Mike Betts
Former CEO of the Motability
25
APPEARANCES
2
PODCASTS
Oct 23, 2026
Mikey BettsGUEST
... like, there's people everywhere, so I'm walking, and I see people, so I, like, run down, like, the side of the alley.
Mikey BettsGUEST
I find, like, long plants to, like, get the sh- 'cause I don't have napkins or anything.
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Brandon WalkerHOST
... is it your position that movie theater popcorn rules above all other popcorn, so that's all you like? Or would you go to, like, a gourmet popcorn shop? Do you, do you ever go to those?
Mikey BettsGUEST
I, I obviously didn't have as much of a, you know, connection to Ditka, but I, I still will stand on the fact that I don't think Ben should wear the sweater on, on Sunday.
Mikey BettsGUEST
... said that he, like, had a press conference already and mentioned it, and how he's like, you know, honored to be in the spot that he, he once sat in.
RoneHOST
Do you feel confident?
Mikey BettsGUEST
I also think that the, kinda like the, like guardian caps in football, there's an argument that they're bad because it makes players play more reckless 'cause they think they're being safe.
Mikey BettsGUEST
You, you're like h- Like, anytime it's headline news, you're putting a TikTok out.
Connor BurnsGUEST
Yeah, but also when it's fucking June and we're talking about the third string corner on the Bears at, like, that's not headline talk, and I'm still there then.
Mikey BettsGUEST
He wanted to monetize his time in Chicago, so I helped him do that, and then here we are.
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Mikey BettsGUEST
But my Grind My Gears is not going to camp, and it's not because, "Oh, poor Mikey didn't get invited to camp.
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Mm.
Mikey BettsGUEST
When, when I tested it out, I tested hole, I think that was 17, nine, and another one.
Mikey BettsGUEST
I was in the car with him and Doug's, Coach Doug's, and, uh, they were talking about, like, "Yeah, you're gonna have to cut off your leg.
Mikey BettsGUEST
And Frank was like, "Oh, yeah, well, that's fine because I'll be able to get the ADA for the, the Mets games," like, the, the handicap spot.
speaker_20UNKNOWN
He'll forgive and smile.
speaker_7UNKNOWN
You just heard this through a friend?
Mikey BettsGUEST
I, he's like, "Yeah, s- some guy, uh, he said he worked for PMT." And, and he was...
Mikey BettsGUEST
What was his name?" He's like, "I didn't get his name, but he was bald, and he was saying, like, that you're just Frank's babysitter for the trip." And I was like, "Who the fuck is this guy?" So then I t- I think I texted you that next day.
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Mike BettsGUEST
That's the number one goal of the plan is to make sure it's not an afterthought in the plan.
Mike BettsGUEST
The number one goal in the plan is to make sure that we – reorganize what we're doing and how we're spending money and what we're doing for our future to be able to protect those core services.
Mike BettsGUEST
I think beyond that, over time, I think that this plan, if it's successful, will mean less taxpayer load on the homeowner.
Mike BettsGUEST
That means residential taxpayers make up 60% of the total money that the city collects, and 40% comes from commercial and sales tax.
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Dylan HedrickHOST
But we want to be strategic about where we reinvest so we can start that virtuous cycle that will spin that money off and come back and we're able to reuse that money again to do it again and again.
Mikey BettsGUEST
And then if you type in Green Greg, you could find a bunch of Green Greg content.
Mikey BettsGUEST
have you known him though you know him since high school since the marines since the marines yeah i think that's that's the difference if you just pick up a new guy friend out of nowhere like yeah you're
Mikey BettsGUEST
You were debating something with Hankel, and Betts just walked right up to you and said, Did you eat hot dogs recently? Yeah.
Big CatHOST
Wait, give us a recap of the, wait, did you just say that you were so mad that we did the haters ball you couldn't watch?
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WyattGUEST
It's
Nicky SmokesPANELIST
we're on the goal line, you throw an interception, and it's a pick six, and we're back to square one.
Mikey BettsGUEST
Frank, I don't want to say this, but online, because I'm probably going to hurt your feelings.
Mikey BettsGUEST
There's a lot of reasons we don't get sponsors, and 95% of them are because of you.
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Mikey BettsGUEST
How much thought does this require? I'm trying to think, like, what's, like, a weird thing.
Mikey BettsGUEST
You drove to Rockford? Because I live in Hanover, so I just kept going straight.
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