member of his community and decided to step up for that community by running for office recently tyrrell and i spoke with glen jacobs about the future and importance of government on a local and state level with the federal government in such turmoil. glad it's a pleasure having you on the show congratulations on running for mayor of knox county i have to ask as a successful entertainer known the world over now you're throwing your hat into the political arena not that myself would know anything about you know that having a successful entertainer running for office i want to know what inspired you to run for mayor of knox county tennessee what was that thing that said you know what i have to do this now. well i just want to have a positive impact on my community i think. you know if you look at the direction of the country i think all too often that we focus on the federal government because that's what's always on the days it's always on t.v. but i think that your state local governments actually have much bigger impact on people's lives so you know i have kids i have grandkids i am the