1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,000 I am running for office again. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,920 This time I'm running for attention county commissioner precinct two. 3 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:08,960 Now, there are lots of points of contention, but there's 4 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:09,760 two main ones. 5 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:13,280 So here in Venture County, we have term TY voting 6 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:16,240 during early voting, but not on election day. 7 00:00:16,240 --> 00:00:17,680 Not on the last day of vote. 8 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:19,200 This confuses a lot of people. 9 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,280 And some college kids say, eh, I've got to make 10 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:30,880 a class, I guess I can't vote today. 11 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,040 Or there's another story, this one guy who's on a 12 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:35,680 reading machine had to be hydraulically lifted out of his 13 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:37,040 car as he's in a wheelchair. 14 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:39,520 He rolls in and told sorry, sir, you can't vote 15 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:41,520 here, you've got to go somewhere else. 16 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,640 I mean, we in the Democratic Party, we feel that 17 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,680 this redirection of voters is voter subjection. 18 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:50,800 We're seeing about 15% of people right now being redirected 19 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:52,320 on election day can do this. 20 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:54,400 So we need to have county wide voting on election 21 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:56,640 day, or what some people call vote centers. 22 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,840 Another thing that I understand against is the 287G program. 23 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,640 Now what that means in landing terms is the local 24 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,160 cooperation of local law enforcement with ICE. 25 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,520 And this is something I stand strongly against because ICE 26 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:12,400 is, they're just grabbing people at this point, like even 27 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:14,560 if you're American says that they're grabbing you now. 28 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:16,720 And the problem here is that through this program because 29 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:19,840 our local law enforcement is now contracting with ICE. 30 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:23,200 If a local ICE individual does something wrong or messes 31 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,080 up, and their family wants to sue, well, they're not 32 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:27,920 going to sue the ICE agency. 33 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:29,440 They're going to sue that county. 34 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:33,360 And so we become liable for any mistakes that those 35 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:37,280 local law uh ICE officers do. 36 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,920 So those are the two main points of detection as 37 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:42,480 why I'm running for County Commissioner 362. 38 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:44,320 And now is the point where they're telling you this 39 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,600 gets a little bit awkward because let's be transparent here. 40 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,760 Um I'm voting against Kevin Faulkner. 41 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:51,840 Kevin Faulkner, I know it's been your mayor for a 42 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:52,480 very long time. 43 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,160 I know he's very well known in the area, and 44 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:55,920 I know that it's very well liked. 45 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:59,400 Now, look, I'm not going to do any modestly. 46 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:00,920 I like Kevin Faulkner. 47 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:01,240 I do 48 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:03,800 I like However, as much as I like Kevin Faulkner, 49 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,920 would county by voting in Denton County on election day 50 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:07,640 even more. 51 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,360 As much as I like Kevin Faulkner, I would like 52 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:14,360 us to undo our contract with ICE even more. 53 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:16,040 So that's one thing. 54 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:17,960 Please understand that it's not being personal. 55 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,680 It's strictly off the policies that I advocate for. 56 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:22,040 Again, my name is Dale Frey. 57 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:24,040 I'm running for Denton County Commissioner Priesting 2.