Good morning and welcome to your four city council meeting. I'll call us to order Today's invocation will be by dr. Mike Marshall from the first United Methodist Church Please rise for the invocation and remain standing for the pledges of allegiance Good morning and let us pray Gracious God we thank you for the gift of this new day We're grateful for mayor Parker for our city council for every leader here in this room today We thank you for your presence and for your guidance We're also grateful for being able to call Fort Worth home For every person in every neighborhood For our schools our organizations and our places of worship Help us be alert to each new opportunity that you give to us to make a difference for someone else It's a blessing for us to be a part of something bigger than each one of us Speaking of blessings, we thank you God for blessing us to be blessings for others Amen Hey mayor, I just want to take a point of personal privilege and say right over Marshall. Thanks for being here today I Appreciate you. He married my wife and I almost 23 years ago. Oh, that's awesome. Thank you again I'm sure it's kind of she might still regret it, but I appreciate it a lot Thank you our first Items will be special presentations. The first one is presentation of a proclamation for disability book week And that would be me so I'm gonna ask miss Lori Williams George to join me at the podium, please Good morning and welcome everybody to the city council meeting We have three wonderful presentations today and the first one is to present a proclamation for disability book week And I'm here with my good friend Lori George with advocates of disability inclusion and literature This group and the concept of disability book week originally began as a capstone projects Capstone project for partners and policymaking a fellowship from the Texas Council of Development disabilities This book week held April 23rd through 29th each year invites individuals all over the world to become more inclusive of what they need But to read by reading a book that features a main character with a disability where we really appreciate your time to be here today I'm gonna read our proclamation and I think for the mom as an audience We all need a better t-shirt like this one that she has on his advocate like a mother. I love it This is whereas the disability experience is a natural part of life and is valued as a part of our rich diversity Yet the disability community is underrepresented in literary works Inclusion is essential within communities and we must make an intentional effort to create welcoming environments for all And whereas there's a limited awareness of disability inclusion and literature The most effective way to increase awareness is through everyone's openness to learn and acknowledge that there are systemic Barriers and reduce the likelihood of those disabilities of those with disabilities and join equitable experiences and whereas Equitable experiences and full inclusion is a matter of social justice Consequently creating equitable inclusion environments is a shared responsibility of everyone This advocacy effort disability book week is dedicated to increasing awareness and inclusion of authors with disabilities and books featuring Characters with disabilities so that these communities feel represented and whereas disability book week provides an opportunity for schools Libraries and the public in general to raise awareness for the underrepresented disability population Citizens should appreciate the rich talents and diversity that those with disabilities can offer their communities and recognize and remove barriers to include Everyone in every aspect of life the city of Fort Worth that's hereby recognized and proclaim April 23rd to 29th 2023 disability book week and Lori you're welcome to say a few words if you would like to this morning I just want to say thank you for having me To see her I Just want to thank mayor Parker and the city of Fort Worth for welcoming this idea with open arms anytime I've come to the city I've been met with nothing but open arms when it comes to advocating for those with disabilities So I just want to thank mayor Parker and everyone on council for your support of our all citizens with disabilities in Fort Worth And I think our next presentation is a certificate of recognition for Don Graves and council member Alan Bleylock is going to come down. I'm going to stay right here Alan if you don't mind So I'd like to welcome Corporal Don Graves Kelly costa note and roll call here today For Don Graves 98th birthday. I want to wish you a happy birthday, sir His birthday is on May 3rd He's coming up very soon and he's got a very special trip coming up I want to read the proclamation to you This Corporal Don Graves serves his country with honor and distinction as a member of D company second battalion 28th Marines fifth Marine division of the United States Marine Corps Dedicating his life to protecting and defending the freedoms we hold dear Raised during the Great Depression and after hearing of the bombing of Pearl Harbor He left home at 17 years old enlisted and volunteered to serve his country as a Marine He exemplified the courage and selflessness Selflessness that defines the Marine Corps Fairly jeopardizing his well-being while serving in World War two He is known as the only flamethrower in the second battalion to survive the Invasion of Iwo Jima where 26,000 Americans were injured and nearly 7,000 killed Don Graves has continued to dedicate his life to serving as a singer entertainer minister and most recently Sharing his life experiences as a public speaker telling his story to over 7 million people Don Graves a true American hero and an unapologetic Patriot has led a life of service reverence pride charisma infectious enthusiasm and love of country Don Like to request that you sing God bless America for us or lead us in it Be happy to It's one of my favorites.  Is that correct? Yeah? Yeah So Don is going to Ireland. He's leaving on May 3rd. You can follow his trip on the last letters podcast It will be on Instagram and Facebook. So anyway, we'd like to do a picture with you Don and If anyone would like to join us, please come on down, you know when I go to the pub I Think I'll go to the park And I'm gonna walk in Bang my fist on the bar and I'm gonna call for the bar key. I'll be taking a glass of green beer if it's all fine You probably say we don't have green beer Okay, this didn't I'm re-upper Thank you Don appreciate you Get my head squirt away Thank you so much for your service I appreciate it Thank you See you breakfast tomorrow Oh So council we're gonna move from recognizing one of the greatest generation Thank you so much to our World War two hero mr. Don Graves And we're gonna move to an example of what today's future generation and future leaders look like with councilor Michael Crane And gentlemen, if you'd like to come behind me, that'd be wonderful Mayor I'd love for you to stay down and I'm invited Alan playlock who is a An alumni of Western Hills High School if you didn't know that Gosh dang. I love day meetings really really fun and I Love that often in the headlines. We hear negative things happening And we hear a lot in this chamber, but there's so much good out there We see this morning all the good that's going on already and it's great when you get positive stories And sometimes this negative world so it's really pleased when the fourth report Kristen Barton Rachel Burnt did an article Talking about Las Vegas Trail all the changes happening there and in particular In Western Hills High School highlighted these three men here Thank y'all for being here Keon Butler Aaron Martin RJ Moreland appreciate what y'all are doing and if you aren't familiar with Western Hills High School 87% of the families are economically disadvantaged and so there's a lot of unmet need there and I have to also recognize in the audience and I'll read y'all the recognition Patty Presley. Where's Patty? Patty that's here as Miss Patty as y'all call her. Yes, Miss Patty She's spearheads the Cougar Alliance Cougar Pride Alliance, which runs the Cougar Corner Providing lunches clothes school supplies and a lot of helping with a lot of unmet need with the help of schools churches Rainwater Foundation, I think backs you up to Coach Moreland's here I want to say hi to Coach Moreland. He's here with the the guys And I think it was a community listening session back in 2017 that one of your assistant coaches was there as we held that and Y'all were making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the guys because they were hungry going out in the field coming to school And it really was that there was impetus for Patty and the Cougar Pride Alliance to come together and start providing meals and everything else And then I know their refrigerator. That's there that helps as part of it, too And I think there's some correlation between the focus being put on the area and The performance because the last time the school had reached the playoffs was in 2010. Is that right? and after They now advanced the by district round in 2020 2021 and 2022. I think that deserves a round of applause And Keon you were the quarterback, right? Yeah, your district 6 for a 1 MVP as well. Yeah, good job on that, too Well, I say before I read this recognition, I just want to say it's really a team effort I want to recognize Paige Charbonnet that's in here, too. Yeah, that heads up our LBT rise program They have worked a lot with the kids and We've worked it. Dang. I always do that But recently you bought prom tickets and graduation gowns and everything else with the help of the community of making sure These kids that can't afford it can afford it and still graduate So thank you for that and I have a recognition for all of you Keon, there you go Jay, here you go, and I'll read it really quickly. There you go So it says Keon Butler Aaron Martin and RJ Moreland represent the Western Hills High School spirit of excellence and determination They've all achieved high honor roll status by serving as co-team captains and all district players for the Western Hills Cougar football team On and off the field these students athletes have accomplished incredible feats during their time in high school in the classroom The students went above and beyond to be role models for their class Aaron Keon and RJ are known for being leaders through the support and encouragement of their peers in addition They have been recognized by their school as personable and respectful young men whose positive attitude Benefits all who are around them. Thank you for your dedication to your community and going above and beyond to encourage Embodied Cougar pride every day the citizens of Fort will be cheering for you and your success at the University of Central Missouri and beyond So congratulations guys.  Yes. All right. Congratulations. I'll give that I Just like to thank mayor Parker in the city of Fort Worth I grew up not too far from the trail So just growing up with my environment just seeing what was around me I knew I could do something better with my life just the opportunity that I was being given and through the grace of God and coach Moreland and my family and my teammates and my great support system. I'm here So I just appreciate everybody who's around and everybody who keeps believing in us. Thank you guys I Next will be announcements of any items being withdrawn from the consent agenda We have one item that will be withdrawn from the consent agenda that is M&C 23-0317 that'll be withdrawn and brought back at a later date Announcement of items being continued or withdrawn by staff and we have one item that will be continued that is M&C 23-0191 and that will be continued to August 8th Next will be speakers on the consent agenda and mayor. I believe we have six registered speakers Okay, thank you, Jeanette our first speaker on our consent agenda items is miss Judy Taylor followed by Cindy Boling Third speaker just stepped out a minute. So Glad to be here. I'm Judy Taylor. I'm president of the handling neighborhood association in East Fort Worth as An 82 year old resident of the Fort Worth. I remember many positive things all American City and great leaders I lived just two blocks east of where I 35 cut us off from the city Years later. I remember very fully when 820 cut us off from the city even further East Fort Worth is the home of Dallas Fort Worth International Airport one of the largest in the nation East Fort Worth is the home of three libraries the only children's library in the area as President of handling neighborhood association. I wish to introduce you to the East Fort Worth that visit Fort Worth Deems unworthy of recognition Historic homes historic trees the national a nationally known wedding district the home of antique shops that Gave their time and effort to show the wives of the Dallas Cowboys football team their interest Hanley was the home of the inter interurban and the railroad Connection for the distance of every different direction Bonnie and Clyde Rob dare library Kid highway crosses through East Fort Worth on its way from Washington, California many parks Gateway Park Quanna Parker Park Oakland Park Hanley Park Sandy Lane Park Part of the well-known walking trail bike trail that goes through Fort Worth and all the way to Dallas Hanley home Houses the best music recording studio outside of Hollywood the home of the busiest fire station in Fort Worth Why is West Fort Worth more important than East Fort Worth? We pay taxes to the city of Fort Worth East Fort Worth is deemed unworthy of recognition by the business Fort Worth Why we need to be on the map I'm against this. Thank you Thank You. Miss Taylor. Our next speaker is Mrs. Cindy bowling followed by Torchy white. Good morning. I'm Cindy bowling I live in Central Matter Brook for about 35 years. That is in East Fort Worth and I am speaking in opposition of MNC 23 033 0 The map displayed is the map created by Visit Fort Worth and is what people pick up at visitor centers at the Texas border These are also these were also handed out at the festival I've enhanced the highways that surround East Fort Worth My husband Mark and I picked up this map on a trip back from Oklahoma, and that is the first time we had ever seen it I was first stunned and then angry That our neighborhood was completely erased By Visit Fort Worth and instead shows Fort Worth ends at I-35 Know however that Arlington Grand Prairie and Dallas are shown I Started asking why Visit Fort Worth had deemed my neighborhood East Fort Worth not worthy of depiction. I Haven't received one definitive answer But have learned this isn't an oversight An oversight happens by mistake This elimination of Fort Worth East of I-35 is intentional This has been brought to the attention of Visit Fort Worth long before I did So I say what about Gay Way Park and its amazing trail system? What about Tandy Hills natural area? Texas Wesleyan University The historic Meadowbrook Golf Course that a whole bunch of money is getting ready to be spent on Historic Hanley Ruby Kerry Children's Library To name several locations that are absolutely relevant to Fort Worth and all are located in East Fort Worth Mark and I adamantly opposed the city entering into the 16 million plus contract With an organization that has intentionally shown Fort Worth to stop at I-35 Before my city enter enters into another agreement with Visit Fort Worth All of the information distributed must include the entire city and I think this can be done quickly I've learned it's not a computer generated map There are handwritten graphics, but I think the current maps need to be picked up immediately and if anything Make an amendment set a deadline for these corrections to be made Right now before anything goes forward. That's what I ask. Thank you so much Thank You miss bowling our next speaker is Torchy white followed by Bob Jameson My name is Torchy white and I live in district five. I'm here to give the council a heads The tourism map indicates that on the east side do not exist So if we do not exist east of 35 on the Fort Worth visitors tourism map then does that mean that district five eight and soon to be 11 council seats do not exist or part of the DFW airport and Does that mean our council person's vote on this issue does not count? Does this mean that a portion of that $16 million can be used to help us to newly exist on the tourism map Since we do not exist does that mean we Cannot have signature stores and much requested sit down restaurants on the east side If we do not exist does that mean that we do not have to pay those huge property tax increases? We just received in the mail Visit Fort Worth should be reminded that we in historic Carver Heights and Historic Hanley have a beautiful. We have beautiful public art The east side is already underserved and treated like redheaded stepchildren on the internet Therefore If the east side and south side are not good enough to be on the map Then maybe the convention and visitors Bureau does not deserve our portion of those funds in the amount of $16 million plus So we respectfully ask may we be on the visitors map With the rest of Fort Worth, please Thank you in advance for your attention to this disheartening matter and we trust We trust you so we know that you will take care of this and do the right thing by the east side Thank you Thank You miss white our next speaker is Bob Jameson Tourism is strongest when it's built on community input And our passion for our communities is part of why visitors fall in love with this city I want to thank miss Taylor miss white miss bowling For helping us share more of the Fort Worth story Since you first contacted my team we set to work on ways to highlight more of East Fort Worth Including blogs videos and social media that promote locations like handling Like Tandy Hills natural area and area restaurants and others I've asked my team to share our progress with you by May 7th, and I hope you will continue to work with us While I'm here. I do want to thank you the city council and your staff City manager cook assistant city manager Johnson and public events director Mike crumb For your support of our visitor economy The tourism industry has created record results for our city 30,000 jobs three billion dollars annual economic impact a $700 offset on property taxes There are big things ahead for Fort Worth attracting more conventions Cheering more sports events creating more jobs and supporting more locally owned businesses By visitors people who obviously don't live here The fact that we can make the good the story that is so rich today that much richer with your help is important to us and we appreciate The opportunity to visit. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Mr. Jameson our next speaker is Adrian Smith who will be followed by Carolina Rodriguez Adrian Smith Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable and our sight Oh Lord my strength and my redeemer Truly truly truly it's appalling that I Wasn't even aware what these ladies will be speaking on what is gentlemen because it's not before the people and We're supposed to speak on these items when these items are presented but for those who have a printout The item I'm speaking on is MMC 2303 1 6 page 8 of 15 and Did what I had presented to you all are People people's exhibit B and a this particular I believe Contract that is to be voted on by this council this particular Business entity I believe it is called freezing nickels has Given campaign contributions to two of our council members So to me and I'm not the sharpest tool in the book or the smartest kid in class That seems like there will be some type of conflict of interest Somebody helped me those who know gut governance so they operate as a pack but Exhibit B is going to not district nine which is bex a councilwoman Bex district and exhibit a under there is a mirror so My thing my question to this council is is this how we do things I see the laughter mr. Nettles I don't know if what I'm saying is funny, but know that people are watching miss Beck know that people are watching If this is how we do business here in Fort Worth I want the people of Fort Worth to realize The time that we are currently in The days are Counting down and I can't say for what because they'll see I'm up here doing something that I don't have no place in doing But I think y'all get the gesture what I'm saying, but to the council It smells it smells bad and it looks bad To the people this is your city hall And we need to restore the wheel of the people back to this city hall to the media if you're listening Fort Worth Star Telegram In any other media outlets it's your job to keep the people informed about the business of this city to the staff I Truly truly my heart to go out to you you all because I know you all do your deal your due diligence to make this council shine bright But week after week It's just saddening and as I'll take my seat. I got one more thing to speak on I'll be back Miss Carolina Rodriguez is next I'm speaking on the one where the chief of police is Putting up somebody to for you guys to okay He's like he's like Recommending somebody well, I want to speak about that so Ronald Reagan he was one of my favorite presidents and one of the many things that he said one things that stood out was Something he said was trust but verify so I'm just wondering if anybody on the console read this man's resume Can anybody read it because we seem to trust the chief a lot, but nobody ever verifies what he does and Like some of his other picks that he has for the police for the for his officers We have officer Taylor Stevens who was fired with five other officers when they let the man I think it was mr. Miller died in the back seat of their car and They were all fired, but they but Taylor Stevens was hired back by this chief. He's she was fired by the other one hard back We got cocaine being found in the South Side Lockers. We still don't know who did that We had another kid die with a knee on his neck last week at the Grand Plaza And we haven't heard anything about that either with officer. It was or if he's on leave We have officer Hoffman who planted drugs on people and he still has his job So I'm just hoping that you guys will start verifying what this chief is doing because he doesn't seem to be making a lot of good decisions to me, you know He's got his little safe plan going and I noticed that I was over on the east side the other day And they had they had a car pulled over and sunny There were ten cars around this one little car and that doesn't happen on the other parts of town just on the east side so he seems to be directing all the Police officers are all just like working over on the east side stop six and over there And we wonder why there's so many black people in prison and jail because they only police in the black neighborhoods It's not because they do anything worse or they don't commit more crime. It's just that If you only police in the black neighborhoods, that's all you're gonna pick up to take to jail And so I just want you all to start verifying what he says and does that's it Council that's the last of our speakers on our consent agenda items. Oh, sorry Gina. Go ahead Okay Councilmember nettles followed by councilmember Bivens Thank you, mayor. I did want to address our east side residents a Lot of the concerns that you had today They were no taken we really appreciate you coming down and this is how things change in the city of Fort Worth It's when residents are in tune to what the city is doing and come and make Credible Discussion and that's what you did today And so I do say east side does exist and we're going to continue to work with Bob Thank you for coming down and speaking and also acknowledging that your staff is going to be working with him on May the 7th If you will please keep me in my office involved so that we can also Highlight a lot of things that's happened on the east side And I think that's why it's so important that we can get Lancaster up and running the quarter the transportation the rapid We work with Trinity Metro to make that happen with car so that we can have more things that happen on the east side But the east side doesn't exist it is that's the reason why I ran for office is because Fort Worth has always seemed like the west side was getting more than the east side The east side is doing great. So thank you guys for coming down I wanted to make sure I acknowledged that and acknowledge you for what you said today. Thank you. Thank you Bob Councilmember Bivens followed by councilmember firestone we're out of order. So I'll just go to back then Thank you. Thank you mayor and I'd like for the D5 ladies to come to the podium And I'm going to share some remarks while they're coming all three of you unless you want to appoint somebody This topic came up years ago when mayor Montcrieff was still in the chair and at that time Bob you might want to come down to at that time the Issue with the what was then called the convention and visitors bureau was once again omission But in this case it was omission of people of color and Bob Who was that CEO then he was the one before you David DuBois? DuBois, okay? And so at that time we had Rosa Navajar with the Hispanic chamber degenics with the black chamber and The convention and visitors bureau staff which was very eager to come in and make corrections And so you had representation of black and brown people now we have the east side you'll be omitted And this is the big deal for us. I want to share some things with you Judy mentioned Bonnie and Clyde and I saw some snickering, but we're proud of that people come and want to know where they were all the time Lee Harvey Oswald is buried there People want it may not be a real good deal that happened But it brings people to the east side, but to to Bob and Mitch I would also submit to you we also have the remains of Confederate soldiers and freed slaves and two cemeteries within walking distance to each other When we have the Super Bowl here in FL wives found their way to Hanley Nobody was promoting it, but they found their way to Hanley in the snow several times those shop owners had to go and Restock and when you talk about antiques Bob dollar is a well. He's deceased here in Francis are dead now But Bob dollar owned that square which would have been you would call it the town square and there was a beauty shop I'm from there. Okay, so I can tell you all the history There was a beauty shop there and they had no parking and they complained to Bob So he just bought the whole thing and said now you all have to get permission from me to park So we're kind of unique. We're kind of quirky, but Bob you mentioned May 7th as a date Now ladies is that in sync with you all if it's in the contract? Okay, okay. Could it be in the contract? That's your drop dead So sorry Cindy Yeah, sorry, I can't I can't have dialogue back and forth. I apologize Come to the microphone and just talk to miss Bivens if you don't mind. That's fine. That's no no your problem So is that date okay with you guys if everything is in sync? You're gonna be okay What I'd like to see is I'd like to see the four of you guys and whoever else you want to bring Form your own impromptu task force meet when you want to meet Bob is okay with that Mitchie is too And I just wanted to get all of you on record with that so you can take your seats now What I will tell people is You have to know who to talk to and in the city of Fort Worth neighborhood associations and homeowner Associations are the crux of where the rubber meets the road for the opinions of neighborhood leaders Now you mentioned the East Fort Worth Alliance that that's a good organization, too I don't have access to them. They have their meetings, but these neighborhood leaders That's that's who you need to be with and I can tell you Cindy have right a law that's being used all over the nation now training police officers on dealing with dogs Tarci and Cindy and Judy both took on street racing as an issue and we've got that on a path to getting some answers as well As fireworks, so it's the neighborhood leaders and I just wanted to make sure people know that and know a little bit about the east side I took liberty to tell you some quirky things about us and we are the bridal capital People come from all around to Hanley. We just need people to know who we are and where we are So those are my comments. Mayor. Thank you for letting me vent, but I am an east side girl Councilmember firestone followed by councilmember Beck Thank you mayor. Yeah, I just wanted to add a couple quick things We just had a board meeting for the visit for worth A group yesterday and there's just a terrific story and so Bob and Mitch. Thank you for Sharing that with with us and the board and I just do want to recognize miss Taylor and bowling and white as well Thank you for alerting visit for worth of an issue that you found and I think you know from what the way Bob and Mitch run the organization is one of The newest improvement and you brought something to their attention. I think they've recognized it and thank you for that and I think we'll be better for it and You know, ultimately what I think visit for worth achieves is You know so so so much a reflection of our city in the positive aspects of it And now they have more positive aspects to share And nobody's perfect. No organization is perfect But I think we'll be better for it. So thank you for doing that and thank you Bob and Mitch for for recognizing What what has been shared and seeing the opportunity in how to get better. So we appreciate it Councilmember Beck Thank you all so much for coming and advocating for your community. That's so important and I won't Belabor what my colleagues have said. Thank you Mitch and Bob for everything that you do at visit for worth Am I have found you to be so open and receptive to change and to suggestion Over the tenure. I've worked with you And so I'm confident that we'll be able to to develop a solution that makes everybody happy But I want to go on the record of saying I think Short-term adding the east side to the map is what we want, but that's not the ultimate solution The ultimate solution is this council working with your representatives district 5 district 8 the new district 11 to support placemaking on the east side so We don't have to be reminded of what you have there when we're making a map of Fort Worth We know what's there because we're attracting people So you have my commitment to work with my colleagues on council to not just fix the map today But create the map of the future And with that I'll make a motion move to approve I think I've got a motion on the floor And I'll just close by saying It's already been said you've got the right principles in the room These two gentlemen have led one of the most successful organizations in Fort Worth to put us on the map for the right reasons And so that for incredibly thankful For those that are watching today If you haven't seen the new fourth commercial unexpected city featuring the voice of jimmy stewart I highly encourage you to visit their website But we can all make change and improvement And the great thing is too you have council members that sit on the visit for orth board Both lindard firestone council member beck and council member floras to also push forward It's not to beck's point. It's not just about a map. It's about other features in the city That we all need to be better about talking about marketing and that's the agency that can make it happen So you're in good hands with bob and mitch and we really appreciate you taking the time this morning to come I've got a motion and a second Anybody yes member crane had originally made the motion perfect. There you go. Yeah With that any other discussion council then we can vote Motion carries Next item will be upcoming in recent events recognition of citizens and approval of ceremonial travel if needed by council Council motor floras. I think you're up first Thank you, mayor Well, let's see if I can get the presentation up. Okay A couple things on monday april 17th councilmember nettles and I jointly presented a city recognition for christina calla Who's a grand niece of the famous mexican painter frida calla? Uh, and we did it respectfully in english and spanish And we presented her with molly pins as well representatives from the mexican consulate in dalis were present as well uh She was a special guest at taren county college in the south campus in district eight And uh, they were hosting their student award celebration of excellence She also then conducted a mexican photography workshop for tcc students and faculties and then had a lecture On the callow family legacy and partnership with the modern art museum at fort work So, um, it's a very good event very enriching to to hear her and be able to touch a little piece of history Next slide, please On wednesday april 19th several of us here on council attended mayor parker second annual where achievement begins celebration babble and public safety complex and again, we were, um Trying to harness the efforts To helps our schools build workforce ready graduates Uh, it was very well attended and there were some great meaningful panel conversations at the mayor and the students And other stakeholders participated in so thank you mayor for having that And then I have a couple of announcements Uh the first uh coffee with the cop and that's at kasa sul if you haven't visited there check it out It's really great coffee at 300 west central avenue. You get a chance to meet the northwest commander Uh jason kim and his npo's as well And it's a great opportunity to get to know Those police officers that keep our neighborhood safe It's important to establish that that conversation the sense of relationship and build public trust So i'm about you to come out wednesday april 26th From nine to 10 a.m. And the last announcement that I have uh the fort worth aviation museum in district two Is having its annual hops and props airplane and craft brew fest the only one in the metroplex mind you On saturday april 29th from nine to five p.m. Food brews live music airplane Uh and helicopter rides family activities and fun Coming out and support the aviation museum and get to know those volunteers that keep it flying And that's at 3,300 ross avenue and that's all I have Thank you carlos You know one of the councilmember williams there you go Thank you mayor. Um, we had an awesome time. Um at our district six open house. Uh, just a few weeks ago If you didn't get the chance to attend the event We have the youtube now available. Um, you can follow our social media for our council office I'm at jerry williams tx and there's a link in the biography on all platforms I mean it'll take you to the youtube link for this video. So please check it out. Um, there are a lot of important updates related to transportation improvements park improvements and also safety initiatives That are really important for our district. So be sure to check that out if you have any questions That you need answer. Please feel free to reach out to our office at district six at footwork, texas.gov Next slide, please We have another litter day On saturday april 29th from nine to 11 Join us as we build Community with one another it's a great opportunity to build relationships with Neighbors that you may not have met and also do some good for the city and our neighborhoods by keeping it clean I mean beautiful. So join us for that. It'll be a really good time next slide Um, I would like to invite all of our district six residents and any of folks who are interested to an important dedication ceremony Where we'll honor the life and memory of ben and mag arbor We'll be dedicating a park memorial bench as well as a memorial street topper On risinger road and that'll be next wednesday may 3rd at 6 p.m. At summer creek ranch park We will also be posting the details on social media. Please. Please. Please share this It is a tragedy Um, and their lives were taken too soon due to reckless driving Um, but their memory and legacy and impact in the district reverberates in our community and so please join us and the family And neighbors as we remember and honor the life of ben and mag arbor through this dedication ceremony And I think that's all thank you Thank you and councilmember farstian Thank you mayor Just a couple things on april 13th. I was honored to attend meta's community grant presentation Along with the mayor and some other dignitaries Among the 12 grant recipients this year were the fort worth botanic garden Fort worth public library in the fort worth zoo Just importantly since I want people to know that since meta began providing these grants in 2000 Or 2018 they have awarded 96 local grants totaling 3.2 million We were also able to take take an extensive tour of the facility and learned how They use wind energy to maintain the entire facility And we just want to thank meta for their investment into the community in so many so many different ways Next slide, please Well, one other announcement That evening the mayor and I were at the kress line neighborhood association And we provided an overview of District seven in the city and and the good things that are happening and answered a variety of questions And I just wanted to thank kress line for the opportunity. Thank you Thank you winard and councilmember nettles Thank you, uh, dr. Opelie is still on her grand tour She was at baker chapel a me church and we had an opportunity to hear her speaking to tell her story Um, it was a packed house next slide is what councilman callos Previously talked about with christina catalog recognition at tcc south campus. It was a wonderful and great event next slide I had the opportunity to enjoy main street with my family on sunday Uh, it was a great event. The weather was up and down, but we were there Um Next slide. I got a couple announcements Carter metropolis and cme church spring community festival has happened on saturday April the 29th From 11 a.m. To 3 p.m music fund trucks Help screenings games craft vendors and the list goes on and on please come out And experience a great time The next slide is going to be at hillside It's going to be a tatiana car jeffson community center at hillside presents mommy and me paint And so we asked people to come out April the 28th From 6 p.m. To 8 p.m And then also Mother's day brunch the next slide is going to be on may the 6th at 11 a.m Also at hillside Community center so please come out to these events bring your family and your daughters out. Thank you Thanks chris councilmember beck All right, uh first up. I got the honor of being the mystery reader for mr. joey's First grade class at all alice carlson was fun to be back In the school that my kids went to and it hasn't changed a bit and it really is a gem in district nine and for fortworth isd next slide Mary and I had the opportunity to cut the ribbon on oakhurst parks New equipment that neighborhood has a really amazing Group the friends of oakhurst park that work to enhance what the city provides in that amenity And the result is a really unique place for that neighborhood where they've managed to to rebuild and revamp but also keep a lot of the The nostalgia there with their park and their 19 Where's i'm looking at richard? I don't see richard. He would know the date off the top of his head But they we don't have it in the picture But they have two old two cans that have been there since the park was built that they Saved and so it's a really unique place. I'd recommend everybody go check it out next slide Speaking of parks. This is a big one the near south sides Fire station park is actually now open. So if You're inclined to grab your skateboard or your dirt bike. We have a pump track for your dirt bike and a A brand new skate park. There's a dog park as well. We're really excited about it in april 29th We're having an all-day event. So from 11 to 5 We ask that you come on out and check the check the new park out and celebrate with us It's gonna be a really fun day in the near south side next slide Speaking of near south side The fair mount mother's day weekend home tour is mother's day weekend and if you've never been it's a really Fun opportunity to to go and view some old homes and how People in our community are really preserving our history in the city of Fort Worth And not on the slide, but we just got an email. I want to make sure everybody knows Saturday may 6th There is the march for mammograms 5k in trinity park. You can go to barbercares4u.org To sign up for that event. Make sure you do that after you go vote and that's all i've got Thanks, elizabeth and council. I think that's the last of our presentations Council next will be speakers on the non-consent agenda item and I believe we have two speakers mayor Thank you. Our first speaker is justin bosworth followed by mr. adrian smith mayor council, um, i'm actually here in reference to Item resolution 230297 and I was just here to speak if there were any questions on that Okay, thank you. Justin any questions from council members We appreciate you being here. Thank you. Justin our next speaker is adrian smith okay for those who have printouts This is a resolution two three zero three zero zero page 12 of 15 to the Fort Worth communities art center The arts community um Your voices are needed here at council. I know there's a task force that's That has heard you all Heard you all out, but I think that's It limits your It limits what you're trying to do so to the arts community if you're listening To the imp mr. Gentle sir, please Rally the arts community and have them here next week at the public comments meeting So that this council can hear their voices The 26 million dollars that the forward community arts center is In need of it should happen It should happen. It should happen I think the task force is just a smoking mirrors tactic Um, but I know you're going to do the right thing today and get them more time so we can get this matter resolved I will be at the next meeting with your schedule for Thursday listening and taking notes so Get it right council 26 million dollars. It's not It's not enough. I mean, it's not it's not a lot Compared to what you've already wasted And we don't have to go into details regarding that so to the arts community.  We want our city back Um coffee with a cop. I don't drink. I don't drink coffee But I think the community would like a police and community advisory committee that that they asked for I think we would like that That sounds more befitting. Everyone doesn't drink coffee nine seconds Oh Mr. Blake You're trending now, sir. Thank you. That's a lot of our speakers on the non-consent agenda council Council the next item will be approval of resolution 230297 Motion and a second any other discussion, please vote motion carries Next item is 230300 Motion and a second, please vote motion carries Next item is 230298 Motion and a second council, please vote Motion pass Next item is 230299 Motion and a second council, please vote motion carries Next item is the public hearing mnc 230191, which was continued Like eric flattiger is going to present today Oh, we're continuing with just kidding. We don't get to see eric today Yes, and to clarify that was continued to august 8 2023. Thank you janette Next item it is 230332 with report by keith morris Hi, Keith. How are you? Thanks for being here. Good morning mayor council Keith morris assistant director for the police department the purpose of today's hearing Is to receive public comment and act on amendment to the fiscal year 2023 budget of the crime control and prevention district City council approval is the final step in the ccpd budget amendment process The budget amendment that was approved by the ccpd board Increases the recruitment and training initiative by 1,338,875 and zero cents From fund balance to fund an additional police training class number 157 At the 20 excuse me at the february 28th ccpd board of directors meeting staff made a recommendation to add an additional police training class In order to address vacancies resulting from staffing increases in the fy 23 budget and also attrition The additional class will allow the police training division to begin training class 157 later this year The amendment moves 1,338,875 dollars and zero cents into the equipment technology and infrastructure initiative from fund balance to fund class 157 The ccpd board held a public hearing and approved this amendment at its meeting on february 28th Following any public comments staff recommends that city council close the public hearing and act on the budget amendment and mnc Thank you, keith any questions for mr morris Go ahead councilman renettles Thank you, mayor, um, and I did just hear you uh mentioned one of my questions. I just wanted to highlight it just for clarification for the the community and I think you're uh, you stated that The funds are not increased. The budget is not increasing. You're reallocating money from the fund balance to the recruiting the recruitment Yes, it's from fund balance to the recruiting. Yes, right, but the budget total is not increasing It is increasing from fund balance. Yes So the total fund balance is increasing by a million dollars The appropriated I don't want to confuse you Tell us where the money is coming the one million dollars is coming from from fund balance appropriated to budget in the in the Uh, recruitment program. Okay. So the entire budget is not increasing by a million dollars It's been reallocated to the recruitment I believe what you're saying is correct, but I was previously confused I can get clarification to you Okay, you can but I think that's correct And I just wanted to make sure that the community is aware that we're not increasing the ccpd fund balance We're actually reallocating money to recruitment so that we can feel our vacancies in our police department Thank you. Thank you councilmember floras I'm just ready for a motion. Okay. Thank you councilmember back. Go ahead Hey, Keith could you just uh for the record make sure this is For y'all brought to work session how we weren't paying recruits at a competitive rate Is this tied to our decision in that work session to increase recruit pay? And is that why we're making this adjustment That adjustment's already been made so the recruit pay has gone up. Okay. This is adding a class And we brought this we said this might happen last august We need to look at where attrition was trending. Okay to make sure we can fill our vacancies. Okay. Thank you I'll move to approve Got a motion council in a second any other discussion Please vote motion carries Next item is mnc 2303 2 1 councilmember floras You're just not allowed to speak. I guess that's how it goes Proval there we go Yeah motion in a second in their discussion council. Please vote motion carries Next item is mnc 2303 4 5 councilmember beck approve Motion in a second. Please vote motion carries mayor, I believe that Is all of the action items for today. Well council it looks like meeting is adjourned. Thank you so much for being here


The commodification of social design is extremely dangerous. I'm Rob Johnson, President of the Institute for New Economic Thinking. Expertise is a service that is provided by someone, whether they have training or unusual talent, and illuminate or explain with the intention of improving things for humankind. There were times during the New Deal where people were quite distressed, and Franklin Roosevelt's administration came in with a different perspective on what to do, and people found the experience that came from those insights to broad and prosperity, though not completely, they didn't do much for people of color in those times, but they were moving forward and people then gained higher regard for government. It's often the case that expertise exists in tension with the personal prestige or the personal financial compensation of the so-called expert, and then the question becomes, are you illuminating things for the public good, or are you marketing things for power? And when that suspicion arises, there is very, very treacherous terrain because there may be complex processes in society where we need expertise, but nobody trusts that people are truly working for the common good. They think they're bag men, they're working for their own personal self-aggrandizement or wallet. People are pretending people with high levels of mathematical and statistical skill will pull on the rocket scientists, could come to private sector firms, and they could manage the mathematics and statistics of what the risk of the portfolio was. And the suggestion, of course, was that governments who monitored or investigated or curtailed the freedom of the financial firms were merely inefficient. But when the great financial crisis happened and we spent over $800 billion in the United States alone to bail out the people who had made the mistakes, it created demoralization. The belief in or faith in expertise in private sector finance was ill founded and contributed to the unleashing of things that really needed protection, meaning the people needed protection from the violence of the financial sectors. The idea that expertise was co-author of the financial crisis led to a place where the loss of trust and faith in governments created an appetite for authoritarianism. The fear was growing, starting probably around the time of 9-11. Then you had the technology bubble and bust. We then migrated to the great financial crisis. Underpinning all of this was the development of China, the globalization, the keeping money offshore. That concentration of wealth and power heightened even further the anxiety and the uncertainty that permeates large portions of society. The commodification of social design is extremely dangerous. I don't care how smart you are playing with the tools. The future is not known and unknowable. That different vision creates a different basis for how you regulate and protect society from the side effects of reckless finance. The despondency that comes with that feeds the yearning for authoritarian reaction. There's a whole lot that can be lost.


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Hey, guys, welcome back to Six Sister Stuff. Today, I'm showing you how to cook a freezer meal in your Instant Pot. So, my name is Kristen, and I am the second sister from Six Sister Stuff. Now, usually, we used to share Instant Pot recipes on Monday, but if you've noticed, we are sharing all of our new Instant Pot recipes on Sunday. So, if you're wondering where I've been, go on to Sunday. That's where you'll find me. Now, making an Instant Pot freezer meal is super easy. Cooking in your Instant Pot is super easy. So, I'm actually excited to show you this one. So, you have a few different options when using a freezer meal. You can either one, keep it frozen, or two, put it in the fridge the night before so it will thaw out enough that it will make it easier to put in your Instant Pot. But lots of times, I use the freezer meals when I'm in a bind, and I just need a meal quickly. So, I'm gonna show you a few tips of what I do when it's all the way frozen. So, if it's completely frozen, you're actually gonna stick it in the microwave for about two minutes. It's not going to hurt the plastic or melt the plastic. It will thaw it enough that it will be easy to put in your Instant Pot. It will also give it a little bit of liquid so it will make it so it can pressurize instead of getting the burn notice. This one, we had put in our fridge the night before, so it's all ready to go. This is how I like to cook it myself. So, all you have to do is open it up. You're just gonna stick it right into the Instant Pot. You wanna try and get as much liquid out of the sides as you can. Sometimes with the sauces, it sticks to it, so you just wanna try and push as much sauce out of the bag as you possibly can. Okay, so this is my sweet and tangy meatballs. Now, I want you to look really quick. There is not a ton of liquid in there, so if you have a recipe that's like that, that has some sauce, but not necessarily a thin liquid, then you need to add about a half a cup to a cup of water and just dump it right inside. Now, if it's frozen and you can't really tell, it's always safer to add a little bit of water instead of just nothing because you don't wanna get the burn notice. So, once your food is in and you've looked to see if you need water, then you can put the lid on. Now, for this specific recipe, it cooks for about seven minutes, but you have to think when you're doing freezer meals. I usually try and give the cooking time, but you have to think, you know, you need to cook the meat. That's the most important thing. It's okay if the vegetables are in there a little bit longer, but you just need to make sure the meat is cooked. So, if you have chicken, if it's thawed, I would cook it for about 20 minutes. If it's frozen, 25 minutes. If you have a roast, you need to cook it for at least 90 minutes in your Instant Pot, whether it's frozen or thawed, I highly suggest 90 minutes. So, you kinda just need to go off of the meat and that's how long you'll know to cook it for. Now, if you need a little bit of help, down below in the description, I have a little cooking guide that I'll link you to so it can help you out a little bit if you're cooking without instructions. But for this recipe, all we have to do now is we're gonna push the pressure cook button. We're gonna go down to just seven minutes and we'll just let it cook from there. Now, if this is frozen, it will actually still just cook for the seven minutes because it's already pre-cooked meatball, so they're super easy. They'll cook for the same amount of time. Once it's all done cooking, we're gonna turn the little knob to venting, just to let all the pressure out. Once all the pressure's out, go ahead and open the lid and you can see all the meatballs. Now, the juice kind of goes to the bottom, which is expected. We're just gonna mix it all around.  But to be honest, I feel like this is perfect amount of texture and my kids absolutely love it. So you can either put this on rice, cauliflower rice, or you can just get a toothpick and it's like the perfect meatball appetizer. So I'm just gonna dish it up for you so you can see. All right, and that's how easy making freezer meals is. Now, I have this recipe for you. I'll put it down below in the description. I'm also making this as a freezer meal for Sunday, so you'll see how I put it all together. I just wanted to make sure that you knew how to make the freezer meals. All right, guys, that's all I have for you today. If you want to just watch our freezer meal videos, make sure you click on that video right there and I'll see you next week. Bye.


The music industry is known for people taking advantage of other people over and over again. And one music executive actually describes it as hazing. And he says people should stop hazing in the music industry. We're gonna talk about why that is and what could maybe change it. But first, I wanna play this clip from the executive. The music business is huge on hazing. When you come up in this business, someone would know that this door is the right door for you to go through to get success. Cool, talk about it, sir. But they're gonna send you to that door. Here's the crazy part. If you come out that door and end up at this door and get it right when you come out, the guys that sent you to the wrong door are laughing. Ha ha, you figured it out. I'd never forget I was in a room with some very, very, very powerful people. And this is after going through hell to get in the room.   Come on. Because I'm not gonna put nobody through which I'll put me through to get here. And then laugh, I think the worst thing that could happen to a... Let's just leave it right there. Artists, big eyed, young, coming into the game, they're like, oh snap, I wanna be successful. Somebody comes into their life, this powerful record executive in his nice car with his nice watch, showing him a girl that could all be his, right? Signs him, music starts moving. Things start looking good. Fans, stadiums. And then at the end of the year, he looks at his money. And it's like, damn, I thought I made more money than this. Yo, what's up, exec? Oh, yeah, man. X, Y, Z is why you're not getting that money. Remember when you did that? When you did that? Remember when we were meeting? You know what I mean? I charged for my time, you know? That was a little, that was off hours, man. I only talked for free from nine to five, man. You called me when I was at my kid's game, man. So that was a $500 right there. And then you use the record label studio, da, da, da, da.   Working hard, trying to get themselves out of this position. Some get themselves out of it fully. Some of them get themselves out of it just a little bit. But even still, the ones who get themselves out of it, feel like they lost valuable time in their life and they should have more money at this point. Oh, there goes a new young artist coming out into the game. They got potential.  If they really are about their life.  If I gotta walk out, that's about $500 for that 30 minute call. No, really, it's a ban now because this is a popular artist. It's a ban now, you're right. Because I got a cloud up under my name. My presence is a blessing. My name is associated with you. So I'm putting you on, right? And that repeats and repeats and repeats and repeats. That's just the artist specific example we see this throughout the music industry over and over again in so many different ways. And I think the core issue is people collectively not saying I don't want the future to be like that. Because if I feel like I lost my money though, right? How, this is what somebody's gonna say. If I feel like I lost money, I lost time, how am I going to get the value? I deserve to have gotten a certain level of value and I'm just doing what the industry standard is.  That means the worst. Yeah, it does. If you recognize that it's messed up, that shows that you're off your ethics. That's what I talk about like the selling out thing. It's like it's only selling out if it's against your ethics. Like one person could do something and you could be like, yo, they selling out? No, not if that's them.    But I honestly think the more I look at it, the music industry reminds me of multi-level marketing.  And I'm gonna go deeper into this at some point. I'm gonna like figure out all the lines, research. I'm gonna have to do a video or something. But I heard something the other day where a guy signed up for like a multi-level marketing program, right? And he brought his auntie on. So his auntie telling the story. It might have been insurance. And he asked her to go to this presentation, all right? And she's like, yeah, I'll go to the presentation. I want my nephew to make some money, get some commission, I'll even buy maybe a policy or something, right? But at some point she asked her nephew, well, you're getting commission off of this, right? And he says, no.  Because the little I know about multi-level marketing, I know a decent amount, but one of my assumptions is, yeah, part of everything is you bring people in, you get the commission, right? Now it's slightly different for every company within it, but there's some base models. What I was made to understand in that case is, because I'm like, bro, how do you keep people in if they're not winning off of their own commission? Like that doesn't make sense. How does a model of it? One, they're always focused on more recruiting a lot of times than actually selling a product. Two, it's shared trauma, passing it down in the same way the music artists do. So what happens is, Jacory, hey, bro, come on in here, sell this insurance with me, help me.  So I'm not actually going to sell you into the multi-level aspect of it, but if you wanna sign up, you have to buy this insurance. So it's still the same thing, right? But what I need you to do is I'm gonna do this presentation and the part of your job first, as you're being trained, is to go tell everybody that you know about this meeting, this sales meeting, call it something else fancier, right? It'll be a sexier name, just presentation, whatever.  First of all, you're young and dumb, you're not even thinking about that right now, like how much that doesn't make sense. But two, yeah, you're just looking at it, it's getting trained. And if you just literally gave me all of your main contacts, your first thought of friends and family for your training process, how the hell do you start to make money? Yeah, you draw it out. You know what you do? Hey yo, Chirante, bro.  It's the same type of idea, right? Let's like rob and rob and rob over and over again, right? There's a lot of other weird things that I think actually fit more than we would like. We know it's hard as hell to be at the top, right? It's very, very few people making money and getting those sales in the first place. But that'll be another day. My point of bringing that up though is music is already hard enough. The fact that people are misdirecting, I feel like primarily is an old mentality. Music doesn't have to be so akin to multi-level marketing. It doesn't have to be this whole game is meant to be so not told mentality where you feel like every detail that you share is going to threaten your career because, but at the same time, if so few people are making a lot of money and so many people are struggling, how do you break them out of that mentality? Because that's a poverty mentality. Well, if it's a poverty industry, then what do you expect from people? Let's take a quick second to talk about the elephant in the room. If you're an artist trying to grow, we already know what your goal is, a thousand true fans. Everybody talks about it, but how do you actually make that happen? How do you get those fans? It's not just about getting views. You gotta push people further down the funnel. So let's talk about it. Number one, do you have these people's data, right? Do you have the ability to text and build highly engaging relationships with these people? Can you boost your Spotify plays to actually have engaged users, not those surface level play-listing plays? Well, guess what? Fever Fan is a platform that allows you to do all of those things in one. So it's not overwhelming. You don't have to switch and have all these different logins and switch all your LinkedIn bios. You have even a LinkedIn bio tool that you can do. So everything is done in one place. So not only do you grow your fans, you do it for less work. How about that? Check out foreverfanmusic.com because we know it's not about views for the day. It's about getting fans who will be there forever. Foreverfanmusic.com. Let's get back to this video. You said something that I think ties all together where it's like the industry itself is already hazing. You know what I'm saying? Because if we think about the sheer amount of people that want to be artists or work in music, I don't know what the number is. Just say it's a lot. A lot of millions, right? Mm-hmm. I just met an artist a couple of days ago who was telling me about this video that he had going viral on Facebook. I was like, yo, man, like that's fire. You know, what's it doing on Spotify? He's like, oh, it's not on Spotify yet. I'm like, why not? He's like, I don't know how to get it on there. I think that's crazy. You know what I'm saying? Exactly. You in 2023, you could have Googled that and had answers in a couple of minutes. But I have to recognize that there is a vast amount of people who are kept out the industry just from sheer lack of information. So that's the first level of hazing of the music industry. Can you find the information that will help you move forward? And then you find the information.  Not just expenses? Yeah. But the expenses are hazing. You know what I'm saying? Like there are certain businesses and certain hobbies that are more expensive than others, right? I can't go, you know what I'm saying? I don't know.  So I don't already get kept out of that hobby right there. You know what I'm saying? Just off of sheer finances. And I don't know. I think that when you meet an artist or an aspiring music industry worker, right, that's even made it to the point to where they know the right questions to ask you. Or, you know what I'm saying? Even to some degree, like know the right things to do. They've already went through a significant amount of hazing to get to that point, you know what I'm saying? They've went through some closed doors. They've spent maybe hours researching money going to certain events and things. Just to even get to the point to where I can say, hey, Sean, how do I optimize my Facebook ads? Took a lot from them to even get to the point to even know to ask that question. You know what I'm saying? You're like, the industry itself is going to haze and keep people out. Well, I was thinking about this with, because I have a homie that works in publishing. He tells me all the time about what goes on in publishing. I'm like, that's crazy because what percentage, like we would just assume that 10 million people in the world want to work in music, whether that be artists or whatever. What percentage of people will we assume even know that publishing is an option to take to be in the music industry, right? I would say maybe two, three percent of people that aspire to be in music, maybe aspire to be in that world. So it's already a small pool of people that want to do this. And then you're going to haze half of that percentage of people out of wanting to do it.  That you could work with. Just off of I went through this, I have to put you through this. And then what's crazy about it is if you talk to those same people about when they went through it, they haze it. They wish that it didn't exist. They wanted better, you know what I'm saying? They think back, I remember my first time paying internship.  I'm out here working 10, 12 hours a day for a subway sandwich and like a pat on the back. Nah, bro, at least throw me 500. You know what I'm saying? Life for the job, well done. Yeah. I don't know if I would ever put an intern through that. I haven't gotten to that point yet to know what my morals are. You know what I'm saying? In terms of, I don't know where I fall in the spectrum yet, but I like the thing that I wouldn't do it. You know what I'm saying? I like to think, hey, intern doing this work that you really under qualify for, but you pushing through, you checking through and figuring it out. He goes something, you know what I'm saying? Either whether that be in the form of information, right? Cause I do think there are instances where the information can be way more. I can't pay you.  Yeah, exactly.  When I don't, usually other people call me and ask questions I wouldn't ever answer for you. There are other ways to make it valuable, but I don't know. I always think that, man. I feel like if you want to be, and I'm just music entertainment in general, the industry itself just by the way it works and what you got to do is going to haze you on the way up. And there's nothing you can do about that part of it, but then when the individuals do what you're talking about, that's when I'm like, what's the point? You know what I'm saying? Like what's the point? Did you tell buddy how to get his music on Spotify? I told him to look up distributors and he'll figure it out from there. All right, fair enough. Yeah, you know what I'm saying, right? What I'm about to do, you know? He probably didn't even know what distributors were, so yeah. And I was kind of pressured, bro. It was like a, I won't even tell the whole story, but it was like a friend of one of my cousins. I was at a family event. Oh, one of those type of things. Yeah, so it was like, I was kind of stuck because I'm like, I might as well. He ain't got nothing else to do. I'm here. Okay, okay. Yeah, I mean, look. And again, when we talk about industry, you know that, you know, I started tech and there's like a more of an abundance mentality. So much money being thrown around. Please take some. Yeah, in comparison, it's so much more. So people think that way. So when the model is messed up, I think you're gonna have a lot more of the poverty mentality, but when people are in abundance, people are giving up information. I can't tell you how many executives that had no reason to talk to me, just like sat down, not just like answer my question on LinkedIn, but like, like, hey, come to my office and sat down and I'll go give them presentations like week after week as I improve working on tech and things like that. And they'll be giving me advice and say, hey, if you get to this point, I'll show you to a group of investors and shit like that. Just off of that, right? Off of like literally just cold LinkedIn and somebody. Yeah, that's great. Completely different mentality and all the information. I remember I showed you that, like, I think it was at Stanford or something, but it was like this class of, it was like maybe nine videos of these executives like giving all this information, like teaching the class and it's just free on Google, all the game they have out there. Crazy, right? And that's the way that industry thinks. So when I came into industry, it wasn't even music first, it was just entertainment technically. Cause the first time I had the experience, I was reaching out to somebody over a popular festival. Somehow I don't even remember how I found the person existed cause it wasn't like the owner, but it was somebody who ran the operations for like this popular festival. And they got like three different festival locations worldwide, Atlanta's one of them. And I'm asking her questions and this woman was so like resistance where I'm like, why did you even meet with me? And I would have never guessed that some of it had to do with like, yo, the game is meant to be so not told and I feel uncomfortable cause I feel like you might be a competitor and overcome me until she said like, you know, well, like this is like our secret sauce and we get, you know, and I get paid to do what I do and all that kind of stuff. I'm like, bro, the festival and events that you do are in such a vastly different category. Like literally it's not even like close, you know what I mean? It's just so not close, you wouldn't even think. But she still had that mentality of I don't want to get somebody any sauce because they might take it and then maybe somehow take away from me. And this is operations, by the way. And it's festival stuff, by the way. So it's not even like something scalable. It might be some information like where'd you get your toilets from? Where'd you get your toilets from exactly? Like how many toilets do you need per person? You know, like per person in the event, like little stuff like that we're talking about. But hey man, I'm so resistant because I'm so insecure in my own position and I don't make enough to feel like I can take that risk. That's the reality of it. And that's how a lot of people act in this industry. It's hard to see it changing as long as artists are complaining about the money they make because executives are gonna still be complaining about the money they make and hustling and trying to figure their way out. The only way you're gonna be making like that decent and more stable income is if you're doing something with something like the majors and people who are attached. Most people are attached to that tree. You're an indie, possibly, but still working through a major, whatever, whatever. The vast majority of the industry are not those people. Yeah, and it's crazy because I have conversations with artists and different label people. I forget that that mentality exists because we don't move like that. Like, I was having a conversation. Two conversations I'm thinking about. One, I had with an artist the other day, he has a trend moving really well on TikTok. And I was just like, he was telling me about how his distributor hasn't really tried to make any connections with TikTok. I said, oh, I'll connect you with our TikTok rep. I'll just CC you on the email so you can take it from there.  I'm like, yeah, it's a person, you know what I'm saying?   You know what I'm saying? Plus, I don't wanna do that work. I much rather just make the intro than you do it, you know what I'm saying? That's how you live, man. Now I gotta keep maintaining this shit? Like, nah, man. Nah, but you got it. You and your manager can handle it. And then I was talking to a, I had a exec hit me up about wanting to do a campaign with one of their artists. And it's like a seeding campaign. And they're asking me questions about like the difference between us and another agency.  You know what I'm saying? I feel like a couple pages we don't know and that's their advantage, but I would assume, and this was a rapper, so I was assuming the rap space, there's only so many pages, so like they gotta know about them.  And you figure out what you wanna do from there.  I'm like, bro, these are pages that are live on there.  You know what I'm saying? Like, I will be shocked to learn that I was the only marketer in the world that knows about these pages. So like, if I give you this, one, they don't even know I did it. So they don't know you have any tile to me, which means you're not gonna mess up what we got going over here. And then two, if I did feel like you're doing some shady shit, I understand it's initially enough to know how to go find people to replace them. You know what I'm saying? So if I did feel like you mess up somehow, it's whatever, you know what I'm saying? Which I think is what, back to your point, the competition thing is they feel like if I put you in this position, it would somehow put what I do in jeopardy. And in music, I still don't think I've yet to see a position that would truly be threatened in that way. I've never seen anything where it's like, all right, if you connect me to this A&R, they're gonna start servicing your stuff. If you connect me to this influencer, he gonna start working your campaigns.  They're still gonna want your money, it is. Yeah, exactly, exactly, but these are business people, but if I had an influencer who would connect, he charged 500, he like, thanks, bro. You just brought me a band as we appreciate that. Now we all win, you got to connect. I got some good will, he or she got some money. We all win in this situation, you know what I'm saying? So that, and I think it's because we came the indie route first and I do a triple out of it to just like, you too, right? Like we're so used to just giving the game out and then people giving this game back.  And then once you hit the major aspect of it, you start working with people. I wouldn't say high tier, let's say like mid tier and up.   It's crazy to me. It's like, I don't think like that.  So I can look at how your post does and then decide if I want to spend that money to do it. That's how I look at it. To me, to summarize it all, that's poverty and then incompetence. Yes, I don't feel like I can make up for the information I lost to giving you. And like when Jay-Z said, everyone's scared. Now Tosh has said, everyone's scared. I'll talk to you soon. I'll talk to you soon. But like the reality is, yeah, you don't, one, you feel like you can't risk something because it risks your money. And two, it's your ability to make money. If you're confident that you can continue to make money, figure out ways to grow and that the way you do things skill set wise, it's harder to replace than you're more willing to give out things. But if you don't have that confidence and you don't have it, the people really don't know how the hell they got here. They just happen to be next to somebody or if somebody likes them, they have a relationship and the relationship is all they have. And the information is the margin beyond the relationship that they have. So I can't get rid of that margin because that's really the only real value that I have some level of intellectual property beyond the fact that someone just likes me. If that person don't like me anymore, we fall out for whatever reason, then I'm gone. Or they find out that I'm incompetent and they gotta get rid of me. It's like, I gotta at least be able to cap off of this little information I got. And that's just how this industry moves, bro. Yeah, I agree, I agree. 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Hey guys and welcome back. In this video I'm going to be showing you through four of my favorite warm-up drills that you can do with a partner and without a tennis racket. These drills will be great for tennis coaches to help you to have ideas as to what you can do for warm-ups with your players, but also if you're a tennis player or a tennis parent these drills will inspire you to get on court and have a proper warm-up as they're fun and competitive. I've got one of my ex-students helping me today, he's actually a tennis coach now as well, his name's Cameron and he's back from Exeter University. So I've roped him into do some filming and after we've filmed the warm-ups we're going to have a set which we're going to film as well, so let me know in the comments below how you think that will go. Let's take a look at the warm-up drills.