Degrees, that's a rain not too long ago here in Anchorage. It is 58 in Palmer, 58 in Soldotna, 51 in Homer. McCarthy's at 47. Fairbanks is at 57. Prudhoe's at 30. Seattle, 71. New York, 67. Akaroa, New Zealand, 56. Pensacola severe thunderstorm warning in 82 Tampa 86 Tifton, Georgia some rain for the next hour or so 85 Lake Havasu City sunny 100 Some light rain in London. It's 59 so that's catching you up on temperature and weather around April. areas that listen to this show.
And Crash, you know, I'll tell you what, today feels like a Monday, but it's not. It's a Tuesday. Well done. And did you have a good time? Yeah, we did. It was three days of honey-do lists. Did you get them done? Most of it. One of the things that we wanted to do, well, my wife said she wanted to do, which means I had to do it. We didn't get it all the way done because of a little bit of rain we got. She wanted to strip and restain the back deck.
Oh, well, that's a small task. Yeah, well, she just has to get the pressure washer out. well that's what you wanted to do is get the pressure washer so she did that and then the rest of the job kind of fell by the wayside because the fun part was done and then It rained on Saturday. Was that the day it rained? Yeah, it rained Saturday. Didn't it rain Sunday too? It might have a little bit, but we didn't.
So we didn't do any of that, we didn't finish that up, but I finished, we cleaned the garage up, made a couple of dump runs. Went to Value Village, donated some old children's clothing, and then I finished painting and nailed up the baseboards in the bathroom downstairs. Well, it sounds like you got some stuff done.
Yeah, yeah. Well, I feel the way about, the same way she feels about the pressure washer, I feel about my nail gun, any chance I have. I mean, and then Daryl brought it when he gave it to me, brought it in Friday. Have you seen those? It's like a rifle, like a pump action rifle that shoots table salt at bugs.
No. Yeah, it's like, it's got, like, you cock it once, like a, like a pump shotgun, and then when you cock it, the sight pops up on the back of it, and you turn the safety off, and you pull the trigger, and compressed air shoots table salt out of it. and it squishes bugs on the wall. So my daughter and I went bug hunting in the hallway. Well, then you have to rack him all that salt up, though. It's so much, it's so little, you don't even see it come out.
I was wondering if it worked, and then me being the brainiac, I shot myself in the leg with it to say if it worked. It works! ¡Gracias! Stings the epidermis. Yes, and nothing like putting salt Yeah, that's true. Luckily, it didn't break the skin. That would have been a whole new kind of hurt. But yeah, we had a whole weekend killing spiders.
doing house projects and stuff. And nobody got hurt, which was a weird thing. I mean, I got the nail gun out, the pressure washer, a salt-shooting shotgun, and that nobody got He got hurt, which is weird. That just means the show suffers, that's all. I guess that's it, so I'll take one for the team next time. All right, we're counting on you. Fire that thing right into my right ear and we'll see how that goes. No, no, don't do that. I do like going to the
and we have glass to throw. My daughter loves it. We had an old coffee pot. And when my daughter takes my daughter to the dump, I feel bad for the guy driving the bulldozer because she's never really set up, but I think she's aiming for that guy. Then we had an old flat panel TV. I got to throw down in there and that thing exploded, which was kind of fun.
You know, you have a strange way of enjoying yourself. Yeah, I really do. I mean, a lot of the times, my wife doesn't listen to the show. She's kind of a commie. But a lot of times what I do is... She's not a commie. A lot of times what I'll do is, well, this is horrible. When I take my daughter to the dump, I'll go through the cupboards in the kitchen and find old glass coffee cups that we don't really need anymore. And I bring them to the dump with us.
So my daughter can chuck them down into the pavement and watch them explode. I also really like the fluorescent light bulbs because those make a cool sound and all that kind of stuff. So, yeah, my wife would be like, hey, what happened to that coffee cup? I got your father's down. I don't know. Where it said, World's Greatest Staff. Yeah. Parts of it are stuck in the tread of the bulldozer at the dump.
Ah, well, you know, it sounds like fun, you know. I suppose. Or as close to fun as you get at my house on the weekends. That's true. That's true. Well, um... You have been flying a lot more lately, but you keep missing all the fun. Delta Airlines had an interesting incident on Saturday. There were two pigeons that were in the cabin of the airplane. there were people screaming some were screaming and the pilot came on and said they had a wildlife situation on the plane the plane was going from
It was going to Wisconsin. People were boarding in Minneapolis. It's not a long flight, I don't think. Wisconsin to Minneapolis? Gosh, it's like across the river there. But what happened was there were two pigeons and as I said some people were screaming and then you get some people saying I will catch it and so one guy I guess caught one of the pigeons in a coat. And then they finally were able to... Well, what do you do with it after you catch him? I wanted to get the pigeons off the plane.
So, but were they on the ground? No, they climbed into the... No, no, no. When they caught the pigeons was the airplane in flight. No, the airplane was at the gate. And then as they were going toward the runway... The pigeons kind of got loose or got excited and started flying around the cabin. Gotcha. Because it's not like you can just roll the window down. Or, I mean, just, you know, maybe it's an in-flight meal. I don't know. Well, I don't know. Then they had to return to the gate.
so that they could get the pigeons off. It's like snakes on a plane, the Samuel L. Jackson vehicle, except it's not snakes, it's pigeons. It's pigeons. I don't know what's worse. Probably snakes. I don't like either one. But I mean, think about that. You've got a pigeon flying around the cabin. That's not good. Someone got pooped on. Well, you know what they do. Of course. Speaking of pigeons.
This is a this is going to be a stretch segue, but I want you to work with me on this There's an amusement park in Pigeon Forge. Tennessee. Okay. You like that one? That was stretching it. Well, like is a strong word, but let's keep moving. Well, I'll admit that myself. Did you know... for that Jollywood, which is in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, for Jolly Parton, earned the title of favorite theme park in the country for the third straight year in 2024 besting
Disney. Really? Yep. So the happiest place on earth isn't so happy. Knott's Berry Farm, been to a lot of those places, but Dollywood never comes up when we talk about a theme park. I don't know why, because it just seems like a weird thing. Dolly Parton has an amusement park that may or may not have roller coasters and things. They do! That's an odd pairing to me. But, obviously...
I'm in the minority if it won that prestigious award and beat out Disney. They have over 50 rides and attractions and more than 2 million people visit every year. Wow, I'm going to have to put that on the itinerary. Yep. Because I love theme parks and I love roller coasters and I love all that stuff, so. And in a survey, Dollywood was dubbed the second most beautiful park behind Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia. Never heard of that one either.
So there you go and then when it comes to traditional amusement parks Knoebels Amusement Park in Ellysburg, Pennsylvania was the favorite And it has the Phoenix roller coaster, was also named the favorite wood roller coaster for 2024. See, and you could probably visit every single one of those places you just mentioned for less than the price of a weekend at Disney.
Oh, I would bet. Absolutely. Because a couple of years ago when we ended up at Knott's Berry Farm, the rides were far more extreme than what you're going to find at Disney. And it was far less expensive. Well, I mean... We probably spent as much because at Knott's Berry Farm there's a place to buy an adult beverage every 10 feet and I took advantage of that. Nothing like double fisting Long Island iced teas and getting on the, you know. With Tilt and Puke!
We always end up defaulting to Disney just because we normally have the kids with us and all that kind of stuff. So maybe I need to broaden my horizons. can look for a new and interesting way to make myself sick on some sort of ride. I think so. I think it could be a lot of fun. All right. Well, I just thought I would mention those things. And now you have some other opportunities to look at to recreate crash. Now you can go to Dollywood.
Don't think I won't do it, Jerry. I know you'd do it. All right, it's 418. Let's take a break. We'll come back. The Mike Porcaro Show with Crash on News Radio. 650. K-E-N-I. Looking at your Alaska Total Traffic Cameras on this Tuesday afternoon. Traffic's moving fairly well around the Anchorage Bowl. A few slowdowns in the Midtown area of the New Stewart Highway. Brain down there. We have brain up here. I don't work outside.
It's just the world. It's out there. There's nothing out there for me. Nothing for you. I said I sit in my office all day long, avoiding work at all costs, sitting underneath an exposed light bulb hanging by a single wire that makes that bzzz sound on it, shades drawn, door shut. Just counting the minutes till the day is over. Okay. That's what I do. There's nothing for me out there. Well, if you ever want to get out, let me tell you about McCarthy.
You can and of course McCarthy is right smack dab in the middle of wrangle St. Elias National Park the sister city is Kennecott just a mere four and a half miles away And, of course, McCarthy being in the center of Wrangles and Elias National Park, it is the largest protected wilderness on Earth. And if you want to go, you will see Alaska like you never have seen it before. They've got the Root Glacier and it has the tallest wall of ice in North America.
They've got mountains, they've got glaciers, they've got backpacking, rafting. All kinds of excitement. Plus, they've got some great food. The Salmon and Bear Restaurant, which is a Wine Spectator Award winner pretty much every year. They've been winning them since 2020. And then the Golden Saloon which is a place that has great food. Casual.
But they kind of get a little wild, I guess, on Thursdays through the weekend where they've got talent, live talent coming in and open mic night and all of those things and crash. It's kind of something for everybody there. Yeah, and if you're going to go there, you're going to want to carve out more than a couple of days because, as strange as it sounds, being the town is so small, you're going to need that extra time to experience everything the outlying area has to offer, as Mike said.
It's the largest protected wilderness, not just in Alaska, not just in North America, on the planet Earth. And it's right here in your backyard. You're not going to... see anything like that any other place other than the park that you're staying in. So you're going to want to experience everything that the area has to offer, things like glacier hikes, flight seeing,
Rafting trips, new sport, pack rafting apparently is the latest new sport. You take an inflatable raft and a backpack means you got access to rivers previously unreachable. with conventional rafts. So you throw the raft on your back and then you hike off into the woods and you find a body of water and inflate that bad boy and let the good times roll. Sometimes they'll combine it with the flight seeing trips, multi-day rafting trips available to you as well.
nature walks so tons of wildlife but as I said you're going to want to carve out a few days because you're going to want to take in everything the area has to offer and you can't do that unless you allow for enough time so I would suggest you know wrap it around a weekend make it a long weekend if you got people coming up from out of state It's a great way to show off the state of Alaska, unlike any other place on the planet Earth.
and it's right here, easily accessible to you. So go to the website, check it out for yourself, right there online at mawjohnsonshotel.com. That's where you're going to want to stay, right there at Maw Johnson's Hotel. Every bit as unique as the town and the outlying area. It's a restored boarding house, been around forever.
Very much in line with the thinking and the place you're staying. So if you want to be a renegade and go get a tent and sleep in the dirt like some sort of savage, have at it, man. But for my money, Ma Johnson's Hotels, that's where you want to stay. Check it out online. Tons of pictures, too. All you need to know right there on the website. myjohnsonshotel.com. Give them a call, 907-554-4402. That is 907.
554-4402 Maud Johnson's. It's a restored historic boarding house with all the comforts of the 21st century. Sounds like a lot of fun. Alright, 426. Uh, crashed a, um... Trump administration has decided to do something that I think a lot of Americans wanted to see happen. They are going to reopen. investigation into the cocaine found in the White House. Now, I cannot imagine Geez, I wonder who's... Who's that was? I can't imagine that
That, you know, they don't know whose it was. Well, they do know whose it was. I mean, the fact that they didn't tell us whose it was told us whose it was. If it wasn't who we thought it was, they would have told us who it was, but they were reluctant to tell us whose it was, so now we know whose it was. What?
Yeah, we know whose it was, and we know that they know that they don't know that we are. It was that kid's booger sugar. That's who it was. We all know that. Now, this was a bag of cocaine was discovered in the White House on July 2nd, 2023. And earlier this year the president said that he believes the former president Joe Biden or his son Hunter left behind the infamous bag of coke at the White House. Now I can't believe it was Biden. You know, it had me haunt her.
Now, maybe somebody told Joe that things go better with Coke, and maybe that's what he decided that was a good idea. I don't know. So the question is actually who left the cocaine in the White House? Well, we're going to try to find out, and I think that Trump has got the FBI on this one to look into this.
So on July 12th the Secret Service received the FBI laboratory results which did not develop latent fingerprints and insufficient DNA was present on the bag, this was back in 2023, for investigative comparisons. Therefore the Secret Service is not able to compare evidence against the known pool of individuals. The FBI's evaluation of the substance also confirmed it was cocaine. Well, at least they got that right. That was such a terrible thing because you know
Those bins are very loaded up with, they're not clean, and they have hundreds and hundreds of thousands of fingerprints, Trump said. And when they went to look at it, it was absolutely stone cold, wiped dry. He said, you know, That's a little strange So if you've got a bin It's been somebody stuck cocaine in us. They either had to be using gloves to do that, but it was wiped clean, and it was almost like we don't really want to know whose cocaine this was.
But I have a feeling we're going to find out. And I hope so. And so what do you do if it was Hunter Biden's cocaine? He's been pardoned. Right? So when it is part of, because it was like a preemptive thing, right? Yeah. So how long does it last forever? Does that mean he can, is it anything he did before he was partnered or does he have carte blanche for the rest of his life? No, no, he was pardoned for up till the, you know, from From the time I guess it was 2014 or whatever it was to ¡Achú!
so he was pardoned after the cocaine was found correct right yeah but if they find it now and they find out simsters and so that they can't do anything okay well then your answer the answer to question what do you do about it you know what the answer to that question is partay That's the answer to that question. Okay. All right, 429. Let's take a break. We'll be back. I mean, there's a way to go.
small plane crash in San Diego as ties to Alaska a music agency co-founder Dave Shapiro who founded the sound talent group. His licensed pilot, his plane, was registered in Homer. The FAA says his Cessna 550 crashed early yesterday morning in San Diego into a military housing neighborhood near Montgomery Gibbs Airfield during foggy conditions killing everyone on board.
Health officials say there's a second case of the measles in Alaska this year. Testing positive this week. A child in South Anchorage who was not vaccinated. Next year, two election reform bills will be moved to the state legislature debate for 2026. Senate Bill 64 on absentee voting and House Bill 16 on campaign finance limits.
And Juneau is improving a price increase for large cruise ships based on the number of passengers rather than the size of the ship. It will go into effect next year, looking to double the fees from $2.5 million to $5 million a year after the unanimous vote. That's the latest. I'm Jack Cronin.
Happens next. Happens here. News Radio 650 KENI. Looking at your Alaska total traffic cameras on this Tuesday evening. Steady traffic around the Anchorage Bowl. Looks like C Street's got a bit of a slowdown on it starting right there at Tudor Road. There's an interesting lawsuit that's happening. President Trump signed an executive order cutting off federal money to public broadcasting.
Now in a suit filed in DC federal court NPR and three public stations Colorado Public Radio and Centennial Roaring Fork and in Aspen Filed a lawsuit the order is objectives Could not be clearer says the lawsuit the order claims to punish NPR for its content of news and other programming the president dislikes and chilled a free exercise of First Amendment rights by NPR and individual public radio stations across the country.
The order is textbook retaliation and viewpoint based discrimination in violation of the First Amendment. and interferes with NPR and the local member stations freedom of expressive association and editorial discretion. Lastly, by seeking to deny NPR critical funding with no notice or meaningful process, the order violates the Constitution's due process clause.
On May 1, Trump ordered federal funding yanked from NPR and the Public Broadcasting Service, arguing the government funding of news media in this environment is not only outdated, An unnecessary but corrosive. to the appearance of journalistic independence. The President has rallied to the two, I'm sorry, railed that the two horrible and completely biased platforms should be defunded by Congress immediately.
NPR CEO Catherine Marr had been hauled before a congressional panel that day before answering questions about her left-leaning outlets, she said. I do not want to say that NPR acknowledges we were mistaken in failing to cover the Hunter Biden laptop story more aggressively or sooner, she told members of the Oversight Committee.
Marr also faced uncomfortable questions from Rep. Brandon Gill, Republican of Texas, about social media posts as recently as 2020, in which she claimed Americans were addicted to white supremacy and argued in favor of reparations for slavery. Wow! That's interesting. The Office of Management and Budget is seeking to claw back 1.1 billion dollars of taxpayer money to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting which provides some funding for both NPR and PBS as part of
a rescissions bill that could pass by a simple majority. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been slated to receive $535 million in federal funds in fiscal years 2025 and 2026. to distribute to radio and TV stations. Upwards of 70% of CPP's budget to more than 1,500 local public stations. NPR takes about a percent of its funding from CPB while PBS receives about 15 percent.
Revenue streams include major foundations grants and advertising as well as viewer and listener donations now Public broadcasting serves a purpose There's no question but to claim that you have a right to public money and this is somehow thwarting your first amendment protections is ludicrous I mean beyond ludicrous you don't have any right to that money
If the President and Congress doesn't want you to get the money, you won't get the money. There's no right. There's nothing in the Constitution that says anything like that. It's up to the powers that be in Congress. And it's up to the President to see that he approves it. Well, here's the problem. If public radio wants to survive, Public Radio is doing exactly what it should do, seeking private donations from foundations, businesses, etc. There's no nobody saying you can't be on the air
You're granted a license to be on the air. So that destroys completely the argument of stopping your freedom of speech. You got a license from the federal government. Just like commercial broadcasters do. The question is the money. There's nothing that prevents public broadcasting from getting the money from the public and from businesses just like everybody else might do So, if you like public broadcasting, and of course that's your choice, it's available to you. And it should be.
The only question here is, who should pay for it? What President Trump is saying and what Congress is saying is that The taxpayer shouldn't pay for it. If the taxpayer wishes to pay for it privately from their own funds, send them a check. Become a member. You know, go to the drives that they have. It's there. It is available. And you know there are some times when public broadcasting does a great job at something.
You know, but it's entirely up to you as a viewer and a free American to determine whether or not you want to watch it or not watch it, but not pay for it. So I guess when I read stuff that says you can't deny us the money because it's violating our First Amendment rights, I find that to be not only ludicrous, but I find it to be insulting. It's like, read the Constitution, people.
Don't go off. The entitlement here just stinks to high heaven in my mind. Again, I'm not against public broadcasting. If you'd like it, watch it. Listen to it. Enjoy it. Support it. But don't expect that the government should be laying out millions and millions of taxpayer dollars for that. The other thing is, the news, just like the news on Legacy Media seems to be tilted to the left. And if anything,
Public media should be pretty straight down the middle and again I'm not saying that they don't do a good job I'm just saying that in certain cases. I think they're biased in their news, but I think they've got some good programming And I think if you want to watch it and you want to support it, write them a check. Enjoy. It's America. Just like if you like this show, you can listen to it for nothing. Nobody's asking you to support us personally.
We hope that the programming that we present and the commercials that we feature, you will say, you know what? Those guys are absolutely right. This is good stuff. We're going to support those sponsors. That's it. And those sponsors will then support us by buying advertising. It's that simple. So, there you go. Crash, I don't know what you think about all this, but I'm for the more and the merrier, but don't ask me to pay for everything. Субтитры создавал DimaTorzok
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comment on the NPR thing. You know, this is why we're in the situation that we're in in the first place is because All of the leftists think that the public needs to support and pay for everything, all their left-wing propaganda. There's nothing in the Constitution that says that we have to pay for their propaganda to be spewed out there. And if they want to have their own radio station, they can do it just like everybody else by...
having their viewership pay or by having ads, just like the other radio stations do. It does not need to be public money. And 99.9% of the programs on NPR or PBS Unless it's like a nature show or something. They're all left-wing. There's no representation for conservatives or Republicans. And in that same vein, I just find it super ironic that the same people that are screaming for no public funding for...
school choice. You know, they don't want any public money going for school choice to, like, Christian schools or religious schools. Those are also the same people that are screaming because Trump's trying to take away public funding from Harvard, which is a private school. So it's totally hypocritical. It's what they always do. They want their cake and they want to eat it too. And they basically want to fund everything with our tax dollars that do not represent conservatives.
It only represents them, the leftists, and it's strictly for their propaganda purposes. How they think that is fair, I have no idea. Well, you know, it's pretty obvious. if they come up with the idea it's a good idea and we should do what they want and And quite frankly, I mean, as I said, I don't care if you want to watch public broadcasting and listen to it, support it. It's up to you. Go ahead and do it.
I think we've gotten to the point in the development of media in America where it used to be called an alternative. And in Alaska, we had kind of a special case because in a lot of places, you didn't have broadcasting in rural Alaska. So the public stations really were more like a community station. And they were out there to provide news information and provide some sort of cohesion out in the villages. And they did. Now, I think
Now we've grown, and there's all sorts of opportunities, and so if you want that kind of thing, pay for it. Yeah, and there's also something called equal representation. Why would we use every single, all of our tax money and then just represent one side? NPR, if you follow it at all, it is totally leftist. I can't think of one show, one
broadcast anything. Even their financial stuff is leftist. So, you know, if you're going to use public money, then it should be at least 50-50. It should be down the middle. That's the way it should be. But, you know, I think we're finally getting through. Thank you. Let's go to Mike. Hi, Mike. Yeah, hi, Mike. As we're talking NPR and public broadcasting, you know, very rare. Actually, I've never heard any conservative.
talk show host, talk about the Ad Council. Now just curious, what are your thoughts on the Ad Council? The Advertising Council? Yeah, the War Advertising Council that was there during World War II to help push Roosevelt's agenda. And in peacetime, Roosevelt said, you guys need to stick around. And we have it today.
Still, and the ads on your radio station are sponsored by the Ad Council, and I'm just kind of curious, have you ever thought about the Ad Council and what it really does? It really makes no difference to me. me I you know are they being funded by the federal government Well, that's the interesting point. The majority of the funding that they get is more from institutions that want to promote social change. And I'm not saying this to pick a fight. I'm just saying this that...
It's interesting to me that we've yet to really look at the various institutions, the remnants of the FDR administration, and how they function today in the 2020s. Another remnant is Social Security. And all that came out during the FDR administration. Well, yeah, and the Ad Council is very much into providing that aspect of social change. So all I'm really saying is that when we start talking about NPR, and public broadcasting, they
The interesting part about it is it's a much larger picture than what we're seeing. Well, it could be. I don't know how much money the federal government gives to the Advertising Council. They don't. They don't give any money to it. Well, if they don't give any money to it, then it's really applesauce. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. It's a funnel-through for non-profits. So the money goes from the federal government to the non-profits.
and then the nonprofits hire the Ad Council to do their work. And that's not illegitimate. I'm not saying that. No, it's one step removed. So I mean, I don't know. It's just an interesting way of being able to promote information. And I have to take exception only in that. any Marxism with federal money period I don't think we should it's like if you're That's kind of my song. Amen. All right. Thank you, Mike. We got a scoop. Thanks. All right. We'll be right back.
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And then the other thing I was going to tell you, so I had to go in the mountains. I went to a friend's house. I had a couple, you know, During survival firearms Saturday night on the way over I just drive by you know the third world country in Mountain View And in the woods there, they got a dart board set up. Some guys are playing darts, some homeless. They're playing cornhole, and they're barbecuing. I'm like, geez, what in the AC double hockey sticks is going on here? Yeah.
I mean, they're out there having a ball. It's like summer camp. I'm like, what the heck? Yeah, it's, you know, on public land, probably. Oh, yeah, it's that whole Mountain View, Third World area in the woods there. That's really bad. And it was like, I'm like, I just couldn't believe it. I'm like, stunned, you know, you're watching.
They're looking over and there's two guys playing. They got a nice dart board hanging on a tree, throwing darts. And there's like three or four people playing cornhole, which I'm pretty sure came out of somebody's backyard. And, you know, barbecuing. And I'm like... Why would these people want to leave those words? They'd have to go back and do something real life. Yeah, they probably would.
It was just the weirdest thing, man. I'm like, am I, you know, maybe I better turn around because I might have had too many to drink already if I'd seen this. You know, it's just, it's just, it's just beyond, yeah, beyond comprehensible, man. That's awesome. You know, now what our mayor wants to do is she wants to put these little tiny houses out making these little, like, tiny subdivisions and things all over Anchorage, you know, because we all need to share in this.
Yeah, there'll be a few nice ones in your neighborhood to make that property value go up. Oh, sure. Oh, yeah. It's just amazing what they want and what they got going on.
how they're doing it. I just, I don't understand, you know? I, you know, I just don't get it. I just, you know, like I said, you drive by and here's this woods are just full I mean just full of garbage and places up to your knees and they're in there having a good time like summer camp and I'm like are you kidding me Yeah, it's interesting. Oh, God, it's just, it's beyond interesting because
These people are, I mean, it just, it doesn't make sense. It just, and they keep on getting voted in. And then, and when they do get voted in, when they do, they open up more areas because they can get some of their other friends voted in. You know? Like, are you stupid?
well keep your eyes open this summer and just you know kind of let us know what's going on because There's a couple of things obviously, you know, these camps I think are going to increase in size, but I'm also terribly worried about the fires because they like fires in these camps and, you know, it doesn't take long. And the next thing you know, it's gone up in flames. And, you know, it's like I was looking at...
You know, you go by there, and they moved all those motorhomes out of the one side that was in the baseball park side and everything. Right. And all that made room was for big, giant tents to go over there. Now they got big, giant tents on that side. Anyway, what the hell?
Well, Bronson wanted to put a big giant tent in and they wouldn't let him do it. So I guess these guys have figured they could do it. Yeah, where are they getting these tents from? I mean, some of these tents these people are putting up. are just, I mean, huge. I mean, they're like, you know, big giant family cats. And you're like, where the hell are they getting these things? Where are they getting all this? Well, you know, it's kind of a free economy, right? They don't pay taxes.
That hard work they've been putting in is paying off. What I want to know is, anytime I go buy one of these things, I see all sorts of bicycle parts and broken bicycles. Where does that come from? Is it like a bicycle chop shop going on somewhere? They got bicycles. You see them riding down the street with, uh, You see him riding down the street, like one guy riding down the street, one time I saw him riding a bike and he had two bikes on each shoulder. I'm like, what is he, in a circus?
You know, it just doesn't make sense. I mean, all these camps have barbecues, they have propane tanks, they have big tents, they have bicycles, and you're like, okay, these people did not pay for these. No, it just kind of it showed up. It fell off a truck. Yeah, they got lucky. Somebody, you know, had to be coming it away in a yard sale. All right, Chuck, keep us posted on this, okay?
I will, Mike. I'll catch you later. All right, thanks. Bye. All right, 522-0650. You know, Crash, fishing is really, really important. There's nothing more fun than going out fishing on a nice day. Even fishing on a crummy day is fun. And we want to suggest that you go out there with the guys that know what they're doing, the guys and gals that know what they're doing. And that's the Seward Fishing Club. Now, they've got charters, and they start at 6 o'clock in the morning, and they run until 4.
And you can go out and look for salmon, rockfish, yellow eye, lingcod, and of course, halibut. and this is the largest boat, largest fishing charter boat in the state. It's called the Rainy Song. It's 65 feet. It's got a cabin for 24 anglers. The crew knows exactly what they're doing. They're helpful. They're knowledgeable. They'll take care of your fish once you catch it. And all you have to do...
catch fish and have fun. Am I not right? You are correct. I've been fishing for as long as I can remember. My folks actually I lived in Homer for 10, 15 years and we kept a boat in a slip all year long. The difference between this and that is when I'd go out with my stepdad and my mom, we'd all jump on the boat. There's a lot of work involved. Fishing is only a small part of what it is that you do while you're out there on the water.
When you're out there with the Seward Fishing Club on the Rainy Song, they do all of the heavy lifting. You just get to have the fun. Not only... They prepare everything for you after the fact. I mean, after you catch your limit, they go ahead and fillet the fish for you. They bag everything up for you. And particularly useful if you're an inexperienced angler and you find the whole thing a little bit intimidating. You're out there with a bunch of people who really know what they're doing.
on a smaller boat with a smaller group of people and it's not a charter Again, it can be kind of intimidating. Not the case. They'll walk you through it. They'll make sure you have fun. That's the whole thing. Have fun and catch fish. and they take care of all of the hard work for you. The boat's absolutely gorgeous. You can check it out online at sewardfishingclub.com. They can accommodate any size of group. The cabin's heated. You run into some bad weather, you can go, you know.
Take a break, get yourself warmed up, and head back out and start slaying the fish again. 24 people fit inside the thing comfortably. So the boat's absolutely huge. Half day trips, full day trips. It has always been and always will be my favorite summer activity in the state of Alaska. And I'm telling you.
So fishing in open water like that is awesome because you never know what you're going to pull out of the water when you're out there. We've got the best seafood on God's green earth here in the state of Alaska and a short little window to take advantage. So book your trip sooner rather than later. Do us a favor and mention you heard it on the show with Mike and Crash. You'll get nothing for it.
You'll have to admit you listened to the program, but it would help us out. We need all the help we can get. So mention the program when you book your trip. You can do so right there on their website. Nobody does it better. And I mean nobody. That's sewardfishingclub.com. Give them a call. 907-953-3099. That's 953-3099. Seward Fishing Club. This is the company to go with. We'll be right back. Thank you.
Looking at your Alaska total traffic cameras on this Tuesday evening, steady and heavy traffic around the Anchorage Bowl. C Street's got some slowdowns on it. Starting right there at International Airport Road. Traffic is backing up in both directions on C Street. One direction heading towards Tudor Road. The other one heading back towards Raspberry.
Also a slowdown on International Airport Road starting at C Street backing up towards Arctic. From this record, Chevrolet Anchorage Traffic Studios, I'm Daryl Dean. This report is sponsored by Positive Coaching Alliance. Got issues with youth or high school sports? Positive Coaching Alliance can help. PCA, a national nonprofit, offers more than 1,000 free online resources for youth and high school sports coaches, parents, students, and administrators. Visit PCADevZone.org.
Hi, this is Mike Peccaro. Crash and I have been driving you home for the past 10 years. And during that time, we've worked for some great businesses. If you'd like to give your business a boost, get it. to Harvard. This is in Lush Green, a story from the center square. by Sarah Roderick Fitch. She says in another blow to Harvard, the Trump administration has moved to cancel federal contracts with the Ivy League school.
The GSA has announced that it is working with various federal agencies to review government contracts with the university in preparation to terminate or transition The contracts, the move by the independent federal government agency funded only about 1% of the congressional appropriation. It comes at the behest of the president. In its explanation for terminating the contracts the government agency says it's changed with the safeguarding of taxpayer money.
and that it has a duty to ensure that procurement money is distributed to vendors and contractors who promote and champion principles of non-discrimination and national interest. The agency says that Harvard has continued to engage in race discrimination and its admissions process going the opposite of a Supreme Court ruling in students for fair admissions versus Harvard, the agency says the school has shown no indication of reforming.
The agency has also highlighted continual accusations from the Trump administration that the university isn't doing enough to blunt the rise of anti-Semitism on its campuses. Last week, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the Trump administration would be terminating Harvard's foreign student visa privileges, citing anti-Semitism and close ties with the Chinese Communist Party.
Harvard meanwhile moved to block the order by filing a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts saying the admission was violating the school's First Amendment rights. A federal judge temporarily blocked the administration from halting the university's foreign visa program. Again, you know, the president has a right to conduct foreign policy. And somebody who gets a visa from the federal government, which is from the State Department, which is the executive branch,
That's a privilege. It's not a right. And visas can be revoked with not too much trouble. You are a guest and you are being asked to leave. Harvard has a large percentage of foreign students. Now there's nothing wrong with that. But if these foreign students indeed are conducting activities that are contrary to the United States' goals, then I think we have a problem and we should say, look, I'm sorry, but you can leave.
I think there's I think there's a fine line here that you want to make sure that you invite the best and the brightest foreign students and you hopefully They might come and ask for citizenship at some point and become citizens and help America. That's the whole purpose, to help America. If they're here just to take and to cause trouble, why do we want them? And again, a visa is a privilege. It's not a right.
And so when I see all this stuff about First Amendment protection, are we talking about who? Really? They never really kind of come clean and tell you what their problem is do they? Should you have somebody here who is looking to foment trouble? who is looking to become or to engage in anti-Semitic activities or anti-American activities. If you're not an American, you know, be careful.
We can ask you to leave. If you're an American and you want to do that kind of thing, well, I suppose there's a line, but the line is a little further away than if you're not an American. But if you start looking at essentially trying to overthrow the country, then you got a problem. So Trump is well within his rights to do what he's doing. People may not like it. People may not agree with it. That's okay.
You can do that, but he certainly has the right to conduct foreign policy. And a court has no business telling him how to conduct foreign policy. So I think at some point or other the Supreme Court is going to have to get involved or Congress is going to have to get involved and say to the judges, you know, you certainly are important.
But you certainly don't have the authority to conduct wars. You don't have the authority to conduct foreign policy. You don't have the authority to do a lot of the things you're enjoining. If it's a question of process, yeah. There are certainly the rights of due process. Absolutely. Do these people have the same rights as Americans? No. Alright, 525. Again, there was a story that came out that talked about the fact that Barron Trump
The president's son had applied to Harvard and didn't get in. Nonsense. He never did. That is completely specious. The first lady came out today and said that is just an absolute lie. Barron Trump did not apply to Harvard. Barron Trump was not rejected from Harvard because he didn't apply. And it has nothing to do with the Trump family. I leave that with you. All right, it's 5.27. Let's take a break. We'll come right back.
Cruise ships will pay more to dock in Juneau next year. The city is looking to generate millions of dollars in revenue doubling the fees from two and a half million last year and this year to five million next year by charging more for larger cruise ships based on the number of passengers rather. the size of the ship.
the music agency co-founder who died when a small plane crashed in a military housing neighborhood in San Diego as ties to Alaska. Dave Shapiro, the founder of the music agency Sound Talent Group. was a licensed pilot and instructor whose plane was registered in Homer. His Cessna 550 crashed early yesterday morning in San Diego, killing everyone on board during foggy conditions.
And health officials are confirming a second case of the measles in Alaska this year. A child in South Anchorage has tested positive. They were not vaccinated, according to the health department. That's the latest. I'm Jack Cronin. This is News Radio 650. KENI Anchorage. There's an interesting story in the monastery of Alaska and apparently Phil Izon who was involved in the
repeal effort of ranked choice voting is now involved in a new effort. The PFD Doomsday Clock, which is an online calculator, allows Alaskans to see just how much was taken from dividends since 2016. This was developed My fellow eyes on the tools uses publicly available data to estimate the gap between what residents and
would have received under the traditional PFD formula and what they actually received each year. Users simply put the number of eligible family members and the site instantly displays a cumulative total of lost income For example, a family of four, the losses since 2016 can amount to more than $20,000, money that under the original formula would have been distributed directly from the earnings of the Alaska Permanent Fund.
instead the Bill Walker administration and legislators have capped or restructure the payments using portions of the fund's earnings to cover perceived state budget shortfalls. State also presents the information starkly with a running counter and breakdowns by year. It's a powerful visual says Suzanne Downing. that is of how deeply the dividend issue cuts across Alaska's political and economic landscape. So there you go. I mean, you know, I mean,
You know, it's a nice thing to take a look at. I have not checked it out online, but Crash, you can certainly do that if you wish. It's called the PFD Doomsday Clock. But we've kind of figured it out here as to what the dividends were, and it's well over $20,000 crash. And I think that's something that you know when you have family of four that's really important So I guess I guess really What are we saying? Are we saying that
The permanent fund is no longer relevant. It's no longer anything that anybody cares about. Or we do care about it and we're frustrated? I guess the real question here, and I have not yet had an answer from anybody as to what the average citizen can do about this. Since it deals with money, the initiative process doesn't work. You can't go ahead and do an initiative about money, but you can't do an initiative about policy.
I'm wondering if there's some bright attorney out there or legislator or somebody who would like to take this on to say what can we do as a population because I have a feeling that While people are saying, you know, I'll take my permanent fund and put it in the education industry, you know, you have to say, what am I getting for it? And again, I like to see education funded, but I also like to see education have outcomes. And I'm not seeing the second part of that equation.
But what about the permanent fund? Should we not be saying, this is our money. And I think too many people are under the impression that this is something that's a gift. It's not a gift. So when did Walker cut? It was 2016, right? 2016. Okay, so the doomsday clock, we've talked about this. For my household, it's about 60 grand. That has been lost and
And that's a big kind of a cartoon number, but the Tuesday clock breaks it down with held per person per year. So I have a family of four. 2016, my family got shorted $4,000, then $6,000, then $5,000, then $7,000. Then $8,000. In 2021, my family got shorted $10,000. $2,500. per person. Then in 2022, it was $1,000 per person, $4,000. In 2023, my family got shorted $7,200, and this year, just over $9,000.
So that's almost $61,000 for a family of four that they've lost out since 2016. That's a lot of money. And it's even more... Like apparent, it's more shocking when you break it down year by year. Like if you look at this year, we'll just take this year alone, or last year, 2024. Everyone got $2,282, whatever it was. But wasn't some of that like, that's what was held. So last year, if you're a family of four,
They took nine thousand bucks out of your pocket. Just last year alone. Nine thousand dollars. That's incredible. Yeah, what year was it they all voted to give themselves a raise? What year was that? Oh, that was two years ago. So 2022. For 2023. Okay, we'll say 2023. They gave themselves a raise and took $7,500 out of my family's budget. Right. That's insane! $60,000 since Walker cut that for a family of four.
well and again it's a question of we've talked about this it would be nice If we could figure out how to disengage from the permanent fund, if we wanted to, or to get these people to follow the law, that would be nice too. Yeah, it would be great if the people that we've entrusted to help make laws would follow them. Yeah, well, I mean, why would they do that?
Actually, that's a great way to put it. Why would they? Because they're not being held accountable. Why would they pay attention to that when there's no reason for them to do it? They keep getting re-elected. They keep taking money out of our pocket. They keep being told by the powers that be that it's fine. You can do whatever you want with that money. So you're right. Why would they give a rip about you? They don't.
No, they don't and what they do is they listen to the loudest voice in the room and the voice in the room that writes them checks And I mean, that's just not anything that is investigative journalism. There's a large lobby from the teachers union and I don't hold it against the teachers union that they have a lobby They're trying to get something done and they figured out they understand how to get it done. You write checks to politicians for their campaigns
You curry favor. You make yourself indispensable to them because they want to continue to be elected. And you want those people in office that are doing what you want them to do. Okay, that's fair enough. There's nothing illegal about that. It's just that the rest of us who don't have that have to take what's given to us by this group of supposedly people who are doing our business. and I'm wondering what business they're doing, because it's not mine.
So when you look at the permanent fund crash, you have to say to yourself, we are being robbed by these people. And I don't think there's any, I don't think you could put it any other way. I'm trying to be nice. They're taking the money. Because they can. There was a point where they couldn't. Because they couldn't, they didn't. But now it's like, well, how about this? What did Mike Schauer tell us? It was like an 86-14 split or something like that. I mean, instead of 75, 7525 is ridiculous.
I mean what kind of a split is that? How did they get to 75? Who asked me? I didn't tell them they could have 75%. They just took it. And they're going to take 100%. I mean, if you've only got 14% more to go, it's not a long walk on that pier at all. I don't know. But there's got to be a solution within our constitutional framework to stop these people. And maybe I'm being naive or maybe I'm being too Pollyanna-ish. But I think there's got to be a way to do it.
I mean after all it's ours. We own the resources in common. These guys just put their hands in the piggy bank and just take the money You know one for me, you know one for you one two for me that kind of thing It's actually one for you and one two three for me All right, 541. So you went to the website? Yeah, it just basically breaks it down every year. You put in how many people are in your family, and it does the calculations for you. Okay, well...
You know, one more tool to show you how you're getting the shaft from our legislator. And I know there are some out there that don't want to do that, but They're outvoted. Well, that number is becoming smaller and smaller every time they vote. Yes. But you know it's like... We keep electing these people. Right. And that's on us at some point. And then I'm looking at the party and then you elect Republicans.
And the Republicans jump across the table. Right. I mean, the overriding of the governor's latest veto is proof of that. If you needed proof of that, go look at that vote. Yeah, a lot of Republicans jumped across the table. I mean, you know, some of them may have liked the bill, I don't know.
And I guess if that's what you like, then that's fine. Now I know what you like. Right. It's not what I like, but I know what you like. No, but I guarantee you, the Republican governor, I guarantee you that, I mean, he... Probably had an idea that some of them were going to jump ship, but not like this. I mean, we had people run in the last election that said, if you're a Republican, you caucus with Republicans. You don't caucus with Democrats. And then some of those same people...
People that say... said that jumped right over the fence at the first opportunity. So I don't know. I don't know what to believe or who to trust because there were some people that ran that I trusted and I believed what they said and took them at their word. And then when they had an opportunity, they completely whipped a 180 and did exactly the opposite of what they said they were going to do when they were running. Yes. So the question is, What do you do?
It's a tough thing, man, because the only vetting process we have during the election is to take them at their word. It's the only... option we have. And we've said it numerous times on the show, if this was the private sector, half these people would have gotten fired for lying on their resume.
If you go into a job interview, which is what an election is, a campaign is a really long job interview. You're out there telling them why you're qualified, what you're going to do if you get the job. If you do that in the private sector, you get hired and they find out you lied on your resume. You get fired the next day.
If these people were in the private sector, they would have been cut loose a long time ago. Or they spend money on things that don't work, and they continually do it year after year, and they don't work year after year, but nothing happens. You know, you could come at us with the, and I think to a certain extent this can be true, with new information comes new results, right? You could say, well, things have changed since then, but it doesn't, this is such a drastic...
I don't know, 180 by a lot of these people. You wonder what they're getting or what's going on behind closed doors. I mean, if you look at the minority leadership in the House, I'm who I voted for. You're supposed to kind of be arm in arm with the governor of your party, wouldn't you assume? And wouldn't the governor assume that that would in fact be the case? I don't know, the whole thing's really disappointing. And again, the only recourse we have is to trust these people when they run.
And if you gave somebody a list of the most trustworthy people in the world, I doubt politician would be anywhere near the top of that list. So I find it a little bit ironic that the only recourse we have when they're running is to trust them and take them at their word.
When they kind of have, you know, we've said it before, we've had people come on the show and say you have to lie to get elected. The whole thing is just kind of gross and broken. And there's no end in sight, honestly. But when we're talking about the PFD, there's no, there's absolutely. There's no reason, I'm sure, in their mind to give us what we're doing. Because there's no ramification or penalty when they don't. They just are allowed to keep on taking over and over and over again.
And it's going to be gone in the next couple of years. Because like you said, what was it, 14%? Is that what you said? Yeah. That's not a long way to go to zero. No, it's not. 14%, heck, they can do that in an afternoon. Yeah, so I don't think within two or three years there will be PFD checks anymore. So just everyone needs to be prepared for that. Then we'll all stand around and go, how did that happen to us? Yep.
And we all know how it happened to us. We got lied to and given the shaft by the people that are supposed to be looking out for us. All right. Well, if there's a bright idea out there, I'd love to hear it. We'll be right back. The Mike Porcaro Show with Crash on NewsRadio. KENI. and have it stand up to the Alaskan elements. Which, you know, we've got some pretty good elements here. Let me tell you. What I want you to do is I want you to get a hold of the people at ABC's Singlist.
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All right, well, thanks for taking my call. Sure. So, you know, you were talking about them voting themselves a raise down there. And I thought it was this year, but it could have been last year. And by the way, they did that unanimously. Yes, it took a nanosecond. Right. I mean, no time at all. And yet they spend months. deciding how they're going to not give us a PFD. or how small of a PFT they're going to give us. I mean, they debate that forever.
Yes. You know, and my suggestion is fire them all. start over well that would be nice the question then we would have is we have to trust the people that we want to start over with and we thought maybe some of the folks we elected were the ones that we wanted but They turned out to be no different in some cases than the ones that we got rid of. Really, I'm totally disappointed at Mike Showers because I figured, you know, he was one of the best.
He totally let me down. Well, how did he let you down? Now, see, he'd be one of them that I'd say did the job. I like Mike, and I thought Mike stood up for his caucus and for us. Well, yeah, but then he turned around and made all these excuses about how they turned around and went for the, oh, what's the word I want? for the, um, uh, not for money, but for the, um, Well, he voted against me.
That's alright. Now he voted against the education bill. He voted against, he voted to sustain the governor's veto. Don't know what else you can want from the guy and he's been he's been straight on the table is about we're getting screwed and he brought up the fact to me on the air that uh... it's now eighty six fourteen legislature in terms of the percentage
Oh, he doesn't vote to sustain the veto. I thought he was one that didn't. No. I thought there was only like one or two that didn't. No, he voted to sustain the veto and he voted against the package. Oh, well, I'm sorry then. I owe him an apology, because I thought there was only one or two, and the Gallineagle River was the one of them. Well, yeah, she is. Yeah, she is, but not Mike. Mike is straight down the line.
Oh, well, then, like I said, I owe him an apology. Okay. Because he's, he, and usually I'm in his corner always. We have. We have very few down there that actually do what they say they're going to do, and usually he's the one. Well, he does. I've known Mike for a long time, and he's a friend, and I can tell you that if Mike Showard gives you his word, that's all you need. It's gold.
And that's good because there are very few of them down there that do that. I just really would like to see more of them do that. And it seems like they get down there and the next thing you know, Somehow their whole demeanor has changed. That must be something in the water. I don't know. Yeah, coming out of Seattle. Yeah, it is. Hey, Jody, we got a scoot here. I'm at the end of the show.
Appreciate the call. All right. Thank you. It was 5.55 and 50 seconds, which means we have roughly 5 seconds left or 10 seconds left. Thanks, I'm good. What? Make them good? I said make them good. Okay. Here it is. Music. Alright! Time to go. Tomorrow's Wednesday already. Isn't that amazing? These 48 weeks are going to happen. It's pretty amazing that tomorrow's Wednesday. I know, it's going to stress me. All right. We will see everybody tomorrow. Have a great evening.
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