Julian Raven's Elmira Says Yes Podcast

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Elmira Says Yes Podcast is a weekly civic conversation hosted by Julian Raven from 714 Baldwin St. Studio and online by Zoom. The podcast brings citizens together to talk honestly about Elmira’s challenges, leadership, neighborhoods, public safety, faith, culture, opportunity, and renewal. Elmira is not finished. Elmira says yes.

  1. 4d ago

    Dr. Timothy Kneeland discusses his book about local and national Government failure in one of America's greatest natural disasters - 1972 Tropical Storm Agnes and The Elmira/Corning/Wilkes Barre Flood with Julian Raven

    Dr. Timothy Kneeland's book 'Playing Politics with Natural Disaster' is a meticulously researched autopsy of one of America's worst natural disasters and how local and the federal government were simply not prepared and the ensuing results of failure and corruption. What can we learn? Have we learned anything? Does government structure have anything to do with a municipalities ability to recover?

    Dr. Timothy Kneeland discusses his book about local and national Government failure in one of America's greatest natural disasters - 1972 Tropical Storm Agnes and The Elmira/Corning/Wilkes Barre Flood with Julian Raven

  2. Oct 9

    Moss or Margeson? Millions In, One Dollar Out

    What really happened at Elmira’s LECOM Event Center? Julian Raven follows the arena’s twenty-five-year economic history—from its roughly $16 million construction, repeated losses, tax troubles and public rescue, to the millions spent through the Chemung County IDA and CCCRC, the 2023 audit that twice failed to receive an opinion, the mysterious 34 folders of receipts rejected by County Executive Chris Moss, and the eventual disposition of a property appraised at $5.8 million for nominal consideration. This episode examines what the public record actually shows about Chris Moss’s demands for accountability, Mark Margeson’s leadership of the IDA and CCCRC, federal ARPA money used for capital improvements, the Stemerman Sports Entertainment transaction, and the financial questions that remain unanswered. No accusations without evidence. No political talking points. Just the dates, the dollars, the audits, the documents—and the questions Chemung County voters deserve to have answered.

    Moss or Margeson? Millions In, One Dollar Out

  3. Oct 6

    Julian Raven Christian Testimony - Will You Stand? message and Raven for Mayor Recruitment at Men's Breakfast, Horseheads, New York

    Will You Stand?

    Julian Raven Christian Testimony - Will You Stand? message and Raven for Mayor Recruitment at Men's Breakfast, Horseheads, New York

  4. Oct 3

    History Repeating Itself - Doing the same thing over and expecting different results..insanity!

    ELMIRA SAYS YES | History Repeating Itself: Elmira's City Manager In 1972, Elmira promoted its City Chamberlain to City Manager just before Hurricane Agnes devastated the city. Fifty-four years later, amid another fiscal crisis, history repeats itself. Following Michael Collins's retirement, City Chamberlain Charmain Cattan takes over as Interim City Manager. Julian Raven examines the troubling parallels, Elmira's failure to recover economically, and whether the city's 94-year-old system of government has become part of the problem. Are we learning from history or repeating it?

    History Repeating Itself - Doing the same thing over and expecting different results..insanity!

  5. Sep 27

    Is Rural King Good for Elmira, Good for Rural King, or Good for Both?

    This week, Rural King opened in Elmira to packed parking lots, ribbon cuttings and a lot of excitement. I am a free-market capitalist and an entrepreneur. I have no objection to large retailers, and I hope Rural King succeeds. But Elmira has been struggling economically for decades, and that means every major development decision deserves serious scrutiny. So this podcast asks a simple question: Is Rural King good for Elmira, Good for Rural King, or good for Both? We are going to look past the opening-day crowds and examine the harder issues: net job creation, pressure on local hardware and farm stores, money leaving the region, big-box retail concentration, downtown development, location, and what happens if a large chain eventually leaves after smaller competitors have disappeared. This is not an argument against Rural King. It is an argument for asking the questions that should have been asked before the ribbon was cut.

    Is Rural King Good for Elmira, Good for Rural King, or Good for Both?

  6. Sep 22

    The Elmira Skatepark Story You have Never Heard - Part 2 of 5 Exposing Local Elmira Media Bias

    Elmira’s aging skatepark became the center of a bigger debate over stewardship, government grants, community responsibility, and how local media frame civic disagreement. In this episode, Julian Raven examines his proposal to restore the existing park, the city’s push for a new state-funded facility, and the press conference exchange that largely disappeared from the evening news—asking whether Elmira received the full debate or only the official story.

    The Elmira Skatepark Story You have Never Heard - Part 2 of 5 Exposing Local Elmira Media Bias

  7. Sep 22

    Elmira's Baldwin St. Truck Crash Story or Rescue/CPR/Man Lives? Did WENY and WETM Steal the Good from Elmira? How the Corrupt Local Media Reframes The News to Remove the Good When it Threatens Their Agenda

    After a pickup truck crashed into a Baldwin Street home, Julian Raven called 911, helped remove an unresponsive driver from the vehicle, and joined a DPW worker in CPR and rescue breathing until emergency crews arrived. Yet local coverage largely framed the event as a property-damage story and reduced Raven to a “crash witness.” This episode compares the Elmira reporting with similar rescue stories elsewhere and asks how editorial framing can change what a community understands—and remembers—about what really happened.

    Elmira's Baldwin St. Truck Crash Story or Rescue/CPR/Man Lives? Did WENY and WETM Steal the Good from Elmira? How the Corrupt Local Media Reframes The News to Remove the Good When it Threatens Their Agenda

  8. Sep 11

    Elmira's Greatest Catastrophe...Was it Really the Flood?

    An investigation into Agnes, the devastating flood of 1972 that impacted Elmira, New York.

    Elmira's Greatest Catastrophe...Was it Really the Flood?
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Elmira Says Yes Podcast is a weekly civic conversation hosted by Julian Raven from 714 Baldwin St. Studio and online by Zoom. The podcast brings citizens together to talk honestly about Elmira’s challenges, leadership, neighborhoods, public safety, faith, culture, opportunity, and renewal. Elmira is not finished. Elmira says yes.

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