almost as bad as the the first call talking about the the rats out of control in the first word. Listen carefully. This is according to the Jim Mi report. The number of cases of tickborne illnesses up in Broom County this year. As of the first week of May, there had been 400 cases of Lyme disease. [sighs] That's a lot of cases. At this rate, everybody everybody is going to be sick. So, what should you do? A, stay out of jail. B, watch out for deer ticks. C, always stay indoors. Stay indoors and reduce your risk of being attacked by those vicious deer ticks, especially over at Sunni Bingmpington. I'm kidding. There's no deer ticks at Sunni Bingmpington as far as we know. So, according to the person in charge, the medical director reports Lyme disease is pretty darn serious. I'm paraphrasing now. It doesn't actually say in the story pretty darn serious, but I can see the way the story is is framed. This is serious. So, all these issues are are caused by deer ticks. But the ticks are not only carried by deer, they're also carried, oh my gosh, by mice and other small rodents. So, all right. All right, Cliffy, there you have it. So, no, no place is safe. mice, small rodents, deer can be difficult for people to know they have um some kind of a problem caused by deer ticks if they don't know they were bit. All they have is a headache and muscle aches and a pain in the neck. The key there would be what season is it? I usually tell my patients if you have flu sip I can't read this can't put that on the air anyway you can see the whole story at bingmpington homepage.com thanks Jim I was feeling I was feeling very healthy up until about a minute and a half ago now now I have all these symptoms similar to what happens when I watch the evening news. Sit down 6:30 wanting a news update. Everything is fine starting at 6:30. They of course shock you with two and a half minutes worth of teases about the stories they're going to tell you. And then they go to the first break and every commercial is for some sort of medication for illnesses you didn't even know existed. By the by the time you get to 658, you're feeling so sick. You know, you just know you need some of those things that were advertised. And you know, you have to ask your doctor if any of those pharmaceutical things are right for you. It's 10:39 on your Tuesday morning WNBF, the station that gets the answers that you crave. A tipster reports Floral Avenue is on the list to be paved this summer. So Steve from Vestal, there is hope. There is hope. I've been on Floral Avenue two or three times over the last week. I didn't think much of it compared to most the other roads around the triple cities. It seemed not great, but it seemed about average. So, compared to Well, compared to most other roads around here, it is what it is. It is what it is. It's 10:40 WNBF. the big N, the mighty N. H virus. Um Gary from Bingmpington writes, "It's believed it was spread on the cruise ship from a couple who had gone bird watching, not from mice on the ship. It was the Andes strain, which can be passed from person to person. No rodents were found on the vessel." All right. All right. Excellent. Good to know. We could talk about oh almost anything. Hopefully not much more about rodents or mice or ticks, but on the other hand, we're a fullervice program. So if you want to delve into those health issues, who knows? Maybe Dr. Oz will favor us with a call. It's Tuesday morning. Bob Joseph live WNBF. WNBF at 10:44. Let's go back to the phones. Beverly in the town of Dickinson, you're on the air. Uh, hi. Uh, I'm I'm taking up a new hobby. I I've been I've been studying history and uh I was reading the story about Thomas Jefferson and uh you know at the end of his presidency that he went bankrupt and uh the loners and so forth. Uh I He He lost everything. His outs and everything. TJ lost everything. Yep. Everything. Uh the slaves that lived with that worked for him. Uh he was good to them. and the the slaves in all the antiques in the cellar of the of the house. And when uh and uh when when the uh uh when the business people they took they took all his furniture and everything. And when they when they left uh they uh uh a slave the slaves did all the antiques. And when the and when um the creditors took everything upstairs uh uh the furniture and the furniturees and everything. Why uh the uh slaves went and they and they packed them up and they put them in a wagon and they took him to another state and uh so then what did he do? Uh well he was broke. He Well, yeah. So what did what did he do? Uh did he issue a Bitcoin, a cryptocoin? What did he do? Did he uh ask Congress for a slush fund? No, I don't I don't think they had Well, they might have had gold. Yeah, he should have You know what he should have done? He should have set up now, though. Yeah, he should have done like the smart people do and set up some sort of slush fund like $1.8 billion and he could have gotten some slush out of the fund from the from the tax. Uh, it was real interesting. But he died broke. Well, that's one good thing. I know one guy who's not going to die broke. He might not die happy, but he's not going to die broke. Yeah. You know who? Donald Trump. Well, I'm not going to mention names because people only get mad when I bring his name up. No, no. I'm just I'm just I'm just saying, you know, we have a few millionaires and so wasn't Eli now. Oh, whatever his name is. I can't think of his last name. He's a bill. He's a billionaire. They said he's going to be a trillionaire now. He's going to be a trillionaire. Oh, probably. Yeah. What would you do if you had a trillion dollars? I would buy this station. You would? Yeah. I would turn it into WBO. All Bob all the time. Oh, well, I'll tell you, Bob, if if I ever won big on a lottery, I'd make sure that you got your way. And that's a fact. I would, too. Thank you. I I know you mean I know. I know you mean it. I but you don't you don't you don't see too many uh people winning on the lottery ticket anymore. Yeah. You know I don't I don't even know who runs that lottery. It it used to be run by good people. Now remember um what was her name? She used to do the drawings. Felicia Felicia Martinez or whatever. Remember she did the the drawings and then they fired her. Remember the she was in Endwell once. I was having chicken wings in Endwell and the woman who ran the lottery, she showed up and she gave me a lottery t No, she offered me a lottery t-shirt and I politely declined. You know who I'm talking about. Yeah. So yeah, I was I watched Theodore Roosevelt and uh Thomas Jefferson and now I'm reading about about Franklin Delaner Roosevelt. All right. Oh, it's not. It was Felicia Vega. That's who I'm talking about. remember she used to run she ran the lottery and then apparently they fired her. I guess I they never they never explained. One day she was uh announcing the lottery numbers and she was an endwell offering me a lottery t-shirt and then next thing you knew she Oh, they they said she wanted to spend more time with her family. Well, that's what Scott P is going to say. He wants to spend more time with his family instead of doing new episodes of 60 Minutes. Scott P will make an announcement at noon today that he wants to leave CBS News in 60 Minutes so he can spend more time with his family and his bagels. Well, you know, Bob, I'll tell you something. I retired in 2009, right? I I I sister had a disability. And so I I gave him my notice and I come home and I says, "Elizabeth," I said, "I retired as of today." And she says, "Well, that's wonderful." You know what? We went all over the place. We could Oh, really? You can do that? Well, I did at the time. Oh, okay. I didn't know how to do it. So, I mean, you you can just you can just announce that you're retired and then go do stuff. Oh, yeah. All right. I didn't know you could do that. I thought you had to get permission. I retired. I gave him my two weeks notice. Oh, you have to give a two weeks notice. So, yeah. So, if I gave my Wait, wait, wait, wait. Let me figure this out. So, if I give my two weeks notice today, then I could be retired on June 16th. Is that right? Yeah. Let me check. Wait, today is the 2nd. Next week, next Tuesday would be the last. You know, when I when I retired, I come home and I said, "Elizabeth, I retired today." And uh she went to senior citizen. Then I went to senior citizen. We went on bus trips. We went to the movies and and she passed away in 2013. But we did a lot. All right. I just didn't know you could do all that. All right. Appreciate the um the information. Hope you have a great day. You too. 1052 WNBF, we're here for you. I just saw something again. I don't know the whole thing about the the lottery. I just don't know. They they don't seem to they don't seem to tell you as much about the lottery as they used to. remember when they started it seemed seemed like they they were always telling you stuff about how how it worked and I think they said all the money for the lottery went to education so so I guess that's a good thing it's 1053 WNBF I saw something too about the war. I heard the war was going to end soon. Um, obviously I've been listening to the wrong people if I think the war is going to end soon. Let's see. In fact, did the president say anything yesterday? I'm looking on our stack of stuff. Doesn't look like he had anything to say at all. Oh, one thing they said, but I don't believe this for a minute. They were uh talking about that slush fund and somebody reported some online website. I guess that's what they mean by website. It's online. Some journalistic organization reported about the slush fund and somehow said that the president is backing away from his proposed slush fund. And all I heard later in the day was no, he's not actually backing away from the slush fund. What he's actually doing is putting the slush fund on pause so he can get some Republican lawmakers to agree to some things he wants. So it's it's not gone. The slush fund proposal hasn't been dropped. It's been paused. So there's a big difference. You pause the slush fund to get your way. And then after you've duped some Republicans into voting for something you want, then you unpausep the slush fund. There's a simple way to stop this and stop it for good and prohibit any future entertaining of even the idea of this kind of a slush fund at taxpayer expense. Not just for this president, but for any president in the future. I mean, even Republicans are sick of it. I mean, Democrats, of course, are sick of slush funds. You don't want taxpayers to be funding a bunch of slush, not $1.8 billion worth of slush for criminals. Was this a miscalculation of the president? Um, yes. I guess I'd call it that. Yeah, miscalculation. a miscalculation. No, it's a slush fund. Is it gone? I don't think so. It's paused. They paused the slush fund. So, it's paused. Will they come back for it on November 4th? Probably. Did it become a distraction up here on Capitol Hill, that fund? I mean, not for me. Um, but um but I think at this point, like I said, for some of your colleagues maybe, but it doesn't matter anymore. If it if it was, it isn't anymore. So, I mean, come on. Nobody Nobody is really fooled. Nobody's fooled by that. Slashf fund. Come on. It's uh 10:56 at News Radio WBF. WNBF.com. Let's see what else is going on in the wacky the wacky world of wackiness. You know, New York is pretty uh wacky when it comes to politics. But if you look at what's going on right now in California and Los Angeles, Spencer Pratt, who apparently is some kind of reality show host. So Spencer Pratt wants to be mayor of Los Angeles. That would be akin to putting Kim Kardashian as as mayor of New York City. You don't need reality stars running cities or this country. Reality stars, what do they know? If you're going to have a big city or any city or any state or the country, if you're going to have government, you have to have government run by pros, not by a bunch of reality stars. So apparently, according to the Washington Post, till four months ago, Spencer Pratt was best known as a chish reality TV boyfriend. Well, there's there's a recommendation. And for mayor of Los Angeles, till four months ago, he was best known as the chirish reality TV boyfriend. See, I've got to start watching more reality TV. I till a few months ago I didn't I thought Spencer Pratt was a guy who took pictures for Getty Images. I think I'm thinking of U Spencer another Spencer and yet now he's the leading candidate to serve 4 million people as Los Angeles mayor. And today is primary day in Los Angeles. So, you think think things are weird here in New York, and they are, but they're even more weird in California. They have something in Los Angeles. It's the jungle primary. Sounds like something they would have developed in Ithaca. The jungle primary in Los Angeles. After an influx of campaign cash and a better thanex expected debate performance, Spencer Pratt is getting the time to take him seriously media treatment. So now we have to take him seriously. And I'm looking at this guy. I'm looking at him. Of course, this is a file photo from 2008 when he was a a reality TV star at MTV. And I just can't for the life of me I can't envision Spencer Pratt running Los Angeles. On the other hand, on the other hand, look at who's been trying to run Los Angeles in recent years. She hasn't she hasn't really set the world on fire either with her style of leadership out of the country when her city needs her. That that type of mayor. I mean, that's the bottom line. When there's a crisis, the mayor really ought to be in town. And so, she could be vulnerable. So, Spencer Pratt, maybe maybe he'll be the next mayor of LA. I'm Bob Joseph. News, talk, and information for Bingmpington and Central New York. This is News Radio WNBF Bingmpington, a town square media station. Let's go back to phones. Let's hit those lines hard. Morning. You're on the air. What's your first name? Where you calling from? Morning, Bob. This is Bill from Endicott. Hi, Bill. How you doing, Bob? I am well. Good. Hey, I got a couple topics. Not too much, you know, just a couple snippets. You got the uh Jefferson starship coming to Tyogga Downs. That should be good. Don't can't remember the date, but the tickets are 20 bucks. And uh has anybody noticed uh the homeless living under the bridge just before you get to the McDonald's in a Weiggo? No, I was over there. I was over there a few days ago. I didn't notice anyone. They're on the as you're coming into a We go. They're right on that side of the underpass. You know what? Where near where the Pizza Hut used to be before they tore it down? No, you know where you know where you where the roads meet there to go to like if you go under the underpass, you can go to the you can go to the right then you can circle down. You can go to the presidential helicopter building or or you could go to um that closed plaza. It's It's just past that. [clears throat] Just Just past the presidential helicopter. Yeah. Well, it's near where Pizza Hut used to be before they tore it down a couple weeks ago. They had a Pizza Hut and then they tore it down. Yeah. Well, anyway, I just wondered if anybody uh noticed. No. Well, I didn't I was over there. I didn't notice anything. But then again, there it's hard to keep track of all the encampments around here. There must be hundreds. Oh, I know. There must be hundreds. So, I know. I know that's pretty sad, you know. That's that's all I'm saying, you know. Well, it is, but what are you supposed to do? I mean, build build affordable housing for people. I don't know about I mean, that's the tough thing. Everybody wants wants the problem solved, but nobody wants to pay for it. Right. Right. Right. So, what else is going on? I'm sure you What else in Endicott? I was in Endicott. I saw a couple things. What What are they doing over there? I don't know. You know, Endicott, uh, it's kind of a funny place, you know. How come they don't talk anymore about it? They hired a PR agency and they used the PR agency, so now the government officials don't have to talk. That's that's the thing I I find so weird. [snorts] Well, you know, you got a mayor that's in hiding. I mean, where is he? I don't know. No, I'm serious. You live in Endicott. When's the last time you saw the mayor? I I don't think I've ever ever seen him. I haven't seen him in a long time. I drove by the municipal building. I saw a vehicle. I'm serious. You You think I'm making this up? I'm dead serious. I was over by the municipal building over on Lincoln Avenue this morning. I drove by. I saw a guy pulling into the parking lot and I looked carefully. I thought, "Well, that might be Nick, the mayor." And it wasn't it was a guy who works for Endicott, but it wasn't the mayor. So my question is where where is the mayor? Did he pull into the mayor's parking spot? I didn't notice. I I didn't want to linger because I I didn't want to be put on one of those government lists because if you linger too long in front of the municipal building, the mayor will probably put you on a list. Oh, no doubt. But so you live in Endicott and you haven't seen the mayor? No. No. No. What about the previous mayor? She used to be seen. Oh, I I do. I see him every day. Yeah. And I'm not I'm I'm not going to go any further. No, I I wouldn't expect you to. You You almost fell into my trap, but you're too I did. You're too clever. You're too clever not to be duped. I did. All right. We'll keep you. I've kn I've known him for a long time and he doesn't live too far away from where I'm sitting. [laughter] Well, if you have if you happen to see the mayor of Endicott, let him let him know we're all looking for him. And you know, he's Yeah. You know, the the weird thing is about the mayor. I was the first person on his first day in office. I seriously I was the first person outside the village government to come in to his office and greet him. So, I thought that was nice of me. Sure. And I I I um took a couple pictures of him in his office and I thought I thought we hit it off well. And Uhhuh. Well, you see what's happened now? Now he Now he no longer knows me. Oh, I got one more thing. Yeah. You were talking about the the lady that used to announce the lottery numbers. Yeah. Felicia Vega. No, Yolanda Vega. That's right. It's Yolanda. Felicia was her younger sister. Where'd you get Felicia from? Her sister is about 8 years younger, but they're both they're both very good and and but you're right. It was Yolanda Vega that I I was an end and all I you know me. You know me, when I'm out having chicken wings or something, all I want to do is just have a quiet night out. I don't need someone in my face. So, I'm having my chicken wings. I think you know, half peanut butter and half garlic parm. And sure enough, that Yolanda Vega is in my face. And she's like, "Here, here, have this lottery t-shirt." And I said, "Thank you. I watch you on TV. You do a marvelous job, but I don't need a lottery t-shirt. you know, either sit down and enjoy some of my wings or or let me let me keep calm and carry on. And I mean, don't don't get me wrong, she was friendly enough, but I Oh, yeah. You know, I was I was so disappointed when they um when they pulled the plug on her, I thought she was the best, too. Of all the lottery announcers in the history of America, I thought she was the best. Yeah. Yeah. [clears throat] All right. They don't give they don't give t-shirts away anymore. But no, they don't. No, no, they they changed their marketing plan. Hope you have a great day. You too, Bob. Hey, thanks a lot. Nice talking to you. Thank you. 1119. Yolanda Vega. Yeah, she was really good. I her younger sister. I think she's eight years younger, Felicia Vega. But they they apparently wouldn't hire her younger sister when they pulled the plug on Yolanda Vega. And I know this as always they say so she could spend more time with her family. Wink wink. It's not what it was about. She was perfectly happy doing the lottery show. And that's why you think Action News used to have such big ratings. The 11:00 Action News had some of the biggest ratings back when Yolanda Vega was the lead in. That's what they need. Bring back Yolanda Vega and the 11:00 ratings are going to go through the roof. [snorts] 607721290. This is Bob Joseph just trying to help on WNBF. At 11:23, we return to those lively phone lines. DJ in Bingmpington. Hey, good morning Bob. You know, a lot of people don't realize and the caller that called in before, I don't remember when it was, but he Spencer Pratt was not just a reality star on a show. He was a producer and him and his wife Heidi Montag made millions and millions of dollars. That doesn't make it right. Well, now he's worth five million, but anyway. Yeah, it doesn't make it right. I don't care if he's worth a trillion dollars. It doesn't mean he's qualified to be mayor of Podunk. Not saying I'm not saying that, but it doesn't matter to me who wins. I'm not in Los Angeles. But it looks like he's going to win because of what happened. You know, the the regulations that they had where the firemen couldn't do their jobs and all that. That's all I'm saying. And uh you make it sound like Mayor Bass set the fires. No, but Wednesday are the Knicks. The Knicks game starts Wednesday. Are you going? Why don't you go get a ticket? Well, I don't know. I'm just happy that they're in I used to go to some of the callers remember Dicks Market on the corner of Helen and Maine and where the Citizens Bank is now and we used to what was it called? Richard's Market. Dicks Market when I got a when I got Is that how that chain got its start over at Helen and Maine? I thought it was over on the east side where the Citizens Bank is now. But when I got a Walt Frasier card, I was a very happy camper. And that's what it's like. Brunson is amazing. I was watching him the other night, man. And so finally, they're back in it. So that's great news. Well, you got to be in it to win it. That's right. What's going on with you? What are you What are you doing? The usual. Felicia, you got that from that movie. Bye, Felicia. I see Dick's Market, 247 Main Street. They were fined $300 for unsanitary conditions. Really? 247 Main Street. Unsanitary conditions. Wow. Wow. I never knew that. It was an old mom and pop store. Yeah. Well, maybe maybe they should have cleaned up. Of course, I'm looking in the same column. with all the fines. Harris Food Lines of Endwell. [clears throat] We went there Grand Union. Big M over on Vestal Avenue. Harris Food Lines of Vestal. Lowblow. Remember Lobblow? Lobblow supermarket in Oniana. Uh Jeff Pastry Shop. There was a Harris in Johnson City. My dad would stop and get stuff before our Sunday drives and we'd go down over on Grand Avenue. The friendly store that saves you more. That's right. Then it was a dollar bazaar. Oh. Oh, now I see I see a picture from the newspaper in 1974. They tore down the Dicks Market at 247 Main Street. That's where the then they put in a credit union or no the we go federal and now it's uh happy bank. There was a white house there right next to the citizen to the left to the left. Were you there when they tore it down? I see I see little DJ sitting there. There were a bunch of teenagers sitting there watching the demolition. Let me tell you something for a second. My sister had an apartment there in that white um in the white house. Did she have dark hair? I stayed overnight. No, that's not her in the picture. Played overnight there. A lot of memories around there. I'm looking at the picture, right? If I knew if I knew who she was, of course, that was in 1974, so it's irrelevant now, but she was taking a picture of the demolition. My sister Patty worked at the Casal Linda. Remember the Casal Linda? The Crest Theater? Yeah. The Crest Theater. Yeah. Back when theaters were named for toothpaste. I worked at Perkins Pancakes when I was uh I 16. I went with Tony Russell to Perkins Pancakes. We used to We had a big we had a big thing called Beat the Flapjacks when uh when the uh team the hockey team was playing the Flapjacks. We we took a bunch of WNBF listeners over to Perkins Pancake House before the big game. Those were the days. All right. Thanks for the memories, DJ. 11:28 WNBF. Good morning. You're on the air. What's your first name? Where you calling from? Morning, Bob. My name is Vic. I'm calling from uh Court Street, Bon. Welcome. Welcome to my neighborhood. Yeah, I'm at Tom's Diner having breakfast. Well, tell everyone there that I said hi. Hey, Bob Joseph said hi to everybody. Nobody even looked up. Hey, you know, I called I got to ask you to do me a favor. I want you to call Walter Hayne and ask him how he feels about solar panels on the Fingerlakes and then their water reservoirs because the New York Senate or legislature just passed a law saying it was okay to build them there and they're already looking at two reservoirs in upstate New York where they plan on putting 7,000 solar panels in each one. Now, if that's protecting our environment, I'd like Walter Hayne explain how solar panels will leak chemicals into the ground and make land that was used for solar panels undesirable for food production. How he feels about that leeching going into our water systems and uh uh directly affecting our water. I think it's a very serious thing. I don't think anybody knew this bill was going to get passed. Uh, but it did. And now they have the right to put solar panels where people swim, fish. Did you hear this? Listen to this. This is like ripped from the headlines. It's sort of like law and order except even better. New Yorkers can soon hang solar panels from their windows. Did you catch that? That's almost like we planned this. Like this was a setup. That's the headline today from John Campbell at the John Campbell news site. The Gothamist. New Yorkers can soon hang solar panels from their windows. And you wonder why, Bob? You wonder why New York is losing its population and becoming the part? I don't wonder why. No, I No. There is a percentage of people in New York who have been discontented for many years. You know, I've been hosting this program for about 15 years, and from day one, I learned that there are a lot of people who are unhappy. Well, they're not just unhappy, Bob. Yeah. They're discontented. They're disgusted. They're despondent and they're they're perpetually displeased. And those are the people who need to leave. This is going to make those New Yorkers cry. In that law that they just passed, they are going to raise the taxes of every New Yorker to pay these solar companies to put those solar panels in our lakes in our water reservoirs. And I said that right in the article like I said, who's that talking there? I'm in a restaurant. Well, who is that? Kathy. No, no, it's not Kathy. Jenny. Hi, honey. What's your name? What's your name? This guy recognized your voice. Yeah, I thought I recognized her. Yeah, Debbie. Debbie. Okay. I thought it was Debbie. Hi, Debbie. Hi, Debbie. Bob Joseph from the radio. Bob Joseph from the radio show. You don't know him? Okay. Bob Joseph from WNBF. Oh, I don't know her. You know, you're probably the only one in Bingmpington that doesn't. She knows me. She knows me. She's trying to This is called This is what's known in the business as plausible deniability because she's afraid that there's some sort of FCC investigation and that she's going to be in snarled when Uncle Charlie comes to ask her a few questions. You're funny, Bob. You're a funny man. Anyway, uh residents should are writing their legislators. Oh, you know what? You know who they should write? They should write to Leah Webb. She's probably the one that pushed the bill through. Well, of course. Why? Why not write to her? I'll bet you I'll bet you the Fingerlakes are already writing the towns around them are writing writing town laws that ban solar fields in their lake. Well, as they should. The people who live up there, they're a bunch of rich people. Bunch of rich people. They don't want their lake spoiled. Problem with that is the state owns the water. It's not owned by the towns, so it won't work. Well, then they can take the state to court because they're rich people, so they can afford the best attorneys. Yeah, that's true. I you may not realize this, Vic, but we're a latigious society. So, I predict before any of that happens that the state is going to face some uh court challenges. That's what I say. Well, Bob, these are the same rich people that fought against natural gas drilling with their hard earned money or their right. Rich people don't want that stuff in their backyard. I know some rich people and they all have the same opinion. They don't want anything in their backyard. It's okay for my backyard or your backyard, but the richest people always live in neighborhoods where nothing will ever happen to their backyard. The richest people know know nothing of the Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, I'm sure some do. That's not what we're talking about, though. Look at the guy who made uh untold billions of dollars from fracking. The the kid who owns the Buffalo Bills. Now, there's a guy who I think he and his wife are worth six or seven billion dollars. And to show their gratitude for America making them unspeakably wealthy, they charge good people like you and me money to build a stadium that we'll never be able to afford to um to go to. So that shows you that's what happens when people make big thick stacks of cash from fracking or from the governor. Whatever. Whatever from the governor fracking. It's all money. Money is the root of all evils. Vote Blakeman for governor. Who? Blakeman. How come he's not on the program? If he wants to be governor, you would think, you know, the election's coming up, Vic, in five months. He has yet to be on the program. I'll call him and talk to him. Don't bother. Don't bother. He knows. He knows my interest. You don't have to at this point. That's how I gauge if people are serious about running. He had he had quite the advertisement on uh Facebook yesterday about upstate New York, including the Southern Tier. So, he is reaching out to the Southern Tier to let him know. Yeah. On Facebook. What? How come he doesn't do interviews? When's the last time he did an interview with anybody in Bingmpington? The newspaper, the TV stations, radio stations. I haven't seen Blakeman on the air anywhere in Bingmpington or or even doing an interview with the newspaper. Where is he? He was here a few months ago. No, I I didn't say he hasn't been here. Of course, he's here. Why isn't he doing interviews? Why doesn't he want to defeat Kathy Hokll? You know, she's not very popular around here. He's working on educating the uneducated in New York City. Well, that's a hopeless cause. If Blakeman has any desire to be governor, he has to focus on places like Bingington and Syracuse and Udica and Rochester and Albany and Watertown. He can't focus on New York City. That's that's 100% Well, not 100%. It's probably 90% Democrat and that's where the votes are. Yeah. Okay. Well, you'll see the results in November and you'll wonder why he didn't reach out to free media upstate when he had a chance. How long? He's been a candidate now for months. He will reach out to it'll be too little too late. Why hasn't he been on the air with all the upstate media, radio, TV, newspapers? What's he waiting for? Well, he knows the history of Bigington and how it's uh uh run by Democrats. It's not run by Democrats. It's run by a Republican. Look at the history of Bingmpington. Who runs Bingmpington? More than a decade. Bingmpington has been run by Republicans. Republican mayors always win. But they're not Republican mayors. They just say they are. Oh, please. You can't tell me that Jared Cra is not a Republican. You can't tell me Rich David is not a Republican. You can't tell me Richard Buchcci is not a Republican. Those are Republicans, baby. And uh they work with the Democrats out in they work with the Democrats just like just like the Broom County Republican leader on the legislature works with Democrats just like Warren Anderson worked with Democrats. That's that's how things get done. You have to work with the other party. In order to work with the other party, you have to have a dialogue. Well, then there ought to be a dialogue. That's my opinion. Anyway, thanks for your thoughts. 11:38, that's the story from Court Street in downtown Bingmpington where shockingly no one knows me. Good morning. You're on the air. What's your first name? Where you calling from? My name is Jerry. I'm calling from the north side. What's up? Just want to make a quick question. Something you said there, Bob. You said that money is the root of all evil. The actual quote is the love of money is the raw root. Yeah, I know. I know. I know what the actual quote is. I wasn't saying what the actual quote was. I'm saying in my opinion, money is the root of all evil. I know the actual quote. Actually, in my opinion, it's selfishness and fear that people don't have enough of anything. So, they try to gather as much of anything that they can. Well, it sounds like um Elon Musk. Yeah. Well, I'll keep it impersonal. Okay. Well, I'll I'll strike that from the record. That sounds like a billionaire. I know. Just just correct the statement that you uh what you understand. No, I understand the quote. I say I I didn't say I was quoting anyone. I'm saying in my opinion, money is the root of all evil. That's my opinion. I say I I didn't. All right. All right. You know, you may love money. I don't actually I don't know anyone who doesn't love money. It's a great energy source. It does. Anyway, I appreciate your call. I hope you have a good afternoon. Thanks for listening. 11:40. Yeah, I stand by my statement. Money is the root of all evil. Now, yeah, the quote may be the love of money. I've streamlined it. Money is the root of all evil. So you you prove where I'm wrong. Money is the root of all evil. If you didn't have money involved, CBS News wouldn't be the smoldering mess it is. Hi WNBF, you're on the air. What's your first name? Where you calling from? Wouldn't be the smoldering. Hello. Hello. If you're on the air, what's your first name or H? That guy sounds good. I would listen to his show except I'm busy doing my own show on WNBF and WNBF.com. Let's go back to those busy phones. Dave and Vestal, you're on the air. Yeah. Good morning, Bob. That song, you had me digging for my platform shoes, Bob. I I sure I saved a pair somewhere from the 70s. Hey, Bob. You know, no, no, let me I got to correct you guys. The root of all evil, Bob, I I believe it is communism. No, the Democrats. No, I thought you meant the Democrats. No, no, but you didn't let me finish. Also known as liberal progressives. Same thing. No, the Democrats. You mean you mean the Democrats and Hunter Biden's laptop? No. Say No, say it right. Like Like Trump says it. Democrats. No, no, no, no. You don't say that. That's something the president would say. You wouldn't want somebody You wouldn't want a kid or your mom to say something like that. Be nice. Be respectful. They're Democrats. Okay, Bob. Well, here's the proof how intelligent they are. If Gavin Newsome was running for another term, you see how bad things are out there. The Democrat, they would still vote for him. Bob, they'd put him back in. They'll vote for Bass. She's going to win. It doesn't of course because look, the Republicans are putting some reality show pup against her. Hey, she may not be the bee's knees, but she didn't start the fire. Point is, Bob, no matter how bad things get in any state, any city, anywhere, they'll keep voting them in because they're not too smart, are they? Just like in New York. Why do you think Kathy Hokll will coast to a victory? Because she's the best and the brightest? No. Because the Republicans won't put up a candidate who has fire in his belly. You need a candidate who wants to win. No. Because the Democrats will keep voting for her because they're not too smart. No. Remember, George Pitaki defeated Mario Cuomo easily and then Pitaki was reelected. time and time again. So, don't tell me that a good Republican candidate, a tall Republican candidate, can't win in New York. Republicans need a good candidate. They need someone who's at least 6' 5 in tall so he could look up to him and then he can get the state under control, teach the Democrats a brilliant lesson. Bob, isn't he the last governor that we've had that wasn't riddled with scandal? Yeah, I wouldn't say that. Don't go that far. Last one. Don't go that far. You're saying Pitakei? What? He wasn't He had Give me a break. What I will say about George Pitakei, one time I went out in Endicott, there was some kind of a thing, a steak bash, and he put a piece of meat. I'm serious. He put a piece of grilled meat on a a plastic plate. [laughter] And man, that was that was a tough piece of meat. But Bob, my but do you hear me complain about it decades later? No. No. No, Bob. But but you know what? What? Let me tell you something. Republican voters are smarter because they will vote for a Democrat if if deemed necessary. The Democrats. And how come Republican voters don't demand that their grand old party come up with a candidate who wants to win? Why do they put every four years they put up a slate of losers? Why Why should New Yorkers, Republicans or independents or even Democrats have to put up with it? Why can't the Republicans field a decent candidate every four years? Bob, that's my favorite. Come on, don't laugh it off. You make it sound like I don't want a good vibrant race for governor. You know me, I want a great race for governor. I want the Republican and Democratic candidates to debate the issues right here in this studio. But let's face it, neither one of them are willing to come on the program. So that's all the that's all the evidence you need. Bob, you're so slippery. It's like trying to catch a fish without a pole. trying to catch him by hand every time. You're good at it, Bob. I I said one thing and then you veered off so smoothly, Bob. You know, you've become really good at that. You really have. Hey, even Hillary agrees. I'm slicker than Willie. [laughter] Yeah, you are. Yeah, you are, Bob. All right. Well, thanks for the encouragement. It's 11:49 at WNBF. Again, I don't play favorites. I just want New Yorkers to have good choices. The best choices. Come on, man. When's the last time there was a real real contested campaign for governor of New York? I think it's incumbent on Democrats and Republicans in New York to look for the best possible candidates every four years. Don't put up just someone who has enough money or enough connections or likes the Buffalo Bills. Find the best candidate, the person who is best suited to be governor for the next four years. that that should be the mission statement for both major parties. Find someone who's competent and qualified and is willing to do the best for all New Yorkers. I'm not playing favorites. I just want New Yorkers to have good choices. 607721290. I'm Bob Joseph on your side on WNBF. WNBF at 11:54. Just here to uh serve and protect. Here's the forecast from the National Weather Service. Mostly sunny this afternoon. High 74. Mainly clear tonight. Low 49. Sunny tomorrow. High 80. Sunny. Thursday. High 85. Right now at 69 in downtown Bingmpington, 21 Celsius at America's most wonderful radio station, WNBF. We've been serving the area for nearly a century. So, I personally see no reason to stop at this time. Let's see what else are people. Some of these things online are just plain funny. Oh, I uh was looking at the newspaper archives from 50 years ago. I know this will shock you. 50 years ago, 35,000 people, maybe as many as 40,000 people, showed up at the Broom County Airport to celebrate the facility's 25th birthday. They had the Thunderbirds at the airport. So, the Thunderbirds were at the U airport in 1976 for the 25th birthday. So, there you go. Oh, another uh thing that I just noticed a short time ago on Twitter, our friend Steve Craig said he was there at the big event with the Thunderbirds 50 years ago. He said, "I was there. Huge crowd. Getting out was so slow. I took a nap while waiting. That is the tough thing when you have such a big airport celebration with 35,000 or 40,000 people. Let's see what else something else here too. Oh, hold on. It's a beautiful morning. Jeff Platsky, local journalist Jeff Platsky wrote about the airport and he he noted our story from a few days ago about the lack of a celebration on the 71st 75th birthday of the airport. and Platsky this morning on Twitter wrote, "Attracting carriers to the Bingmpington airport has never been more difficult given the current state of the airline industry. Based on 2024 numbers, the Bingmpington airport boarded about 24,500 passengers, ranking 331 among the nation's airports. So, hey, it was tough then. That was 2024. Look at 2026. The price of jet fuel I believe has about doubled over the last 3 months cuz someone started a war. So now we are in a position we as in good people like you are in a position keeping our fingers crossed that Delta will keep that flight 3792 on the board but they're facing their own own headwinds. So Detroit thankfully or um Delta thankfully is providing this daily service between BGM and DTW. But for how long? How long can they justify it? Now maybe maybe they'll justify it at least through November 4th until after the election. Or maybe if the numbers work out in our favor, maybe they'll keep it. I hope they keep it. And I hope when things settle down in the airline industry after the war, whenever the war ends and things begin to stabilize and fuel prices might start to come down, maybe then Delta can add additional service out of Bingmpington. But unfortunately, hey, the way it is, the way it is. And everybody likes to point fingers and cast aspersions or assign blame. I don't know that anybody can be blamed. This is the industry. This is the world. People in Broom County didn't consolidate the aviation industry. The people in Broom County didn't order jet fuel prices to double since February. So, as as they say, say radio stations when things go wrong, circumstances beyond our control. Well, that's the airport, too. Circumstances beyond our control. What can you do? Everybody has an opinion about how they would do it differently. Not better, just differently. So maybe when the war ends and the price of everything comes down and people can get back to the business of life and stop worrying about all the uncertainty, maybe we can get some more flights out of Bingington Airport. That's our program for today. I'm Bob Joseph, widely known as the eternal optimist. I'll be back tomorrow morning. News, talk, and information for Bingmpington and Central New York. This is News Radio WNBF Binghamington, a town square media