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A
Welcome
to
Columbus
connections:
I
am
your
host
David
Britt,
and
it
is
a
new
year.
A
new
time
in
the
city
is
moving
forward.
We
got
a
lot
of
great
things
going
on
in
2018,
but
of
course
we
can't
go
forward
unless
we
know
where
we've
been
and
that's
what
we're
gonna
start
and
we're
talking
about
Claflin
school
you've
heard
a
lot
about
it
and
I
have
the
man
here
to
tell
you
again
where
it
came
from
where
it
is
and
where
we're
gonna
go
with
it:
Reverend
Richard
Jesse.
How
are
you
I'm
wonderful?
B
A
B
Of
all
Claflin
was
the
first
school
built
for
former
slaves
in
Columbus
in
1868,
and
you
can
imagine
three
years
after
the
war
civil
war,
three
years
after
blacks
had
been
freed
in
this
nation
came
Claflin
school
educating,
students,
educating
the
dos
Claflin
and
I
think
we
excited
this
is
our
hundred
and
fiftieth
anniversary.
This.
B
Has
been
an
example
of
educational
excellence
in
my
school
County
started
in
1868
became
a
public
school
in
1880
has
survived
the
Reconstruction
era
and
had
survived
the
KKK
and
all
of
what
went
along
right,
the
end
of
that
reconstruction
and
then
in
1880
Claflin
was
turned
over
to
the
city
and
mr.
Henry
Spencer
William
Henry
Spencer.
Okay,
when
did
our
real,
especially
high
school,
is
named
now
to
became
the
first
principle
of
Claflin
and
for
the
next
hundred
years,
Claflin
went
through.
A
B
Sir,
in
the
year,
1972
Claflin
was
closed
as
a
public
school
that
was
used
as
an
administrative
building
until
2005
2006
and
after
that
it
said
and
just
deteriorated.
It's
now
in
ruins.
In
2013,
the
school
system
turned
Claflin
back
over
to
the
city,
and
the
city
was
about
to
turn
it
back
over
to
the
federal
government,
which
would
have
meant
that
the
deed
restrictions
that
protected
class
right
would
have
been
lifted
and
probably
the
school
would
have
been
demolished
and
2014.
B
B
We
signed
a
lease
agreement
with
the
city
and
now
we're
leasing,
Crafton
school
building
for
a
dollar
a
year,
and
the
process
of
restoration
of
this
goo
is
about
was
about
at
that
time,
about
a
10
million
dollar
proposition
and
so
God
led
us
to
people
who
were
concerned
about
historical
preservation.
And
two
months
ago
we
learned
that
we
have
the
full
funding
for
the
restoration
of
Claflin
school.
A
C
B
It's
just
a
big
part
of
that
community,
the
closest
community
to
it
now
is
the
east
island
community,
and
what
we've
been
doing
over
the
last
few
years.
We've
been
building
partnerships.
We,
while
we
restore
the
physical
building,
we
also
have
a
plan
to
restore
our
social
order,
and
we
want
people
to
pay
very
close
attention.
Then.
A
B
Point
about
the
history
of
Cleveland:
if
you
can
imagine
when
Claflin
was
established,
it
had
been
against
the
law
to
educate
slave
former
slaves
in
America,
and
this
school
began.
The
process
of
giving
hope
Claflin
at
that
time
was
not
only
an
educational
hub
of
the
community,
but
it
was
also
a
show
social,
a
spiritual.
It
was
also
a
medical
hub
of
the
community.
B
One
of
the
things
that
we
will
be
doing
with
Claflin
we're
going
to
be
adding
affordable
housing,
okay,
affordable
family
housing
to
the
school
and
with
those
44
so
apartments
at
the
school.
We
want
to
help
the
least
of
them.
The
low-income
families,
returning
citizens,
veterans
and
ex-offenders
and
clapping
will
become
a
community
at
that
in
that
community
and
again
we're
partnering
with
the
East
Highland
community.
B
We
will
have
a
credit
union
we're
partnered
with
the
Greater
Chamber
of
Commerce,
who
has
agreed
to
help
us
to
develop
a
credit
union
so
that
we
can
educate
our
lower-income
families
on
how
to
handle
their
monies
to
move
out
of
that
financial
situation,
and
hopefully
Claflin
will
be
like
an
incubator.
We
help
families
be
able
to
get
on
their
feet
while
they
were
working
with
their
children
and
Head
Start.
Historic
families
will
be
able
to
learn
how
to
raise
themselves
out
of
that.
No
income
take.
B
C
B
B
We're
at
the
we
just
received
word
two
months
ago
that
the
tax
federal
tax
credits
that
we
had
applied
for
for
historical
restoration
and
for
affordable
housing
we've
been
awarded,
and
so
again
we're
excited
about
that.
One
of
the
reporters
asked
me
how
do
I
feel
now
and
I
told
him
I
feel
a
little
bit
like
nor
the
day
that
he
started
to
rain
and,
of
course,
I.
B
To
rain
that
was
just
the
beginning
of
the
storms.
Actually,
so
we
want
the
community
to
join
with
us,
Claflin
started.
This
restoration
process
started
out
as
a
community
effort
as
a
community
effort
to
not
only
preserve
a
historical
institution
but
to
see
what
we
could
do
to
come
out
of
this
spiritual
wilderness.
We
seem
to
be
wandering
in
okay
over
the
last
40
years.
B
Can
this
is
an
important
year
also
because
next
year,
2019
Africans
would
have
been
in
America
for
hundred
years
and
I
just
want
you
to
just
let
that
to
settle
on
you
just
for
a
moment.
We
have
been
in
America
for
hundred
years
next
year
and
we
need
to
evaluate
where
we
are,
where
we've
been
and
where
we
need
to
go
and
if
we
get
focused.
B
B
They
can
write
their
checks
to
fhc
Friends
of
historic,
Laughlin,
P,
o
box,
five,
two
three
one
Columbus
Georgia,
three,
one:
nine.
Oh
six.
We
had
a
wonderful
beautiful
web
site
that
got
hacked
and
we're
in
the
process
of
restoring
that,
but
people
can
make
their
donations.
Now
we
got
to
this
point
because
we
understood
that
this
classroom
project
for
me
was
an
assignment
from
God
and
for
others
who
have
been
working
with
us.
B
We
have
done
our
due
diligence
and
God
has
done
the
rest,
and
we
are
just
grateful
to
be
where
we
are
one
of
the
initial
tools
that
will
be
used
in
our
board
of
directors
adopted
a
program
called
peers
and
initiatives
called
peers.
Peer
stands
for
political,
economic,
educational
reconstruction
systems.
We
are
about
to
see
a
third
reconstruction
in
America
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
have
learned
that,
if
you
understand
where
you've
been
where
you
are,
you
can
better
plan
where.
B
That's
what
we're
doing
we
have
a
plan
and
now
we're
ready
to
work
to
plan
thanks
to
God
and
to
some
out-of-state
investors
who
heard
what
we
wanted
to
do
with
the
school
and
partner
with
us.
Okay,
you
want
to
thank
God
for
Oracle
consultants,
who
are
our
partners
and
our
developers
in
this
process.
B
But
our
initial
prio
MOTU
our
guidelines
for
the
friends
of
Claflin
and
Alumni
Association,
is
that
in
the
spirit
of
William
Henry
Spencer
and
professor
Shadrach
or
Marshall
former
principals
of
Claflin,
we
will
aggressively
encourage
more
men
who
care
about
the
welfare
of
our
children
to
pursue
careers
in
education.
We
got
to
get
more
men
involved.
A
B
B
We
have
a
commitment
and
a
pledge
for
becoming
a
peer,
and
we
want
people
to
understand
that
peers
are
honorable,
equal
citizens
who
care
about
their
community
and
the
four
pillars
appears.
Is
we
teach
the
golden
rule?
We've
already
started
a
movement
towards
respect,
responsibility
and
Reconciliation.
B
C
B
Of
community
and
a
sense
of
dependency
on
God
and
the
other
thing
that
we
want
to
if
you
want
to
be
a
part
of
building
accountability
in
the
systems
under
which
we
live,
the
political,
the
education,
the
economic
system
become
a
peer
and
we
have
a
plan
how
we
can
build
accountability
into
those
systems,
not
you,
and
we
are
just
excited
about
what
is
going
to
happen
to
you.
Can
you
imagine
what
would
happen
if
most
of
our
society
became
a
peer
and
practice
to
go
to
rooms?
Oh.
B
C
B
B
A
B
If
you
just
can
imagine
I'm
I
was
several
hats
in
this
community
I'm,
the
director
of
the
Columbus
urban
debate
league.
We
involve
middle
and
high
school
students
and
public
policy
debate,
we're
affiliated
with
Emory
University
and
we're
in
our
seventh
seasons.
Oh
well,
almost
urban
debate
league
we're
excited
about
teaching
young
people
how
to
argue
severe
civilly.
You
know
how
to
make
your
arguments
and
control
your
emotion
how
to
practice
the
golden
rule.
B
As
you
argue,
your
points
and
your
fate
I'm
also
a
state
district
coordinator
for
the
NAACP,
and
we
want
to
ask
the
community
to
support
the
Columbus
branch
in
ACP.
The
n-double-a-cp
has
a
history
in
America,
like
none
other
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
see
in
the
future.
As
we
become
politically
empowered.
B
Our
United
States
Senate
has
never
passed
an
anti-lynching
law.
The
Congress
has
but
the
Senate
apologized
a
few
years
for
not,
but
they
never
did
and
when
you
see
all
of
the
executions
in
America
the
un--
law
for
the
the
without
due
process,
executions.
One
of
the
reasons
is
the
highest
body
of
law.
B
Makers
in
this
nation
have
never
passed
an
anti-lynching
law
so
since
can
be
involved
this
this
nation
is
one
nation
under
God,
indivisible
with
liberty
and
justice
for
all-
and
we
know
that's
not
happening
right
now,
so
we
want
to
make
it
happen
and
Claflin
is
going
to
be
one
of
the
institutions,
one
of
the
tools
that
you
can
support
to
help
make
us
what
we've
been
talking
about.
One
Columbus,
we
still
not
one
Columbus,
one
nation
under
God
with
liberty
and
justice
for
all.
B
B
Appreciate
that
we
just
want
to
say
we
wish
everybody
a
happy
new
year,
but
get
involved,
get
involved,
teachers
get
involved,
veterans,
get
involved
and,
if
you're
not
involved
in
something
that's
making
a
difference,
you're
part
of
the
problem,
absolutely
so
one
everybody
to
play
their
part.
Alright,.
D
Are
fun
at
any
age,
just
remember
the
rules
of
the
road
when
you're
out
enjoying
a
bike
ride
and
motorists
when
you're,
sharing
the
road
with
cyclists,
use
caution
and
give
at
least
three
feet
when
passing
bicycles
are
safe,
fun
and
sensible
when
you
ride,
be
visible,
be
predictable
and
be
alert,
you'll
have
a
safe
ride
and
a
great
time.
Let's
get
there
together,
Georgia
a
message
from
the
governor's
office
of
Highway,
Safety
and
Georgia
bikes.
C
B
A
Welcome
back
to
Columbus
connections,
we're
talking
moving
forward
in
the
community
now
last
year,
Metro
made
some
changes:
the
city
transit
system.
They
made
it
some
update
to
some
ramps
and
a
few
things,
and
they
said
that
they
would
be
back
to
talk
about
that
and
talk
about
those
updates
and
see
what
worked,
what
didn't
work
and
how
we're
going
to
move
for
it.
Well,
this
is
that
time
and
they're
back
here
how
you
doing
I'm
great.
E
C
E
C
E
To
reduce
some
of
those
later
trips-
and
there
are
two
routes
that
are
not
the
ridership,
is
extremely
low
and
so
we're
recommending
to
discontinue
those
two
rounds
which
allow
eight
uptown
Civic
Commons
and
route
11,
which
is
a
route
that
goes
out
to
Gateway
Walmart,
and
it
makes
trips
from
Gateway
Walmart
to
Columbus
Park
crossing.
That's
warm
springs
road
wings.
Well,
so.
A
E
E
So,
while
we
have
routes
that
are
really
performing
well
and
we're
having
to
add
trips
to
those
routes,
we
do
have
some
routes
that
are
not
performing
well
and
so,
rather
than
keep
those
routes
out,
till
11
and
11:30
at
night,
with
maybe
one
to
three
people
riding
after
9:00
p.m.
we're,
proposing
and
I
want
to
I
guess
really
make
that
part
clear.
E
A
C
E
Is
from
4:00
p.m.
until
6:00
p.m.
now
from
4:00
until
5:00,
the
consultants
that
were
hired
to
do
the
transit
study
will
do
a
presentation
to
let
everybody
know
what
is
being
proposed
and
then
from
5:00.
Until
6:00
p.m.
customers
will
be
able
to
make
comments,
we
will
have
a
court
reporter
there
and.
C
E
People
will
be
able
to
make
comments
that
will
go
on
and
express
their
opinion
about
the
rouse
and
then
again
on
Thursday
February,
1st,
we'll
have
a
meeting
at
the
same
location
at
our
transit
office
and
it'll,
be
from
5
p.m.
until
7
p.m.
the
first
hour.
Being
the
presentation
and
the
second
hour
being
comments
that
people
will
be
able
to
make
to
the
to
go
on
record,
and
now
it
won't
be
a
forum
where
you
will.
You
know
back-and-forth
thing
like
that.
No,
it
will
be.
A
E
Close,
they
can
call
us
at
Metro
and
the
number
at
7:06.
We
have
a
English
line
if
you
want
to
call
and
make
comments
and
it's
seven
zero.
Six,
two:
two:
five:
four:
five:
nine
zero
and
Spanish
line:
seven:
zero:
six:
two:
two:
five:
four:
six:
zero
six
and,
of
course
they
can
email
us
at
Metro
info
at
Metro
info
at
Columbus,
GA,
dot
org.
E
We
have
the
information
posted
on
our
website
at
Metro,
Transit,
Columbus,
ww,
Columbus,
GA,
org,
slash,
Metro
and
we've
got
the
information
we're
passing
out
flyers
at
the
Transfer
Center
to
our
customers.
We've
made
over
10,000
copies
to
distribute.
Of
course
you
all
are
putting
the
information
out
and
the
various
media
we've.
We've
posted
it
in
the
ledger
in
choir
channel
3
channel
9,
all
the
different.
E
E
A
Again,
if
you're
just
joining
us,
the
metro
will
be
making
some
proposed
changes,
but
they
want
to
hear
from
you
first,
they
won't
hear
from
the
community,
and
this
can
be
done
and
not
just
hear
from
you,
but
they're
gonna.
Do
a
presentation
to
show
you
why
these
changes
are
necessary.
So
you
can
understand
that
and
again
just
get
all
that
information
out.
That's
going
to
be
Tuesday
January
30th
at
Metro,
the
Transit
Center,
the
training
room
at
on
814
Lynwood
Boulevard.
A
It's
going
to
start
at
four
o'clock
four
to
five
is
the
information
session
and
then
five
to
six
they're
gonna.
Allow
public
comment:
there's
going
to
be
another
one
on
February
1st
at
the
same
place
that
8:14
Lynwood
Boulevard
at
the
Metro
Transit
Center
government,
okay,
good
yeah,
tell
us
every
army
because
of
course
you
always
look
just
like
this
you're,
always
working
to
make
sure
that
Metro
is
effectively
serving
the
community.
Okay.
How
do
you
all
like
at
what
point?
Do
you
look
at
something?
Okay,
this
is
doing
good.
This
isn't
doing
good.
E
C
E
Are
able
to
look
at
that
data
to
look
at
that
ridership
so
for
the
last
year?
That's
what
we've
been
doing.
We
have
been
looking
at
very
closely
each
route
to
see
what
the
ridership
is.
That
tells
us
whether
a
route
is
producing
well
or
if
it's
under
producing.
So
when
we
look
at
give
an
example,
a
trip
on
saying,
Route
one,
and
we
see
that
at
8
o'clock
p.m.
E
that's
the
latest
that
the
most
people
are
writing.
So
we
look
at
the
nine
o'clock
trip
and
when
we
see
one
or
two
people,
three
or
four
people
and
then
10
o'clock,
we
don't
see
anybody
that
tells
us
that
we
don't
need
to
continue
running
a
bus,
that's
empty
right,
you
know,
and
it's
it's
just
not
cost-effective,
exactly
it's
not
the
best
thing
for
our
for
our
citizens,
because
we
want
this
funding
to
last
the
tea
splice
funding
to
last.
As
long
as
we
can
make
it
last
right
to
benefit
everyone.
E
So
we
look
at
the
numbers
from
each
route
and
we
also
do
hand
surveys.
We
survey
bus
stops
to
see
how
many
people
are
getting
on
where
people
are
getting
on.
So
that
tells
us
do
we
need
to
service
this
area
or
do
we
need
to
divert
the
bus
to
another
area,
so
we've
collected
data
over
the
years.
This
is
not
something
that
we
sit
back
and
and
made
up.
E
E
They
want
it
later
service,
and
so
we
said
we
would
try
it
and
we
we
want
to
see,
what's
going
to
happen,
what
will
we
have
people
riding,
and
so
what
we
see
is
that,
generally
after
9:00
9:00
p.m.
we
buses
are
running
empty.
So
you
have
the
wear
and
tear
on
the
on
the
buses.
You
have
fuel,
you
have
bus
operators
that
are
out
there
with
just
a
few
one
or
two
people
on
the
bus.
So
we
we
don't
want
to
continue.
E
E
Want
to
make
sure
we
hear
from
the
public
again
it's
a
proposal.
Nothing
is
final.
There
are
no
fare
increases
once
we
go
through
the
public
hearing
process
and
we
get
the
input
from
the
community.
We
will
take
that
back
to
Council
and
it
will
go
through
our
city
process
with
first
and
second
reading,
and
then
council
will
make
a
final
decision.
But
again
the
number
to
call
is
seven
zero,
six,
two
two
five,
four
five,
eight
one-
and
if
you
just
want
to
leave
comments
and
express
your
opinion,
we
have
the
English
line
again.