Hello, I'm Zeke, and welcome to the Zekely , Podcast. Let's talk, Pennsylvania. The guest I have today lives in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania. And for the last seven years, he has saved Lehigh County millions in taxpayer dollars as its controller. But now he's a Democratic candidate running to flip his state Senate seat blue.

in November. Thank you so much for being here again, Mark Pinsley.

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Yeah, thank you very much. And I do wanna say I actually did save millions. You know, people always say that, but I I did.

I know you did.

I know you're gonna do an awesome job as a state senator. I have to say that it is funny because you are the second repeat guest on my show and also someone running for state senate in Pennsylvania. So this is a very auspicious thing. And Jay and it was it was James Malone running in Lancaster County. Now we have you. We gotta win, Mark, because we need the fucking trifecta for the first time in over thirty years. And we need you to win. It's crazy. How old were you, man? I was eleven.

that's great. I love that.

Great.

We do.

Isn't that unbelievable? Isn't that unbelievable?

Thirty years ago, yeah. So let's see, I would have been, yeah, in my twenties.

it's been

long enough. We do not need another year to go by without having to try Fecta in Pennsylvania. And if anyone wants to learn about Mark

go back to episode 19,

let's play some games, have some fun. You ready?

I'm ready.

All right, so right out of the

why are you running for state senate in Pennsylvania?

I mean, look, so if one thing is the trifecta, you know, we actually have an opportunity to flip, to actually have control of the state, the house, and the senate. So obviously that's inspiring. But just to be just to be honest, look, I got into politics because b really because of Trump and I am fighting fascism. ⁓ I believe we live in a fascist state right now with some democracy kind of wrapped around it. ⁓ and the way that I believe that you fight fascism is by showing people that government can work for them.

Mm-hmm. Yeah.

And so that's my goal is to show people that government can work for them.

I agree. I mean, I think people they see and they hear the word fascism as like a buzzword, trying to be divisive. But if you actually look up the definition of fascism and you look at what happened in the past and also in countries around the world where fascism is still being used, Trump does pull from that playbook. I mean, Project Twenty Twenty Five is a lot of that wrapped into it.

It's certainly anti-democratic. And so, you know, that's what we need people who believe in democracy, who want to who know that, you know, when done correctly, government actually helps the most amount of people. So I'm glad that you've thrown your hat in the ring again ⁓ to clinch the state senate seat blue.

Thank you.

Mark, the current Republican state senator serving in your district voted to ban trans girls from participating in girls' sports in public schools. Why are Republican politicians so obsessed with harassing trans people?

first off, I I think there's like three trans girls in all the state of Pennsylvania that are playing in some sport. ⁓ so this is is just a distraction, right? It's just a distraction to stop us from caring about other things. You know, like I I really do believe ⁓ that this is about up and down, not about left and right. And when you talk when you think about the oligarchies and the people that have the money, they are funneling this kind of nonsense, in this case to the Republican Party. I'm not saying that we're I'm not saying that

Right.

They can't funnel nonsense to us either, right? But right now we're talking about the Republican Party. And they're funneling nonsense because they don't want us to look up.

exactly. I I I like you bring up this point. You know, there are fewer than ten trans students participating in the NCAA in the entire country out of five hundred thousand students. I mean, so every time they try and say that trans girls are a threat to other people, I mean no one is losing their college scholarships due to trans kids. You know, the the the biggest threat to student athletes are straight white men. Okay, if you look at if you look at statistically speaking, and you are a statistics man.

Yes, right. Exactly.

Yeah.

You know,

you look at people who have been abusing children in sports over time, it's not trans people. Okay, but like you said, it's a distraction technique. And I know that you are a big supporter of the Equality Act, which did pass in the P in the PA state house because of Democrats. And if we want to get it passed in Pennsylvania and get it to Governor Josh Shapiro's desk, it's gonna come to your desk as well.

Yes. Yeah.

Absolutely, I'm a I'm a yes. Let's make it happen.

Well, it is Pride Month, okay? So we we have to play a game in honor of Pride. So pr you know, pride is all about recognition, right? It's recognizing that the LGBTQ plus community exists, that they deserve to exist and be treated with respect and dignity. So I'm gonna ask you some questions about recognition,

Good.

do you recognize that drag queen story time is significantly more fun than regular story time? Yeah. It's good stuff, right?

I do. Yeah.

I think there I saw a really great TikTok video once that someone said, like, why are drag queens like targeting children? It's and then and the drag queen said, Because they can't read It's like they can't fucking read.

Like it it's like it was like unbelievably funny as a drag queen, like 'cause they just bring brevity to the situation, but it's just ridiculous. So I'm glad that you recognize

I love that. I

love that answer though.

Yeah, 'cause they can't read. All right. do you recognize it is much more practical to have a transparent marriage between two consenting adults rather than a secret relationship on Grinder? Yeah, right.

Yeah.

Yeah, you know, like my a number of my family are are in the LGBTQ community and they suffered growing up, you know, so I'm in my fifties and they're a little bit older than I am. You know, and and they're ⁓ one one particular couple is now married, you know, and to this day they will not hold hands outside because of all of the problems they had.

Yeah.

It's just terrible. I mean, again, it I think it is very difficult for people to put themselves in other people's shoes.

As a man, you know, I don't think about walking at night in the dark back to my car. Women do. You know, I don't think there are so many things that I don't think about because of who I am. ⁓ but when you hear these stories, I mean, God, to not have a heart and have empathy and want to just respect people and their dignity, you you just have there's just something missing in your in your, you know, DNA. I think I

Yeah.

It's possible to change. I do. I think everyone has the ability to change and make themselves better. But for those who are entrenched, it it really does hurt my soul.

do you recognize the pride flag to be more beautiful than a Confederate flag?

Absolutely. Absolutely.

Yeah, right.

I mean the the pride flag is just gorge. All right, here's the last one. do you recognize that pride events are more fun than a Trump?

Yeah, absolutely. Well, you know, at the Trump rally, he's gonna tell him to hit you in the face if he doesn't like ya, so

Yeah.

my God.

They're just cry I

mean,

what's happening on the White House lawn with this, you know, UFC fight that's gonna happen, it's just an abomination, you know, which is just gonna be another Trump rally. Like it's gonna be a Trump rally for his birthday. They're saying, no, no, it's not for America's two fiftieth, it's for his birthday.

Yeah.

Which we all know is bullshit. They're they're definitely gonna make it about the the American anniversary.

But yeah.

happy pride, and I'm glad that I'm glad I I'm glad that you recognize all those things.

Thank you. Same to you, yeah.

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Mark, tell me how you stopped ICE from using office space in Lehigh County.

Yeah, so what I ended up doing is I found they hadn't paid their bill in over three years, so it was pretty easy.

God.

that's crazy.

Yeah, so when I found that out I I ⁓ brought it to the board's attention, I brought it to the public's attention. ⁓ and then ultimately they got they got evicted

very quickly. And and and I believe if they haven't already now paid their bill, they have made arrangements to have their former bill paid.

It's it's so Trump esque the way that, you know, the government is acting these days. Because if you do any digging into the Trump history books, you know, that's how he ran his businesses. He literally would hire people to build his golf resorts and all these buildings. And then when it came time to pay the bill, he would just maybe maybe pay them, maybe pay them a fraction, and he said, You know what? Take me to court. My lawyers will keep you buried for years. Take what I give you and go away, or you'll never see the money anyway.

And that's ex that that's how he's running the government right now.

And that's

I mean tha that is how he's running the government. Look, we w we now have a wrestling match outside of the White House that he wants to keep there, right? Like this is ⁓

we've gone back to the gladiator days, I guess.

I know,

I know. They're look, when they when they find the basement they grab a jackhammer and keep going. There's just no bottom to to the depravity of what they've done to this country. But again, we still have a lot of power in Pennsylvania because by electing you and getting the trifecta, we can turn all this

Mark, how are you going to make housing more affordable in Pennsylvania?

Yeah, so I do I actually do think that that's a two-step approach. You know, so we talk about building more housing. I do want to say that it's not just about building housing, but it's how it's managed. So here in Lehigh County, we actually do man we own and manage affordable housing. It's very successful.

And it's based on like you know your income, your social security, whatever it is, how whatever. But it's been very, very successful. And we have a waiting list. I want more of that to happen. You know, I want we have 67 counties, we have 67 places that could actually do this. Let's make that happen.

Mm-hmm.

so number two is you know, affordable housing isn't just about you know lowering rent, it's about increasing wages.

So, what a lot of people don't realize is what affordable housing actually means. The word affordable in this case means that no more than 30% of your annual income is used towards your rent or mortgage. So if you're making $20,000 a year, that means the most you can pay is $500 a month.

I don't care how many houses we build, we're not driving prices down to $500 a month. You know, so we have to increase the minimum wage.

Now I happen to be for twenty-two dollar an hour minimum wage, forty-five thousand dollars a year, because I think that it gets us to the place where you can afford a thousand dollar a month mortgage or rent, which which starts to become reasonable if we can get more fine.

that's the second part of having affordable housing is making it affordable because you can actually afford it.

Yeah, I I agree. And and you the current state senator, Republican state senator in your district, has voted no to raise the minimum wage in Pennsylvania. So

for people who are living paycheck to paycheck, raising the minimum wage will help you know, get that American dream. And I'm glad that you'll be on board with that.

Mark, you enlisted in the Army reserves in order to help get you through college. So so first of all, thank you for your service. ⁓ and secondly, out of all the branches of the military, why the army?

Yeah. Yeah.

so I had looked at the Marines as well, to be honest. I think the reason I ended up choosing the Army ⁓ was because at the time I really wanted to work on helicopters. And the Marines, I can't remember what would ha what happened on the Marines, but they weren't gonna let me work on helicopters. So I went, that was why I ended up doing the army. ⁓ really, I think any branch, I mean, we make fun of each other, just so you know, right? Like when you're in the service, we make fun of the Marines, we make fun of the Navy, right? Space Force now, of

Okay.

Yeah, yeah.

but ⁓

I I I think anyone who who goes in for service deserves a lot of credit.

I mean, thank you for your service. I'm glad that you can make fun of each other because we're actually going to play a game called called Which Branch, okay? ⁓ I feel like people who serve in the military are braggadocious, right, about, you know, their particular ⁓ branch of the military. I think it's a pride thing. So I just want to know your thoughts on the following. So which branch of the military do you believe has the best commercial?

Yeah.

Yeah.

it's definitely the Marines. Yeah. Especially for young men, I would say. Like like I so obviously being male, I'm probably more attuned to that. But I think for young men, the Marines, for sure.

Marines? Okay. It's it's like the the

Gotcha. Marines.

⁓ which branch of the military has the best food?

the Navy.

It's it's it is. It's like that's not like just a myth. It it really is the navy that's the best food. Why is that?

⁓ definitely, one hundred percent. You know, I I

ended up being on the USS Enterprise, like while I was serving, I got to go visit the USS Enterprise and they invited me for lunch. my god, it was the best meal I'd had.

huh.

Really? So why

why is that? Why is the naval budget just is it just because the history of this country, like the navy was always where it was at?

I really don't know. I mean I think maybe that they they would ⁓ literally throw people overboard if it wasn't a good meal after a while.

Uh-huh. I guess that's

true. I mean again in the in the Air Force thing that that'd just be as tenuous, you know, throwing people out of the airplane. But I guess you're right. Okay. Mute mu you never hear mutiny on an airplane, but you hear mutiny on a boat all the time. I have two more. which branch of the military has the best tagline?

Yeah.

Right, exactly, yeah.

don't think any of them are all that great to be honest.

Yeah. I mean

I always is the the few, the proud, the marine is that the marine one? The few, the okay, so so that that's kinda like that was your favorite commercial as well. I actually don't can't think of any other taglines aside from that one. They they have really good marketing.

Yeah, that's a few of the problem we interpret.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, they have great marketing. They have great marketing. No, the what was the US Army when I just thinking of it. Yeah, it's not Yeah, there's nothing impressive about it.

Well, good

job to the Marines, because I can't think of any other tagline. So we'll go with that one. All right, here's the last one. Which branch of the military has the best traditions?

well let's say that it's not Space Force because they haven't been around long

Right. Okay.

know. I'm gonna have to go with the Marines again, only because they they always just look so sharp. Everything that they do like in the way they do it is just very sharp. ⁓ that said, like i in all of this, I I'm not putting down any of the other branches. Like I really do believe that each of them have their own.

Marines.

Yeah.

Gotcha.

you know, what they bring to the table, you know, like I I don't know. Like I I've I've had interactions with it with all of the branches other than Space Force 'cause it wasn't around when I was when I was in.

Well, so do the Marines have a football team? I know like the Army Navy. They they have their rivalry.

Yeah, I don't think the Marines

do have a football team. Ar Army Navy, you're right. Like that's the that's the biggest one that I'm aware of.

Why don't they have a football team? Why don't the Marines have a football team? Or the Air Force for that matter. Why don't they have football teams, Mark?

That's a good question. I'm sure the I'm sure the Marines would say we're blowing shit up.

Yeah. Yeah they're

they're they're they're too busy getting work done. Okay, fine. All right.

Yeah, exactly. I mean

like when you're on the bo you know, so the Marines are on the the boats, right, with the Navy. ⁓ and it is interesting because like there is a there is a tension there when you're on the when you're on the ship. I don't know why I called it boat. when you're on the ship, they they'd probably be very angry. Yeah, yeah. It's like it's like a weapon. You never call it a a gun, it's always a weapon.

Yeah.

Do you call it the boat?

Well, if the Marines get all the shit done in the in the military, then the the Democrats are the Marines in

politics right now.

Mark, you were one of the first people sounding the alarm about how data centers were going to

strain local power grids and raise costs for communities. So how did you get access to that kind of information?

Yeah.

⁓ I called PPL, quite honestly, and asked them for information. I also called PJM and asked them for the administration. I'm doing this as controller, right? In order to write a report. So there's a lot of there's a lot of first off, there's lot of public information already available that I had access to.

Mm.

so we have to look at who benefits, right? And one of the bet the biggest beneficiaries of this are the utilities. Right? So how does a utility company like PPL make money? Because PPL doesn't provide electricity, right? They provide the distribution of the electricity. one of the things that we, the state, allow them to do is to have a ten and a half percent profit. So when they're upgrading the grid.

We are giving on top of the costs an additional 10 and a half percent. We can change that so it becomes less beneficial to them.

So you you'd be able to pass legislation to essentially, you know, decrease the the benefits that these companies would get from having these data centers coming in.

Correct.

I also believe so, like once again, I'm in county government right now, and so one of the things that I see is

There's something called the MPC, the Municipal Planning Code. And the Municipal Planning Code basically says that every municipality has to zone within their municipality for everything, right? So there has to be industrial zoning, residential zoning, et cetera, et cetera. Which means that there is zoning for a data center somewhere within a municipality. Right? Well, one of the things that we could do as a county is work together and then

Right, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Instead of each municipality having to have the data center, we could say, Okay, why don't we choose one municipality? Let's agree. Hey, is this good in this municipality? 'Cause I'll I'll I mean I will be honest, like I have had municipalities that want them because they believe that they're gonna bring in jobs. Right? And if they want them, okay, well let let's agree as a municipality, let's put them there. Let's zone it just there so that nobody else in the county has to have that. I think that's another possible way.

okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Right. And and

yeah, and it's in a rural part of Pennsylvania that's not in, you know, a congested area that's gonna cause, you know, noise pollution or any other types of pollution that you might have with these data centers. But I'm glad that that that's a focus of yours and and the fact that you were one of the early whistleblowers about this how this is gonna affect your community. ⁓ I mean I just can't wait. I can't wait to see what we're gonna do in Harrisburg, man. I you're you're like a dog with you're like a dog with a bone. I mean you're just gonna like drill down to bedrock on all these issues, you're gonna get a lot of shit done.

Thank you.

Well, I'm gonna invite you to my ⁓ to my inauguration.

I can't wait. ⁓ God, I can't wait.

right, we're gonna play another game called Access Pinsley. Okay, I'm gonna try to get some information that's not widely available about you.

so here we go. boxers or briefs.

⁓ well boxer briefs.

⁓ trick quite yeah, they okay. We're we're on

the yeah, I knew that was a possibility. Yeah, I I I'm in the same boat as you. I I was a big boxer guy as a kid, but man, when boxer briefs became available, I was a quick switchover. They're great. They're great. All right, how about morning or evening shower? Your morning? Yeah, see I

Ha ha ha ha ha.

they're so much more comfortable.

Morning, first thing. I I I

can't I can't do anything until I have my shower.

Yeah, see I'm an evening shower guy. I think it's 'cause I'm at the hospital. Like I'm at the hospital all day long and like I have to shower at night. So but yeah, I I get that. Or just like around the germs and everything. Like I can't it's it's hard to get in bed once you've been

I can feel that. You're sweating all day, right? You're really feeling it and

in the hospital all day.

So do you use a

specific show soap? I I'm curious. Are you really? Okay, yeah, yeah.

I'm an Irish spring guy, man. I'm I'm I'm an I'm an

Irish. I mean, I know dial is what you're supposed to use before surgery, but I I I I just like I'm an Irish spring guy. Yeah. Yeah. it's it's good stuff.

Yeah.

All right, that's good to know. All right, I might go I might go buy some Irish Spring now, just try it out.

do you brush your teeth twice a day or once a day?

Depends on the day, no less than once a day, of course, but a lot of times after dinner.

Yeah. Yeah.

Okay. I I mean obviously my father in law is a dentist, listens and watches the show. I have to say, you gotta brush twice a day and floss. Okay. Got yeah. Good. You only get one set of teeth, Mark. ⁓ okay, here's the last one. Spray deodorant or stick deodorant. Sticks. I'm a s the gel. Yeah. I'm a spray guy now. I mean I used to wear a lot I mean a stick deodorant for many, many years and I discovered the spray one day.

And floss. Yeah, I floss every day, yeah. Yeah.

stick. Although it's really the gel, to be honest with you. Yeah.

Only issue is you have to like do it in a different part of the bathroom. 'Cause I think like you would do it like where you say you inhale inhale all the fumes. Yeah. Yeah.

It's sprays everywhere. Yeah, I've tried to

stay away from sprays in general. Mostly because, like, you know, once again, it's not true anymore. But growing up, you know, it was the whole ozone thing and whatever. So I tried to get away from sprays. But I'll tell you the one thing that I do use a spray for is suntan lotion. Right? Cause you can't really get your back unless you have somebody else. But if you have the spray, man, you're good.

Yeah.

of course. Of course.

You got

this pray. Actually, I've transitioned to like the rash guard stuff now because it used to take me like a half hour to put sunblock on because I don't tan, I burn. Like I go out in the sun and I just burn. So I like, you know, I look like someone very scary when you go out in the sun with all the zinc, the zinc oxide on the nose, the sunglasses, the hooded rash guard, and just, you know, park me by the pool, I'll be good to go.

Yeah, same here.

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Mark, what's the most common issue so far that Pennsylvanians have asked you that they want you to address as a state senator?

I mean, right now it is absolutely the data center. Yeah, without without question, it's the data

Data centers.

like what what I hear now is is it really is affordability generally speaking. ⁓ and I I have I've come to almost hate that word to some extent because it's different for each one of us, right? So for some people it's gas, right? For some people it's electricity, you know, for some people it's child care. I was knocking on this woman's door

Excuse me, it was a gentleman. His child care was more than the mortgage he was paying. Right? And so one of the things that he was saying was that he would not pay his mortgage before he would not pay his child care because everything fell apart if he didn't pay his child care. Right.

my God. That's crazy.

He probably can't work, right? Maybe

if your kid can't be watched, he can't go to work.

That's it.

I just can't stand that people have so much information at the tips of their fingers, but it's given to them by the wrong sources. Like the mainstream media, when I talk to people, they're like, What do you think of so and so in DC? I was like, We could get the trifecta this year. Like, we could literally make things so much better in Pennsylvania. And you're asking me what I think about John Fetterman.

Okay, you John Fetterman's not up for election in two years. Okay. ⁓ Mark Pinsley is up for election this November 3rd.

Yeah, right, exactly.

the people, I know people are suffering in Pennsylvania. I know they can't afford rent. I know they can't afford childcare. There's no maternity leave. The wage isn't high enough. There are so many things that we can do, but the sources of information are just so bleak. You know, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, they just constantly pound you with hopelessness and the crazy shit that's happening in Washington, DC.

Refocus people. Pennsylvania is the keystone once again this November 3rd. And it starts with a

Let's make things better in Pennsylvania.

Mark, the current Republican state senator serving in your district voted no to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles. So that was the Crown Act that actually did pass through the state house and state senate Governor Josh Shapiro signed it. Well I can't understand why he would vote no on that. I mean that

Yeah.

I don't know, maybe

he like maybe he wants everyone to wear the same hair he has.

I don't know. I mean, it's it's hard not to, you know, listen to the stories of marginalized communities talk about how they were restricted from going to school, restricted into certain spaces because of their hairstyle. I mean, this this actually happens. And actually there are stories that come out of Texas where this still happens. That I mean, that's crazy. You know, there are these young black men ⁓ who have certain hairstyles and their schools say, you can't come to school unless you cut all your hair off. I mean, that's ridiculous, right? I it's

No, no,

no, no, it's crazy. It's crazy.

It's racist.

I mean, it's just straight up racism. And so, you know, I don't the Republican Party s certainly, you know, showcases a lot of that much more these days

clearly the current Republican state senator in your district has no problem, you know, continuing those biases ⁓ in Pennsylvania. Because, you know, if you are I don't think they're trying to defend it anymore. I mean, like the Republican Party is looks like, as someone said, a a country club in terms of the the lack of diversity, right? And so this law that was passed in Pennsylvania was about improving, increasing our diversity and inclusion. And it just really bothered me because I look up the the voting record of every state senator.

and state repa and state representative in Pennsylvania when I bring guests on to to compare and contrast what they're gonna do. And it's just like a recurring theme. It's the same thing. The Republican politicians vote the same way on most important issues. And I really was disgusted when I looked this up about him and and I yeah, that's terrible.

Yeah, no, that's terrible. No, I'm glad you looked

that up. I mean, there's a lot of terrible votes that he's taken. On top on top of which he's still a pilot, right? So he's getting a salary from ⁓ I think Jet Blue. I don't know what he makes.

so he's got a salary from the state house, from the government, and he's got a salary from ⁓ Jet Blue. Like are you like where are are you devoted to this job or or not?

Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Well, we need you to get to Harrisburg ASAP and make sure that the diversity inclusion only increases, not

in Pennsylvania.

Yes,

Mark, usually the last two questions on the show are, you know, what gives you hope and what are your plans for the next few years? But you've already answered those questions. Okay. And again, if you want to learn more about Mark, ⁓ you just have to go back. He's on episode 19.

But what I want to do is open the floor to you and just, you know, give me some goosebumps, man. Give give me like the Mark Pinsley monologue.

of how you're gonna turn this ship around in Pennsylvania. We're gonna get the trifecta and just deliver for Pennsylvanians.

⁓ where's really my one?

I mean, look, I think that that the I think that the really one of the biggest problems right now is wealth inequality,

Let's support our mom and pop businesses. You know, let's support small manufacturing in your town. Like let's let's support the the ⁓ library in your town. You know, let's support the community active center. Like one of the things that we have lost the most of, in my opinion, is community. Right? Like we are angry, we are always angry. We're always angry, right? And it's always at the other side at this moment.

And like we have to rebuild that because we have to realize that the problem is looking up. It's not to the left, it's not to the right, it's up. You know, and if we don't start looking up and getting the money back, then your kids aren't gonna be okay, my kids aren't gonna be okay, our grandkids aren't gonna be okay. They will never own a house. Never, right?

Yeah.

⁓

so that's where I'm gonna focus. I'm gonna focus on breaking that up so that you know, so that we, you know, can participate and that democracy survives.

Well, Mark Pinsley, Democrat running for the state senate in Pennsylvania, this when you come in real close. Okay, and listen, Josh Shapiro overperformed in this district, and it is estimated we need about five thousand votes to flip the seat blue and expand our PA Senate majority. Mark, what's your website?

vote markpinsley dot com

If you live in Bucks or Lehigh County, you need to go to Mark's website and get up off your ass. Sign up to door knock, make a donation, send a postcard, whatever Mark needs. This is our time. There's a lot of crazy stuff happening in this country. Nobody is denying that. But Pennsylvania is the keystone state for a reason. And we need to be a model for the rest of this country. Get the trifecta. Mark is a part of that. And I don't want to hear that your vote doesn't matter. That's bullshit. That's a lie.

Your vote matters. You could be the vote that sends Mark to Harrisburg in twenty twenty seven. And I can't wait look Mark, I can't vote for you. I wish I could, man. But I can't God. I look I can't wa I can't wait to call you on November third and congratulate you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much for running and everything that you do for Lehigh County and hopefully soon ⁓ Pennsylvania.

You can move here real quick.

Yeah, thank you very much. And thanks for having me on. I really appreciate what you do. I know it's a lot of time and effort. As you said, like going through and looking everyone up. That's not that's not an easy task, right? That takes time.

No, I

you're right. I would say I probably put between six and eight hours per episode. So and and and yeah, and I've had seventy-five episodes. You'll be

Do you really?

So yeah, it's a labor of love. That's right.

The 76ers, baby.

Well, thank you so much for joining me here on The Zekely Podcast. Stay hopeful and get involved. And until next time, let's keep building a stronger Pennsylvania together.