17:00 And if you look at all the sidewalks in town, if you were to ride a bike down the sidewalk or even walk there's weeds growing out of the sidewalk. There are trees hanging at eye level or lower. It is actually dangerous to walk down the sidewalk. And on South Lamar there are some places where you can't even walk. You have got to walk out into the street and grass is growing. Exactly! Just in the two places that we filmed these little scenes here two little manhole covers were missing and they were covered over by weeds growing out of the sidewalk so if you're not aware or if you're walking in the dark, it would probably break your leg stepping into one those holes. So they want us to give up our cars and start walking and riding a bus and riding light rail but they don't wanna clean the sidewalks up and they've doubled taxes again this year? Well the reason I'm picking on the sidewalks is just something that's in your face showing what we are actually getting for our money
17:55 You know they have money for all these cameras. They've hung all over town I mean like this one right here at Lamar and six streets exactly millions of dollars where the camera is but they can't even clean the sidewalks up, and it's The amount of money we pay for the the cleanup that that's on our electric bill They call it street cleaning services or something to that effect It's like $10 a month or whatever. They're not cleaning the streets, we're not getting anything for our money except control things like the cameras, the light rail that they are going to force down our throat But a congestion that they're going to initiate by changing all the one-way streets but yet go ahead and get out there on your bicycle or get out there on your foot and walk because we have beautiful places to walk here. It's just it's just a statement well be sure not to step on the dead
18:47 pigeon well under that not only that underneath that bridge they were after the guy the parent of the boy and the man who were killed underneath that bridge. They've kept a memorial going for all these years since it happened and the city has been after them for years and years painting over that, trying to get rid of that because that's ugly but the bird doo-doo down there is inches thick the millions of cigarette butts, all the weeds growing out of there but yet that's a bandit sign that needs to be painted over. Dead birds and boots and everything else? Yes exactly! And then this is only one small place if you look around the city everywhere you go except across from the Palmer Auditorium or around Zilker Park where they keep sidewalks perfectly in check Or up on 6th and Lamar were the smart growthers
19:41 Right the new businesses that they've allowed in that they let in But if we would keep our sidewalks like this or keep our yards like this They'd give us a five five to two thousand dollar fine. Probably they would send the health department after you exactly There are trees growing outside the sidewalk. It needs to be scraped up and cleaned up, but none of this... Things that matter. Things that really matter you know like a bandit sign does that really matter? People are trying to make money so they slap up the sign that we'll mow your yard or We have some trinkets for sale or something Well That's why we're putting out all the Mike Hanson for County Commissioner Precinct 4 signs on private property
20:41 Like some of these signs we're looking at here that we're pretty proud of like on Congress and at downtown automotive on South Lamar. Oh, they're wonderful people there! You did a good job on that one and right here Flashback on South Lamar... That's a good one See if they were so concerned about cleaning up the streets like if the bandit signs are such a problem we put up a sign at 12th and Lamar in about a week maybe a week in a couple of days that sign was gone it was totally gone If they were that good Doing their the the maintenance of the city They wouldn't have time to worry about a sign. You know I don't know what to say about it It's just a statement it shows you what you're getting for your money in this city well Sunlightner puts a sign up there, it's not gonna disappear though it might Can we help y'all? Inspector radio station ah do you have no jurisdiction here is what I'm told What's your name?