On his Friday afternoon livestream, Christopher “Denver Metro Audits” Cordova addressed being “drama free” and his recent decision to avoid being involved with a cause unless he gets paid for his time and efforts towards that cause.
Cordova started with the drama between Christopher “Direct D” Ruff and others. Cordova claimed to have no involvement in Ruff’s drama and that while he appeared on a show where he defended himself against YouTuber For Public Safety, he was not seeking “new drama” from anyone and would no longer be participating in Ruff’s live events.
Cordova had been rumored to be producing Ruff’s shows, with direct accusations of a business partnership between the two coming from YouTuber The Angry Vet. Cordova now claimed that he had no beef with anyone, including For Public Safety, The Angry Vet and Official Misconduct.
The YouTuber explained that he didn’t have time to pay attention to the on-going drama in the First Amendment auditing community as he was focused on “fixing” his YouTube channel and getting his life in order following his recent stint of 16 days in jail.
Cordova explained that he was so busy with his work that he would be turning down helping others without some sort of compensation for his time. He explained that he had put roughly 80 hours into a recent video project that essentially made him back $300.00 in profit from the video airing on YouTube.
He said that with a margin like that, his wages per hour were essentially “slave wages” and not worth the time he had put into helping out the cause. He further mocked someone who wanted him to help with a DMV that reportedly did not allow recording. That person asked him to travel the 400 miles to come help, explaining that they were on a fixed income and couldn’t provide him with gas money to make the trip.
Cordova showed the messages between him and the person and mocked the person for expecting help from the YouTuber if he was unable to provide some sort of compensation. He continued, stating that there was no guarantee that helping the person would result in a video that would make back the money from his time and investment and claiming that he was in no position financially to help without that assurance.
This echoes a similar decision by Jose “Chille” DeCastro, who recently announced that he could not afford the $1,000.00 it would cost to travel to Indiana to support Craig Hendry in person at his trial last week for felony stalking. While DeCastro did not state that he needed compensation in return for his efforts, nor did he even attempt to fundraise for his ticket to help out, his actions reflect a growing trend where it simply isn’t financially viable to help every cause presented.
Cordova told his audience that if they want his help, they should not be upset when he demands compensation. As the self-described “Rosa Parks” of his generation of auditors, his involvement in the first amendment movement must result in compensation for his time and efforts or else he will no longer help out.
Finally, addressing the subscribers who unsubscribed from his channel due to his involvement in “drama” or his demand for compensation, he told them simply not to come back and to stop watching his videos. If implied that if they were willing to question his statement or motives, then he no longer needed them as fans.
As part of his refocus, Cordova recently relaunched his backup channel where he provides reactions to his own previously published videos.
