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What Happens When Accountability Meets A Closed Door
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Ever been told your question is “not for this room”? We shine a bright light on how public forums can be curated to mute dissent, and why that undermines trust in county government. John, Melanie, and guest Donnie—a veteran and longtime local advocate—trace a pattern of closed meetings, non‑answers on spending, and NDAs on public boards that have no place in a healthy civic culture. The throughline is simple: if tax dollars are at work, the public deserves clear answers and open records.
We walk through Donnie’s attempt to speak at a Somerset forum, how a basic budget challenge escalated into personal intimidation, and why being escorted out under threat of trespass breaks faith with constituents. From there, we tackle the mechanics of election confidence: Act 77, voter ID, hearing evidence on the merits versus procedural dismissals, and practical fixes like transparency dashboards, error‑rate reporting, and timely responses to mailed questions. The goal is not partisan victory—it’s a process residents can see, test, and trust.
Money trails matter, so we press on local spending basics: hotel tax accountability, infrastructure that matches tourism demand, and flood prevention that helps towns today rather than someday. Alongside the critique, we share our own next step: pausing a legacy radio slot to build a new studio, add cameras, and expand distribution so more voices can be heard without filters. Expect documents, on‑record interviews, and a standing invite to those who’ve been told to sit down. If you believe public duty belongs in public view, tap follow, share this episode with a neighbor, and leave a review telling us the first question you want answered.
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SPEAKER_00The views and opinions expressed on this program are those of John Marietta and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Fayette County Recorder of Deeds office or Fayette County Government. This program is privately produced and funded, and no county resources are used for its production or promotion.
SPEAKER_03And totally public for what it says, my chance, I'm a box, and the floor, with the colour.
Calling Out Party Gatekeeping
Scripture And The Case For An Audit
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If you want afterwards, go outside and enjoy the sun a little bit before it's all put away. Go out and see what you gotta fix for the winter. But um let's get let's get started. I'll tell you what, we have a veteran here today with us. Yes, we indeed do. But before we get to that, I want to start by talking about something that ought to trouble every honest soul in Fayette County. Melanie Patterson. She's with us too. A good, hardworking woman who dared to ask the Fayette County GOP a few uncomfortable questions about ethics, honesty, and yes, how about accountability? Was shutting the door. She was removed. She was silenced. They thought they were gonna silence her. The message couldn't be clearer. If you question the pirates that be, you're not welcome. And that's not Jess Molly's story. It's a pattern. Anyone who dares to challenge bloated budget Pat Stefano or his good old boy Network finds themselves cut out, turned away, or muted. The meetings that ought to belong to the people have become echo chambers for these politicians. But in the Bible, Amos cried out to the corrupt rulers of his time, you who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground. The same warning rings true for Fayette County, yes, this evening. I've lived it myself. I was kicked out from a ver me and my wife were kicked out of a virtual meeting from the Fayette County Republicans because I called out, shop till you drop Scott Dunn for lying to the committee. And I'll tell you plain, I don't need to go back there. Not until things change. Because I saw, because I saw what I saw wasn't leadership. It was a clubhouse protecting their politicians instead of serving their people. And that's what happened back in 2019 or 2020 when when we ended up with at the last minute, the Republican Party at the last minute had to figure out who they were going to run for state representative. Because they, the Republican Party and the leadership protected Matt Dowling. Proverbs 2912 declares if a ruler listens to lies, all his officials become wicked. And now, don't that sound familiar? But then along comes Charity Grimm, who steps into the storm and shines a light into the darkness. Yes, she did. She's exposed what many hope would stay hidden. The misuse of your tax dollars by the same elites who now circle their wagons and call it leadership. But folks, Ephesians 5.11 commands us have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. And that's what charity did. Just that. For that, she deserves thanks. Not hostility. It's time for a full third party independent. And I'm gonna do that one more time. It's time for a full third party independent audit of Fayette County's finances. Let every leader be open, let every legislator be open, and every secret deal dragged into the daylight. And while we're at it, let's ask Scott shop till you drop done, and Vince, a name you can trust to ri a name you know and trust to raise your taxes. Think about this. They had to sign non-disclosure agreements just to stay on the Fay Pen board. Think about that. They signed non-disclosure agreements to stay on the Fay Pen board. And when did when did public duty become a private secret? Jesus said there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed. The truth will come out. The deeper we dig, the more we see familiar names and familiar rot. And believe me, we're digging. And right there, at the roots, at the roots, is it's bloated budget Pat Stefano himself. Yeah, he was on that fate pen board. Don't forget it, folks, when you go to vote. He is part of this problem. This isn't about dollars and cents anymore. It's about morality, it's about integrity and the soul of our county. We're facing what Isaiah called a covenant with death and an agreement with hell. A government that's forgotten the people who put them there. But we're not backing down. They thought we would, but we're not. Because as Proverbs 28 says, the righteous are as bold as lions. And friends, today we're roaring for the truth, roaring for justice, and standing for every Fayette County citizen who has been silenced, shoved aside, or told to sit down and stay quiet. And that's where we begin right now, today. And next we'll be hearing from a veteran who's lived the same kind of silencing firsthand, just yesterday. In Fayette County today, it takes courage to speak up. Because they are against all of us. And like a good friend of mine said, they're gonna save enough money to build a moat around a courthouse to protect themselves. But courage is exactly where we're bringing what we're bringing back to this table. I want to thank everybody for everything they've done for me. We got a bunch of stuff going on. And um I I uh me and my wife's gonna uh the last 15 minutes of the show, we're gonna talk about some things. And uh, but uh she's with me. Uh she's like uh uh if if you've been around long enough, like um I feel like Ed and Wendy King. But anyways, uh that's been a that's been a long time ago. I remember listening to Ed and Wendy King from 9 o'clock till midnight almost every night on KDK, but uh but uh I wanna I wanna I I I I want to thank uh WMBS uh for letting me have this form for as many years as they have, and we'll go into that the last 15 minutes. Donnie and Melanie You can't see Melanie because uh we don't have the camera, but but uh the next time she comes, next time we do a podcast, we'll have three cameras. We'll have three cameras.
SPEAKER_06Oh yeah, okay.
SPEAKER_04We'll have three cameras. So um that that that's that's gonna be unbelievable when I heard what what went on. But uh Donnie, you were you went to Somerset County. Yes and they didn't they didn't check you in or nothing.
NDA Boards And Public Secrecy
SPEAKER_05No, I I arrived a hair late, but just just a hair backstory. Um I met Stefano right after the uh trucker convoy. I used to do the kitchen down there. But anyway, I met Stefano back when they did the committee meetings in the old Fayette County building. When I first met him, he was like shaking, his hand was all sweaty, and I was like, what's wrong with this guy? But anyway, I actually kind of campaigned for him. We used to do the uh parades, I had a sign for him, nobody was running against him, but I campaigned for everybody, so I threw a sign of his on. He got elected, and then comes his Act 77. I'm like, what the heck? Anyway, I started going to meetings and seeing them, and I'm thinking, this guy's a snake. But anyway, uh anyway, um, he uh a couple years ago, he wanted to do the mail and ballots permanent, and I'm like, what the heck? What's wrong with this guy? So I called him and you know said, hey, I don't agree with this. So about a year ago, he had a call-in town hall. So I'm like, okay, I still ain't really talked to him about X77, so I got on the call list. I was like number five. I'm thinking, okay, I'm finally going to get a talk to the guy about this. Well, sure enough, I get disconnected. I'm like, what the heck? So I see this, let's chat. So I'm like, all right, I finally get to talk to the man about this stuff. So I go up to Myersdale. I was a couple minutes late, he's talking, they got tables lined up. I go down, sit down, I'm sitting there, he's talking away, he's talking away, and he's like giving excuses about the budgets. And okay, I made a comment. I said, Yeah, but you voted for it.
SPEAKER_06Yeah.
SPEAKER_05And he kind of looked at me, and I've seen him at various meetings. He knows me, I know him, yeah. He kicked me off his Facebook because no, I didn't give favorable comments all the time. Anyway.
Introducing The Veteran’s Story
SPEAKER_06Is he allowed to do that?
SPEAKER_05I guess I guess. I couldn't. Well, anyway, I quit getting his Facebook post. Anyway, they start going around asking people are asking questions. There's this big guy in the front, I forget what his question was. And then they're to my table row, and they're going along, and I'm not making any comments, I'm just sitting there, okay? And I'm listening, and people are talking about bridges, and Stefano's giving the excuses. Oh, that's the county, that's the township. In other words, it ain't his problem. Okay. So then it gets to the lady next to me, and she's talking about uh regulations for community solar panels. I didn't say nothing. I let her go. Yes, I am rolling my eyes, but I ain't saying nothing. And she gets all done, so now it's my turn. Well, hey, I got freedom of speech, I can make a comment. Well, that's a waste of money. So then I said, I got a comment. I said, the Democrats put out a mailing list. Now, I don't know if that's what upset them, but they put out a mail-in, uh, a flyer, a mail-in flyer, you can respond to it right away. I said, the Republicans put out uh a monthly flyer, you can't reply to it. He said, Well, you can email us or you can call us and this and that, and I'm there, yeah, and you you all don't reply. Oh yes, we do, and I'm like, no, you don't. I'm mayor, but that ain't my question. I'm mayor, my question is we got voter ID coming. He's there, yeah, and I support it, which surprised me. But anyway, I said, yeah, and we got Act 77, which is an abolishment. I'm mayor, plus we had Melanie Patterson over in Fayette County. And he said, Well, this ain't Fayette County.
SPEAKER_06Oh, he said that.
From Support To Disillusionment
SPEAKER_05Yeah. And I said, Well, I don't care. I'm a constituent, and you got a bunch of constituents there, and I'm sure you got the same problem in Somerset County. Well, this big guy in front stands up and gets right in front of me. You need to leave. You're disrupting this meeting. I'm like, buddy, I got all the right to be here just like you. And the smaller guy in the back, he's still pretty big. He gets right up next to me, and I'm sitting down now. And they're like hovering right over me. You need to leave. You need to get out of here right now. And I'm like, guys, you need to get out my face. And they're like, you need to leave. And I'm like, no, I got a constitutional right to be here, and you guys are being nothing but tyrants, and this is going back and forth, and I kind of look around to one guy and Stefano's just up there smiling away. And I'm thinking, if anybody is in charge of this meeting, it should be him, and he should be telling these guys to get out my face, and he ain't doing nothing but smiling.
SPEAKER_06He didn't even calm down anything.
SPEAKER_05No, no, he let it, he let it go.
SPEAKER_06The intimidation complaints.
SPEAKER_05Yes. I did not swear, I never cussed. Yes, I do not hear well, so yes, I do talk louder than most people. And the small the shorter of the two guys is like two inches from my face. You need to get out of here or I'll take care of you. You need to leave right now. And I'm like, buddy, you need to get out my face right now. Well, he backed up a bit and he pointed to a wall behind him, and he says, uh, I served in the armed forces. And I said, buddy, so did I. What's that got to do with anything? I got a constitutional right to be here. I got freedom of speech, and I got the right to ask him any question I want. You all need to leave me alone. Well, they both backed off. And Stefano, I never did get to answer, ask my full question, which was going to be with voter ID, Act 77, and the voter rule problems. What legislation are you going to enact to resolve all these issues? Never did get to ask that question. I had five other questions to ask him. Never did get to them. But anyway, he moved on asking other people questions. I just sat there respectfully listening to their questions. A lot of problems in Myersdale center around flooding. Okay. They're not allowed to dredge, and they're not allowed to use the word dredge. They can use the word uh river maintenance. Oh my gosh. But anyway, Stefano can't even help them with that. So anyway. And one of the questions somebody brought up, he brings up Ohio Powell, how there's only 15 residents. Well, that ain't true. There's only 17 registered voters. Okay, that's all he cares about, yeah. But anyway, I said, I said, yeah, but uh boy, they sunk millions of dollars into the uh state park, but they never did fix the sewage system. So when millions of people descend on the state park in the summer, it overwhelms the sewage system. His face got all red, he just glared at me and moved on to another subject.
SPEAKER_06You made that comment last night too.
The Somerset Meeting Begins
SPEAKER_05Yeah, that was that that was right before. That was the only comment. Now, that was during the back and forth. So I guess that was okay, but that was a negative comment, so that probably wasn't okay.
SPEAKER_06It wasn't a softball question. They like softball questions. Exactly.
SPEAKER_05Exactly. Well, that was probably a minute before the state police walked in. Oh, I forgot to tell you this. After the two guys backed off, the smaller of the two big guys uh walked up to uh Stefano's aide in the back of the room, and the two of them were chatting back and forth, and then he started texting somebody, and then he started chatting with her again. And again, I'm just sitting there. I'm not disrupting anything. I did not say a word until he mentioned a high pow.
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SPEAKER_05And then that guy got on the phone, and right after I made the aha pow comments, the state police walked in. A real nice young trooper, didn't even look like he shaved, came walking up to me, talking so softly. Sir, can you come back here and talk to us? So I talked to him very softly. Yes, sir, I can talk to you back there. So I went back and I talked to them. And then they said, can you come back this hallway and talk to us? And I said, Yeah, I can go back that hallway and talk to you. Then the older one said, uh, sir, you need to listen to me right now. And I said, No, sir, you need to listen to me right now. I said, I have a constitutional right to be here. Uh Representative Stefano called a public meeting. I have a constitutional right to be here, I have a constitutional right to address him, and I have freedom of speech to ask him any question I want. These tyrants called you, and you're being tyrant to ask me to leave this meeting. And he got his eyes got all big and he said, Well, sir, so I know is I was called by the property owner, and this is private property. And with that in mind, they have a right to ask you to leave. And I will tell you that if you do not leave, uh you will be arrested for trespassing. I said, well, under the threat of being arrested, I will leave. So at that point I called John because I was scared that I would be targeted for some type of arrest.
SPEAKER_04He asked me how much money I had with me. No, I didn't.
SPEAKER_05I just I just wanted, I I I had my phone out and I was acting like I was videotaping the police just for my own protection. But that's the story.
SPEAKER_06Unbelievable.
Pushback, Censorship, And Intimidation
SPEAKER_05I I do not lie, I told you everything. Yes, I did interrupt him once during his spill, and he was talking about funding how we need to get the money to the school. Well, I'm sorry. The schools are getting money from us, from the county. The schools are getting money from the federal. The schools will survive for a month if they don't get money from the state. Just like everything else, Stefano uses excuse after excuse after excuse because he's a snake. He is. And during my talk, when them guys were confronting me, I did refer to Stefano as a snake, which is my constitutional right.
SPEAKER_06Right. You were feeling very Trump like there, huh? No, I was Trump would have called him a snake, too, probably something a little bit worse. Right, right. Treated like that.
SPEAKER_05In an actual public forum, you all need to Facebook Sean Porter. He's a little vulgar, but he pushes constitutional free speech. And I do not go to his limits. I do not swear. But we have that right in a public forum with a representative.
SPEAKER_06A public chat with Pat. And you were doing exactly that.
SPEAKER_04Yes. And uh you got to spend some time on a cruise ship.
SPEAKER_05I got to see the world. Yeah.
SPEAKER_04So how long was you uh when the hostage situation was going on? How long that was and we sailed off the coast of Iran for a hundred days.
SPEAKER_05Yeah. Yeah.
SPEAKER_06When was that?
SPEAKER_05Uh during the Iranian hostage crisis.
SPEAKER_06Yes. Oh wow.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, we were we were in the Philippines uh right right after Thanksgiving or right before Thanksgiving. We were just finishing up a Westpac, which is Western Pacific. Uh we were ready to come back to the States when they took the hostages. Yeah. And we were ready to come back to the States when they deployed us to the Indian Ocean. And we went there as fast as we could, uh, hoping to kick ass, but we went in circles for a hundred days.
SPEAKER_07Oh wow.
SPEAKER_05And then the America relieved us. And I hate to say what's going on now is like unfinished business for me. Yeah.
SPEAKER_04Well, I I knew I knew you were I knew you was over and you served, and and when when somebody this is how I look at it. When somebody is violating your constitutional rights, I mean uh uh you took an oath to defend.
SPEAKER_05And I I never dissolved that oath.
SPEAKER_04Well, and a lot of people uh I think that uh they when they when they take their oaths, uh they they don't realize that uh I mean whether you're an elected official or you're a serviceman, but I mean uh actually service person i it's more uh it's more intense, I believe, than what uh even for an elected person, but I don't I believe they they don't take it seriously. They they just they they stumble through the words or say the words and and then go up go on back to their business. And I and I think that this is where we're at right now. They don't read the Constitution.
SPEAKER_06They don't know the Constitution.
SPEAKER_05Yes, yeah.
SPEAKER_06Whether they can read, I don't know, but they don't know the Constitution.
SPEAKER_05Right. As written. Not their interpretation or what somebody tells me. Exactly. Read it.
SPEAKER_06So Melanie something so basic. Yes.
SPEAKER_04You you can't see Melanie her bright shining face here today, but uh we'll we'll take care of that.
SPEAKER_06But uh I was cleaning toilets all afternoon. You never see my face right now or smell my hands.
State Police, Property Rights, And Exit
SPEAKER_04But anyways, Melanie, uh uh they they uh put you off of the Republican uh out of the Republican Party because you questioned you questioned some uh some ethical things that they were doing.
SPEAKER_06Well well, we kind of did, you know, if you think back to last January in 2025 when we had the Republican meeting and we had Scott Dunn there and Pat Stefano, and we weren't asking softball questions to both of them at that January meeting. You were there, Donnie.
SPEAKER_05That's the last one I could be at.
SPEAKER_06Yeah, because after that you had to be invited. And the Republican Party suddenly closed the Republican meetings for Faye County to the to Republican voters because we don't want anyone coming in here asking tough questions to Scott Dunn and Pat Stefano in that January evening was I asked about the hotel tax to Scott Dunn, he didn't give me an answer. Um, someone was there asking about the um gas line with Pat Stefano because he's on the energy committee for the state, and he couldn't give an answer. So both of those elected Republican officials those were questions I had for him yesterday that still we don't have answers. We don't have answers to your own.
SPEAKER_05Where's the casino money going? Any money. Where's any of this money going?
SPEAKER_06That has been promised to help, you know, taxpayers, all these promises that have been made for over a decade here in Fayette County, and we're not seeing any action, we're seeing no results. All we're getting is excuses, what you saw last night. You put the pressure on him. He obviously has no stones, so to speak. I think that's the kind of the cleanup word that you can. He should have stepped up and said yeah, and calmed it down right away and saying this this veteran has served our country and he deserves the respect from all of us in here to hear his question. And because you have a loud voice doesn't mean you're uh uh a threat or anything. I have a loud voice, I'm Italian, and I talk with my hands, I'm dangerous. I stayed seated the whole time.
SPEAKER_05It should not be should not be treated any differently, and that you know, I did not swear, I did not cuss, uh nothing. No. Just because they do not like what we say.
SPEAKER_06You do they don't they want the softball questions every time. Yeah.
SPEAKER_05Oh, ask all them questions you want.
SPEAKER_06Oh, that's the county, that's the blame it's someone else. You just take it right off. These are puppets and these are um people that need to go, that really need to go. And we'll have an opportunity in May to fix that in a primary because there is a choice, this primary, for Republicans in Somerset, Fayette, and Bedford County to speak up. And I'm sure there's a lot of people like that in Somerset County that are concerned about Act 77, and you know, they they they're told to sit down, don't talk, their questions aren't getting answered because they were so defensive to you in answering that question. And that is a question that is all across the state, not just Fayette County, not just Somerset County. Ever since Act 77 has been elect been implemented, we've had nothing but problems with with elections. Every election.
Unasked Questions On Elections
SPEAKER_05I was gonna bring up the 20 lawsuits. There were excuses. Oh, we won all that. No, you didn't win. Those were dismissed on procedure and stature. None of the evidence has ever been heard. And while we're talking about this type stuff, there was a comment. Somebody mentioned in one of the posts, oh, that Donnie McCarty who attacked who? What lady? But anyway, they were mentioning about John costing the county either$10,000 or$100,000, whoever you bring up the money. Let's get this straight, all right? John Marietta did not vote for the county to spend$10,000 or$100,000. That was the commissioners that voted to fight for the recount and the board and electors against the recount. That was the people that cost the county that money. The first judge told the commissioners and the board of electors, do a recount to resolve this. They chose not to do the recount. The commissioners and the board of electors were the ones that cost the county that money, not John Marion. Yes, quit lying.
SPEAKER_06Right, exactly. Facts.
SPEAKER_04Facts matter in this case, and that's just we we uh yeah, we actually had a judge say, what's the big deal? Let's just go recount the let's recount the meeting.
SPEAKER_05We were in we were in the courtroom and said, let's just recount them. The law, the law because of the error rate, the percentage of the error rate dictated a recount.
SPEAKER_06Right.
SPEAKER_05That's just I know.
SPEAKER_04It is anyways. Uh uh I uh Donnie uh I uh Donnie's been a friend and he uh and he's he stood behind me. Uh actually uh Donnie's worked security at a couple of different events for me and uh we rode around in a pickup truck and and tried to get votes for a couple different people, didn't we? Yeah Even Stefano never again jagged off. So but anyways, we we we we we uh uh uh we we tried to do the right thing and we've we you know I mean we were in I don't know how many different parades.
SPEAKER_05Almost gave up until yesterday, and now I'm like, ha ha ha, I'll make sure he don't get elected.
SPEAKER_04So but anyways, uh we're uh we're we're gonna keep digging, we're gonna keep doing what we need to do. Um I I really appreciate you coming in today.
SPEAKER_05Uh I thank you, John. I I just want the story out because I've already seen people post stuff. Oh, he was just there agitating. No, I wasn't. I was there to ask. I had five questions to ask.
SPEAKER_06There probably were Democrats there too, because if it was a public meeting open to both parties, there were just Republicans in the audience.
SPEAKER_05I don't know. Because I mentioned the Democratic mailing list. And I don't know if that's what upset them or when I brought up a county. I ain't sure what upset them two guys. Something upset them, but I don't care. I got a right to say them two words. Them two words to not upset anybody.
SPEAKER_04Um I'm glad you come in. Uh we're gonna put uh we're gonna put uh and I appreciate it. Don't love you.
SPEAKER_06We're gonna clean fake county.
SPEAKER_04Don't run off, Donnie, because I got something for you after. Okay. Okay. Um we got we got love you guys. I know we're Donnie.
SPEAKER_06Stay out there.
Service, Oath, And Constitutional Rights
Melanie On Closed Meetings And Money
SPEAKER_04I know a lot of people have uh uh have tried to uh the rumor mill is flooded right now with all kinds of different things that are going on. Um right right as of now, um I'm gonna take a sabbatical from WMBS for a while. I don't know exactly how long it's gonna be yet. It's definitely gonna be it's definitely gonna be March. Uh I need to I need to get caught up with some things I'm doing. Uh I talked to Brian about it and uh and he he he kind of knows this is going on. Um we're we're gonna I'm not I'm not we're gonna help promote things that's going on right here at the station. I've uh I've done that. I've passed out I don't know, Patty can tell you, 10,000 targets with that got WMBS and the Hillbilly John show on it, and tried to help them out over the years. Um I started this about six years ago. Uh me and Patty were driving down the road. My brother had a radio show for for several years, and uh I thought I thought, well, you know what? We need to do something, do something a little different. We need I need to step up, and uh I guess maybe to when he when he passed on, um I I felt like I needed to do some things. So, anyways, um my wife's been backed me through 95% of everything we've done here. I mean, some sometimes it got a little it got a little uh things got a little hairy, and uh but um I uh we gotta we gotta too much to juggle right now. Uh but uh opportunity arose and uh with uh a studio an office office space uh had somebody that's gonna uh donate actually to the cause uh for the for the Marietta Broadcasting Company and HBJ Radio. We're gonna be able to do we're gonna be able to do live podcasts and uh they're they're they're helping us fund this all. Um so it's it's it's a pretty cool deal. I got uh a lot of sponsors coming on. Uh and uh we're gonna we're I'm not telling you we're not gonna use WMBS or be able to work with them. Um because I I I really need to thank them because uh um I I got uh Nick and Bill and everybody and Brian and all the people that's helped me here uh get started. Um if you look back and you go back six years or seven years ago and you hear started. And you hear some of the things that uh here's some of the shows. We started out uh uh pre-recording uh the radio shows and we'd send a disc in because uh at that time we we we had to send a disc in because uh uh uh Nick can tell you that uh we weren't able to do it use a thumb drive at that time. But uh but uh so anyways, uh I I think we're still using this, by the way. But uh very vintage. But uh uh we had we had a uh I had a company that uh donated uh uh the mixer board and uh uh uh uh to us to get it get us started. Uh and uh that's where we're at. And uh my granddaughters uh have always said the Pledge of Allegiance, and uh we're gonna continue doing them them things. Um we know we put we put a post up last week uh as a test just to see where we're at, and we got uh we got we got 12,000 views. So uh and we pulled it, we pulled it, but we kind of pulled it and moved it around a little bit, and so we're seeing where we're at right now. But we're gonna keep on doing what we're doing. Um I I have to thank my wife because she she has been supporting me through all this. I mean, people don't know what we went through in the uh I I I don't think the average person has any idea what we went through in this last election. It was uh it was mean from the beginning, and it didn't need to be that way. The uh some people uh some people that uh here in Uniontown and uh the the actually it was the the that made a bow. Um I I don't even want to even mention their names because that's where we're at. Um they we we got death threats and uh uh and the FBI's uh looking into it. Hopefully they'll they're they they got it they gotta track down to where they're where they came from, at least the town they came from, and maybe even uh block they're c they came from right now. But uh we're trying they're trying to work on some stuff. I don't I don't understand how all that works. I don't with uh with the with the tracking. But uh anyways, Patty, what do you have to say?
SPEAKER_01Well, okay, that was that was six years ago, March, when you started with pre-recording during COVID. Um we went to the station pre and pre-recorded. Six years ago our granddaughters recorded the Pledge of Allegiance. One was six and the other one was four. And they still are a part of this family and show, and that's not ever gonna change. They're the they're the reason that their grandfather fights so hard. So that they have a future to look forward to and can stay here in Fayette County.
SPEAKER_04Well, yeah, that's what that's what this has all been about. We've we've exposed a lot of things, and uh we will tell you that uh we have a lot of information and we're gonna be working with uh several different people to get the information out about some other things that are coming up in the next little bit. Um we we we we've done we've we've worked with people from all over the state, and people will say, Well, why don't you stay in Fayette County? Well the problem is is we tried to stay in Fayette County and tried to do things with people in Fayette County, and we found out that uh not everybody was uh genuine. Uh they they they wanted information, they wanted to be able to use stuff that I was putting together, and then the next thing you know, they were they uh we found out that they were they were they were telling telling things out of sort, and uh that's where we're at. But uh we we did a lot of things. I mean Moni, I I I I have to thank her so much. With her help and the help of many people, they brought a concert here to Uniontown. Um there was 800 plus people there. Uh the Lee Greenwood came in, uh, a good friend of mine now that's become a good friend of mine, Ira Dean. Uh he I talked to him.
SPEAKER_01He loves fake case. He and he loves fake. Ira Dean's the average person just like us.
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SPEAKER_04And we and we were able to we were able to we were able to work and uh we're trying very hard to work with Ira's schedule. Um and uh if it works out, uh I'm not gonna promise it, but if it works out, he should be coming back to Fayette County for something that's gonna be really, really special this uh before the end of the year. We're trying to put something together. Um I had to put some of this stuff on the back burner because this this this podcast is is gonna take some time. Um we uh we're gonna try to do as much of it uh uh later in the day as we possibly can. Um but I will tell you that uh the first show will be up at four o'clock on Tuesday. Uh God willing, and the Cricks don't rise. Uh we're supposed to get a snowstorm. It seems like every time we do something, we're supposed to get a snowstorm, but uh hopefully by by Tuesday it'll be all cleared up. Um it just amazes me. And uh we are gonna we are gonna try to funnel some of this through uh through some of the channels uh right here. Uh and I love WMBS because I can remember when I was a kid, you turn on the radio and uh the fellow I I for lack I can't remember, he'd always come on no matter how bad it was outside. He said he'd say it's a beautiful day in Pennsylvania. And uh Pete Lombach. Yeah, yep, it was Pete Lombach. Yep. And uh he he and he had a story to tell, and uh, I remember all these things. And um I'll definitely be back to the radio, but I I just need a I need a month to get sort things out and get uh things um things put together for that. Uh I'm I'm not trying to make excuses, but uh it it we we're we're got I have to be able to work with people in the evenings and I just can't be here. So um I I want to I I do want to thank WMBS for what they've done. I I can't say no more than that. Yes. It's they they're they're they've been uh able to say things and do things and put things out there. The football, the football situation that uh I I love football, and I think that that's one of the things that uh uh I I wish there was uh I wish there was another platform that we could help them out with, and we're working on that. I don't know exactly how that's gonna all unfold. We do have a contract uh with Ruku TV with uh with the podcast. Uh it there there is some kinks we have to work out with that, but uh we're hoping to be able to work with WMBS and do some things and really promote things over the top for them with that. Um and that's where we're at. Um and like I said, my wife, my wife sometimes she she shakes her head and she says, you know, I I can't tell you how many people tell me that you just need to walk away from all of this and just you know, you're 60, I'll be 64 here pretty soon. So uh, but I I but but what what inspired me more than anything was in the last in the last 10 or 15 days, I seen a president get up in front of everybody and say, if you're not gonna be for the people of the United States of America, then you need to leave. And I and I mean and that's basically what he told. And and the people, if you're not gonna protect the people of the United States of America, and that's what he said, and I'm putting it in hillbilly language, but he he said, if you're not gonna protect the the citizens of the United States, if that isn't the most important thing you're gonna do, you're doing, then you have a problem. And he looked at him, and the Democrats sat there. They sat there and he said, These people are crazy. Yeah, he said, these people are crazy, and he gets it right. I mean, it's not it doesn't but it doesn't have to be that way. It doesn't have to be Republicans against Democrats. Because when I can tell you for a fact that uh that the center of the road, and I call them Kennedy Democrats, they voted for John Marietta, and they voted for Donald Trump because the numbers the numbers prove it here in Fayette County. The Democratic Party has left the people that have supported them for years. And now they there's there's two Democrat parties. And you you and I can't say too much, I can't say too much more than that, but when John Fetterman, which I I when he was elected, I had nothing good to say for about him, but he stood up with our president. Now I shook his hand and he shook his hand. And I and I think about all this. I mean uh uh one of my most favorite people in in the political world, too, my favorite well, I'll tell you both of them in the political world. One of 'em is Rand Paul and then he doesn't always support our president but but the other one is John Kennedy from Louisiana. And I I I get a post he I I'm on his Facebook thing and I get a post from him every day and it's funny. And he always says he asks God every day for for for for wisdom because if he asked him for strength, he said he'd probably need bail money. So anyways, I I I think I think about all these things. And uh I appreciate and I will say it one more time. I appreciate what WMBS has done for me. And uh we're not we're not gonna just drop we're not gonna drop off the uh face of the earth. We're gonna be doing some stuff uh with uh we're gonna try to work with Brian and and a couple different levels. But um anything else anybody wants to say? We got about 45 seconds, 50 seconds.
SPEAKER_06Thank you, John, for all you're doing here in Fade County. We are gonna make Fade County great again. Yes, thank you for all that you do, the time and everything that you say. And you do actions speak louder than words, and we're asking the right questions, and it's offending a few people, but we're gonna stay right there, we're not going anywhere.
SPEAKER_05If they're offended, we're doing the right thing.
SPEAKER_04Yep, right. Well, Churchill said if you're not making enemies, you're not doing something right. That's right. But uh, and that's that's the hillbilly way of saying it. But, anyways, uh I want I want to thank everybody one more time. Uh I thank my wife for all of her support, and um, this is where we're at. Uh, we we've just got to keep moving forward, we've got to keep digging. We can't we can't stop. We can't we've got to keep moving forward. And I and there's I can't tell you how many Patriots groups that's coming on board with this podcast. Uh we we don't even know yet, but there's several of them, and we're gonna keep on keeping on. But anyways, I got 30 seconds left, and I always I've been closing my show with this for the last few weeks. Life is short, you have to live it. Love is rare, you need to grab it. Memories are sweet, please cherish them all. Faith is being t your faith is being tested, but stand firm. Time is precious, make the most of it. Trust God and take the ride. God bless each and every one of you, and God bless America. I am John Marietta, and I am the hillbully.