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WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

Millions in no-bid contracts went to company with close ties to former IEDC head Brad Chambers

WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

WIBC

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4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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0:00.0

Is your home stressing you out?

0:02.0

Why not sell it to us?

0:03.0

We will buy any property in any condition.

0:06.0

We receive a tremendous amount of phone calls on that property.

0:10.0

A lot of them are very aggravating.

0:12.0

You're not going to buy it over the phone, so let's don't kick tires.

0:16.0

Come and look, say, yeah or nay, and then we can both go down the street.

0:20.0

And so James did come, looked it over, we talked, and then we can both go on down the street. And so James

0:21.3

and did come, looked it over, we talked, chatting. James, he did a good job. Did what he said

0:25.9

he was going to do. Call Simple Quarters 317, 900 home. You know, I've said this for years.

0:35.3

When it comes to my elected officials, or appointed officials, and I really said this for years. When it comes to my elected officials or appointed officials,

0:40.4

and I really saw this with local government, I don't want people in those positions who are

0:48.8

invested, either certainly financially or emotionally or career-wise in the thing they're overseeing.

0:59.0

And what I mean by this is when you would get people, whether it's a park board or police commission or school board, which is an elected thing, whether it was appointed or elected, you would see

1:12.5

these people would come and apply for these or run for these offices.

1:15.9

And they'd always talk about the experience they had with that thing.

1:20.1

Like there would be somebody who had experience serving in a parks department somewhere.

1:24.6

Or you would see somebody who was a police officer at one point,

1:28.3

or, you know, I've been a teacher, so I'd be qualified to be on the school board.

1:32.1

And I always say to myself, no, because your job as an elected or appointed official

1:37.9

is not to be an advocate for, but a watchdog over whatever thing you're seeing. And the worst people to be on these boards

1:48.6

and commissions are people who are cheerleading for the thing. No, your job is to cheerlead for the taxpayer.

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