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When Mike North and Dan Jiggetts interviewed David Hernandez -- a transcript

David Hernandez, accused of running a Ponzi scheme and arrested Monday on fraud charges, backed Mike North's Chicago Sports Webio Internet radio venture. His NextStep Medical Staffing was title sponsor of "Monsters in the Morning," the Comcast SportsNet Chicago program hosted by North and Dan Jiggetts simulcast on the Webio site.

When "Monsters" made its debut on Jan. 12, Hernandez was the show's second guest. Benefactors North and Jiggetts took 10 minutes in the first hour to schmooze with Hernandez and help him talk up NextStep Medical Staffing.

"Without David, Dan," North had said at the top of the debut show, "I think it's safe to assume this show may not be rolling the way it's going to be rolling."

What follows is a transcript of most of the Hernandez segment:


DAN JIGGETTS: Mike, we have another special guest joining us this hour.

MIKE NORTH: We've known him a long, long time. He's been friends with us for about 16, 17 years. And, you know, when I started doing the Webio with Rich Melman, he took a liking to that. And then ... we had the TV thing, so I approached David. I said, "How'd you like to spend about 2-300 grand on something?" And David said: "You know what? It would be an honor." And you know what, here he is today. And we'd like to introduce the CEO of NextStep Medical Staffing, David Hernandez, a Cicero guy. What's up, David?

DAVID HERNANDEZ: Mike, good morning. Dan.

MN: All the TV sets turned on in Cicero right now, my friend? Everybody?

DH: Let me tell you. Everybody's out there watching. We've got the corporate headquarters. We're having a special kickoff party right now. So hello to everybody out there.

MN: Where is the corporate headquarters for anybody who wants it? Or do you want to keep it a secret?

DH: No, we're located at Washington and Franklin. Of course you can get us at 1-877-6-NEXTSTEP to contact all of our professional staff.

MN: Somebody needs to do that, too.

DJ: Someone say, "NextStep Medical Staffing, gee, what do you guys do?"

MN: What do you do?

DH: Well, let me tell you. As we all know, one of the biggest problems facing us in America today is quality healthcare. What our group does is provide a gap for those medical facilities who are seeking quality medical staff. Today, facilities cannot afford to have full-time members. So what we do is provide full-time medical staffing to facilities that are short-staffed right now.

DJ: You know, as we were talking earlier, I saw something on this morning on the news about the fact that medical staffing is one of the most difficult things to find and that there's a huge need for it all around the country.

DH: Absolutely. The healthcare services industry today is short about 33 percent across all allied health services, from doctors, nurses, critical care.

DJ: So you guys do the whole thing?

DH: We do all allied health services. Correct.

MN: Let's say I hurt my leg and I can't get around.

DJ: Get the Clapper! (laughing)

MN: Let's say I fall down and can't get up, but let's say I need some care. Do you do, like, individual families that need a doctor or an overnight nurse? Do you do stuff like that, also?

DH: Absolutely. We do home healthcare. We do from clinics to hospitals to veterans' facilities, as you know, which we're very proud of, Mike and I both being veterans. And so from the healthcare industry, from pediatric to geriatric, all phases of medical healthcare, both in a medical facility and at home.

MH: What's that number again, my friend?

DH: 1-877-6-NEXTSTEP.

DJ: I've got to say something, too, about the veterans' homes. One of my brothers, my oldest brother, passed away recently. He was in a veterans home for quite some time. And let me tell you something, they did such a great job and I told them, when we went back to collect his things, how much I appreciated how well they took care of him. It was really a wonderful facility for him to be in in that part of his life.

DH: Well, you know, again today, healthcare being such a main concern across America from all walks of life. Again, Mike and I being veterans, we certainly take especially extra pride in providing healthcare to our veterans across America.

MN: How about them football games? Did you watch those football games, my friend?

DH: I was glued to the set. I cannot believe that Carolina laid an egg as they did.

DJ: Speaking of Carolina, let's get to those in the NFC ...

(HIGHLIGHTS AND DISCUSSION OF WEEKEND FOOTBALL GAMES)

MN: David, are you intrigued with an Arizona-Philadelphia match-up, my friend?

DH: No, I am because I'm always after the underdog. No one expected Philadelphia and Arizona and some of the other teams to be there. It's just going to be a phenomenal game.

MN: What does this tell you about all the so-called experts in football and everything else?

DJ: I got hammered on these.

MN: You want to tell us? Saturday was brutal. You come back Sunday?

DJ: I sure did. I was 2-0 yesterday. I was 2-2 throughout the playoffs this past weekend. Then I had Florida in the national championship game. I was on with Kaplan, David Kaplan, on his show on Thursday or Friday and I gave him my predictions. How'd you do?

MN: I didn't do bad, to be honest with you, but I'm tired of Oklahoma. We'll get them a little bit later.

(MORE FOOTBALL TALK AND HIGHLIGHTS)

MN: Dave, now that you've helped sponsor a TV show, you thinking about buying an NFL team any time in the future? That you'd like Dan and I to run, David?

DH: I'll tell you. I'd like to have us all partnering and acquire the Bears. That would be a lifelong dream.

MN: What would you do? What would you do as a very successful businessman? What would be your first order of duty with the Chicago Bears? You'd make some changes because you'd be in charge.

DH: Absolutely. My first change would be to hire Mike Ditka as a consultant. Absolutely.

MN and DJ: Coach!

MN: We love you, Coach! I know you're watching us in Bristol.

DJ: You know, David, people should know -- you mentioned that we’ve known David for 16 years -- he was just a youngster, Mike, when we first met him.

MN: He was a pup. Still is.

DJ: Six Corners, right? At the bank over at Six Corners.

DH: Over at the bank. Over in that area.

DJ: At the bank. Northwest Side.

DH: Right. And I was affiliated with some of the charity events that you and Mike were sponsoring.

MN: The Bowl-a-Rama was unbelievable. I had George “The Animal” Steele threatening me. He goes: “Where’s my appearance fee? Where’s my appearance fee?”

DJ: Evander Holyfield came in for one because Evander liked to bowl.

DH: Absolutely.

MN: Absolutely. Evander, I’ll never forget, he goes, “I fly Delta, right?” I go: “You fly whatever you want to fly, champ. You do what you’ve got to do.”

DJ: Be glad he didn’t hit you up for the private plane. Now everybody wants the G5.

DH: That’s right.

MN: David, what's one thing about NextStep Medical Staffing that people should know? And don't ever be hesitant to call if you have any problems like that, stuff like that. But you have physicians. You have technicians. Do you have X-ray technicians? Anything that people need, right.

DH: Absolutely.

MN: Do doctors give you their numbers for you to assign them to certain things?

DH: Absolutely. Especially with the weather right now. A lot of doctors in Chicago are looking for assignments in Arizona and Florida.

MN: What does that do here then, Dave?

DH: Pardon me.

MN: What does that do, if they're looking for assignments out in Florida and you take them? Are there doctors in Florida or other places saying, "I'd like to come to the big city"?

DH: Absolutely. Doctors, physicians, medical professionals across the country look to fill in their resume. They may have a standard physician position down in Florida. But they may have a critical care opening here in the Chicago area. To get additional credentialing for a medical professional is very key to how they structure their career and their expertise and ...

MN: (interrupting) Look at you! From a bungalow in Cicero! Look at you! A bungalow in Cicero!

DJ: What area of the country right now is the hottest?

DH: This time of year, certainly, the warm climates and, in actuality, some of our Indian health services, which are medical facilities on the Indian reservations in the Nevada area. A lot of medical professionals look to go out there during the winter.

MN: And they go out there. They give the Indians their care, and then they just hop over to the casino. It's a beautiful thing.

DJ: What specific area would you say is the one now, if people are thinking of a career change -- because let's face it, things have changed a great deal in our economy -- what's the one particular area outside of, you know, doctors that you would say is the key one for you right now?

DH: Right now, the nation is suffering about a 37 percent shortage in both critical care nursing and also in our physical therapists. Again, a lot of our service men and women are coming back from overseas require a lot of physical therapy and also in the psychiatric and psychological counseling area. Again, with the economy being what it is today, a lot of people on the ...

DJ: (interrupting) That would be for us, Mike. (laughing)

MN: Exactly. David, what's the number one more time, my friend?

DH: 1-877-6-NEXTSTEP.

MN: Hey, we appreciate everything you've done, man. We really, really do. And hopefully we’ll be around for a long time, David.

(HERNANDEZ PRESENTS NORTH AND JIGGETTS WITH NEXTSTEP-BRANDED GIFTS, SAYING "You're now officially part of the NextStep family," BEFORE THEY GO TO BREAK.)

Wow, friends for 16-17 years in North's own words, aired on live TV. No way North didn't know who he was doing business with. I doubt he revealed any of this to the people he lured to the webio.

Now what have it direct from North that he approached Hernandez (not the other way around), asking for money, presumably knowing about the nearly 3 years of jail time and the 3 bankruptcies.

Nicely done, Phil Rosenthal!

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I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires. -Susan B. Anthony

Well, at least he didn't buy the Beloved and hired Ditka as a consultant. Thank goodness for that. COHTCH! SAWZA! KICKASS RED!

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"It's not exactly a rocket surgery." D.J.

Also, North conducted a financial transaction w/ someone Hernandez recommended in the mid-1990s. North is going to have to answer some very difficult questions, probably in a room with guys wearing dark sunglasses.

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These guys?


Or these guys?


Or perhaps these guys?

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"It's not exactly a rocket surgery." D.J.

So Jiggets and Papi both admit that they've known Mr. Hernandez since before his conviction and knew that he worked for a bank. If Murph was still on on, Papi and Jiggs would get my tools of the week.

I am waiting for the reaction of the bewildered Chet Coppock......the guy that will go to the gates of Hell with Mike North.....Chet...the New Trier grad who thinks the Senn drop out is the venture capitalist of the 21st Century.....

Chet will make a fine greeter at North's next hot dog emporium.

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As we have known all along, North is a compulsive liar. Everything he has said in the last week has been shown to be a lie. I'm waiting to find out how his checks didn't bounce, how much he, Bebe and Spaceball took out of this venture and what the feds might have to say about it.

Anyone backing North is a fool, that includes Jesse, Chet, and of course, John Kirk.

I hope some of the others read the stuff coming out and turn on North soon. The has-been should consider moving to Vegas.

Might have to delay that with a move to Oxford, Wisconsin.

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I suspect, someone remembered Hernandez was at a party once, so that makes him a "friend." You guys read too literally when it comes to a Papi. Of course, so will the Prosecutor.

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Middle Aged Crazy, like Uncle Terry

North has played the World and all of us for fools for a long time....as humourous as I find his current situation, this arrogant ignorant ass needs to be raked over the coals.

He has betrayed everyone close to him and his listeners over the years with his bullshit.

Maybe Traffic Court specialist David Spada can explain the RICO statute to North?

North may be soon trading Gibson's for Ronny's.

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This implies a lot more than passing acquaintance:

DJ: You know, David, people should know -- you mentioned that we’ve known David for 16 years -- he was just a youngster, Mike, when we first met him.

MN: He was a pup. Still is.

DJ: Six Corners, right? At the bank over at Six Corners.

DH: Over at the bank. Over in that area.

DJ: At the bank. Northwest Side.

DH: Right. And I was affiliated with some of the charity events that you and Mike were sponsoring.

MN: The Bowl-a-Rama was unbelievable. I had George “The Animal” Steele threatening me. He goes: “Where’s my appearance fee? Where’s my appearance fee?”

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"I still think its a tremendous idea".
"It's my baby".

When all is said and done, Mike North will be found guilty by the court system of nothing, and be found guilty by the public of one thing: Ignorance.

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The name's Rockmore. Beef Rockmore

If North or his financial wizard wife took one dime in salary from this Hernandez as officers of this company, the "G" has them by the short hairs.

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If Hernandez doesn't cut a deal, Hot Dog guy is on the witness stand proclaiming to the World what a dumb ass he truly is to save his dumb ass.

Mr. and Mrs. Steamed Buns are great theatre.

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From the other article in today's Tribune:

Jiggetts declined to comment on his relationship with Hernandez, and North did not return a request for comment Monday.

Sounds like they are properly lawyered up at this point. This is getting serious....we're not in Kansas anymore Jiggs.

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"I still think its a tremendous idea".
"It's my baby".

You might be right about the court system but in the court of public opinion he is already guilty of...

-Ignorance
-Being a liar
-Selfish
-Egotistical
-Delusional
-"Retarded" businessman
-Money Grubbing Whore
-Etc, etc...

North Sucks!

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I suspect you are wrong

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MIKE NORTH: We've known him a long, long time. He's been friends with us for about 16, 17 years. And, you know, when I started doing the Webio with Rich Melman, he took a liking to that. And then ... we had the TV thing, so I approached David. I said, "How'd you like to spend about 2-300 grand on something?" And David said: "You know what? It would be an honor." And you know what, here he is today. And we'd like to introduce the CEO of NextStep Medical Staffing, David Hernandez, a Cicero guy. What's up, David?"

This is what North saw when he was recently reunited with his old buddy of 16 or 17 years and he needed cash to get Monsters and the webio going so he could stick it to the Score:



and now:



"My Guy!"

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"I still think its a tremendous idea".
"It's my baby".

In Mike' defense, he thought Don Stevens the mayor of Rosemont was an upstanding guy.

this why pappy needed to shut up when this crap broke, now his lies and arrogance is being exposed on a larger stage. i wouldnt be surprised if this kills mitm

Fixed!

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"I still think its a tremendous idea".
"It's my baby".

Well, thank you, Phil Rosenthal for making the effort to expose some of North's lies in this affair. Finally.

North was taken for a fool, plain and simple. People arguing he was a criminal co-conspirator are grasping based on their dislike of him. I cant stand him either.

But he is not criminally culpable here. Hernandez saw this guy as the sap that he was a mile away and played him for the fool that he was. Bebe was made the COO both to stroke their egos and to make sure that someone incompetent was in the position to make sure they couldnt figure out what was going on.

The only worry North has from the government is he will likely have to pay back some or all of the moneys that were paid to him and Bebe by Hernadez. Im sure he was already set financially before he started here so he wil likely be okay. My bet is he wil probably help out some that were hurt in the process. He takes care of those he likes regardless of how incompetent they are.

That said, hopefully he is off the Chicago airwaves for good along with some of the no talent hacks he took with him like Jesse, Jen Jen, and Coppock who has outlived his usefulness on the air.

Hopefully Webber, Doug and OB, Hood etc will land back on their feet.

MIKE NORTH: We've known him a long, long time. He's been friends with us for about 16, 17 years.


"Yeah, but what I really meant tuh say wuz dat I knowed him fer 17 years, EXCEPT fer dose 34 months he wuz in jail. Den I didn't know him. I didn't know nuttin' about none uh dat. When he got out, den I started knowin' him again."

Rock's fine. You mean Weber, right?

Well thought out.
North had better hope you are dead on correct.

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I really believe North thinks he will walk away from this scott free.

Yeah, I'm guessing Behn Wilson is right but nothing would surprise me here.

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"I still think its a tremendous idea".
"It's my baby".

DJ: Six Corners, right? At the bank over at Six Corners.

DH: Over at the bank. Over in that area.

DJ: At the bank. Northwest Side.



MN: Yeah, you know, Danny, da bank. Dat Columbia Bank where he did da wire fraud ting and got 34 monts in da slammer for stealin' da $600,000. You know, dat ting dat we don't know nuttin' about.