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all right, all right.

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Feeny talks with friends
episode 157 with a good friend.

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What's up? Jillian? Nothing.

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How are you
happy to be here, Jillian Gilchrist.

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Very excited. You have so much going on.

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Author.

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Mom, politician.

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What else do I miss? Anything.

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Do you do yoga?

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No, but I run. Run runner.

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Where do you want to start?

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Let's start with running for office. Yes.

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Currently state rep.

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Yes. Currently state rep.

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In my fourth term. Nice.

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So I'll be heading into year
eight this spring.

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Geez. Yeah, it's been eight years.

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It's been eight years.

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The first term
and the second term were in, the pandemic.

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Gotcha.

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Kind of made things a little, yeah.

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But yeah,

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so eight years, eight years, 2017,
because you marched in a parade.

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Yeah. Let's pull it up.

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You're pulling up
picks already, Stephanie. You're ready.

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boom. It's going to be right here.

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Do you remember this picture?

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Yes I do, yeah, yeah.

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Now where you running for the first time
or were you already in

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when I was running for the first. Yeah,
that's what I thought.

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So it was running.

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So it was 2018 and then boom
the first term was 2019 2020.

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Yeah okay. Yeah. Yeah.

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And then your kid's so small there
I know to see the kids.

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That's when you know.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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That's when you really know.

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Now she's like a peanut in this picture.

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And the dog has a dog.

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That dog someone handed to me,
classic politician picture.

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That is not my dog. Oh, that's so funny.

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State rep.

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No, I think you're, Great. You're.

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I like how you get right into it.

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The videos to the selfie videos. Yes.

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Do you find those helpful? Effective?

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Are you okay with some of the comments?

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Like I first thought,
I know we can talk about state

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rep and politician,
but that comes to mind right away.

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So if you don't mind touching on that.

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So selfie
videos are the most well received. Yes.

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I don't I don't know why.

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I mean, I don't know the studies on it,

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but it does seem like people
must be like you're talking right to them.

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And it's just I try to use them
as a way of explaining policy.

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Yeah. Yep.

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We're kind of making a topic
that might seem really difficult,

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very concise, like, here's
what's going on.

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This is what I think. Here's
what you can do.

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Yeah. The comments.

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So interestingly, my first term in office,
introduced an ammunition tax.

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I don't know if you were aware of that.

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I went out big,

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at 50%.

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I still stand by the policy.

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Over the years, I tweaked it,
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we would have a tax on ammunition,

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and then the revenue would be used for gun
violence prevention programs.

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Now, since introducing
it, two states have passed in Colorado.

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In California, 50%. Yeah.

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Okay.

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And my proposal got down.

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I think it's like 15%. Yeah.

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Interesting for some people in West
Hartford were like, did you go for 100%?

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But so, you know, depends on
who you're speaking to.

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But anyway, when I did that proposal,

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the NRA shared a video.

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I did, about that proposal.

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It went viral with the NRA, and I got, oh,

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yeah,
tons of hate from across the country.

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So I don't know if those same people

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are the people coming back
or what it is about their algorithms.

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But if I mentioned certain key
people or phrases, I'll get folks and it's

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those are really people
from not Connecticut. Wow.

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And so seven years in, heading into my
eight year, it really doesn't bother me.

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So you have thick skin.

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Did it thicken

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throughout the eight years
that first I bring up that first incident.

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I remember now that you
that you said that that happened

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I was they like re quoted you right.

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And then like had your video here
but had some words above it maybe I never

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I mean to have that
many people coming at you.

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But now

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did you get mail or phone calls
or anything else?

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Did you change your number?

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No. Wow.

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So phone calls.

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And it mostly though
was online in my entire time.

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Now only knock on wood.

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One letter to the house.

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Yeah.

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A lot of, keyboard warriors and.

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Yeah,

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that's social media, though.

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No matter what you put out there,
someone's going to have a

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differing opinion.

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Not being a good friend.

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Yes. Well,
and that's if you had a different opinion.

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Great.

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Let's have a conversation. Yeah.

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It's just when you been hit.

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Yeah we do we get So did you find,

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did your lifestyle change?

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How did that
how was your balance from personal life?

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Political life? Did you see?

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I had to learn how to manage that.

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The work, never the work could never end.

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Which in many ways, I'm
fine with because I enjoy the work.

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But I have a family.

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And so I've gotten really good, 
on a whole nother role.

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Everyone's not perfect, at being able
to like certain times of day,

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phone goes down
and I'm focused, like with the kids.

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Yeah. Family.

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And then I'll pick it up again
when they're in bed.

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It's been interesting too, though,
as we're talking about them getting older,

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you know, like different phases of life.

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So when they were younger,
they wanted to engage me.

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Now that they're a little older,
I have more time again at night.

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Yeah.

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They're doing one thing
so I can be doing work in the evening.

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So it really to me it's about,
quality over quantity. So.

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Okay, when I have time with folks,
I want to be engaged with them.

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And that's all about it.

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Nice, nice.

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I live and work in West Hartford.

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I love the community.

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What's your thoughts on the West
Hartford community?

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How long have you been here?

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What is, you feeling?
You're making an impact.

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I hope so, so I've been here since 2008.

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Okay.

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I came to Connecticut in 2000
to go to New Con. Yep.

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From upstate New York. Not too far up.

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And when I kind of found West Hartford,
that was it for me.

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I, I was, raised in a rural area,
and then Yukon was rural.

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And so West Hartford with the sidewalks,

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it was like,
this is the place I want to be. Yeah.

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I love it here.

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Yeah, my kids here.

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It's been absolutely amazing.

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It also

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the values I have seemed to be reflected
in the community, and they do seem pretty

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pleased with the work I've been doing
on your behalf with the legislature.

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And on a whole,
when there is disagreement,

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there can still be that kind exchange.

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That's what I find in this town.
So that's been positive.

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Nice. Nice.

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No, I've had,

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state reps.

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Kate.

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And I'm missing Tammy.

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Yeah, but you're you're.

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Well, it's the trio, right?

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The state reps are there as well. Now we.

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Oh, because you go to Newington
in Hartford now.

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Yep. So we have, Rep Sanchez. Yep.

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That's right.

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Someone suggested I have them on. Yes.

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You open
invite rep Sanchez and Gibson. Yes.

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You're in. Please come
on. Feeney talks with friends.

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We'd love to chat with you.

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How was your week? Which you been up to?

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So we have a common friend.
You are in East Granby?

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Yes. What?

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So how does that work?

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And how does that benefit you or him?

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West Hartford state rep goes supports.

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Is he town council?

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He just became, first select person.

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Is that like the mayor? Yes. Gotcha.

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So he's like.

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And it's like the first Democratic mayor,
you know, very long time in East Granby,

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right? Yes.

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Because that's my connection.
My wife's from East Granby.

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She went to high school in East Granby,

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her best friend's wedding.

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My guy Jason and his husband.

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Is he still with, what's his name?

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Right. So nice. Yeah. Awesome. Dude.

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So this guy Jason shows up to the wedding
decked out in a sharp coat,

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sharp pat kicking his feet up over my head
on the dance floor.

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And I'm like, this guy's awesome.

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Yeah, and I get to know
him, meet him a little bit.

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You know, he did make up for RuPaul.

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He is like Broadway, well known dude.

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And now I guess he's settling down to East
Granby and now he's the mayor.

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They've been in East Granby,
I think, almost 20 years.

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And so his quick story

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to kind of how I met Jason is last spring,

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he recognized that people were feeling
overwhelmed.

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In the Trump administration.

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And so he didn't
want to have another rally.

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He wanted to have a forum where
people could come and get information.

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And so I was he reached out to me
to be at the reproductive health table.

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And just because someone said, oh,
you should talk to Jillian.

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So I came at him through that,

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and then he let me know
that he was running for first elected.

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I'm running for Congress

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in the first Congressional District,
of which East Granby is one of the towns.

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Oh, God.

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And so it's been helpful for me
to learn about that community.

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Yeah. And then we just really hit it off.

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Yeah, we have a lot of aligned values.

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He door knocked

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every door in East Granby.

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That was 100%.

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Yeah.
It didn't matter if they were Republican.

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Democrat registered.

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Registered.

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He knocked everyone and then won.

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And so he had the first ever

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swearing in
and hundreds of people showed up.

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Nice. Congrats to my guy Jason.

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Positive day.

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I think I saw him at a baptism
in a wedding.

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That's it. But yeah.

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Cool, dude.

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And congrats.

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That's really cool.

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Open invite for my guy Jason too.

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Yeah, I saw you there. And I'm like,
that's the connection.

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But it makes sense that you need
you're getting to know people

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and spreading your

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spiderweb or your reach.

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Yeah.

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Oh, cool.
I forgot. I'm so excited to chat.

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Welcome to Feeny talks with friends.

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My name is Eric Feeney, founder
and president of Friends of Fini.

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Our mission is to help
children and families

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that need assistance
after heartbreak or tragedy.

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And I use this podcast.

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Feeny talks with friends,
and I talk to a wonderful people

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in the community
that are doing great things.

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That's how I should introduce
you and Jillian.

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You're doing great.

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So happy to speak with you.

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This is podcast 157.

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Big news. Yeah.

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This is not an exclusive.

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People know by now, but this is amazing.

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And, you're running for Congress. Yeah.

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Thank you. How's that feel?

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You nervous?

254
00:10:35,968 --> 00:10:38,512
Excited? Both.

255
00:10:38,512 --> 00:10:39,221
Both.

256
00:10:39,221 --> 00:10:42,642
I know that, on a daily basis, there is.

257
00:10:42,642 --> 00:10:43,559
Yeah.

258
00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:44,268
And you're all in.

259
00:10:44,268 --> 00:10:44,518
Right.

260
00:10:44,518 --> 00:10:47,521
So. So.

261
00:10:48,648 --> 00:10:50,274
No more state rep regardless.

262
00:10:50,274 --> 00:10:51,984
So, I mean, is there an option,

263
00:10:51,984 --> 00:10:55,988
is there an option to run for Congress
and get state rep back?

264
00:10:56,530 --> 00:10:59,533
You know, once you go to go for Congress.

265
00:10:59,575 --> 00:11:04,288
So you could okay, so I make it clear,
like I do have in my fourth term

266
00:11:04,288 --> 00:11:08,334
that I'm in, I will have this session
starts in February.

267
00:11:08,584 --> 00:11:10,544
Yeah.

268
00:11:10,544 --> 00:11:13,714
That's I think born in
you know, that's my second year of that.

269
00:11:13,714 --> 00:11:15,424
It's a two year term.

270
00:11:15,424 --> 00:11:18,844
But right now I would be announcing

271
00:11:19,136 --> 00:11:22,640
if I were running again for 2026.

272
00:11:22,723 --> 00:11:24,892
Gotcha.

273
00:11:24,892 --> 00:11:27,311
People can you can kind of have

274
00:11:27,311 --> 00:11:29,897
conversations and say,
hey, guys, like two other people.

275
00:11:29,897 --> 00:11:30,690
Can you wait?

276
00:11:30,690 --> 00:11:33,901
Because I'm going to see
if this plays out

277
00:11:34,193 --> 00:11:36,904
and then if it doesn't,
I'm going to run for state rep again.

278
00:11:36,904 --> 00:11:39,573
Yeah, but that's what are the time frames.

279
00:11:39,573 --> 00:11:40,408
It's the.

280
00:11:40,408 --> 00:11:43,327
So may may when's the Congress election.

281
00:11:43,327 --> 00:11:45,079
The congressional election.

282
00:11:45,079 --> 00:11:47,540
The conventions are in May. Okay.

283
00:11:47,540 --> 00:11:52,837
And it's my understanding that the
congressional convention will be first.

284
00:11:53,254 --> 00:11:55,965
So there again, like,
there could be where you could be like,

285
00:11:55,965 --> 00:11:58,509
oh, well,
I didn't get that. I'm going to bump over.

286
00:11:58,509 --> 00:11:59,719
I think it's like a week or two later.

287
00:11:59,719 --> 00:12:01,220
But I've made the decision.

288
00:12:01,220 --> 00:12:03,389
No, I'm all in nice.

289
00:12:04,348 --> 00:12:04,765
When I

290
00:12:04,765 --> 00:12:08,352
ran for state rep, I made it
clear like that it's not my seat.

291
00:12:08,602 --> 00:12:09,979
It's the people seat.

292
00:12:09,979 --> 00:12:11,689
And I've loved it.

293
00:12:11,689 --> 00:12:14,150
And I think I've done a great job.

294
00:12:14,150 --> 00:12:15,651
I hope people feel that way.

295
00:12:15,651 --> 00:12:17,069
But now it's like, who's next?

296
00:12:17,069 --> 00:12:18,738
You know, someone else gets to run.

297
00:12:18,738 --> 00:12:21,741
And I'm running for Congress, right?

298
00:12:21,824 --> 00:12:23,117
I think I'll do a great job there.

299
00:12:23,117 --> 00:12:25,453
So, Yeah.

300
00:12:25,453 --> 00:12:27,955
But to you,
you know, there's anxiety in that, right?

301
00:12:27,955 --> 00:12:30,624
Yeah, there's excitement,
but there's there's anxiety in that.

302
00:12:30,624 --> 00:12:35,004
And what comes next now
there's sessions for state reps.

303
00:12:35,212 --> 00:12:36,756
Now explain this to a third grader

304
00:12:36,756 --> 00:12:39,759
or actually explain this
to a third grade teacher.

305
00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:42,970
Their state rep
sessions is their congressional sessions.

306
00:12:42,970 --> 00:12:43,888
Are you full time?

307
00:12:43,888 --> 00:12:46,932
Are you more full time as Congress
then state?

308
00:12:46,932 --> 00:12:49,059
Obviously you do more and more full time.

309
00:12:49,059 --> 00:12:50,561
It's still just what about the pay?

310
00:12:50,561 --> 00:12:53,355
Is the pay increase pay increases?

311
00:12:53,355 --> 00:12:53,939
That's important.

312
00:12:53,939 --> 00:12:57,276
Gotta get the money
pay increases to your term

313
00:12:58,235 --> 00:12:59,695
and it is all year.

314
00:12:59,695 --> 00:13:03,073
However, well, this is the nice part.

315
00:13:03,073 --> 00:13:06,535
As an organized person, Congress,
they put out the schedule ahead of time.

316
00:13:06,577 --> 00:13:07,453
We don't get our stuff.

317
00:13:07,453 --> 00:13:11,123
We know we go into session here
in Connecticut from February to May,

318
00:13:11,290 --> 00:13:15,628
but when we are going in and which days
where we don't get told that,

319
00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:16,420
it's gotten better.

320
00:13:16,420 --> 00:13:17,797
What days you're staying until midnight?

321
00:13:17,797 --> 00:13:19,715
Yeah, we don't really get told that.

322
00:13:19,715 --> 00:13:24,345
But down there they do put out like,
you know, you're in for two weeks

323
00:13:24,345 --> 00:13:27,389
in a row without the weekends,
so it's a back and forth.

324
00:13:27,389 --> 00:13:27,973
Gotcha.

325
00:13:27,973 --> 00:13:31,018
And they make it that way because you are
still representing your community.

326
00:13:31,227 --> 00:13:32,645
It's important to be here

327
00:13:32,645 --> 00:13:35,648
and learn from people and be able
to share what you're working on.

328
00:13:36,023 --> 00:13:36,899
Very cool. Yeah.

329
00:13:37,983 --> 00:13:40,903
So yeah, let's get into it.

330
00:13:40,903 --> 00:13:43,280
We have, some sponsors.

331
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332
00:13:45,324 --> 00:13:45,908
Thanks.

333
00:13:45,908 --> 00:13:48,410
So this is our host
and we have Direct Line Media.

334
00:13:48,410 --> 00:13:50,120
Thank you Dave and Stephania.

335
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336
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337
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338
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339
00:14:04,677 --> 00:14:07,763
So with New England Dawn security,
what are three keys

340
00:14:07,763 --> 00:14:10,766
that are going to make you
a great congressperson?

341
00:14:10,891 --> 00:14:12,518
A good listener. Good listener.

342
00:14:12,518 --> 00:14:14,603
I'm optimistic.

343
00:14:14,603 --> 00:14:19,275
So I believe good things can happen
and that the optimistic good bye people.

344
00:14:21,110 --> 00:14:24,530
And I'm an incredibly hard worker.

345
00:14:25,656 --> 00:14:27,867
An incredibly hard worker. All right.

346
00:14:27,867 --> 00:14:29,326
Listener.

347
00:14:29,326 --> 00:14:31,370
Hard worker.

348
00:14:31,370 --> 00:14:32,955
The middle one.

349
00:14:32,955 --> 00:14:33,455
I don't know.

350
00:14:33,455 --> 00:14:34,748
I mean, I'll know.

351
00:14:34,748 --> 00:14:37,334
Compassionate. Well, you go to.

352
00:14:38,878 --> 00:14:39,962
That's how good my memory, I guess.

353
00:14:39,962 --> 00:14:42,631
The sun and shaved and work.

354
00:14:42,631 --> 00:14:45,634
I'm optimistic.

355
00:14:45,843 --> 00:14:47,219
Got it?

356
00:14:47,219 --> 00:14:49,138
Yes. Optimism. That's very.

357
00:14:49,138 --> 00:14:50,306
That's key for any job.

358
00:14:50,306 --> 00:14:51,640
And listening comes up.

359
00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:52,766
Any job teaching.

360
00:14:52,766 --> 00:14:54,393
You want to be a good listener.

361
00:14:54,393 --> 00:14:56,061
Financial advisor? Good listener.

362
00:14:56,061 --> 00:14:59,315
Yeah, I'm sure that's true
for a politician or congressperson.

363
00:15:00,983 --> 00:15:03,110
Do you want me to connect you with Jahana
Hayes?

364
00:15:03,110 --> 00:15:04,194
Have you connected with her?

365
00:15:04,194 --> 00:15:05,946
I have connected with her, but sure.

366
00:15:05,946 --> 00:15:06,864
Yeah, she's been on.

367
00:15:06,864 --> 00:15:09,658
No, but she's coming out
and she's from Waterbury.

368
00:15:09,658 --> 00:15:10,701
I'm from Waterbury.

369
00:15:10,701 --> 00:15:12,786
We taught summer school together.

370
00:15:12,786 --> 00:15:15,873
I consider her her friend, so.

371
00:15:16,290 --> 00:15:18,250
Yeah. Teacher of the year?

372
00:15:18,250 --> 00:15:19,919
Yep. She's great.

373
00:15:19,919 --> 00:15:21,795
So, I'm trying to get her.

374
00:15:21,795 --> 00:15:24,798
I want to podcast with her at the Capitol.

375
00:15:25,299 --> 00:15:29,470
My daughter got National History Day
last year, and we went down to the Capitol

376
00:15:29,470 --> 00:15:31,847
and got a tour,
and John Hayes was our tour guide.

377
00:15:31,847 --> 00:15:33,682
So we got National History Day.

378
00:15:33,682 --> 00:15:36,268
Oh, National history Day.
So you should look into this.

379
00:15:36,268 --> 00:15:39,939
All students out there
as a junior, senior, you get a project.

380
00:15:40,522 --> 00:15:42,441
She did the Capitol crawl.

381
00:15:42,441 --> 00:15:45,277
It helped FDR

382
00:15:45,277 --> 00:15:48,280
change laws and regulations for the for,

383
00:15:50,199 --> 00:15:52,326
For, like,

384
00:15:52,326 --> 00:15:55,329
if, you know, stairs
now have to have ramps. Yes.

385
00:15:55,371 --> 00:15:58,374
So the Capitol crawl,
all these people with disabilities went

386
00:15:58,374 --> 00:16:01,377
there, got out of their wheelchairs
and crawl to the top,

387
00:16:01,585 --> 00:16:04,797
almost like a rally or a protest
made national news.

388
00:16:05,255 --> 00:16:06,924
They changed the rules and the laws.

389
00:16:06,924 --> 00:16:10,678
Now that every place has to have a ramp,
that's the Capitol crawl.

390
00:16:10,678 --> 00:16:13,263
So she makes this presentation.

391
00:16:13,263 --> 00:16:16,475
She went to, Burlington, Burlington,
Saint

392
00:16:16,475 --> 00:16:19,478
Louis Mills High School for State,

393
00:16:19,478 --> 00:16:21,146
National History Day.

394
00:16:21,146 --> 00:16:23,232
So state history day.

395
00:16:23,232 --> 00:16:26,819
Then she went to central
for Regional History Day,

396
00:16:27,111 --> 00:16:30,990
and then her project got selected
to go to DC for National History Day.

397
00:16:31,573 --> 00:16:34,576
And it's an amazing opportunity.

398
00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:37,413
She got a bag of, like, 20
Connecticut pins.

399
00:16:37,413 --> 00:16:40,416
She goes around and trades
to get all the state pins.

400
00:16:40,833 --> 00:16:42,543
I loved it, and it was so good.

401
00:16:42,543 --> 00:16:45,546
It was amazing. She tried again this year.

402
00:16:45,921 --> 00:16:46,880
Didn't get selected

403
00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,925
for National History Day,
but you know yeah, we had the experience.

404
00:16:49,925 --> 00:16:52,636
She got a free waiver
application to Maryland

405
00:16:52,636 --> 00:16:54,221
because that's where they hosted it.

406
00:16:54,221 --> 00:16:55,514
So she applied to Maryland.

407
00:16:55,514 --> 00:16:58,017
She loved the campus in the school.

408
00:16:58,017 --> 00:17:00,519
So, but then seeing Jahana Hayes

409
00:17:00,519 --> 00:17:03,522
and I think John
Larsen was down there too.

410
00:17:04,106 --> 00:17:07,109
And Murphy, I think was down there too.

411
00:17:07,317 --> 00:17:08,318
And they came to the event

412
00:17:08,318 --> 00:17:12,156
and they know all the kids sat on the,
steps of the Capitol

413
00:17:12,448 --> 00:17:15,242
they talked him up for
I think they each had like 20 minutes.

414
00:17:15,242 --> 00:17:16,910
And then they were on their way.

415
00:17:16,910 --> 00:17:19,913
But Jahana Hayes chatted me up.

416
00:17:19,997 --> 00:17:21,540
She looked at my daughter was like,

417
00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:24,376
you look
familiar because I sent her a picture.

418
00:17:24,376 --> 00:17:25,878
I said, my daughter is going to be there.

419
00:17:25,878 --> 00:17:28,380
Yeah, I didn't get to see her.
And she was like, is this you?

420
00:17:28,380 --> 00:17:29,423
Jahana looked at me. Hello?

421
00:17:29,423 --> 00:17:31,842
I was like,
is this you, Neal? I was like, that's me.

422
00:17:31,842 --> 00:17:33,719
Wow. That's my dad.

423
00:17:33,719 --> 00:17:35,387
So it was pretty cool.
That is really cool.

424
00:17:35,387 --> 00:17:38,098
I mean, she's like, she was in the middle
of talking and said, hey, that's you.

425
00:17:38,098 --> 00:17:40,642
Okay. That's.

426
00:17:40,642 --> 00:17:41,643
So cool.

427
00:17:41,643 --> 00:17:42,978
Jahana good friend. Yeah.

428
00:17:42,978 --> 00:17:45,981
And Larsen,

429
00:17:46,565 --> 00:17:48,984
they said this on Wikipedia,
so I did some research.

430
00:17:48,984 --> 00:17:54,239
This is his most, the most competition
he's facing since 1999. Yes.

431
00:17:54,948 --> 00:17:56,450
No, that was the first year.

432
00:17:56,450 --> 00:17:58,952
That was when he ran. Yeah.

433
00:17:58,952 --> 00:18:01,163
And it was an open primary. Yep.

434
00:18:01,163 --> 00:18:05,542
And since then,
he hasn't had a competitive race like.

435
00:18:05,667 --> 00:18:08,629
Yeah. So I got some facts here. We got.

436
00:18:09,046 --> 00:18:11,507
Yeah. 1998 was Kevin O'Connor.

437
00:18:12,883 --> 00:18:15,886
It was like 69,000 to 97,000.

438
00:18:16,136 --> 00:18:17,638
Then I just some people that I recognized

439
00:18:17,638 --> 00:18:21,433
Bob Backlund,
we talked about Bob Backlund WWF champion.

440
00:18:21,892 --> 00:18:25,145
He used to do the crossface
chicken wing which choke you out the tap.

441
00:18:25,145 --> 00:18:26,480
You that's Bob Backlund.

442
00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:27,439
He was a Republican.

443
00:18:27,439 --> 00:18:31,193
Ran he lost 59 59,151

444
00:18:32,486 --> 00:18:34,321
Bob Backlund

445
00:18:34,321 --> 00:18:37,324
and then Joe Visconti is a isn't
he a West Hartford guy?

446
00:18:38,242 --> 00:18:39,952
Pretty animated guy.

447
00:18:39,952 --> 00:18:41,578
Interesting.

448
00:18:41,578 --> 00:18:42,412
Maybe podcast?

449
00:18:42,412 --> 00:18:44,456
Maybe not. We'll see.

450
00:18:44,456 --> 00:18:47,459
Get a little controversial there, Joe.

451
00:18:48,335 --> 00:18:50,129
John Decker

452
00:18:50,129 --> 00:18:52,798
has been a podcast guest in 2012.

453
00:18:52,798 --> 00:18:55,467
My guy John Henry Decker,
basketball player, great guy.

454
00:18:55,467 --> 00:18:58,220
He's podcast guest episode 65.

455
00:18:58,220 --> 00:19:01,056
Interesting that it's athletes 2012.

456
00:19:01,056 --> 00:19:04,226
Yeah, well, he's also a financial advisor.

457
00:19:04,226 --> 00:19:07,229
He just plays at the JCC
over 30 men's league.

458
00:19:07,396 --> 00:19:10,149
Not that we're not the most athletic.

459
00:19:10,149 --> 00:19:11,316
Don't give us too much credit.

460
00:19:11,316 --> 00:19:14,653
We're just trying to get exercise here
with Scott and the crew.

461
00:19:14,695 --> 00:19:15,070
Yeah.

462
00:19:15,070 --> 00:19:18,949
And then Mary Fey, 20 2020

463
00:19:18,949 --> 00:19:21,952
Mary Fey was also a podcast guest. 61.

464
00:19:22,244 --> 00:19:22,828
So this one.

465
00:19:22,828 --> 00:19:23,579
Yeah, you got me.

466
00:19:23,579 --> 00:19:26,540
And then come on, let's go. Yeah.

467
00:19:26,582 --> 00:19:28,750
Great deal of respect
for the congressman.

468
00:19:28,750 --> 00:19:31,753
Just think these seats aren't
intended to be held forever,

469
00:19:31,795 --> 00:19:35,883
and we need some change down
in Washington right now, so

470
00:19:36,925 --> 00:19:38,093
not now.

471
00:19:38,093 --> 00:19:40,137
How does that

472
00:19:40,137 --> 00:19:41,430
do you think this should cap?

473
00:19:41,430 --> 00:19:42,472
That's a big talk.

474
00:19:42,472 --> 00:19:46,977
Capping, 
Supreme Court justices, capping Congress.

475
00:19:46,977 --> 00:19:49,980
And like, people that get in forever.

476
00:19:50,772 --> 00:19:52,024
Who's been in longer?

477
00:19:52,024 --> 00:19:53,942
How long is Dick Blumenthal?

478
00:19:53,942 --> 00:19:55,861
Is he also been on or what's he.

479
00:19:55,861 --> 00:19:57,487
He's a senator. Senator?

480
00:19:57,487 --> 00:19:59,239
Yeah, I knew that,

481
00:19:59,239 --> 00:20:02,117
know what year he got into that seat?

482
00:20:02,117 --> 00:20:04,703
He was attorney general for a while
here in the state.

483
00:20:04,703 --> 00:20:06,538
So I'm open to term limits.

484
00:20:06,538 --> 00:20:08,415
It's a question that comes up quite a bit.

485
00:20:08,415 --> 00:20:11,960
I'm to me, though, what's the goal?

486
00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:16,506
And if the goal is to get new leadership
and different experiences

487
00:20:16,506 --> 00:20:21,511
and opinions and views,
I think we need to, address money,

488
00:20:22,346 --> 00:20:26,808
because money in politics
is what I believe is keeping people

489
00:20:27,059 --> 00:20:30,229
in for these length of times
and keeping other people out.

490
00:20:31,521 --> 00:20:33,065
That said, when you bring up

491
00:20:33,065 --> 00:20:36,860
the Supreme Court lifetime appointment,
maybe we look at that.

492
00:20:37,194 --> 00:20:38,445
Yeah, that's kind of crazy.

493
00:20:38,445 --> 00:20:39,988
No job should be a lifetime. Yeah.

494
00:20:39,988 --> 00:20:43,033
Whereas again,
open to term limits with Congress.

495
00:20:43,408 --> 00:20:45,077
Those are elections though.

496
00:20:45,077 --> 00:20:48,080
And so I think
we have to fix some other things,

497
00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:50,624
because if we didn't fix the money piece
and we put in. Yeah.

498
00:20:50,624 --> 00:20:52,417
You're still getting the same people.

499
00:20:52,417 --> 00:20:54,127
What about confirm or deny.

500
00:20:54,127 --> 00:20:58,257
Does they get $170,000 as their payroll.

501
00:20:58,257 --> 00:21:00,717
But some people are millionaires.

502
00:21:00,717 --> 00:21:03,720
Is that what you're talking about, money
or what I'm talking about.

503
00:21:04,012 --> 00:21:06,431
Or is that campaign money you're talking.

504
00:21:06,431 --> 00:21:08,308
But somehow they get the campaign.

505
00:21:08,308 --> 00:21:09,643
Where do the people get the money.

506
00:21:09,643 --> 00:21:10,602
Yeah. So.

507
00:21:10,602 --> 00:21:13,605
Well do you think so we

508
00:21:13,772 --> 00:21:16,775
I'll start with here in Connecticut
we have the best campaign

509
00:21:16,775 --> 00:21:18,777
finance for state races.

510
00:21:18,777 --> 00:21:21,738
So when I ran, when I ran for state rep,

511
00:21:21,822 --> 00:21:25,534
I raise a certain amount of money
from from small donations.

512
00:21:25,534 --> 00:21:28,161
I think it's about $5,000.

513
00:21:28,161 --> 00:21:31,790
And then I qualify for a grant,
and then that means.

514
00:21:31,999 --> 00:21:32,457
Oh, yeah,

515
00:21:33,583 --> 00:21:36,628
because you had to get $5
from a thousand people to get the grant.

516
00:21:36,628 --> 00:21:38,588
Right. People in town to show that you.

517
00:21:38,588 --> 00:21:39,923
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

518
00:21:39,923 --> 00:21:43,010
And then once you hit that $5,000, you

519
00:21:43,010 --> 00:21:46,596
qualify for the grant
and everybody has the same.

520
00:21:46,596 --> 00:21:47,806
Yep, yep.

521
00:21:47,806 --> 00:21:51,893
At the federal level, even though we're
in Connecticut, those rules don't apply.

522
00:21:52,102 --> 00:21:56,023
And so what I mean is
you have people like John Larson's

523
00:21:56,064 --> 00:21:59,901
already raised a million, half
a million of it is from tax.

524
00:22:01,069 --> 00:22:03,405
Many of those PACs are corporate PACs.

525
00:22:03,405 --> 00:22:06,742
So he's getting money from health
insurance companies.

526
00:22:06,742 --> 00:22:10,162
Well, how are you going to push
to try and change

527
00:22:10,704 --> 00:22:15,709
health care if you're getting money
for your campaign from those entities?

528
00:22:15,751 --> 00:22:18,754
Oh, I liked us then.

529
00:22:18,754 --> 00:22:21,298
And that's why teacher health
care keeps going up. Yeah.

530
00:22:22,758 --> 00:22:23,383
So since I'm

531
00:22:23,383 --> 00:22:26,845
on the other leading opponent, 
Luke Bronin,

532
00:22:27,179 --> 00:22:31,099
former mayor of Hartford, he's
raised also $1 million

533
00:22:31,266 --> 00:22:35,437
to get into the weeds
of that 750,000 of that

534
00:22:35,437 --> 00:22:39,441
that he raised is
from people who didn't max out, which he,

535
00:22:39,441 --> 00:22:45,197
which means he got hundreds of people
who could give him $3500 or $7000.

536
00:22:46,698 --> 00:22:48,742
So he has rich friends. Correct.

537
00:22:48,742 --> 00:22:51,745
But where would they be? What?

538
00:22:51,828 --> 00:22:53,789
What's their background?
Was it be health care?

539
00:22:53,789 --> 00:22:54,831
Would it be finance?

540
00:22:54,831 --> 00:22:57,834
Would it be like, what's their gotcha?

541
00:22:58,043 --> 00:23:01,129
But I don't know.

542
00:23:01,588 --> 00:23:04,216
I really anyone

543
00:23:04,216 --> 00:23:08,220
who can has $3,500 sitting around
that they can give

544
00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:11,598
to a politician and not even get
that's not tax deductible.

545
00:23:11,598 --> 00:23:14,351
So you're not getting anything.
You're just giving that money away.

546
00:23:14,351 --> 00:23:17,187
And so it also is

547
00:23:17,187 --> 00:23:20,148
are you going to make policy choices

548
00:23:20,816 --> 00:23:25,821
based on having those connections
and that lived experience.

549
00:23:26,154 --> 00:23:30,283
So those are my concerns
with what's going on in Washington.

550
00:23:30,283 --> 00:23:33,328
And two quick examples
of what's going on in this very race.

551
00:23:34,121 --> 00:23:39,292
And so even if we put in term limits,
if we don't fix the money,

552
00:23:39,418 --> 00:23:43,088
if you still are having folks
who have access to.

553
00:23:43,130 --> 00:23:44,423
Yeah, yeah.

554
00:23:45,632 --> 00:23:48,718
So let's just talk to South Bend.

555
00:23:48,718 --> 00:23:51,680
So if the person gets a half $1 million,

556
00:23:52,681 --> 00:23:55,684
he's spending that to campaign advertise.

557
00:23:55,684 --> 00:23:58,395
And that's going to effectively help
his race.

558
00:23:58,395 --> 00:24:01,440
Is he getting billboards TV commercials
and getting out there?

559
00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,900
More and more likely
people will vote for him?

560
00:24:03,900 --> 00:24:06,278
Or is he taking out people to dinner?

561
00:24:06,278 --> 00:24:08,572
Like, what's
what are we doing with this money used?

562
00:24:08,572 --> 00:24:09,156
Great question.

563
00:24:09,156 --> 00:24:12,951
It would be used to get your message out
there, but interesting.

564
00:24:12,951 --> 00:24:14,661
You bring it up because.

565
00:24:14,661 --> 00:24:17,789
So there are now four of us in the race.

566
00:24:17,789 --> 00:24:20,959
There have been five
and we all got in in late August.

567
00:24:20,959 --> 00:24:22,169
September.

568
00:24:22,169 --> 00:24:25,172
What's been interesting is that the media

569
00:24:25,881 --> 00:24:30,802
and political insiders,
and by that I mean like Democratic Town

570
00:24:30,802 --> 00:24:34,306
Committee folks, not all of them,
but people who've been around a while.

571
00:24:34,764 --> 00:24:37,559
They look at how much you can raise

572
00:24:37,559 --> 00:24:40,312
as the determinant of viability.

573
00:24:40,312 --> 00:24:42,022
And so they're covering

574
00:24:42,981 --> 00:24:44,065
those two candidates

575
00:24:44,065 --> 00:24:47,068
more than others
based on how much they run.

576
00:24:47,152 --> 00:24:52,073
So already you're seeing money have this
influence even when it's not being spent

577
00:24:53,074 --> 00:24:54,951
or just because they raised this money.

578
00:24:54,951 --> 00:24:57,078
Then we get but yeah.

579
00:24:57,078 --> 00:25:00,081
So then people might ask
and I think, I mean, I feel bad

580
00:25:00,081 --> 00:25:04,544
because I think a lot of people
are burnt out by political fundraising,

581
00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:08,006
especially when they're not seeing action.

582
00:25:08,006 --> 00:25:11,301
And to your point, health care prices
rise.

583
00:25:11,301 --> 00:25:13,845
It's like, why am I do
you want a donation from me?

584
00:25:13,845 --> 00:25:15,597
Are you kidding me?

585
00:25:15,597 --> 00:25:18,391
Nothing's changed and it's gotten worse.

586
00:25:18,391 --> 00:25:20,560
So what is it actually for?

587
00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:24,564
It is for,
you getting your message out there.

588
00:25:24,564 --> 00:25:29,194
So having mail pieces
that, you know, now,

589
00:25:29,194 --> 00:25:32,614
social media, which isn't too expensive,
but to boost post. Yes.

590
00:25:32,989 --> 00:25:37,619
And then the big and then sending mailers,
the big piece o paying staff.

591
00:25:38,161 --> 00:25:38,995
It's been interesting.

592
00:25:38,995 --> 00:25:42,249
It's like starting a small business,
like running for office.

593
00:25:42,249 --> 00:25:43,583
You know, I have to have a team.

594
00:25:43,583 --> 00:25:45,961
Oh, you have a paid staff.
Yeah. Paid staff.

595
00:25:45,961 --> 00:25:47,462
So you have a social media guy,

596
00:25:48,505 --> 00:25:49,256
a mailer?

597
00:25:49,256 --> 00:25:49,422
Yeah.

598
00:25:49,422 --> 00:25:50,590
Social media phone.

599
00:25:50,590 --> 00:25:53,426
So that's free.

600
00:25:53,426 --> 00:25:56,304
Free nine and nine campaign manager
communications.

601
00:25:56,304 --> 00:25:58,223
We're very small team right now. But yeah.

602
00:25:58,223 --> 00:26:01,226
And you know people need to be paid.

603
00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:06,231
So you have the staff
and then eventually in a race

604
00:26:06,231 --> 00:26:09,234
this size you do need to get up on TV.

605
00:26:09,442 --> 00:26:12,070
And that's one of the bigger question.

606
00:26:12,070 --> 00:26:14,906
Yeah. And then is there

607
00:26:14,906 --> 00:26:16,866
you could only pay this person
a certain amount.

608
00:26:16,866 --> 00:26:17,075
Right.

609
00:26:17,075 --> 00:26:20,203
There's a cap on how many,
how much you could pay your staff.

610
00:26:20,912 --> 00:26:22,622
I don't think they do.

611
00:26:22,622 --> 00:26:24,124
You just take like that might be again.

612
00:26:24,124 --> 00:26:27,127
I think Connecticut has rules for that.

613
00:26:27,586 --> 00:26:31,381
So his staff can be getting per
se to do that social media piece.

614
00:26:31,673 --> 00:26:32,716
10,000 bucks.

615
00:26:32,716 --> 00:26:34,634
But your guy is
doing it for free, correct?

616
00:26:35,802 --> 00:26:38,263
Or that could be even more correct.

617
00:26:38,263 --> 00:26:39,973
Wow. Interesting.

618
00:26:39,973 --> 00:26:41,433
Yeah.

619
00:26:41,433 --> 00:26:43,893
With all this being said,

620
00:26:43,893 --> 00:26:46,896
hypothetically speaking,
say Feeny wants to get into politics.

621
00:26:47,522 --> 00:26:48,440
Do you suggest it?

622
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:49,733
What advice would you give?

623
00:26:49,733 --> 00:26:52,068
Maybe we'll come back to some things.

624
00:26:52,068 --> 00:26:54,529
But yes, it sounds so.

625
00:26:54,529 --> 00:26:55,822
It's intriguing.

626
00:26:55,822 --> 00:26:58,825
Yeah. Interesting.

627
00:26:59,242 --> 00:27:01,202
But, you know, we need more.

628
00:27:01,202 --> 00:27:04,998
We need more everyday
people to get involved. Yes.

629
00:27:05,290 --> 00:27:08,251
And so I would encourage anyone

630
00:27:08,251 --> 00:27:12,589
to run for office
and this is an open invitation.

631
00:27:12,714 --> 00:27:13,423
Reach out.

632
00:27:13,423 --> 00:27:16,718
I would have coffee with you
and talk it through and let you know.

633
00:27:16,968 --> 00:27:19,888
Actually if we get to the book in there,
I talk about plenty.

634
00:27:19,888 --> 00:27:22,891
Here are the steps
you need to take to do it.

635
00:27:23,183 --> 00:27:25,810
Because the only way we change
things is by being in the game.

636
00:27:27,020 --> 00:27:29,606
I truly believe you have to be within it
to change it.

637
00:27:29,606 --> 00:27:33,902
And so, yeah, I think the more people
who bring their everyday

638
00:27:33,902 --> 00:27:38,031
real life experience to government,
the better it's going to be.

639
00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:41,201
Okay.

640
00:27:41,201 --> 00:27:43,036
Geez.

641
00:27:43,036 --> 00:27:44,996
And how can people reach you,
our listeners?

642
00:27:44,996 --> 00:27:47,582
How can they reach you?
How they how they help support?

643
00:27:47,582 --> 00:27:50,418
I mean, go out and vote number one
and then what else?

644
00:27:50,418 --> 00:27:53,546
So on social media,
on all the different platforms, it's

645
00:27:53,546 --> 00:27:57,092
at Jill Crest, Jill c h r e s t.

646
00:27:57,133 --> 00:27:59,636
But you can find me on all social
platforms.

647
00:27:59,636 --> 00:28:03,181
Vote for jillian.com is the website
for the congressional campaign.

648
00:28:03,682 --> 00:28:06,434
And I want to hear from people,

649
00:28:06,434 --> 00:28:09,145
truly, as a social worker,

650
00:28:09,145 --> 00:28:12,107
the best way I learn is from people.

651
00:28:12,107 --> 00:28:14,067
What are they being impacted by?

652
00:28:14,067 --> 00:28:15,652
And it's interesting
you bring up health care.

653
00:28:18,196 --> 00:28:18,863
Yeah.

654
00:28:18,863 --> 00:28:21,074
It is hurting people.

655
00:28:21,074 --> 00:28:21,783
It's expensive.

656
00:28:21,783 --> 00:28:22,909
It's expensive.

657
00:28:22,909 --> 00:28:24,828
And half the time I don't even use it.

658
00:28:24,828 --> 00:28:27,622
And when you do try to use it, yeah,

659
00:28:27,622 --> 00:28:30,208
yeah, yeah,

660
00:28:30,208 --> 00:28:32,419
that was that thing.

661
00:28:32,419 --> 00:28:33,378
Wow. All right.

662
00:28:33,378 --> 00:28:34,963
That's interesting. That's.

663
00:28:34,963 --> 00:28:36,506
That'd be a big one for me. Yeah.

664
00:28:36,506 --> 00:28:37,799
Or a lot of voters.

665
00:28:37,799 --> 00:28:38,383
It would be a big one.

666
00:28:38,383 --> 00:28:41,386
My my goals are like economic. So.

667
00:28:41,553 --> 00:28:45,640
So you can take the pack from anyone
or per se.

668
00:28:46,516 --> 00:28:49,519
He he seems to take from the health care.

669
00:28:49,769 --> 00:28:54,774
But you can't take from can you take
from the auto industry and alcohol.

670
00:28:54,774 --> 00:28:56,568
Tobacco. Are they in or out?

671
00:28:56,568 --> 00:28:57,277
I'd have to look.

672
00:28:57,277 --> 00:28:58,528
You can pull his list.

673
00:28:58,528 --> 00:29:01,197
I, I don't know the entirety of his list.

674
00:29:01,197 --> 00:29:03,575
So there's others in there, and, yeah,

675
00:29:03,575 --> 00:29:06,578
you can get PAC money
at the federal level.

676
00:29:06,661 --> 00:29:07,871
Can we Google that?

677
00:29:07,871 --> 00:29:09,956
Yeah, right. Now. Come on, let's do that.

678
00:29:09,956 --> 00:29:11,666
I've never googled on it. On the podcast.

679
00:29:11,666 --> 00:29:14,669
It's the first you can see I'm someone.

680
00:29:14,794 --> 00:29:19,632
What would I look up John
Larson PAC like, put together a website

681
00:29:21,050 --> 00:29:23,511
about, you know, donations to,

682
00:29:23,511 --> 00:29:26,514
current sitting congresspeople.

683
00:29:29,392 --> 00:29:31,144
Campaign finance summary.

684
00:29:31,144 --> 00:29:33,021
Yeah. Open secrets dawg.

685
00:29:33,021 --> 00:29:36,024
Okay, maybe.

686
00:29:37,317 --> 00:29:41,488
Top industry two oh 2023 2024 insurances.

687
00:29:42,113 --> 00:29:45,867
Shoot $231,000 top contributor

688
00:29:46,201 --> 00:29:49,204
Wex health $23,000.

689
00:29:49,996 --> 00:29:52,165
So he raised

690
00:29:52,165 --> 00:29:55,877
a mile and a half but spent a mil 0.6.

691
00:29:57,086 --> 00:29:59,214
Oh yeah. Let says okay.

692
00:29:59,214 --> 00:30:02,759
Wex health, Guardian Life insurance
Hartford health

693
00:30:03,426 --> 00:30:07,722
American Israel public
oh that is that I pack a pack.

694
00:30:07,889 --> 00:30:09,432
Oh that's been in the news.

695
00:30:09,432 --> 00:30:12,560
Traveler's insurance securities

696
00:30:13,102 --> 00:30:15,772
would then there is some
yeah mostly insurance.

697
00:30:15,772 --> 00:30:18,149
Oh yeah. So total

698
00:30:18,149 --> 00:30:20,485
$23,000 in insurance.

699
00:30:20,485 --> 00:30:22,403
Securities investment 94,000.

700
00:30:22,403 --> 00:30:26,157
Real estate 85,000 health
professionals, lawyers and firms.

701
00:30:26,157 --> 00:30:28,117
Oh, this is an interesting

702
00:30:28,117 --> 00:30:30,620
and and so you've got a lot of health
care.

703
00:30:30,620 --> 00:30:31,579
You got a question.

704
00:30:31,579 --> 00:30:36,668
But then because and if all these health
care, different health care people

705
00:30:36,668 --> 00:30:41,089
are willing to give the same person money,
they're all in the game for themselves.

706
00:30:41,089 --> 00:30:43,132
They want to keep the prices high.

707
00:30:43,132 --> 00:30:44,259
That's a trick where

708
00:30:45,510 --> 00:30:46,135
shoot.

709
00:30:46,135 --> 00:30:50,098
So peer at maximum beverage
like they call the next liquor store

710
00:30:50,098 --> 00:30:54,394
and say, hey, keep your wine at 15 bucks
or both make out.

711
00:30:54,394 --> 00:30:59,023
But if you lower it to 14 bucks,
you're going to take some people.

712
00:30:59,232 --> 00:31:02,235
Can we have like a almost like, I don't
know, is it a gentlemen's agreement?

713
00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:07,073
But it's very interesting point
being that all these health insurance

714
00:31:07,824 --> 00:31:10,827
people are giving. Yes.

715
00:31:12,871 --> 00:31:14,539
Interesting point.

716
00:31:14,539 --> 00:31:18,251
Like, hey, where the health insurance,
where the insurance capital of the world.

717
00:31:18,418 --> 00:31:21,129
Okay. Yeah, yeah. Hartford. Yeah.

718
00:31:21,129 --> 00:31:24,549
But to me, that's an opportunity because

719
00:31:24,549 --> 00:31:27,594
it's saying,
okay, let's get them to the table.

720
00:31:28,219 --> 00:31:31,222
And if they won't change their business
model,

721
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:33,349
so be it.

722
00:31:33,349 --> 00:31:36,769
But they have to like right
now, profit in health care doesn't work.

723
00:31:38,354 --> 00:31:41,357
We don't need any more evidence.

724
00:31:42,150 --> 00:31:46,070
People know that like profit
driving health care does not work.

725
00:31:46,195 --> 00:31:50,575
And so we need to change the system so
that people can access the care they need.

726
00:31:50,825 --> 00:31:52,118
Yeah.

727
00:31:52,118 --> 00:31:55,288
If the health insurance industry
can't be a part of that

728
00:31:56,372 --> 00:31:57,081
okay.

729
00:31:57,081 --> 00:32:00,084
We need to move in a different direction,

730
00:32:00,710 --> 00:32:03,046
change and grow.

731
00:32:03,046 --> 00:32:04,422
Cheese.

732
00:32:04,422 --> 00:32:06,424
This is good.

733
00:32:06,424 --> 00:32:09,719
I'm learning something new
and I like podcasts and meeting talk with

734
00:32:09,719 --> 00:32:15,058
I would talk with you anyway
and to be like oh have a little moment.

735
00:32:15,058 --> 00:32:16,643
All right a little light bulb.

736
00:32:16,643 --> 00:32:18,686
So I mean I will do some more research.

737
00:32:18,686 --> 00:32:20,897
That was a quick little internet search.

738
00:32:20,897 --> 00:32:24,108
And I'm again,
I'm not hating on John Larson.

739
00:32:24,108 --> 00:32:26,778
He was a former teacher.
Yeah. Seems like a good dude.

740
00:32:27,820 --> 00:32:28,404
But, you

741
00:32:28,404 --> 00:32:31,616
know, sometimes
and the fact that you bring it up,

742
00:32:32,367 --> 00:32:36,496
he's part of a system in Washington

743
00:32:37,330 --> 00:32:40,041
that he's not the only one, but

744
00:32:40,041 --> 00:32:43,044
that's taking money from industry.

745
00:32:44,712 --> 00:32:46,798
But that's a system we need to change.

746
00:32:46,798 --> 00:32:49,968
And I don't think we do that by electing
the same people who been part of it.

747
00:32:50,927 --> 00:32:52,595
And so that's a way of doing it.

748
00:32:52,595 --> 00:32:57,100
That means we need to be done with
I won't be taking any corporate money.

749
00:32:58,309 --> 00:33:00,103
I would take PAC money

750
00:33:00,103 --> 00:33:05,274
from like I work on endometriosis,
at the state legislature

751
00:33:05,274 --> 00:33:09,612
and there's like a women's health there
because they want to elect

752
00:33:09,612 --> 00:33:12,824
candidates who will push
for research on women's health.

753
00:33:13,199 --> 00:33:17,120
I feel comfortable and ethical
taking that money.

754
00:33:18,037 --> 00:33:19,539
But I have no.

755
00:33:19,539 --> 00:33:21,416
Have they provided that to you? Not.

756
00:33:21,416 --> 00:33:21,833
No. Yeah.

757
00:33:21,833 --> 00:33:24,085
Okay.
You're just saying gotcha, gotcha, gotcha.

758
00:33:24,085 --> 00:33:24,919
No. Which

759
00:33:24,919 --> 00:33:29,757
someone that you are in agreement with
and feel comfortable is very important.

760
00:33:29,757 --> 00:33:33,594
But I don't want to be beholden
or feel like

761
00:33:33,594 --> 00:33:36,889
I owe something to any entity.

762
00:33:38,307 --> 00:33:41,310
Because they gave money to my campaign.

763
00:33:42,812 --> 00:33:44,022
Interesting.

764
00:33:44,022 --> 00:33:46,733
So since 99,

765
00:33:46,733 --> 00:33:47,608
we should do that.

766
00:33:47,608 --> 00:33:49,527
Wish I could pull that up since 99.

767
00:33:49,527 --> 00:33:52,405
Where has the health care in Connecticut?

768
00:33:52,405 --> 00:33:53,364
Where has it?

769
00:33:53,364 --> 00:33:55,825
Bar graph would be great right
now. Boom! 99.

770
00:33:55,825 --> 00:33:57,035
Where have they been? Yeah.

771
00:33:57,035 --> 00:33:59,787
And you think?

772
00:33:59,787 --> 00:34:01,080
They'd be increasing.

773
00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:04,083
The bars would be going upstairs.

774
00:34:06,419 --> 00:34:07,378
We get that here.

775
00:34:07,378 --> 00:34:07,795
Boom.

776
00:34:07,795 --> 00:34:11,090
I don't know if we could get that bar
graph Stefan you look that up.

777
00:34:11,424 --> 00:34:11,883
Boom.

778
00:34:11,883 --> 00:34:14,886
Bar graph.

779
00:34:15,470 --> 00:34:16,012
This is great.

780
00:34:16,012 --> 00:34:18,222
Doing some research on the podcast,

781
00:34:18,222 --> 00:34:21,893
talking about real people and real events
and things that are really happening.

782
00:34:21,893 --> 00:34:24,020
It could affect people.

783
00:34:24,020 --> 00:34:25,188
Usually I talked to Joe Schmo.

784
00:34:25,188 --> 00:34:30,943
Was like, you know, I don't know
Scott and Ty, you know, from the JCC.

785
00:34:34,864 --> 00:34:37,200
Oh. I'll go with the other big issue.

786
00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:37,950
I gonna have two more.

787
00:34:37,950 --> 00:34:41,954
But, so health care is a major reason
I'm running to try and improve

788
00:34:41,954 --> 00:34:43,581
that for folks.

789
00:34:43,581 --> 00:34:46,959
Just the economic inequality is pretty
outrageous right now in this country.

790
00:34:47,877 --> 00:34:51,172
Wages haven't gone up, and costs
just keep rising.

791
00:34:51,255 --> 00:34:53,174
That's another thing. Yeah.

792
00:34:53,174 --> 00:34:56,677
The teacher salary has been here,
but housing

793
00:34:57,053 --> 00:35:01,349
or the market for housing
has been sky food through the roof,

794
00:35:02,391 --> 00:35:04,393
housing through the roof, car,
all that stuff.

795
00:35:04,393 --> 00:35:05,812
But some salaries are staying here.

796
00:35:05,812 --> 00:35:09,023
And public education actually. Yes.

797
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:10,233
Tied to.

798
00:35:10,233 --> 00:35:13,319
But then, just a separate bucket for me
is public education.

799
00:35:13,319 --> 00:35:16,280
My, both my parents are school teachers.

800
00:35:16,364 --> 00:35:18,116
That's why you

801
00:35:18,116 --> 00:35:19,617
so raise me to public school teachers.

802
00:35:19,617 --> 00:35:20,993
My sister's level school teacher

803
00:35:20,993 --> 00:35:24,288
and partner, actually, right now
as a paraprofessional.

804
00:35:24,914 --> 00:35:27,625
And so, and,
I mean, just working in the legislature,

805
00:35:27,625 --> 00:35:31,170
all we hear is, can you go on record that
you're going to help bump teacher pay?

806
00:35:31,462 --> 00:35:33,339
Looking looking to camera 100%?

807
00:35:33,339 --> 00:35:34,841
I would bump teacher pay.

808
00:35:34,841 --> 00:35:37,385
Oh, all professionals at schools.

809
00:35:37,385 --> 00:35:39,595
Nice. Absurd.

810
00:35:39,595 --> 00:35:41,389
What teachers are paid.

811
00:35:41,389 --> 00:35:45,059
Go on, preach a louder
for the people in the back.

812
00:35:45,810 --> 00:35:47,436
I mean, it's it's insane.

813
00:35:47,436 --> 00:35:52,525
And I was hopeful after the pandemic
when people were like oh wow.

814
00:35:52,567 --> 00:35:54,443
Right. Oh yeah.

815
00:35:54,443 --> 00:35:56,362
That lasted about two weeks. Exactly.

816
00:35:56,362 --> 00:35:59,157
And then it's back to,
oh, we will pay a 50,000.

817
00:35:59,157 --> 00:36:01,117
Like what is happening?

818
00:36:01,117 --> 00:36:02,994
Go on. Jillian okay.

819
00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:06,414
And so we need to beyond the living wage
like teachers need

820
00:36:06,414 --> 00:36:09,500
we need to incentivize people
to go into the profession.

821
00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:11,669
We need to pay you guys what you're worth.

822
00:36:11,669 --> 00:36:15,089
The other thing I've learned,
the legislature, we try to give schools

823
00:36:15,089 --> 00:36:18,926
quite a bit of staff
because that is where kids are all day.

824
00:36:18,926 --> 00:36:21,429
So it makes sense
because it is a central hub.

825
00:36:22,930 --> 00:36:25,766
But we haven't increased the staffing.

826
00:36:25,766 --> 00:36:26,559
And, you know, like

827
00:36:26,559 --> 00:36:29,562
given the supports that are needed
for the amount of things we expect.

828
00:36:29,729 --> 00:36:31,522
Yeah, yeah.

829
00:36:31,522 --> 00:36:32,899
All right. Well,
thank you for the support.

830
00:36:32,899 --> 00:36:35,026
Teachers,

831
00:36:35,026 --> 00:36:36,777
we're on topic.

832
00:36:36,777 --> 00:36:41,157
Anything else that's on your mind
with the Congress and helping out and,

833
00:36:41,157 --> 00:36:44,577
your campaign,
your motivations, inspirations?

834
00:36:45,119 --> 00:36:45,453
Yeah.

835
00:36:45,453 --> 00:36:50,249
So, I mean, the other
I just truly do believe that we need

836
00:36:50,958 --> 00:36:54,170
more everyday people, representing us.

837
00:36:54,170 --> 00:36:58,049
And so I commit to folks like,
I will be here in the community.

838
00:36:58,049 --> 00:37:01,052
That's the point of representing folks.

839
00:37:01,469 --> 00:37:06,098
And so getting ideas from people,
listening to them, what do they need?

840
00:37:06,432 --> 00:37:09,352
And then my skill set as a social worker,

841
00:37:09,352 --> 00:37:12,647
I'm a trained social worker,
is really taking those ideas.

842
00:37:12,647 --> 00:37:18,110
And, translating them into effective
public policy and then doing advocacy.

843
00:37:18,110 --> 00:37:23,616
So to me, it's not just going down there
and saying, oh, I support the Green

844
00:37:23,616 --> 00:37:27,453
New Deal, but then you don't do anything
to try and enact it.

845
00:37:27,620 --> 00:37:29,664
Like you need to go meet with advocacy
groups.

846
00:37:29,664 --> 00:37:32,083
You need to come back and talk
to the community. You need to share.

847
00:37:32,083 --> 00:37:35,086
Hey, these are the policies
and this is how we get them there.

848
00:37:35,253 --> 00:37:38,256
You got to work with your colleagues
in Congress to push for the change

849
00:37:38,506 --> 00:37:41,133
every single day.
And that's just one topic.

850
00:37:41,133 --> 00:37:42,760
But you've got to be pushing,

851
00:37:44,011 --> 00:37:44,845
all the time.

852
00:37:44,845 --> 00:37:49,058
And so I want to get in there, push
for as much change as possible,

853
00:37:49,058 --> 00:37:52,061
and then turn around and say, who's next?

854
00:37:52,311 --> 00:37:53,980
My brother made the joke, oh my God.

855
00:37:53,980 --> 00:37:56,565
If you get elected,
you've got job security till you're 80.

856
00:37:56,565 --> 00:37:59,277
Like, no,

857
00:37:59,277 --> 00:38:02,238
it should we should have different ideas.

858
00:38:02,238 --> 00:38:03,364
What's your brother do?

859
00:38:03,364 --> 00:38:06,200
He's the one. Oh okay. Yeah that's right.

860
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:07,618
Yeah, yeah.

861
00:38:07,618 --> 00:38:09,537
So he's helping out nice.

862
00:38:09,537 --> 00:38:12,498
That's great. Wow.

863
00:38:12,623 --> 00:38:14,709
No, I wish you the best of luck.

864
00:38:14,709 --> 00:38:17,253
Yeah. We talked.

865
00:38:17,253 --> 00:38:19,588
Mom. Politician. Author.

866
00:38:19,588 --> 00:38:20,631
Yeah. Now.

867
00:38:20,631 --> 00:38:25,428
So you've always been a strong advocate
for women's rights, right?

868
00:38:25,428 --> 00:38:28,556
And that was something that you've been
talking about and running on.

869
00:38:28,556 --> 00:38:30,599
And then you wrote a book.
Where did you find the time?

870
00:38:30,599 --> 00:38:33,602
I'm trying to be an author,
so I want to write a book.

871
00:38:34,103 --> 00:38:35,438
This is motivation.

872
00:38:35,438 --> 00:38:36,188
Yeah. It's good.

873
00:38:36,188 --> 00:38:37,315
What do you.

874
00:38:37,315 --> 00:38:40,151
Yeah, you know,
you have to chunk out time, right? Yeah.

875
00:38:40,151 --> 00:38:43,612
I was planning out each week
when I was going to spend time writing.

876
00:38:43,904 --> 00:38:48,534
I did work with, an editor
who I did all the writing.

877
00:38:48,534 --> 00:38:51,662
But they would give feedback,
which was fantastic.

878
00:38:51,662 --> 00:38:53,873
It took me two years.

879
00:38:53,873 --> 00:38:56,876
The goal was one year,
but it did take two years.

880
00:38:57,084 --> 00:38:59,420
Because I learned once we go

881
00:38:59,420 --> 00:39:03,382
in, went into legislative session,
I couldn't I had no do it.

882
00:39:04,759 --> 00:39:07,762
So mornings, weekends,

883
00:39:08,095 --> 00:39:11,098
but the how many times I did
go back and forth from the editor,

884
00:39:11,807 --> 00:39:13,642
I would send like a chapter at a time.

885
00:39:13,642 --> 00:39:15,061
Oh, that's nice.

886
00:39:15,061 --> 00:39:16,854
That's a good way to do it
towards the end.

887
00:39:16,854 --> 00:39:19,065
Not too bad once in.

888
00:39:19,065 --> 00:39:20,941
Yeah, really.
It took two years because of that.

889
00:39:20,941 --> 00:39:24,278
Like 4 or 5 months of can't. Right.

890
00:39:24,278 --> 00:39:25,321
Because a session.

891
00:39:25,321 --> 00:39:27,198
Yeah. 195 pages.

892
00:39:27,198 --> 00:39:29,909
20 bucks on Amazon.

893
00:39:29,909 --> 00:39:32,912
Rosa de Lord did the

894
00:39:33,537 --> 00:39:35,748
the the forward. Yeah.

895
00:39:35,748 --> 00:39:38,584
You ever think about purple hair or. No.

896
00:39:38,584 --> 00:39:40,795
Can you pull that off?

897
00:39:40,795 --> 00:39:41,712
And who? Shannon.

898
00:39:41,712 --> 00:39:44,215
I know your mom, dad, sister and brother.
And then Shannon.

899
00:39:44,215 --> 00:39:47,218
Shannon was my dear
friend, who passed from cancer.

900
00:39:47,426 --> 00:39:48,594
Oh, don't.

901
00:39:48,594 --> 00:39:52,473
And really kind of shaped
and changed my life.

902
00:39:52,765 --> 00:39:54,392
That's awesome. Great dedication.

903
00:39:57,019 --> 00:39:58,270
No, I have some notes here.

904
00:39:58,270 --> 00:40:00,898
So there's always that,
you know, equal rights.

905
00:40:00,898 --> 00:40:01,982
Roe versus Wade.

906
00:40:01,982 --> 00:40:05,194
What is about when someone would look
at the girl and say, what is she wearing?

907
00:40:05,361 --> 00:40:08,572
What did that stand out
and how did that help you write the book?

908
00:40:08,781 --> 00:40:12,868
So I wrote the book
because I think we do a bad job.

909
00:40:13,369 --> 00:40:14,245
No offense to teachers.

910
00:40:14,245 --> 00:40:17,665
We do a bad job of teaching history
in this country.

911
00:40:17,665 --> 00:40:18,916
It's not the individual teachers.

912
00:40:18,916 --> 00:40:21,836
I just think the content that's know,

913
00:40:21,836 --> 00:40:23,879
like, who gets to make those decisions.

914
00:40:23,879 --> 00:40:27,049
And so one piece of the book is,

915
00:40:27,258 --> 00:40:32,263
taking like different policies
that impact women

916
00:40:32,263 --> 00:40:35,850
and kind of giving a history of, hey,
this is when this happened and this is how

917
00:40:36,475 --> 00:40:37,184
it got done.

918
00:40:38,394 --> 00:40:41,397
To kind
of fill in the blanks on women's history

919
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:44,942
and then to give kind of a playbook
on how to do advocacy,

920
00:40:45,025 --> 00:40:48,320
using lessons learned. Okay.

921
00:40:48,404 --> 00:40:50,072
And then the goal is to motivate folks

922
00:40:50,072 --> 00:40:53,075
to run for office,
in particular, Democratic women

923
00:40:53,242 --> 00:40:55,286
or chapters that, that.

924
00:40:55,286 --> 00:40:57,246
So, you have to look. Come on. Yeah.

925
00:40:57,246 --> 00:40:59,248
You should know that.

926
00:40:59,248 --> 00:41:01,041
Well, all of them kind of 75.

927
00:41:01,041 --> 00:41:02,460
Yeah. Running to win.

928
00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:04,879
So number seven, chapter seven.

929
00:41:04,879 --> 00:41:07,882
Chapter six.
If they can do it, I can do it.

930
00:41:08,090 --> 00:41:11,051
But really kind of talks
about throughout the book,

931
00:41:11,051 --> 00:41:14,096
different strategies and tips and tools

932
00:41:14,096 --> 00:41:17,099
to run for office to pass policy.

933
00:41:17,391 --> 00:41:20,394
And like I said, yeah,
just kind of knowing where we came from.

934
00:41:21,020 --> 00:41:23,564
The history piece,

935
00:41:23,564 --> 00:41:25,608
I, I've had the opportunity to teach

936
00:41:25,608 --> 00:41:28,736
political science
at a University of Hartford as an adjunct.

937
00:41:28,736 --> 00:41:31,405
And it's always
interesting to me because,

938
00:41:32,615 --> 00:41:33,866
you know, people will give

939
00:41:33,866 --> 00:41:36,869
young people a hard time,
but it's like, well, they weren't around.

940
00:41:36,869 --> 00:41:40,414
So we have to fill in the blanks
of how we got to today.

941
00:41:40,414 --> 00:41:43,417
And that's what this is about.
Like gotcha.

942
00:41:43,542 --> 00:41:46,420
Yeah. Like Roe v Wade getting overturned.

943
00:41:46,420 --> 00:41:49,423
I think that shocked a lot of people.

944
00:41:51,592 --> 00:41:53,677
Way back in 2008,

945
00:41:53,677 --> 00:41:56,514
I would say them, my friends
and others like

946
00:41:56,514 --> 00:41:59,517
you got to keep tending to it.

947
00:41:59,642 --> 00:42:02,645
Because the other side's
always working to take it away.

948
00:42:02,895 --> 00:42:05,898
And so when it got overturned,

949
00:42:06,732 --> 00:42:08,776
I was sitting there like,

950
00:42:08,776 --> 00:42:12,404
yeah, well, yeah,
you saw it coming for decades.

951
00:42:12,404 --> 00:42:17,159
And then it was sad because
people were like, how do we like, fix it?

952
00:42:17,159 --> 00:42:20,621
And it was like, it's
going to be a while, guys, because you,

953
00:42:22,289 --> 00:42:25,125
you know, so I just my hope is

954
00:42:25,125 --> 00:42:27,836
by letting people know
kind of some of the background

955
00:42:27,836 --> 00:42:31,757
of where we got how we got to today
that can help us move forward.

956
00:42:33,592 --> 00:42:36,262
I know that you've advocated for abortion.

957
00:42:36,262 --> 00:42:39,265
Have you known someone personally
that have been through that,

958
00:42:39,265 --> 00:42:40,599
or have you talked with them?

959
00:42:40,599 --> 00:42:42,893
And yeah, personal connections,

960
00:42:42,893 --> 00:42:45,771
because it's 1 in 4
women will have an abortion in their life.

961
00:42:45,771 --> 00:42:48,774
And I think

962
00:42:49,316 --> 00:42:52,570
largely because of the shame societal,

963
00:42:52,611 --> 00:42:55,739
you know, in society, that's
why a lot of people don't talk about it.

964
00:42:56,156 --> 00:42:59,159
But most folks know
someone, who got an abortion

965
00:42:59,159 --> 00:43:01,704
and everyone's story is different.

966
00:43:01,704 --> 00:43:07,167
So, like, there's no one, like, you know,
everybody felt the same way, really.

967
00:43:07,167 --> 00:43:09,712
It it varies across the board.

968
00:43:09,712 --> 00:43:12,381
The bigger piece to me

969
00:43:12,381 --> 00:43:15,718
would always say is like,
I get it and people can have

970
00:43:15,718 --> 00:43:18,721
and should have their personal beliefs
about it.

971
00:43:19,138 --> 00:43:22,683
It's when it comes to policy,
like your personal beliefs

972
00:43:22,683 --> 00:43:26,604
should not inform policies
that impact everybody,

973
00:43:27,146 --> 00:43:30,649
and you really can't legislate

974
00:43:31,483 --> 00:43:35,070
based on different people's experiences.

975
00:43:36,447 --> 00:43:39,241
And so I would love
to see us get to a point in this country

976
00:43:39,241 --> 00:43:42,453
where we just trust that a woman can make

977
00:43:42,453 --> 00:43:45,497
that decision with her, with her family.

978
00:43:45,706 --> 00:43:47,541
We're not there yet.

979
00:43:47,541 --> 00:43:50,544
We're nowhere near that. But,

980
00:43:50,711 --> 00:43:53,714
I think that's what it should be.

981
00:43:53,839 --> 00:43:58,552
And if we did a little more
on the preventative side, like,

982
00:43:58,636 --> 00:44:01,639
that's always to me,
the ridiculous piece is

983
00:44:02,848 --> 00:44:04,808
we're always having it
feels like we're always

984
00:44:04,808 --> 00:44:07,811
having this conversation about abortion.

985
00:44:08,145 --> 00:44:12,358
What about comprehensive sexual health
education or health education in general?

986
00:44:12,399 --> 00:44:12,775
Right.

987
00:44:12,775 --> 00:44:16,278
Or how about ensuring people can access

988
00:44:16,612 --> 00:44:19,782
health care
so that they can prevent things?

989
00:44:19,782 --> 00:44:24,328
And we tend
to not have that dialog as much.

990
00:44:24,328 --> 00:44:27,748
And if maybe we were working
in that space, we wouldn't have to

991
00:44:28,123 --> 00:44:29,667
focus over here. Okay.

992
00:44:30,834 --> 00:44:31,585
That's interesting.

993
00:44:31,585 --> 00:44:34,588
I didn't think about it that way, but

994
00:44:35,047 --> 00:44:35,839
preventative.

995
00:44:35,839 --> 00:44:39,343
And instead of, let's say,
after the fact preventative

996
00:44:39,343 --> 00:44:42,388
or an intervention, whatever.

997
00:44:42,429 --> 00:44:43,764
Like, it's kind of like reactive.

998
00:44:43,764 --> 00:44:46,517
Reactive is the word I was looking for.

999
00:44:46,517 --> 00:44:48,018
Better be preventative.

1000
00:44:48,018 --> 00:44:51,230
You know, you get pregnant
until you have a pregnancy.

1001
00:44:51,230 --> 00:44:53,482
So. Yeah, we should address that.

1002
00:44:53,482 --> 00:44:54,566
Who's the gentle lady?

1003
00:44:54,566 --> 00:44:58,862
Chapter eight is there's someone
in particular or is that that concept?

1004
00:44:58,862 --> 00:45:03,283
I called it that because once I started
serving, that's what they'll call you.

1005
00:45:03,283 --> 00:45:05,327
The gentle lady from West Hartford.

1006
00:45:05,327 --> 00:45:08,497
And I just thought that to me, it's
a very funny title.

1007
00:45:08,789 --> 00:45:10,165
Instead of gentleman, they do.

1008
00:45:10,165 --> 00:45:11,542
They say gentle lady.

1009
00:45:11,542 --> 00:45:11,959
Really?

1010
00:45:11,959 --> 00:45:12,793
Yeah.

1011
00:45:12,793 --> 00:45:15,254
Well,
so that's what that chapter is more about.

1012
00:45:15,254 --> 00:45:18,257
Serving in the legislature. Gotcha.

1013
00:45:18,382 --> 00:45:19,466
Looks like and feels like

1014
00:45:20,426 --> 00:45:20,926
it's.

1015
00:45:20,926 --> 00:45:23,887
It was
interesting one piece to talk about.

1016
00:45:23,887 --> 00:45:25,514
I had been an advocate for years.

1017
00:45:25,514 --> 00:45:28,851
So what that means is
I worked at different nonprofits,

1018
00:45:28,851 --> 00:45:32,938
and I was lobbying the legislature,
on reproductive rights.

1019
00:45:32,938 --> 00:45:36,859
Preventing,
sexual assault on economic security.

1020
00:45:37,401 --> 00:45:40,738
And so I was in that building a lot.

1021
00:45:41,238 --> 00:45:42,948
But when I'd see people, they'd just say,

1022
00:45:42,948 --> 00:45:44,908
hey, Julian,
you know, just like we're talking.

1023
00:45:44,908 --> 00:45:49,079
And then once I got elected,
it was like, the next day I walk in

1024
00:45:49,079 --> 00:45:51,081
and it's like, state representative,
good to see you.

1025
00:45:51,081 --> 00:45:54,543
You know, it's the very same people
you've been working with, which is

1026
00:45:55,252 --> 00:45:56,211
kind of trippy.

1027
00:45:56,211 --> 00:45:59,173
Yeah, but I love the book.

1028
00:45:59,173 --> 00:45:59,715
Thank you.

1029
00:45:59,715 --> 00:46:04,219
Well, and I'm going to read it, I think
I love the fact that I have this book now.

1030
00:46:04,219 --> 00:46:07,222
I haven't read it yet,
so I will be checking it out.

1031
00:46:08,098 --> 00:46:10,684
champion,
we just learned schwa in third grade.

1032
00:46:10,684 --> 00:46:12,686
You know what, a Swiss champ.

1033
00:46:12,686 --> 00:46:14,730
So that's an I, but it makes an E sound.

1034
00:46:14,730 --> 00:46:18,984
So it gets the schwa sound
and it's an open syllable exception

1035
00:46:18,984 --> 00:46:22,488
because you think you would say I,
but it's in e.

1036
00:46:22,488 --> 00:46:24,823
So schwa, there's a schwa word.

1037
00:46:24,823 --> 00:46:27,701
No, you are actually giving me flashbacks
to the pandemic.

1038
00:46:27,701 --> 00:46:30,704
I was expecting to teach my children
things like that.

1039
00:46:30,704 --> 00:46:32,998
I was like, I don't know what we're doing.

1040
00:46:32,998 --> 00:46:34,374
Yeah, schwa.

1041
00:46:35,959 --> 00:46:38,420
And then while we're on books,
this is next,

1042
00:46:38,420 --> 00:46:42,549
two weeks,
Christina Connors went to Wolcott School.

1043
00:46:42,925 --> 00:46:44,384
She's a professional singer now.

1044
00:46:44,384 --> 00:46:47,179
And works with David Friedman,
who works for Disney.

1045
00:46:47,179 --> 00:46:52,309
Coming on, 153 was the soulful Faust.

1046
00:46:52,976 --> 00:46:55,938
I see great connection for you,
with them.

1047
00:46:55,938 --> 00:46:58,941
So for Faust, that was 153.

1048
00:46:59,149 --> 00:47:02,736
And then this is my guy, Daniel M Howell.

1049
00:47:02,903 --> 00:47:04,321
I just met with this guy.

1050
00:47:04,321 --> 00:47:09,159
Complete, mentor inspiration.

1051
00:47:09,493 --> 00:47:10,661
I just had a great meeting.

1052
00:47:10,661 --> 00:47:12,454
I was on his every word. He's
an awesome guy.

1053
00:47:12,454 --> 00:47:15,165
He's a future podcast guest down the road.

1054
00:47:15,165 --> 00:47:20,587
But this is the Forbes,
you know, brush book, bed bath, Forbes.

1055
00:47:20,587 --> 00:47:21,922
And before you go to bed.

1056
00:47:21,922 --> 00:47:23,507
And now he started a whole program.

1057
00:47:23,507 --> 00:47:26,385
Now in Waterbury, an amazing person. And,

1058
00:47:27,386 --> 00:47:28,095
future guest.

1059
00:47:28,095 --> 00:47:31,181
So while we're on the book
topic and I do have my marker,

1060
00:47:31,181 --> 00:47:34,184
so maybe later you can sign it.

1061
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:37,563
That'd be great.

1062
00:47:38,063 --> 00:47:39,022
We got that. Oh.

1063
00:47:39,022 --> 00:47:40,190
Future event.

1064
00:47:40,190 --> 00:47:42,442
Let me just go over our future friends
of any event.

1065
00:47:42,442 --> 00:47:46,154
February 22nd, come to the wolf pack.

1066
00:47:46,446 --> 00:47:48,699
We're giving out its 90s night.

1067
00:47:48,699 --> 00:47:51,702
So they're giving slap bracelets

1068
00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:54,329
today. What did I say?

1069
00:47:54,329 --> 00:47:57,332
See?

1070
00:47:57,457 --> 00:48:00,168
Hey, I've made it 50 minutes
without a mistake.

1071
00:48:00,168 --> 00:48:01,545
This is pretty good.

1072
00:48:01,545 --> 00:48:04,965
A couple stumbles here and there,
but February 21st, people.

1073
00:48:05,632 --> 00:48:08,093
February. Saturday, February 21st.

1074
00:48:08,093 --> 00:48:11,179
Tickets are $29.12.

1075
00:48:11,597 --> 00:48:13,015
It's ninety's night.

1076
00:48:13,015 --> 00:48:15,809
Oh, thank you for the correction.

1077
00:48:15,809 --> 00:48:16,310
Be there.

1078
00:48:16,310 --> 00:48:19,313
Hopefully.

1079
00:48:19,396 --> 00:48:20,689
So, Oh, yeah.

1080
00:48:20,689 --> 00:48:23,066
And then we got a picture.

1081
00:48:23,066 --> 00:48:24,776
Got a sign. We've got a picture.

1082
00:48:24,776 --> 00:48:26,194
Got an autograph. We have a fan.

1083
00:48:27,654 --> 00:48:28,739
Who's the fan?

1084
00:48:28,739 --> 00:48:30,741
My guy Caden.

1085
00:48:30,741 --> 00:48:34,786
Caden from, Connor,
actually Caden from Connor.

1086
00:48:35,829 --> 00:48:37,581
Oh, and thank you for being such
a great guest.

1087
00:48:37,581 --> 00:48:40,584
Sally and bobs,
this is a little gift card for you.

1088
00:48:40,834 --> 00:48:45,172
There are sponsor Sally and Bob,
Helen and Cesar now.

1089
00:48:45,547 --> 00:48:50,093
But Helen, you know, hopefully
tell Feeney sent you to get a breakfast.

1090
00:48:50,677 --> 00:48:51,678
Great place.

1091
00:48:51,678 --> 00:48:54,681
Have you ever been to Sally
and Bob's? Nice.

1092
00:48:55,432 --> 00:48:59,561
Oh, oh, let's hear some podcast guests
you could talk about anyone you want.

1093
00:48:59,895 --> 00:49:01,355
Do you know who 151 was?

1094
00:49:01,355 --> 00:49:04,441
Shane Spencer, three time World Series
champ for the New York Yankees.

1095
00:49:04,858 --> 00:49:07,235
Know them? You heard of the Yankees? Yeah.

1096
00:49:07,235 --> 00:49:10,238
152 Deb and Lisa, do you know them?

1097
00:49:10,572 --> 00:49:14,993
Did you did you happen to see minute 30
when we talked about Jillian Gilchrist?

1098
00:49:15,077 --> 00:49:17,704
Oh come on. Electric. Okay.

1099
00:49:18,830 --> 00:49:22,125
153 we did a hot wings challenge
for pancreatic cancer.

1100
00:49:22,501 --> 00:49:24,544
No. Who came on for that?

1101
00:49:24,544 --> 00:49:26,838
Ivy Rappaport Smith.

1102
00:49:26,838 --> 00:49:27,297
Do you know him?

1103
00:49:27,297 --> 00:49:32,010
Yes. Chris
Conway, head of West Hartford Chamber.

1104
00:49:32,928 --> 00:49:34,179
Ali Baluchi.

1105
00:49:34,179 --> 00:49:37,766
From the chamber.

1106
00:49:37,766 --> 00:49:39,643
She does blue jeans. Creative.

1107
00:49:39,643 --> 00:49:41,603
She did my website. Okay.

1108
00:49:41,603 --> 00:49:43,313
People's Bank had a representative in and.

1109
00:49:43,313 --> 00:49:45,857
Hooray!
So yeah, this is our third time doing it.

1110
00:49:45,857 --> 00:49:47,192
And we just like hot ones.

1111
00:49:47,192 --> 00:49:49,569
We progressively get hotter
and then we get to the bomb.

1112
00:49:49,569 --> 00:49:51,363
Okay. And watch that one.

1113
00:49:51,363 --> 00:49:52,280
You see a sweat.

1114
00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:55,409
And Abby ate, like, five bombs

1115
00:49:55,409 --> 00:49:58,412
and he's just sweating, dying.

1116
00:49:58,704 --> 00:50:00,205
154 again.

1117
00:50:00,205 --> 00:50:03,917
So for forest,
it was Christina, Terry and Tara.

1118
00:50:04,793 --> 00:50:06,294
Harry Baluchi,

1119
00:50:06,294 --> 00:50:08,714
which is,
retired teacher and football coach

1120
00:50:08,714 --> 00:50:10,257
and now the executive director
of Hartford.

1121
00:50:10,257 --> 00:50:12,384
Pal. Okay.

1122
00:50:12,384 --> 00:50:13,969
Reno from Jay.

1123
00:50:13,969 --> 00:50:15,804
Tim so had Jay Tim's wings.

1124
00:50:15,804 --> 00:50:19,725
So eight wings on 153
and then wings on 156.

1125
00:50:20,475 --> 00:50:21,435
Oh, wings.

1126
00:50:21,435 --> 00:50:23,311
Have you ever been to J.

1127
00:50:23,311 --> 00:50:25,731
Yes. Good. Wings. You like wings?

1128
00:50:25,731 --> 00:50:26,523
Are you a vegetarian?

1129
00:50:26,523 --> 00:50:28,900
No, but I like, boneless.

1130
00:50:28,900 --> 00:50:31,903
Oh, so you like nuggies chicken nuggets?

1131
00:50:32,571 --> 00:50:33,071
Boneless.

1132
00:50:34,072 --> 00:50:37,075
Colonel Mike Cadburys next week, Cadbury,

1133
00:50:37,409 --> 00:50:40,704
Christina Connors,
John Lyons and Max Markowitz.

1134
00:50:40,787 --> 00:50:43,749
Very nice. Good people, great lineup.

1135
00:50:43,749 --> 00:50:46,084
So yeah, just happy
that you're a part of it.

1136
00:50:46,084 --> 00:50:46,543
Thank you.

1137
00:50:46,543 --> 00:50:49,546
Our motto is be a good friend. Oh.

1138
00:50:50,630 --> 00:50:51,298
That's for you.

1139
00:50:51,298 --> 00:50:52,591
You don't have one on your car.

1140
00:50:52,591 --> 00:50:55,177
Come on. Hello.

1141
00:50:55,177 --> 00:50:56,511
What does it mean to be a good friend

1142
00:50:56,511 --> 00:50:59,514
in our community
in the West Hartford community?

1143
00:50:59,723 --> 00:51:03,560
Oh, Or can you name a good friend
that's helped you in your journey?

1144
00:51:04,144 --> 00:51:07,105
I'd say being a good friend is

1145
00:51:07,105 --> 00:51:10,150
being supportive and.

1146
00:51:13,070 --> 00:51:15,781
Open minded.

1147
00:51:15,781 --> 00:51:18,784
Be supportive and open minded. Yes.

1148
00:51:19,576 --> 00:51:22,162
And I've been fortunate.

1149
00:51:22,162 --> 00:51:26,416
Lots of good friends are coming to mind.

1150
00:51:26,416 --> 00:51:29,419
Katie Dikes,

1151
00:51:29,711 --> 00:51:32,714
Mary Hope Powell, a lot of folks,

1152
00:51:33,799 --> 00:51:35,509
my kids went to Morley,

1153
00:51:35,509 --> 00:51:38,512
and the Morley neighborhood
was very supportive.

1154
00:51:38,929 --> 00:51:42,891
Nice being a Morley mom,
that principal's a basketball player.

1155
00:51:42,891 --> 00:51:45,227
Yes, that felt very safe.

1156
00:51:45,227 --> 00:51:47,646
It was a very safe and mostly walking.

1157
00:51:47,646 --> 00:51:48,438
Right? Yeah.

1158
00:51:48,438 --> 00:51:51,608
And so you do they have any busses
or is it all walking?

1159
00:51:51,608 --> 00:51:54,611
There are busses for open choice.

1160
00:51:54,694 --> 00:51:55,946
But I believe that's it.

1161
00:51:55,946 --> 00:51:57,906
And so all walking. Wow.

1162
00:51:57,906 --> 00:52:01,785
So really each morning and afternoon,
if you went pick up

1163
00:52:01,785 --> 00:52:04,996
the kids, you engaged with parents.

1164
00:52:05,539 --> 00:52:07,290
Oh. So it's a cool little community. Yeah.

1165
00:52:07,290 --> 00:52:08,708
And they do the wagon.

1166
00:52:08,708 --> 00:52:10,293
Yeah, they do the wagon walk.

1167
00:52:11,503 --> 00:52:14,506
So it felt really it was really nice.

1168
00:52:14,589 --> 00:52:15,549
Very cool.

1169
00:52:15,549 --> 00:52:19,219
So yeah, that to me was the community
and being a good friend.

1170
00:52:19,302 --> 00:52:21,847
Yeah.

1171
00:52:21,847 --> 00:52:22,013
Yeah.

1172
00:52:22,013 --> 00:52:27,561
We do our models, pick up trash, hold the
door, give compliments and be charitable.

1173
00:52:27,686 --> 00:52:32,315
So I think please think about
giving to friends of Feeney again.

1174
00:52:32,315 --> 00:52:33,024
Our mission is to help

1175
00:52:33,024 --> 00:52:36,027
children and families that need assistance
after heartbreak or tragedy.

1176
00:52:36,361 --> 00:52:40,532
We just helped our 130th family
and we just provided over

1177
00:52:40,532 --> 00:52:45,287
$275,000 direct impact
to family and direct

1178
00:52:45,662 --> 00:52:48,665
financial donation to families
that are impacted by,

1179
00:52:49,499 --> 00:52:52,085
displacement,
loss or some sort of illness.

1180
00:52:52,085 --> 00:52:54,212
So, so important.

1181
00:52:54,212 --> 00:52:55,672
Check us out on Friends of Phoenix.

1182
00:52:55,672 --> 00:52:59,301
Com or like and subscribe
this podcast for any talks with friends.

1183
00:52:59,676 --> 00:53:02,596
You you really have done
such an amazing job

1184
00:53:02,596 --> 00:53:06,683
when these are all over you,
like everywhere you look.

1185
00:53:06,850 --> 00:53:09,102
Yeah, I mean, I hear that a lot.

1186
00:53:09,102 --> 00:53:11,855
That's like one, podcast.
Guess what? Like Fini.

1187
00:53:11,855 --> 00:53:14,316
That's the best thing you've done.
We see these everywhere.

1188
00:53:15,525 --> 00:53:16,902
The mayor wrote me a nice little note.

1189
00:53:16,902 --> 00:53:18,111
Mentioned that too.

1190
00:53:18,111 --> 00:53:19,446
We got the quarter zips now.

1191
00:53:19,446 --> 00:53:22,657
Two quarter zips are in. I have to ask.

1192
00:53:22,782 --> 00:53:25,285
You guys are stalking me.
It's like a quarter.

1193
00:53:25,285 --> 00:53:27,871
Is it a quarter? Oh, yeah.

1194
00:53:27,871 --> 00:53:28,997
No more hoodies.

1195
00:53:28,997 --> 00:53:30,415
Kids are wearing hoodies anymore.

1196
00:53:30,415 --> 00:53:32,083
Quarter zips.

1197
00:53:32,083 --> 00:53:34,419
And of course, friends of Feeney
had to get a quarter zip.

1198
00:53:34,419 --> 00:53:37,297
Come on, get big down a quarter. ZIP.

1199
00:53:37,297 --> 00:53:38,715
I'll get one quarter.

1200
00:53:38,715 --> 00:53:41,718
Get them a quarter. ZIP.

1201
00:53:41,843 --> 00:53:45,931
Do you have any future events
coming up or planned activities?

1202
00:53:45,931 --> 00:53:48,308
Yes. So political.

1203
00:53:48,308 --> 00:53:52,103
Next week I'm having an impeachment town
hall if anyone is interested,

1204
00:53:52,103 --> 00:53:55,065
on Wednesday at 6 p.m. on zoom.

1205
00:53:55,690 --> 00:53:56,274
I just got.

1206
00:53:56,274 --> 00:53:57,234
Now. Who's that for?

1207
00:53:57,234 --> 00:54:00,195
Yeah, I just got
who's the impeachment thing for Trump?

1208
00:54:00,195 --> 00:54:01,529
So you really don't like him? No.

1209
00:54:03,281 --> 00:54:05,116
We. Yeah.

1210
00:54:05,116 --> 00:54:07,994
Yeah, not at all. Nothing.

1211
00:54:07,994 --> 00:54:10,163
Not one thing. No.

1212
00:54:10,163 --> 00:54:12,290
Absolutely negative things.

1213
00:54:12,290 --> 00:54:14,334
Just throwing it out there. We talk. Yeah.

1214
00:54:14,334 --> 00:54:17,254
We might have to extend this podcast
another I'm kidding.

1215
00:54:17,254 --> 00:54:18,880
Not one good thing. Okay.

1216
00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:20,840
I don't think he's a good person.

1217
00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:22,175
Okay. I don't think he's a good.

1218
00:54:22,175 --> 00:54:23,927
Is he a good friend. No.

1219
00:54:23,927 --> 00:54:25,220
No. Fresh.

1220
00:54:25,220 --> 00:54:28,139
So impeachment.

1221
00:54:28,139 --> 00:54:28,431
Go ahead.

1222
00:54:28,431 --> 00:54:29,015
Continue.

1223
00:54:29,015 --> 00:54:31,559
So, yeah, I'm a courage candidate.

1224
00:54:31,559 --> 00:54:34,187
And so, with citizens,
impeachment is an organization.

1225
00:54:34,187 --> 00:54:37,732
So we're having a town hall on zoom,
next Wednesday.

1226
00:54:38,483 --> 00:54:40,068
Yeah. So that's what's coming up.

1227
00:54:40,068 --> 00:54:41,444
Nice, nice.

1228
00:54:41,444 --> 00:54:42,612
How about political events?

1229
00:54:42,612 --> 00:54:43,655
Will play a quick game.

1230
00:54:43,655 --> 00:54:46,533
First. Last best worst.

1231
00:54:46,533 --> 00:54:47,450
Your first event.

1232
00:54:47,450 --> 00:54:49,160
Your last event. Your best event.

1233
00:54:49,160 --> 00:54:53,999
Your worst event or political like, 
it could be an interaction.

1234
00:54:53,999 --> 00:54:56,626
It could be, campaign.

1235
00:54:56,626 --> 00:54:57,085
Event.

1236
00:54:57,085 --> 00:54:59,838
It could be first event.

1237
00:54:59,838 --> 00:55:02,841
When I announced I was running
for Congress, the kids stood with me.

1238
00:55:02,882 --> 00:55:03,967
Nice.

1239
00:55:03,967 --> 00:55:05,093
Introduced me.

1240
00:55:05,093 --> 00:55:07,637
Super cool pieces on the way.

1241
00:55:07,637 --> 00:55:09,014
So you showed the picture earlier.

1242
00:55:09,014 --> 00:55:12,017
She's now been,
you know, at my side for quite a while.

1243
00:55:12,225 --> 00:55:14,352
In this political world.

1244
00:55:14,352 --> 00:55:15,770
On the way to the event, she said, Will

1245
00:55:15,770 --> 00:55:17,605
I be taking questions from the press
today?

1246
00:55:17,605 --> 00:55:19,733
Yes, but thank you for her.

1247
00:55:21,151 --> 00:55:22,402
So she's ready to go.

1248
00:55:22,402 --> 00:55:25,405
I love it. Last.

1249
00:55:25,822 --> 00:55:28,825
So what is that, like, most recent? Oh,

1250
00:55:29,659 --> 00:55:31,369
most recent was the Jason Haynes.

1251
00:55:31,369 --> 00:55:34,247
Gotcha. Which was fantastic.

1252
00:55:34,247 --> 00:55:37,250
You in what can feel like a dark time?

1253
00:55:37,584 --> 00:55:41,212
The fact that an entire community
really is rallying around this amazing

1254
00:55:41,212 --> 00:55:45,133
man, for a first select, it was just.

1255
00:55:45,133 --> 00:55:47,385
You could feel the positivity in the room.

1256
00:55:47,385 --> 00:55:48,928
Nice. Yeah.

1257
00:55:48,928 --> 00:55:50,055
And then best and worst.

1258
00:55:50,055 --> 00:55:53,266
Did you have something
go wrong or missing, or then did

1259
00:55:53,266 --> 00:55:55,643
you have the best one?

1260
00:55:55,643 --> 00:55:58,646
Best so far?

1261
00:56:00,899 --> 00:56:01,274
I'll go.

1262
00:56:01,274 --> 00:56:04,611
The state rep best was passing
pay, family and medical leave.

1263
00:56:04,611 --> 00:56:07,155
That was policy for eight years.

1264
00:56:07,155 --> 00:56:09,407
Outside the building.

1265
00:56:09,407 --> 00:56:11,993
And then once I got elected,
I was able to pass that,

1266
00:56:14,245 --> 00:56:17,248
And worst.

1267
00:56:22,962 --> 00:56:24,381
All these things are flashing.

1268
00:56:24,381 --> 00:56:27,384
Yeah.

1269
00:56:27,384 --> 00:56:29,594
The NRA thing sounds kind of crazy.

1270
00:56:29,594 --> 00:56:32,597
Yeah.

1271
00:56:32,639 --> 00:56:35,642
Yeah, the NRA won. But,

1272
00:56:36,226 --> 00:56:38,728
I had a
I did have a death threat to the house.

1273
00:56:38,728 --> 00:56:41,481
Oh, yeah?

1274
00:56:41,481 --> 00:56:44,359
Yeah.

1275
00:56:44,359 --> 00:56:45,068
Okay. Yep.

1276
00:56:45,068 --> 00:56:48,071
Not to get dark. That one.

1277
00:56:48,530 --> 00:56:49,030
All right.

1278
00:56:49,030 --> 00:56:51,199
And segue to the them from that.

1279
00:56:51,199 --> 00:56:53,326
All right.

1280
00:56:53,326 --> 00:56:54,661
Cool pic of the donut.

1281
00:56:54,661 --> 00:56:56,454
Crazy old hair.

1282
00:56:56,454 --> 00:56:58,957
Boom.

1283
00:56:58,957 --> 00:57:01,126
Be a good friend in the
to the O's. In good.

1284
00:57:01,126 --> 00:57:02,752
Where? Donuts. Come on. Yeah.

1285
00:57:02,752 --> 00:57:05,797
It was two days
before the school shut down forever

1286
00:57:05,797 --> 00:57:09,384
for for, whatever the pandemic. Covid.

1287
00:57:09,384 --> 00:57:14,180
Yeah, it was March 8th, 2023.

1288
00:57:14,180 --> 00:57:17,058
Yeah, I was
that was like brand new. Pretty.

1289
00:57:17,058 --> 00:57:19,310
Yeah. Yeah, it was brand new.

1290
00:57:19,310 --> 00:57:22,147
Wow. They opened right before that. Yeah.

1291
00:57:22,147 --> 00:57:22,522
All right.

1292
00:57:22,522 --> 00:57:24,524
Any closing remarks we talked for?

1293
00:57:24,524 --> 00:57:26,651
We usually shoot for 50 minutes
with Feeny.

1294
00:57:26,651 --> 00:57:28,069
We're at like an hour.

1295
00:57:28,069 --> 00:57:29,696
It was great to sit down
and talk with you.

1296
00:57:29,696 --> 00:57:31,656
You're very engaging. Informative.

1297
00:57:31,656 --> 00:57:32,907
I learned a lot.

1298
00:57:32,907 --> 00:57:34,534
I wish you the best of luck.

1299
00:57:34,534 --> 00:57:35,994
You're an author.

1300
00:57:35,994 --> 00:57:37,871
You don't do yoga, but she's a runner.

1301
00:57:37,871 --> 00:57:38,830
Runner?

1302
00:57:38,830 --> 00:57:40,707
Please support by our book.

1303
00:57:40,707 --> 00:57:43,293
Check her out on Jillian gilchrist.com.

1304
00:57:43,293 --> 00:57:45,503
Vote for Jillian. Jillian.com.

1305
00:57:45,503 --> 00:57:45,920
Awesome.

1306
00:57:45,920 --> 00:57:48,339
No, just thank you so much
and thank you all for all you do.

1307
00:57:48,339 --> 00:57:49,257
Truly for the community.

1308
00:57:49,257 --> 00:57:51,259
It means a lot I appreciate you.

1309
00:57:51,259 --> 00:57:53,970
We'll say be a good friend down 3123.

1310
00:57:53,970 --> 00:57:55,138
Be a good friend.

1311
00:57:56,347 --> 00:57:56,598
friends.

1312
00:57:56,598 --> 00:58:00,101
A free

1313
00:58:00,101 --> 00:58:04,397
day. Hey!