HE NOW JOINS US LIVE IN THE STUDIO. MARK. HEY. GOOD EVENING. JENNIFER. RICK. DISTRICT 12 STRETCHES FROM IROQUOIS PARK TO RIVERVIEW PARK. PART OF THIS DISTRICT OVERLAPS THE STATE HOUSE DISTRICT THAT REPUBLICAN JARED BAUMAN FLIPPED IN 2022 BY BEATING LONGTIME DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT CHARLES MILLER. THE DIFFERENCE HERE MIGHT BE BLACKWELL맥스카지노�S POWERFUL POSITION AS METRO COUNCIL맥스카지노�S BUDGET CHAIR. MY POSITION IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT ON THE COUNCIL. THE BUDGET IS THE PROBABLY THE THING THAT WE SPEND THE MOST TIME ON AS A COUNCIL. RICK BLACKWELL SAYS HIS GOAL IS TO BRING AS MANY AMENITIES AS POSSIBLE TO HIS DISTRICT, LIKE THESE NEW PICKLEBALL COURTS AT RIVERVIEW PARK. BUT HE SAYS HE IS ALSO USED HIS POSITION AS BUDGET CHAIR TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY. IT MEANS HOW DO WE ADDRESS SPEEDING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS? AND SO WE맥스카지노�VE LOOKED AT LOTS OF DIFFERENT CREATIVE WAYS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT. IT MEANS HOW DO I FEEL SAFE IN THIS PARK? I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COUNCIL PEOPLE WHO PUT CAMERAS IN THAT ARE TIED TO THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER. AS PRESIDENT OF DESALES HIGH SCHOOL, HE SAYS HIS CAREER IN EDUCATION LEADERSHIP MAKES HIM A GREAT LISTENER AND COLLABORATOR. I DON맥스카지노�T GET CAUGHT UP IN SILLY POLITICAL THINGS. I JUST BELIEVE THAT YOU IN COMMON SENSE, LEADERSHIP AND JUST BEING A STRONG VOICE FOR THIS IN THE TOWN AND I맥스카지노�VE BEEN THAT. BLACKWELL맥스카지노�S CHALLENGER, JONATHAN, JJ, JOSEPH IS A HISTORY TEACHER AT BUTLER HIGH SCHOOL. I맥스카지노�M CONCERNED ABOUT THE SOUTH END OF THE FUTURE, AND THAT WAS THE BIG REASON I DECIDED TO GET INTO THIS RACE, FOR SURE. JOSEPH SAYS HE BELIEVES METRO COUNCIL COULD BE DOING MORE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN POLICE OFFICERS. IT맥스카지노�S NOT JUST PACE, IT맥스카지노�S NOT THE REASON THEY맥스카지노�RE NOT COMING BACK. IF WE HAD AN EASY SOLUTION, THEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOLVED BY NOW. I THINK SO MUCH OF THIS IS LITERALLY GOING TO THE TABLE DOING THE RIDE ALONGS WITH, WITH, WITH OFFICERS AND HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND SAYING, HEY, WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED? WHAT IS IT THAT YOU NEED? LIKE BLACKWELL, JOSEPH WANTS TO BRING MORE SHOPPING AND AMENITIES TO SOUTH LOUISVILLE. ONE IDEA HE HAS IS TO REOPEN THE SYLVANIA COMMUNITY CENTER, CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO BE DEMOLISHED. YOU맥스카지노�RE NOT JUST INVESTING IN A BUILDING, YOU맥스카지노�RE INVESTING IN A CHILD. WHEN IT COMES TO HOMEWORK HELP, YOU맥스카지노�RE INVESTING INTO AN ADULT. WHEN IT COMES TO PROGRAMING, YOU맥스카지노�RE INVESTING INTO A COMMUNITY. WHEN IT COMES TO MEETINGS. SO IT맥스카지노�S MUCH MORE THAN JUST INVESTING IN A BUILDING. IT맥스카지노�S WHAT THAT BUILDING REPRESENTS. AND IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IT REPRESENTS. NOW, ON PAPER, BLACKWELL HAS THE ADVANTAGE IN THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN HIS DISTRICT. 12,000 DEMOCRATS VERSUS ABOUT 7500 REPUBLICANS, ACCORDING TO THE JEFFERSON COUNTY CLERK맥스카지노�S OFFICE. BUT SOME SAY MANY OF THOSE REGISTERED DEMOCRATS ARE VOTING REPUBLICAN, KIND OF LIKE THEY DID WHEN GOVERNOR MATT BEVIN WAS ELECTED THOSE YEARS AGO.