1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,180 Welcome, welcome, welcome. Here we go. 2 00:00:03,380 --> 00:00:06,820 Episode one. Welcome to Do Better Nashville. 3 00:00:06,980 --> 00:00:09,960 Episode one, two. I'm calling this two years, 4 00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:13,900 three applications and a parking denial. 5 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:16,480 That's what's happening. My name is Bo. 6 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:21,280 Last name is a lot of people. If you know me from my radio days, it's Bo 7 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:23,980 Matthews. But my real last name is Gutierrez. 8 00:00:24,420 --> 00:00:26,820 And I'm going to just get it. I've always been called Bo. 9 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:29,200 Bo has been my nickname. So my real name is Alex. 10 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,200 But my, my, my last name is Gutierrez. 11 00:00:32,340 --> 00:00:35,640 So I'm a Nashville resident, live here on Music Row. 12 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:41,660 And I made dobetternashville.com because of a 13 00:00:41,660 --> 00:00:44,480 parking issue that we're dealing with in our neighborhood. 14 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:49,940 I am the HOA president of our building here, which is weird because I was 15 00:00:49,940 --> 00:00:52,040 never the HOA president type. But you know what? 16 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:53,660 This is fun. This is eye opening. 17 00:00:54,140 --> 00:00:59,520 And, you know, I just, I've really been enjoying learning local 18 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:03,020 government. Process and just, you know, trying to help people. 19 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,580 You know, that's all. And, uh, I like to get stuff done. 20 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:09,500 I like to, when I, when I see things that are just puzzling and questioning, 21 00:01:09,500 --> 00:01:11,300 I'm like, well, that doesn't make sense. 22 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:16,000 How can I help fix that? That's, I just very, very common sense approach to 23 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:17,240 pretty much everything I do. 24 00:01:18,300 --> 00:01:18,780 Um, 25 00:01:19,740 --> 00:01:24,300 this is interesting because I had a cool, interesting experience today at 26 00:01:24,300 --> 00:01:27,760 the October 12th traffic and parking commission meeting. 27 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:32,680 Uh, I found out on Friday that our, uh, 28 00:01:33,140 --> 00:01:37,800 our application for residential parking in Nashville was coming up today at 29 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:41,340 the meeting and we were invited to just, Hey, go and attend and see what 30 00:01:41,340 --> 00:01:45,360 happens. So, uh, uh, myself along with Anthony, another resident went, went 31 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:49,700 over there to check this out. And we've been trying to come up with some 32 00:01:49,700 --> 00:01:53,840 resolutions for more than two years to try and resolve our buildings parking 33 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:59,220 problem. And today's outcome. Uh, the, the commission has denied, uh, 34 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,220 the, the commission has denied, uh, the RPP request. 35 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:06,880 Um, and it's interesting. NDOT today actually recommended approval 36 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:11,820 to the commission and the, uh, the board or the commission actually 37 00:02:11,820 --> 00:02:15,720 denied that, that, uh, that recommendation from NDOT. 38 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:20,560 So that was interesting. Uh, I wanted to provide context because 39 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:25,480 I feel like context was missing today. 40 00:02:25,940 --> 00:02:31,160 Uh, I want to explain the decisions impact and also pursue a 41 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:35,700 solution. Uh, I think it's smart to also start with the history of that, my 42 00:02:35,700 --> 00:02:40,320 history of here in this building, this building has always had a limited 43 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:44,160 number of parking spaces. I think we have about 52 different units. 44 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:48,220 And for those 52 units, I think we have 40 some, I think there's like 41 or 45 00:02:48,220 --> 00:02:51,200 42, uh, different parking spaces for those things. 46 00:02:51,300 --> 00:02:53,080 And people own those parking spaces. 47 00:02:53,220 --> 00:02:55,460 All right. This is a condo. This is an apartment. 48 00:02:55,980 --> 00:02:58,140 Uh, this is a, this is townhouses. 49 00:02:58,140 --> 00:03:02,880 People here own their units. We have many different walks of life. 50 00:03:03,060 --> 00:03:06,200 We have school teachers. We have attorneys, lawyers, students. 51 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:08,940 We have musicians. We have lawyers. 52 00:03:08,940 --> 00:03:12,560 We have so many different kinds of people that work in our building. 53 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:17,960 And I love it. It's great, great, great, like cool little 54 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:19,180 array of people that live here. 55 00:03:19,260 --> 00:03:23,940 I love it. Uh, now those spaces 56 00:03:23,940 --> 00:03:29,100 that we have because of the building have never accommodated 57 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:32,740 every household's parking needs because, you know, these are not, and this 58 00:03:32,740 --> 00:03:35,220 is interesting today at the commission, uh, someone, someone on the 59 00:03:35,220 --> 00:03:38,920 commission was like, I don't know why we have all these one bedroom. 60 00:03:38,940 --> 00:03:43,660 Apartments that need more than one, uh, than one, uh, parking space. 61 00:03:44,020 --> 00:03:46,020 I don't live in a one bedroom apartment. 62 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:47,900 I live in a two story townhouse. 63 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:51,620 Like I said, there are, these are not small efficiency apartments. 64 00:03:51,940 --> 00:03:55,880 These are not starter apartments for college kids downtown. 65 00:03:56,700 --> 00:04:01,740 Okay. So these spaces at our building have never accommodated everybody's 66 00:04:01,740 --> 00:04:03,920 household parking needs for our residents. 67 00:04:04,260 --> 00:04:08,460 Uh, I would say that most households have multiple vehicles. 68 00:04:10,220 --> 00:04:15,180 Residents historically relied on available street parking around the block, 69 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:17,980 this whole block, and they would come home and they would park on the 70 00:04:17,980 --> 00:04:21,280 street. If they had a spot available inside their unit, of course they would 71 00:04:21,280 --> 00:04:23,120 park there, but then they would just park around the block. 72 00:04:23,740 --> 00:04:25,220 So in 2024, 73 00:04:26,060 --> 00:04:29,660 uh, they came around and Nashville decided to put parking meters on 74 00:04:29,660 --> 00:04:33,860 everything. Everything there is, there is nothing close by. 75 00:04:33,980 --> 00:04:36,500 I think maybe three or four blocks away. 76 00:04:36,700 --> 00:04:40,880 You might be able to find a side street that doesn't have a meter. 77 00:04:41,300 --> 00:04:45,220 All right. And by the way, this is not us complaining about the meters and 78 00:04:45,220 --> 00:04:49,580 the prices of the meters. The meters are metered from 6 AM to midnight. 79 00:04:49,580 --> 00:04:51,280 And it's only like a dollar an hour. 80 00:04:51,280 --> 00:04:56,760 But we live here. And if you want to park outside and you come home 81 00:04:56,760 --> 00:05:01,960 at 6 PM in the evening. Okay. And you want to park on the street, you can 82 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:06,060 then pay $6 a night to park from 6, 6 PM to midnight. 83 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:11,840 And then there will be an NDOT meter 84 00:05:11,840 --> 00:05:15,400 made person with their car. I do it every day. 85 00:05:15,540 --> 00:05:18,260 I watch it every day. It's at 5 58. 86 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,040 They're sitting there ready. They can't wait. 87 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:24,720 And then everybody on our block that ever parks there overnight is going to 88 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,620 get a $75 ticket in the morning because they're not allowed to have their 89 00:05:27,620 --> 00:05:30,660 cars out overnight. And the meters start again at six o'clock in the 90 00:05:30,660 --> 00:05:35,680 morning. So again, historically we have relied on available street parking 91 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,640 around the block. Now that available street parking is no more. 92 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:43,100 Okay. This is how it worked in everyday life. 93 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,960 They would find available spaces without having a guaranteed spot. 94 00:05:48,900 --> 00:05:51,400 And then everything changed. The meters were installed. 95 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,480 Residents had to, you know, where they were previously parking on the 96 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:59,040 street. Um, the buildings parking supply didn't increase to offset that 97 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:02,820 change. How can we, we have a small parking deck underneath our building. 98 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:07,680 Okay. Residents still had the same parking needs. 99 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:11,840 They work here in Nashville. My wife is a school teacher in Franklin. 100 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,480 She drives every day to Franklin. 101 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,800 Uh, you know, it'd be, what if I had a car, I don't even have a second car, 102 00:06:16,820 --> 00:06:19,020 but what if I had to drive somewhere to work too? 103 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:21,900 Would I then need to just sell my car? 104 00:06:22,100 --> 00:06:25,620 I don't understand. So again, this is a practical impact. 105 00:06:26,220 --> 00:06:29,120 There are costs. There are restrictions. 106 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:31,220 There are moving vehicles. 107 00:06:32,660 --> 00:06:37,860 Uh, people now, if they want to find free parking, they have to wait until 108 00:06:37,860 --> 00:06:42,160 very late at night and then walk somewhere else to try and find something. 109 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:47,180 It's not good. This is now, you know, this is a challenge for our community. 110 00:06:47,180 --> 00:06:52,340 And we immediately in 2024, immediately went to apply 111 00:06:52,340 --> 00:06:56,540 for an RPP because we need a practical way to park near our homes. 112 00:06:56,740 --> 00:07:01,380 That's it. And guess what? Residents, we are willing to purchase parking 113 00:07:01,380 --> 00:07:03,240 permits. We're willing to do that. 114 00:07:04,180 --> 00:07:09,440 Um, and it was interesting today because I 115 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:13,360 just don't believe in first off, let me just go ahead and say our council 116 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,180 person, Terry Vo, she did not show up today. 117 00:07:16,180 --> 00:07:20,340 She did not show up. We had other council people in the room today from 118 00:07:20,340 --> 00:07:22,200 other districts that were there. 119 00:07:22,620 --> 00:07:24,980 Actually, you know, there was, there was another gentleman that I met. 120 00:07:25,100 --> 00:07:27,100 His name was Jacob and hold on. 121 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:28,680 I have his name. He was very nice. 122 00:07:28,740 --> 00:07:31,120 And I, and I went up to him because I'd like to have coffee with him. 123 00:07:31,340 --> 00:07:33,020 Uh, his name was Jacob. 124 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:35,620 Hold on a second. Jacob Kupin. 125 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:37,180 And he was from another district. 126 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,880 Nice guy. And I was just like, dude, thank you for, and I actually texted 127 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:44,000 him. And I was like, dude, thank you for showing up for your people today. 128 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:47,220 I appreciated him showing up for his people. 129 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:50,420 His people weren't even there, but he was over there making sure that the 130 00:07:50,420 --> 00:07:54,540 commission was aware of issues and things that he cared about for his 131 00:07:54,540 --> 00:07:56,160 people. So that was kind of cool to see. 132 00:07:56,740 --> 00:07:59,620 So our person, Terry Vo did not show. 133 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:02,360 She was not there. Uh, she was not there. 134 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:05,960 And it was interesting because they, the commission had a lot of questions 135 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:11,140 about our situation. And if someone would have been there to 136 00:08:11,140 --> 00:08:16,400 help us and be a liaison for us and someone that fought for 137 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:21,420 us and someone that was advocating for us, I do believe that it would have 138 00:08:21,420 --> 00:08:23,260 been a different room. Maybe, maybe not. 139 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:26,540 Actually, I don't believe it. And I'll tell you about why that in a minute. 140 00:08:26,820 --> 00:08:29,820 Uh, I don't believe the outcome would have been different, but it would have 141 00:08:29,820 --> 00:08:33,740 been interesting because it was clear that the folks that were talking about 142 00:08:33,740 --> 00:08:36,680 our issue clearly didn't know. 143 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:40,320 The issue or they were just throwing things out. 144 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:42,720 Like the one guy was like all these one bedroom apartments. 145 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,840 That's false. And the other lady, uh, I have her name. 146 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:50,180 I have her name because she was, she was an interesting one, man, this 147 00:08:50,180 --> 00:08:54,260 woman. And by the way, really challenging and hard to find the people that 148 00:08:54,260 --> 00:08:56,520 are actually on the commission on the website. 149 00:08:56,520 --> 00:09:00,920 I had to have, you know, a website, go and find it and find out who these 150 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:03,040 people are. But this was interesting. 151 00:09:03,180 --> 00:09:07,000 Her name was Lisa Haller. All right. 152 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:10,700 And she was interesting because she was like, well, I just don't understand 153 00:09:10,700 --> 00:09:13,300 it. You have so much street parking available. 154 00:09:13,900 --> 00:09:18,120 And because demand is down, there's no one using those spaces. 155 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:22,100 Why don't you use those? Because they're all paid parking, Lisa. 156 00:09:22,100 --> 00:09:27,420 Lisa, Lisa, you are here talking about the problem that we have, Lisa. 157 00:09:27,780 --> 00:09:30,220 Everything is paid parking, Lisa. 158 00:09:30,420 --> 00:09:33,580 We don't have those free parking opportunities anymore. 159 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:39,020 So your argument of there's a ton of available parking doesn't really make 160 00:09:39,020 --> 00:09:42,960 sense here. We're talking about apples and oranges because you, are you 161 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:46,960 under the impression or are you under the thought that we have an abundance 162 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:50,620 of, of free parking available to us outside our door? 163 00:09:50,780 --> 00:09:53,460 Because we do not, Lisa. We don't. 164 00:09:53,580 --> 00:09:55,400 That's why we're here looking for help. 165 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,960 We've been looking for help for more than two years. 166 00:09:59,700 --> 00:10:05,000 And I want to talk a little bit about that because that is 167 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,740 something that needs to be addressed. 168 00:10:09,580 --> 00:10:11,520 Your building, it's just so funny. 169 00:10:11,580 --> 00:10:13,520 I just kept hearing your building has enough parking. 170 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:17,840 It does not. And it does not have enough parking. 171 00:10:18,020 --> 00:10:22,240 And now we can't even go outside of our building without paying for parking. 172 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,140 We are just asking. We're asking to pay. 173 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:30,600 For parking. That's it. Okay. This has been more than two 174 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:35,780 years. We have submitted three RPP applications. 175 00:10:36,500 --> 00:10:39,860 This is a residential permit parking pass. 176 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:43,280 And the meetings and discussions are with NDOT. 177 00:10:44,140 --> 00:10:48,760 NDOT directed us towards the RPP process. 178 00:10:49,020 --> 00:10:51,360 They said, you should apply for an RPP. 179 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:55,100 The original request. The original request actually involved, it was made in 180 00:10:55,100 --> 00:10:59,060 2024. I was not much involved in that request because I wasn't the board 181 00:10:59,060 --> 00:11:03,200 president at that time. But I do know that the original request involved 182 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:08,480 parking on both sides of the street because we don't have parking 183 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:11,660 and we need parking and we need spaces for our people that live here. 184 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:19,960 Now, NDOT, after a meeting earlier this year, was like, no, you can only 185 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:23,180 request the spaces right in front of your units. 186 00:11:23,300 --> 00:11:27,820 That's it. So it came down to like seven spaces, which is like, honestly 187 00:11:27,820 --> 00:11:31,920 funny, but we'll take it. Like, we're trying to give any relief to the folks 188 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:36,200 that live here. Okay. So we did the first RPP in 2024. 189 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:42,020 We have video where the same folks that were suggesting that we get 190 00:11:42,020 --> 00:11:45,200 approval and recommending approval recommended approval then. 191 00:11:45,500 --> 00:11:50,980 Okay. It was then not denied. It was deferred to never be brought 192 00:11:50,980 --> 00:11:53,740 up again. Two years, never to be brought up again. 193 00:11:54,460 --> 00:11:58,360 Also interesting that we were provided with a, like two weeks ago from our 194 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:02,280 council person, we were provided with the first denial letter of that 195 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:04,960 process that we've ever gotten in over two years. 196 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:09,860 That feels weird and suspect. Why would we get a denial 197 00:12:09,860 --> 00:12:15,300 after two and a half years of, it's just very, very weird. 198 00:12:15,300 --> 00:12:20,360 The amount of mistakes and the amount of inconsistencies 199 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:22,660 has been alarming, 200 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:28,780 comical and entertaining and also just scary because 201 00:12:28,780 --> 00:12:32,220 these are the people that run our city and that's scary. 202 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:35,240 It was really, really, really interesting. 203 00:12:36,220 --> 00:12:36,640 So, 204 00:12:37,560 --> 00:12:42,800 you know, I wanted to explain what we expected going into the meeting. 205 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:47,080 Um, I knew that we met all of the different requirements. 206 00:12:47,560 --> 00:12:52,200 Um, you know, I believe that our application met NDOT's requirements. 207 00:12:53,820 --> 00:12:57,900 Um, I thought maybe this would be, you know, hey, look, we've done 208 00:12:57,900 --> 00:13:00,040 everything for the third time. 209 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:05,180 Uh, maybe this would be, you know, just an easy check mark off the list for 210 00:13:05,180 --> 00:13:09,400 them because honestly, they've made so many mistakes along the past two 211 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:13,140 years that, you know, honestly, there was a part of me, there was a little 212 00:13:13,140 --> 00:13:16,580 part of me that was like, you know what, maybe they just want to be done 213 00:13:16,580 --> 00:13:18,980 with me being a total pain in the butt to them. 214 00:13:19,420 --> 00:13:23,160 Uh, because we email them all the time because they cannot provide us with 215 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:25,760 answers. And I know that that makes them crazy. 216 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:29,340 So I, that's also part of the reason why I know like that even going into 217 00:13:29,340 --> 00:13:33,900 this, there was no shot. There was no shot because we speak up. 218 00:13:34,220 --> 00:13:39,540 We're calling bullshit on them and they don't want bullshit to be called on 219 00:13:39,540 --> 00:13:42,800 them. Nobody likes that. Nobody likes that. 220 00:13:42,940 --> 00:13:48,100 Okay. I get it. I totally do. Uh, but we are just continuing to do 221 00:13:48,100 --> 00:13:50,560 exactly what we've been asked to do. 222 00:13:50,700 --> 00:13:53,420 And NDOT directed us towards the RPP process. 223 00:13:53,420 --> 00:13:55,040 We went through it three times. 224 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:56,200 Um, 225 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:00,580 it was, you know, we put a lot of preparation into that, you know, to ask 226 00:14:00,580 --> 00:14:04,400 your community members of 50 more units or so to do this process several 227 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:06,920 times. It's a lot to ask on the people. 228 00:14:07,380 --> 00:14:11,240 And I just appreciate our folks, you know, continuing to step up and, uh, 229 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:13,720 you know, it's been, it's just been a challenge. 230 00:14:13,860 --> 00:14:19,120 It's been a challenge. So we go, we go, we go into the room and, uh, I want 231 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:21,700 to just tell you a couple of the things about how this unfolded. 232 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:25,720 Um, you know, the different questions and the objections. 233 00:14:26,140 --> 00:14:31,640 And, uh, it was interesting. Um, first off, like somebody who 234 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:33,980 truly needs to like review that whole process. 235 00:14:34,140 --> 00:14:38,360 Like you had people in this meeting, like showing up 30 minutes late. 236 00:14:38,740 --> 00:14:42,500 I mean, just rolling in like, okay. 237 00:14:42,740 --> 00:14:44,300 All right. That's interesting. 238 00:14:44,660 --> 00:14:45,780 You know, that was interesting. 239 00:14:46,260 --> 00:14:48,320 Um, this was very interesting. 240 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:50,700 This one right here got me and I don't know. 241 00:14:50,780 --> 00:14:54,760 There's got to be, and this has got to be, uh, there has to be something for 242 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:58,980 this. So we're watching them and they go through all the other things and, 243 00:14:59,140 --> 00:15:01,140 you know, all of their other approvals and denials. 244 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:04,640 And then they get to our case, which was like number 6.1 or something like 245 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:05,340 that on the docket. 246 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:10,100 And, uh, and you could, you could just tell, like some of these people just 247 00:15:10,100 --> 00:15:13,560 are very, they're just unhappy people. 248 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:17,920 Like they're really unhappy. And they did not like us because we've been 249 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:21,680 very loud and vocal and calling them out because dude, they kind of suck at 250 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:24,280 their jobs. Right. I mean, they're not very good at what they do. 251 00:15:24,940 --> 00:15:25,300 Um, 252 00:15:26,180 --> 00:15:27,380 I'm sure that doesn't help me. 253 00:15:27,380 --> 00:15:30,060 You know, the fact that I'm just being like, dude, you suck at your, at your 254 00:15:30,060 --> 00:15:30,360 gig. 255 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:33,780 Um, that's not good. I mean, that's not going to help our case. 256 00:15:33,900 --> 00:15:35,000 I get that. I understand. 257 00:15:35,900 --> 00:15:40,820 Um, but it was very, very, there was just some very interesting things that 258 00:15:40,820 --> 00:15:42,020 happened. Um, 259 00:15:43,700 --> 00:15:48,260 the Lisa, so the commissioners, like they said, uh, your building has enough 260 00:15:48,260 --> 00:15:49,560 parking. That was interesting. 261 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:51,040 We've already kind of talked about that. 262 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,020 Lisa Haller saying there's plenty of street parking. 263 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,000 Uh, yeah, we have that. Uh, let's see. 264 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:59,720 There was a concern about setting a precedent. 265 00:16:00,300 --> 00:16:03,680 I worry about what we're going to do with all these apartments that have one 266 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:06,640 bedroom apartments and then what's going to happen when they all start 267 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:08,180 coming. And it was very, quite interesting. 268 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:10,540 You know, the NDOT guys, I thought I was against those guys. 269 00:16:10,700 --> 00:16:12,240 Those guys were actually kind of cool. 270 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:14,640 And they were actually the ones that were, they were the only ones that were 271 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:18,680 there. And they were actually saying, yo, don't they meet the criteria. 272 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:23,160 And it was really funny because everybody on the commission were like, well, 273 00:16:23,180 --> 00:16:26,740 yeah, but they have parking. And then the NDOT guys would say, no, it's paid 274 00:16:26,740 --> 00:16:28,880 parking. They don't have any parking. 275 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:34,280 Okay. And then we brought up the fact that there is a residential RPP 276 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:38,200 like spaces on our street, like a couple blocks up. 277 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:43,780 And we brought that up. And then Lisa Haller was like, oh, that's like two 278 00:16:43,780 --> 00:16:46,340 miles away. We are currently measuring it. 279 00:16:46,460 --> 00:16:47,880 It's not two miles away, Lisa. 280 00:16:48,100 --> 00:16:50,760 I know that you think that that plays into your narrative. 281 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:54,360 And I know that you say, I drove by there and it was busy. 282 00:16:54,500 --> 00:16:58,220 Lisa, I live here. Lisa, there's nobody. 283 00:16:58,540 --> 00:17:01,940 Come, come by anytime. Do you want to come by, have coffee in the morning or 284 00:17:01,940 --> 00:17:03,460 at night when I'm sitting on my patio? 285 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:05,520 There's no, these streets are bare. 286 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:07,660 Nobody's parking on these streets, Lisa. 287 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,380 Maybe if there's a big event down here. 288 00:17:10,700 --> 00:17:13,040 Okay. But like, dude, this isn't Lisa. 289 00:17:13,220 --> 00:17:13,940 Come on, Lisa. 290 00:17:14,900 --> 00:17:17,420 So it's like, you're just throwing up flags. 291 00:17:17,660 --> 00:17:21,420 You're just throwing flags up just to be difficult and unhappy. 292 00:17:23,120 --> 00:17:26,300 Um, he had, uh, there was a couple other people. 293 00:17:26,660 --> 00:17:30,500 Uh, there was a guy named Neil Kornutick, Kornutick. 294 00:17:30,660 --> 00:17:35,440 Maybe he had some objections to this as well about 295 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:36,180 precedent. 296 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:41,780 And also just, you know, why are we doing this when, you know, it should be 297 00:17:41,780 --> 00:17:45,700 parked, paid so much more. He was worried about the fact that, you know, the 298 00:17:45,700 --> 00:17:48,540 $10 wasn't enough for us. Tell us what it is. 299 00:17:48,860 --> 00:17:53,220 Tell us what it is. Well, I mean, if it's reasonable, I mean, for residents 300 00:17:53,220 --> 00:17:58,540 that live here, that have lived here for so long and enjoyed living 301 00:17:58,540 --> 00:18:03,020 here because they didn't have to park blocks and blocks away before you put 302 00:18:03,020 --> 00:18:07,920 in the parking meters, we're willing to work with you somehow, some way, but 303 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,200 there's no relief, none whatsoever. 304 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:15,440 This was interesting. Uh, there was a guy named Sean Parker and I went up 305 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:19,280 and I looked to see, cause I really wanted to find out exactly who is on the 306 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:21,560 traffic commission and who these people are. 307 00:18:21,740 --> 00:18:25,740 I believe Sean Parker's the only one in the room that was not appointed by 308 00:18:25,740 --> 00:18:29,420 the mayor. And I think that's important to think about, but let me tell you 309 00:18:29,420 --> 00:18:30,740 about what I liked about Sean Parker. 310 00:18:30,900 --> 00:18:32,060 And by the way, I don't know these people. 311 00:18:32,140 --> 00:18:36,280 I don't know them. They only know me from the clown that's been emailing 312 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:41,180 them and calling them out because this has been a joke for over two years. 313 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:45,340 All right. And they think that what they don't understand as well is that 314 00:18:45,340 --> 00:18:50,200 like, I don't like, this is the, I can do this. 315 00:18:50,300 --> 00:18:51,860 I can do this for a long time. 316 00:18:52,100 --> 00:18:57,340 I, this is easy to, I have a, this is easy, but all right, 317 00:18:57,480 --> 00:18:58,460 nevermind. I'll get back to that. 318 00:18:58,580 --> 00:19:01,500 But Sean was very much, he was actually very, very smart. 319 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:04,160 And I was like, yes, this guy, he knows what he's talking about. 320 00:19:04,700 --> 00:19:08,040 Sean was talking and he had a fantastic idea. 321 00:19:08,420 --> 00:19:11,080 He was like, why are we giving them seven spaces? 322 00:19:11,660 --> 00:19:14,780 He was like, they clearly need more than seven spaces. 323 00:19:14,780 --> 00:19:16,860 And I'm like, where did this guy come from? 324 00:19:17,500 --> 00:19:21,040 What's going on? This guy, I am team Sean Parker. 325 00:19:21,940 --> 00:19:26,480 This dude was like, why don't they have a pass where they can just park 326 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:29,480 anywhere around their block? Like they did before. 327 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:31,580 Then we don't have to move any meters. 328 00:19:31,780 --> 00:19:33,300 Then we don't have to do anything. 329 00:19:33,300 --> 00:19:36,500 We could just give them a block parking pass because they live there. 330 00:19:37,260 --> 00:19:41,080 Hello. That's what we've been trying to want for over two years. 331 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:43,220 We tried to go for that originally. 332 00:19:43,220 --> 00:19:44,820 And they said, no, we don't have that. 333 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,800 We'll do, you need to do the RPP. 334 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:51,160 So we're only doing the RPP because that's what we were told by the city. 335 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:55,080 And by the way, I think it's a fantastic idea, Sean Parker. 336 00:19:55,260 --> 00:19:59,080 I love the idea. The problem with your idea is that our council person 337 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:04,200 sucks. Like she's not going to bring that idea because a it's very clear. 338 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,280 She wants nothing to do with us. 339 00:20:06,580 --> 00:20:10,060 It's very clear. And we've had other council people that have reached out to 340 00:20:10,060 --> 00:20:13,280 me personally and said, I am really sorry that your council person sucks, 341 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:14,920 but she does not like conflict. 342 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:20,500 I've heard this like direct, direct from people that work with you, right? 343 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,800 They've said this and they've said, she's not good at conflict. 344 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:29,960 So I get it. I get it. This isn't her bag. 345 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:33,900 Believe me, I get it. And I can't fault her for that. 346 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:35,740 She's not the kind of person she is. 347 00:20:35,860 --> 00:20:40,700 She really did not take up political office in order to help people. 348 00:20:40,860 --> 00:20:44,640 She did it to, I mean, I think if you look at it, she really is a good 349 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:49,340 influencer. I mean, she'd be a really good local influencer 350 00:20:49,340 --> 00:20:52,520 that wants to like go to the smoothie shop that opens up. 351 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:54,560 I love it. It's great. And I appreciate her for that. 352 00:20:54,620 --> 00:20:57,480 I think it's great. I think it's awesome to highlight local businesses. 353 00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:58,700 I love what she does there. 354 00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:01,660 But when there's a problem, there's a problem. 355 00:21:01,820 --> 00:21:05,400 And we have a problem that we've been detailing and documenting for over two 356 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:06,920 years and we can't get anybody to help. 357 00:21:08,900 --> 00:21:12,840 But Sean, I got to tell you, Sean, I was impressed today, Sean. 358 00:21:13,120 --> 00:21:14,580 Sean, that was very impressive. 359 00:21:14,580 --> 00:21:19,180 And I liked your idea. And I would personally, I'm going to reach out to you 360 00:21:19,180 --> 00:21:24,240 and I'm going to say, hey, I don't know how this works because 361 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,880 we will get nowhere with our 362 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:30,420 council person. 363 00:21:31,500 --> 00:21:33,260 Can I do anything without her? 364 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:35,040 Because she's not going to help me with this process. 365 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:41,140 The other thing that I think, I think that everybody else here on the whole 366 00:21:41,140 --> 00:21:44,140 traffic and parking commission, everybody else is mayor appointed. 367 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:49,700 And that's interesting to me because I think I probably, because, and I hear 368 00:21:49,700 --> 00:21:53,260 that like Terry Vo, our council person is like this and like, you know, the 369 00:21:53,260 --> 00:21:54,920 mayor has his people around him. 370 00:21:55,120 --> 00:21:57,260 His people say, yes, they support him. 371 00:21:57,360 --> 00:22:01,240 They do whatever. So if I go after the people that the mayor likes, let's 372 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:01,760 add this up. 373 00:22:03,100 --> 00:22:04,260 I mean, let's add this up. 374 00:22:06,660 --> 00:22:07,820 I'm calling them out. 375 00:22:09,980 --> 00:22:14,920 I'm calling them totally inept at their, at their positions 376 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:17,300 because I believe that they are. 377 00:22:19,260 --> 00:22:21,060 I'm calling them out on the mistakes. 378 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:23,700 And we even tried to even call them out on the mistakes today in the 379 00:22:23,700 --> 00:22:26,700 meeting. And it was really funny because like people like this Neil guy, he 380 00:22:26,700 --> 00:22:28,160 was like, well, let's not talk about it. 381 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:29,320 We know mistakes have been made. 382 00:22:29,460 --> 00:22:31,820 Well, no, no, I do too. Can we talk about those mistakes? 383 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:33,800 Because no one wants to talk about the mistakes. 384 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:38,780 And I believe that the mistakes lead to what we're, where we're at right 385 00:22:38,780 --> 00:22:42,140 now. So that's what I want. I want to talk about the mistakes. 386 00:22:42,300 --> 00:22:43,600 They won't talk about those though. 387 00:22:44,180 --> 00:22:46,580 We tried, we tried to bring, oh, you know what? 388 00:22:46,660 --> 00:22:49,140 There has been some mistakes. Yeah, we're not going to do that. 389 00:22:49,260 --> 00:22:52,860 And the guy, uh, Brandon Mason, I believe, uh, he was the guy that's like 390 00:22:52,860 --> 00:22:56,040 the chair or something. And, you know, he was trying to keep it all on the 391 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:59,160 rails and I appreciate him. And, you know, he would, oh, we don't, we're not 392 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:02,040 here to talk about that. We're not here to talk about the problems that we 393 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:06,240 caused. We're not here to talk about the fact that we emailed your community 394 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,760 two years ago saying that we were coming to install the signs and you just 395 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,340 never showed up. We're not going to, we know there were mistakes. 396 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:14,720 We get it. 397 00:23:16,360 --> 00:23:21,640 Earlier this summer, we were able to go online, put our address in 398 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:23,000 and buy a parking permit, 399 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:25,900 a buy a residential parking permit. 400 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,360 One of these permits. We thought we were like there, we were like, this is 401 00:23:28,360 --> 00:23:31,780 over. We, we got there. We put it in. 402 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:32,820 We were like, wow, this works. 403 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:37,740 The city took our money. The city actually then sent us the next day. 404 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:40,180 Here's your parking permit. Go ahead and print it out. 405 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:43,240 We were so pumped that we were like, this is it. 406 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:45,760 We figured it out. We put it on our cars. 407 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:47,800 We parked overnight. 408 00:23:49,300 --> 00:23:50,400 The next morning, 409 00:23:51,420 --> 00:23:56,740 $75 ticket smack on top of that, on top of that RPP permit that we paid 410 00:23:56,740 --> 00:23:57,560 for from the city. 411 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:00,760 That the, that the city gave us. 412 00:24:02,460 --> 00:24:04,020 We don't want to talk about the mistakes. 413 00:24:04,300 --> 00:24:05,740 Well, we're not here to talk about those. 414 00:24:09,120 --> 00:24:10,400 But they also don't like that. 415 00:24:10,460 --> 00:24:13,940 I called them out because they are continually making mistakes and they're 416 00:24:13,940 --> 00:24:17,540 continually wasting our own taxpayer money continually. 417 00:24:18,420 --> 00:24:22,580 Like this is a joke. We're asking for seven spaces in front of our apartment 418 00:24:22,580 --> 00:24:27,000 complex. That clearly will not even, that will not even be enough for the 419 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,840 needs that we have, but you can't even give us that. 420 00:24:29,940 --> 00:24:33,680 And I know why it's because you don't like what we're doing. 421 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:36,320 I'm going to get louder. 422 00:24:38,180 --> 00:24:39,780 This is fun for me. 423 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:47,240 This is, I'm enjoying this. You've opened my eyes and, 424 00:24:47,380 --> 00:24:50,060 and you know what? I'm not an overly political person. 425 00:24:50,060 --> 00:24:53,080 I do follow. I follow a lot of national politics. 426 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:56,100 And that's also very interesting because, you know, what I have also found 427 00:24:56,100 --> 00:25:00,140 out is that I bet I align politically with several of you people that are 428 00:25:00,140 --> 00:25:05,320 with the mayor because I am, I, I, let's just say I'm very anti-Trump. 429 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:09,880 All right. I'm way in the middle, but I'm definitely not voting anytime, any 430 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:11,000 red anytime soon. 431 00:25:11,980 --> 00:25:16,900 So it's interesting that I believe we probably ideologically fit on the same 432 00:25:16,900 --> 00:25:21,600 side of many things. I think that there are several people working for the 433 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:26,180 city of Nashville that even know we wear the same colors, they are horrible 434 00:25:26,180 --> 00:25:31,480 at their job, including our council person, Terry Vo, which is 435 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:35,320 starting to make me truly believe that I need to like step up and run for 436 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:39,940 city council. Uh, and you know, I, I, I, again, I don't even know this guy. 437 00:25:39,940 --> 00:25:41,860 I read, I just stopped him today. 438 00:25:42,060 --> 00:25:45,560 This Jacob, because he was a council person there and he looked like he was 439 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:47,960 kind of similar to my age, probably a little younger than me. 440 00:25:48,300 --> 00:25:52,840 And he just went and he spoke for public comment and he like spoke up for 441 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,600 his community and was talking about issues. 442 00:25:55,740 --> 00:25:58,860 And I was like, dude, that, that right there is what we need. 443 00:25:59,540 --> 00:26:02,760 We need more of that dude. I don't even know where he stands politically, 444 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:08,220 but I appreciate the fact that he was being smart, rational and trying to 445 00:26:08,220 --> 00:26:13,380 help a human being and Sean Parker, interesting, 446 00:26:13,660 --> 00:26:19,140 very, very interesting that the only other person in 447 00:26:19,140 --> 00:26:24,480 that room that I'm over here going, wow, that guy had some really 448 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:29,100 smart things to say. He's the only other guy that wasn't appointed by the 449 00:26:29,100 --> 00:26:29,440 mayor. 450 00:26:30,660 --> 00:26:34,280 So did the mayor run this meeting today while, while not even being there? 451 00:26:35,060 --> 00:26:37,840 Cause it kind of feels like the mayor run, ran that meeting today. 452 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:39,060 I get it. 453 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:41,980 So this is interesting. Halfway through the meeting. 454 00:26:43,500 --> 00:26:48,060 This is so funny. I like, I think this is legitimately against the law is 455 00:26:48,060 --> 00:26:50,900 what I also think. Like I'm going to have to look into it, but this doesn't 456 00:26:50,900 --> 00:26:52,960 seem right. Like this is an official proceeding. 457 00:26:53,120 --> 00:26:56,380 We've got meeting minutes and we've got all these things halfway through the 458 00:26:56,380 --> 00:27:00,720 meeting. This guy on the left, it was also very, he was like the dude. 459 00:27:00,780 --> 00:27:02,980 He was like an older guy and he didn't know what he was talking about 460 00:27:02,980 --> 00:27:06,460 because, well, all these apartments with one bedroom apartments. 461 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,220 It's like, sir, you do not know what you're talking about, but they're 462 00:27:09,220 --> 00:27:12,220 making our decisions over a two and a half year process. 463 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:17,980 They're making decisions off of things that they have no idea and no context 464 00:27:17,980 --> 00:27:22,820 about. And we have no council person in the room to advocate for us. 465 00:27:23,540 --> 00:27:24,640 So here's what happens. 466 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,900 The council, I say council meeting, it's not a council meeting, but this is, 467 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:33,960 this meeting is happening. And this guy goes, did everybody else get this 468 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:35,700 text message from Ginny Welsch? 469 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:40,720 Ginny Welsch is another council woman on city council. 470 00:27:41,100 --> 00:27:46,400 And she, I don't know her. All I know is that she's replied to some of our 471 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,640 emails and she doesn't appreciate me calling them out. 472 00:27:50,780 --> 00:27:55,400 Right. And she probably lacks the context like everybody else does. 473 00:27:58,060 --> 00:28:00,440 So people don't like being called out. 474 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:03,720 I get that. I 100%, it's uncomfortable. 475 00:28:04,460 --> 00:28:08,600 And if you're doing a bad job, you don't, you never want somebody to put a 476 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:10,280 spotlight on it. I get it. 477 00:28:11,340 --> 00:28:16,400 But it was funny because, uh, then they went through this whole rigmarole 478 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:17,980 about how they're like, can we introduce this? 479 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:19,600 Can we talk about this? Can we talk about this? 480 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:22,460 They're looking at the legal person at the end and the legal person's like, 481 00:28:22,540 --> 00:28:27,320 well, we just need to make sure that everybody is aware of what's being sent 482 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:30,640 and blah, blah, blah. And then other people are looking at their phones and 483 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:31,740 they're like, oh, I got one too. 484 00:28:31,860 --> 00:28:33,260 And I got one too. And I got one too. 485 00:28:34,460 --> 00:28:37,300 Well, Ginny Welsch texted and the one guy read it off and it was something, 486 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:38,160 you know, and you'll see this. 487 00:28:38,260 --> 00:28:40,900 I wish they posted. They probably, they'll probably take forever to post the 488 00:28:40,900 --> 00:28:42,560 minutes and the meeting. I, who knows? 489 00:28:42,580 --> 00:28:46,640 But it was funny because the guy was like, well, here's what Ginny said. 490 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:50,200 And Ginny said something like, you know, I heard that this was up on the 491 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:51,020 docket today. 492 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:56,140 And, uh, I just wanted to say that we need to deny. 493 00:28:56,380 --> 00:28:59,240 I am in strong denial of this and blah, blah, blah. 494 00:28:59,620 --> 00:29:02,060 And I'm like, thanks Ginny. But now wait a second. 495 00:29:02,300 --> 00:29:04,080 Couldn't Ginny have made it down here too? 496 00:29:04,940 --> 00:29:10,160 Because I got to tell you, Jacob, he was a, he's a council person. 497 00:29:10,340 --> 00:29:15,180 You know what Jacob did? He rolled in, he signed up on the, on the form to 498 00:29:15,180 --> 00:29:18,140 talk. Apparently we could just text right in. 499 00:29:18,540 --> 00:29:21,820 Just get your text message right over there into everybody. 500 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:25,220 So now we're using text messages in the meetings. 501 00:29:25,620 --> 00:29:29,040 I am going to look this up because that was amazing. 502 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:33,280 Thank you, Ginny. Thank you, Ginny, for popping into that meeting. 503 00:29:33,540 --> 00:29:36,100 I appreciate it. Thank you, Ginny. 504 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:39,480 Horrible. I mean, this is just comedy. 505 00:29:39,820 --> 00:29:45,280 That cannot be appropriate procedure for something like 506 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:45,580 this. 507 00:29:48,180 --> 00:29:48,780 Unbelievable. 508 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:50,880 Unreal. 509 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,160 So that was interesting. 510 00:29:55,900 --> 00:30:00,020 I would, I would like to actually, I hope to, they have to now publish the, 511 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:04,840 I would imagine they need to now publish and make her text message part of 512 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:09,780 the minutes. I would like to know who, as a, as somebody who is now part of 513 00:30:09,780 --> 00:30:14,000 this process, I want to make sure that 514 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:18,320 we get that text message and everybody that it was sent to. 515 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:22,340 Since it was introduced as public record at this point, I imagine that it 516 00:30:22,340 --> 00:30:22,920 would have to be. 517 00:30:23,980 --> 00:30:25,460 Very, very, very interesting. 518 00:30:27,060 --> 00:30:27,920 Very interesting. 519 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:33,120 I really wish our council person would have been a council person today. 520 00:30:34,580 --> 00:30:36,660 And actually advocated for us. 521 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:39,680 I know she's not going to. 522 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:45,880 I'd like, I would like to explore and I'm going to, 523 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:50,800 and I'm going to reach out to Sean Parker and see, you know, his proposal 524 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:52,940 was very, very interesting. Um, 525 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:57,620 and ultimately that would solve every problem we have. 526 00:30:57,900 --> 00:31:02,100 But again, he was, he was very, 527 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:06,400 do I want to say smart about it? 528 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:08,700 Like he was like, he was just smart about it. 529 00:31:08,780 --> 00:31:11,400 Like that just what he spoke was just smart. 530 00:31:11,580 --> 00:31:14,420 Like, I'm, I don't care where you are politically. 531 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,700 I just, are you, are you offering solutions to your residents? 532 00:31:17,820 --> 00:31:21,280 He offered, he tried to offer a solution and then everybody was like, well, 533 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:24,060 yeah, but we can't do that because he was even trying to say, look, can we 534 00:31:24,060 --> 00:31:26,180 approve this and like put it on a time limit? 535 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:30,240 And then it'll, it'll, it'll then graduate to something else. 536 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:33,120 And everybody was like, well, no, but we can't do that because you know 537 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:35,960 what? We're here to just, you know, say yes or no to the RPP. 538 00:31:36,020 --> 00:31:37,820 And the RPP is what we were told to do. 539 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:43,460 But heads up, dude, Sean, you're a real one for that, dude. 540 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:47,020 I appreciate it. I mean, seriously, that was like, I I'm going to figure 541 00:31:47,020 --> 00:31:50,280 that out what you're doing. I want to talk to you more about that because 542 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:53,800 you are somebody that is offering solutions and that's what I want. 543 00:31:54,060 --> 00:31:55,900 That's what we want as a community. 544 00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:56,580 Okay. 545 00:31:58,260 --> 00:32:03,240 So I don't believe we have a clear explanation as why the commission 546 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:06,580 rejected NDOT's recommendation. 547 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:14,300 Um, I don't believe that there was ever an assessment that was really 548 00:32:14,300 --> 00:32:19,380 grounded in actual residents concerns and 549 00:32:19,380 --> 00:32:22,340 circumstances and the things that we're dealing with. 550 00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:29,040 Um, and we're really looking for a clear next step, you know, to evaluate 551 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:32,140 what's next for us, because this is really ridiculous. 552 00:32:32,140 --> 00:32:36,580 And, you know, I don't, I don't feel like giving up because I feel still 553 00:32:36,580 --> 00:32:40,480 like, I feel like there is a real problem here. 554 00:32:40,940 --> 00:32:45,360 And I think that I honestly don't believe that our parking issue is the 555 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:46,640 biggest problem that we have. 556 00:32:47,500 --> 00:32:48,020 Um, 557 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:52,040 but the parking issues opened the door for me to realize this. 558 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,160 So, um, this has just been interesting. 559 00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:58,600 Uh, we're going to review and, you know, record the records. 560 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:03,900 Um, we're going to make sure that we write everything down that we 561 00:33:03,900 --> 00:33:07,500 experienced today, which was very, very interesting. 562 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:09,580 It just, it was very, very interesting. 563 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:10,560 Um, 564 00:33:11,980 --> 00:33:16,820 you know, we followed the process because we were told that this was the way 565 00:33:16,820 --> 00:33:18,380 to address the problem. 566 00:33:19,260 --> 00:33:21,600 That's what we did at every turn. 567 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:25,980 And I cannot thank our residents enough for, for helping us and do this. 568 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:30,400 Um, we're still willing and looking toward a solution. 569 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:34,880 Um, but now we need a clear answer about what happens next, because that's, 570 00:33:34,980 --> 00:33:38,740 that's what we're doing. That, that is what do better Nashville is. 571 00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:44,520 Uh, I am keeping this going and I have a lot more questions to 572 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:47,120 ask and I have a lot more people to talk to. 573 00:33:47,460 --> 00:33:50,740 And it was interesting. They could have totally done away with us today. 574 00:33:50,740 --> 00:33:54,820 They could have done that. They could have done away and approved our seven 575 00:33:54,820 --> 00:33:59,440 spots. They could have done that, could have approved the seven spots and we 576 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:00,100 could have been rocking, 577 00:34:01,060 --> 00:34:05,120 but they didn't. But I do actually, I mean, some of the people here, it was 578 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:10,320 very clear. Like even the, uh, the guy that, um, trying to remember his 579 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:11,820 name. He was a, he was a bigger gentleman. 580 00:34:11,820 --> 00:34:13,760 And I think he was the one that came out. 581 00:34:13,860 --> 00:34:16,720 I saw him the other day doing measurements in front of our, in front of our 582 00:34:16,720 --> 00:34:20,980 unit. Um, he was nice. There were some really nice folks that were really 583 00:34:20,980 --> 00:34:24,680 trying to be like, and I think maybe they are even looking at things being 584 00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:29,560 like, what is going, what, why are we making a huge big deal about this? 585 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:33,900 I know why. Because you guys kind of suck. 586 00:34:34,020 --> 00:34:36,720 And I'm over here saying it. I get it. 587 00:34:36,900 --> 00:34:39,000 I totally get it. I am an enemy. 588 00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:40,980 It's fine. 589 00:34:42,820 --> 00:34:46,720 But I'm going to continue. And I'm going to continue saying why you suck. 590 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:48,520 And you didn't, no one needed this. 591 00:34:48,860 --> 00:34:54,140 Um, but you are not good at your jobs and you're not giving answers. 592 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:55,600 And, uh, 593 00:34:56,580 --> 00:35:00,960 you had a lot of incorrect information today at that meeting, which was 594 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,580 jarring. It's not jarring. I mean, here's the thing. 595 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:07,620 You see politicians lie every single day on TV. 596 00:35:07,620 --> 00:35:11,200 It's really what we're used to now, especially with the administration that 597 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:14,420 we're dealing with. So to see it at a local level was pretty interesting. 598 00:35:14,780 --> 00:35:18,020 It was very eyeopening. I've enjoyed this process immensely. 599 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:20,600 Like, I need to tell you, like we walked out of there. 600 00:35:20,740 --> 00:35:25,660 I was pumped up. I, people, I imagine that a lot of people 601 00:35:25,660 --> 00:35:29,540 when they go through this and they, you know, they fight because we've been 602 00:35:29,540 --> 00:35:33,900 fighting for two years. I imagine that a lot of people get that blow and 603 00:35:33,900 --> 00:35:36,760 they're like, man, this is it. 604 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:42,040 I'm, I'm pumped. I'm, I'm like, they, they, they, they want more. 605 00:35:43,020 --> 00:35:47,080 That's all I can think about. Um, so this isn't done. 606 00:35:47,420 --> 00:35:52,260 This is funny. I think we need to find more smart people and people that'll 607 00:35:52,260 --> 00:35:57,300 listen and people that have empathy, people that are truly in their 608 00:35:57,300 --> 00:36:01,100 positions to truly help their constituents, because I do not believe there 609 00:36:01,100 --> 00:36:05,500 are many. Um, and I also believe that it's very telling that the, I think 610 00:36:05,500 --> 00:36:09,100 the mayor run that ran that meeting today and everybody that had a problem 611 00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:14,100 with us, they were all appointed by the mayor and the people that are kind 612 00:36:14,100 --> 00:36:16,520 of looking at it like this and being like, what? 613 00:36:16,740 --> 00:36:18,200 We can't help these people out. 614 00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:21,860 Really? All those people not appointed by the mayor. 615 00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:27,560 So this is going to be interesting, but this is it. 616 00:36:27,720 --> 00:36:31,840 I wanted to just go on here and express my feelings about my experience 617 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:35,120 today. It was eyeopening. It was fun. 618 00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:39,400 Uh, I think that, uh, I'm going to follow up with several people that I, 619 00:36:39,500 --> 00:36:41,060 that I encountered today for the first time. 620 00:36:41,060 --> 00:36:44,640 I'm excited to meet with them and, and, you know, just really talk to them 621 00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:47,200 because again, this is a whole new part of everything. 622 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:51,460 And I've heard several people for a long time, say things like local 623 00:36:51,460 --> 00:36:52,940 government and local politics. 624 00:36:53,240 --> 00:36:54,940 That is where you can make an impact. 625 00:36:55,540 --> 00:36:59,620 And I'm starting to believe that because I see national politicians, they 626 00:36:59,620 --> 00:37:02,760 can't do anything. And I'm just trying to make it nice for the people who 627 00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:05,920 live next to me. That's it. And I'm going to go on the record again. 628 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:07,040 I don't even have two cars. 629 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:13,280 I got one car, one car, one space, never have to worry about personal 630 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:17,060 parking on the street. But I see everybody in my building that does. 631 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:19,840 And it sucks for them. It really sucks for them. 632 00:37:20,100 --> 00:37:24,460 Like it sucks that they need to walk blocks and it sucks that there's a 633 00:37:24,460 --> 00:37:26,080 female at night 634 00:37:27,780 --> 00:37:30,220 downtown in a lot of, guess what? 635 00:37:30,340 --> 00:37:31,960 There's a lot of homeless people down here now. 636 00:37:32,140 --> 00:37:36,640 That's another issue. Okay. What happens when that female gets home and 637 00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:38,640 she's done from work at eight o'clock at night? 638 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,040 She can't get a space outside her place. 639 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:43,160 She has to park three blocks away. 640 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:45,320 In the dark. 641 00:37:46,580 --> 00:37:48,340 I would not want my wife doing that. 642 00:37:48,900 --> 00:37:52,200 I'd want her parking right out front the way that she was able to when she 643 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:53,240 bought this unit. 644 00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:56,460 She can't now. And that sucks. 645 00:37:56,680 --> 00:38:01,360 And if she does, she has to make sure she goes out at 646 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:05,300 545 in the morning because there will be, and you can do it every day. 647 00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:10,700 Lisa, if you want to come by. Lisa, come by if you're so willing to drive by 648 00:38:10,700 --> 00:38:14,660 our place. Come by and talk to the meter people at 549 every morning. 649 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:17,320 Come by then. 650 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:24,060 It's a human thing. This is a real weird one for me. 651 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:25,260 It's like, really? 652 00:38:27,420 --> 00:38:29,560 It's a weird one. All right. That's it. 653 00:38:29,780 --> 00:38:33,180 I hope you enjoyed it. This isn't meant to be crazy entertainment. 654 00:38:33,180 --> 00:38:36,200 I just had to get this off my chest and tell everybody in our community. 655 00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:39,140 And also, I wanted to put it out to everybody and post it here on this 656 00:38:39,140 --> 00:38:42,980 website that I've built. I've been getting wonderful responses from 657 00:38:42,980 --> 00:38:46,780 dobetternashville.com. I've gotten people from all over this city who have 658 00:38:46,780 --> 00:38:49,740 gotten it for some reason or another, or they saw a post that we made on 659 00:38:49,740 --> 00:38:53,240 Instagram, and they were like, dude, I'm so happy that you're doing this. 660 00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:56,080 I had a similar situation. I had this situation. 661 00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:59,440 We have people from all over the place that are coming out and saying, man, 662 00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:00,840 thank you so much for doing this. 663 00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:03,420 So again, I don't know what's going to happen from this. 664 00:39:03,420 --> 00:39:08,100 But I just know that for a very long time, my career, I have a career in 665 00:39:08,100 --> 00:39:13,180 radio, and I have a career in just getting people to realize and 666 00:39:13,180 --> 00:39:15,680 communicate and talk to people and do the right thing. 667 00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:17,360 And I pride myself on that. 668 00:39:18,720 --> 00:39:22,760 One of the favorite things that I've ever done as a program director in 669 00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:24,660 radio is doing things for the community. 670 00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:31,140 I was very instrumental with our campaigns at radio stations for things like 671 00:39:31,140 --> 00:39:35,200 St. Jude telethons, where we would raise hundreds of thousands of dollars 672 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:40,440 for children for St. Jude, or like the Stuff a Bus campaign, where we would 673 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:43,620 help underprivileged kids get school supplies. 674 00:39:44,100 --> 00:39:47,980 It's been a part of me for my whole life, helping people, because radio 675 00:39:47,980 --> 00:39:51,340 helps people. I still work in radio, although I don't work at a radio 676 00:39:51,340 --> 00:39:54,660 station. I work to help radio stations all over the world, honestly. 677 00:39:55,720 --> 00:39:58,680 So I have this kind of in me where I kind of want to help people. 678 00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:00,960 But the people that I want to help right now are my neighbors. 679 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:02,780 And the people in my community. 680 00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:05,260 And I feel like I'm built. I feel like I'm built for this. 681 00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:06,480 And I feel like I know what to do. 682 00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:07,660 And I feel like I can communicate. 683 00:40:07,900 --> 00:40:09,540 And I'm going to continue to do that. 684 00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:12,680 I'm going to make sure that people are aware. 685 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:17,620 And I'm going to make sure that people are aware of all of the interesting 686 00:40:17,620 --> 00:40:19,380 things from 687 00:40:20,580 --> 00:40:24,460 Lisa and all these other folks that I'm going to research who you are. 688 00:40:24,780 --> 00:40:27,820 And I'm going to find your names and your pictures so I know exactly who 689 00:40:27,820 --> 00:40:31,900 said what. And I'm going to make sure that you're doing the right thing for 690 00:40:31,900 --> 00:40:34,780 your communities, because right now you are not doing the right thing for 691 00:40:34,780 --> 00:40:37,040 our community. So this is going to be fun. 692 00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:38,240 Thank you so much for watching. 693 00:40:38,260 --> 00:40:40,660 I truly appreciate it. Please leave a comment. 694 00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:42,660 Do whatever. Talk to you soon.