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From YouTube: Town Talk with Former Mayor John McCann Episode 10: Bob Stevens Interviews Mayor McCann
Description
Bob Stevens interviews former Mayor of Hilton Head Island, John McCann.
A
Welcome
to
town
talk
on
the
county
Channel
a
little
different
format
for
this
show,
which
may
or
may
not
be
the
last
show
of
the
series
Mayor
John
McCann
of
the
Hilton
Head
Island,
usually
is
interviewing
somebody
important
and
they're
talking
about
the
great
important
things.
Well,
we're
going
to
interview
somebody
important
on
this
show
Mayor
John
McCann
great
to
talk
to
you.
Thank
you
and
I'm
really
happy.
It's
you
well
I'm
I'm
happy!
It's
me
too
I!
A
Guess,
let's
get
right
into
it,
but
because
that's
what
you
do
in
your
interviews
with
the
leaders
around
the
county,
you're
you're,
ending
your
career
as
mayor
with
the
upcoming
or
with
the
elections
and
and
it's
kind
of
a
good
time
to
reflect
back
on
what
has
gone
on
the
past
four
years.
An
awful
lot
has
happened
to
you
and
because
of
you
and
for
you
and
whatever
here
on
the
island,
let's
start
with,
you
got
any
thoughts
on
your
biggest
accomplishment.
B
On
your
office,
well,
let's
say
just
thought
with
you
know
when
I'm,
what
I'm
most
proud
of
along
the
way
is
we've
put
together
a
council
that
really
works
well
together.
They're
all
different
opinions,
all
different
philosophies
on
things,
but
they
work
together.
We've
hired
an
excellent
Town
manager,
Mark
Orlando
and
we've
started
to
recognize
the
staff
for
the
quality
of
the
work
that
they
do.
I
mean
without
the
staff
working
on
everything
we've
done.
Nothing
would
have
been
accomplished
at
all.
B
We've
accomplished
a
great
deal
of
stuff,
the
new
staff,
the
old
staff,
the
people
that
are
here
alone
time
they've
just
done
a
magnificent
job
and
we
never
take
the
time
out
to
stop
and
say
just
thank
you.
You
really
made
this
town
a
better
place.
The
town
managers
made
it
a
better
place
and
I've
developed
some
friends
that
I'll
keep
when
I
leave
here.
People
like
Kelly,
spinella
and
Alexa
that,
along
the
way.
A
Yeah
there
has
been
an
awful
lot
of
of
things
of
items,
action
items,
I.
Guess
you
guys
like
to
call
them
the
things
you
guys
can
can
put
a
pin
in
and
said
yep.
We
we
targeted
getting
that
done
and
we
did
everything
from
the
Mitchellville
project,
getting
it
really
rocking
and
rolling
the
Hilton
Head
Christian
Academy,
move
and
things
that
went
on
after
that.
A
The
the
relationship
with
the
with
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
and
renewing
that
and
all
those
kind
of
things,
specifically
anything
you're,
going
to
say
five
years
from
now.
Good
Lord
willing
we're
all
here
in
five
more
years
that
we
can
look
at
and
say,
hey,
mayor,
McCann's
Administration
did
that.
B
Well,
good
Lord
willing
is
a
good
good
catch
phrase
to
put
us
in
here
when
I
first
got
here,
the
invocation
was
given
by
the
mayor.
Pro
Temp
did
a
good
job,
but
I
felt
that
if
you're
really
going
to
get
back
and
connect
with
the
people,
we
should
connect
it
to
people
through
God,
and
what
we
decided
to
do
is
invite
different
pastors
rabbis
ministers.
B
Whatever
there
was
on
a
routine
basis
to
come
in
and
give
the
invocation,
it
turned
it
into
a
meaningful
meeting
rather
than
just
reading
some
words
now
that
group
has
turned
into
its
own
group,
which
is
a
town
function
now
that
we'll
meet
this
afternoon,
in
fact,
and
they
talk
about
different
items
in
the
community
from
homelessness
to
this.
To
that
along
the
way,
it's
a
group
that
will
go
a
long
way.
It's
a
group
that
will
get
the
message
out
really
really
well
along
the
way
in
itself.
B
B
Next
Administration
I
most
certainly
would
the
other
thing
is
important.
Is
we
have
an
Amaze
honoree
award
Group
which
meets
every
quarter
and
people
that
have
done
things
in
the
community
that
you've
never
heard
about
and
they
get
awarded
and
I've
out
of
four
years,
I
probably
knew
three
people
that
I'd
met
them
met
the
rest
for
the
first
time
was
there
and
it
goes
back
to
prove.
We
have
an
amazing
amazing
Community
along
the
way,
so
I
like
to
see
that
kept
as
we're
doing
it.
B
You
know
when
you
look
at
legislation.
What
we're
doing
the
housing
issue
is
a
big
issue.
You
and
me
have
talked
about
this
before
I
believe
in
housing,
but
not
at
all
cost
I.
Don't
think
we
should
build
housing
without
giving
it
a
lot
of
thought.
I,
don't
think
we
should
build
housing
and
have
housing
in
a
location
where
there's
nowhere
for
those
people
to
get
out
of
that
location
unless
they
have
their
own
car
and
a
lot
of
them.
A
B
House,
yeah
I
think
that
we
ought
to
discuss
a
plan
and
education
plan
how
we
educate
the
people
on
what
Workforce
housing
really
is
and
then
go
out
to
the
citizen
say
what
do
you
want?
I
mean?
Maybe
the
citizens
want
to
be
smaller
than
we
are
now?
Maybe
they
want
to
stop
the
development
of
the
island?
Not
everybody
wants
to
see
a
bridge.
Not
everybody
wants
to
see
this,
but
this
is
a
big
thing.
This
could
turn
our
population
around
by
anywhere
from
four
four
to
eight
percent,
with
new
people
coming
in
here.
B
A
B
Online
I
must
say
a
mocking
myself.
We
spend
a
lot
of
time
sitting
on
people's
Lawns
on
278
talking
to
people
the
the
bugs
crawling
all
around
we're
out.
There
listen
for
a
long
period
of
time,
so
for
some
people,
it's
very,
very
personal,
it's
not
a
bridge
or
a
corridor,
it's
something
that
their
family
has
had
for
generations.
For
them
it's
personal
and
we
should
take
it
as
personal
I
think
we're
very
close
to
doing
something.
I'd
be
shocked
if
the
design
for
the
bridge
hasn't
started
already.
A
B
The
island
I
think
the
town,
the
council
and
I
hope
the
new
Council
will
be
aware
of
the
fact
that
when
you
got
all
these
cars
coming
over
the
bridge,
you
need
somewhere
to
put
them
it's
not
a
matter
of
how
fast
can
you
get
them
here?
It's
what
do
you
do
with
them
at
the
end?
Where
do
you
put
those
cars
when
they
go
to
the
beach
in
caligny,
where
you
put
those
cars
when
they
come
over
shopping
and
having
dinner
here
along
the
way,
there's
an
end
part.
A
Mentioned
the
fact
that
there's
going
to
be
a
new
Council,
it's
going
to
be
quite
a
bit
different,
I!
Think
from
from
past
councils
and
you've
talked
about
the
next
Administration.
What
would
you
want
to
tell
that
bunch,
and
what
are
you
maybe
you're
going
to
tell
that,
but
that
group
something
on
your
way
out
the
door.
B
Well,
I
always
tell
them
I'm
going
to
leave
my
keys
on
my
desk
with
an
envelope
below
it.
What
you
should
do,
I've
been
on
a
council
10
years
right
and
for
those
10
years
I've
been
with
Bill
Hawkins
and
Tom
Linux
we've
been
together
for
10
years
we
wrote
The
Chamber
agreement,
wasn't
some
outside
Law
Firm.
We
wrote
The
Chamber
agreement,
we
put
it
together.
We
worked
in
a
small
room
in
in
Heritage
Golf
Course.
To
put
it
together.
For
years,
Tom
became
the
finance
chairman
when
I
became
mayor
along
the.
B
On
a
magnificent
job,
I
agree
because
the
people
that
comes
out
to
us
is
think
before
you
do
a
lot
of
stuff.
There's
no
rush
into
doing
nothing.
All
the
emergency
stuff
will
be
done
by
tomorrow,
night
think
before
you
do
something
have
meetings
with
Mark
and
as
they
have
to
go
over.
What's
really
there
spend
time
seeing
what's
there
I
know,
you've
promised
a
lot
of
people
a
lot
of
things
on
a
campaign
Trail,
but
just
take
a
minute
back
and
sit
and
think,
and
where
do
you
really
want
to
go?
B
What
do
you
really
want
to
do?
You
know
what's
good
for
the
town
along
the
way,
I'm
sure
they're,
very
smart
people
that
are
running
they're
all
different
to
get
into
which
makes
54
was
leaving
it.
Four
of
us
could
be
leaving
at
one
time,
but
a
new
Council
will
be
interesting.
It
would
be
interesting
for
the
town
manager
who
he
has
to
work
with
that
he
didn't
have
to
work
with
before
it
will
work
out.
It's
been
working
out
for
20
some
odd
years.
B
B
And
years
and
that's
thought
it
would
Drew
I
told
the
people
that
live
here
are
our
biggest
assets.
People
who
live
on
Hilton
Head
are
the
assets
that
we
have.
They
come
from
all
over
the
world.
Most
of
them
check
the
Regal.
With
the
bridge.
We
have
more
experts
in
everything
than
anywhere
in
the
world.
A
A
Everybody
almost
everybody
and
we
do
have
a
native
population,
but
almost
everybody
has
chosen
to
come
here,
made
a
conscious
decision,
they're
not
here,
because
their
grandparents
were
here
and
the
family's
been
here
for
200
years
on
this
island.
They
came
here
because
they
wanted
to
be
here
and-
and
that
seems
to
be
that
that's
the
dynamic
that
really
tipped
the
tip
the
scales
for
me
and
our
family
to
move
here
is
hey.
Everybody
has
chosen
to
be
here.
They
want
it
to
be
something
special
and.
B
The
population
has
changed,
yeah
I
mean
the
Hispanic
population
will
be
the
majority
population
in
a
short
period
of
time.
The
Asian
population
is
very,
very
large,
much
larger
than
we
think
it
is
along
the
way,
and
we
have
you
know,
a
lot
of
the
black
population
is
shrinking
along
the
way.
But
it's
when
you
go
to
graduation
in
high
school
year,
and
you
see
the
mix
of
all
the
students
graduating
you.
You
know
you're
in
almost
a
perfect
Community
with
this
continuity
among
the
people
that
live
here.
Work
along
the.
B
No
half
of
the
problems
that
they
have
here
I
never
heard
of
before
when
I
got
here,
was
an
adventure
along
the
way.
So
it
was
grits
yeah,
but
it
was
just
an
eventually
getting
here.
It
was
a
I've,
been
here
a
long
time
now
yeah
what
30
some
years
yeah
we
saw
it
coming
85
we
had
a
timeshare
like
everybody
else
did,
and
then
we
bought
our
home
in
97.
wow,
so
we're
here
a
long
time.
25.
A
B
I
really
believe
that
the
the
pandemic
would
have
brought
greater
civility
to
the
island.
I
really
thought
that
being
we
were
all
captured
in
and
couldn't
go
nowhere
and
people
were
getting
sick
that
you
knew
families
were
getting
sick,
that
people
would
be
more
civil
to
each
other
instead
of
the
other
way.
Around
and
I
was
extremely
disappointed
about
that.
The
civility
here,
Statewide
Nationwide,
is
a
big
thing,
causing
a
lot
of
problems,
but
that
was
disappointing
that
that
didn't
come
out
of
that.
A
long.
A
Way,
interesting
in
the
political
discourse
right
now,
a
lot
of
it
is
about
let
the
towns,
let
the
local
people,
decide
their
future,
and
yet
you
had
you
had
to
go
nose
to
nose
with
the
governor
about
covet
yeah.
You
wanted
things
shut
down
more
than
they
were
the
governor,
wanted
things
opened
up
more
than
they
were.
How
is
the
relationship
between
the
town
and
the
state
and
state
government?
Because
of
that.
A
B
When
I
call
the
governor
he'll
call
me
back
all
the
time
within
48
Hours
of
going
back
all
the
time
he
called
me
the
first
time
he
called
me
was
with
we
had
a
hurricane
yep
and
he
called
me
on
a
phone
and
he's
talking
to
me
and
talking
to
me
and
I
have
no
idea
who
it
is
not
a
clue.
Some
Muslim
talking
at
the
end,
I
realized
God
this
guy's
a
governor.
B
A
Good
relationship,
then,
does
the
town
have
a
or
what's
the
town's
relationship
with
the
state?
I've
always
found
that
to
be
a
very
strange
dynamic
because
there's
a
whole
lot
of
money
down
here,
but
it
doesn't
seem
like
we
get
to
call
many
shots
in
in
Colombia
and
even
with
a
group
of
state
representatives
that
is
growing
in
their
seniority.
We're
still
kind
of
the
the
left
out
corner
of.
B
The
state,
so
our
problem
is
the
the
state
takes
a
lot
more
Credence
with
the
counties
than
they
do
with
the
towns.
Okay,
there's
X
number
of
counties
and
they
get
more
love
and
care
by
the
state
than
the
towns
do
itself.
Even
though
we
produce
the
most
money,
our
relationship
with
the
county
is
fair.
B
Well,
yeah,
what
what's
fair
I
remember
the
first
week
I
was
mayor.
We
held
the
meeting
out
at
the
library
in
Bluffton
had
the
county
officials
in
there
the
senior
Town
officials
in
there
and
I
wanted
to
talk
to
them
about
inequality
that
there's
an
inequality
here
with
the
town
gets
here
from
other
towns.
B
B
Why
I
was
coverage
on
this
one?
Okay,
I
wondered
if
you're
going
to
get
there?
No,
no.
We
got
we
pay
for
our
own
beaches.
We
nourish
our
own
beaches
right
which
no
one
else
does
and
we
pay
for
the
sheriff's
department
we
pay
for
them
both
stipends.
We
pay
for
them
an
extra
budget
item
which
no
one
else.
No
one
else
does
it's
wrong.
B
We're
in
court
now,
for
three
years,
the
court
name
on
the
case
of
Steve
Rowley
and
myself,
because
apparently
a
town
can't
sue
his
mother,
okay,
sue
the
county,
we'll
probably
go
to
court,
probably
January,
February
of
next
year.
It's
wrong
I
mean
you
can't
charge
us
twice
right
and
all
those
things
either
would
be
in
charge
100
or
we're
getting
nothing.
It's
just
wrong.
So
the
relationship
between
the
county
and
the
town
should
be
very,
very
close.
B
It's
not
that
way,
yeah
and
then,
to
my
surprise,
or
not
to
my
surprise,
that
the
other
towns
ever
worse
than
we
do
really
they're
getting
all
the
money
from
them,
but
they're
getting
no
cooperation
or
nothing,
and
they
haven't
said
time.
So
so
it's
an
issue.
The
relationship
is
better
between
the
counties
and
the
state
than
it
is
with
us
is.
A
B
A
All
right,
how
about
your
future
plans?
You've,
like
you,
said
you've
been
on
on
on
Council
for
a
decade.
They
will
probably
still
let
you
into
town
hall
after
your
term
is
over,
although
we'll
see
about
that,
but
you've
got
a
you've,
got
a
lot
of
stuff
still
to
give
to
this
island
and
and
to
this
to
the
Low
Country.
What
do
you
want
to.
A
A
B
A
B
B
B
Spent
an
awful
lot
of
time
because
of
Carol
and
Grant
and
Kelly
putting
me
on
the
outside
I
mean
now
that
markets
here
a
year
is
on
his
own.
But
we
spent
every
Thursday
together
riding
around
the
town
to
see
what's
wrong.
Just
writing
different
places
along
the
way
and
went
to
somebody's
105th
birthday
a
couple
months
ago,
because
they
asked
us
to
go
and
hell.
Why
not
I
mean
sure
105
years
old
and
What.
B
Well,
we
had
his
family
was
there
and
he
was
there.
We
were
in
a
nursing,
home
and
people
that
want
to
get
old
and
lose
their
mind.
This
guy
was
sharp.
He
would
show
up
in
a
different
world,
but
he
was
really
sharp
and
he
knew
who
we
were
and
he
knew
why
we
were
there
and
that's
a
good
citizen
with
a
good
mind
with
a
lot
a
lot
of
good
Tales
to
tell
along
the
way-
and
it
was
just
interesting
and
you
get
them
in
we
go
to
strange
places.
A
We
hope
we
have
not
certainly
seen
anywhere
near
the
last
of
you
on
the
airwaves
around
Hilton,
Head,
Island
and
Beaufort
County,
trying
to
make
things
better
for
all
of
us.
We
appreciate
that.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
and
we
appreciate
you
again
watching
us
here
on
the
county.
Channel
thanks
so
much
I'm
Bob
Stevens
of
whhi,
with
the
mayor
of
Hilton,
Head,
Island,
John,
McCann,
supposedly.