The I Love CVille Show With Jerry Miller! - On Spring Break, Our Son At Work With Daddy; Meet Trey Miller, Our 6-Year-Old Kindergartener

Episode Date: April 4, 2024

The I Love CVille Show headlines: On Spring Break, Our Son At Work With Daddy Meet Trey Miller, Our 6-Year-Old Kindergartener City Council Delays Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Talk Heather Lamond Walker’s Smart Post On Taxes AlbCo Supes Consider Expanding Growth Area Neil Williamson: Supervisors & AlbCo Expansion Michael Payne Worried About CPD FLOCK Cams Central VA Notebook: Tidbits And Thoughts Read Viewer & Listener Comments Live On-Air Trey Miller joined us live on The I Love CVille Show! The I Love CVille Show airs live Monday – Friday from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm on The I Love CVille Network. Watch and listen to The I Love CVille Show on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, iTunes, Apple Podcast, YouTube, Spotify, Fountain, Amazon Music, Audible and iLoveCVille.com.

Good Thursday afternoon, guys. My name is Jerry Miller, and thank you kindly for joining us on the I Love Seville Show. It's a pleasure to connect through a network that we started years ago that has really become a, you know, to call it a pet project would, I think, be an understatement. We work really hard on this. Judah puts time into it. I think about this constantly and what we try to do is relay commentary and content that is conversational. Content that is newsworthy and topic matter that perhaps will challenge you, make you think.

Today's program is going to be a little bit different. We're still going to welcome you, the viewer and listener, to the broadcast and ask you to help shape the show by asking questions or providing topics, sharing the show. We'll talk taxes and council. We will talk Albemarle County and the developmental area that very soon could expand past 5%. At least consideration is being given to it.

Neil Williamson was in attendance at a city council meeting yesterday, or excuse me, a board of supervisors meeting yesterday. And in this particular meeting, the conversation amongst the supervisors for the first time since I've been here, which is like 24 years ago, folks on the dais, our elected officials are considering maybe expanding that area. I want to highlight a post from Heather Lamond Walker. If you watch the show, you know, I think very highly of her social media content. Never have I met Mrs. Walker in person, a retired educator, the better half to an entrepreneur, Rockfish Gap Outfitters, which is closing after a fantastic run. I believe this is the last weekend

to potentially say your goodbyes to those at Rockfish Gap Outfitters. One second. But before we get to all these topics, including some tidbits and thoughts, including Michael Payne's perspective on the flock cameras that will soon be installed in strategic places in the city of Charlottesville to collect license plate data. I want to introduce you to a little boy, a big boy, I should say, that made my wife and I parents... Try not to get a... Proud. We are very proud. Parents for the first time.

Judah Wickauer, if you could do us the favor of going to the studio camera, please, and then a two-shot as we introduce the world to Trey Miller. Trey, I love you so. You're on screen now. I promised you you would come on the show. Tell everybody how old you are. I'm six. How old is that? Six.

Six years old. That was a perfect voice level, big boy. What grade are you in? Kindergarten. Kindergarten? I can't believe, son, you're in kindergarten. You know how much I love you, right? Yes.

Tell us, tell the world what you like about kindergarten. I like about kindergarten because we mostly get to play outside. We get to play in pine needles. That's like the trees. There's even a ditch, but it doesn't work a lot. So we have to mostly work it. So that's more. And we have the cottage where we like get stuff. We play with it. We can't play with pine needles because. So one of your favorite things about kindergarten is playing outside by the ditch with pine needles. No, not pine needles. Outside in the playground.

Oh, outside in the playground. And then you come across pine needles, huh? That's the last thing we do, mister. Oh, okay. Tell me about... My hobbies. Your favorite... What do you want to tell me about?

Hobbies. Oh, your hobbies. Sorry. I was supposed to ask him about his hobbies. Trey Miller, tell us, your hobbies. Sorry. I was supposed to ask him about his hobbies. Trey Miller, tell us about your hobbies. My hobbies are mostly about screens, but I don't really go on them. Mostly about what? Screens.

Screen time? But I don't really go on them anymore because we have the little brother. He scratches. He's a monster. Your scratches. He's a monster. Your little brother is not a monster. What is your little brother's name? His name is Zach. He scrapes us.

He kills us. He smacks us. Oh, man. Zachary is 15 months old. He is your little brother. He does, when we hold them, try to face claw and scratch our face. And he grabs daddy's neck fat and tries to claw our face like a kitty cat. What are your hobbies besides screen time?

Because how does daddy feel about screen time? He mostly hates screen time. He hates games. But I love it, by the way, people. Wait, they can't hear you. What did you say about screen time and games? I love it, by the way, people. Wait, they can't hear you. What did you say about screen time and games? I love it, by the way, people. I love it, by the way, people. You love games. Yeah. When you're not on screen time, because daddy and mommy try to get you off screen time, what are you doing, big boy? I'm mostly playing with my brother. He mostly tries to get me. But this morning, I said something to my brother, and he was smiling the other day. Every time I put my Alexa on, I show you have some,

but he was giving me a little smirk. He was giving you a smirk when you had Alexa on in your room? No, when we started him, when we stopped him. I'm sure you have, like, Alexas at home, people, but if you don't, then get one for yourself. Alexa is the Amazon, how would I characterize it, the voice recognition software device that reads stories, and reads stories to you often.

Yes. What do you like to do when you're not playing with your brother and playing on screen time on the iPad? Mostly squash. You play squash? Yes. Okay. What else do you like to do?

What do you do on the, what is that? Candy. You like candy? Candy is my favorite thing, but the Easter Bunny hooked me up with too much gummy candy, even though I'm not supposed to have it. Why aren't you supposed to have gummy candy? I'm not going to tell them.

Why not? It's too scary. Because you had to go where when you ate too many gummies? I had to go to the dentist, and they had to give me a shot to put me to sleep and then take my tooth out. And now I've got spacers in the crown on my two teeth. Two teeth, people.

Two teeth are falling out. Two teeth are falling out. Right here. No, no, no. Okay. I need to offer a little clarification here. The teeth that are falling out of your mouth now are baby teeth that are loose. Not that loose. I can take them now are baby teeth that are loose. Not that loose.

I can take them out. They're a little loose. And what happens when your baby teeth come out? I'll get one of the teeth, but... Who comes and visits you? The tooth fairy. You've got to say it out loud because it's a talk show, right? The tooth fairy.

She will see you later. Later. Later. You're right. The tooth fairy will come you later. Later. Later. You're right. The tooth fairy will come visit you. I've got to ask you this question. Tell the story about what kind of country do we live in

to the viewers and listeners. We live in America and and and Virginia. Virginia State and this is mostly a free country I will receive that word. But don't, if you hear people,

don't say them to you folks like when you have platings. Because if you say one of these, they won't want to have a plighting for you. But aren't you not supposed to say bad words ever? Yes, but this is like a free country. I don't know how this even happened. Well. How did this happen?

The soldiers fought for our freedom. And that's why we live in the best country in the world, because we can have, we can say stuff that not everyone agrees with as long as it's the golden rule, right? Yes. Right? And it's a golden dad. A golden dad? Yes. Sometimes do you say bad words? It's my turn to talk. Okay, I'm sorry. It's his turn to talk. Go ahead. Okay, your turn to talk.

So mostly, like, don't say this to your parents, but don't say bad words to them. Don't do that. And if you do, time out, time out. Do you ever go to time out? Oh, am I not supposed to talk? Yes. Who's supposed to talk? We're moving on to not my hobbies anymore. Okay, we're moving on. I'm sorry. What are we moving on to here? Tell us about what you like about school. School is a good school. And I go to

Covenant. It's a good school. So I already said that, but we have a lot of kids in our school. There's free kindergartens, and that includes me. There's free kindergartens. Free?

Free? And if you want to That includes me. There's three kindergartens. Three? Three. And if you... One, two. Two equals three. One plus two equals three. That's what I literally said. Oh, I'm sorry. That's what you literally said over there.

Okay, why are you snapping at me? Okay. Okay. Tell us about kindergarten. Like, what do you like to do? I got to play outside. I got to play with some kids. I only play with one, and they have this rule at school, don't jump off the swings, but I kind of disobeyed that. You jump off the swings? And I jumped off it, a big one, like, and then I landed on my feet. That's good, as long as you don't get hurt. And someone else got hurt by when I was jumping off the swing.

And we're over that already. So I don't really do the swings anymore, but I will do it. But I'm just not going to jump off again because of the tragic. Let me ask you a question. What is your, what are some of your favorite restaurants? The pizza place in the

downtown. Whoa! Vita Nova. Vita Nova! Where else do you like? The Golden Place. Where else do you like to go? Mellow Mushroom. That's my favorite place.

Mellow Mushroom? I show you how to go to it if you have come to the talk show. And then we will sign you up. Where else do you like to go? Do you like to go to Dairy Market? Dairy Market. That's my second favorite place. Oh, you got yogurt. Let me show this to the viewers and listeners. Hold on. Let me show it to them so they know what you're eating here. This is one of his favorite snacks. Can I? Moms and dads watching the program, our son, Trey, and our youngest son, Zachary, love the Go-Go Squeeze yogurts.

These yogurts are a very convenient snack for our little boys. But have any moms and dads that are watching this program seen the price at these yogurts in the grocery store? These pouches are like a dollar each, even if you buy them at Costco. But watch what happens when I give it to them. There you go. We got a happy camper. All right. Well, I want to, you know we have to get to some other topics.

That was what I was going to say right now. Well, what are you going to say? Because I've got to tell you a couple of things before we... Oh, you want me to give you a couple more topics? No, about like the hobbies and stuff. Okay. Other things we were going to talk about. Well, what do you... Is there something

you want to tell everybody? No. Okay. Do you... Do you like to read? Yeah, but I can read. I can read, people. You can read? I can, but

this one only says Oh, you dropped it on the floor. Damn it. Okay, that's okay. I'll get it. You tell them what it says. You dropped it on the floor. It says

go go yo oh What's it say? Go, go, yo, oh. What's it say? Go, go. Okay, sorry.

Go, go, yo, gert. Yeah, that's actually what it says. And I put seal factor V. Oh, you're talking about behind us. I was your friend with an I, I, I, B, C, and a heart, and then I. There you go. Let me, because I have some stuff I've got to get to for the viewers and listeners. Some stuff about charts, but before you go, I've got to tell you a couple things, okay? Now get real close to the mic here. Are you looking at the camera? Are you looking

straight ahead? Can I tell you something? Yes. I love you. Okay, exit that part out, Judah, if you... Do you know how much I love you? Um... So much. And

exit that algebra again you know why you made mommy and I parents for the first time proud every day every day son and if you're asking where the mom is

she's at the bachelorette party with all her circles yeah she's at the bachelorette party with all her circles. Yeah, she's at a bachelorette party in Charleston. That's right. That's where mommy is. That's why Trey's at spring break. He's on spring break right now,

so he's with daddy at work and Judah and Liza. I am looking forward to saving this video and watching it later. And maybe what we'll do is we'll play it when you graduate from high school. And you have, like, those funny moments where you can show everybody how far you've come. But I hope this makes it in the video that we show on your high school graduation or whenever we reflect on this. I love you so much, son. Okay.

I am so proud of you. Oh, son. Okay, exit that out, Judah. I am so proud of you. Oh, man, this is going to get too exited. I am. You, every day I look at you and I've found a new kind of love. Oh, man, this is getting too exited. Exit that part out, Judah.

I sincerely mean this. I sincerely mean that. Can I get a hug before you go off set? Give your daddy a hug. Come on. Whoa. Where are you going? Come back here.

Give me a hug. No, come on. Please. Come on. Where are you going? Am I going to have to bribe you? Give your daddy a hug. Okay, I guess I'm not getting a hug.

Are you going to put a dejudicator? Tell everyone before you go that you love Seville. I love Seville and I'm going to mess my dad's hair. Don't mess my dad's hair. We both got haircuts today. I'm going to punch him with my phone. No, don't punch him. You get all set here.

You get all set. I don't know what you're talking about. Okay. You can come on maybe at the end of the show. All right, we wanted to, you know, for all the parents that are out there that have to make do with, you know, I guess part of being a parent is just like being, you know, adaptable.

There's no, like, manual on how to do this. I mean, same with marriage, right? Like, this is pretty much what they do when you get married. You go in front of your closest friends and your family at an altar, and you say your vows. In our case, we wrote our own vows. And then you say, to death do us part, in good times and in bad. And then you're married. And do us part, in good times and in bad. And then you're married.

And you kiss, and you're married. There's no manual. There's no playbook. Same thing with parenting. Both our boys were delivered at Martha Jefferson Hospital. Their staff is amazing. The nurses carry the load at Martha Jefferson Hospital. They are angels. And I remember when Trey, who you just met, was born,

it was a long labor for my wife, like a day and change. And I'm just sitting there as she's in excruciating pain, as the, gosh, what's the shot called that you get when you're... Epidural? The epidural, yeah. The first three epidurals did not take, and then she had to get a spinal tap. So I'm sitting there holding her hand for a labor that takes over a day. And finally, Trey is born on March 20th, 2018 at Martha Jefferson Hospital as the snow was falling outside our window. I looked outside our window and it was legitimately snowing in March. I found the snow to be, you know,

a blessing from above or a sign from above that things would be okay. And as we get ready to leave Martha Jefferson Hospital, the nurses who were amazing, they said, Daddy, go get the car seat from the car. We got the car seat from the family Toyota. We walked it in to the hospital and they said, show us how you put your baby in the car seat. And my wife, because I was so scared because he was so delicate and fragile, picked up our eight-pound-and-change little baby boy and put him in the car seat. And we strapped him in, and the nurse, I'll never forget it. She goes, all right, you're good to go. And like that, I carry this like car seat bassinet thing.

Anyone who's carried one of those car seat bassinets knows how heavy it is. Even if your kid is seven, eight, nine, 10, maybe you have a big boy or a big gal, 12 or 13 pounds, that thing is back-breakingly heavy. So I'm carrying it down from the baby unit down to the parking lot at Martha Jeff and click it in the back seat as my wife gets in. And the nurse, you're good to go. And like that, we headed to our home in Redfields at the time on Rockledge Drive, and we started this journey as parents. We're far from pros. Every day is a challenge. We're six years into it. We got blessed with a second boy named Zachary, who's 15, 16 months old. And moms and dads know this, every day you adapt and you hope that they learn from your best habits instead of some of your not so great habits. From time to time, I use four-letter words and I should not.

I think you probably know that through this show. And he happens to mimic some of those words. And when he said to me one day, Dad, you taught me this is a free country and I can say what I want. And I said, wow, he listens. And as Vanessa Parkhill said, you can say what you want, but sometimes those words have consequences. And she is 100% right. So I want to close before we get to news. On this glorious and gorgeous Wednesday, or excuse me, Thursday in downtown Charlottesville, we sit a mere block from the downtown mall and the courthouse of Alamaro and the courthouse of Charlottesville, 60 yards from the police department and less than two miles from UVA, the Rotunda, John Paul Jones Arena, and Scott Stadium. Parents, it's about adapting every day.

And today, one of those adaptions happened to be, oh, I missed that one. Adaptations. Thank you, June. One of those adaptations was bringing our oldest to work as Mama is in Charleston for a bachelorette. All right. Let's get to some topics that are local to you. And thank you for bearing with us for this first 20-some minutes of the show

as I gave you a glimpse into our family, into a boy that made us parents for the first time. First topic, my friend, if we welcome you on a two-shot. Looks like city council is seriously considering Natalie Oshren's plan. If you want to put a lower third on screen. The fiscal year 2025 budget talks are being delayed. They're delayed in part because they have to advertise that they're considering raising the personal property taxes, the taxes on cars,

to a whopping $6. Was it a raise from $4.80, Judah? I think it was lower than that. No, it was $4.20, because I made a joke a joke about 420 yesterday. So it's a $1.80 raise. And we'll get to your comments on this. Ms. Oshren's considering or is pushing the personal property tax so we wouldn't have to raise the meals tax as much. And now council is legitimately considering this. It is a shocking development, a development pushed by a counselor that interestingly or ironically or sadly drives the furthest of any of the counsel to their place of employment. Counselor Snook in the Greenbrier neighborhood, his law firm right down the hall from where this studio is located in the Macklin building. We're neighbors. I see Counselor Snook five days

a week, almost five days a week. Mr. Pinkston works at the University of Virginia. Mayor Wade, or Vice Mayor Pinkston. Mayor Wade works at Alamo County, I believe. I think so. Michael Payne works for counsel in Charlottesville, right? The irony here is the counselor who is pushing the, one of the largest jumps I have ever seen in tax commitments is the counselor that drives the furthest and is most reliant upon her vehicle to get to work and whose employer, Pippin Hill, is most reliant on vehicles to take customers to their winery

or to their wedding event epicenter. There's irony there, folks. This leads me to believe, or leads me to read a post from Heather Lamon Walker, Johnson Village's finest, as we've monikered her on this program. And I will read the post that she did yesterday. She's a retired school teacher. T-Bird, hey, Trey. You might give him a little sigh. yesterday. She's a retired school teacher. She says this, Ms. Walker, the retired teacher, the Johnson Village superstar, and the better half to a husband who has owned Rockfish Gap Outfitters for a very long period of time. We're talking decades. Rockfish Gap Outfitters for a very long period of time.

We're talking decades. Rockfish Gap Outfitters, I believe this weekend, the last weekend to say your goodbyes to this Waynesboro icon. She posted yesterday, doesn't city council realize how much our everyday living expenses have increased in the past two years?

The grocery bill, the gas bill, utilities, they have all risen. Now on top of those new expenses, she writes, city council is considering an increase on all four of our city taxes. Not to forget an increase in the trash stickers. Does everyone remember when our free trash removal was one of the benefits of living in the city and paying a higher real estate tax? She says this, an increase from $4.20 to $6 per hundred on automobiles, trucks, etc. is more than a little painful. What our leadership, and I understand there are people just like us, and they're in the dubious position

of running a government that has a yearly budget of $250 million a year and climbing. But doesn't our leadership realize that this community is drowning in overhead? We are drowning in the overhead when it comes to, one second, go-go squeeze yogurt pouches that are now a dollar and change. And our children slurp them down in under 10 seconds. We are drowning in overhead at the gas pump, any pump around town. I drove down Pantops today and it was $3.40 a gallon. We're drowning in overhead when it comes to utilities, when it comes to food on our plates, when it comes to assessments.

And everyone says, oh, your house is worth more. But that's paper value. That's paper money. That's not tangible purchase power or tangible bill pay power. We're drowning in overhead when it comes to our used cars skyrocketing out of control. Drowning in overhead when it comes to our used cars skyrocketing out of control, drowning in overhead when it comes to 12% in taxes when eating out at restaurants that we love to support, drowning in overhead when it comes to our trash removal, drowning in overhead when it comes to our family visiting us and if they have to stay in a hotel because we don't have the place to shelter them. It's the death of a thousand cuts and it's how a community becomes completely different than what it was when I first arrived here in 2000 as a first year at the University of Virginia.

Heather Lamont Walker, I very much appreciated your post. And for those that are watching this program that say, hey, we don't live in the city of Charlottesville, this doesn't affect us. I say, not so fast, my friends, in the words of Lee Corso. As the city becomes exponentially more expensive through taxes, through real estate overhead, through gentrification. The folks that live here now are going to move to your neighborhoods and to your counties surrounding Charlottesville. They're not going to get up and leave and say goodbye to Central Virginia and their family and their communities and the areas that they have called home for

most of their lives. They're just going to pick up and move from the city into the county. And then you're going to have the same domino effect happen to you. Gentrification in Green, in Fluvanna, in Barbersville, Standersville, Ruckersville, Orange, Nelson, Mineral, Zion's Crossroads, Lake Monticello. When I got here in 2000, Lake Monticello was a community of starter homes, a community where you can find homes in the $100,000 range in abundance. Now it's a community of homes in the $300,000 range, and that's starting. That is massive appreciation. A lot of folks don't realize this. This area, Charlottesville and Albemarle and Central Virginia, the most expensive of any in the Commonwealth. Folks point to Northern Virginia

and say, Jerry, Northern Virginia is way more expensive than Seville. And I say, well, guess what? The earning power in Northern Virginia is considerably more than the earning power in Charlottesville. As a result, the cost of living in Charlottesville is greater than Northern Virginia. And then folks are like, oh, you're right. Something for you to consider on a Thursday afternoon in downtown Siebel. I'd like to weave Judah Wickhauer into the mix. Before we talk, Neil Williamson at the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors meeting yesterday. He's done some fantastic reporting for the Free Enterprise Forum. His, Bailey Wick.

Any I's you want to dot, T's you want to cross, my friend. And I also want to thank you for bearing with us as we gave, as you helped me spotlight our little boy in a keepsake that we will treasure forever. Oh, that was great. I don't know if I could add anything to what you said, but, I mean, $1.80 is almost a third more, almost 50% more than what we're currently paying. And that's a massive, massive raise in attacks. And there are going to be people that get hurt by this. Especially when the other four revenue generators

are being increased as well. Yeah. It's time for true consideration. And we want a jurisdiction and a town that is open-minded in its thought and approachable with its mindset and welcoming of all cultures

and one that is considerate of all backgrounds. And we have that. But eventually we have to say it's time for some financial responsibility a budget cannot increase every year yeah the ramifications are significant if it does now let's talk albarle County. There was a supervisor's meeting for the largest county in Central Virginia, Albemarle, that has surprised some people. No one was in attendance, like most Albemarle County supervisor meetings. Neil Williamson was, the president of the Free Enterprise Forum. We encourage you to support what Mr. Williamson

is doing. He's fond of the moniker, Seats Available. In this particular meeting, Mr. Williamson, who was live tweeting like he often does, I follow his account closely, he penned a tweet that caught my attention. And I'll read it to you verbatim. I'll read a few of them. Alamaro Board of Supervisors discussing putting their collective heads in the sand regarding inevitable future growth and development regarding their Alamaro County 44 comprehensive plan. Breaking. Two members of the Alamaro County 44 comprehensive plan. Breaking. Two

members of the Alamaro Board of Supervisors, Nat Galloway and Michael Pruitt, have voiced to support at some point a discussion of the potential expansion of the development areas. Diantha McKeel indicates her general approval of the concepts mentioned by Galloway and Pruitt as well.

When this meeting finished, and these are my words, you had Diantha McKeel, Nat Galloway and Pruitt as well. When this meeting finished, and these are my words, you had Diantha McKeel, Nad Galloway, Mike Pruitt, B. Lepisto-Kirtley, and Jim Andrews showing signs of approving the expansion of the development area in Albemarle. Currently, Albemarle County restricts development, and that's commercial and residential development, to 5% of the entire county. Folks are quick to point out that that 5% is not completely conducive to development

because of topography issues. So 5% of all of Alamaro County is allocated for homes and apartments and condos and townhomes, shopping centers and offices, restaurants, event activities. For the first time since I have ever been here, and I've been here almost 24 years, 24 years this August, when I first arrived as a student at UVA at Dabney 101 Old Dorms. For the first time since Mr. Williamson can remember, government and elected officials are considering expanding that area. That is a catastrophic shift. That's not the right phrase. That is a monumental shift.

That's a better phrase. And perspective change for elected officials. Now, this is what I would ask of our six supervisors. Ann Malik was the only one in opposition. I would encourage you to read Mr. Williams's commentary on the Free Enterprise Forum story or a commentary that he published today. The headline is Mary Poppins and Al Merrill Development Areas Discussion. It's a great read. I love how he weaves pop culture into his commentary. Read this. Ms. Malik, Supervisor Malik, in complete opposition to this, as expected. I would encourage all our elected officials to please consider infrastructure when expanding the development area.

I get the concept of needing more housing. I get the concept of additional housing could stabilize prices and prices in Alamaro are becoming some of the most expensive in the mid-Atlantic and beyond. I understand that. But I do not want to put a cart before the horse. We know we need another high school. We know we're redistricting kids all over eastern and northern Albemarle County. We know we don't have transportation that's ubiquitous, reliable, and consistent. We know that we have traffic concerns. Have you come down Pantops at rush hour or on Forest Lakes, Hollymead, or anywhere north of town during drive home? It is a nightmare. And the last thing we want is to become Fredericksburg or portions of Northern Virginia where traveling two miles takes you an hour to get home from work. That is a severe

downfall to quality of life. So if we expand this developmental area, which for the first time, the trade winds are blowing in that direction, potentially, I plead, beg, insist, kindly demand elected officials to consider the infrastructure as well. It seems to be a common theme with electeds. Ms. Ostrand is considering or pushing raising personal property tax from $4.20 to $6 despite transportation, bike lanes, and pedestrian walkways not being reliable. Anything you want to add to this, my friend? I mean, I appreciate the fact that they're revisiting this, but you're right. I think overall we need to take more into consideration than just sometimes the question at hand. And Charlottesville and the surrounding area definitely needs to work on infrastructure.

Do you find it coincidental that upzoning was approved in the city and now the development area is being considered to expanding the development area in Albemarle? We are not even in the... We're half a cup of coffee removed from upzoning being approved, getting approved in the city. Half a cup of coffee removed from upzoning being approved, getting approved in the city.

Half a cup of coffee removed from one of the most, some would call innovative, some would call radical. Zoning changes in the country. And now Al Morrow is saying, let's expand our growth area or considering doing it. Is there a coincidence? No, I don't think it's coincidental. And I think all the counselors from Charlottesville to Albemarle know that we've got housing problems. And I'm sure they're all trying to figure out a way for us to fix this.

I'll get to your comments, guys. Put them in the feed. We'll relay them live on air. I think the timing is influential. I think the county is being influenced by the city, and the city and the county are essentially one and the same. And the county is being influenced by the city. Because the county realizes the city has a dramatic impact or molding power, shaping power of Albemarle.

The gentrification has become significant reality, it's now impacting Almar and the counties surrounding it. And Almar is having to respond to what the city has done either well or poorly, depending on what side of the fence you're on. Time will tell. A couple of other items out of the notebook, my friend. Judith, you can go to a one-shot so I can see those headlines.

You had a couple of news and notes that you wanted to get to on the program. Oh, we should talk Michael Payne and the flock cameras. Perhaps you could read those quotes. You go back to a two-shot and get Michael Payne, the city councilor. He voted no, along with Natalie Ostrich. Do you see the clear divide on council? You've got Snook, Pinkston, and Wade. It seemed for the most part to be voting in groups of three on a lot of things. Pinkston, Snook, and Wade, close to the same age bracket. And I'm not trying to age up Wade and Pinkston

or age down front of the program Lloyd Snook. They're relatively close to the same age bracket. Oshred and Payne, close to the same age bracket. They just have two different mindsets and seem to be voting as a block, Payne and Oherin, against Snook, Payne, and Wade. Osherin and Payne said no to the flock camera installation, the license plate readers and how they would provide safety for the city, strategically positioned to help his department monitor potential criminal activity by tracking vehicles with cameras eyeing license plates. Michael Payne's quote. Do you have those in front of you?

Yeah, I've got the news article. Can you read those out loud? Let's see. Payne says he's uncomfortable with the idea. In my mind, it's a serious privacy concern no matter what you do. Again, just because of the nature of the technology, he said. I'm also concerned about down the road, how may Flock monetize that data? How may they change how they may decide to use that data 5, 10, 15 years from now? Payne would like to see a written policy or contract outlining how Flock will store and use the data collected from the cameras. That's what Michael Payne had to say. And, you know, I appreciate that. I really appreciate hearing from Police Chief Kodges and what he had to say about a bunch of things. I appreciate the fact that he, that he, in his dealings with our council,

has found them to be very thoughtful. And I appreciate that about all of them. And I appreciate the fact that Michael Payne is maybe leery or wary or not quite the right words, but he... I think those are the right words. He wants more information, and I appreciate that. I also appreciate what Police Chief Kotchis had to say about the FLOT cameras,

the fact that they're not video cameras, the fact that they take single pictures, the fact that the information, the photos that they take will only be kept for seven days and then deleted. He made sure to emphasize that. Again, I appreciate Michael Payne's thoughts on this because does Police Chief Kotchess know how Flock has access to that information?

I believe he does. I would like to think he does as well. But in this case, I would be against traffic cams, taking pictures of people that speed through lights. They've caused trouble in other areas. I would like to know with 100% accuracy how this system works. And I appreciate the fact that Michael Payne wants more information. Yeah, that's fair. Checks and balances. Yeah. A lot of folks are of the mindset, don't do bad stuff and you don't have to worry about this stuff. I can appreciate that, but this is not about people doing or not doing bad stuff. It's about helping to catch people who do bad stuff. It's about, you know, people are worried about gunshots. We've had a lot of gunshots around the city recently.

Chief Koch just referenced that on Tuesday in set. He lives in the 10th and Page neighborhood. He says he routinely hears gunshots around the neighborhood. Heard them just the other night. And we have been incredibly fortunate that none of these shots fired have hit anybody randomly. We've been fairly lucky that I don't think there's been a whole lot of property damage, but God forbid that something does happen and someone gets hit, I believe a system like this will be an immense help in figuring out who did it and tracking them and making sure that they get brought to justice.

And I think that's a good thing. Yeah, I feel the same. I feel the absolute same. Any assistance for the police within the bounds of our rights is fine by me. And I comment on this program often. The times that I've gotten in trouble are the times that I should have been. Appreciate Michael Payne's perspective as well. He voted no, so did Natalie Oshren on the flock cameras. They're going to pass. You've had two pretty significant technology innovation approvals in the city.

The flock license plate reader cameras and the metal detectors at sporting events with Charlottesville Public Schools. All sporting events this fall, you're going to be walking through metal detectors. We'll see if school resource officers next and metal detectors at the schools themselves next. Time will tell.

All right, I want to get to some comments on the show before we close it down. Bob Yarborough, I respect Mr. Yarborough immensely. We've dubbed him the King of Redfields. Is Bob Yarborough on the viewer-listener power rankings? He certainly better be. Yep. Okay. Mr. Yarborough posted this on Tuesday after the Chief Katchus interview. He did not watch it live. He is watching the show live today. Mr. Yarbrough is 27 in the polls. He's got one of the best beard games in Central Virginia. He said you should read the Forbes article on flock cameras.

Forbes magazine article on flock cameras. He shared it on Tuesday. Flock, the headline is, oh man, Forbes is a paywalled? I didn't realize Forbes was a paywalled site now. Can you, 12ft.io, Forbes articles? 12ft.io, that's a life hack everyone should know about. The website, 12ft.io. That's a life hack everyone should know about. The website, 12ft.io.

12ft.io. Gets you around a lot of paywalls, ladies and gentlemen. You can, 12ft.io, the Forbes article on flock cameras, the headline, flock installed AI cameras in this small city and claim crime went down, it actually went up. This was written in this year, 2024, on February 29th. He encourages everyone in this community to read this article. Bob, I will read this article.

I promise you, we'll read it today. Bill McChesney, the mayor of McIntyre, if you can get his photo on screen. Bill McChesney, number 15 in the family, says, That's the same kind of horse hockey that people use to stop red light, stop sign runner cameras on school buses in the county. And he also said, we bought her home in 1987. There was two-day-a-week free trash pickup and two-times-a-year free large item pickup. And that's no longer an option. Ray Cadell watching the program. His photo on screen, if you could, please.

Ray's earning a climb in the power rankings, Judah. Mr. Cadell is 47 in the polls. He says this. I'm going to get to Philip Dowd, Nora Gaffney, Sherry Wilcom, and Stephanie Rhodes here in a matter of moments. Mr. Cadell says, so you might not know,

I had a talk radio show on WCHV and WINA for several years. I had my sons, Ray III and his brother Anthony on at six and eight years old. We did movie reviews, restaurant reviews with them all the time. And what you just did with your son really brings back memories. Vanessa Parkhill said, Trey was the best guest ever. That's you, big boy. Trey, the best guest ever. Thank you, Vanessa Parkhill, the queen of Raleigh'sville. One of the key members of this family, Vanessa Parkhill.

She is number six in the family. Love your support, Vanessa Parkhill. Phillip Dow says, infrastructure should be the number one concern. Scottsville wanted 200 apartments, but infrastructure issues stopped those 200 apartments. Philip Dow, one of our favorite Scottsville listeners, number 14 in the family.

I echo the infrastructure prioritization. Nora Gaffney says, what a cutie Trey was. Nora Gaffney is watching the program. Where does she stack up in the power pools, J-Dubs? She is number 36 in the family. Nora, we appreciate you watching. Stephanie Wells-Rhodes loves what she's seeing with Trey. Sounds like Trey is coming back.

Hey, Trey. I got to tell you something. The viewers and listeners want you to come back on the show. Will you come back on the show another time? Tomorrow? We'll see the show another time? Tomorrow? We'll see. But another time.

Did you have fun? Oh, he wants to come on tomorrow. All right. Oh, let's go to Twitter. We'll get to some of the comments. 127 here. Ginny Hu said, when Trey said Alexa, Alexa devices everywhere turned on. You can come sit on my lap. Come here. Sit on my lap. Here, sit this way so people can see you. Ginny Hu said she's dying laughing about the whisper of loving screen time. You love screen

time, don't you? Yeah. Albert Graves is watching the program. He says they have to wait on a fiscal year budget so they can adjust the budget to pay for the electric buses the city needs so badly. Maybe another tax raise in the future to pay for electric buses and their charging stations. You saw that story about charging stations? Albert Graves also says hello, Trey.

Say hello, Trey. Hello. How do you say hello in French? Bonjour. Say it again. Bonjour. Bonjour. Can you say other words in French?

Yeah. Tom Powell says this will be a memory you cherish forever. We hope so. We hope to watch this video for a long time because we love him so much. What's the name of your dog? Max. Tell us about Max the dog. What kind of dog is he? German Shepherd.

Is he big? Yes. He's about 100 pounds, right? Does Max love you? He loves me more than I love him. He loves me more than I love him. He loves you more than you love him? That's not nice. What do you like to do with Max?

I like to play with him. You like to play with him? You're a good boy. All right, that's the end of the show. Can you tell everybody? Maria Marshall Barnes says, Oh, my heart. Thank you for sharing, Trey, and I hope he has an amazing spring break. Are you tell everybody? Maria Marshall Barnes says, Oh, my heart. Thank you for sharing, Trey,

and I hope he has an amazing spring break. Are you having a good spring break? Yeah. Do you like doing the show? Yes. Are you rubbing the microphone on your face? Yeah, because I love him. I want to marry him.

You want to marry the microphone? Mm-hmm. You can't marry a microphone. Yes, I can. Just elbow me. You've got to marry people. All right, you're going to close I can. You've got to marry people. All right, you're going to close the show. You've got to finish the show.

Do you want to do the wrap-up on the show, finish the show? Yeah. All right, what are you going to do to tell everybody that the show's winding down? The show's winding down. All right, this is what you say. Mess with everyone's Alexa. This is what you say. No, put it in my ear. Thank you for watching the I Love Seville Show. Thank you for watching the I Love Seville Show. This is what you say. Mess with everyone's Alexa. This is what you say.

Thank you for watching the I Love Seville show. Thank you for watching the I Love Seville show. And I will see you later. You've got to give Judah some props for Judah Wickower. For Judah Wickower. My name is Trey Miller, and we will see you tomorrow on the I Love Seville show. And my name is Shane Miller and I'll see you next on the Isle of Sebo tomorrow. All right. I love you, Sam. You did a great job.

Bye-bye. So long, everybody. Take care. Say bye-bye. Bye-bye. Hey, high five. Thank you.