Downtown Conroe on the Brink: Citizens Rally Against Alleged Corruption and Neglect

One second. Hey guys, we are live out here in downtown Conroe. I've got it right here on my shirt. Um, so the Homeowner Show, but we're doing a special live edition out here in front of Dragon Ball Z, right across from City Hall. Uh, got my buddy here. We're gonna kick things off because you organized this whole thing, get everybody together pretty much. Um, and I— we wanted to go live to let everybody know exactly what's happening, uh, because like we're, you know, we're a homeowner show, but at the same time, this is stuff that affects our community, affects our neighbors, and this is, this is where we do the show. Um, so why don't you tell everybody like why all these people are here, why we're about to cross the street and all

that? Well, I mean, first of all, I think it's important that you're paying attention, especially if you're a homeowner, because the root of all this evil is your property taxes. If you guys are wondering why your property tax bills are so high, a lot of the reason is to service fraudulent debt like bond debt and things of that nature. And so the reason why we're here today is we're trying to bring back hundreds of vendors, small mom-and-pop vendors that were essentially forced out of the area due to taxes and fees. They basically raised the fees about 10,000% and, and ran everyone out. And so we're here, the people are here united as one. We want to show

mom-and-pop that our voice matters and that when we team up and unify like this, that we can make a change. And so what we're trying to do is we're trying to go to City Hall, we're trying to air our grievances with our so-called leaders to make a And our sole goal right now— well, I have 2 goals. Primary goal is to bring these people back to downtown. It is so important. My secondary goal is for anyone that's watching, understand how important it is to become a citizen journalist, because we created this movement without the help from any mainstream media, without any financing, any leaders, any authorities. Everyone that's here right now is the people. Mm-hmm.

And so I want you guys to know, be a citizen journalist. Pick up a camera, tell your story. Your voice matters. And everyone that's here right now, man, the fact that our leaders, our future and current leaders are standing with mom and pop today, it's a testament to what just, just a normal person could do. I'm a normal guy. I'm a cameraman. That's all I am. And I'm not even well-spoken. I don't even have a college degree. I can barely speak. Oh, you're doing great. I'm 42. I'm overweight. I'm conceited. Right. But above all of that, I care about these people and I care about these people being treated fairly and being treated legally. And when I see

money being taken out of someone else's pocket because of corruption, I want to do something about it. Yeah, and there's, there's several layers to this because I know this isn't like the first time that you guys have tried to like air your grievances with some of the decisions that they've made. Like, this is, this has been a series over time that has just sort of culminated in this moment now where like we're, we're at— I mean, there's a petition going around to like recall the city council. We have a lot of people here who are planning on running for city council to replace some of these people. I mean, it's not like just this— this

didn't just happen yesterday. This has been long suffering, it seems like. But no, I mean, so there— it feels like that because it's been a burden, right? We put our heart and souls to come out here, and it is scary. And I do get nervous. Like, I'm nervous now. I have tunnel vision now. I'm like, oh my gosh, I'm gonna— but it didn't— it took long in that way. But this has only been 2 months, right? This has only been— Since the big decision was made about the markets. A little bit before that. But the reason why you see people coming out here is people are starting to understand that, yeah, when you do stand together, big things start happening. And so this is our 3rd rally, and each time we've had a rally, it's gone up by like 4 times the amount of people.

Right. And so, so I, I just really want to reiterate that it doesn't take long. It takes the heart, it takes heart, and it takes a camera. And you've got to expose bad things happening to good people. Right. And we're not asking anyone to be perfect. I'm the most imperfect person. But what we're asking is like, stop stealing our money and stop bankrupting us and stop forcing us out. At the same time, you're spending $5 million on vacant land. You're kicking all these people out because of finances. You just gave all these people raises. Someone's making $365,000, $330,000, $300,000. The president of the United States of America makes $400,000. These people are out of control. We're here to make sure that they know that we see them being out of control and hell is coming

for them. Yeah. Yeah. And I think that's evident with the number of people, I mean, inside, out here that we've been talking to and visiting with. I mean, like, people, people are clearly upset and it'd be a mistake on their part to at least not listen. Well, I mean, but it doesn't, it doesn't seem like as if they have been up until this point. Well, and then I started asking questions. Why are these people not listening, right? Like, we went there, we had cameras, we had a petition, we're pleading with them, we're being very humble, non-attacking, none of that stuff, and they keep, you know, treating us like trash. And so I kept asking why and why and why. And then I come to find out that the people that are

primarily voting for this are on the board. Okay, so 2 council members, right, are on the board of the Crichton Theater, and the Crichton Theater is getting hundreds of thousands of dollars subsidized to inject in a failing business. Yeah. Okay, so when we found that out, Then I started digging. That was the crazy part for me too when I, when I heard that is like, you know, because I, I saw a post from Justin Ulmer earlier this week talking about how they had the last farmers market that they're going to be able to have here anymore and how that's going to get shut down. That's shutting down a lot of businesses being able to come in here and actually do business with the community. But like, that's actually a profitable, successful business that's paying

reasonable fees to come and use the space that the city provides. But like, like you said, a failing business gets injected with our tax dollars. That's right. in order so that they can continue. I mean, it's not to say that what they do isn't valuable. No, I'm not saying that. No, I mean, like, I don't think anybody would say that. But it should be private. It absolutely should be private, you know, or at least, you know, giving us the option to say, yeah, we want to fund that. But like, it's being decided for us. Well, it's his pet project. So David Harrell has been working with the Crichton in some capacity since 2015. So he's been at the Crichton complaining against these vendors, I believe, for a decade. So you got a man there

that's on the board of the Crichton and the council that's been complaining for a decade to get these guys out of there. Meanwhile, Wow, the entire time he's asking for money from the taxpayers to the CRYT. And then I found out he also has a production company called Harrell Enterprises that specializes in audio, lighting, and video. And some couple people came forward and said, yes, during this time we were working. Harrell Enterprises employees came forward, old employees. And I still need all the evidence. I'm working with the DA to get them all of this. Allegedly. How about that? So we'll say, well, to me it's just like, it's as clear as day. I know, I

know. Allegedly.

But some, we have multiple people now.

putting Harrell Enterprises inside the Crichton shortly after that $325,000 in grants was passed. So my question is, is how much money has this sitting council member been making off of taxpayers through the back door with his pet project? Well, with something like that, I mean, shouldn't there be an option for citizens to say, hey, we would like to see the books from the Crichton? Where's the— I went through 10 years of books, 990s. So you already went through it? I went through 10 years of 990s. I know, and that's how I know David was involved this whole time. David's signing these 990s. The 990s a tax return for a nonprofit. The problem is, is it's not breaking down the expenses specifically, so I can't see what money is going to what

vendor. For example, David— I'm sorry, Harold Enterprises. Should we start going? Is it 5:40? It's 5:50. Yes. All right, so we got people fixing to start going. Hey, you want, you want to jump on and tell everybody real quick? My heart started fluttering. I'm like, oh my God. I'm so sorry. Where were we? No, you're good. You're good. No, you went through the 990s. Yeah. Yeah. So I went through the 990s and, you know, I saw who was on the board because I wanted to see what David was making.

Right.

And I couldn't find any of that. So the next step is trying to audit the, like, an expense register, right? Or a check register, kind of like bank statements to see how much money did they make. And also what I found out was, is right before he joined the council in 2021, he sold his company to a place called the, uh, Continent. The Continent? They're— I've never— Continuum or Continent or something like that. Okay. And, uh, and they're still working there. So I've heard from various vendors that are still there that they're being forced to use that company. And so that's why I filled out the— and the council, and he spent— it seems like he's spending it on himself. Meanwhile, hundreds of small mom-and-pop vendors that rely on this money to not go

bankrupt have just been pushed out. Yeah. I mean, and we've aired our grievances, man. It's not like they can be— I mean, for people that didn't follow that, what he's doing allegedly is sitting on the city council voting to spend money to give to an organization that he sits on the president of, that he then provides services for. So he's recycling money that wasn't ever his to give, is essentially what, what we're getting down to, right? I mean, like, he's stealing money from the city to put in his own pocket. Now, I view that as embezzlement. I would think so. And hopefully the DA will also, because it needs to stop. These people are absolutely out of control, and they've proven that they will not listen to

us. They will not listen to us. It's our 3rd time here. We've sent hundreds of emails, the petition. No responses? I've gotten no response from any council member except for Mr. Wood. Okay, and what is that— what is the response from him? Mr. Wood's response is, you know, he's been a proponent of small businesses, so he's— And who is he, by the way, just so people listen? He's a council member on Conroe Council. He's not running again, so he's, he's gonna leave. But, you know, he's been really the only one that has been trying. The problem is, is it takes 3 people, right? Not just 1 person. And so He's kind of like the odd man out, unfortunately, because they've,

they've successfully taken control of the city. A handful of people that I believe are cultivated from the current administration. So they go on the CIDC board, they're cultivated, and then they go on the council. That's the current administration. The current administration is creating puppets that are sitting on that council that are not serving the people. They're serving the special interest of a handful of people. Yeah, and I've watched a bunch of clips from different city council meetings, and it seems as if the mayor is kind of pushing back on the guy that's trying to prop up the Crichton. Um, and he's not doing like mean or like out overtly or anything, but he's pushing back like saying like, look,

parking's not that bad. Yeah. Things like that. It's like, he's like, look, you walk 2 blocks, it's not that big of a deal. But that seems to be the other guy's main contention about parking for— and he's just trying to do it for the theater. And it's like, dude, like there's That's not the only business here. And there's like 4 parking spots, right? So you ruined 300 to 400 people's lives, livelihoods, because of 3 to 4 parking spots, right? You heard him on that meeting. His bias was clear. He confused himself with the cretin multiple times. He's like, oh, the cretin, I mean me, you know what I mean? The guy is so out of control because there's no one holding him

accountable yet, right? It's, it's time to stop that. He's got to be accountable to his citizens. Yeah, man, he has to. So I, I appreciate you putting this together with a bunch of other people. I mean, it's exciting to see citizens come out and, and, you know, be united about something. And unfortunately, it's something that they're upset about, but at the same time, I mean, like, this, this is their opportunity to actually make their voices heard. And so, like, if you're, if you're actually watching this live and you live in Conroe, you still have the opportunity to come down here and, and hang out with these folks, support local business in downtown Conroe. Because they matter. Like, we, this is— we have

a beautiful downtown area. It's a very cool, unique area that we don't want to see, you know, become dilapidated and unused. It just did. That's why we're here. That's why you see so many people here now, is because they did just do that. They, they passed the ordinance over, and the ordinance was— it's not even— there's no tiers. They've basically lumped everyone together to say it's a massive event and that's what you have to pay for. And it is absolutely despicable and disgusting what they've done. Yeah, absolutely disgusting. And, and, and I— what I've— when I've been talking talking to people about it, it seems as if their motive is to raise the fees in downtown in order to recapture money from bad decisions, right? I mean, but

like, it doesn't even— That doesn't work. It doesn't work. Mathematically doesn't work. First of all, they're killing revenue. But even say the expense was $50,000 a month to host this, right? They just purchased $5.5 million of vacant land that's doing nothing except sitting there, and they just knocked out that property tax income. So it doesn't matter what they say, right? Because their actions and the amount of money that they're spending say something completely different. Yeah, they funding their pet projects at the expense of us all. And so, like, from your perspective, what are those pet projects? Like the land that you just purchased, the Hyatt project? I mean, salaries? I've had people reach out. There's the Flag Park, there's this park, the water district, that— the Hyatt is a huge one. I've went into the Hyatt and I've

went into the Crichton. Just the Hyatt and the Crichton alone, just those 2 things alone, that's grounds, in my opinion, for the SEC and the FBI to come in to help take care of this massive problem. Yeah. And so, I mean, I don't— I'm not a lawyer. I mean, but like, what could they do? Well, bond fraud. Okay. If they're passing money— Is that like a case that you've seen before where like they've come into a city and shut stuff down? I have no idea. So if you look, one of the most recent situations that happened in Texas was Clyde ISD. Okay. So they went into Clyde ISD, fined, I think, the CFO. But the thing is, is not a lot of people understand the federal laws that are attached to bonds. And so we're trying to paint that picture.

I have been for the last year and a half. If you go to my website, you can find all of this stuff out. But what's happening is, is they know those income-producing bonds will never work. And they know that because Garfield Public Private told them it will never work. So the fact that they continue to take money from taxpayers to drop into those bonds to service them and to, to keep the, the Hyatt going, that's bond fraud. They know they're not going to work. They know they've failed. They've had multiple credit degrades. So I think they're like CCC right now. Hmm. They got to stop. What they should be doing is going into bankruptcy, in my opinion, and suing both Hyatt and Garfield Public

Private because they're gonna— there's no way around it. They're gonna have to have a lawsuit and they're about to go bankrupt because they don't have $200 million to pay for the Hyatt. Absolutely. That's crazy. Well, I mean, I know you guys are about to take off soon. Are there any other like business owners or people that you want me to talk to? Yeah, yeah, talk to someone. Okay, sure. Yeah, I appreciate you. I mean, you, you explained it great. I'm— I feel educated on the, the situation now. What? Okay, you're live. I'm live right now. You're live right now with me, so you're safe. Okay, so we, we just got done talking. He explained the whole

situation, but I know that, you know, you as a— the owner of 2 of my favorite establishments, uh, here in downtown Conroe, and you actually do a lot of street festivals and things like that. Yes. I wanted, I wanted you to be able to explain to people, like, why is this so important to you? Because I know it affects your business directly. Okay, why is it important to me? Because every time when I first started business, it was never about me. I did the business because of my daughter from the food truck. I wanted to have her, I guess, get her up and running and, uh, build some type of, uh, foundation there, her experience. Because in the beginning, I'm not sure, I know you probably remember, but remember how the city ordinance, we had to go up and fight and change

it, right? That's exactly what she did. She went up there to city council, a 16-year-old girl, stood in front there, not intimidated, and we were able to change the city ordinance. You're talking about the ordinance on food trucks? Yes. Yeah, okay. Yep. So now the fight is the exact same. We realize that, hey, we can't be in business for ourselves, you know what I mean? Because we have neighbors here that, as, as things are happening right now, it's hard to get by, you know what I mean? If we see business shutting down, we got to do what we got to do to stick together with one another and help each other out. Yeah, I mean, I, I know that you've, you've been— because you've been talking to me about this for a long time, even before some of this

was even starting, that you began to notice businesses around here just going under. And a lot of it had to do with the way that the city was being managed. Oh yeah, I mean, oh yeah, I've been here. I've seen business come and go. Business that lasts a year lasts less than a year. It's just sad, you know what I mean? There's no help. I don't think government should be in business to tell business how to do business, you know what I mean? Yeah, they should— they shouldn't be doing that, you know what I mean? Especially the street closure, uh, the man that put it together I— he said he did study. Me personally, my personal opinion, I don't

think he did any study. I think he just went on Google and did a little research and said, I think this is a fair amount of money to charge the, the community. That's what I think he did. So I just Googled, wasn't even ambitious enough to use AI. I think they're all puppets. They're all puppets. Yeah, well, I mean, but you also do a, a street closure. We do 4. You did? Yeah, we do 4 or 5 events a year. We did, right?

Uh, the Lunar New Year, Is that the dragon? Yes.

Yeah, that's a cool one. They rejected our application there. Oh. For some stupid reason, clerical date. So we put on the front page, the date was the 7th. On the signature date where I actually had to go collect signature was the right correct date, it was the 21st. They said, yeah, that was an error right there. You have to resubmit a new application. Before, we should have just— they would just let us fill out the front page. That's it. Right. I got everybody's signature around town. When I did that, they moved the goalposts and say, oh, we need the courthouse signature. Dude, they're not even open. We are not even bothering them. Yeah, so they keep on moving the goalposts no matter how great your application looks.

They will continue to move the goalposts. If they— I really think it's just who they is. They choose winner and loser. That's what it is. And so we, we just talked about it a little bit with, with our last guest, but from, from your perspective, why do you think they're trying to do this? What is the motivation? Or can you even see one? I can just say what everybody else is saying. And I don't know how true it is because I'm not born and raised here. Been here since 2011. They say it's the good old boys club. You know what I mean? You got the good old boy club here and you got a good old boy club here. And I don't know. Yeah. I'm not sure if they eat at the same

table or not. You know what I mean? And they're all playing us. I don't know. But at the same time too, I think the community is fed up. Um, you can see by the people that showed up today, we're fed up, you know what I mean? Yeah. You know, we're sick and tired of seeing business, small business especially, close down. These, uh, market— the market that just had our last market last week, all those vendors there, they're small business, right? They pay sales tax. Like, you use Square, right? Or whatever POS transaction you use, there's a sales tax you apply on there. So They're all small businesses and now they're all gone. They're going somewhere else where

opportunity accepts them, like where there's opportunity. So they're not here. I think one of the other things that a lot of people, it'd be helpful for them to understand, and I think you can sort of confirm this, there's not, there's not a lot of like massive business in downtown, meaning like you're not a franchise, you're not part like of a big conglomerate. I mean, like you own this restaurant, you operate this restaurant. And so there's not like a lot of big money behind you. And so like as they take you out at the legs, it becomes harder and harder to do business, right? Yeah. Yes. Yep. You know, they make it to where it is harder for us

to do business. I mean, oh, you can't do this. Oh, now we're going to slap permits on this. Now you're going to have to ask this permission. I mean, so just so much stuff going on. Gotcha. They make it harder for small business. Hmm. Oh, I think we're about to get addressed here. I think we're about to head out to rally. So, so thank you. Oh dude, anytime. Thank you.

Hi, I'm Mark Keough and I'm your Montgomery County judge. You know, I'm here I'm here with all of these business owners tonight who are fixing to go over to the council meeting here in Concord. And the reason that they're going is because they have raised the tax structure, or at least the fee structure, that essentially is putting all these people out of business. They're not doing anything illegal, and at the end of the day, probably not wrong. But the other side of that is they raised it up too high to begin with, then they dropped it down some to capitulate with them, but they're so far away from where it originally was That this is actually killing businesses. I don't know about y'all, but during COVID I fought very hard to keep businesses

open. I took on the state of Texas. I took on the city of Houston. I took on so many people to keep businesses open and convince them that these are all essential businesses. There's not some that are non-essential and some essential. All of your businesses are essential. But by you guys not being here, I'm not sure if they're even paying attention to this. I'm this, not sure if they're even paying attention to this. but it's shutting them down in terms of the revenue that they gain from us all being here, not to mention the amount of people that are going to go out of work because of this. Now, we've done everything we can to keep

businesses open. I'm of the opinion— I learned this during COVID— you cannot have a healthy community without a healthy economy. You can't have a healthy economy unless you have a healthy business environment. You guys have made this work for years and years and years, and now And now they turn around and do this to you. As far as I'm concerned, it's unconscionable. It's unconscionable. It is. So I want you to know that me, my office, we support what you're doing and we support small business because this is the heartbeat of who we are as Americans in this constitutional republic. This is who we are. And I just want you to know I stand with you. And

God bless you all. God bless Montgomery County and God bless the small businesses of this county.

Thank you, sir. All right, guys, so you just got to hear from Judge Keough. Uh, everybody's about to get ready to walk across the street to go visit with the city council. Um, we're gonna hang out here and see what else is, is happening. Um, but we'll be right back.

We're going to talk to some of the people that have been arrested.

All right, guys, I'm back with my buddy Christian Wally. It's been a long time since we had a chat, man. You doing okay? I'm doing great, man. I'm doing great. Here for a good cause. Yeah, I mean, real quick before we get into all that, I've been praying for your daughter.

Appreciate you.

How's she doing? Doing great. Yeah, I'm really great, man. She's home. We brought her home. Okay. Yeah, that's fantastic. Yeah, I know that. I know that's scary. It was. So we're just lifting you guys up. I appreciate that, man. Thank you. Yeah, glad she's good. Doing good. Doing great, man. Everything went perfect. So, so, well, I mean, in the past we've talked about other stuff, but like, I mean, this directly affects you big time. Absolutely. Yeah, I mean, so like, tell everybody like a little bit about what you do on the event side. Yeah, absolutely. So we host, uh, crawfish events all over the country, um, you know, primarily in the South, obviously. Uh, we've been

doing it here in Conroe for— this will be our 7th year for the Crawfish Critic Cook-Off.

off.

Um, we were approached by all the business owners that are part of the CVAA organization, which is the, uh, downtown Conroe business owners. Uh, they approached us because the Catfish Festival used to be here and it did a lot of good for the businesses, uh, and it's not here anymore. And so they wanted to bring big events back to the city. And, uh, so Sean, a good friend of mine, reached out to me, said, hey man, you know, we want to, uh, to do that. Would you be interested? And I actually was already kind of planning on trying to throw Conroe's Crawfish Festival. Yeah. I want it to be a revival of what the Old Town Spring

Crawfish Festival used to be. I want to have a giant Mardi Gras parade that, you know, kicks off for free for everybody, just like the, uh, the Christmas Mardi— or the Christmas parade that they have in downtown Conroe. And, uh, and that was our goal. And so we worked— all the, the business owners all came together. We got all the required signatures to make that event happen March And then all this mess, yeah, I will say happened. And so I decided, you know what, I'm gonna back down. How you doing? Christian Waldo, good to meet you. I work for Judge Keough. Okay, very good. I'm gonna finish this real quick. We're on a live and then I'll deal

with you. That's all right. No, you're good. Um, so basically, uh, we wanted to host that. We wanted to do the Mardi Gras parade. This mess kind of derailed that. I said, you know what, let's see what they do. Uh, but why I'm here today, I don't necessarily believe that all the things that— that we're far off from being where it should be for big events like mine. Okay. Right? I can afford the $500. I can afford to risk the $500 on the permit fees, right? Right. The parts for me, there's a few other things that I have a concern with. Why I'm here today though, and why we're here today, is to support all the small businesses that are down here that supported me, that wanted us to come out and throw this

event. They gave me all their signatures, and they're all the ones that are affected the most. That Saturday market, it's a shame that that's gone. That was a great market. Right. Son does a lot of great events that are free for the community to come out. Obviously that helps promote his business, his neighbors' businesses. He brings people out. And there's a lot of other instances that are no longer possible to do that anymore. Right. And the future of it is gone, right? I mean, like, one, just as a for instance, I mean, downstream from this, yeah, I mean, like, bigger businesses, yeah, you could afford a $500 fee. Small businesses, maybe, but like, that's still quite

a bit of money for— Yeah, not big business, big events, yeah. Yeah, but like downstream from that, you start looking at Like, I know of a guy that tries to do church in the park. Well, now you got to pay $500 every time you want to have church in the park. Right. And like, this is really like— You got to give them 6 months in advance. You got to put the $500 deposit, and then if they don't want it, then you're out the $500. And who wants to come and, and jump through all these hoops? And then the police officers are very expensive. I totally understand, we got to have good security, all that. But there's got to be

concessions, in my opinion, made, especially for the business owners who are downtown Conroe business Now, and I, and I will say this, I've heard arguments about like, hey, maybe this business owner wants to do something that this business owner is like, hey, I get no benefit out of this. You shut my streets down, it hurts me. Sure. And you bring 20 people out. Totally understand that, right? There's got to be more discussion about this. I feel like they rushed that. I feel like they didn't put extreme thought and detail into how it's going to work for all different levels of events and business owners. You can't make it to where only the top top of the food chain can play. That's it, man. And even

then, I don't even think I would want to come play down here. You know, I'm not saying I'm at the very top, but I'm saying my event would have been massive, right? So I don't even know if I would want to come do that because of all this, right? And so I think it's just a big deterrent, and I think that the city council needs to understand that having events down here is what we need. Yeah, you know what I mean? I mean, that market's gone. That market's going to Huntsville now. You know that Saturday market? That was a cool thing for not only the person who ran it as a business, but all the businesses that came out every Saturday. Where are they going to go on their Saturdays now? Well, it's all the other ones too.

I mean, like, it's not— I mean, like, that one— we're satisfied.

That's an example.

Yeah, I mean, it's just downstream. It's going to be— it's going to be less opportunistic for more businesses to come into the area and actually participate in the commerce economy, right? And like, nobody wants that. I mean, but it seems like that's what they want. Exactly. We need, we need them to be more willing and open to, to work concessions out for the small ones, for the businesses that are down here that are, that are the heartbeat of this community in downtown Conner. This is so much potential here. I love it. I love— I grew up going to the Catfish Festival every year, and I want to see events thrive and flourish down here. On

top of that, I want to throw my own, you know what I mean? But yeah, yeah, aside from that, you know, so that's why we're here. A little bit of greed never hurt anybody. anybody. Yeah, that's, that's how entrepreneurs operate. I mean, like, you have an idea, you want a little bit of money, there's nothing wrong with that. But like, it's also like, be part of the community, support each other. That's all part of the system that makes this place great. So, all right, so, man, I appreciate it. Absolutely, man. Thank you, buddy. All right guys, they're fixing to head across the street. Uh, appreciate you guys jumping in. Uh, we'll give you updates as to how things go, but appreciate you guys tuning in. Anyone have any questions?