GOOD
GOOD SUNDAY MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE ON FLASHPOINT.
I'M JOINED TODAY BY THE FORMER
CHARLOTTE CITY COUNCIL MAN,
ACTIVIST AND HE IS RUNNING FOR
CITY COUNCIL FOR THE FIRST
TIME.
OUR FRIENDS AT HOME, WE FORGIVE
YOU FOR FEELING GROGGY, YOU'RE
JOINING US WITH ONE LESS HOUR
OF SLEEP AS WE MOVE THE CLOCKS
FORWARD AND ONE U.S. SENATOR IS
HOPING THIS IS THE LAST TIME HE
WILL EVER HAVE TO DO THAT
SENATOR MARCO RUBIO PROPOSING
FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO MAKE
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME YEAR-
ROUND.
THE SUNSHINE PROTECTION ACT
WOULD MEAN THE TIMESHIFT WOULD
BE PERMANENT AND FOLKS WITH
NEVER HAVE TO RESET THE CLOCK.
MARCO RUBIO SIDING THINGS LIKE
PREVENT CAR CRASHES, DECREASE
CRIME AND SAVE ENERGY.
AND ALSO IN FLORIDA HE POINTS
OUT THE FACT THAT IT WOULD BE
-- IT WOULD MAKE A LOT OF
TOURISM DOLLARS.
>> YOUR THOUGHTS ON SOMETHING
LIKE THIS?
>> MARCO RUBIO IS FROM THE
SUNSHINE STATE OF FLORIDA SO HE
IS LOOKING AT TOURISM DOLLARS
WHICH WOULD HELP WITH FOLKS
COMING DOWN.
>> OUR FISHING INDUSTRY, IF YOU
CAN HAVE MORE DAYLIGHT TIME ON
THE COAST. WE WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE PEOPLE IN THE HIKING
TRAILS LONGER SO IT WOULD BE
INTERESTING FROM MY PERSONAL
PERSPECTIVE IT GIVES KIDS
PLAYING LITTLE LEAGUE MORE LIKE
TO PRACTICE.
>> ONE OF THE DOWNSIDES IS THAT
THE SUN DOES NOT COME UP UNTIL
ABOUT 8:00 A.M.
IN THE MORNING AND THAT CAN
PRESENT PROBLEMS FOR SCHOOL
KIDS.
>> IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE
KIDS IF THEY ARE WAITING FOR
THE BUS AND IT'S DARK OUTSIDE
ESPECIALLY AS THEY ARE GETTING
STARTED WITH SCHOOL EARLIER.
YOU GET THE DRIVE TO WORK IN
THE MORNING AND IT'S DARK AND
YOU START THINKING ABOUT WHAT
THE COST WOULD BE TO IMPLEMENT
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
THERE WOULD BE CHANGES WHETHER
IT WOULD BE A PERMANENT
TIMESHIFT AND ALL THESE
DIFFERENT THINGS.
>> FLORIDA IS TRYING TO DO THIS
AND THEY HAVE VOTED TO DO IT
BUT THEY NEED THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO SIGN OFF.
I RARELY TAKE STANDS ON THE
SHOW AND I TRY TO BE MIDDLE-OF-
THE-ROAD BUT I WILL COME OUT IN
FULL SUPPORT.
I AM ALL FOR MORE DAYLIGHT,
MORE OF THE YEAR AT THIS POINT.
>> TO ME AS A MOM I SEE BOTH
SIDES.
YOU WANT MORE DAYLIGHT AND AS A
HOME TILE CHARLSTON PERSON I
UNDERSTAND THE TOURISM ASPECT
SO WE WILL HAVE TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENS.
>> I JUST CANNOT GO FOR 530 FOR
5:30 PM DARKNESS IN THE WINTER
>> DISTRICT 9 NOW IN THE
RUNNING, MATTHEW IS A FORMER
MECKLENBURG COUNTY COMMISSIONER
AND HE IS ONE OF AT LEAST THREE
OTHER REPUBLICANS IN THE RACE.
THE STATE SENATOR DAN BISHOP
SAID TO BE CONSIDERING A BIT AS
WELL.
ONLY ONE DEMOCRAT RUNNING THE
PRIMARY WOULD BE IN MAY WITH
THE GENERAL ELECTION IN
SEPTEMBER.
I WILL START WITH YOU AGAIN AS
A REPUBLICAN HERE OF THOSE
PEOPLE, WHO DO YOU LIKE?
>> OF THE ONES ANNOUNCED I LIKE
MATTHEW RIDING HAUER.
HE IS A QUALITY GUY AND HAS
SERVED THE COMMUNITY WELL ON
COUNTY COMMISSION AND IS ALSO
DEDICATED MARINE AND FOLKS WILL
KNOW HE WAS A STAFF SERGEANT
AND ANYBODY THAT WAS A VETERAN
I AM SADLY NOT A VETERAN BUT
ANY VETERAN WILL TELL YOU THE
STAFF SERGEANT RUNS THE PLACE
SO MATTHEW IS A QUALITY GUY.
THERE ARE OTHERS IN IF BISHOP
GETS AND HE WILL BE A QUALITY
GUY AND HE WILL COMPETE AGAINST
McCREADY AND MECKLENBURG COUNTY
I THINK A LOT BETTER THAN
HARRIS DID.
HARRIS ABANDONED MECKLENBURG
COUNTY AND CONCENTRATED OTHER
PLACES.
BUT WE NEED SOMEBODY THAT IS
GOING TO FIGHT IT OUT STREET
FOR STREET AND HOUSE TO HOUSE
WITH McCREADY AND MECKLENBURG
COUNTY AND AIDAN UNION COUNTY.
>> AS A VETERAN HE HAS THAT
ALONG WITH DAN McCREADY, DAN
McCREADY RAN ON THAT A FEW
MONTHS AGO AND THAT WAS A BIG
SELLING POINT.
>> FOR ME YOU'VE GOT TO -- YES
AT UNION BUT ECHOES ALL THE WAY
EASTERLY.
THOSE CANDIDATES THAT ARE
LOOKING TO RENT, THEY'VE GOT TO
MAKE CERTAIN THAT THEY CAN
CONNECT WITH THE RURAL PORTION
OF THE NINTH DISTRICT AND RIGHT
NOW FROM THE NAMES I SEE ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE, I DO NOT SEE
THAT HAPPENING.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOME
CONNECTIVITY BECAUSE IT IS
HARSH LIVING DOWN THERE.
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT SO THAT IS
WHAT WILL BE INTERESTING.
I DON'T SEE ANY OF THOSE GUYS
ROLLING UP THEIR SLEEVES AND
LET'S GO OUT ON THE FIELD AND
THE FARM AND TALK ABOUT
AGRICULTURE.
>> ALL THE WAY DOWN TO
FAYETTEVILLE WHERE RETIRED
VETERANS LIVE AND WITH GOT MORE
RETIRED VETERANS THAN ANY OTHER
STATE IN THE UNION WITH TWO
BATHS GOING AT IT AND TWO
MARINES GOING AT IT.
AND THE AGRICULTURE IN BETWEEN.
BUT QUITE FRANKLY ALL THE VOTES
ARE IN UNION AND CHARLOTTE.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE
RACE? HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT
DAN McCREADY'S CHANCE OF GETTING
IN.
>> HE HAS THE ADDED BENEFIT OF
NOT HAVING ANY SERIOUS
COMPETITION.
HE WILL BE ABLE TO SIT ON THE
MONEY HE HAS CLOSE TO $500,000.
THEY WILL BE IN THE CONTESTED
PRIMARY AND HAVE TWO MONTHS AND
IT WILL BE GETTING DOWN AND
DIRTY AND BEATING EACH OTHER UP
AND SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY.
THEN TURN AROUND AND RAISE THE
MONEY RIGHT BACK BECAUSE DAN
McCREADY HAS BEEN ESSENTIALLY
CAMPAIGNING SINCE DECEMBER.
IT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO
RUN AGAINST DAN McCREADY AND
REALLY THINKING NOT JUST
RUNNING AGAINST A REPUBLICAN
CHALLENGER BUT AGAINST THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY AS A WHOLE.
>> DIFFICULT BUT NOT AN DOABLE.
>> IT'S ALSO DIFFICULT AND I'VE
HAD OTHER GOP FOLK ON THE SHOW
TALK ABOUT IT.
IT WILL TAKE A SPECIAL KIND OF
REPUBLICAN TO WIN THE SOUTHERN
PART OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY ALL
THE WAY OUT TOWARDS
FAYETTEVILLE BECAUSE YOU HAVE
-- AT LEAST DAN McCREADY IS
RUNNING AS A CONSERVATIVE
DEMOCRAT.
THAT'S HOW HE IS RUNNING, LIKE
IT OR NOT THE REPUBLICANS, IT'S
A BIT MORE DICEY.
McCREADY HAS DONE A VERY GOOD
JOB NOW FOR TWO YEARS NOT
LETTING ANYBODY KNOW WHAT HE
THINKS.
OTHER THAN HE IS A MARINE.
I HOPE THAT THEY CAN HAVE IN A
VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME A
SPIRITED DEBATE ABOUT WHAT HE
ACTUALLY THINKS.
>> HE IS A DIFFERENT REPUBLICAN
THEN DAN BISHOP.
>> THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE
UNION COUNTY AND MECKLENBURG
PART IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE
BLAMING COUNTY.
ROBERTSON COUNTY TO
FAYETTEVILLE IS VERY DIFFERENT.
IT WILL BE HARD FOR US TO FIND
SOMEONE AND ALSO THINKING ABOUT
THE CAMPAIGN STRUCTURE
>> THE ONE THING WE HAVE NOT
TALKED ABOUT YET, TURN OUT.
THIS IS NOT AN OFF PRESIDENTIAL
YEAR SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANY
THING SEXY, SENSATIONAL TO GET
THE VOTERS EXCITED.
THIS IS THE ONLY HIGH TICKET
ITEM ON THE BALLOT SO IT WILL
BE INTERESTING WHAT TYPE OF
MECHANISM THEY WILL PUT IN
PLACE TO TURN THE VOTERS OUT
AND GET THEM EXCITED.
>> TRYING TO GET THE VOTERS TO
THE POLLS IN MAY AND DECEMBER
THAT'S A TALL ORDER.
>> THE FOLKS ON BOTH SIDES
DON'T EVER MISS THE BOAT AND
THEY ARE REALLY GOING TO BE
TARGETED.
>> AND FOR THE RECORD, YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO RUN AND YOU KNOW
WHO YOU WILL SUPPORT?
>> I WILL SUPPORT OUR NOMINEE.
>> I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE FOLKS
THAT I KNOW WELL THAT ARE
RUNNING AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
SEEING HOW THE FIELD TURNS OUT.
>> NO OTHER DEMOCRATS ARE GOING
TO RUN.
>> I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
IF THEY