Anderson Township

I thought you were back.

This is Hamilton County Republican Party Chair Josh Gerth, former Anderson Township trustee for, was it 12?

I think, yeah.

Something, it seemed like.

But the simple fact of the matter is that you're exactly right.

We need to learn our lessons, and we need to pay very close attention.

And we had an experience – Here in Anderson Township, this last election cycle, we've seen what happens when Republicans stay home.

And it's not – and we will be bearing – that tree is going to be bearing bitter fruit for some time to come.

So some of our first trips with a newborn was to Costco to stock up on supplies like Kirkland baby formula, diapers, and wipes.

And the nearest one's in Florence, and that's about a 25-minute drive from us in Anderson Township.

But over my paternity leave, Brian Planalp reported that there's going to be a new Costco much closer to being Eastgate.

And he just reported that it got approval recently from Union Township's Board of Trustees, which shed a little bit more light on the size and scope of this Costco.

Tell us more about you.

Well, I, I grew up in, uh, in Anderson Township.

I'm a, I'm a Cincinnati guy, uh, at heart, native, grew up here.

Um, you know, um, I've been in the real estate tech world, uh, for a long time, you know, dating back to, uh, you know, the early or, uh, 2000s and, and when Dot Loop came around.

Uh, I'm based out of Cincinnati.

I meant which, which, uh, Coldwell Banker office are, are you out of?

Anderson Township.

Anderson.

Even something like Zillow.

I mean, Hannah and I, we were on the market for two years before finding our current home in Anderson Township, and the first thing every morning, I'd wake up and check the new listings, or in the middle of the day, get a ping that there were new houses that met our criteria.

Eh, we were in the thick of the post-pandemic seller's market, where houses went pending for tens of thousands of dollars over asking price the same day they hit the market.

And a lot of that was driven by the low inventory because people who'd locked in low interest rates during the pandemic weren't selling.

So important.

And the, the, the whole thing, uh, Drew Pappas, former Anderson Township trustee, called up the other day.

He's pointed this out, and I even used it as an example last night when I was talking for Leah Denkelocker.

5 people, 5,000 people voted in the prior election and didn't show up in the subsequent election, which is why the trustees in Anderson Township are all Democrats now.

You go from Lexi Lost to what you've got now.

How in God's name did that happen in Anderson Township? People didn't go vote.

And by all accounts, uh, Anderson Township not as blue as one p- might perceive it to be based upon the political makeup over there.

Anyway, um, so get out and vote, and then you won't be inundated with this, even if you don't have one of these iPhones that allow you to, um, [laughs] prevent spam from coming in.

Uh, and again, early voting starts Tuesday, so if you get it out of the way, at least you're not gonna be inundated with political ads, and you've gotten the job done.

I mean, Drew, uh, Drew Pappas from Anderson Township was on the other day pointing out that the loss of 5,000 people who stayed at home resulted in Anderson Township now being, uh, uh, uh, run by Democrats.

Formerly hard right, very reliably right-wing, for want of 5,000 bodies that voted in the prior election This is what it means.

You've got to get out and vote.

I did list a half a dozen or so things that to your point, may be considered shenanigans.

And, you know, everyone's like, oh, it's not that big of a deal if the Anderson Township trustees break the law by holding a meeting they shouldn't have and getting fined $10,000 or the city not picking up your trash or, you know, a judge mouthing off about certain party that are inhumane.

Active judge, might I say.

It just, you know, but this is the kind of stuff that people don't really pay attention to.

But you know what? Here's the big thing.

All those things aside, let's focus on what the real problem is here.

And last night in Anderson Township, we had our Anderson Republican Club meeting where we had Steve Misla, who the owner of the Norwood Skyline.

Does anybody remember what happened in the Norwood Skyline a few months back? Does that even cross anyone's mind anymore when it comes to the fact that we have an election starting in a few days where a young woman was killed in broad daylight in a Norwood Skyline because of a man who was let out of jail, had 19 arrests, 19 arrests, and still was walking the street and able to walk in and murder his ex-girlfriend in broad daylight because of the fact that a liberal judge let him out of jail.