This is Marc with Candice Quarles, a good friend of mine who is on the Desoto City Council
and she is just, kind of, rolling with me today.
We are here in Fort Worth, and we are talking about all kinds of cool things.
Just, you know, video things she puts on YouTube- Candice: Yeah.
Candice, how can they find your channel on YouTube?
Yeah.
So, it's Candice Q, and thenalso, on my Facebook page, you can follow it and I'll
upload the videos on there too.
Cool.
Well, also, I will let y'all know a little bit more later.
We are heading to Dixie House to get a little bit of coffee and-and chit-chat a little bit
more.
But holler at y'all later.
Candice: Okay.
(inaudible) Oh, if (inaudible) uh...I tell you what woula
good one would be, uh… - [singing] -The more money we come across the
more problems we see… -but I may have to ,like, do the lyrics.
What's one tharap song that I hum along to?
Uh…
C :[laughing] [singing] The more problem we see...
Biz Markie- Umm…
-The Vapors.
[rapping] Can you feel it?
Nothing can save you, cause this is the season for catching the vapors.
And since I got time, what I'm going to do is tell you how I (inaudible) my crew.
M and [singing] You… got what I need.
And you say he's just a friend, and you say he's just a friend.
Oh, baby, you…
[singing] got me spinning- Dallas!
[singing] -all around- Booker T.!
[singing] You need to know…
(inaudible) What about thHow was hard, uh, Top Five?
Top Five is good!
It is good?
Okay Top Five is good.
Yeah?
I haven't been.
I feel like I'm a barbeque connoisseur- Yeah.
-Because I've been to, like, every major barbeque place . Now, I haven't been more
on the Fort Worth side- Mm-hmm.
But I will go- MarYeah.
-if I hear they're good.
But, like, on the Dallas side, I've been to all, you know?
Yeah.
I'm right by Bishop Arts at Lockharts.
I do the Heartache...
Bishop.
Uh, I think the brisket at Lockharts- [simultaneously] -Lockharts.
-ismay be the best in the state.
Uh, the best in DFW.
It's good.
Oh, I remember this(inaudible) -That's aThat is a really good dessert place,
Cremedelacreme- That's where my wedding-That's where I
got- Oh, it is?
-They did our wedding cake.
Yeah.
It'sThey...
I was, like, "I recognize this area."
M Yeah- Yeah.
-They are so good.
Those- They have these tastings on Saturday…
-Those ladies do a good job.
Cremedelacreme.
You see where Dixie House is, right?
They're on the left.
Oh!
Dixie House.
Okay.
Man #1: (inaudible) Hey.
How's it going?
You alright?
Man #2: I'm holding up.
Good, good.
Man #1: Is that a mugshot there?
[laughing] Doing alright?
(greetings) Good.
Man #1: Yep, everything's going fine.
(inaudible) So, why is this your spot?
Uh, I likWell, first of all, we don't have that many, we don't have that many spots
in this area.
Like, that's the big issue for us is, uh, economic development in this part of the city.
Um… while, um, they've added a few things, here and there over the years west of I-45,
this area, like, continues to ,kind, of lose things.
Okay.
So, the top (inaudible) east of downtown.
That was a big deal because there hasn't been anything of significance, economic development
wise that's come out this way- Okay.
MWe have a couple of smaller things.
We have a little golf guild, um, we have a golf school that's pretty prominent out
here- Mm-hmm.
-Uh… but for the most part, yeah, everything is west.
Mm-hmm.
So, people eat, people play, people, uh, spend money…
Then, they have to, uh, have a place where people that live on this side of town, and
even a lot of people that come out here to eat.
Like,they don't even live in Fort Worth.
They live in (inaudible) or visit this route on their way to work or whatever-
Mm-hmm.
-And they stop in.
So, you kinda get to see people who usually don't eat over here.
Yeah, yeah.
So, Italy Pasta and PiHey.[standing and talking to man #3] Italy's Pasta and Pi[talking
to man #3] You doing okay?
Man #3: How you doing, doc?
Yeah, I'm good.
Man #3: You doing alright?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Man #3: Alright.
Um,Sweethome Baptist church.
You remember (inaudible)?
Yeah, yeah.
Man #3: Yeah.
Who was that, Gina Bivens?
Uh, yeah.
There was Gina, I guess on MLK Day?
Man #3: Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, when there was (inaudible).
Man #3: Yeah,yeah.
Exactly.
She's our, um... your councilwoman?
Man #3: Also, our oldest pastor's daughter.
Oh that's right!
Pastor (inaudible).
I always thought that he was at Sweethome.
That's right.
Man #3: Yeah,yeah.
Everything going alright?
Man #3: Everything's going great.
That's good.
Man #3: God bless y'all.
Yeah.
How's everything in church going?
Man #3: Good, good.
Real good.
Good, good.
Man #3: Y'all be blessed now.
[sitting down talking to Candice] So, uh, yeah, uh.
So, you know, to have something out here (inaudible) is really nice.
Yeah.
We just don't have-we normally do everything west of Arlington.
It's really kind of sad because it's like really, uh, nice part of the city.
We're have a lake over here.
Um, but, it's just been very little resource wise-
Yeah.
-that has been plugged over here.
We have some Woodson Council members like Gina Bivens, who he just mentioned.
Yeah, I love Gina.
I love Kelly.
[laughing] Yeah, they are really doing a good job to,
kind of, change that over here.
Candice: Yeah.
(inaudible) They've worked very hard to turn that around.
It's hard once, uh, businesses are leaving the community to keep them and attract new
ones on top of that.
Right.
[sighs] It'sIt is really tough.
Both of our communities are going through the same thing.
Yeah.
[talking to waitress] Thank you!
Strawberry banana?
Waitress: Strawberry banana cake.
This looks so good.
Waitress: Enjoy!
Thank you so much!
Okay, first question: Are you team Iphone of team Android?
Definitely team Iphone.
Really?
What's your favorite sports team?
Dallas Cowboys OKay, what is a website you visit that no
a lot of people know about?
Um…
I read the Wall Street Journal everyday.
Every day?
Every day.
Okay.
Um, what is someone interesting that you follow on Twitter,or Facebook?
I like following, on Twitter, Michael Pollen, uh Facebook and Twitter.
Candice: Okay.
Who is Michael Pollen?
Michael Pollan is an author that writes about food.
About food?
He's just a foodiethat guy? Mm-hmm.
Okay.
Good.
Um, what is a TV show that you make time to watch?
A TV show that I make time to watch…
It depends onnow you can binge watch, so it depends on, like, at the time.
Okay MarSo, the Tv show that I always make time
to watch is Dallas Cowboys football.
The TV show I'm watching right now is Luke Cage.
Okay Luke Cage.
Okay.
So, you'll be going to see Black Panther when it comes out?
Definitely.
Definitely.
So, you'll be there at midnight, trying to purchase your ticket, you'll be out there-
Probably not.
[laughing] Okay.
I'll watch it when it first comes out, though [laughing].
Okay, okay.
Do you have a Mac or a PC?
I have an... iPad.
An iPad?
Okay.
With the keyboard.
With the big screen and the keyboard.
[laughing] Okay.
What is theWhat is your favorite go to drink at Starbucks?
My favorite goto drink at Starbucks is White chocolate mocha, no whipped, add almond milk,
decaf.
Whoo, that's a lot.
Okay.
What is the last thing you googled?
The last thing I googled was probably "What happened during the shutdown?"
[laughing] I was trying to find out more information
about theyou know, what people were saying postgovernment shutdown.
Really?
Black lives matter or all lives matter?
Black lives matter Tell me why that's important.
Because black lives matter is tellingletting people know that black lives are just as important
as other lives.
It was never about black lives matter more than other lives.
The people that try to twist it like that, uh, in my opinion, they were just looking
for ways to deflect any type of guilt they might have had-
Hmm. you know?
Or what have you, but it was never about black lives mattering more than others.
And when people say that's what black lives matters means, it makes me upset.
It was just trying to let people know that black lives matter just as much as other lives
and that... society doesn't somehow understand that all the time.
Right.
I think it was really that simple.
Yeah- MarI...I-
-And we gotta keep saying it.
Yeah.
What's your favorite social media platform?
I use Facebook the most out of any social media platform.
You use Facebook the most.
Okay- Mm-hmm.
-And then, if you were to run again at the local level, would you run for school board
or city council?
City council Okay.
So, done with the rapid-fire questions.
Thank you for that Yeah.
-Uh, talk to me about this next generation.
Talk to me about, um, young people want to run for office.
Kind of, you know, if we want to get involved, but we're kind of feeling like government
is just, it's-it's too political- Mm-hmm.
-It's too much angst.
It's not working for everybody, so they check out.
What would you tell that person that wants to get involved, but not?
Tip: Get involved and vote!
I would tell people that A. it's important to get involved because if you don't get
involved, other people are going to make the decisions for you.
You know, one of the things that I'll never forget, you know, when things were happening
in Ferguson, Missouri.
People were, you know saying, "Hey, this town is sixty percent black, but they don't
have anybody black on the City Council, maybe there was one person.
And then they went and checked the voting and they were like, " It's not that people
here don't vote because the people there, they were voting in the general election for
president.
They just weren't voting in the municipal elections, which were held at another date
other than when people run for, you know, president and governor, and senator.
And, and, you know, they could've had a mayor, police chief, a city council that was
much more representative of how they thought those entities should be run had people showed
up and voted the entire time.
Very true.
And so, Ito me, like, I always tell people protests are great-
Mm-hmm.
-I don't want to, like, take away from anybody's time and effort-
Candice: Mm-hmm -and organization that they put into things-
Candice: Mm-hmm. but the bottom line is that if those… if
those, uh, you know, rallies, and, uh, civil protests and demonstrations, aren't followed
up by voting-
Tip #2: Actions speak louder than words.
Follow up protests with voting.
Candice: Mm-hmm -It's really not going to, really mean much.
You know, the news, of course, they're gonna come out and cover it because they like that
sort of thing- Mm-hmm.
-Because it helps them with ratings.
Right.
But, if the news comes out and covers you rally and nobody follows up to vote, well,
you're still gonna keep having the same issues.
And the news will have got their ratings- Mm-hmm.
-Because they got to come out and see a rally and they have to come out and see, you know,
people, you know, talking and people being in a demonstration type mode and-
Right.
-so they will have gotten their ratings off of that.
Right.
Uh, andbut the City Council and the police department, they're gonna stay the same.
Right So, the people that you were protesting and,
uh, holding civil demonstrations, trying to raise awareness about, they're gonna stay
in their positions and their jobs and nothing's gonna stay the same.
Mm-hmm.
I'm sorry.
Everything's gonna stay the same.
So, nothing's gonna change.
SoI mean, that you have to follow it up with actual voting and I think that's thethe
most important, you know, thing.
It's kind of hard to kind of get, you know like you said, it's kind of hard to get
the connection of why that's important- Mm-hmm
C:-People have been voting for a while, right?
Yeah Some of the things aren't happening in their
community, so they disengage.
And then, you know, they say "If I vote, it'll stay the same anyway, so what's
the difference?
How do we still get people to feel that there is truly a connection and there is truly change
happening when you vote?
[laughing] Trust me, all the people I talk to in my district, if we have low voter turnout,
most people will see me at the Albertsons or Kroger.
They tell me something that's broken and I know they didn't vote for me.
Yeah Just by pure numbers.
How do I get them to feel thelike this is important?
Hmm That you can make real change happen, but
you have to do your part.
Yeah.
Politicians feel like you and we have a responsibility to make it easy for people-
Uh-huh -to feel connected.
Right.
We have a responsibility to make government easier and work for them
Yeah, yeah.
That's right.
I think a lot of people get in it, and you know, I kind of feel the same way sometimes.
"Hey, the people there aren't representing me because they're unlike me.
Right.
"They didn't come from where I came from.
They didn't have issues like I had them.
How could they possibly fight for me?
They don't even know my plight.
Right.
Getting that connection there.
For this younger generation, a lot of us areand ,like, I'm trying.
I see your stuff and you're trying.
Mm-hmm.
You definitely are more social media engaged than most of the congressional people in Texas.
[laughing] Yeah, yeah
And uh- I say me, Betos, and JoaquinJoaquin does a
good job on Twitter.
I don't think he's involved with any other platformHe made a new Instagram.
Yeah, yeah.
Uh, I think that me and Betos are probably the most personal-
Yeah, yeah.
You know what I mean- Yeah.
like, ours is very personal, like I doI try to do selfies-
Yeah. and show me like actually, you know-
Working.
taking our digital people and- And then a series you do, uh, you know where
you go and work- Work and business.
Yeah, yeah.
I try to make Is this the street?
One more over.
I try to make mine, like, very personalized, so it's not just-
Are you doing those or is someone else your intern?
uh, I'll do some of it.
Like I do most of the snapchatting myself because snapchat doesn'tSnapchat is a perfect
example of a platform that just does not work unless you do it yourself.
Tip #3: Vote for someone that is personable with who they are representing
Yeah It's just not personal.
Uh, it needs to be you holding the camera and you telling the story-
Mm-hmm. every now and then I'll let my staffI'll
give them my snapchat and let them, you know, like film me from afar-
Mm-hmm so people can, like, actually demonstrate
and see what I'm doing- Mm-hmm.
But I tell them, "Hey, I'm about to do this first-
Yeah.
you know?
Because it doesn't work otherwise.
Yeah.
Do you do, uh, the Facebook stories, Instagram stories?
At the top with the little circle…
Uh, no.
I don't do them at all on Instagram.
The staff does Instagram- Got it.
Uhand then what's so funny is that they're all millennials.
They're younger than me- Yeah.
and I have to actually, like, push them in that more personalized direction.
Because they feel like, since you are elected, you should beyou shouldn't show all that
stuff.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
They think that I shouldn't bethat it shouldn't be that personalized.
They think that all the pictures should be posed.
[laughing] You know what I mean?
And- And you want the real!
Like- Yeah, I want the-
They should be able to see you and- Yeah, like even on mail now.
No elected official should be sending out mail… with posed pictures.
[laughing] All your pictures should be of you listening
to other people or- Mm-hmm
or, you, like, you know, actually, like, sitting down at a table with other people.
Uh-huh Or something like that.
What posed pictures?
Are you like standing at a podium or- No, just like the pictures that-
Like a photoshoot?
Yeah, when the photographer comes around at the banquet and says.
"Okay, y'all all stand and take your name tags off" and everybody stands together,
like, lined up- [laughing]
Like, you shouldn'tyou should never put those on anything that you mail out.
Ever.
Right.
You should never do that- You should never do that.
All of your pictures should be- [laughing]
Like thowhen I was talking with those guys at the Dixie House-
Mm-hmm When I was talking to the waitress-
Yeah.
Like all your photos should be of you just normally-
Who taught you that?
interacting.
Uh, just-just different things I've picked up from political consultants over the years.
Okay.
Yeah.
Uh, and the other thing too, and this is very hard for baby boomers-
[laughing] And even some Gen. X, like if you're an
older Gen. X and you grew up in the hoodespecially black gen Xand you grew up in the church and
different things like that.
You should not take pictures and send them out to people in the district with you wearing
a tie and a jacket.
Maybe, just a jacket with no tie - [laughing]
But, not with the tie on.
You should not do it.
Okay.
You absolutely should not do it.
It makes you look out of touch- [laughing]
Uh, you know, we still have members-I'm not kidding youthat will, uh, show them shopping
at the grocery store with that tie on.
That's not- Mm-hmm.
No one thinks that people shop at the store with their tie on.
[laughing] Right.
You know what I mean?
Like- That's not happening!
No!
It's not.
[laughing] It's not how you go shopping.
So, why are you gonna send out a picture of you or interacting constituents with a jacket
on?
Right.
Because nobody really is gonna believe that you are-
And that's what's social media is.
It's authentic.
Yeah.
Right.
It's meant to be real and, you know, we gotta posed pictures and websites for all
of that- Yeah, yeah.
Other stuff.
Your social media is supposed to be about you and, you know, regular people things.
And it's so funny too because…
I'm ,like, definitely one of the elected officials that are like always like, "Hey,
don't take any posed pictures of me."
My staffthey'll still do itbut I'm like, "Hey, don't take any posed pictures of
me."
And I'll go stand next to somebody and they'll stop in the middle of conversation and go,
"Okay, let's all stand together."
I'm like, "No- Don't do that.
I want candid pictures.
Got it!
I don't want any pictures of us, you know…
Posed.
Yeah.
Makes sense.
Yeah.
Well, I appreciate you, Congressman.
Thank you for making time- Yeah, no.
Sure.
Thanks, Candice.
And, you know, if there is anything that we can for you or we can support you-
Yeah.
Thank you.
I see the work that you're doing.
I appreciate it.
We appreciate it.
Thank you.
And you know, um…
Just know that we're watching and that we got your back.
Thank you.
I appreciate that.
Good to see you.
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