1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,160 Hello everyone, thank you, and uh, thank you very much 2 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:02,640 for having me. 3 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:03,520 It's exciting to be here. 4 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:05,040 It's exciting to meet you guys. 5 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:07,520 Uh, as again, my name is Dale Frey, and I'm 6 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:09,840 running to be your next Texas State Senator for District 7 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:10,480 30. 8 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:13,520 District 30 is a pig massive area, it stretches across 9 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:14,320 11 counties. 10 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:16,640 It goes from Denton County up to the North Texas 11 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,360 border, up to Wichita Falls, and almost down to Fort 12 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:19,760 Worth. 13 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,000 So I do a lot of driving. 14 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,240 Anyways, uh, to tell you a little about a little 15 00:00:24,240 --> 00:00:25,840 bit about who I am. 16 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:29,840 Um, I graduated from George Manson University, which is nowhere 17 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,160 near here, but it's close enough to DC, so I 18 00:00:32,160 --> 00:00:33,920 was very blessed to get my first job of college 19 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,000 working at the headquarters of the Department of Education in 20 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:36,960 Washington, D.C. 21 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,600 I've since built a career of being a federal contractor, 22 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,080 and while I was up there, I met Leandra, a 23 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,320 girl from Texas, and we all know Texas girls eventually 24 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:46,320 come back home. 25 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,760 That got expedited when her father got stage three cancer. 26 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:51,280 So we came back down here to Texas, and this 27 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:53,280 is gonna segue to one of the many reasons I 28 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:55,520 want to run for office because I have a really 29 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:57,280 soft spot in my heart for trying to fix our 30 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:58,560 public health care system. 31 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:00,800 One of the first warning signs I got to see 32 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:02,240 how bad things are down here. 33 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:03,920 I met a friend of mine, Kenneth. 34 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:05,440 She owns her own L L C. 35 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:08,160 She is a healthcare provider, particularly for assisted living, and 36 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,080 she's ranting to me over a couple of coffees, talking 37 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:12,800 about how she gets to drop with Medicaid recipients because 38 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:14,720 she says our rates are the money's just not there 39 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:15,200 anymore. 40 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:17,520 She says, Dale, the rates haven't been adjusted since long 41 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:19,600 before the pandemic, and inflation is killing her in the 42 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:19,920 sector. 43 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,000 So she's dropping for Medicaid recipients. 44 00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:23,360 She doesn't want to do this. 45 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,840 She's having a moral dilemma over this, right? 46 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:30,080 Now, it's so frustrating because we're not part of the 47 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:32,080 Medicaid expansion program. 48 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:32,960 Needlessly. 49 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:33,520 We could be. 50 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:34,400 We can opt into it. 51 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:36,400 And I sometimes lose people when I talk about this. 52 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:38,320 So let me explain what that is. 53 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:42,480 The Medicaid expansion program is a national money bucket. 54 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,200 We all pay money into through our federal taxes. 55 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,920 Money flows from this national money bucket into each state 56 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:49,440 in the country, but not us. 57 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,320 So we Texans do this bucket through our federal taxes, 58 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:54,960 are paying for medical programs in California, we're paying for 59 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,440 medical programs in New Jersey, but not back here in 60 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:58,320 Texas. 61 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,800 Texas is losing a good $10 billion a year over 62 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:03,240 this. 63 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,480 If we were adopted to this program, we would get 64 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:06,040 that money back. 65 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:07,720 This affects people's lives. 66 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,600 And it nearly affected my father in law, especially as 67 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,000 a retired public school teacher, because I was shocked to 68 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,080 find out how little amount of money the public school 69 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:16,600 teachers make in retirement. 70 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:17,960 I was shocked to find out how little money and 71 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:19,960 money public school teachers make before they retire. 72 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,120 Vicky, another friend of mine, told me how much money 73 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,760 she made at Frisco ISD as a teacher before she 74 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:25,320 retired. 75 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:27,160 And I said, My God, Vicky, that's the amount of 76 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:29,480 money I made in my first job at a college. 77 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:33,560 Our schools, I feel, are under attack right now. 78 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:36,120 I'm not trying to be dramatic, I really, really mean 79 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:36,600 that. 80 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,080 Our schools are underfunded, and I understand that other people 81 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:41,400 on the other side of the aisle say, Dale, we've 82 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,040 never given any amount of more money to our public 83 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:45,800 schools than we have in the past. 84 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:47,880 Technically speaking, that's true. 85 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:51,320 The rates have slightly increased, but if you adjust that 86 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,800 with inflation, you find out the actual value that's going 87 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:57,160 to our ISDs has dramatically decreased, which is why our 88 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:58,760 schools are underfunded. 89 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,640 It's hard for our ISDs to hold on to teachers 90 00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:02,440 nowadays. 91 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:06,280 The rate at which people leave being a school teacher 92 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:08,760 has jumped by 40% in the past two years because 93 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:10,600 it's just so hard to hold on to our teachers 94 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:12,760 as they get burned out and underpaid. 95 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:15,800 And a couple ISDs I've seen, they do what they 96 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:16,280 have to do. 97 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:17,960 It breaks my heart, but some of them are saying, 98 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:19,720 well, we need to hold on to our school teachers, 99 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:21,800 so we're going to lay out 20% of our teacher 100 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:23,960 staff just so that we can increase the salary of 101 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:25,160 the staff that we do keep. 102 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,800 But all the meanwhile, that increases class sizes, burning our 103 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:29,160 teachers out into more. 104 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:31,720 This is not fair. 105 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:35,400 Especially if you all uh understand that there's a school 106 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,960 voucher program being pushed by our governor right now, which 107 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:39,080 I stand harshly against. 108 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,320 And please let me explain to you that the school 109 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,440 voucher program or school choice or VSAs, please look at 110 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:46,880 it it and understand that is not paid by our 111 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:49,280 big massive surplus that we very much do have in 112 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:49,920 Texas. 113 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:50,480 in the Texas 114 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,120 is the eighth largest economy world behind France. 115 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:53,760 Okay. 116 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:56,240 We can pay for our roads, we can pay for 117 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:56,960 our infrastructure. 118 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,120 And if you really wanted a school choice program, you 119 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:03,040 can pay for that through our massive surplus, but that's 120 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,920 not what the voucher program is designed to do. 121 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:09,120 It specifically sacrifices public education funding. 122 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:10,720 And that is done intentionally. 123 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:13,600 The school voucher program, I promise you, it is not 124 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:14,640 the will of the people. 125 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,680 It is the will of Tim Dunn and Ferris Wilkes, 126 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:22,880 two Texas billionaires who financially support the majority of conservatives 127 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:25,040 in the legislature. 128 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:26,880 I really need you to Google this when you get 129 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:28,960 home because they're the ones who are really pushing for 130 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:29,760 this program. 131 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:32,080 It does not benefit our school teachers. 132 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,560 It benefits those people who already have their kids in 133 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:35,360 private schools. 134 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:37,760 Case in point, when our governor drove around and tried 135 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,240 to advertise the voucher program, he did a whole tour 136 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:40,960 about this, right? 137 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:42,960 But he toured all the private schools. 138 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,440 He never once went to a public school teacher, looked 139 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,280 a public school teacher in the eye and said that 140 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:48,720 this program will help you. 141 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:51,520 He never did that to any of our public school 142 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:52,960 parents. 143 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,120 So far, the state house has been blocking the school 144 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:04,720 voucher program so far. 145 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,120 I'm really nervous about this though, because the governor says 146 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,040 it keep easy us the votes to get it passed 147 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:10,000 in the next cycle. 148 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:10,960 I don't know if that's the case. 149 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:12,800 We haven't seen what happens in November yet. 150 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,280 But guys, I don't know how long the state house 151 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:18,720 can hold on and protect us against the school voucher 152 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:20,400 scam. 153 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:23,520 What we do need to do is elect senators, because 154 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:25,520 the governor cannot create laws by himself. 155 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:27,760 It's only done by the House for the Senate. 156 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:29,680 And right now, the Senate is the one that's initiating 157 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:30,840 the school voucher scam. 158 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:33,320 this. So we need Texas State Senators to stand against 159 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:34,440 horrible legislation 160 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:36,040 And I'm not even going to be your next Texas 161 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:37,480 State Senator for District 30. 162 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:38,760 If you live in this area here, I'm going to 163 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:40,600 be in your ballot in November. 164 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:42,760 That said, I want to thank you for my time. 165 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,840 I also want to just briefly talk a little bit 166 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,400 about since my opponent's not here today, I'll I'll tell 167 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:48,760 you a little bit about him. 168 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,240 Obviously, it's not going to be very nice stuff, but 169 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:55,960 I really need to experience who you're hoping for, right? 170 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:58,440 Because I've been in front of mixed audiences in the 171 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:00,840 past, where there's more Republicans than Democrats. 172 00:06:00,840 --> 00:06:03,080 And I tell them this, hey, hey, look, uh, my 173 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:07,400 opponent, Brett Nagabu, he calls himself a businessman. 174 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:08,360 And he is. 175 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:10,840 He owns a big fancy trucking company. 176 00:06:10,840 --> 00:06:14,360 His company delivers uh grocery items to the Kroger's grocery 177 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:14,840 stores. 178 00:06:14,840 --> 00:06:16,760 It's a pretty big business. 179 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:20,840 But while he calls himself pro-business, the reality is three 180 00:06:20,840 --> 00:06:23,880 months ago, uh, the Arizona local chapter 104 of the 181 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:27,480 Teamsters has summoned him to court for not only intimidating 182 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:30,440 his employees into not unionizing, but he fires his employees 183 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:33,320 to attempt to unionize, which is supposed to be illegal. 184 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:35,320 On top of that, his second top donor is the 185 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:38,520 Texas for lawsuit reform pack. 186 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:40,120 If you don't know what that is, that's the pact 187 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:41,640 that wants to make it more difficult for you to 188 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:43,720 sue your employer when your employer does wrong in doings 189 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:44,760 to you. 190 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,240 And if you need any more proof that this guy 191 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,720 should not be your representative, he doesn't live in the 192 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:50,440 district. 193 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:52,200 This has been a thing that we know since before 194 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:53,160 the primary. 195 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:54,520 He doesn't actually live here. 196 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,000 He lot he lied about where he lived. 197 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,920 The only reason he ever got this far is because 198 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:00,520 he's got a lot of money and gave it to 199 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,080 Donald Trump, and so Donald Trump endorsed him. 200 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,400 The reason he's trying to run for a district that 201 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:07,800 he does not live in, the reason Senate District 30 202 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:09,960 is so special this time around, and why we have 203 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,200 a lot at stake here, is because while we have 204 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:14,520 state house refs here who will serve two years if 205 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,680 they win, and usually state senators serve for two years 206 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:18,160 as well. 207 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:21,040 The state senate has a funky little twist to the 208 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:21,600 way they do things 209 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:23,840 They operate in a system called 224. 210 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,960 Every third cycle, a state senator runs for four years, 211 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:27,600 not two. 212 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:29,840 And this time around, Senate District 30 happens to be 213 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:30,880 that four-year cycle. 214 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:32,960 So whoever wins this race will not just be a 215 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:35,520 senator for two years, he'll be senator for for four. 216 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:37,920 Which is why this guy is pouring millions of his 217 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,440 dollars, literally spent four million dollars in his campaign to 218 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:43,520 try to win this seat for a district that he 219 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:44,480 does not live in. 220 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,840 This man is not pro-business as he claims, given the 221 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:50,320 fact he's being brought to court by the Teamsters, and 222 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:52,240 also his tax, as you can see. 223 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:55,280 He's pro-self-corporate interest. 224 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:57,440 Again, my name is Dale Frey. 225 00:07:57,840 --> 00:07:59,040 If you want to learn more about me, come to 226 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:00,240 Freightfortexas.com. 227 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,480 That's F R E Y for Texas.com. 228 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:09,280 I think if any time you got blessed Texas, 229 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:13,680 but I wanted to give to the candidates some little 230 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:15,680 something to remember us. 231 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,800 So this is a little Apple pin, and it actually 232 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:20,640 works, even though it's a table pin. 233 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:22,960 And I want you to put this in your cup 234 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:25,040 of pins or your drawer with your pins, and when 235 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:30,080 you reach for something, Apple teachers teachers in the schools.