04:26 Don Lowance, County Commissioner Republican out in Bastrop. Thanks for joining us tonight here sir! Don Lowance ladies and gentlemen! I love short people Good evening Texans Where uh Mike? Where are you? Are you in here? Sound off You can hear me, I just want you to know. You gotta be out of your fricken mind running for office! I served 22 years as a fighter pilot in the Air Force and I loved every minute of it. I get the question all the time Do you enjoy what you're doing? Do you enjoy being the county commissioner? By the way, I'm the first Republican ever elected in Bastrop County.
05:18 And I say, yeah! I really enjoy it. I love working with my crew and my constituents and representing the people in Bastrop County being a conservative, a constitutionalist, and Americanist on a commissioner's court But then you know I have to think to myself why is it that I'm doing this? What do I enjoy about it? Well remember I flew fighters for 22 years in the Air Force and I lived my dream For the time I was five years old all they wanted to do is fly fighters and I got to do it And I really enjoyed it so when people ask me that question. I say yeah, enjoy it I like all the things that I just mentioned but you know what?
05:54 Politics is the next best thing to air-to-air combat. We had a funny thing happen today, I went deer hunting exercising my birthright and my constitutional rights. I didn't see any deer there exercising their right not be shot but a bunch of us got together afterwards with politicians none from my county just from other counties County Commissioners, County Judges and we're talking back and forth as politicians do And the subject got around to environmentalists. And the subject got around to Travis County, and these guys were talking about their dealings with the Commissioners Court in Travis County. They said you know they're really hard to deal with. And he said well Don do you know this who is that young guy on the commissioners court? I said well thats Todd Baxter He's only one it seems to be rational and easy to deal with
06:52 That's because he is the Republican! They got the point there, because he was the only one who was rational and easy to deal with. The guy that said that was a lifelong Democrat and felt a little bit embarrassed about it but the fact is its true What's happening here in Travis County, you look at what Todd Baxter does and you look at what Mike Hanson will do. And that is bring some rationality to county government. Yeah! What surprised me about being in Bastrop County and being on a commissioners court Is that there's a lot of stuff happens on the local level that's not rational
07:37 That's emotional. That's the way they've always done it, and they've done it that way because they have always done it that way You get someone new on the court you get someone from a different perspective you get someone who knows more about what is going on in this world not just in this county not just in this state Not just in this nation but whats going with the UN and all of the evil forces at play And it changes things people get educated It takes being elected to public office to gain that credibility. And Mike, you're gonna land a lot of credibility in that office and you're gonna teach people and they are not going to want to learn right at first but when they learn and understand what the truth is then we'll start making progress I just hope it's no too late! It's up to all of us...it's up to all of us To take hold our lives with both hands and take control over our destinies