Community voices rise in lively discussion on local challenges

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There are two types of business owners. Those who are busy and those who want to be busy. Toast is designed for both. With tools to keep you humming and help turn grind into growth. That's how you turn busy into business. Toast. Built for busy. I'm Bob Joseph. Today is Friday, May 29th, 2026. Good morning, America. 6077721290. Please call and express [music] your opinions. And if you must drink, please drink responsibly. Please [music] start recording. Trust me, there's a reason for that. But there's always a reason. Wait, get on the thing just for a second just to prove that. Wait, the thing. Hold on. Yeah. Turn that button up. Switch that one over. the thing. I can't count how many times I've done that. I know. Oh, I forgot to turn the button on. Did you see yesterday we had not one, not two, but three Broom County officials in the studio at the same time? That doesn't happen often. They have been here nicely. Yeah. Yeah. And and information. That was a lot of information during that that final hour. That's why I always stay till noon because I sometimes I want to slither out of here at 11:00 and then I think, yeah, but maybe the best will be in the final hour. And that's what happened yesterday. So, there you go. Yeah. And I'm I'm sorry. I I was too busy doing something uh during the last hour. Are are you going to be enjoying the weekend or Oh, I forgot. Oh, you have a big Don't you have a big assignment for tomorrow night? Yeah, family event. So, I'm going to You'll be busy. Be the uh designated DJ because I'm the [clears throat] only DJ in the family. So, guess who gets the honors of spinning the tunes. That's okay. It's a very important service. As long as they feed me, I'm good to go. Hey, food, baby. We'll work for food. Hey, have a good weekend. You, too, Bob. I'll see you next month. Oh, yeah. Right. Yeah. June 1st. Goodbye. Thank you. It's alive and local. How do we do it? Smok and mirrors, but not AI. All right, let's do some calls, shall we? Good morning. Your caller number one. What's your first name and where are you calling from? My first name Ron and I'm calling from Bingmpington, New York. Before you go, thank you, Ron. Before you go any further, and I know this will come as probably no surprise, our Vegomite sampling is not going to happen today. And I'll tell you why. And this is the truth. The um the person, one of the key people upstairs, she brought in donuts today. So, you know, when when confronted with a dozen donuts versus a jar of Vegemite with the appropriate operating instructions, I thought, well, the the donuts are fresh now. Based on most accounts, Vegemite will still be good next week. Well, Bob, actually, you probably haven't had time. you've been rushing around getting to the station, but I I sent you an email and I made a a suggestion that possibly you'd want to uh taste test the Vegemite over the weekend at home and uh then report. You're a reporter. We trust you. Test. It might be easier for you with a toaster and such. Yeah, I might do that. It turns out, it turns out in preparation for what I thought today or what I expected would be a very big day for Australia and for America, I did check. We do have a functioning toaster in our breakroom, which sadly is about 22 steps from the studio. So, the toaster works. What I don't know is if I can I should be able to bring it here into the studio and plug it in without melting everything down. But you never know. Wouldn't that be funny? You know, everybody we build pe whip people into a Vegomite frenzy and then at 11:30 just as we're about ready to toast some fresh bread. By the way, I already have decided which bread will be used as part of this amazing amazing taste test. So, we plug the toaster in and at 11:31, not only does the studio and the station go dark, but we cause a blackout that covers 17 states in the Northeast and a couple of provinces in Canada. So, and people would be like, I hope you're happy now with your little your little Vegomite stunt. Well, if you if you black out the northeast, you'll you'll increase the uh population. Uh you know, that that happened in that great blackout years ago. [laughter] That's what they say. Or at least that's what the liberal media said. And you know, the liberal media, you know, where their minds are. Well, Bob, I I I think it would be. I mean, you're a reporter. We trust you. uh test it out at home and possibly you want to uh record your your test or not uh going through what you're doing and and then play that back or just report. But uh the important thing is you get to this Vegemite and uh give the public what it needs. Your report on Vegemite used properly, I may add. Who knows, if I contact Barry Weiss, she might slot me on the first episode of the next season of 60 Minutes. That would be a great way to kick off the all-new 60 Minutes Plus in September 2026. People would be amazed. They'd say, "Who is this new special correspondent?" They got rid of a bunch of correspondents yesterday. uh Sharon Alonszi, uh the executive producer, um few others who had been part of the award-winning 60 Minutes team. Still haven't gotten rid of Leslie Stall or Steve Croft, but I'm sure they're unbared time as well. But uh that would make um a really big impression on the liberal media if the first segment and not the usual 13minut segment. No, a double bonus segment 26 minutes of me waxing poetic about Vegomite. That would be [laughter] and bringing you our two countries together, Australia and the US. Uh I mean th this is something that will uh uh be good for our relationships with the people down under the sure country down. Start up a chain of koala fillet. But every every branch in the US and Australia would be closed on Mondays. [snorts] Now I did I did have a topic that I wanted to quickly take up with you if I may. Uh this past Monday I've been watching the hockey playoffs uh the playoffs for the Stanley Cup and uh uh enjoying it quite a bit and Monday uh they were playing in Montreal and Montreal against the Carolina Hurricanes and they do this special thing before the game. They have in Montreal, they have a former player of great renown hold a torch and walk out with that torch toward the ice for the uh people in the arena to see and then they're whipped up about uh the Montreal Canadians and then everybody, you know, shouts from the um uh from the arena and uh it's it's a you to get to get the fans going. So, the person the great hockey player on Monday night was a fellow by the name of Claude Lemieux. And if you know hockey and [clears throat] have watched it, you know that he was an amazing player, hockey hall of famer. He played for 21 years. Well, Monday night he brought out the torch. Thursday night he was found in his warehouse in Florida. He had committed suicide. uh a very sad story and uh immediately uh my thinking goes to the fact that NHL players uh who family have donated brains to the center in Boston 96% of the players uh who brains have been examined had CTE at some level chronic chromatic encphylopathy. I've talked about it many times on the show. It comes from contact sports and he played for 21 years. He he must have had subcom uh some subconcussive hits like uh you know so many times during even one game. Um and then and again I I'm bringing this up. It is not good to hit your head. It's as simple as that. And in contact sports, it's part of the game. Football, hockey, primarily. You're not going to have that problem in other sports like baseball and tennis and um um you know the u the the the golf or whatever you can play on the high school level or the college level or professionally. So, uh just a warning uh to parents, grandparents, uncles, uh aunts. Um you take pride in your child who starts playing football at age seven, starts hitting his head or playing hockey, there's a price to be paid. It was a very sad story about Claude Lemieux. Uh he owned a furnace. Well, did the NHL put out a statement? They did not, you know, they only said, the only thing I found online, and I went to a number of stories, now I may have missed something, but I don't think I had. Um, they don't say they say he died of suicide, and um, no one alerts to the fact that this 60-year-old man in good health killed himself. Uh, what what is that all about? And to me immediately I think hitting your head chronic chromatic and sephylopathy and you know professional players choose to play uh and uh they they may or may not know the risk but the risk should be known by uh parents the risk should be known by administrators of high school sports. We've got kids on the uh football field constantly hitting their heads. It's part of the game, but we do nothing about it essentially. Um even getting education out there about it. So I it Well, Gary Bman, the NHL commissioner, did put out a statement on Thursday, and I'll read parts of it. The NHL mourns the passing of Claude Lemieux, a four-time Stanley Cup champion and one of the greatest big game players in hockey history. He forged his postseason reputation and won the cup for the first time as a rookie in 1986 when he scored 10 goals in the playoffs for the Montreal Canadians. He won the Khan Smite Trophy as playoffs MVP in 1995. I won't bore you with the entire record. Overall, his teams reached the Stanley Cup playoffs in 15 straight seasons. His 234 postseason games played ranked uh sixth in NHL history, which is amazing. His 80 career playoff goals, ranked ninth in recent years as a player agent. He's represented some of the NHL's top stars. We send our deepest condolences to Claude's wife and his four children. Yeah. So that I I didn't read it verbatim, but that's the the essence. So, uh, they did put out a statement on Thursday as far as addressing the issue you brought up under no under no circumstances will any professional sports team or for that matter any broadcasting company put out a statement about what you talked about. We're we're a latigious society and there is there is no point there's no point for a business entity to ever include that in any kind of formal statement unless it's part of a legal settlement which as you can appreciate would probably be uh required to be confidential between the parties. though. Yeah, the the statement goes about as far as Commissioner Bman was allowed by the the league's attorneys. Yeah, the the NFL has recognized that CTE there that there is a connection between CTE and uh football. Uh the NHL, the last I heard they they would not make that connection. So the hockey people uh have not uh recognized CTE as connected to their sport. But most importantly, again, I'm emphasizing uh your viewers are um parents and grandparents and so on. And if you're putting your child into contact sports, especially early, I mean, we've got pee-wee football. uh kids are playing at age six, seven, and eight, hitting their heads. Uh for every year they play, they increase the chances of CTE later in life. Uh we know the case of Aaron Hernandez from uh the New England Patriots. uh uh he died I think he he at 26 or 28 uh hung himself in his jail cell jail cell uh after uh being um convicted of murder. He he went he ran a muk and it was due to his CTE. He had a high level of CTE. It was discovered um by the people in Boston who are the experts there. So, think about uh what sport you're putting your child in. And uh there are plenty of sports in which they're not hitting their heads. Well, on a related note, they're going to have um a CTE festival at the White House coming up in a couple of weeks. So, that ought to that ought to further your cause as well when when we see that on June 14th. So, you know, that's I mean, don't get me started. You, you know, by the way, from talking with me on and off the air, you know, I share your concern, CTE, especially the risk for young people, but I also extend it for people of all ages. I know what you've pointed out is professional athletes uh certainly should know the risks that they will face once they sign a contract to make potentially millions of dollars during a career that most likely will last only a few years. that they hopefully understand the risk and aren't forced to sign something without without realizing that CTE as well as other other um issues are are very likely to emerge at some point if they live long enough. appreciate your call. And again, on the Vegemite front, I I want you to know, and this is not an AI generated statement, even though you might think it sounds this way, but I take the Vegomite issue very very seriously, and I intend to explore all aspects of the Vegomite issue in the coming days and weeks. And I think you'll be the first reporter [laughter] to do that. And I think if not 60 Minutes, uh, at least CBS Sunday Morning. Well, that would be better. That's where they put the the good stuff as you see. Speaking I can't say what I was going to say, but speaking of [snorts] uh, Sunday mornings, did you see the segment they're going to feature this Sunday with Rita Braver? No. It's a powerful powerful interview with Joe Biden's wife where she she acknowledges a few things, but I think by at least based on the clips that CBS News has released up to this point, I I think what she says in the interview actually winds up raising a lot more questions. I'd like to get Jill Biden on this program Monday morning to do a followup after that CBS news interview runs in full on on Sunday morning because just based on what I've seen, I [laughter] have a lot of questions for Jill Biden. You know, a lot of people have judged Joe Biden harshly, but I think Joe Biden Joe Biden ought to take a big share of the responsibility. Joe Biden may not have been in a position to accurately assess his true condition, but Jill Biden, Dr. Jill Biden, I believe, was in a position to help her husband. And ultimately, if I could be so bold, Ron, yes. Help the country. Yes. But, you know, hey, hey, you know, I don't hold a grudge. All right. Have a good weekend. You, too. Don't hold a grudge. 9:30. This is WNBF Bingmpington. I'm kidding. It's 9:33. Not till Monday. John from Bingmpington. Good morning. Hi. Before I talk about what I wanted to talk about, totally un underrated group there. I guess they were glee clubbers at Westminster High School or something. No kidding. Yeah. I mean, if you compare them to the Beach Boys, I I mean, you know, they they were uh at that level or above it. Yeah. Yeah. Uh best drummer, Johnny Barbad. Uh thank you for the See, that's what that's what we call John from Bingmpington Plus. And yet you provide those Friday musical updates at no additional charge, at least for now. You get people you get people lured into this on Fridays with your musical knowledge and before you know it by the end of summer it's like well if you still want access to John from Bingington Plus you can subscribe we have we have a special introductory offer $99 a month for a limited time only. Yeah. I mean, and and on a uh independent label uh used to live the guy that had the label lived in an apartment really a block Ted Jeff Bezos. Yeah. And uh like Jeff Bezos, by the way, what a blast. Yeah. Yeah. That's that's uh well I I guess you know well well he can here's here's what I just thought and it's just occurring to me now John from Bingington. So he can afford to do the biggest live televised blast in the history of humankind. He can afford to do that but he can't afford to have sufficient numbers of reporters at the Washington Post. Think of how much money blew up in a a span of less than 60 seconds last night with his little blast. And who's to say, by the way, it was not intentional. I mean, I I have I have my theory about it, but I'm not I'm not going to go there today. I just there's there's something that about that that makes me think that there was more to it than what they're telling us. Well, you know, uh these speaking of billionaires, the billionaires wouldn't exist without the public market. I mean, you know, it's accumulation and distribution, they have to sell those shares at some time to the to to the public markets. But one of the most interesting stories today is the fact that normally after an IPO uh it's there's two rules for putting an IPO in an index which is you know the S&P or wherever it's going to wind up the NASDAQ 100. Uh normally there's a 90day waiting period uh when a stock comes out to the public before it winds up in the index. And there's also a uh a requirement that the company remain uh is profitable at the time that it goes into the index. Well, for Alon Musk uh on the SpaceX uh they're saying that it's going into the index after 5 days. So that means that all the all the passive uh uh index funds are going to have to buy SpaceX within five days. Oh jeez. You know, there's there's so much I could say about that, but on the other hand, I don't want to get people in a bad mood right before the weekend. Maybe maybe I'll I'll handle that issue in in greater greater depth on Monday. But, you know, there there there's so many things on so many levels when it comes to um the the billionaires, the oligarchs, the financial schemes and scams. And I'm not suggesting, John, that this is a financial scheme or a scam, but I am suggesting that it probably deserves further exposure on a program next week. Sure, it's it's an unprofitable company. I mean, in other words, can you have capitalism with unprofitable enterprises? This this was asked, you know, this was asked, this question was asked maybe 20 years ago in India. They asked one of the big shots in India, if you could form a company just to break even and it would uh employ people uh would you do that because all all capitalists do is deploy capital and labor plant and equipment. That's all they do. Uh but in this case, SpaceX is a money losing enterprise and this is what they specialize out there in the west coast with uh poor Lou Gersonner had to uh adjust IBM so it became profitable. Anyway, uh speaking of bad management, you've got the county spending a million dollar a month or more in uh for hotels. Now they've given up. Now we're going to have a homeless ZAR consultancy because Jason Garner and his highly paid commissioner of social services can't run that department, which by the way was functioning under uh uh reasonably well under many different county executives. as bumbling and as bad as the county executives were any given one that department always uh functioned gave people their benefits and that was that suddenly under Jason Garner who is transfixed with all kinds of things you know uh demolishing nursing homes u u the rejuvenation of the Oakdale Mall which uh is is sort of tax-free uh you know uh he's not running the basic uh services. So this is this is like you go into Jack Welch, you know, you either cut the mustard or we close the division. Well, yeah. Neutron Jack. Um, and a lot after his, uh, run at GE, a lot of people initially thought Neutron Jack, at least people in the business world thought he was someone to emulate. But then in the fullness of time, a lot of people came to the realization that that business model, as clever as he thought he was, it really wasn't as as good a business model. you know, his his whole um the underlying thing for Jack Welch, Neutron Jack, is if if any of his businesses could be not be uh either number one or number two in their sector, they'd be shut down or sold or whatever. You know, he didn't want to be uh like say CBS. Can you imagine if Jack Welch were in charge of CBS now? The whole place would be shut down. Well, it's it's amazing because you know since the days of the Black Rockck building there uh you know how much in the fumes operating on fumes the assets of CBS uh were at at one time. It it it's it it was just an incredible company run by a 100% class guy. And uh what a shame. What a shame how far the mighty have fallen. Yeah, it's it's it's too bad, but we can't close the Department of Social Services. No. So, what you're going to see uh and no one in local government is talking about this pension change uh tier six and how much it's going to cost them. What you're going to see and by the way, why, if I might be so bold, I'll ask you because Kathy Hokll won't come on the program. Why, John from Bingington, why would Kathy Hokll and the state legislature agree to that? Uh because it's going to put uh the onus on uh the local governments because they're they're But don't they know we can't afford it? Well, who's we see that? We we the good people like you. Well, they don't represent all the people. They represent the public employees. So in other words, they're thinking more of the public employee unions whose endorsement they covet than people, good people like you and the rest of our viewers. Is that what you're sure? Suggesting that they don't care about the average person on Court Street or even the average person on Riverside Drive? Sure, Bob. And if you get uh if you get [clears throat] two uh public employees in one household, uh that's you know there there would be a rationale if if you had one pension uh per household, but when you get two and then they get social security too, Bob. Uh it's it's a a maximization that's insane. Well, that's why, by the way, that's why you see retired teachers and others always smiling. Have you noticed that? Well, no. Actually, there's some of the, you know, people that have got it knocked are some, if you look at these ambush interviews, uh, and these people that are running around with cameras, you know, uh, people that have have got it good are some of the most meanest and nastiest people. The people that are sort of down and out, are humble, uh, they have, uh, decent, good hearts. Uh but the the the people that are uh in the let's say the top 5% are are are sort of mean and nasty and they well maybe because they're they think they're closer to being billionaires than regular people. I've noticed a lot of billionaires don't seem to have a very how can I put this delicately? Well, I can't. Seems to me most billionaires that I see don't have a very very good attitude overall, public or private. What what I'm I'm I'm telling you is this. You're going to hear the county go into mandates, mandates, mandates. You're not going to hear them go into, hey, we've got incompetent people in all these departments. Uh we're not prepared for anything uh except uh uh promoting ourselves. This is I'm telling you something, Bob. I have never you have got people that can't let me tell you about Bingmpington. You know, Bingmpington had a couple of excellent people uh in the uh in the corporation council's office. Uh some of these government employees were pretty good. Now they're inexperienced. They they they go to these uh MPA uh schools and they don't this is the generational change. Well, it's all collapsing around this generational change and uh uh the their budget is not in line with any kind of reality and these these local governments here are going to crumble. You mark my words. Oh, and by the way, did you see in the state budget where the state now is giving something like uh uh 25 additional million dollars to Albany because there's so much property off the I saw that they're playing favorites with some communities. I want to know why Bingmpington doesn't get 10 million or 15 million. Must be Must be Bingington. Oh, Bingmpington doesn't have a Democrat mayor. I'm sorry. continue. Yeah. Well, I mean, it it just shows you that these local governments are imbalanced and need uh propups all the time because there's nothing. There's very little other than Door Dash and the guy delivering your your your Amazon package. There's no economy left. Don't get me started about Door Dash, girl. Yeah. Well, sorry. Take I I don't know how much they charge. But all I know is when I go into the hospital, I was in the hospital the other day and the Door Dash meals are lined up. Now, these are people in healthcare. You should see the crap that they eat. I don't want to see it. Thanks, John. And remember, coming soon, John from Bingmpington Plus with a special intro introductory offer if you use the [laughter] if you use the code Bob. No, the the code if you want 10% off John from Bingmpington Plus, you need to use the discount code Bob is great. 6077721290. I'm Bob Joseph, WNBF. As we return to the phones, Bill in Bingmpington. Good morning. Good morning, Bob. With all the violence and killing in the world, I'd like to make a comment about two very nice guys who helped me out this morning. Uh, I am totally blind and my son forgot to put the garbage out last night. So, I was attempting to get down the stairs with a my the garbage and my cane. The garbage truck happened to be driving by just as I was there on my steps. They stopped. They backed up. The nice gentlemen came running up and helped me get all of the garbage down to the there. They emptied it and brought the blue bins back up and put them on the porch for me. Very nice guy. I had to thank them profusely because I might not have found my way back to the house. So, I'd like to give those guys a real good hello for being so nice to stop and come back for me. Very good. I would like to hear more of this because I know a lot of people experience um welcome surprises similar to what you mentioned, but we don't hear that much about it. Yeah. I I couldn't see the truck, but I heard it stop and he blew his horn and the the guy the slinger on the back of the truck came running back and did all that for me. very nice guys. They they it's the first time I've ever seen uh garbage trucks come back for somebody. Yeah. No, that's uh that's that's a beautiful story. Thank you. Thank you for sharing that. That's uh it makes my day 100% better. Not that it was bad, but now it's even better to hear a good news story like that. And thank you for taking a moment to to share that. nice and helpful helpful like that these days. Hope you have a good weekend. You too. Thank you. It's 952 WNBF. So, we commend those workers. And if you have a story similar to that doesn't have to be about government employees, could be about anyone. You don't have to use names. In fact, don't use names because we respect everyone's privacy. But if you have a a good news story, something that's happened this week or maybe in the last few weeks that you'd like to share, those stories those stories are nice. They don't usually get publicity, but especially on Friday, I'd love to hear more stories like that. 607721290. Bob Joseph on WNBF. Well, what about this weather? Well, there's a risk of nice weather, especially coming up in about a week or so. Many forecasters are saying there will be warmer weather starting late next week. So, if you're a little disenchanted or disgruntled or disgusted with the cooler weather that we've been experiencing lately, don't worry. There is a warming trend on its way. Here's the National Weather Service forecast for today. Increasing clouds, 75. Tonight, mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Then becoming clear overnight, 46. Partly sunny. Saturday, 65. Sunny Sunday, 73. Right now, it's 59 in downtown Bingmpington at the Real Station. The Real Station. WNBF. wnbf.com. Well, 60 Minutes. I I know you're probably saying, "Nobody really cares much about 60 Minutes anymore." But I do. I really do. 60 Minutes is still regarded as the gold standard for broadcast news. Would would I ever be even allowed to set foot in the building that houses 60 Minutes? I would think probably not. So, I'm not even with Barry Weiss, I really would never expect to be allowed anywhere close to the 60 Minutes operation, no matter how desperate she gets. But I I have to admit the um just the upheaval the upheaval that they uh are experiencing at the big 60inute show. They hired a new guy, a kid named Nick to run the operation. They fired uh the previous executive producer. Uh, I think her father was um a widely respected correspondent for CBS News, but they didn't like apparently the kind of 60 Minutes she was doing because it was too good. So now they want to insify it starting in September. You know what I mean when I say enslopify? That's as close as we can get. But you know what's going to happen? Everything Barry Weiss touches, I can't finish that. that would be wrong. You know, I'm actually rooting for her. I am rooting for Barry Weiss to actually pull this out, even though at this stage of the game, it seems highly unlikely. Anyway, so she hired a kid named Nick to run 60 Minutes. That'd be about equivalent to hiring somebody like me to run 60 Minutes. You know, this guy has no TV experience, as far as I know. So, he sent out a note to his future minions. And this is the note. Walking into this building and putting my name on this job is the honor of my career. Though I don't need to tell you 60 Minutes is without exaggeration the most important television journalism brand this country has ever produced. The fact that it has held that position for almost six decades is not an accident. Oh my gosh. This is an AI generated thing. Come on man, Nick. Anyway, uh I'm not going to read all you you can find the rest of his AI generated message to his future minions. You you can imagine most of the minions, even Leslie Stall is finally at at her breaking point. She's probably going to just she's probably going to give a one-word resignation like that word they ran on CBS about an hour ago. I can't use that word. If I use that word, I would be out of here so fast it'd make the microphone spin. But they did it on CBS this morning. They think they can get away with anything on that channel. They think you can't get away with that. Especially with Barry Weiss. She's not going to authorize people to say that. You can't do that. The FCC might Oh, wait. The FCC isn't going to find CBS because the FCC likes what CBS is doing. But say if it was me, if I said that, I think I think there would be heck to pay. I have to watch. I have to watch myself. Watch. Mind my P's and Q's, I think. Anyway, more coming up after the news. 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. First, we start the hour with Daniel Hagny, who is the director of enforcement and investigations with the New York State Office of Cannabis Management. Good morning. Good morning. Thank you for having me. Thank you for joining us. and I have been meaning to contact your office uh for months, but finally was prompted because there's been a a new round of enforcement action publicized here in the Bingmpington area. So, I appreciate your um joining us on short notice. Absolutely. So, let's talk about generally speaking. I know it's very complicated, but just for people in our audience, New Yorkers and others who may be listening outside New York State, overall, what is the the the way New York State is going about trying to make sure that the cannabis that is being sold is is being sold by officially licensed dispensaries. How how is this supposed to work? Sure. So, with in dealing with the illicit side of um things, which is what we're focused on in enforcement, we receive complaints from the public. Uh they can go onto our website and lodge a a complaint against locations that are alleged to be selling products um illegally. Once we receive those complaints, our investigators will start diving into the location to identify um ownership uh what their business model is and we also will send folks in to confirm the allegations. Once we've confirmed the allegations um from our complaint, then that location would be put into our tracker for ultimate inspection. Um, our first stop when we're doing inspections is under our regulatory authority. And with that regulatory authority, it allows us the ability to go into a location, you know, alleged to be selling cannabis, conduct the inspection, and seize any illicit cannabis products that are found therein. Um, in most cases, when we do those inspections, we're able to immediately issue an order to seal and padlock the location to shut it down. Uh while we're there, one thing that seems to happen with some frequency, um an action is taken and the prominent notices are posted in a store and sometimes maybe for a short period of time the the operation is closed. It goes dark and then uh maybe after a couple days they're they're back operating again. I mean the bottom line is if they are if they reopen and they're not doing anything that is really illegal, they can conduct legal business even after an enforcement action is announced. So there's certain processes that they would have to go through if u to to do that. if they clear out all of the illicit cannabis side of their operations. Um there's things that they have to do and supply to our office of general counsel to confirm that. And then there are circumstances where they may be able to open up as a legal u business outside of the cannabis industry. Um, an important part to to note here is when we've taken enforcement action against an illicit operator, they are barred from even applying for a license through OCM for a minimum period of 3 years. So, they they would not be allowed to come into the legal side of the cannabis business after we've taken enforcement action against them. How many investigators are are currently on staff to cover all of New York State? Yeah, that is a an everchanging uh number. We're always we're we're continually um recruiting and going through the hiring process. Um right now we are just under 50 investigators and but we are continuing in our u hiring process. Unfortunately, it is a a long process for us. The background investigation and physical agility tests um and psychological tests are all similar almost identical to the background uh that would be done for a police officer from any local department. So, it is a pretty extensive um dive into the candidates before they get um selected to be an investigator. What are some of the biggest challenges that OCM is facing in enforcing the existing rules around New York State right now? I think you know uh I think probably the biggest challenge just that this is a very very large state um and we are out throughout the entire state every week conducting our enforcement action. So, you know, from a logistical side, um, in the enforcement division, that is that can be a fairly significant lift when we're moving, um, staff all throughout the state to conduct our operations. Our local law enforcement agencies doing much to um, assist or augment the 45 or 50 state investigators that are currently on staff and and uh, tasked to doing this job. Absolutely. We we have had tremendous support from local agencies. Um whenever we come into an area to conduct our operations, we always will reach out to the local uh police or sheriff to basically we would we enlist them to assist by providing uniform support uh which is a huge help for us when we're conducting our inspection. Um, you know, some of the areas that we conduct these inspections, we, you know, having that uniform support is really, really an asset. Um, this just this past week when we were shutting down locations, we had, uh, fantastic support from the city of Bingmpington Police, um, Endicott Police, and the Broom County Sheriff's Office. And, you know, we're we're extremely grateful for that support. And [clears throat] it's not just in the in the southern tier. It's throughout the state that uh I don't think I've had a a single location where the local uh law enforcement agency hasn't been willing to assist us. I've been told that even in um counties here in the southern tier, Broom County, Tyogga County, and some of the neighboring counties that people would be shocked at the amount of cannabis related products being being sold uh at the retail level, not just in the statelicicensed dispensaries, but in so many of these unlicensed places that that seem to dot almost every every main street around here. Would people be astonished at at the amount of money that's that's currently being spent on on cannabis legally and illegally in New York? I don't know if they would be astonished. Um it is certainly a a thriving industry and you know we're we're trying we're doing everything that we can to make sure that um the cannabis consumers that are in the state are going to the licensed legal locations from a you know public health and safety standpoint. Um but also, you know, now that that cannabis is um legalized, there's a proper way to conduct the business and and that has to go through getting a license as the first step. And bottom line, do you think some or many of the complaints that your agency receives are are coming from some of the um retailers, the dispensaries that have gone through the the arduous licensing process that includes background checks and and other things? Do you think um those who have have jumped through all the hoops and dotted the eyes and crossed the tees to get uh legal authorization, do you think in some cases they're they're the ones who are are filing uh some or many of the complaints with OCM? It's a possibility they uh they are filing complaints. Um, I can tell from the information that we get, you know, that's why we have a a process in place to verify the complaints and the allegations that they're in. So, you know, any member of the public can file a a report with us to identify locations that are selling illegally. Um, and frankly from my standpoint, um, it really does not matter if the if the source of that information is a lency or if it's a member of the public. Um, it doesn't change our process. We're still going to go through our investigation, confirm the allegation, and then take whatever appropriate steps uh, we need to take uh, to shut down the location if it is in fact selling cannabis without a license. There have been many reports of of New Yorkers getting ill or having bad effects from acquiring their cannabis products through unlicensed locations. Uh we have had a few of those. Um whenever there is a complaint of an adverse health event as you described where someone purchases cannabis from an illegal um operation and and that results in them having a bad health event or having to go to the hospital. uh those get directed to my division. Uh we are we have investigative staff that are reviewing those complaints every day and those will certainly get you know top priority. Um and in fact uh with high standards on Broad Avenue, we had received u complaints of people having adverse events from purchasing products there. So we're we're quite happy to be able to shutter that location for sure. Daniel Hognney, director of enforcement and investigations for the state office of cannabis management. Thanks for being with us today. Thank you very much. Have a good day. It's 10:20 WNBF Live. Coming up, one of America's best known Democrats. Okay, one of Bingmpington's best known Democrats will have a few things to say. Don't touch that dial. You're listening to WNBF Live. I'm Bob Joseph. Joining us on this Friday morning is Matthew T. Ryan. Good morning. Good morning, Bob. How are you doing? I am well. Have you made any formal announcements lately? Yes. Uh last night I was proud to be at uh on on State Street right down here in downtown Bingmpington at Atomic Toms. Uh and uh we formally announced our campaign. Uh was a great event. a lot of people showed up and uh a lot of excitement around this race. So, you are going forward as you actually acknowledged on this program I think more than two months ago that you will run for sheriff. This that was not just something you said on the radio. This is an actual campaign. Oh, yeah. As you know, the the petitioning period has been pushed uh back couple months. So, we we had I got in late um but we had to make sure we had enough signatures and then I got the endorsement of the working families party as well. So, I will be on both lines this um this year and I'm and uh we're going to very run a very vigorous campaign. In the in the past uh you know I did I'll admit eight years ago I ran against Dave Harter and I did it as kind of at the last minute. I was only on the working families party line just to talk about the issues that were percolating then but now they're really in the forefront. so many different issues surrounding public safety. Uh a treatment of our uh beloved immigrant citizens and our how they're afraid to come out of their houses now even though they're here legally, even though they're citizens uh because of what uh our current sheriff did originally with a 287g agreement, which only, by the way, he makes it sound like um all the every sheriff is behind it. Did you know that only eight sheriffs out of all the sheriffs in New York State signed on to that 287g agreement? Very um and then he has those people stand behind him and make it up in Albany and make it look like um he's part of some and then he's going against uh Governor Hokll's rule of uh not allowing local police to be involved in in the ICE um operations. and uh he's he's in a minority and he knows he's made a lot of people very angry. Have you spoken with Sheriff Fred Ashar since since you announced on on the program in early March that you were planning to challenge him? No, you haven't. No. Why would I talk to Fred Act? He doesn't want to talk to me. I don't think until I hope that he will uh debate me. I I have a doubt about that. I think he's going to be afraid to debate me. We're already doing the numbers and we we can easily win this race. It's not uh it's not a um you know, put my name out there. And when I looked at it closer, back before I was just talking about issues surrounding the jail, then it becomes clear that we don't need one more person with a gun. We need an executive to run this department. It's run a muck. It's Did you know that Fred Ashar's budget was uh 15.1% bigger than the last budget? $7 million. Nobody else got anything. And do you feel safer? I can tell you if I had that $7 million to do the kinds of programs that many other sheriffs, many other police organizations are doing around New York State and all across the country, we would have a safer community. And that's what I intend to do. But you don't want to talk to Sheriff Ashar except in a debate. Well, if he wants to talk to me, I'd be go, "Oh, by the way, I did try to talk to his department." This is interesting. As I get out there, all of a sudden, I do pro bono work for the last 10 years, and all of a sudden, I got a case about trailer park law. I didn't know anything about it, but now I do. There's 50 trailer parks in Broom County, and I'm telling you, there's a lot of shenanigans going on. There's a lot of things that I talked to HCR housing and community renewal about the laws. I as I un started to understand the laws and it's really complex because a lot of trailer parks have you rent the lot but you own the home and so it's a whole different mechanism when there's an eviction taking place. I'm not going to get into the details of the case I have going on right now, but it steered me in the direction of realizing and what I found out was I called the sheriff's office. I didn't talk to Fred. Um, but I talked to somebody and I told them, "Look, you you guys are misapprehending the law. You can't if somebody gets evicted from their lot, you can't the person cannot lock them out of their home. It's their home. It's called unless they have an abandonment proceeding, which never happened in this case. And basically it's a class A misdemeanor if you do it. And and so but they they don't seem to want to enforce that law for some reason. Uh and when I'm sheriff it will be enforced and I'll protect every every person in our county especially people vulnerable people in in trailer parks. It's 10:29 at WNBF. We're speaking with Matthew Ryan, Democratic candidate for Broom County Sheriff. So, was it tough to get to the uh minimum number of signatures required to to gain ballot access? No, I mean it was really amazing. In fact, not only I got there, but Mike Garzo, who's running for county court judge, they can't say much judge candidates, but he's a good candidate and he got in later than I did. and all all the troops rally because they realize how this is a big picture and having good people, fairminded people, people who go by the rules, people are not one side of the other like um I would suggest uh our county court system is now like that and could be worse if uh Mike Garzo doesn't get elected, Mike Garzo Jr. Um, so, um, there's a lot of things going on that really affect the whole fabric of our community and how, um, how fair, uh, policing is done in our whole county. There's a big story that's still developing at the Broom County Jail on Front Street this week with hundreds of inmates who are reportedly ill because of Salmonella. what's what's your sense of of what's happening there and how it's been handled over the last several days? Yeah, you know, um first of all, you know, I did did my homework right after that happened. Uh I there's one thing I wasn't hadn't become up on my radar, although I heard that the quality of the food was bad. If you look at Trinity Services Group, everybody can Google them, look at all the lawsuits they have all across the country, they paid a $3.8 eight million dollar settlement in Michigan. I believe it is. Uh this is why you need not only an executive to be sheriff, you need somebody who's a lawyer or has law experience because one of the biggest vulnerabilities for the county is if you get sued. I'm hate to say it, but I think there's going to be many lawsuits surrounding this, especially because of the nature of Trinity uh food services. And by the way, just I just Googled this morning because I knew what was going on. But the Senica Correctional Facility operates an active inmate garden project. Now Fred will say, "Oh, I have a garden project." But they all they don't love they don't allow the the vegetables they grow don't even go to the people who are growing them. They go nicely to the food banks. But here's here's what uh Sen Senica Correctional Facility does. They have an inmate garden project that shifts how the facility manages both nutrition and expenses. Hands-on rehabilitation. Incarcerated indivi individuals are responsible for preparing the soil, planting, maintaining, and harvesting the crops. The program acts as a therapeutic restorative work that teaches transferable skills and agriculture teamwork and sustainable systems. Challenging changing the food landscape. Freshing freshly harvested inmate grown vegetables are funneled directly into the facility's kitchen daily. This replaces processed or canned foods and highly with highly nutritious local produce for the inmate population. Community stewardship. Whenever the gu whenever the garden yields a surplus, the excess food produce is donated directly to local community and food pantries, extending the benefit of the program beyond the facil's walls. So what your suggestion seems to be is that approach could be adopted at Broom County Jail. Oh, it's just not just this approach. So many other programs. There's there's there's sheriffs that are getting it. There's many local uh chiefs like uh Chief Gary and Endicott and many of the other chiefs. They know that we have to have a totally different approach to law enforcement if we have tremendous poverty as you know in this in this county and especially in Bingmpington and and some in our urban areas. We if we don't tackle those kinds of problems if we don't put the resources then you're only doing half your job. I was the kind of mayor that had my people working. We had a great team. my people working to create neighborhood assemblies to get input from people had gang prevention and a youth bureau and kudos to the county executive for finally uh bringing starting to bring that back. I'd love to be a big part of that to make sure that we can prevent crime in the first place because if you're if you're just doing the lockup what we see on television is the lockup of people and and it's it plays into the whole cops narrative and the shows that have been on TV. This is m these are sacred uh human individuals in our community and every time they get locked up we have you should say to yourself we're not we're failing people and we can do much much better and it's being proven all over the country. We're finally getting out of that. We have the most we have by far the most incarcerated people in any western democracy by far. And we have to look to other ways to to make our community safer and and have and honor the humanity of our families, all the people that are impacted impacted by crime and all those things. What would your approach be if you become sheriff next January with respect to to ICE? Would you have ICE out, Ryan in? That's basically it. The chant last night was ICE out, Ryan in. We don't need ICE, just like we don't need them here. So, would the sheriff's office work at all with the federal government and dealing with immigration issues? Oops, I just call um sorry about that. Um uh certainly um if somebody is detained on a federal crime or or um or has a a warrant and they're picked up the way you know alleged criminal would be picked up, then we'll have an interface with them. But we that's not what's happening with ICE. What's happening with ICE is they're going to me Mexican restaurants. They're going to places where people hang out uh to get work or do work. And these are all people that are so important to our our our communities uh economies and and they and they just don't care. I mean, Steven Miller is probably he's like a he's one of he could fit in very well in in in the 1930s Germany. And that's the guy who's whispering in the ear. That's the guy who's by the way they're spending a hund 10 times more money for um what you know what they're doing in the whole country 170 billion used to be 17 billion and they're and the results are horrible and they're and the way they're treating people. We have an we have look everybody's we know we have to lock up dangerous people and and we're going to do that when I'm sheriff and we're going to do it just as well as it's ever been done but we also don't want to destroy communities and that's what's happening with ICE. But some people think that with that approach and also with sort of the philosophy that you've espoused over the decades when it comes to uh criminals, people who have offended that that you would go too easy on those that show me one statistic that says I ever went too easy on anybody. I'm talking about the perception. Well, the perception is wrong and that's what that's what u the sheriff will try to say. He also was out there saying I just you know I cut 30 policemen. That's not when when I got into office we have we had a very low fund balance and the great recession came. I cut every department 10%. And they decided to the way I said every department has to do that. They were the ones that and then we provided to we we started a commission on personnel costs and what that commission showed was we had by far the biggest fire and police departments per capita in upstate New York. We just happen to have a community has the exact same square miles as us, 10.4 in Skenctity, New York, and that they had far less police and and fire than we did. And so all we did was tie ourselves with the with the number. So, we were number one still, but we didn't we didn't have so many more. And what we we never fired a policeman. We did it all through attrition. Uh, look, it's well known that police agencies will get as much money as they can, and they play on the fears of the public. We want a force that um does their job properly, has enough people to do their job. Um, let's brings up another thing. Out in Deposit, New York, uh, for whatever reason, they had a sheriff deputy out there. Now, he's gone. And that's because they were the sheriff was shaking down deposit for um trying to shake him down for $100,000 to put that deputy out there who wasn't even there at night times or on weekends. And they just said enough is enough. When I'm when I'm sheriff, they'll have that deputy and it won't cost them anymore. There's not one other um governmental entity in was paying the sheriff's department for coverage and somehow he convinced uh deposit to give him this money. So, um there's so many things that this guy does. His ethical um you know, flying the Israeli flag behind the jail, that's blatantly against the law. And we all know what his game is. He wants power. The people I talked to, there's a whisper campaign going on. He is a bully. He wants power. That's how how he got the him and the Dan Reynolds from Vestal. Uh they're the ones that control the budget. And we're going to free Jason Garner by having a great crop of legislative candidates elected as well. So we can finally do the right things for the for the citizens of Broom County, all the social services agencies. They're underpaid. There's a lot of things that can happen that will really make this a much safer community. Honor all those vulnerable people in our community and start to do programs that will actually keep them start getting those underserved populations to be Let me give you one more example. You know what else jails are doing around the the state? They are working with unions to and having ways that they can uh teach uh get these young individuals, these young men and women and some women to be have a skill that they can make a good wage on. And that can be all done if you really think creatively and outside the box. There's none of that. talking about an actual that a jail could actually be a correctional facility and not just in name but in reality. Absolutely. And and and look, we've made the if you remember, I was a public defender back when the jail was on top of the of of uh the Harvey Justice building. I mean, a lot of inmates were you should have seen the conditions there. We've made progress since then, but we there's so many um and it's a better facility, but we there's so many ways that we can make it better so when people walk out of that jail, they are um ready to be better citizens. Matthew Ryan, Democratic candidate for Broom County Sheriff, thanks for joining us. And of course, I have an ongoing invitation for the uh Republican incumbent Fred Aar to come on the program. Look, I I just want to say one more thing that this isn't about party lines. This is about people getting together, having discussions about what's going on in their communities, rural communities, urban communities, and saying, and I'm going to meet with everybody, all the stakeholders, and say, "What what better how better can we serve you?" Because the sheriff has a lot of power, and they have a big huge budget. And that's why I go back to you need somebody has executive experience. You need somebody who has isn't going to get the um right now they have a lawsuit going against them for having a refrigerated trailer behind the jail and and and under the you know how you're supposed to treat um people who are deceased. There's a lawsuit go going against the county for that. I mean, you need somebody who understands. Uh we're not going to do that because of the uh we have to do this very or whatever we're going to do has to be done very carefully and make sure that we protect uh the taxpayers of Broom County. This is a very important race and I hope people listen carefully and make their decision based on who can best uh turn things around for the county. Matthew Ryan will be talking with you and Fred Ashar in the weeks ahead. Come on, let's have a debate. Stay tuned. It's WNBF Live. I'm Bob Joseph on your Friday morning 607721290. We'll be taking calls between now and noon. What's on your mind? Call Talk Live on WNBF. Let's go back to the phones. Good morning. You're on the air. What's your first name? Where you calling from? Good morning. This is Chuck from the Glenn. Good morning, Chuck. Driving my big black dieselg guzzling vehicle down the Great American Highway out looking for a sandwich. All right. So, what's on your mind this morning? Hey, I was listening to the show yesterday uh and with with Jason Gardner um talking about the airport and we used to I agree with him on one thing. It's a great airport to get in and out of. It's [clears throat] 10 minutes from our house. You know, you drive in there, zip, bam, boom, through TSA, you get on a plane and away you go. I used to when I was working full-time, I would fly out of there a lot. It was on average, I found about $200 more per ticket, but the convenience was well worth it. Now, it's $1,000 more. So, I don't know where he's getting his figures from, but trust me, I look Well, I looked yesterday, too. It can't be $1,000 more because I've looked at one roundtrip ticket yesterday between Bingmpington and Detroit for about a month from now and it was under $400. I'm not sure how it could be $1,000 more. Bingmpington to Detroit, but when you Okay. Okay. I see. Okay. I see what Okay. Yeah, I see what you're saying. Yeah. No, I I I understand the the cost issue and you also appreciate there's nothing that Broom County can do about it. So, with that in mind, Broom County right now is thankful that it has this one connecting flight between Bingington and Detroit every afternoon. We're thankful for that because for several weeks we didn't even have that flight. So with that in mind and knowing that Delta, United, and American are in the driver's seat, what can Broom County do? Well, it's just it I they they can't do anything. And and my other my my other thought was, how did we get Delta back here? What kind of concessions did did our esteemed politicians give them? Who knows? They're keeping it secret. You know that they they credited when Delta announced it would resume one flight a day between here and Detroit. The one thing that was conspicuous is the statements either from the county or from the governor's office or Senator Schumer's office made clear that apparently Hokll and Schumer had something to do with it, but it was painfully obvious nobody would talk about how it happened. Yeah. Yeah, it's a secret and and you're not you, my friend, as a taxpayer, they don't think you are entitled to the answer because I've asked variations on that question. And I didn't ask it yesterday because I know it's a secret and I could have asked Jason Garner 10 times and he still wouldn't reveal just like Chuck Schumer and Kathy Hokll won't reveal what happened in in that short time after Delta said it was pulling the plug on Bingmpington till the time that Delta announced it would restore service in May. something happened and it's a big secret it cuz it can't be profitable for them to run one flight. No, of course it's not. So, there has to be something either Delta officials receive some sort of financial incentive or some sort of unwritten. Remember, it has to be unwritten because if it's in writing, there could be big trouble. but some sort of verbal assurance that for upcoming regulatory issues or something that's uh that they need some kind of favor from Hokll or Schumer in the future that they're going to get a favor by restoring service to and to Bingmpington. So, it must be, you know, companies are companies and and I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it. They're just businesses. Well, I I you we you and I think alike. Yeah. You know, and I'm I'm not happy about it, but I I can't keep pestering people. As I said, if if Jason Garner wanted to tell us, he would if he knows may, you know, there is a possibility. Maybe remote. There's a possibility Jason Garner uh doesn't really know exactly what Hokll and Schumer did, just that they did something behind the scenes. and maybe he doesn't want to know. So he can he has plausible deniability. So if he gets asked on this program, his public stance can continue to be, well, I thank Governor Hokll and Senator Schumer for working on behalf of Broom County, and I don't know what they did, but I thank them for it. So maybe he truly doesn't know. I I I don't disagree with that. He may he may not and and he may not want to. As I said, plausible deniability is a good thing whether you're involved in politics or crime. And I and I'll just say this, Delta is our preferred airline. That's what we fly. No, I love Delta and it shows. But the bottom line is, you know, they're a business. I I didn't take it personally. When Delta ended, it turned out a temporary suspension of service. I I know it wasn't a personal decision about Greater Bingmpington Airport. It was strictly a business decision. Yeah. Now, so when we fly, we've been flying out of Syracuse. We can go up there. We get an early flight 6:00 a.m. in the morning. So, we go up the night before. I can stay in a hotel. I can eat dinner up there. I can park my car for the week or 10 days, whatever heck we're going for, and fly back to Syracuse, drive home, and it's cheaper than flying out of Bingmpington. I know, but again, here's here's the thing that that nobody wants to take into account. So, continue to fly out of Syracuse, Elmyra, Scranton, or wherever. Keep doing that and you guarantee that we will within a matter of months be back to zero service. It will be a guarantee. So I I know I know people are saying yeah I know it comes I know you can't but I'm saying so you know what you're saying and and everybody else that I talked to seems to say the same thing. So what you're doing and I'm not saying you can afford it. I'm saying these actions because it's the marketplace will assure that Greater Bingmpington Airport probably in the next 6 to 12 months will again have no daily air service. Well, again, it's not profitable for Delta. How can it be profitable for Boom County? I get it. I'm not there's no argument. And I I think uh you know uh Kathy Hokll and Cheryl Schumer want to show us an incredible level of transparency. They ought to call in next hour and explain what exactly they did to induce Delta to at least for the time being restore this one flight between Bingmpington and Detroit. At least tell us what you did. Maybe maybe it didn't involve money. Maybe it didn't involve promises regarding future action. Maybe they sent the CEO of Delta a chocolate chip cookie and she liked it. Cuz I can tell you when we when they were flying two flights out of their day on what are they? 70 seaters on those CRJ 900s. I saw I think 76. were they they were they were either full or at least 3/4 full on every flight that I was ever on and then you know but well now they're using smaller planes so maybe maybe they'll be closer to 100%. When it comes to the airlines in 2026, if if they're flying any plane that's not at 98 to 100% capacity, they're angry. Oh, yeah. Yeah. And and look at the price of jet fuel. I mean, it it was going to be it was going to be difficult, I'm afraid, even if jet fuel prices and other costs had remained stable for the rest of the year. But look what's happened. So, I'm I'm not I'm not saying it's going to happen. I'm just saying the way things are lining up, it doesn't look good. I appreciate your call. All right. Thanks, Bob. 1054 WNBF. Now, I hope I'm I'm wrong. I just don't like the way things are lining up at the moment. the pressures that Delta is facing companywide, not even looking at specifically the Bingmpington market companywide or industrywide. Hey, I didn't start the war. Trust me, if the war hadn't started, jet fuel prices would have remained fairly stable over the last 3 months. But now, thanks to the war, Delta and the other airlines are going to continue reducing flights. What impact will it have on Bingington area travelers? I don't know. The only thing I know is you will pay a lot more if you fly in the second half of this year than you would have if he didn't start the war. It's true. I'm Bob Joseph on WNBF. Oh, that big concert seems to be falling apart. Martina McBride says she won't participate in that fabulous concert on the National Mall to celebrate our country's 250th birthday. She said she was misled about the nature of the event. According to Sophie Brams reporting atthehill.com, uh it says Martina McBride posted a statement online. I was presented with an opportunity to perform at a nonpartisan event, but it turned out to be misleading. I asked a lot of questions and was assured that this was a nonpartisan event that was meant to celebrate all 50 states. She was one of a handful of artists scheduled to perform during a 16 day event that is scheduled to run from June 25th through July 10th. So she said she initially viewed the event as a bigger version of the many state fairs she's performed at over the years, but things started changing and it was no longer what she had envisioned. Martina McBride said, "I've spent my entire career singing songs about real people with real issues. It greatly upsets me that any fan who has been moved by my music may now feel that I am abandoning the meaning behind those songs." Several other fine musicians in the lineup have uh decided to pull out of this. Brett Michaels, Young MC, Morris Day in the Time, and CNC Music Factory, some of the best and brightest musicians. Well, I wouldn't go that far. Anyway, some musicians who were scheduled to play at the big event have decided, "No way. No way. If you're going to turn this into some sort of partisan thing, they want no part of it." News, talk, and information for Bingmpington and Central New York. This is News Radio WNBF Binghamington, a town square media station. 607721290. Good morning. You're on the air. What's your first name? Where are you calling from? Yeah, good morning Bob. It's Dave from Basel. Bob, little bit of music. Uh, we were just playing that. You know, Seals, his brother, his brother played in the band, Bob. You probably heard of him. England Dan and John Ford Kohley. Remember them? Unforgettable. I know. Yes. That's they had some good songs. Um I want to bring up last Friday. I never I I forgot to comment on uh John was talking guitar players. He brought up a handful of them. Remember Rory Gallagher and Clapton with a few other I think Leslie West he brought up. Um quick story Bob. years ago, Clapton out riding around in his sports car over in England there. He heard he heard somebody playing blues on the radio. He didn't It drove him crazy. He didn't know who it was. And you know how a lot of stations they'll play songs and they won't tell you who it was right afterwards. He got home, Bob. He called the radio station. You had to know who was playing. It was Stevie Rayvon. Now, if you if you can impress Clapton, you know you got something. He was he he uh he had to know about. But you know, I'd like to talk a little bit about underrated um like Elvin Lee. Throw him in that group he was talking about. Uh another underrated uh how about let's talk about bass players. Bob Stanley Clark. Stanley Clark. Excellent. But there's one guy I want to talk about very underrated and his name is Tim Boger. great bass player, Bob. I don't know if you remember the group back in the late 60s, early 70s. Uh, Cactus, that was his band he formed and then he went off and uh, joined it was Beck Bogurt Apey. Last time I saw Cactus was over at BEu, but it was in a greenhouse and there was a sign that says, "The green houses are not open to the public, so stay out." And I'm thinking, well, that's that's typical. New York state taxpayers paid for the greenhouse and I wanted to take a closer look at the cactus and there's a big sign that said basically if you're a New York state taxpayer and you paid for this greenhouse don't come in. I wanted to see the cactus. I just wanted to talk to the cactus. The best bass solo you've ever heard. Bob, look it up. Bring it up. Cactus. Cuz Tim Bogurt plays it. The song is called Olio. You know, O'Neal, bring it up in play, Bob. Everyone should. And yeah, I wish I could have called him before, John, because I like to know what he thought about Cactus. I know he knows who they are, but maybe next week he'll call in, but yeah, I wouldn't be surprised. I would not be surprised if he calls in next week. Okay, man. Have a good week. All right. Thanks. 11:15 WNBF. It's Friday morning. You want to talk about the music? You want to talk about the high price of everything including music. Who can afford a concert these days? It's no wonder that concert that they were planning or whatever it was, maybe a series of concerts. No wonder it's imploding. Who wants to be involved when when everybody who normally would want to go to that sort of musical celebration won't be able to get there because of the high cost of gas. Unless gas prices go down in the next two weeks, but there are no indications that's going to happen. 6077290. Good news. Uh there still apparently are two or three artists who are willing to participate in that big event. So, of course, it's not noon yet, so there might be other artists who decide to cancel as well. So, if other artists decide to cancel, of course, you'll hear about it on most of these stations. Good morning. You're on the air. What's your first name? Where you calling from? Yeah, this is Bob in Schnangle Forks. Hey, Bob. What's going on? Well, you know, we need a new sheriff in town. We We need Matt Ryan to get out there and win this election. Um, I don't dare say anything bad about Ascar because he seems like the type of guy that will get even with you. He's just there's something about him that I've never liked or whatever. I'm sure he's done some good, but uh Right. Well, he was uh he was a state senator. Yeah. And you know how how quick he quit that? So he got back on the sheriff's department because he probably, you know, I ain't going to say he makes more on the sheriff's department, but he likes the but law enforcement always was his life. It didn't surprise me. Didn't surprise me when he wanted to quit state senate. Who wants to be in the state senate? even if you're a Democrat. But even worse, if you're in the New York State Senate as a Republican, what's the point? You have no power. You have a relatively tiny office and a small budget. Hey, I' I'd say anybody, ask anybody, present anybody with the same set of circumstances, what he found himself in as a state senator versus what he could do going back to his previous career with the sheriff's office and law enforcement. Of course. I mean that that's I I think even Matt Ryan would probably agree if if the circumstances had had been presented that way, he would say, "Of course, he made the right choice. Who want first of all, even even as a Democrat, who wants to be in the state senate?" Am I right, people? Well, who wants to be a Democrat? Well, yeah, that too. I'm not a Democrat. I I And by the way, for some of these people who try to bismerch my name and my integrity by calling me a Democrat, I find that reprehensible. I'm not a Democrat. I'm not a Republican. I'm not registered with any party. So, if those mean-spirited detractors would just please stop. Well, you know, the thing is I don't care if you're a Republican, Democrat, you vote for the best. Well, I have Hey, some of my best friends are Democrats. You know, nothing against it. There's nothing wrong with being with a registered Democrat or a registered Republican. Many people are. In fact, I I would wager to say the majority of our viewers right now are registered Democrats or Republicans. And and I support that. Just because I'm not doesn't mean doesn't mean that I I dislike because you're affiliated with a party. Many people are. That's that's your choice. But I hope people get out and vote for Mayor Ryan. We need a new sheriff in town. About time. All right. Well, we'll see what the other viewers have to say. Okay. Thank you, Bob. 11:20 WNBF. I'm just Yeah. Again, some people Well, I know you're a Democrat. No, you don't know I'm a Democrat. If you do, then you know completely wrong. I am not and never have been a Democrat. nor have I been a Republican. I haven't registered ever with any party. When I come across a party that's right for me, I'll register. It could be a Republican registration, could be a Democratic registr, who knows? Working families, I don't rule out anything. I just say at this point, I'm not registered. Plus, as a journalist, that's that's the main reason I wanted to be a journalist. I didn't want to be registered with a party, although that has meant I can't vote in primaries, but such is life. That's the way it works in New York. Good morning. You're on the air. What's your first name? Where you calling from? Bill from Bum Kinsey side. Hey, what's going on over there? Do they do anything with that theater yet? Nope. 1.2 million he's received and it's standing still. But the reason of calling is the old saying of taxation without representation. Uh our city councilman has been absent for the last three months for meetings. Who is that? Uh Dundon. Mr. Dun. Dundan hasn't been at the meetings this month. No. No, not at all. Two months. Yep. And I've called other city council people in. All I got is, well, he's sick. I said, well, who can deal with the problems that people are calling me about? You know, these motorcycles that are just screaming up and down the streets at night. Uh, are causing a lot of problems. Gunshots. There's no one to turn to because every council person I call it goes to like an AI voice and uh the AI voice says will leave a message and the councilman will call you back. Never a call back. So in case people haven't already um recognized your voice and uh understood your reference, you served you're Bill Berg. you served on city council for for several years and at one point you also were the city council president. So in case people didn't know why you as a longtime east side resident have an interest in this big big time you know and now I see in the paper that was Tuesday um the city council is going to be requesting a moratorum on the student housing. Well, don't they realize that Sunni Bingington and everything that's been associated with Sunni Bingington drives the economy in the city vessel anytime JC is saying open arms we'll build down here so you can come and eat in our restaurants use our facilities if Bingington doesn't want you we will I have never heard a caller into your show complaining about homelessness in the village of not the city, Endicott or Inland. It seems to be that Bingmpington is the only city that has homeless problems. And I I find that very hard to believe. Well, I can attest Bingington's not the only community in Broom County with homeless issues and homeless encampments. They're all over the county. Yeah. And I heard uh Jason Gardner uh in his his pledge to address that within the last couple days, which is good. But but going forward, if we have a councilman who was paid to represent us and has been absent for at least three months due to illness, shouldn't city council go forward for special election and place replace that person for a period of time? Well, are there any provisions in the city charter that pertain to a situation like this? No, I checked that. No, there is not. But city council in its uh plurality and Democrats could go ahead and say look at the east side needs representation and if Mr. Dundan due to his illness cannot make it, we need for that district to provide representation. So, I put the bug in their ear, but I haven't heard of them. H Well, we'll see. I'm opening this up to all council members. Uh, anybody, including Mr. Dundon, anybody uh is able, if they want to call in and address this because I I do think everybody in Bingmpington ought to be represented at all times. I I agree. And then going back to your initial question about the cameo, uh they shall so we say fured up the sign so no more would fall, but that's the only work they've done in the last 6 months. Yeah. All right. Well, I drove by I drove by there on Wednesday and I didn't see any work going on, so I I didn't have time to stop by to look inside. I I remember two or three years ago I saw some guys doing some work but that was just mainly shoring well shoring up the the corner because uh part of the foundation was collapsing. Yep. Nope. Nothing's been done. No one's All right, Bob. Always go do the revoice. Thank you, Mr. Berg. 11:26 at News Radio WBF. Well, Bingington City Council members, all of you, all of you who listen, which now I think about it, out of seven council members, there are probably none who actually listen to the program. Anyway, any council member who may be listening is invited to respond to what former councilman Bill Berg just said about representation for that part of the east side. And anybody can call in as well. Heck, the mayor could call in. Any mayor could call in. The mayor of Johnson City, she could call in. The mayor of Endicott, he could call in. The mayor of Aiggo, he could call in. You see what this program is about? This program is about inclusiveness. This program is about diversity. I know some people are, you shouldn't be diverse and you shouldn't be inclusive. What what kind of a person are you? A person who celebrates diversity, equity, and inclusion. It sounds like America, right? Except it now has been given a stigma. We don't want to be diverse. We don't want to treat people equally. And heaven forbid that we include everybody at our party. No, we don't want all Americans, just certain Americans like us. America at 250. What would George Washington think? Good morning. You're on the air. What's your first name? Where you calling from? Yeah, Joe of Greater Ithaca. Like to speak today about Memorial Day. Well, please do. Yeah. Well, Memorial Day for many years was always on May 30th, regardless of the day of the week. Some time ago, they made it a three-day weekend. And I [clears throat] think that it has not been the same ever since. You know, they did the same thing with uh Veterans Day. They made a three-day weekend and then I guess the veterans and somebody complained because now Veterans Day is November 11th regardless. And I think if we went back to the Memorial Day being the 30th, what [clears throat and snorts] it would be, you'd still have four out of five uh ch four out of five days where you would have a a 3-day weekend. Then you'd have Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, which [clears throat] you wouldn't have. And that would be more people be more likely, you know, more easier and more attendance to have a parade that day. Focusing on that. I don't know what anyone thinks about that idea. We'll put it out there. We'll run it up the flag pole and see if anyone salutes. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Just thought I'd throw that out for worth because this this Saturday would have been Memorial Day. Yeah. Okay. Thank you very much. Thanks. It's um 11:29 WNBF. Yeah. What What is your opinion? Scheduling of holidays, Memorial Day. What if they uh I don't think that they would go this far, but who knows? What if Sean Hannity proposes making Christmas a Monday holiday? Can you imagine? Sean Hannity could propose that the fourth Monday in December be the celebration of Christmas. What would happen if he did that? Good morning, WNBF. You're on the air. What's your first name? Where you calling from? Jesse from Ago. How you doing? Well, I'm doing as well as can be expected. How are you? Oh, trying to keep my sanity after this morning, but you you do have me just a little bit wondering. You can say what you want. You're an independent and I understand that. I understand why. But in my opinion, you side with the Democrats. That's what I have heard based on all these years of listening to you. Many people say that. Well, because I hear it. I'm just going by the evidence. I go by what I hear, Bob. I'm I'm not going to say I'm against you. I agree to disagree with you a lot. But you get me to the point where you're saying you're independent. I'm like, no, you're not. You may say you are. Oh, I'm independent on all issues. I take every issue on its own. So you throw one issue out. Just ask one question about an issue and and this will be an example. Any question within reason. Any question. Don't ask me about the strawberry because I don't want to stir up trouble this close to the big um festival. But ask me any question about any serious issue and I'll give you a one-s sentence response to prove that I'm truly independent. Well, that I would have Well, you know what? That would that would have to be a face-toface discussion. I'd have to sit back with you for quite a while. Maybe like by a backside fire drinking some adult beverages. Well, there you go. And and Yeah. Yeah. One thing leads to another and before before you know it, the cops get called and then then I'll get a an opportunity to investigate the Toga County Jail. Robert Joseph Jesse from AGO is a little heart lovable little fuzzball. So believe me, the cops won't get called. All right. Just make sure that kind of company you you know invite. Yeah. I'm going to invite Matt Ryan. [laughter] No, no, no, no. Let me complete the sentence. I'm going to invite when when I go to we go to have um an off thereord conversation with you. I'm going to invite Matt Ryan and Fred Aar. So that that would be a good conversation. Well, you know what? That I would actually enjoy. I think it'd be a healthy discussion. And by the way, here's here. Now, I'm biased, of course, many people are saying. But I actually think, and we wouldn't know till we tried it, but I actually think not only would you and I enjoy it, but Fred Aar and Matt Ryan would enjoy it because here's the bottom line is it would be all off the record and it's just four people talking. It's not It's not supposed to start out as a debate. It's not supposed to turn into a debate. It's just four people talking about anything as people do when they get together. And honestly, I think, and again, this would not nobody is allowed to tape it and then use it for their campaign or anything like that or, you know, anything that's said during our little off thereord get together. Nobody can can put that on on social media and say, "Well, Bob Joseph said or Jesse from AIGO said or Fred said or Matt said." No, just four guys talking totally off the record as adults, not trying to prove anything, not trying to prove one person is better than the others. I think we would have a a good conversation. And that's the idea, Bob, because you know what? If you start it small, you can slowly build it out and then let the people know. But all as it is is the ideas of discussion whether you agree or agree not, you know. Sure. Well, that's my that's that's sort of the premise on this program. I don't want anyone to necessarily agree with me. If you disagree, let me know. But no, there's no point, Jesse, in my opinion, there's no point in calling in and and being mean or nasty. I mean, that's the way people are at at bars after they've had one too many. You know, keep your check your meanness and your nastiness at at the door. We don't need to hear We hear enough of people being mean and nasty out on the street or elsewhere. Don't need that kind of that kind of um behavior on a good program like this. Well, that's right. And you know what, Bob? You will find out about one thing. Whether I agree or disagree, if I lost the conversation and I had no other direction to go, let's say, because I lost a discussion, the last thing I'm going to do is get facitious and mean and call you names. No, that's that's below my level. Yeah. And that's that's the thing I respect about most people. I'd say about 98% of the population doesn't stoop that low. Well, there's a lot that do. And that's what bothers me. It's like if you're going to go to that level, then right there the discussion ends. It's not worth it. You want to call me names, that means you lost. Uh well, that yeah, that's what I I conclude, too. When you start resorting to name calling, that means you're you're out of any other um thoughtful points to make. Appreciate your call. Hope you have a good weekend. Oh, you as well, Bob. And don't tell me no lies. Keep your hands to yourself, buddy. You bet. 11:35 WNBF with Bob Joseph. Hey, go ahead. Call in and disagree. But I I'll tell you this. If you call me a name, I'll end the call. It's as simple as that. Don't call me a name and don't call anyone else names. You want to do that? You go out to your nearest bar, go out and have 10 beers, and then start calling people names and wait for the cops to haul you in. If they think they ought to. I'm not saying they ought to. I'm saying if they think they ought to. It's Friday morning. Bob Joseph live on WNBF DJ in Bingmpington. Good morning. Good morning, Bob. And I want to say that uh if you love music, you'll play music for the people and because that's what you love and that's your gift. You won't bow out because of politics. I don't understand these guys at that uh event you're talking about. No, because many of them say they were lied to. I think that's if they were um told things that were inaccurate about the big event, then I I understand why they would quit. And most of them have. I think it's understandable. Who wants who wants to agree to a performance for an event that is totally that has been totally misrepresented by the organizers? Well, there's still time, you know, they'll still uh they can be replaced and they can change their mind or whatever. So, yeah, good luck. I'm They will be replaced. I'm sure that we're going to love What about Ted Nent? I would I would call Ted Nent with his Dog Scratch Fever song. Yeah, that'd be great. Yeah, they're gonna they're going to get a bunch. Of course, Kid Rock, he'll probably be performing at most of the shows with his helicopter, right? So, yeah. No, I I agree. I I agree. These these um people who are quitting and and saying they they were lied to, I say good riddens. The organizers will find bigger, better. They'll find the best artists, ones who love music and and love people. Oh, and and mainly love America, right? That's right. They got to love America. Appreciate your call. 11:42 WNBF. I'm Bob Joseph and you know the secret to the success of this program is because I love America. You hear it every day on WNBF and all of its affiliated platforms. 6077721290. If you haven't called this week, now would be a splendid time to express yourself and let me know what you're thinking. What are you thinking? Go ahead, call or send an email. Maybe I'll read some emails. Stay tuned. I'm going to select an email if I can find any that don't contain that word. That word you heard on CBS this morning. The question is how do they get away with that? That's the biggest question. WNBF. Glennon Vestal, you're on the air. Good morning, Bob. Good conversation yesterday with the three county officials regarding the nursing home in Vestal. It's kind of interesting because they were Aaron Martin was very concise and very clear. The tax money does not come from the property tax owners. It comes from the economic development fund. Unfortunately, it's been 15 years since the flood. Two things would be nice. One, to know who is behind the LLC, Bravo, that bought the paper on the property. And two, if they had a more developed plan from beginning to completion, that way there, the $1 million that Broom County taxpayers are going to end up paying, not directly, but from the funding source, that money still gets pulled from somewhere else. So, it has to we could use it for more economic development or we can use it to level this blight and [clears throat] eyesore on the public property. for some reason it seems after 15 years now. Well, I guess the thing that puzzled me is why uh why act now? Why not wait for another 15 years or you know what's what's your rush? You know if it was fine if just like you and I brought up with the Masonic temple, you know, why why not uh take another 10 or 20 years before we we do something about these blighted things? We're finally used to them. Uh, and I know 600 Main Street in Westover after the federal government finally tore it down. I I have to admit, even though it couldn't be used again, I I kind of miss it. You know, now all I see at these places where they tear down something, all I see is vacant lots. So sometimes I wonder is is just looking at a vacant lot surrounded by a fence like at 600 Main Street or some of these other places that have been demolished. I understand they were eyes sores, but but now all we look at are are unusable acreage just sitting there. It's almost like it's almost like those vacant lots, whether it's in Bingmpington or Endicott or Vestal, it's almost as though they're taunting us. That is true. That is true. And hopefully the legislators will respond since it is an election year. Maybe they would hold out and wait for a complete plan for that property before they spend a million dollars of our money. Yeah, it's too late now. They vote they voted for it. Well, they transferred the funds. Well, yeah, but you know, and you could tell from the conversation with Aaron Martin and Dan Reynolds and Jason Garner. You know, they're not going to stop. Well, they will if the legislators make their voice heard, which would be But they won't. A surprise. Look, they're not going to. Come on. Just between you and me. Yep. The voting over the last two years is why why why would they change now? Well, public pressure hopefully. No, public pressure can be very hopeful. I have hope. Well, I have hope, but not not on this one. This one This is zooming through, baby. Yeah, you're probably right. I mean, well, I mean, I could be wrong, though. I mean, I you know me, I I say something on the program and if it turns out that ultimately my gut feeling was wrong, at least if I'm wrong, I'll I'll admit it on a future program. If if that happens, I'll be the first to admit I I was surprised. Well, Aaron Micah seemed to be backpedaling on Facebook. I don't know if you saw her post, but I didn't because I don't I don't go on on the Facebook for the most part. I I find a lot of it to be unsettling and and disappointing. Fair enough. You know, unsettling. Yes. Maybe next week a good topic would be I don't know if you're familiar with the lawsuit that has been filed against Broom County by a veteran spouse for him being placed into the storage container behind the public safety building, but it has been moving forwards over the last, I believe, year. Yeah. I'm surprised she hasn't called in to talk about it. She used to be on the program. She knows my number. In fact, I think I spoke with her about it off the air. But you would, one would think for such a a serious case that she would be talking about it on the program. Yeah, you would think so. Well, I appreciate the show and enjoy this weekend. It's beautiful weather out there. We love Binghamington. Yeah. Thank you. Appreciate your call. Yeah, I'm here to surf and just because I express an opinion doesn't mean I'm shutting out anyone else. Anyone's allowed on the program. Well, virtually anyone. I know. So, you'll say, "Yeah, but what about you know who?" And it' be like, "No, actually, you know who. She can't come on." But virtually anyone. Any reasonable person. I can't think of anybody right now who wants to come on the program who would not be allowed on, but I could be surprised there too. Maybe somebody who truly desperately wants to be on the program could not be accommodated. Good morning. You're on the air. What's your first name? Where you calling from? Hey, it's Airport Road from the town of Maine. You got you got a chair there for me? No. Well, you just said anybody could come in and sit. Well, I Well, no. No. Nobody can come in and sit. Anybody can be on the program. We don't have a studio audience. I'm just giving you our time. What the heck do you think this is? Steven Colbear. I saw what happened with him with his studio audience. And and then CBS or the Paramount Sky Dancers lied about it when they said the show was losing $40 million a year. In the latest analysis of of the numbers, some independent expert crunched the numbers and proved not only was CBS not losing $40 million, they were making money off the show. So that again, it's best not to have a studio audience because then they'll just use that to cancel you. Well, I I just wanted to call I just listened to the last gentleman and I I chuckled to myself and you you you can relate. you know, Broom County and the IDA both work with the same type of game plan and there is no um sitting down and coming up with a great idea. It's just spend the money and then we'll figure out what to do with it. I mean, there are no no plans for this corporate park. Um 600 Main Street has been sitting there forever and you know, just a common sense guy here. They want to raise it 13 feet, 15 feet, whatever. Well, that whole neighborhood was flooded in 2011. Where's all that water going to go when they build up that lot 13 feet? We're just going to have more of Johnson City flooded. But, you know, it's just crazy the way that the politics and the government around here just jam everything through. They don't take any no public meetings, no no interest from the residents on how they spend their money. Um, I I'm amazed at the amount of slush fund money that's just still sitting around here that every year gets used for some frivolous project. Um, Bob, I just had to call that guy. I appreciate what he had to say and I want you to have a great weekend. Did you get your chicken riggies? No. Well, they had them on the menu for a few days. I know they did. I I just I I was too busy and I didn't take advantage of the opportunity, but one of these days I will because I know they'll be back. I will let you know when they are. I'll send you send you an email. Yeah. Give me a heads up and I'll I'll try to give it high priority the next time that uh you you alert me. Well, listen, have a great weekend. You do a great show. People should appreciate what you do and I do wish more people would call in. Thanks, Bob. Thank you. 11:53 WNBF. Yeah, I wish more people would call in. Some people whatever. We've we've talked about this a few times this week. Some people don't want to have a conversation. Some people are afraid. Oh, well, I'm going to say something and then Bob will respond like a human or maybe ask me a question and it's too much pressure. Well, yeah, that's how the show works. It's called a talk show. And either when I'm cancelled or replaced by AI, then you won't have to worry about it. And then you'll be looking back wistfully on May 29th and saying, "Yeah, wish I had called the show. Wish I wasn't so frightened that that host would ask a question or maybe respond to something I said. I wish I wasn't Frozen in fear. I wish I called 6077721290. More calls more often from America's most beautiful talk show, highly acclaimed and loved by most. Cliffy from the First Word. You're on the air. Yeah, I'm just walking in. Uh sorry I this would have been a good conversation but with all this stuff going on in that vestal nursing home and these homeless people I'm surprised uh the Havana virus what you know with the rat and mouse poisoning. Why is it I don't understand why like somebody on a ship could get it but these people living in these buildings don't get it. Well, must be the things on the ship are in pretty bad shape. I don't know. Maybe too much lobster. But no. And it seriously what I don't understand what where the difference is between uh rat uh poop and mouth poop. The difference. Are you suggesting that we have some sort of taste test? Well, no. On the serious note, Bob, though, these homeless people, how come they don't get it and other people do? Well, what determines the poop that they I don't understand why the other people don't get it. The only way to find out is from Dr. Oz. Yeah. How about Dr. Bob? Yeah, I could, but we only have 30 seconds left. Program's almost over. I could give you an answer, but you called at the last minute. So, I know the answer, but I don't have time because it's fairly complicated. But it's simple. I'm just out of time. So, anyway, it's a good it's a good question. Yeah. Well, anyway, think about that over the weekend. I hope you have a a good weekend. I'm sorry you brought it up at the last minute because I I know the simple answer, but sadly we are totally out of time, but it's been a great week. I'll be back Monday morning. I'm Bob Joseph. News, talk, and information for Bingmpington and Central New York. This is News Radio WNBF Bingmpington, a town square media. There are two types of business owners. Those who are busy and those who want to be busy. Toast is designed for both. 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