Alex Jones Show - January 01, 1997


Alex Jones Exposes City Council Hypocrites


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12 minutes

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2,196

Sentence count

205

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3

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Join us as we visit a council member s home and see how overgrown it is, and the hypocrisy that goes on behind the scenes in the city of Austin, Texas. The hypocrisy of the city is at its worst, and at its best.

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00:00:00.000 Here we are at a council member's house, home, down here in Austin.
00:00:04.000 And we're not going to tell you their address or who they are, but you ought to see how overgrown their house is.
00:00:09.000 I mean, this is just ridiculous.
00:00:11.000 Very nice little neighborhood over there, I will tell you.
00:00:16.000 But it's just crazy.
00:00:19.000 We'll just wait until you see how overgrown it is.
00:00:21.000 Hell, look at that house.
00:00:22.000 That's more overgrown.
00:00:23.000 Look, that's not the council member's house, but look, that's more overgrown than Mr. Ellingson's.
00:00:29.000 It's crazy.
00:00:30.000 I think it makes me the maddest is how the paper countered with that story.
00:00:36.000 We came out and did a story about Mr. Ellingson being harassed by the Health Department and Environmental Services, and two days later there was a front page thing on the Health Department saying how wonderful they are stopping crime, sewage, and helping the children in East Austin.
00:00:52.000 Everything Health Department did it.
00:00:59.000 Here we are, folks.
00:01:00.000 The right-wing evil.
00:01:02.000 Look at it.
00:01:03.000 This is a council member.
00:01:04.000 Now, we should probably slap up some footage later of Mr. Ellingsons and show you that this is ten times more overgrown than his property.
00:01:12.000 Selective enforcement.
00:01:13.000 Selective enforcement.
00:01:15.000 And we're not attacking this council member.
00:01:17.000 We're just saying, hey, maybe they should know about the hypocrisy in the city that they run, that we've elected them to protect us from their own minions.
00:01:29.000 Even the driveway's overgrown.
00:01:32.000 I mean, look at that.
00:01:34.000 And folks, the camera can't even catch what's going on in this yard.
00:01:36.000 And it's not our business.
00:01:37.000 We don't care.
00:01:38.000 I don't think it's a problem.
00:01:39.000 But the statesman does.
00:01:40.000 The health department does.
00:01:41.000 They agree.
00:01:42.000 $2,000 a day fines for noncompliance.
00:01:45.000 Better take their home.
00:01:46.000 Better bulldoze it.
00:01:49.000 Out of control.
00:01:50.000 out of control.
00:01:50.000 Well, as you can see, total hypocrisy destroyed.
00:01:59.000 At its best.
00:02:01.000 Absolutely out of control.
00:02:06.000 Think I ought to go up there?
00:02:09.000 Again, we're not going to tell you the address down here of this council member.
00:02:13.000 We're not going to tell you who she is.
00:02:15.000 But just for yourself, take a look at the hypocrisy.
00:02:19.000 Much worse than Mr. Ellington.
00:02:22.000 And it isn't a question of, has she done something wrong?
00:02:25.000 She hasn't done something wrong.
00:02:26.000 But she needs to know what her city's doing, what the City Health and Human Services, Environmental Services Division's doing.
00:02:33.000 And the Austin-Mican Station's really been covering up the story that we did.
00:02:38.000 It's long.
00:02:39.000 Something needs to be done.
00:02:40.000 As the sun sets here in South Austin, hypocrisy still continues.
00:02:52.000 And hypocrisy is dangerous because fire Is the outcome of this total hypocrisy.
00:03:02.000 and the Will Edithus in the name of Kriegebox.
00:03:05.000 It's a cart!
00:03:11.000 Whoa boy, yeah folks!
00:03:13.000 As the sun sets here on Austin Highland Boulevard, we see the total hypocrisy.
00:03:20.000 You don't see the health department out here in this...
00:03:23.000 Tangle jungle with a tarp to keep the water out of the roof.
00:03:26.000 The neighbors have verified this is a council member's home.
00:03:28.000 They own both the houses here.
00:03:29.000 And they're both in total disrepair and overgrown.
00:03:33.000 So that's the hypocrisy of America now here, folks.
00:03:37.000 And I think the council member needs to answer up why they're allowing the health department to go around terrorizing citizens in the name of environmentalism at 2,000 a day fines.
00:03:47.000 In non-compliance.
00:03:49.000 So $2,000 a day for non-compliance.
00:03:51.000 There's mosquitoes swarming the area.
00:03:53.000 I've been bit on the back of the neck and on the forehead.
00:03:55.000 There's just big, huge gobs of bushes all over the place.
00:04:00.000 And this is just incredible to see.
00:04:03.000 I mean, that's what it is.
00:04:04.000 What else can it be but total hypocrisy?
00:04:05.000 And again, we're not attacking the council member.
00:04:07.000 We just got a tip from one of our viewers, one of our many spies spread around town, faxed us information.
00:04:12.000 We came over, asked two neighbors, this is where the council member lives.
00:04:16.000 She's not.
00:04:17.000 Coming out right now, I guess.
00:04:18.000 I'm sure the police are on their way, but that doesn't matter.
00:04:20.000 We're a lot of biotic citizens out here bringing you real news. 1.00
00:04:23.000 See, what's good for the goose is not necessarily good for gander.
00:04:34.000 That's enough.
00:04:35.000 Film the, uh...
00:04:37.000 Well, we're not going to tell you...
00:04:40.000 Whose homes these are that this person owns both of with the tarps and the leaking roof and the jungle.
00:04:44.000 You can't even see the front door.
00:04:45.000 A hundred times worse than Mr. Ellingsons.
00:04:48.000 But again, I'd say it's her right to do that in her home.
00:04:49.000 She's not in a homeowner's community, you know, where you assign a clause.
00:04:54.000 This will just give you a hint, though, who the council member is.
00:04:57.000 You know, they're in public office.
00:04:59.000 We should be able to tell you about it.
00:05:01.000 Yeah, it looks like a jungle.
00:05:02.000 In fact, I think I saw a great macaw parrot flying around in there or something.
00:05:06.000 Oh, Lord.
00:05:08.000 When are we going to get some peace from these bureaucrats? 0.99
00:05:13.000 Compare this house to the council member's house right here.
00:05:19.000 Incredible.
00:05:20.000 Look at that.
00:05:22.000 Tarzan would be at home here.
00:05:24.000 And again, we're not saying it's a problem.
00:05:27.000 We're not saying anything should happen.
00:05:28.000 But the health department is trying to use Austin citizens for slave labor to clean out...
00:05:34.000 City parks, city creeks that are on the borders of other people's homes.
00:05:39.000 It's got to stop.
00:05:40.000 Now compare this to Mr. Ellingson's home.
00:05:42.000 In a few minutes, we'll show you a shot of that.
00:05:45.000 And remember, he was threatened with $2,000 a day fine if he did not remove objectionable material, whatever that could be.
00:05:50.000 I'm not sure, but it sounds very Gestapo-esque and open-ended, like bureaucrats like.
00:05:57.000 Hi, I'm Alex Jones, here in the Amazon River Basin.
00:06:00.000 No, I'm sorry, I mean a council member's home. 1.00
00:06:05.000 And to be absolutely serious with everybody, we had a lot of neighbors come out and ask us what we were doing.
00:06:10.000 And once we told them, they said, yes, it is ridiculous that the health department is out terrorizing people.
00:06:16.000 And they did point out the incredible hypocrisy of the council member's home having the tarp over the roof and the vines and the jungle hanging out in trees.
00:06:25.000 But again, this is for your best interest, for the children.
00:06:29.000 Tarzan and Cheetah.
00:06:52.000 Look at them happily living on top of the roof.
00:06:54.000 Yeah, I think the health department needs to give a visit over here.
00:06:58.000 Very nice Quintin' laborhood.
00:06:59.000 Most of the homes are very, very clean cut and very pretty.
00:07:03.000 And again, that's their own prerogative, how their yard looks.
00:07:07.000 It's funny.
00:07:08.000 From the health department to the council member's home down the street, they always have the most overgrown.
00:07:14.000 From their homes to their bureaucratic offices.
00:07:16.000 I mean, last week, y'all saw the health department.
00:07:18.000 Falling down walls, garbage, trash, junk, fire ants, six-foot weeds, six-inch grass everywhere.
00:07:25.000 And again, I didn't go out there stirring up trouble with them.
00:07:28.000 It's them harassing the citizens.
00:07:30.000 So remember that.
00:07:31.000 Bureaucrats at their homes.
00:07:33.000 King bureaucrats at the council members.
00:07:35.000 And then on down.
00:07:36.000 to their money collection sites like the City Health Department on 15 Waller Street are absolute pits because they really don't care about things being nice.
00:07:45.000 They care about an easy ride taking some of your hard-earned money and telling you how to live and ushering in their wonderful utopia.
00:07:54.000 Now back to the Jeff Davis show.
00:08:00.000 Get a shot of that.
00:08:01.000 - That's a shot of that. - Speak out against evil now or submit in silence later.
00:08:19.000 Yeah.
00:08:20.000 But it's so fashionable not to speak out.
00:08:22.000 The mainstream media here in town, that is the main affiliates and things, haven't done any investigative reporting in a long time.
00:08:29.000 And they need to.
00:08:30.000 But, you see, they've got an easy ride, plenty of advertisers, and no problem.
00:08:33.000 So why should they stand up against big city government out of control?
00:08:37.000 The story you're about to see is not vindictive.
00:08:41.000 But it is a council member's home.
00:08:43.000 Here in Austin, Texas, we won't tell you her name.
00:08:46.000 We're not out to make her feel bad.
00:08:48.000 We're out for a little wake-up call for the city council and let them see how it is to have people come unannounced for no reason and pride in their lives.
00:08:56.000 But don't worry, we're not going to try to put a $2,000 fine a day on her house for her grass being uncut.
00:09:02.000 Why?
00:09:03.000 We're not even going to try to fine her, because we don't have the power, but we wouldn't anyways, for the...
00:09:07.000 Oh, 15, 20-foot vines that hang out of the trees and run across the ground, and they've broken down a truck in her yard.
00:09:14.000 And we also found out from the neighbors next door that she owns the rent house right across the street from her house with a tarp on the roof.
00:09:21.000 And you'll see some footage of that.
00:09:22.000 Yes, holes in the roof, a veritable jungle around the area, and there hasn't been any health department out there.
00:09:32.000 That is the problem, is hypocrisy here in town.
00:09:35.000 I'll also show you Mr. Ellingson's property.
00:09:41.000 Mr. Ellingson did zero.
00:09:43.000 He has three-inch grass, English ivy growing on the trees, just like this council member does.
00:09:47.000 But his house is at one-tenth as overgrown as hers.
00:09:51.000 But this isn't the story.
00:09:53.000 The story is, is this isn't the city's job to prime people's life.
00:09:57.000 And also, this Thursday, the Austin-American statesman did a story three days after, or less than three days after, we aired.
00:10:05.000 The original story about Mr. Ellingson being harassed by the City Health Department and Environmental Services Division.
00:10:11.000 Less than two days after, they did a front-page article saying it was because of crime and high weeds and the $2,000 a day fines must be levied against people's homes and the liens against homes must be done.
00:10:21.000 That's fine.
00:10:23.000 They need to go out and check the council members' homes and put levies against their houses then. 1.00
00:10:27.000 You see, folks, it's time that you give your council members a call.
00:10:31.000 It's time you raise hell and say...
00:10:32.000 Deal with the murderers first.
00:10:34.000 Deal with the carjackers and the rapists and the fondlers before you go around harassing others. 0.99
00:10:39.000 And then a little bit later, we'll show you some shots again of Mr. Ellingson's home.
00:10:43.000 And you'll just be shocked to see the difference between his home and then this council member's home.
00:10:47.000 Holes in roofs, tarps on her property, and then the house she lives in across the street.
00:10:52.000 It looks like Tarzan's fixing to come swinging through the trees at any second.
00:10:57.000 So, again, this is not vindictive.
00:11:00.000 This is us trying.
00:11:02.000 We're trying to wake people up in Austin to see that there's double standards.
00:11:06.000 I mean, what is the deal here?
00:11:08.000 If you go down and you check out the Health Department and Environmental Services on 15th Waller Street, I heard they cleaned it up now, but when we went down that Sunday before Monday when we did the story, there was fallen down walls, there was six-foot weeds, there was six-inch grass everywhere, trash, cigarette butts, fire ant beds.
00:11:25.000 I'm not down there harassing them.
00:11:26.000 I'm just going and showing you the fact.
00:11:28.000 I'm not levying fines on the people that work there.
00:11:30.000 Not even trying to, like they do to normal citizens.
00:11:33.000 And then to see the paper jump in and defend them and make up lies for them and say, Sewage!
00:11:39.000 Children!
00:11:40.000 Crime goes up!
00:11:42.000 East Austin!
00:11:43.000 See, all these little buzzwords, folks.
00:11:45.000 That's what it's all about, getting you off target, making excuses for hypocrisy.
00:11:49.000 That is the essence of hypocrisy and bureaucracy out of control.
00:11:54.000 And also, the neighbors came up to us when we went out to this council member's neighborhood, and they said over and over, yeah, we have nothing against her, but that's ridiculous.
00:12:03.000 You know, her rent house across the street that she rents out has a blue tarp on the roof, and we'll show you a cut of that, and it looks like a jungle, can't even see the front door.
00:12:12.000 You know, criminals could hide in there, just like the statesman's.
00:12:14.000 You know, last Thursday.
00:12:17.000 And then you actually see her home, and it's just atrocious.
00:12:21.000 And there are mosquitoes flying around everywhere.
00:12:23.000 But I say leave her alone. 0.99
00:12:26.000 Let the council member live her life. 1.00
00:12:28.000 Council member, when you hear about this, please understand we're not attacking you.
00:12:33.000 We're not being vindictive.
00:12:34.000 Please repeat.
00:12:36.000 Please call the health department and tell them to get off people's back.
00:12:40.000 Make sure there's not cockroaches in our food at restaurants.
00:12:42.000 Make sure that things like that are being done.
00:12:44.000 Stop, but I understand you want to shake people down, Health Department.
00:12:49.000 There's a lot of money in these $2,000 a day fines and liens on houses.
00:12:52.000 You've taken quite a few houses, haven't you?
00:12:54.000 Especially from older Americans who are sometimes a little, you know, not too sharp. 1.00
00:12:58.000 Yeah, that's your policy, isn't it?