The opinions expressed on this show are those of the host and not of iHeart Media or its employees. Thank you for listening to NewsRadio 650 KENR. Amy Demboski, the show starts now. Our lines are open at 907-522-0650. This is The Morning Drive on NewsRadio 650 KENI. Good morning. It is Friday, January 17th, 2025. The last working day before the new president is sworn in on Monday.
And that's only two days, 13 hours, 53 minutes and 27 seconds. It's happening. It's happening. 47 is coming right along. It will be. It will be. I can't wait until it happens. Oh, I cannot. I'm watching all of the Biden officials do basically their farewell, you know, press conferences like we care. A lot of them are just like. Like, honestly, I don't remember farewell press conferences. I'm sure they had them. I just don't remember them for anybody else. Like, Secretary of State or...
There's another guy, National Intelligence Advisor. I watched him do one. Did you see Jean-Claire with her sadness and saying hello to her daughter? I'm just thinking I did little pudding. Yes. I'm just thinking I just don't remember. You know, I remember the president's farewell addresses, but I don't remember all these other officials doing it.
Because, again, can anybody even remember the last Nationalist Security Advisor? I mean, those are typically ones that you just don't even remember. Yeah, no. What I want to know is what Rachel Levine's closing outfit is going to be. That's got me interested. Yeah, yeah. You know, I got to tell you, you know, I've seen so many memes of Biden officials, you know, dressed in drag and whatnot. And I just I got to chuckle because.
Again, it's time and place. We had a caller that called in a few weeks ago who said, you know, He's gone to drag shows, but it's time and place it's for adults. I've been to drag shows. I've been to Myrna's and Myrna's drag shows. I'm sure they're great, and I'm sure they're great, right? I don't know. I just get to a point where I'm like, I don't know that drag in mainstream is, you know, a typical day is like...
consistent with societal norms. And for me, so drag, like I said, I've been to drag shows. I've been to Myrna. Entertaining. I'm sure entertaining. Well, that's what it was for. And they were, I mean, the one that, the main one that I, I think I've been twice to drag shows. And the main one I remember.
Had a huge comedy side to it. I mean, literally, it was almost Benny Hill style. And it was great comedy. They did their whole decked up thing. You wouldn't have confused them for women in all actuality, even though, you know, because they were that gaudy representation. but it was for entertainment. As far as I know, not one of those people would have literally gone out on a Friday afternoon and gone shopping that way, okay? That wasn't what it was for. So, yeah.
Yeah, that's why I just say, you know, it's a little bit entertaining. If you have a sense of humor, it's a little bit entertaining when you watch the Biden administration officials and, you know, you go to this very fancy event, you know, like black tie events. And there's a dude that's clearly a dude. He's not even in drag. He's just in a dress with lipstick on. It's just, I don't know.
It gets to the point, these people are weird, man. Like, and again, I don't care if people go to drag shows. Cool. I mean, I bet you they're fun. Don't know. I've never been to a drag show. I can't say new ones. I watched RuPaul on TV. Entertaining. I love that show. Entertaining. Again.
but when you start again it's for entertainment that's how i look at it i don't know i don't know daryl The world has gone upside down under the Biden administration, and it just simply can't, January 20th cannot come fast enough. Humble opinion. I'm very very much looking forward to it. I'm very excited. I'm very excited about it
All right, well, let's do this. Let's go to the phones first, because Randy is patiently. He called in. It's Freeform Friday. Early bird gets the worm. So we're going to prioritize calls, so we're going to do that. Good morning, Randy. This morning, talking about drag shows, I remember when I got on Liberty in San Diego, me and a couple of guys went into a drag show. We didn't know it was a drag show. It was so good. and and didn't tip out was the ladies were buying us drinks well again it's for
I look at it for entertainment, adult entertainment, right? I don't think about, you know, drag shows for like drag queen story hour or people twerking in front of kids. Like to me, I think that's appropriate. I think most people would think that's inappropriate.
So, you know, let's not do that. But I think for an adult entertainment, you know, whatever. I've gone to murder mystery dinners and, you know, different type of interactive things. And I think... you know they could be probably very entertaining i just i don't know i i look at the biden administration and you know rachel levine's a good example of it
clearly suffering from gender dysphoria, and I just have a hard time taking him seriously. That's all I'll say about that. What is on your mind on this glorious Friday? Well, first a joke and then a little statement. How do you talk to a giant? Oh, how? Use big words. I was going to say you speak up to him. You never speak down.
Oh, use big words. I like to use big words. That was a solid dad joke, Randy. Solid. All right, well, let's get to the topic du jour. What has been on your mind this week, or what are you thinking about? Well, no. This weekend, I'm celebrating with my wife our 50th anniversary. Oh, wow. Congratulations. Thank you. Yeah, she stayed with me for 50 years plus. Oh, wow. That is amazing. That is a great...
That is a great feat. Well, tell her happy anniversary from us as well. I hope you guys have a wonderful weekend celebration. And hopefully many, many more years together in the future. Thank you very much. You're welcome, Randy. I enjoyed your joke earlier. Yeah, absolutely. Thank you. Have a great weekend. All right, we're going to go to lady next. Good morning, ma'am. Wow, too bad drive-thru don't go this quick. Well, it is Friday, so I always try to prioritize calls above everything else.
Well, awesome. Yeah, the weekend's here. Hey, I got two little short pieces of subject matter, okay? Yes, ma'am. Okay. And I'm going to tell you goodbye before we hang up because you got to move on. Okay. But anyway, talking about drag queens, when I was a kid, my mom was an exotic dancer. And we lived there in the Vukare of New Orleans. off of Royal Street. And there was a musician by the name of Al Hurt used to change my diapers. And there was two women. One was Sandra Sexton, Cubano.
And she was a feature at the 500 Club, transvestite, one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen, pure class. And there was another one, Bobby Sinclair, and she did the Devil and the Virgin Act. Back when it was showmanship. But the thing about it, it was adult entertainment. It wasn't like in front of the babies.
And it's like they're already getting enough garbage off the TV. It's like it's in your face. You know, like they've, like, stole the innocence. Yeah, I think you hit it on the nail. I think it's adult entertainment.
I honestly don't care if people want to go to see that kind of stuff, you know, whether it's that or burlesque or, I don't know, if you want to go to a strip show, you know, have at it. You do your thing. But, you know, again, adult entertainment, time and place. And I think that's where...
When people try to mainstream it and put it, you know, like drag queen story hour for example i just don't think it's appropriate i think you know you're injecting adult content and and concepts in front of young children unnecessarily and it's just not appropriate for the age group
And honey, one more thing before I go short and sweet, okay? Yes, ma'am. I also think that if somebody needs public assistance, like a man or a woman, mom or dad, and they get on the system, they've got two kids or three kids, I think once they join on the system with the understanding that we're going to help you, but if you have any more...
Babies, it's going to be yours, and we're not going to rock it, which would encourage them to let them know that it's like the third and the fourth generations. It's like what you join up with is what they'll carry. Good point. I think that's a good point. You know, again, when we incentivize people to get on welfare, get on the system, and then there's no deterrence to...
There's no deterrence to get off the system. I think that there lies in the systemic issue. And one more weak point we have is like... We got a lot of good people. The only difference between me and the people in prison is when I was a kid, I never got caught, you know, by the grace of God. But anyway, these people, they get themselves to where they're a felon.
And they can't get no jobs. And it's like because of what they've done, we're all human, you know. But the thing about it is it's like they're kind of like cut off at the throat. And you'd think they'd get, like, some kind of thing going, like growing hemp or something out here to where they can, like, you know, like the prayer shoppers used to be. You know what I'm saying? To where they get their parcel after a while.
and do their production of growing barley or whatever they're going to do. You know what I'm saying? Like sharecroppers. Sure. And, you know, I've had this conversation before, and I know some people will adamantly disagree. I do believe prisoner reentry programs, if you don't find a way for people to come back into society and be able to provide for themselves, they're probably going to go back to their old ways of, you know.
They got no choice. Less than legal. Yeah, less than legal to move on. So I think that is one area where we certainly could make improvements. I think you've got to give people opportunities to do for themselves. I think that's a really good topic. Lady, thank you so much for the call this morning. Have a great weekend. Back at you, baby. Bye-bye.
All right, bye-bye. Well, for those that are just joining us, good morning. I didn't get through my community announcements this morning because I went straight to the phone, so I do want to just let you know of a couple things that are going on. If you live in the Mat-Su borough this Sunday, the North Lakes Community Council Council is going to have a Road and Traffic Safety Committee meeting at 3 p.m. on Sunday.
And that will be at the Boys and Girls Club off of Bogard Road. If you're in the municipality of Anchorage, there are a couple board and commission meetings. For today, the 17th, the Board of Adjustments has a hearing at 10 a.m. this morning at City Hall.
in conference room 240, followed by a 10. It's also going to be on Teams, sorry. It's also going to be on Teams. So if you're interested in that, there you go. The Anchorage Assembly does have a couple of work sessions today. They're going to be talking about AO 20. The title of it is Universal Application for Services and AO 2025-18, which is a comprehensive charter amendment package.
That one will be interesting, Daryl. My guess is taxes. I looked at that. Actually, supposedly what it is, is it's a cleanup. Is what it is. They want to clean up the words and stuff like that. But I don't fully trust them when they say that because they say they want to clean up the wording.
Make it match current lawsuits or court decisions that have come out. And there was a third thing. The way they phrased it, the third one was kind of like, you know. Anytime somebody. So basically, this is an omnibus charter change. Interesting. Never seen that done before. I wouldn't trust him, but... You know, interesting concept. So that work session is going to be this morning at 1040 in conference room 155 at City Hall. At 1150, they will have another work session on AO 2024-125.
holding regular municipal elections in November. So that one will be a work session today at 1150. followed by another work session at 1 o'clock relating to a sales tax, AO 2024-105. So if you're interested in these topics, you can go to muni.org, click on the Assembly tab, and it'll bring you right to their home landing page where you can find more information.
on those meetings today. As far as the city of Homer goes, I'm skipping Kenai and Soldotna because none of them had publicly scheduled meetings for today. As far as Sildatna goes, this is interesting because you don't usually see Saturday meetings, but the city council has a strategic planning meeting scheduled for tomorrow at 9 a.m. followed by a city council work session on Monday, which is weird because it's a holiday.
There you go. There are a couple meetings in Homer over the weekend and on Monday. So if you want more information on those meetings that are happening, I recommend you just go to their website, cityofhomer-ak.gov. All right, we're going to go ahead and take our first break. the morning when we come back we will take your calls 522-0650 if you want to get in on free form friday we'll be right back Amy Demboski, 628 Mornings on News Radio 650, KENI. Call now, 907-522-0650.
Welcome back, current time, 625 on this glorious, glorious Friday. Oh, the ticker is going. Donald Trump is about to be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States in how long, Daryl? Two days, 13 hours, 34 minutes, and 10 seconds. Oh, I love it. I love it. All right, let's go to the phones. And Tom is with us. Good morning, Tom. Morning, Amy. Thank you for taking my call. Always. What's on your mind this Friday?
Oh, Missy, you know what? We get all wrapped up in politics. Why don't we just live our lives? Well, look, I've got to tell you, you've got to have a healthy work-life balance. You can't focus on politics all of the time. But for a lot of people, politicians, the decisions they make will affect their lives. And I think that's why you saw so many people this year get very, very interested in this presidential race because they saw their lives being impacted.
The best thing we could do is if we didn't have to talk about politics because everything was running so smoothly. Wouldn't that be great? Yeah, you know, hey, you're a fellow Palmer, right? Mm-hmm. Yes, I am. Wouldn't it be nice just to get out for a walk? I love walking. Say hi to your neighbor. And then look at Madness Capique. or as the old folks call it, Buyer's Peak. Buyer's Peak is beautiful, but I love Pioneer Peak. I'm talking about...
Yeah, there. But, like, Byers Peak is the one for the old Madness Peak. But, like, then they got Pioneer Peak, and you got, you know, well... Lazy Mountain. And don't let anybody fool you with the name Lazy Mountain. The hike up that mountain is not for the lazy. The first one, third of the peak? It's pretty steep. And it was so funny, like my mom, my mama, like years back, you know, she claimed it. She's like, we're not there yet.
And then she finally made the peak. But like, yeah, it's so funny because it's so deceptive because like, you know, you think you get there and then you're not, then you get there and then you get there. So. Yeah, you go off that last ridge, man, that last windy ridge up there before you get to it. I don't know if it's still up there, but back when we used to do it, somebody had put up a large wooden branch with a pair of red long...
Johns flying off of it. That was the flag that used to be at the top of Lazy Mountain. Hmm. Okay. Never seen that, but like, okay. But, yeah. No, you know, like, I think we all stand for and believe in the right thing, you know? Yep. I think we do. I think we do. Tom, as always, it's wonderful talking to you. Thank you for calling this morning. I hope you have an awesome weekend.
And as you go into this weekend, just remember on Monday we will not be here because it is a holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. So iHeartMedia is off on Monday. Right, Daryl? I'm not making that up. No, you are not making that up. We are off. I am not sure, but I've been informed that we might actually be carrying the inauguration through the Fox News and through the national programs. So don't quote me on that.
But there is a possibility that if you tune in during that time period, you might catch the inauguration. Oh, that's really cool. Well, it is getting serious, you know, as we come up to it. I have a number of friends that are going down to the inauguration. They're going to be there. You know, I've got to be honest with you, it's probably going to be the best protected place. on Earth on Monday.
But it's also probably one of the best targets in the world. I mean, and that's why they take it so seriously. I can only imagine, you know, when you talk about New Year's Eve and Times Square in New York, how serious they take security there. once you finally get in and get your place, like, you don't even want to leave to go to the bathroom. Otherwise, you're never going to get back to your spot. I can only imagine how tight the security is going to be in D.C. on Monday.
I suspect it's going to be significant. Because not only now do you have, you know, just the changing of the presidents and the vice presidents, the swearing in, all that kind of stuff. But you have all these huge billionaires that are going to be there, right? You're going to have Bezos and Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. I mean, the richest people in the entire world are going to be there.
And then you start the CEO of Apple, I think, is going to be there now. I mean, they named, like, I was watching news the other day, and there was, like, six people that they named, all billionaires. And you look at it, and you're like, yep. It's going to be like the place. I mean, to me, and I look at this from a security standpoint always, I'm like, ugh, ugh.
That's going to be a really target-rich environment, but the security around all of them is going to be significant, I'm sure. Well, there's something to think about because, A, you're going to have the Secret Service with security, right? But each of these billionaires... has their own security details. Imagine how this is gonna try to mesh together, oh my.
Well, we're going to go ahead and take a quick break. But when we come back, big ruling has just come down from the United States Supreme Court. So we'll get into that in just a few minutes here. I also have some audio clips that I'd love to play for you. from some of the confirmation hearings that happened yesterday. We had the EPA administrator in front of Congress, so Lee Zeldin was there. You know, I didn't listen to Treasury.
I've seen a couple clips from Treasury, but I didn't get into that one. But the other one that is probably going to make a difference here in Alaska is the Interior Secretary. So Governor Burgum was in front of Congress, or was in front of the Senate. doing his confirmation hearing. In both of these instances, you know, obviously big impacts to Alaska. With the EPA specifically, I have a Sullivan clip to play because, you know, again, Senator Sullivan right on target. Tip of the spear.
Tip of the spear. That's it. That's it. All right, let's take a quick break. If you'd like to call and be part of the show, 522-0650. Reach out to Amy now, 907-522-0650. That's 907-522-0650. It's Amy Daboski on NewsRadio 650, KENI. Well, confirmation hearings are still going on. They're going on right now. Kristi Noem is sitting in front of the Senate doing her confirmation hearing for Department of Homeland Security.
Security. As I look at Kristi Noemann, I'm trying to read the ticker board because I have my TV on mute. She is going through right now. It looks like she's giving her opening statement in front of the Senate. So we will probably have an opportunity to see those video clips later. But that's one that I was interested in watching. I can't wait to see Kash Patel. I got to tell you, out of all of the nominees, like, I knew Marco Rubio was just going to be like a slam dunk. I mean, I suspect even...
Even Democrat senators, the majority of them, will vote for Marco Rubio. I just expect it. He's from the Senate. He works in the Senate. I will be surprised if they don't. I think a lot of senators will be glad he's out of the Senate. I mean, and I'm talking about Democrats, not Republicans. I'm talking about Democrats. But Marco Rubio was sensational in his hearing. But I kind of expected that. That's why I was so excited, too.
Watch it. But the same with Kash Patel. I can't wait for Kash Patel. Democrats are going to go apoplectic. Why are they going to go apoplectic? They're going to go apoplectic for a lot of reasons with Kash Patel. And we have an audio clip we'll play you later. relating to Kash Patel, but it's because he's smart, he knows what he's doing, he knows their game, and they're afraid he's going to expose them. Oh, big-time exposure? No, he's going to rip the Band-Aid off.
Pull the scab and then cover it with peroxide. Yes. That's it. That's it. So, you know, we'll see. We'll see what happens. But I do expect it's going to be fun. You know, not to mention when people go down to this. inauguration. It's going to be...
Interesting. You know, the village people are performing. Well, the village people are out there. You also have Carrie Underwood's going to be performing. And she's taking a lot of grief from people because she's performing. And it's insane because they're not giving her to the village people. let's be honest, of course. Look, it's only Democrats giving her grief. You know, most Americans are really excited to see people come together. You know, Kid Rock was on Jesse Waters last night.
And, of course, he's been a big Trump supporter since the first time Trump ran. And he's going to be down there at the inauguration. And he says they have something special planned. And we'll see what happens. You know, the next big news is Michelle Obama is basically boycotting the inauguration. She's not going to show up. Do any of us care? Do any of us care? I don't care if Big Mace is there or not. I don't care. It don't matter to me. Somebody else is boycotting also. Who was it? Is it...
Nancy Pelosi is not going to be there either. There we go. That's what it was. Nancy is going to. Yes. Again, do any of us care? No, we don't care. We don't care. That much less perfume.
You know, and I look at Michelle Obama, you know, typically former presidents, former first ladies, you'll have them attend these things. Again, if they show up, if they don't show up, who cares? I listened to some comments from Michelle Obama about how she... felt after trump was sworn it look she's petty she's petty that's what it comes she comes she's coming across as is really being
petty and just not very not very mature i just look at it i'm like i don't care if you don't want i don't want to look at your face anyway so i'm glad you're not going to be there if i'm right the queen of petty is actually not going to be there either Miss Kamala, I do believe it's not going to be there also. Again, don't care. I don't care. I don't care if they're not there. It doesn't matter to me. Not one bit. Not one bit.
I do have to hit the breaking story, though, and I've got to be honest with you. I haven't really covered this because everybody's going to have their own opinion on it, and it's good for them. We all have opinions, and probably many of us will disagree. But I personally agree with ban on TikTok. I don't think the Chinese government...
The data mining tool that is TikTok, look, it's fun. I don't have TikTok on my phone. So we will get through this sometimes where people will send me things. I'm like, yeah, I can't see it. We all know it's a Chinese government data mining tool. That's really what it is. We know that's what it is. So the law that was passed effectively says it has to be owned by somebody other than the Chinese, right? or it's going to be banned in the U.S.
And the Supreme Court has come down with a decision, this coming out of the Washington Post, because I don't have a subscription to the New York Times, so I can't read theirs, but a friend of mine, I want to thank him for sending me a little text saying, hey, the decision's out.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to block a federal law that would effectively ban TikTok in the United States as early as this weekend if the wildly popular video sharing app does not divest from Chinese ownership. The justice's order was a blow for... TikTok prohibiting its operation in the lead up to Monday's inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump who has promised to save the app.
Trump has asked the Supreme Court to delay implementation of the law to give him the opportunity to act once he returns to the White House. With the court declining that option and no sale of the app seemingly imminent, the ban is now poised to take effect on the...
eve of Trump's inauguration. The banner sale law was passed in April with bipartisan support and signed by President Joe Biden in response to national security concerns about Chinese government's potential influence over the platform. So there we go. See, and this is one of those things. Like, Trump clearly, he clearly is somebody who doesn't want to see TikTok go away. And I think, again,
It's a major platform. You have a lot of influencers. It's entertaining. My husband, you know, I've seen him with TikTok videos looking at it. Daryl, you have TikTok, don't you? So I... don't necessarily have tick tock i don't have the program but i i have an ability to access it um and so i i look at some things one of the things you got to remember with almost all of these apps is that
They have permissions okay in your phone there's a thing called permissions which is what your phone allows that app to use on your phone So like say you've got a music app It allows your phone to look at music files and files on your phone, and it allows the app to access your speakers. TikTok is an app that uses your camera.
and video player, and your microphone. So with this, what it means is that that app, if they choose to, can open any of those devices on your phone at any time they want so that and this is like said one of the quote security issues with it that they don't really talk about is is that literally if you've got tick tock on your phone and the chinese wanted to or
a bad actor wanted to, they could actually open up your microphone without you ever knowing. Your microphone would just open. They can hear conversations or they could open the video. They can hear and see. It also accesses your GPS location. So they can know where you are, listen to what you're doing, see what you're at. This is major security risks.
For just about everybody who, you know, works in finance, law enforcement, government. You start wondering, you know, Janet Yellen's, you know, it was reported this week that the Chinese obviously broke into Janet Yellen's email. were able to access our computer. And you wonder how extensive of a data breach TikTok has been. But the fact that they collect not only your name, your age, your username, your email, your password, your phone.
number your location message content clipboard contents even I mean these are these are some of the things that tick tock can you know obviously and everybody knows the Chinese government's behind it
You know, and the fact of the matter is it's convenient. So Americans tend to like convenience. And when you say Chinese government, ladies and gentlemen, we're not talking like Xi Jinping, the president's looking at it. We're talking about the military. We're talking about the military and their intelligence agencies. that who is interested.
Exactly. So, you know, it comes to the point, I think it's taken a bit long, and I'm not one that says ban everything, but to me, at the end of the day, this is a national security issue, and imagine somebody being able to... to access your phone and every keystroke that you make that they can see it whether it is you logging into your PC and I'm telling you I don't think they have publicly said
As extensive of what TikTok can actually data mine, I read for you just a basic list that has been reported of the things they say. I bet you it's more extensive than that. Oh, absolutely, because all the kernels. Again, so when you get some of these spyware malware that gets in, you know, you click on a link, you do this, you download an app. Some of these different malware that they get, they can record every single keystroke. What does that mean? That means...
every text message you send when you log into when you log into your bank account you know from your phone or whatever now i'm not saying tiktok does that but i wouldn't be surprised at all they have the ability and the other thing is is here's another way to put it into perspective perspective say you've got a son or daughter who's in the military and of course everybody in there is on their tiktok dances and all that and they're on an aircraft carrier and they're doing their tiktok dances
GPS location right there. Somebody down knows exactly where that aircraft carrier is. Exactly. They can see who members of... The crew are on the aircraft carrier, which when you say, what's that important? Well, if you need to target somebody to put pressure on them to, you know, do this or that, here's a great way. We know their family members. We know who, and like I said, they can get into your contact list. Now they know who everybody, it's.
It is a wild, wild, wild can of worms. And this is where I come down that this is a national security issue. And any time the Chinese government is involved, you should be concerned. I mean, you should definitely question the motives. And look, there's going to be half the country that is furious about this because they love TikTok. It's like at the height of Facebook or whatever media app you use, you know, Instagram, whatever it was.
At the height of that, imagine then just turning it off for the country. There's going to be a lot of people that are very upset about this TikTok ban. You know, I personally think something will come along and replace it. Will TikTok get sold to a company that is not the Chinese government? Maybe. Or will there be another platform to replace it?
Probably. But again, the Supreme Court has just come down saying that this law to ban TikTok in the U.S. can go into effect. So there you have it. It's either got to be sold or it's going to be banned. One or the other, but it's happening, according to the Supreme Court decision that was just released this morning. All right, we're going to go ahead and take a quick break. We'll be right back. Now, back to the boss.
Amy Demboski. Call 907-522-0650 and be a part of the show on News Radio 650. KENI. Welcome back. Current time is 6.52. Well, we are still in our 30-day period where after a U.S. president dies, they lower the flags to half-mass for 30 days. So with the death of Jimmy Carter... President Trump otherwise would be sworn in under flags that have staff.
Not for, you know, obviously Jimmy Cotter's passing. The number of governors across the country have ordered their flags to be flown at full staff on Monday for the inauguration day. And then after that, they will be... lowered again for the remainder of that 30-day period. Alaska is no exception. Governor Mike Dunlady has ordered Alaska flags to be flown.
on all state buildings, not just Alaska flags, but the U.S. flag will be risen to full staff for the inauguration of President Trump. And then there you go. And then they'll be lowered again. But here we have it. Probably not. We'll see. Well, typically, where you typically get your flag staff is typically from the governor's office. For example, when I was at the city,
Or when I worked at the state. I mean, that's where they would come out. The order comes out from the governor's office. And the governor usually follows what's happening at the federal office. Now, Speaker Mike Johnson ordered at the Capitol for flags to be... flown at full staff on Monday, obviously for the inauguration, and then...
you know, lowered after. The governor said in his post on Acts, it says, America's Constitution forever changed history by establishing and shining the process for the peaceful transition of power in our nation's founding document, Inauguration Day. End quote. So flags will return to have staff at sunrise on January 21st.
quote, in continuance of honoring the life and legacy of former President Jimmy Carter through the remaining national period of mourning, end quote. So there is Governor... done lady but what made me laugh this morning this is going to shock you all but again you know he is he is a political animal And in my view, this is Gavin Newsom attempting to get out of the headlines a little bit for the poorly handled flyer.
fires that are happening in California. But Governor Newsom, according to Fox News, joins a handful of GOP governors raising flags to full height for Trump inauguration. That's right. Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom will temporarily raise the American flag at the state capitol to full height on Inauguration Day next week, joining a handful of GOP governors and Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson in the decision.
It says Newsom's press release confirmed the decision to Fox News on Wednesday night following tradition flags at the U.S. Capitol and state buildings across the country are flying at half staff because of the death of Former President Jimmy Carter, flags temporarily raised to full height, will return to have staff on January 21st for the remainder of the 30-day morning period. So even Gavin, this is 100% political.
100% political. If not for the California wildfires, do you honestly think Gavin Newsom would have done this? Oh, not at all. But you know what the number one medical condition affecting flags is? What? Staph infections. Oh, so sad. I love it. I love it. Good dad joke.
All right, well, when we come back, we are going to shift gears. We have some audio clips for you to play, for us to play for you. If you'd like to call in, be part of the show, 522-0650. This is Freeform Friday, so we're just going to roll with it. whatever's on your mind that's what we'll talk about but we are going to weave in some of these audio clips because there's a couple good ones couple good ones stay with us
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Whether you're listening live or you're listening on repeat, it's great to have the engagement throughout the day. It's always fun, Daryl, because it happens to me routinely multiple times a week.
I will get a text message from one of my friends, somebody who's commenting on something I said during the show in the morning, but they're listening to podcasts. So it'll be 10 o'clock in the morning or 2 o'clock in the afternoon or whatever. And they'll be like, hey, you should think about this or you should think about this.
about that or hey good comment on that or you know whatever but i always kind of chuckle because i can tell who the podcast listeners are with that so see if you get those nice ones there i end up getting more of the hey The podcast not up. Where's the podcast at? And then I'm like going, ah, pulling it up. No, you're right. It didn't. All right, darn it. So I'm always jumping. But those are the ones I get.
I was going to say, everybody's always interested in it. Always interested in it. Well, I've been highlighting for you some of the audio clips, and I've had a number of people reach out to me and tell me they love hearing some of the audio clips from these confirmation hearings. in the U.S. Senate because as these people take over these federal agencies, they can have a significant impact on not only policy but business, especially here in Alaska.
Yesterday we had a focus on, I would say, national security, and today our focus is going to be a little bit on energy. A little bit, I say that because I have something else I want to play. You know, one of the ones I listened to yesterday, Senator Sullivan was, of course, again, right on target. He was questioning Lee Zeldin, who is being nominated for the EPA. And as the conversation went on,
I think it shocks some people nationally because they forgot about the story or they never saw the story. But Senator Sullivan was talking specifically about the EPA and some of their past history here in Alaska. And he actually outed some. that I didn't know. Now, I knew about the incident in Chicken, and Senator Sullivan will explain it. You'll hear it. But I didn't know about this other issue, so I'm not going to tell you what it is, but...
This is Lee Zeldin being questioned by Senator Sullivan yesterday in the Senate. Well, look, I want to go back to Senator Kramer's issue of... in your opening statement about honoring cooperative federalism. And as you know, our Clean Air Act, our Clean Water Act laws from Congress contemplate a scheme of...
cooperative federalism that provides an active, in some case, primary role for states on these laws. Will you commit to doing to that because it's a really important issue for my state? Yes, Senator. So one of the areas where we haven't seen cooperative federalism at all is the way in which the EPA in my state has a history of enforcing the laws.
And no offense to my Democratic colleagues, this is always with Democrat administrations. The Obama administration did what they do is they come in with giant, heavy armed agents. body armor, helicopters, like, it's shocking. We had a raid on some placer miners in a place called Chicken, Alaska under President Obama. over 30 armed agents, body armors, to do what? Do compliance on the Clean Water Act? They didn't find one violation. They scared the hell out of the miners. Okay? Then...
Not to be outdone, the Biden administration has done these raids on small mechanic shops in Alaska. They bring up EPA agents from all over the country, 30 armed agents kicking in doors. in mechanic shops in Alaska. By the way, my state believes in the Second Amendment. Most of my state is armed. This is very dangerous because some of these agents could get shot.
when they're coming in. So what's happened is you don't have cooperative federalism. You have rogue EPA agents who are going to enforcement. before they talk about compliance. On any of these issues, they could have gone to these mechanic shops, they could have gone to the miners saying, hey, we think you may be violating the Clean Water Act. Can you work with us? No. These guys come, they... They had 40 agents, all of them armed, raiding these mechanic shops. It is just an outrage. Can I get...
Your commitment to focus on compliance rather than jumping to armed enforcement. And secondly, look, I believe in an armed citizenry. I believe in the Second Amendment. I don't believe in an armed bureaucracy. The EPA is a SWAT team. Do you believe the EPA should even have armed agents? When they go into places...
They can just have the local police or local state troopers. You got these guys out of control in Alaska, and it is dangerous. And the current EPA administrator, I sent him letters on this. He didn't answer me. Someone's going to get hurt. Can I get your commitment to focus on compliance, civil compliance, as opposed to kicking in doors with body armor, assault rifles, helicopters? It's crazy. It's really outrageous, and it happens under Democrats. Not President Trump, Democrats.
It is outrageous. The story that you told and Senator Murkowski shared with me as well with regards to chicken, Alaska, it led me as somebody who's going through this transition to be asking questions as to How did that even get authorized? Who signs off on it? What is the standards that need to be met in order to even say yes?
to an operation like that. With 30 EPA agents from all over America came up to raid a mechanic shop, a small business that I think there's eight guys who owned it. They were National Guard guys, great Alaskans. Can I get your commitment on that and to work with me? And do you think the EPA should be armed? I don't.
Senator, if something requires an enforcement action on a prosecutorial front, that is working with the Department of Justice. Congress has enacted laws where enforcement is part of The effort on the compliance front, there are people and entities owning property where there is mitigation that needs to happen and where they want to work with the government. to mitigate that situation on their property. We should be working with them to make that happen. Great. All right. Thanks. Senator Kelly.
Thank you. Okay, so that was Senator Sullivan. Now, I knew about the issuance in chicken, right? So under Obama, the EPA thought that these miners might be violating the Clean Water Act, so they come in with helicopters. a SWAT team, and they effectively raid this mine. By the way, not one violation, by the way.
And now I never heard about the mechanic shops here in Alaska. I didn't know that happened. And there's mechanics out there that are complaining. That's unbelievable to me. Now, I will tell you. This was one of the first times where I was, like, not happy with Lee Zeldin's answer. And I didn't know this for sure, but I was like, I bet he's a lawyer. My first thought was, because he didn't come right out. Look.
I 100% agree with Senator Sullivan, who also happens to be a lawyer, but I agree with Senator Sullivan. The EPA should not be armed. I do not believe the IRS should be armed either. Right there, exactly. So I think a lot of these bureaucratic agencies, they're not law enforcement. Let's be honest. They work with law enforcement. If you believe there's a violation of the Clean Water Act and you think for some reason it's going to be, you know, you send them their citations and their tickets.
Or if you go to inspect their property, you pick up the phone and you call federal law enforcement and they can accompany you. I've seen this happen, right? But why is the EPA armed with SWAT teams? And also, I mean, not just SWAT teams. They've got all the equipment. Look, again, now we're playing rent-a-cop. Come on now.
Come on now. Let's all be honest. There are a bunch of bureaucrats doing paperwork for the most part. I mean, you might have some biologists and scientists as part of the EPA. Why in the hell are we making them a federal government? It should be unequivocal. The answer is no. Should the EPA be armed like the FBI? No. The EPA is not. a federal law enforcement agency. It's a compliance agency. It's an oversight agency.
So it really irritated the hell out of me, to be honest with you, when I heard Lee Zeldin's answer. Because his answer was, yes, I'll work with you. But it was a typical. And as soon as I heard him answer, I was like, he's a lawyer. I know he's a lawyer. I looked it up. Sure enough. He's a lawyer. Again, lawyers, they have a hard time just like...
Well, you know, we got to look at that. And he went on and on about, we got to look at how that was even authorized and da-da-da-da-da. Yes, okay. If what you're saying is, I want to understand the current process before we scrap that process, that is a fair... That is a fair response. But the Amy in me says, why the hell is the EPA even armed?
Well, my answer to that is because the Democratic and progressive side, they need an armed army outside of the military, which would then be the armed EPA, the armed IRS, all these other government agencies that they can then call up. who then have tactical equipment, have been trained, and look, they're the government's internal army. Yeah, yeah, I think you're right. And I think, at the end of the day, I think Lee Zeldin's going to do a fine job at the EPA. But I always...
I struggle. I struggle at times because I've worked with so many lawyers. I got to tell you, at times, lawyers, frankly, are not good leaders, oftentimes, because they can't make a damn decision. Oh, my word. Now, there's always exceptions to the rule. There is always exceptions to the rule. Sometimes it really does give you a great asset to have somebody with a legal mind that is running something. But I've got to be honest with you, something that should be a simple, easy decision.
twist and argue, you know, where I've had to argue with five attorneys if, you know, I eventually won. But, I mean, they're just so risk adverse. And that's where it comes down to sometimes you just got to make a decision. And so... It'll be interesting seeing a lawyer at the head of the EPA now.
Again, I think it will be helpful because of all the lawfare that is waged against people who want to develop especially oil and gas. I think it will be very helpful to have that kind of mindset so you understand the legal battle. that's coming i think it will be helpful but i mean I just don't know any legitimate reason why you would arm the EPA, why you would arm the IRS. Again, when there is a complaint, what happens with the IRS, right? You bring it to the DOJ. You bring it to a prosecutor.
body and who did they work with they work with the fbi so oftentimes you'll have a lot of these financial crime type units they're working with the fbi they're working with local or local or state law enforcement you know so it's not like It's not like the IRS is the one who went out and actually arrested Al Capone.
I mean, come on. They worked with federal law enforcement to do it. That's the reason we have federal law enforcement agents to be able to do those types of things. How many law enforcement agents are we going to create now in the federal government? How many? Because we have the FBI, right? All right. We have Homeland Security. All right, that's another one. You know, we start... Now the IRS? Now the EPA? Who's next? Who's next? The CDC? I mean...
At what point do we say this is ridiculous? I mean, again, and Senator Sullivan was right on target because he talked about compliance. I've dealt with this a lot. I mean, the goal of regulatory issues oftentimes is to help people get into compliance, right? So I've worked in regulatory agencies where our goal has always been When somebody is out of compliance, we want them to get back into compliance, right?
So again, there's a difference between enforcement and compliance. If people refuse to get into compliance, that's where enforcement actions come in. You shut down the business, you find the business, you do whatever. But again, an armed EPA with like SWAT teams and helicopters. Really? I think this is what we call mission creep. Just throwing it out there. All right, we're going to go ahead and take a quick break. Stay with us.
You're listening to live, local, and always insightful Morning Drive Radio with Amy Demboski on NewsRadio 650 KENI. Get on the show now by calling 907-522-0650. Welcome back. Current time, 724. You know, as Daryl and I were talking about the EPA being armed during the break.
You know, to me, Daryl, it's a lot like if we took it on the local level, it would be like arming code enforcement in the municipality of Anchorage. That would actually be a perfect example of it. You know, and so I look at it and I'm like, is it appropriate? to arm code enforcement in the municipality of Anchorage? I'd say the answer is no. Now, am I saying that their job is not easy? No. And it is complaint-driven, but what is their goal? Their goal is to get people into compliance.
right it doesn't start with enforcement they don't kick in doors with a a SWAT team to go raid a mechanic shop or a mining operation because they think there might be a violation of the Clean Water Act. They go by, they knock on the door, they look, they see if they see any obvious code violations, and if they do, they explain it to people. Sometimes they give a citation.
But the reality is, is their goal is to get people into compliance. It's like at a state level. Are we going to start arming? I don't know. Parks and Rec? Well, well, exactly. I mean, I was thinking CBPL, you know, I was thinking like corporations, you know, public licensing and stuff. Like there comes a point. You know, at the state level, we have banking insecurities, for example. There are a bunch of auditors. Should we arm them?
I mean, this is so ridiculous. So we pulled up this list of federal agencies that you wouldn't think of that are necessarily armed. There's a lot of them that we would think of, right? We think of the U.S. Marshals. We think of the DEA. We think of the Secret Service.
Obviously, Immigration and Customs Enforcement needs to be armed, right? There's a lot of them that you're like, okay, that makes sense. Bureau of Diplomatic Security. Okay, you're protecting a bunch of diplomats. That makes sense. Fish and Wildlife Service. Okay, that's... makes sense you know you start thinking about it you're like okay these ones all make sense to me
But then you start getting into these ones. Bureau of Engraving and Printing has 207 officers that are armed and have police powers. Then we start looking. Library of Congress. They have an armed squad with police arrest authority. The government printing office. The National Institute of Standards and Technology. The Smithsonian National Zoological Park. What? So again, if we're hiring security guards, let's contract and hire security guards.
But if we're giving police powers to the EPA and they're raiding mechanic shops in Alaska, maybe, just maybe, we've gone a little too far. Just a thought. Just a thought. All right, let's go ahead and go to the phones, and Jim is with us. Let's see if I can pick him up. I'm having phone issues here. Oh, I'm going to reset my phones. Oh, I got him. I got him. Good morning, Jim.
Yes, good morning. Don't want to get off subject because I agree. Everybody's got their own private army, I guess, because you can't use the U.S. Army against American citizens. So they got their own army. What I wanted to say was Carter. The stuff they pulled was Carter, you know, he died. And so he's the main, everything's going about poor old Carter and what a great president he was. But they're watering down the fact that he just elected a president.
And I'm concerned that when the midterm elections are coming up, that Biden may conveniently die and they'll water down everything and he'll be the subject of everything instead of the election in the next two years. That's all I want to say. So hopefully keep them alive until maybe 2075. Jim, thank you for the call. Pardon? Thank you. Thank you for your thoughts this morning. I appreciate it.
All right. Bye-bye. All right. Let's go to Dr. Farr. Good morning, ma'am. Hey, good morning. Yeah. We need to really pray that everything goes well with the inauguration and for protection for Trump. And we also need to put... pressure on Senator Murkowski and Dan Sullivan I'm not as worried about, but to make sure that these nominees for the cabinet positions go through.
I'm seeing a lot of fake stuff coming up where there's 15,000 physicians that are against Kennedy and stuff like that. And we really need to get some of these people that know what they're doing in office so we can get. a lot of stuff straightened out and get the truth out about a lot of different things. So I really encourage people to actually make their opinions known and to get Trump's cabinet picks, you know.
get the Senate to agree to them. I agree. Absolutely, absolutely critical. I'm really concerned. You were talking about all the different government agencies and things like that. You know, we had that one incident here where they actually raided an innocent family thinking that they participated in the January event. in 2021 and it was total case of mistaken identity and so we really need to get some of these government agencies to be more responsible i agree
And so I agree with what you're saying. I'm also concerned about this vaccine stuff that's coming up that the state is going to be doing where they're putting... all of this money into trying to follow and track people that whether or not they have vaccines and stuff. You know, after all the problems that we had with this COVID vaccine, with all the side effects, which...
A lot of times they're not even acknowledging them. They're moving on to this new mRNA technology with the RSV vaccine, the same as the COVID when we've had so many deaths and injuries from the COVID vaccine. I'm really, really concerned about what's coming next. And, you know, what people don't realize is there's a vax track where you get, quote, unquote, vaccines from the state that are subsidized by the state. But there's also those of us that buy.
vaccines independently, and we are never reimbursed for the cost of our vaccines. We lose money every year on them. And you have all these rules and regulations where you have to keep basically data. So if I give a newborn a vaccine, you have to keep the information about that vaccine for 28 years. And so it's a huge administrative burden, too. And unless they start changing some things, I mean, it's going to...
I think parents are going to rebel because there's far too many vaccines given far too quickly. I really do think that it is having adverse effects at times on babies. and children, and so I really think that we need to look at the data. and see how we should be giving some of these vaccines rather than following, you know, rules that have been in place for over 30 years and then just keep adding more and more and more vaccines onto these children.
So I think the vaccine schedule needs to be totally modified and the hepatitis B in particular be given later, not at birth, because it looks like there's one study that came out. I don't know whether it's true or not. I'm just... putting the information out that if you have given newborn a hepatitis B, there's a 500% chance increase of autism if you give it in the first 30 days of life.
I'm going to look into that one for you, Ms. Ilona. I've got a quick question for you, just out of curiosity. You know who the National Institute of Health is, right? Yes. Did you know that they have 94 police-powered officers armed? No, I did not know that. That is one of the ones that is in this list that comes up because we pulled up this list of all these different places that have armed police powers. And it's like, what? What? All weird places.
The National Institute of Health has 94, which tells me that if they truly wanted to, on just about anybody's door they wanted. Well, yeah. It's crazy. Yeah, I'm sure they could. And like I said, I'm not anti-vaccine, but I just want some more information. And one thing that really bothered me is...
They're stopping telling us what is in the vaccines now. They used to list the ingredients and stuff like that, and I've looked at a couple of the more recent package inserts, and they've quit mentioning what is in the vaccines, and you can't have... true informed consent
unless you actually know what's in it. Exactly. Exactly. I mean, that's just logical. Dr. Farrar, I'm up against my break, but thank you so much for calling in this morning. I appreciate the conversation. And our telephones are working again so people can call and we are accepting new patients. Awesome. All right, that's Dr. Ilona Farr. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back. Well, another confirmation hearing that happened yesterday was Governor Doug Burgum.
So he has been nominated for Interior Secretary, which is another energy-related one that will certainly impact Alaska. And yesterday, you know, the theme was this. It was clarity, understanding purpose. It was understanding the tools in order to get the job done. And there were so many nominees that they were just very mission focused. I loved it. And yesterday when I listened to Governor Burgum speak, I've got to be honest with you, I was a cheerleader.
for Don Levy to become the Interior Secretary. No doubt about it, I was a cheerleader for it. But listening to Doug Burgum, I've got to be honest with you, I totally get why he was picked. Like, the guy is wicked smart, ridiculously smart. I have an audio clip I want to play. This is just one part of Doug Burgum's opening comments as he was talking to the Senate yesterday during his hearing.
In North Dakota, we created a prosperous economy by sustainably developing our natural resources, along with our respect for the land and the wildlife, and at the same time, having among the cleanest air and the cleanest water in the country.
During our tenure, North Dakota experienced among the lowest unemployment in the nation and the highest real GDP growth. Demographically, our state went from one of the oldest states to one of the youngest. We attracted record levels of talent and investment capital. I say this because our success was underpinned by the understanding that we live in a time of tremendous, tremendous abundance, and we can access that abundance as Americans by prioritizing innovation over regulation.
If given the opportunity to serve as the Secretary of Interior, I'll bring those experiences and those lessons learned to the leadership of the tens of thousands of dedicated professionals within the Department of Interior. Which brings us to President Trump's vision for a vibrant future that we can achieve together. The American people have clearly placed their confidence in President Trump to achieve energy dominance. And by energy dominance, that's the foundation.
of American prosperity, affordability for American families and unrivaled national security. Today, America produces energy cleaner, smarter and safer than anywhere in the world. And when energy production is restricted in America, it doesn't reduce demand. It just shifts productions to countries like Russia and Iran, whose autocratic leaders not only don't care at all about the environment,
but they use their revenues from energy sales to fund wars against us and our allies. President Trump's energy dominance vision will end those wars abroad, will make life more affordable for every family in America by driving down inflation. And President Trump will achieve those goals while championing clean air, clean water, and protecting our beautiful lands. Okay. Clarity of purpose. And this is an opportunity here. When you understand how much of a linchpin
Energy dominance, energy development here in the U.S. actually means he has connected it to everything. Bringing down costs, energy costs, inflationary costs, right, prosperity for Americans. to national security, but by us cutting off American development of energy. It's not going to reduce the demand. It's just going to shift the demand to foreign actors that are hostile to us that are going to fund wars against us.
Again, I love hearing these nominees that have clarity of purpose and understand the world that we actually live in and the impact. of bad policy, right? Driving energy production out of the US isn't going to stop energy production. It's not going to save the climate. It's going to drive development to countries that don't care as much about the environment as we do.
They don't care about our national security. In fact, they're working against us. So, again, as I watch cabinet member after cabinet member come up for these confirmation hearings, the one thing I'm seeing a clear trend here. Clarity of purpose in America first. I'm loving it. All right, let's go to the phones, and Bob is with us. Good morning, sir.
Good morning. Thank you very much for letting me on. I wanted to let everybody know there's a gun show this weekend at the Wasilla High School, and there's always a lot of fun there for young kids as well as the adults. And I want to bring up, too, you've picked my interest here. At the last gun show, it was in Anchorage, and there was a representative, a recruitment booth, really, from the Anchorage Police Department.
They told me that the Anchorage police is very undermanned now. They're not near what their strength is supposed to be. And they have even reduced and maybe removed their upper age limit restrictions.
If you have previous experience, I understand you can go back and maybe do not every... job that there is you don't want 80 year old guys chasing down you know thugs and stuff but uh maybe we could man the phones or something like that i'm an 80 year old guy so nice i'm wondering if If the gun shows out in Wasilla tomorrow and the next day, would APD be appropriate to come to Wasilla and try and recruit?
Maybe Wasilla Police Department or the troopers going to be, or are they also under man? I wondered what you knew about that. You know, I will tell you, I have heard APD has struggled with staffing. We really started, it's not just in Alaska or in Anchorage. You're starting to see a national trend where police departments across the country are really having a hard time.
with staffing in part I think it has to do with a couple of things a societal shift where especially in the area of BLM where they were very anti-police defund the police there's been some communities in the lower 48 where the entire
department because they didn't have the support of the mayor or the city council just quit. So you're seeing people walk away from policing as a profession, not only because of the lack of support, but I think the liabilities. As you see police officers constantly being sued.
for, you know, just doing their job. I think you're seeing a societal shift in part. But it's a crucial career field, and I think you're right. I would love to see APD out at the Wasilla Gun Show because, look, I was a big advocate for... APD trying to poach troopers. I had no problem with that. So they need to go wherever they need to go to get good men and women who can step in and fill these roles. So I'm a very big supporter of law enforcement.
And I think when we have strong leadership, law enforcement is going to be able to do the job that they need to do to keep us all safe. So I'm with you on that one, Bob. Back in the day, I was a police APD reserve officer, but I understand you don't even have that program anymore. I wonder why. Maybe the risk in the...
And the liabilities were so great. It is risky to have other people walking around with guns that may not have the experience and the training that you wish. But I'd volunteer to drive my car behind an APD car. all night long and listen in on the radio. And if somebody ambushes my police officer, I would not like that. So I'm not looking for peaceful times in the future. Just wonderful. The thing that we're going to have with the inauguration of president.
Trump is a wonderful thing, but I feel like it's like in a tsunami situation where the tide's gone way out, and it looks really inviting to go out on those mudflats. Now, we've got our president elected, but... And what happens after the tide goes out and the tsunami, the bad guys come back. I'm wondering. So I'm saying it's time to hunker down and watch. I can't believe they're going to have this inauguration out in the open like that.
I guess they'll have the protection of the wonderful Capitol Police. We know how confident they are. Right, right, right. I've got to tell you, not a chance I would go to this inauguration. And I think the reality is the last four years where we know there are Iranian hit squads in the country, so it's been...
widely reported. We know there's Chinese sleeper cells in the country. I mean, we've heard about known terrorists being intercepted on the terror watch list and million known getaways. So there's a lot of people that don't even know. who they are in this country. Look, we live in a dangerous time. I just don't think a lot of people have recognized that yet. Hence the reason why I think every law-abiding Alaskan should be going to the Wasilla Gun Show this weekend and educate yourself.
understand the safety you know requirements and get proficient because I think at the end of the day it's up to us to be the first line of defense and we could do whatever we can do to help our neighbors in the process but great plug, Bob. Thank you so much for sharing with us. I'll probably see you at the gun show this weekend. I will stop in for sure. Stop by the Machine Gun Club and have a seat. We'll have a chair for you.
All righty. I will definitely stop by and see you guys. All right. Thanks so much for the call. I appreciate it. All right. We're going to take a quick break. When we come back, Dave Donnelly with the Anchorage School Board will be joining us. Welcome back to live, local, and insightful Morning Drive Radio on News Radio 650 KENI.
All right, well, I'm going to go really quickly to Dave Donnelly because I only have a couple minutes left in the show, but we are going to turn it over to him. Good morning, Dave. Good morning, Amy. I'm speaking only for myself and on behalf of the Anchorage School District and the Anchorage School Board. But we do have a meeting coming up on the 21st. This is this coming Tuesday of the school board. First time in seven years. The last meeting was canceled due to weather.
And I'm sure that there will be quite a few people showing up to testify about what charter schools are going to get. control over or access to the two schools that we voted to close down next year. So that's probably the hottest topic right now out there. Also, I'm asking the board to reconsider their refusal to consider my proposal from several years ago to ensure that parents get notification.
when any child wants to change their pronoun. You know, we have board policies, and then the administration can adopt a regulation based on those policies, and then sometimes they do this thing called guidelines. And back in 2020, they adopted these administrative guidelines that read, generally, notification of a student's parents about his or her gender identity, expression, or transition is unnecessary. And I'd like to change that. That only applies to secondary students, by the way.
I'd like to change that so the presumption is in favor of letting parents know about this rather than not letting them. That just makes sense. Yeah, that just makes sense. So your meeting is going to be Tuesday. If people want more information, just go to ASDK12.org. and you'll be able to find the information including their agenda. Dave, I'm sorry to cut you off, but we are hitting the end of the show. Everybody, we will see you on Tuesday morning.
Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at 6 a.m. Until then, stay safe. God bless and God bless Donald J. Trump, who will become our next president of the United States.