Veteran's Affairs Plus W/ David L. Washington

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Unknown Speaker 0:45
Good morning. This is Veterans Affairs plus on 91.5, jazz and more. I am Dave Washington, your host. And as always, I like to make a few announcements and express condolences, certainly to my family, the Wilson family on the loss of Aunt Dorothy who recently transitioned. She was my dad's sister. And I can tell you that in terms of service, the service will be private just so everyone knows that's from her daughter, Miss Hill. Additionally, to our neighbors, Glen Alexander, we express our regards to him and his family on the loss of his wife Brenda. Services are pending. I must tell you they were a fun couple to be around and you talk about could dance. They could out dance me and Marsha, in fact, but certainly will misprint. EDL also dedicated and loyal member last week, Chief Nicholas Nick Russell, retired Chicago Fire Chief Officer, board member friend colleague, his commitment to the Carl Holmes executive development institute institute will not be forgotten. Rest in heaven, my brother, we will miss you. Shout out to my grandson Karen Obregon, he finished the run with the Lion King play this past weekend. Outstanding job we appreciate you for taking that on. He's he's a good little actor. And then congrats to our grandson, KJ Herndon as his basketball team won a local basketball tournament. So kudos to you. And as far as condolences, certainly I would be remiss if I didn't say something about Bill Russell, basketball player, great man, as well as a civil rights activist. And then Miss Nichols who was the first African American woman on TV star check. Great. And then finally, this month, our firstborn April's birthday, so happy birthday, April, we love you. And wish you will. As you grow older, like your mom and your dad. Once again, this is Dave Washington. I'm the host. This is Veterans Affairs plus on 91.5 Jazz and more. Our first guest will be coming up shortly here. Mr. Lopez. How you doing, sir?

Unknown Speaker 3:08
I'm good. I'm good. Mr. Washington. Thank you so much. I appreciate this opportunity.

Unknown Speaker 3:13
Absolutely. On your show. Thank you. Sure. You're very very welcome. I know that you're a veteran. Could you tell us what branch you served in and how long?

Unknown Speaker 3:22
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Well, I followed my father's footsteps. I joined the Air Force though my dad did 27 years in the Army, three years reserve for total 30. He served from 1955 to 1986. And so he told me to work smarter, not harder. So he convinced me to go on the Air Force. I served from 1982 to 2003 and retired at Nellis Air Force Base in 2003.

Unknown Speaker 3:54
You know, I recall hearing a general speak one time and he said we were one of the few branches that sent our officers into the war zone in the plains of course, and they enlisted me and stay back. Like okay, so. So you you completed your service here at Nellis?

Unknown Speaker 4:12
Yes, sir. I did. I was fortunate enough to retire at Nellis in 2003. After retirement, I went into the public sector and continue in my profession as a law enforcement officer starting off with the eighth Judicial District Court as a court officer and then transitioned in 2006 with the city of North Las Vegas as a deputy city Marshal, and been employed since then, still doing that job to my community.

Unknown Speaker 4:42
So so when in the military you were a military police? Yes, sir.

Unknown Speaker 4:47
I was a Mr. De. I'm gonna call you papa David. Let everybody know. I know Mr. Washington Papa David. So

Unknown Speaker 4:58
but Yes, sir. Yeah, that is Oh, go here. Yeah.

Unknown Speaker 5:05
But yeah, I had a dual AFSC. I was law enforcement officer, and also had another AFSC, which means Air Force Specialty Code. That's what AFSC means. And which was logistics. So I had those jobs and till I retired in oh three. And I just, I love every bit of my service to the country in my community whereby I was stationed, and also had my stint with Desert Storm, slash Gulf War, we spent four months over there as well.

Unknown Speaker 5:36
Okay. So in the community, where you reside, what kind of activities do you participate? Or do you participate? Are you involved in community activities where you reside?

Unknown Speaker 5:48
Oh, yes, I'm currently I've been living in North Las Vegas since 2002. I love my city. Been there, work there, like I said, as a deputy city Marshal, still. And Throughout my travels in my community, I'm a member with the Disabled Veterans Association, the DAV, I've been a lifetime member with them. I'm also a member with the National constables and marshals Association. And I'm also a member of victory Missionary Baptist Church, been a member there since 2002. And then been ordained as a deacon in 2019. I say all this to share that Throughout my travels, of doing law enforcement, I mentor to some of the veterans that I come in contact with. And some of these veterans need just an ear to listen to, to hear them, and then give them information. So I share information with them about going to the VA, which is located, you know, on Pecos and 6900, North Pecos Road and try to get them information and get them in the right direction to assist them for their needs that didn't may not be aware

Unknown Speaker 7:01
of. Excellent. Well, this is one of the responsibilities as I kind of brought myself to with regards to this particular show, Veterans Affairs plus so that group that you mentioned, that you're a part of. We'll talk offline sometime, because I'd like to get to whoever the president, President is of that organization to be on the show sometime in the near future. Because, again, here to help. And finally, would you tell me, is there any particular issue that you think is important for the community in which you reside? And then we'll ask for any closing remarks?

Unknown Speaker 7:36
Yes, this is twofold questions, especially first of all, if you're a member of North Las Vegas, or if you're not, but this just goes out there, everyone in your office is a citizen, and you're been a veteran, reach out to your local officials, you can reach out to me, you can reach out to Mr. David Washington's veterans affairs show, which is so important for our community. And let people know that you need services. If you have your DD Form 214. That's definitely going to help you to get services as far as medical education and other things that the VA can do for you. If you can't find your DD Form 214, that show that you did serve and one of the branches of the service, I would suggest that you go up to our VA, which is located at 6900, North Pecos Road, come up there with some form of identification. And they can assist you with trying to get you some services that you may not be aware of.

Unknown Speaker 8:36
Excellent. We have one minute to go. Would you like to share some closing remarks?

Unknown Speaker 8:43
Yeah, I do. I'm a proud veteran. I thank goodness for your show Veterans Affairs. It's a wonderful opportunity for people to get information that they not may not be aware of. And as modest as Mr. David Washington is him and I had the opportunity to mentor to some kids at our church at victory. And Mr. Washington was able to give his story about being the fire chief here in Las Vegas. And I was able to speak with the kids too. And let them know what they do in case they come in contact with law enforcement. So people that come in contact with you and your show, get valuable information that can assist and within the community. I love my community. I'm proud to be a deputy city Marshal, and people will see me here in November soon. And Papa Washington. I can't thank you enough for this opportunity, man. Thank you.

Unknown Speaker 9:34
You say see you in November. Yes, it

Unknown Speaker 9:37
may November. I plan to be the constable for the city of North Las Vegas. So we're gonna we're gonna see what the voters say in November.

Unknown Speaker 9:45
Absolutely. Well, good luck to you. Make that regard.

Unknown Speaker 9:49
Thank you so much. Thank you. Appreciate that. Thank you for this opportunity. This was

Unknown Speaker 9:53
all right. Thank you. Once again, good morning. This is Veterans Affairs plus on 91.5, jazz and more. I'm Dave Washington, your hosts. our next two guests are authors. We have Mr. Roseville tossed and Miss Angel Washington. So Roosevelt, you are a veteran, right?

Unknown Speaker 10:23
I am a veteran. Yes, I served in the United States Army two years. And I finished that a specialist for

Unknown Speaker 10:32
specialists for this. That was my rank as well. Look, again, you guys being author's Angel, would you tell us who you work for and what capacity?

Unknown Speaker 10:45
I work for the city of North Las Vegas. But I work for the North Las Vegas Police Department. I'm a crime prevention specialist there. Okay.

Unknown Speaker 10:54
All right. Question to both of you. And we will have you go first Roosevelt, what inspires you to write?

Unknown Speaker 11:02
Well, I think rather than what inspired me, it's really who inspired me? And I would say that the answer to that is the Almighty God inspired me because I think at my advanced stage, there's something in the Bible that says idle hands are the devil's workshop. So it's, it's my belief that he wants to keep me busy by giving me these books to write.

Unknown Speaker 11:30
Excellent. Angel, you have a new book. Tell us a little bit about it.

Unknown Speaker 11:35
I do my newest book is actually the fourth installment of my always remember you are loved series. And it's called from darkness to light. And what that book is, is a compilation of strategies, testimonials, poetry and journaling, meant to achieve mental and emotional health and wellness.

Unknown Speaker 11:55
Is it pointed toward a particular age group? Or was it a particular

Unknown Speaker 12:02
I'm actually the always remember, YOU ARE loved book series started specifically, with children, although it kind of spans all age ranges. This particular book is meant for an older demographic, although it could be read to and start communication and conversations with a younger generation as well. But it is geared more towards the teen and young adult demographic, but it spans across all age ranges.

Unknown Speaker 12:32
You know, one of the biggest, not the biggest, but a big thing that's occurring in our community now, nationwide, and possibly worldwide is young folks committing suicide for various reasons.

Unknown Speaker 12:47
Mm hmm. And COVID really kind of made that increase, or at least so that, you know, when we look at social media and what the media itself is recording, we saw a lot more of a due to COVID due to people being, you know, stuck at home, dealing with our What are already difficult situations, but not being able to have an escape from that, which is why that kind of pressed me forward to get this book out. Because I know so many people need something positive and something to kind of aid them in that that fight that they're having with emotional and mental illness.

Unknown Speaker 13:33
Sure. Now Roseville Yodas. On a little bit lighter note, could you kind of give us the title and give us a rundown on how that came about? Yes, David.

Unknown Speaker 13:43
This is my sixth book. And this particular book is entitled nicknames. The hilarious backstories. I grew up and in the deep south as I think you did, and I was intrigued by some of the nicknames that I heard from different people. And I thought, you know, let's look into the background of those nicknames. How did they get a nickname rabbit? Kitten barracuda. And I thought that there would be some interesting stories there. So I reached out to people and found out what their story was. And so I decided to write that book and it's doing very well.

Unknown Speaker 14:27
And you say this is number six for you. I didn't realize it. I'm thinking this is your second book. And this is number six.

Unknown Speaker 14:34
Yeah, it's number six. David and it's been a great ride.

Unknown Speaker 14:41
You know, what's what's interesting? I know me you talked because I've written one book and got another one been in the hopper for six years. And one thing you told me and I recall it need do some further research. The most read books are 100 pages or less somewhere around in there. Because otherwise I I can only speak to my own experience, I have several books that I've started, I'm talking about three and 400 pages, I may be at page 100. But very interesting concept to go shorter versions of whatever you're writing about. And people generally, as they say, from research will read the whole book. So please tell us, are there any book signing events that you guys may be involved in, in the near future? And if not, why not? And maybe we should consider putting something together? Oh, sure.

Unknown Speaker 15:31
I am in the stages of putting something together, but because I have something else on my plate that I gotta get past first that I will be attending, which is a conference for Teen Girls. Once I get that out of the way, I will be, you know, putting forth some kind of announcement as to some kind of a book signing event that I that I intend to have.

Unknown Speaker 15:59
Great Roseville.

Unknown Speaker 16:01
Yeah. I actually had a couple of book signings already. I had a family reunion, recently, and in Maryland, and I followed that with a school reunion. And so I sort of had a built in audience and I did very well at those those book signings. I don't have anything set up locally. But I would be open to joining other officers, if, if we can get something on I would love that.

Unknown Speaker 16:34
Yeah, I think we should consider that. Because I think one thing for me is when I saw other people, right, and, you know, studies say that we all have at least one book in us. And I think that, again, I tell people, it's not about you so much. It's about different experiences that you can share with others, particularly in my case, my book hit deal with my journey to becoming fire chief. And when I was putting it together, my my editor wanted me to do something, do a training manual, I said, I'm not trying to train anybody, but I want them to know the experience that I went through in those pitfalls, as well as those folks, black and white, male and female, who assisted me in my journey to becoming a fire chief for the city of Las Vegas Fire and Rescue. So that was that's so important. I, I know a number of people who have books laid out and, and just have not completed them for whatever reason. And I'm gonna keep encouraging, because, in fact, Brenda Williams, Faye Daniel, people, you know, these are people who pushed me when I told him I was going to write a book. And, and I finally got it done.

Unknown Speaker 17:42
So talk to I read it,

Unknown Speaker 17:46
sir. Closing remarks from you guys, as you want to go first, please.

Unknown Speaker 17:52
I just think it's very important to encourage young people who feel deprived of love. And I wanted to reassure them that they are loved, especially when that love doesn't come from people in which, you know, it should be expected, right? So that was the purpose in me, or for me to write the always remember, YOU ARE loved book series. And like you said, everybody has a story in them. Everybody has something to share or story to tell. And I just feel like, you also have a way of encouraging people when you put things into words. And that's my purpose. I believe that that is my reason for living. I believe that is the God that gives one of me that the gift that God wanted me to share with others. And that's the reason why

Unknown Speaker 18:37
I believe as your as your daughter has stated that it is important. And as you stated earlier, that everyone has a story. And I think it's important that you know, you share that if nothing else, so that your your siblings, your I mean, your offspring, and the future generation can really learn a little bit about your history and what you went through and how they might travel along their journey and the people that they need to reach out to. I've had several people since I started writing books, they told me they really wanted to write a book, they didn't know how to get started. And some have even asked me to try to assist them. But I find that there is quite an interest right now and folks wanting to tell their story. And I encourage it.

Unknown Speaker 19:26
Absolutely. Well, once again, we appreciate you guys both for being on the show. And we'll have you again sometime in the near future. So thank you very much and have a great August because this is the August show.

Unknown Speaker 19:39
Appreciate the opportunity. Thank you. Thank you for the opportunity

Unknown Speaker 19:54
Good morning. Once again, this is Dave Washington on Veterans Affairs plus on 91.5 and more. We have our final guest for this month on our show. And it's Mr. Frank Hawkins, local businessman. And so, Frank, we're we're pleased to have you on the show. And we've had you on several times. And I know that our listening audience would, would love to have an update on what's going on in your world, particularly as it relates to consumption lounges. And that application process if you can share something that will be helpful to folks out there.

Unknown Speaker 20:28
Sure, thank you for having me. And good to be on talking to you and to your listeners. Last time that we had a conversation I was talking about the different workshops that the CCB, which is a cannabis compliance board had been having with the public trying to get input and keep them informed on the process and progress of the regulations. Since our last conversation, I can tell you that the CCB has approved the regulations which will determine how consumption lounges, how they operate, and through a competitive process, how they are wanting to be selected. So there are three kinds of licenses. There is the license that if you currently have a dispensary, the state legislature approved that you could have a consumption lounge, it will cost you $100,000. That's the current dispensaries. And you must have as a caveat, you must be able to exit or go upstairs or downstairs or next door to your building without going through another space. So if you do that, then you qualify long as you pay the money to the cannabis compliance for now the opportunity to operate a consumption lines. The second license is an independent lounge. That is for people, the people who cannot operate, going through a door above or below their business. And so you may have a consumption lounge. I mean, you may have a dispensary handle, you may not. So this was a competitive process that those folks will compete in. And the last one is a social equity. They're out there as Kid independent lounge licenses, and there'll be 10 social equity licenses in the entire state. So some of the good things that came out, they are reducing the cost to apply from 10,000 to 2500. The second thing that I think is important is that people who are interested, you should go to the CCB that in the DACA or in envy.gov website and go into industry or go under commissioners. And you can pull up all of the workshops that they've had all of the information and you can watch the process as they approve the regulation. Okay, now, there's two things that are important. The social equity licenses, which there's 10 for the whole state is basically going to be a lottery. So if you can, it's supposed to be for folks who were affected, or grew up in low income census tracts who worked in low income census tracts who live in low income census tracts, either as far back as 1015 years or as far back as 3040 years. So it's going to be a pretty open, I think, process. And they are also allowing for a lot of the requirements to come after you're elected or selected selected by, you know, this lottery process. The the competitive consumption, lawns license will be a lot different. And I do not believe at least from what I've read, that that is going to be a lottery.

Unknown Speaker 24:21
So that's the number two, where you talked about the independent ones. Yeah, that's the independent. Okay. Now what differs other than the space itself for the first one, you automatically have a right to apply by virtue of having a disability. Okay, that's

Unknown Speaker 24:38
as long as you pay them. 100,000 That's for us. People who already own

Unknown Speaker 24:43
also you if you own a dispensary, you got to pay 100,000 to apply.

Unknown Speaker 24:49
Yes, you know, it's automatic. But as long as you meet the requirements set forth by the legislature, okay, biggest moment biggest requirement is by a certain date back then And you own your dispensary? And that you can access the lounge without going through another facility. Right or another building. Right has to be adjacent right adjacent above or below you.

Unknown Speaker 25:12
So there's so there's no cap on on that number in terms of that first group.

Unknown Speaker 25:18
Yep. So they, they be in the Cannabis Control Board and the legislature has tried has limited a license consumption lounge license to only one entity, or individual. So if I had five dispensaries, you would only still get one consumption lounge license, right? And then to the award process, I'm sure you can go in and buy them. But of course, they aren't out yet. But yeah, through the award process, you can only have one.

Unknown Speaker 25:53
But But through that, through that first group, it's pretty wide open to all of you who currently have dispensaries to apply.

Unknown Speaker 26:01
Yeah, my understanding from being at the meeting is that there there's a group of over 60 dispensaries throughout the entire state, that don't have the ability to, they don't have space, right, and in order to get a stay would have to go through around or outside of the immediate adjacency which is required through the regulation.

Unknown Speaker 26:25
So let me ask you, were you forward thinking when you bought or lease or whatever it is, for your current facility? Was you thinking or had even talked about the possibility of down the line that there will be these quote unquote, consumption lounges?

Unknown Speaker 26:40
Well, you know, we, of course, we thought it was going to happen. Yeah, we were forward thinking and but yes, we had to pay a lot more money. Or, you know, it took us when they pass the, when we got awarded the medical license, it took us a year, we paid rent for about a year before we ever opened our doors. So you know, other people, you know, had a different model, they got smaller spaces, and therefore, you know, they can't grow or open a consumption lounge now be maybe because of, you know, their current environment, right. But they still they, you know, that it created the independent so they can compete in there, even though there's gonna be limited license. Great.

Unknown Speaker 27:26
Frank, we got about two more minutes. And I certainly would be remiss if I didn't ask you about your new location, and its hours of operations.

Unknown Speaker 27:35
Yeah, so we are proud to say we opened our second dispensary at 9030 West Flamingo. It's called NWC. West. We would love to have folks come over and visit especially your veterans. And we'll have a little surprise storm. I can't say it over the air when they get challenged. But we have pride products for medical purposes and to relieve stress and pain. And besides just being able to buy, you know, the regular law approved marijuana. All right.

Unknown Speaker 28:14
Well, Frank, we appreciate you coming back on to update us. And once again, this is Veterans Affairs plus on any 1.5 Jazz and more. Thanks, brother Hall. We'll be in touch to our veterans out there in our listening audience. Please remember contact our service officer Tony Marshall at 301-537-9465 Should you have any particular need and also visit looking for work in the hospitality industry? Go to the app store and download good work by Nathan armagard. With that, we'll talk and speak with you guys next month. Have a great month. Hey,

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