on the iHeartRadio app today. The opinions expressed on this show are those of the host and not of iHeartMedia or its employees. Thank you for listening to NewsRadio 650 KENI. 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 Tuesday. We have made it to our second Monday of the week. It is a definite second Monday, I'll tell you what.
It's Tuesday all day long. All day long. Tuesday. Let's see. February 11th. Current time is 6.06 a.m. How did you survive Monday, Daryl? You know, I'm not sure if I did. I swear I woke up this morning and I thought somebody had ball peened my whole body. I mean, like knees, elbows, wrists, everything. So I'm still trying to decide if I did survive.
Well, I was going to say, we'll see what happens here. But, you know, I think it's going to be a relatively decent week. So we'll get through it together. We'll get through it together. Temperatures around. You know, I pulled in a new one because I thought. Oh, that'd be fun just to look up.
Temperatures around South Central are pretty decent. Right now it's Palmer sitting at 15 degrees. Kenai is at 24. Anchorage seems to be, yeah, I know. Anchorage seems to be at about 13. That's what my app says. It's weird. Again, I'm having disagreements between my car and my house and the signs on the road. My house said nine. Signs on the road said 15. And the actual app here that I run through said nine degrees also. So let's say.
13, we'll agree with you. All right. So maybe that's what they're doing on the app is they're splitting the difference. But Fairbanks is negative 13 this morning. Oh, and it looks cold up there. I have cameras that I can look at in the Fairbanks area, and I pulled them up this morning just out of a coot. And, yeah, it looks cold up there. Everything was frosty looking.
I got to tell you. I think that very well may be where the toughest Alaskans live. They are a different breed. You know what my favorite thing about that is, though, is the students at UAF. And when they get out there at the 40 below at the sign, they get out there in their shorts. Jim Gere at 40 below at the sign. That is one of those things that...
Nowhere else will you get that and be able to taunt it to people. Oh, you went to where? My daughter is a UAF graduate, and she has her sign in her bikini at 50 below. Yep, that's like I said. I've got nieces and other family members that have all gone up there. It's a tradition. And like I said, it's just crazy when you look at that and you're just like, yep, total different breed of people.
Yeah, I'm telling you. But they all do it. So once it hits that, you know, whatever mark, Kennedy's was 50 below. But when they hit that mark, there she is, standing in her boots and her bikini. Next to the side. I'm like, oh, you kids are crazy. And that's when you've got to get out there and whip the hot water, too, because you get that frozen misting thing that is always cool.
Yeah, for sure. Well, you know, I was a UAA grad, not a UAF grad, and thank goodness for that, because I don't know that I've... The only time I've ever seen 50 Below is when I've been in Fairbanks, and no thank you. Too cold. That's me. I lived up there for a year and a half, and I'm good. It's a beautiful place. Not where I'm going to live, though.
Nice to visit in the summer. Exactly. Yeah, exactly, exactly. All right, well, let's get into some of our community announcements. We have a few today. Not a ton, but we do have a few. Okay, first up for the Mat-Su Borough, the Enhanced 911 Advisory Board has a meeting today at 9 a.m. The meeting, let me just look here. Oh, let's scroll up. It's going to be at the Central Matto Fire Station number 65. That's Cottonwood Public Safety Building off of North Seward, Brundian.
So that's going to be this morning. The Animal Care and Regulation Board meeting that was going to happen today has been canceled. At 1 o'clock, the Library Board is meeting at the Willow Public Library. And the Big Lake Community Council has a meeting scheduled for tonight at 7 p.m. at the Big Lake Lions Club. If you want more information on any of these meetings that are happening in the Matsu, all you have to do is go to matsugov.edu. US.
As far as the city of Wasilla goes, there is a planning commission meeting tonight. It's publicly noticed from 6 to 10 p.m. Of course, it'll be in Wasilla City Hall in the Assembly Chambers, 290 East Turning Avenue in Wasilla. If you need more information, just... go to cityofwesela.gov, and you'll be able to find it there. I didn't see anything on the calendar for Palmer today, so we'll skip on over to the municipality of Anchorage, where there is a geotechnical advisory.
Commission meeting. This is a hybrid meeting in person or on Microsoft Teams. If you want to attend in person, it's going to be at WSP USA Inc. Pingo Conference Room. That's 1400 West Benson Boulevard. Sweet 420. Daryl, look on his face when I said Pingo Conference Room. Yeah, got my attention right there. I'm thinking of P-I-N-G-O, P-I-N-G-O. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah.
But that's a little different. But that's where they're going to be holding their meeting today. And that, again, will be at noon today. So if you need more information, just go to muni.org, click on the Mayor's tab, and then click on the Events tab.
As far as the Anchorage Assembly goes, they have their meeting tonight. That's going to start at 5 o'clock. Remember, items for public testimony don't start until 6 o'clock. That's going to be at the Lusak Library in the Assembly Chamber. So as you walk in the main doors, it's just to the left. On the other side of this break, we'll go through some of the stuff on their agenda. But for now...
I'm going to go ahead and skip over the Kenai Peninsula Borough because for some reason their page isn't loading for me today. It just keeps thinking. So if you want more information on any of their meetings today, just go to kpb.us. Maybe they're overheating down there. Or something. I'm telling you, they're 15 degrees, so.
Well, no, they're 24 degrees. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. They're way up there. I mean, maybe they're overheating and the computer's just like, it's way too hot for this time of the year. Yeah, I was going to say, I just keep getting like this, like thinking, thinking when I'm trying to load the calendar and it's been doing it for 15 years.
So I'm saying it's not happening. All right, so we're going to skip on over to the city of Kenai. The city of Kenai has a beautification commission regular meeting tonight. It starts at 6 p.m. I'm just going to pop up the agenda real quick to see what's on their agenda. It, of course, is going to be at Kenai City Hall, which is in the council chambers at 210 Fidalgo Avenue in Kenai.
As I'm looking at their agenda, it doesn't look like they have a ton. They're going to be discussing their work plan goals for 2025. That looks like the big item under new business. So there you go. If you'd like more information, again, just go to Kenai.city and then look to their calendar. Once you click on it, just follow the links through and you'll be able to find more information.
As far as the city of Saldana goes, there's no meetings today. However, I did want to highlight a grant program they have. They have a storefront improvement program, which is now accepting applications until February 28th. They're giving grants up to $7,500 to improve your business exterior in the city of Saldatna.
It says the city of Saldana is now accepting applications for the storefront improvement program. The grant program offers up to $7,500 to local businesses for projects that rehabilitate Saldana storefronts and help... I think it's supposed to, I don't know what this word is. I think it's supposed to be promote. They have a typo. It says promove.
That's not really a word. It's supposed to be promote. A thriving local economy and attractive streetscape. Sorry. See, this is what happens in live radio. Amy's brain is thinking through her mouth. Applications are due no later than February 28th. Again, it's a $7,500 opportunity here. For program guidelines and more information, you can go to cell.net.org. forward slash storefront or call the planning department at 262-9107. Again, that's 907-262-9107 if you have questions about this program.
I mean, look, if you have a business in Seldotna and your storefront needs a little facelift, this is a great opportunity to get a little bit of investment to help you do that. So, again, more information, you can just go to Seldotna.com. You'll see a widget right on their homepage. Just click on it, and it gives you more information there, too. As far as the city of Homer goes, we have an Economic Development Advisory Commission regular meeting, but actually...
It's been canceled. It was scheduled for 6 o'clock tonight. It's been canceled. So the next meeting for Homer is going to be their ADA Advisory Board meeting, and that will be on Thursday. So City of Homer, you guys are clear for today. If you want to track the City of Homer's calendar, just go. to cityofhomer-ak.gov. That really does it for our public announcements for today. But I do want to remind folks, Senator Hughes called in yesterday.
And she let us know that they're going to be having a food security type of event on Saturday at Palmer Middle School. And the workshop is going to be from 9 a.m. to noon. They're going to be talking about everything from gardening. Have you ever done it? Are you interested in doing it? These are for newbies, people that want to learn how to do things like canning.
gardening, raising chickens, preserving food. They're going to have all kinds of information. And, again, that's going to be Saturday from 9 to noon, and it is free. So if you want more information, information you can contact Senator Hughes office
just go to AK Ledge, just Google Alaska Legislature, and you'll be able to find her information through there. And I know she's very, very active on social media, too. So you can reach her through Facebook if you're on social media. All right, we're going to go ahead. Take our first break in the morning. If you'd like to call in, be part of the show. The number is 522-0650.
Looking at the Alaska total traffic cameras on a Tuesday morning. Traffic's moving well all around the Anchorage Bowl. Currently light traffic inbound on the Glen. ...on where you are in town. Chilly again this morning on the east side. Look for a few clouds today, but overall we get to see a bit of sunshine. Highs today, warming. into the mid to upper 20s. I'm meteorologist Tracy Sinclair, Alaska's news source. Welcome back. Current time 620 on this gorgeous.
Gorgeous, gorgeous. I'm trying to convince myself it's a gorgeous Tuesday morning. It's actually relatively mild. As we are looking at temperatures around South Central, it's relatively mild. So I'm not going to complain. But it's Tuesday, and I really didn't want to get up this morning at 4 a.m. And to be honest, actually, out there, Amy, it is beautiful. It's almost a full moon up there. Light, wispy clouds being lit up by it. So, I mean, it actually is beautiful, but it's just...
Just the frost when you see it on things, that takes a little bit of the loveliness out. Yeah, no doubt about it. Well, I'm looking. We have one of our friends driving in from Big Lake, and I'm looking at their temperature right now. Nine degrees, it looks like, in Big Lake. Partly cloudy. It says feels like one degree. Mostly sunny skies with a high of 27. Look, I'm telling you. That's actually glorious. You can't resist it right now.
Spring is on the way. Wow. I'm the eternal optimist. I am the eternal optimist. What can I say? What can I say? All right, let's go to the phones. And Randy is with us. Good morning, sir. Good morning. Happy pre-hump day. Yeah, that's right. See, I love the optimism. There we go. Yes, yes. In any temperature below 32 right now. It's great because you don't have freestyle stuff. Anyway, why do math teachers make great dances?
Why do math teachers make great dancers? I don't know why. They had the algorithm. I really had to think about that one. And actually, that was worth a drumbeat there. Yes. Yeah, that's good. Okay, Randy, I have one for you. Ready? Great. Yes. Okay, here it goes. What did the Buddhist say to the hot dog vendor? No clue. Make me one with everything. I crack myself up. I crack myself up. Oh, anyways.
Yeah, there you go. There you go. All right. Well, what's on your mind today, Randy, as we kick off the day right with a couple dad jokes? I'm loving it. Okay. I hope I don't miss you all. Go for it. Go for it. No, go for it. First off, I really, really appreciate what Senator Shelley Hughes is doing about this teaching people how to grow things. Yeah. I used to teach a class.
to people in halfway houses, how to grow things using, you know, buckets, one foot, square foot gardening and things like that. Because we grew more stuff in a 4-foot by 16-foot little above-ground garden. And we compared that to a 35-foot. by 16 feet wide road growing. We grew more in that little 2 by 16 foot garden by years of square foot as opposed to A little road going. So, you know, some of the guys knew one way, knew the other way. So, you know what? Just throw that out there.
You know, I think it's great that she's doing it because, you know, one of the issues we deal with here in Alaska especially is it's a very delicate market when it comes to food security specifically because of our supply chain. I mean, if we have an interruption in our supply chain, think about the Port of Alaska. If the Port of Alaska goes down, we are in a real world of hurt. It is where the majority of our commodities come across that port.
goes down there's just not enough infrastructure to replace the amount of goods that come across the port so I mean you can't do it by airplane you just there's just not enough There's not enough airplanes to be able to do it and run in the bulk... That you would need in order to reply or replace that so I mean you would have to start diverting I mean it would be a lot it would be a pain so You know the more you can get people to grow their own food preserve their own food what you're doing
is you're insulating against a potential event, whether it's an earthquake or some act of war that potentially interrupts our supply chain. So I think the event she's doing on Saturday at Palmer Middle School is a...
Is a great idea. I think they call it, yeah, at Palmer Junior Middle School. Why do they put the extra junior in there? Because you had it used to, back in the day, it was Palmer High School and Palmer Junior High School. And then they added middle is what they added to it for this weird reason somewhere back.
around I don't know 1990 or something yeah yeah so I mean to your point you know you you've you've talked about talked about food security for years and I think it's good that she's having this conversation last last thing I want to say before uh sign off is that um everybody i would say the dems are complaining about the people of musk and so forth getting our social security wow here to tell you the states
giving it out. The federal government has been hacking, giving out my social security, my medical records, everything, even my payroll, especially when they offered to me, hey, We'll pay for your LifeLock, you know, for two years, these different companies.
Oh, I'm right there with you, Randy, because I literally yesterday pulled up how many times the federal government has been hacked in the last five years. And it's like seven times. And we're talking major agencies, including the Congress and stuff like that. I mean, literally. hundreds of millions of people's information. And as you said, they're going after Musk because he might see it.
I'm more worried about all these hackers that have all of our information that is for sale on the dark web. So when Trump said, yeah, our security isn't the greatest and everybody freaked out that he said it, he's being honest. Well, I think, look, the only way to deal with a problem is to identify it. I mean, you have to actually be like, okay, that's a problem I need to deal with. Okay.
I mean, the first step of dealing with an issue is identifying the issue that you need to deal with. So I think to your point, I mean, security is a really important thing. I think, you know, Elon Musk has gotten into reviews. USAID. I mean, that's one of many departments, and I have a story about that later, but look, I can't wait until he gets into the IRS. I can't wait.
There's a story up this morning where they're talking about deputizing IRS agents to make them work on border security and illegal immigration. We'll see if that happens. will say look you have to secure the border you and and along with securing our nation comes securing our nation from data breaches i mean look you have hostile invaders i am sure that are trying to breach this country
all the time. China, Iran, take your pick. I mean, there's going to be hostile invaders, and I think what you're going to see over and over again, I won't be surprised. You know, we were talking about the other day... Senator Kennedy was on the floor, and he was talking about the IRS. In Social Security, I mean, Social Security Administration, they have listed 6.5 million people in the U.S. that receive Social Security benefits over the years. the age of 112.
It's not even possible. Like worldwide, Senator Kennedy was saying there might be 40 people worldwide at any time that are over the age of 112. How do we have 6.5 million people getting, say, Social Security benefits? over the age of 112. Clearly that's fraud. Clearly that's right. So my question will be, not only is it people accepting those, is some of this money going to foreign governments? Have they hacked in and are they funneling the money? I don't know the answer to that.
You don't know until you start looking. But look, once you start turning on the lights, the cockroaches are going to run. And that's what you're seeing right now is they're freaking out because they know they're about to get caught. You too, guys. Have a great day. You too, Rudy. All right. Thanks for listening. All right.
Good morning, Randy. All right, well, we're going to go ahead and take a quick break. When we come back, we're going to get into some of the headlines of the day, and we will let you know what the Anchorage Assembly is going to be up to tonight. Yeah, hang on for this one. We'll be right back. This is News Radio 650, KENI.
Anchorage. Two people are safe after becoming stranded when a glacier calved at Portage Lake. Girdwood Fire and Rescue says it happened yesterday afternoon. Authorities say Good Samaritan ice climbers helped the pair self-rescue. Officials are reminding people to always have a satellite phone or in-reach device when wandering along. We'll be right back.
This is the most recent data the state has. The 2024 data will be available in June. And officials continue to monitor an active volcano showing increased activity near Anchorage. The Alaska Volcano Observatory issued an update on Mount Spur yesterday. The report says new gas measurements collected.
last week show no significant changes from measurements taken in December and June of last year. Scientists say it's still unclear whether the increased activity will lead to a larger eruption. That's the latest. I'm John Fink. depend on it. Looking at the Alaska total traffic cameras on a Tuesday morning. Traffic's moving well all around the Anchorage Bowl. Currently light traffic inbound on the Glen Highway. No major stoppages out there.
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I have to tell you, Daryl, I'm watching the news during the break. Good things are happening. Kristi Noem is asking for more assistance for ICE, asking that IRS agents be deputized so they can come down to the border and help ICE officials. Well, that only makes sense since we're trying to hire 80,000 of them. them and arm them, so you might as well send them down there.
That is the most insane thing. Well, I mean, not the sending them down there. I mean, this is fantastic. I've got to just tell you, I'm watching what's happening. You have to be prepared, though. The law fair will come. there's already chatter that we're hearing that potentially they're they're gonna try to use the legal system look they'll judge shop
And they'll try to use the legal system to say, like, the military can't be on the border, right? That's going to be the next one. I'm waiting for that story to pop where they're like, trying to tell Trump he can't use the military to support ICE on the border. I mean...
If you can't use the military to defend your national border, I mean... Exactly. What's the point here all of a sudden? Oh, they're only for foreign actions, which you don't want us to do. You know what I just realized? You think the tax people would actually make way more sense? Because think about this. Who are you more afraid of? The tax man coming after you and interviewing you and then going through all your stuff or just, you know.
the regular guy. I'm literally thinking IRS agents. Yeah, we already know most of them are pretty rabid. They're going to go through everything. I want them looking at these. Let's see, your application for... Attention to detail. A bunch of accountants, basically, is what you have. They're going, yeah, no, you don't qualify for asylum. Yeah, no. Are you kidding? No, and we're taking that deduction out? Nope.
Back you go. My experience is you probably are on point here with the level of detail. So we'll see what happens. All right, well, let's get into the Anchorage Assembly. Suzanne Downing has a...
article up in Musstreet, Alaska. Anchorage Assembly wants to extend criminal liability to Guardian if a student brings weapons to school. At the Anchorage Assembly meeting tonight, the Assembly will consider a proposed ordinance from Karen that expands the liability to parents, foster parents, and guardians of minors who bring deadly weapons to school grounds or
to school functions the law might even be applied to babysitters or friends who are taking care of her child while the parents are out of town the ordinance being offered by assemblywoman karen bronga seeks to amend amc C. According to the proposed ordinance, in 2023, 5.6% of Alaska students and 3.5% of Anchorage students reported having carried weapons to school on at least one day. in the 30 previous 15 days.
That sentence doesn't make sense to me. And in the ordinance, it explains that any deadly weapon that a child has on school grounds will lead to the prosecution of the parent or guardian if the parent or guardian had the weapon in their possession originally.
didn't secure or store it properly, but stored the weapon in a criminally negligent manner. This could apply to an elderly grandparent who is raising children due to some type of family dysfunction or tragedy, a knife taken from a kitchen drawer, or a nail gun taken from the garage of a grandparent could qualify, and the grandparent or guardian could be charged as though he or she had brought the knife on the campus.
The same could hold true for a box cutter, a hatchet, or any other item that could be seen as a deadly weapon. The ordinance raises constitutional and legal questions, according to Mustry Alaska. The Alaska Constitution says the individual right to keep and bear This will definitely be...
something to debate for sure i pulled i pulled up the ordinance last night just so i could look at it and as i'm looking at it right here it says um So it would be unlawful for any person knowingly to have possession or control within the grounds of or... on a parking lot of a public or private preschool elementary junior high high school on a school bus while being transported to or from or a school sponsored event, or while participating in a school sponsored event, a deadly weapon.
And then it adds parent or guardian culpable for violation by a minor child. The parent or guardian of a minor possessing a weapon in violation of the section may be prosecuted as a principal. if the weapon was originally in possession of the parent or guardian, and the parent or guardian either authorized the minor to possess the weapon or stored the weapon in a criminally negligent manner.
It is an affirmative defense to the prosecution under the subsection that the parent or guardian reported the minor suspect violation to law enforcement. So basically... If you know your kid took the gun to school and they didn't have your permission, if you turn them in, like, that would be your defense. Or, you know, the steak knife. It is not the lawful owner. So, for example, a kid brings a gun or a knife or whatever to school and the parent's not the owner of said weapon.
It says, it goes on to talk about peace officers in here, people who are over 21. I mean, it's not a very long ordinance. It's about two and a half pages. Actually, no, it's about four and a half pages. But a violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor. So that's the other part of it. So a Class A misdemeanor, I think if memory serves, you can get up to a year in jail. I can't remember the fine. I'm sure we have somebody listening that could tell us.
I just don't have it memorized anymore. Can I throw a thought in here on this? So here's my first thought with this is. So the guardian or the supervisor of them, right, basically, you know, your babysitter, things like that.
Lately, we've had a real discussion about our schools and our teachers and how much rights they have over our children. Because, you know, from the way they put it, as soon as those kids enter the school grounds, they are under their charge and care. They are the supervisors. They are the guardians.
of those kids because they can help with the pronouns. They can help getting them over to this and that. You know, all the things we're against. It's a stretch calling them a guardian of our children. They seem to think they are. I know what you're saying. you're going and from a debatable like
Contextual spot, yes. I see where you're going. But from a legal perspective, no. Then how can they keep our kids' pronouns from us from a legal perspective? I see where you're going. But technically speaking, guardian is defined in law. So, well, but then when they're saying, you know, I mean, it just, to me, it kind of puts it out there that where I was going with this is a coach, okay?
gives his students baseball bats to go out and play baseball. And one of them gets really angry and goes after another student with it. That's a deadly weapon that was in control of a person who was a guardian or supervisor of them. Would they then not be charged?
to be charged under this. Potentially. No, that's a very good point because I thought of baseball bats too. I mean, the reality is almost anything can be a deadly weapon. A rock. A rock that's already on the school property could be a deadly weapon. A stapler. In the room. A desk. A desk is... I mean, come on. We'll watch these kids throw desks. A fire extinguisher. Exactly. So... I mean...
Yeah. Almost anything could be a deadly weapon. Look, here's the thing. The devil's always in the details. But the potential penalty here, I looked it up. Class A misdemeanor in Alaska is punishable up to a year in jail and a fine of up to $20. $25,000. So what are examples of Class A misdemeanors right now? Resisting arrest, violation of a protection order, fourth degree assault.
Reckless endangerment, those are all right now currently, you know, Class A misdemeanors in Alaska. So potentially this means, you know. If a kid brings something to school and the parent doesn't know about it, now the parent's going to be charged as if they're the ones who brought it to school. That's effectively what this ordinance would do. Right, right. And like I said, that just to me is...
That's a big stretch. I know I snuck all kinds of things in school when I was a kid, you know, especially for, quote, show and tell when it wasn't in class time and stuff like that. So, like I said, I think this one is trying to overstretch on... Protection, I guess, is what I'm looking at. Yeah, well, the Anchorage Assembly also has on their agenda to start paying their youth members.
uh they want to pay their youth representatives two thousand dollars each um i personally i am not supportive of having youth members on elected bodies i'm sorry it's a distraction we're not there to babysit you're there to do the people's work And for a lot of things in the Anchorage Assembly, for example, you know, youth members can't vote on liquor licenses. Youth members can't vote on marijuana licenses, those types of things. And their votes don't count any.
Bingo. I mean, they're like, okay, they hold up a little paddle, and they're like, yes or no. They don't even know what the hell they're talking about. I've got to be honest with you. I've sat on these bodies with these youth members. They don't know what they're talking about. Well, I just feel like we should have more butterflies and rainbows. Give me a break. I mean, it's a waste of time. I mean, I know the whole point. Look, Amy's filter is clearly off this morning. I know the whole point.
of youth members is trying to engage youth, but the reality is nobody elects them. And they're sitting there debating with elected officials the issues of the day that impact people's property taxes, impact people's rights. I mean, they're very serious issues that are debated on elected bodies. And if a youth member comes in, they're picked by the chair.
let's be honest so typically it's in anchorage it's always some the majority of times the majority of times it's it's it's a lefty and so they get into this like real real debate with all these elected officials and it's just a waste of time and it's nonsense to be honest with you if you want to have an elected official a youth member that's elected by the community Okay. I think it's, again,
I don't think it's appropriate. I'm sorry. They can't even vote in real life. Why are they voting on things that are going to cost multimillions of dollars coming out of taxpayers' pockets? Well, so with me, I look at it this way.
it is a learning experience that's what it's supposed to be from what i've always understood if you were participating this was from like your government class or something like that you were coming through the schools you were learning about government this was on you to learn
They're going to make it a paid thing, and I'm trying to figure out how they pulled $2,000 out of the hat for each of these people, and they named them specific. Is this for a year's worth of service? Is this for a month? Are they going to now be under the rules of the $15 an hour minimum?
wage and having to have the days off? I mean, there's so many things in this. Good question. Well, here's the thing. What am I supportive of? I'm very supportive of the Youth Advisory Board, right? We have an opportunity in Anchorage. where multiple children are appointed to the Youth Advisory Commission, they get to debate amongst themselves, and they get to pass resolutions, and those resolutions go to the Anchorage Assembly for consideration.
I was somebody who actually went to the Youth Advisory Commission. I actually brought them pizza. I talked to them about process. I am a big supporter of youth getting involved and learning the process. So me talking about youth getting involved, look, I I've been there and I've actually got the t-shirt. I've put in the time to help them understand. I've gone to schools and talked about legislative process and how to get involved. I am a big supporter of kids' understanding.
and getting involved in the process, I'm not supportive of kids sitting on elected bodies, period. When it comes to the Anchorage Assembly or the legislature or pick your school board, why?
because there are venues for them to get involved and have their voice heard, but at the end of the day, You know, it's more meaningful for them to have these, I think, advisory commissions where they actually learn Robert's Rules, where they actually learn how to make motions, where they actually learn the topics, and they can have robust discussion.
about the impacts of those topics. I think that's more impactful than them sitting on an elected body where they were not elected to and they're pretending to vote and none of their votes count. I mean, to me, I've just been one of those people that, you know, it's just a feel-good thing.
that the Anchorage Assembly does. And over the years, they've had a member. They've not had a member. So has the Anchorage School Board. They've had a youth member. They've not had a youth member. But it's one kid who's usually picked by the chair.
So how is that really democratic? Do you know what I mean? It's not. Oh, yeah. I remember when they kicked the last ones out from Bronson before the others and when they wouldn't authorize some of the ones they didn't like. But I see where you're going with what you said. And actually...
You make a lot of sense. That was a great little stand-up on that soapbox. I've got to agree with you. Well, I appreciate it. You know, and that's my point. Like, I've been a huge advocate. I was involved in student government when I was a kid. And I've been a big supporter of youth advisory commissions because I think it's a great place for them to learn the process and to have elected officials engage with them, go to their meetings, talk about the issues, let them debate it.
But it's more meaningful. It's not just... It's not just pretending. It's actually engaging and teaching them. And you have a dedicated time to do that. So I think that's more meaningful. I just think this whole thing about paying youth members, youth members on the assembly in general, is a dumb idea. All right. We're going to go ahead and take a quick break. If you'd like to call in, 522-0650.
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Well, they're not done yet. It says in this Must Read Alaska article that youth members on the Anchorage Assembly will also ask the Assembly to request that the Anchorage School District hold a voter registration drive to encourage participation in regular municipal elections, which... occur in early April. Voter registration drives are uncommon in Alaska since more than 116% of the population is already registered to vote. Yep, yep, yep. Good lord.
Good lord. Well, here, you know what this reminds me of? This reminds me of USAID. You know, where you're finding all of a sudden the government has used taxpayer money to try to turn out their side and go to their own special interests. And that's exactly what they're doing. That's what it reminds me of. All right, let's go to Jim. Good morning, Jim.
We've got citizen legislatures, but we want that. But, you know, a person who's worked a little, done something, and then decides to get into politics. But what we have, and since I remember 61, well before that, we've been raising. professional politicians. They start about young, and you've got them sitting down. You want to be down there, either in city council or down in Juneau and everywhere else you can think of in Washington, D.C. These are little kids, and they are little adolescents.
learning how to be professional politicians. So a person who's a citizen, wants to be a citizen politician, you know, he's not going to have a chance to get these people who know how to play poker, know how to play chess. And they spent their whole life doing it since they were 10 years old. It's just wrong. I think adolescents should just be adolescents. Stay home. Learn something in your school. Do something besides hang around the city.
Yeah, get out of there. You know, you don't belong. I really don't want their opinion either. The last thing I need is an adolescent's opinion on much of anything. And they've got a lot of opinions.
I hear what you're saying. Well, you know, my point is this. You're not getting somebody who's representative, really, of the community. You're getting somebody who's ideologically going to be lined up with the Anchorage Assembly. That's really what you're going to get. At one time, we snuck through a concern.
and got a conservative on the Anchorage Assembly. And I got to tell you, those assembly members, they were like, every time she spoke, they looked at her with disdain. And then all of a sudden, it was like, Like, okay, they didn't appoint anybody else for a long time until they couldn't get more liberals back. But, you know,
Great point, Jim. I appreciate you weighing in. You know, and this is my point. I think there is value in youth understanding how their government works, and I think it is incumbent. elected officials that are in the leg in the legislature or in local government to engage with the schools and to teach them you know this is how the government works I used to do it I think it's a great process I'm a huge supporter of youth
commissions because I think that's a great venue to do that. But I agree with Jim. I don't think having an unelected child on the Anchorage Assembly is appropriate. I just don't. I don't think they need to weigh in on tax issues. If they want to weigh in, just like every taxpayer in Anchorage, you can get up and give your three minutes of public testimony. I have no problem with that. No problem whatsoever.
But why are they being elevated beyond the everyday taxpayer? To me, it doesn't make sense. All right, we're going to go ahead and take a quick break. When we get back, we're going to get into some of the other headlines of the day. Stay with us.
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Well, I appreciate it. It's a lot of fun. So I will tell you what else is fun. Watch Pete Hegseth in action. I will tell you, it is nice to have somebody who's been.
in the trenches so to speak who actually understands the military not just a talking head but somebody who actually understands who has been there the other day i pulled an audio clip The other day, Pete Hegseth was at the Pentagon, and he had a room full of people, and he was giving a talk to... lot of people at the Pentagon talking about the refocusing shall we say and what is going to happen and how people are going to be promoted and the focus
And he was really talking about DEI in the military. And, well, I think I'll let his words speak for themselves because he does it justice. Let's put it that way. Listen to this. Why do you get rid of something like DEI? Because from our perspective, it's served a purpose of dividing the force as opposed to uniting the force. And this is something I've said quite publicly.
And what I want to be is transparent with this building and everyone who serves here. Say the same thing in public that we say in private, which I hope you'll find from us. I think the single dumbest phrase. in military history is our diversity is our strength. I think our strength is our unity. Our strength is our shared purpose regardless of our background.
Regardless of how we grew up, regardless of our gender, regardless of our race, in this department, we will treat everyone equally. We will treat everyone with fairness. We will treat everyone with respect. And we will judge you as an individual by your merit and by your commitment to the team and the mission. That's how it has been. That's how it will be. Any inference otherwise.
is meant to divide or create complications that otherwise should not and do not exist. Okay that's somebody who actually understands the military. This is my point. This is why I was so excited about seeing Pete Hegseth because, look, the reality is you're there to do a job.
you're there to one team one fight you're there to be you know be part of a team be part of be part of a mission It's not there to talk about your individual feelings, and I feel like this, and I feel like at some point you've got to focus on the mission. And that's, I think, in his view, clearly what he is doing. And I think when you listen to him talk, how can you possibly, Darrell, how can you possibly disagree with anything he just said?
I not only any rational person, I was nodding through all of it. Yeah. Any rational person who understands the military understands what he was saying. Well, let's just say he even one-upped himself. Must Read Alaska has the article up. I've seen it in a few news sources. Hegseth changes North Carolina's base back to Fort Bragg in honor of World War II hero. That's right.
While flying from Joint Base Andrews to Germany on Monday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum renaming Fort Liberty in North Carolina to Fort Roland Bragg. The new name pays tribute to Private First Class Roland Bragg. a World War II hero who earned a Silver Star and a Purple Heart for his exceptional courage during the Battle of the Bulge. Here's a quote from the defense press secretary, John Ouellette.
It says, this change underscores the installation's legacy of recognizing those who have demonstrated extraordinary service and sacrifice for the nation, end quote. Under the presidency of Joe Biden, many names of forts were changed. Fort Bragg was changed to Fort Liberty. because the original Braxton Bragg was a flawed human being and a Confederate Army war hero. Secretary of Lloyd Austin renamed Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty in 2023 after a 2021 Congressional Commission had recognized
amended the name change. The name-changing frenzy was all in reaction to the death of violence-prone wife-beater and drug abuser George Floyd in 2020. Look, this is really what it's coming down to. You see it here in Alaska all the time where they're renaming everything and giving it native names, right? I mean, let's be honest. Let's just say what it is. They're trying to decolonialize. They're trying to de-white a lot of these different names.
names across the state. I mean, that's what they're doing. And you see the same kind of trend across the country where they're trying to, you know, unname things and rename them things. They're trying to wipe out history is really what they're trying to do. So there you have it. Fort Bragg is now going to be Fort Bragg. So I know there's a lot of military people right now that are saying
Finally. Oh, not only that, but even when they said it was Liberty, I still was always going to call it Bragg because it is the home of the 82nd Airborne, Fort Bragg, and it is the home of Delta Force, Fort Bragg. There is no other question about it. It's... Fort Bragg. Well, you know, the Trump administration has their hands full trying to de-woke a lot of things that the Biden administration has done. And, you know, I think what a lot of people are fearful of or expect.
don't know if fear is the right word but expect is does this mean that the next democrat that comes in just comes in and undoes everything that trump did again and i mean look that's what biden did and look look if the democrats are smart they'll realize it didn't work out so well for them. When you go ultra-woke, the American people push back and say, your level of crazy is a little too much for me. I mean, that's effectively what happened, right? People were like, hmm. Yeah, no. Open borders.
Not working out so well for people. High inflation, not working out so well for people. Ultra woke nonsense in the schools. Yeah, I don't really want my kid coming back talking about, you know. their perversions and their likes and dislikes with their teacher. That's not okay with me. I mean there's a lot of things.
The people are looking at going, this level of crazy on the Democrat side, too much. Even the Democrats, there is even a group of Democrats that are now literally saying that. They're going, I thought I supported you guys, but. Not anymore. I mean, you know, Bill Maher has said it well. Bingo. You know, he has said it very well. Like, their ideas are stupid.
And Bill Maher is a definite, definite Democrat and everything. I mean, literally, I have nodded my head and agreed with him more in the last year than in my whole life. And I followed Bill Maher because he's one of those irritating people to me. And it's like, quit making sense, dude. Quit. Yeah, exactly. Oh, my phone's blowing up. Military friends are saying, thank God Bragg is back. I know. I feel the same, my friend. I feel the same.
Well, you know, Trump's not stopping there. He's not stopping at getting the DEI and the woke and the nonsense. You know, he's replacing, you know, some of the military institution boards. The woke's getting out of them, too. Kennedy Center has probably gotten the most attention in the last couple days.
I pulled up this article from the Daily Caller. Kennedy Center apparently scrubs pages for most egregious left-wing content after Trump threatens takeover. The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts seems to have deleted left-wing... content from their website. As Donald Trump accelerates his takeover, Donald Trump has replaced the chairman of the board of the Kennedy Center with himself. Oh, yeah. Who did he replace, though? Come on. Yeah, I was going to say, yeah, Alex Rogoff's ex-husband.
David Rubenstein was the chair, and he has been... Exit stage left, as they say. It says Trump purged the board of Washington's premier arts organization and declared he would appoint himself as the chairman as part of his hostile takeover.
He denounced the woke agenda being pushed at the Kennedy Center and said he intended to ensure future performances were more aligned with his vision. It appears that promotional information and write-ups have been scrubbed from their website in a rushed attempt to eliminate the most agreed... just left wing content.
The president had already issued termination notices to the administration of the Kennedy Center by taking the unprecedented step of firing board members before the expiration of their six-year terms. The premier performing arts institution in the nation's capital is home to the... National Symphony Orchestra, the Washington National Opera. The center also hosts more than 2,000 exhibits a year. So I'm thinking drag queen whatever performances probably aren't going to be happening there anymore.
I'm guessing all this race-baiting nonsense is probably going to end, and we'll get back to actual entertainment and stuff that is a little bit more. reflective of the golden age that Trump envisions. Let's put it that way. What is the big, don't they hold one of those big events or big balls or something like that? I can't remember if it's the Kennedy Center or if it's the other one in New York where all the fancy rich, rich people come show up with their multi-million dollar outfits.
Well, you know, I know what you're talking about. I can't think of the name of it. But what I'm guessing is the left-wing rooftop. terrorist drag brunch that was highlighted on September 25th isn't going to be happening. I'm guessing that's going to be gone. But, you know, what are you going to do? I mean, at this point, now Trump is just, look, taking the Kennedy Center is like taking the Anchorage Library. Like, when you get into the arts and cultural performance arena, it is like...
It is like the left's mecca. Like, for some reason, the Anchorage Library, it's where the left absolutely positively break down. If you tell them, no, you can't peddle pornography to a six-year-old, they all of a sudden lose their mind. mind you know the same i suspect you'll get from the kennedy center takeover is they're going to lose their minds because
You know, it's like a lot of these institutions. When they have control of them for decade after decade after decade, and then somebody from the right comes in and says, hmm. No, we're not going to do that. No, no. And the right actually takes over. It's like the left feels like you're taking something from them. They feel like it's theirs. They've had control of it. How dare you?
you tell them what they can and can't do with taxpayer money, by the way. And so I think it's a little entertaining, to be honest with you. But, you know, God bless Trump. I mean, he is... Look, I'm telling you, he's flooding the zone. There is no place here. There is no place he is not touching. He is going after everything at the same time, and the left is in disarray. They can't keep up. Now, the lawfare will come. Just expect it's going to happen.
But right now, I mean, they're like, it's like a dog trying to catch its tail. They're going in circles. They're trying to catch that tail, but that can't do it. Can't do it. All right, we're going to take a quick break. When we come back.
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All right. So, Daryl, during the break, I checked my phone. Got to do a little cleanup here. So, one of my friends gave us a solid assist. It's the Met Gala that you were thinking of. That's what it was. At the Kennedy Center.
So the Met Gala is what we were thinking of. And then I have another really funny one from a friend. I won't say who it's from, but it is somebody definitely in the know. Remember we were talking about... a palmer middle school and i said why do they call it palmer junior middle school because he said well it used to be palmer junior high school and then it was or palmer high school and palmer junior high school right and then they changed it one of my friends texted me this he said a few
decades ago he asked about the junior and palmer junior middle school because it's weird to me i think you would just call it palmer middle school right He said he was told that the district wanted to avoid being referred to as PMS. And that is actually, I do vaguely remember that. That was an actual consideration.
That is the funniest thing I've ever heard. That is hilarious. It's super funny. And then one more topic. I feel the need to clarify if I misspoke or not. You know, we were talking about a lot
of names being renamed. And I was talking about going to a lot of Native names. I'm not saying Alaska Natives are pushing for this. What I'm saying is when you talk to the Anchorage Assembly and you look at them renaming things, they're going to native names for everything and the whole intent of that is to decolonize it says it in their land acknowledgement that they want to decolonize this is what this this is a liberal agenda this is not
This is not an anti-native rant. This is the reality of these liberal progressives. When we're talking about changing names of Fort Bragg to something else, it's trying to get the white out of everything, to be honest with you. I don't know how else to say it. decolonize. This is what the liberal agenda is. It's wiping out history to replace it with something that they deem is morally appropriate. That they will look better in the future for.
Exactly, exactly. But the Anchorage Assembly is like famous for this. And I mean, like I said, just look at their land acknowledgement and they talk about their desire to decolonize. I mean, it's an actionable statement. So in other words, this is they want to keep moving. forward and we see where it's led them with their intergovernment relations and an example of also changing the names don't forget two years ago braided river festival
Oh, yeah, I remember that. That didn't work out so well. That was, again, an attempt to decolonize because they didn't want it to be the colony. This is a liberal agenda item. I mean, this is what it is. And you see it nationwide. It's not just here in Alaska. I mean, Alaska is a... a local example of what's happening when you look and see how they're renaming things in anchorage it's a local example but
When you look nationwide and you look at statues being torn down, you see things being renamed. I mean... the reality is it's all in a PC effort to wipe out history. I mean, that's really what you're saying. All right, well, here's what else is going on. Oh, in Trump fashion, you know, he has done more media in his first three weeks than I think... Joe Biden did his entire term. I think he's actually right in there on that.
He constantly has a gaggle of reporters around him on Air Force One as he's traveling, as he's signing executive orders, as he's doing his work. He's constantly being peppered with questions, and he sits there free form and answer. of the things he was asked yesterday that he was being asked about Gaza and he was asked about effectively what's what's going on what do you think should happen and Trump basically said
Let hell break out. Like, he demands that Hamas freeze all the hostages by Saturday at noon. Otherwise, you know what? Let it be. I have an audio clip for where he was just like I said, no teleprompter. He's sitting at his desk working. He's just answering questions. This is President Trump on Gaza right now. As far as I'm concerned, if all of the hostages aren't returned by.
Saturday at 12 o'clock. I think it's an appropriate time. I would say cancel it and all bets are off and let hell break out. I'd say they ought to be returned by 12 o'clock on Saturday. And if they're not returned, all of them, not in drips and drabs, not two and one and three and four and two. It's Saturday at 12 o'clock, and after that, I would say all hell is going to break out. Every week, two people, three people.
No, I don't think you can do that anymore. I just think it's time to either release everybody. They're not going to be alive right now. Based on what I saw over the last two days, they're not going to be alive for long. Saturday at 12 o'clock, and after that, it's going to be a different ball game. You know, he goes on to say these are terrible people. Like, I mean...
We're talking about the scourge of the earth. You cannot negotiate with terrorists. The reality is these people will never, have never held up to their end of the bargain. Well, not only have they not held up to their end of the bargain, but they don't. So here's one of my biggest problems right now with this. Right now, the trades of Palestinians for Israelis are literally 30 to 100 to 1. One Israeli.
for 100 Palestinians. And this is their bargaining chip. They went from normal bargaining to, we can keep asking this, you know what, we want 1,000 for them. This is ridiculous. And here's the reality. There comes a point, and to Trump's point, at some point,
This has got to end. Exactly. And they've got to know that he means business. So, you know, he basically says, you know, all bets are off. Let hell break out. That's what he said. I mean, he goes on and he says, you know, basically, everybody, everybody. is not released by noon on Saturday. Basically, the deal's off. I mean, that's effectively what he's saying. He's like, you know...
They'll see what I mean. I mean, this is a much longer clip. I had to pare it down for radio, obviously. But he basically says, they'll see what I mean. They'll see what I mean. Now, do you think anybody in this world does not believe Donald Trump? Oh, you know they're all going, no, you need to get them out there. I don't care. Well, and the reality is these...
Look, the majority of people we're going to be getting back probably are bodies, to be honest. I mean, as you start looking at it, it's unfortunate, but it's been over a year now. And, yes, they've gotten back one or two. He says a drip or a drab. here you know it's it's getting to the point where this is ridiculous you know we have we have the firepower we have the military might so does the Israelis to be able to end this thing it's time to end it
I mean, that's basically what he's saying. All right, we're going to go ahead and take a quick break. When we come back on the other side of the break, we will get into some other interesting stuff that is happening. I've got to tell you, this is just like, get out the popcorn. is the most exciting, exciting first hundred days of any president I've ever seen in my lifetime, and it just is getting better and better. Stay with us. Waking up on the right side.
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7.52. All right, we're going to go straight to the phones. And Bill is with us. Good morning, sir. Good morning. I hope everyone's doing well. Here's a suggestion. Why doesn't Trump just appoint Kash Patel during the recess, I believe on the 14th? That appointment's good for a year, and given the pace of all of Trump's cabinet nominees and appointments, a year he could clean out the FBI pretty quickly.
Yeah, no, I think a recess appointment is, Trump was hoping for a recess appointment earlier, and the Republicans in the Senate had kind of shirked against it. But look, I agree with you. I think he should get recess appointments for all of them. And then go through the process. But he's got to get his people in place in order to clean things up. He's got to do it. Right. And then as far as the FBI goes, I don't know what their charter is. But if they're dipping into foreign counterintelligence.
I thought the FBI was the domestic wing, not the international wing. They're supposed to be. Yeah, they're absolutely supposed to be. And then, you know, we have this issue with the CIA potentially linked to one of Trump's impeachments. The CIA is not supposed to be operating like that on domestic soil. I think we have a lot bigger issues than we even know about, to be honest. And Tucker Carlson's got some story out now that he thinks that...
Ukraine is selling half of the arms that the United States has given them, and the CIA is profiting from it. That should be interesting. Ooh, I like that one. Last thing, did you get a chance to watch Waiting for Superman? Oh, yes. Fantastic. Yes. And when I started watching it again, I was like, yep, I have seen it before. Great. That is a great recommendation for everybody that if you haven't seen Waiting for Superman, you've got to watch it.
All right, I'll let you go. Thank you very much. Thanks, Bill. Thanks, Bill. All right, well, Kristi Noem is furious. DHS Secretary Noem appears to accuse a corrupt FBI of leaking L.A. ICE raids. Noem says the FBI is so corrupt, adding she'll work with every agency to stop leaks and prosecute.
crooked deep state agents. The Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called the FBI corrupt and appeared to accuse the Bureau of leaking plans for large-scale immigration enforcement plans in the Los Angeles area.
published an article Friday that said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would lead the operation focusing on those without legal status in the US or would have pending orders of removal according to the Internet internal government document reviewed by the publication so the question is Who is giving the L.A. Times internal documents about ICE raids? I mean, this...
Look, I've got to be honest, this is incredibly dangerous for law enforcement. Because at the end of the day, they could be walking into a trap, people could get hurt. I mean, there's a lot of things that are happening. And Pam Bondi came out yesterday in full force saying, that we will find you, we will find who's leaking this, and we will deal with you accordingly. I mean, at the end, I'm paraphrasing, of course, but at the end of the day, I mean, look, the Trump administration's not playing.
They're done with liars, leakers, and cheaters. They are going after them in full force. And like I told you earlier, they're flooding the zone. This is shock and awe, baby. They are going after it. They are going after every single thing, whether it is fraud, whether it is disobeying executive orders, whatever it is. We heard about the FEMA. payment, $59 million last week that went to housing immigrants in New York from FEMA.
Well, I was watching Fox News during the break, and they're reporting already that four people in FEMA have been fired, including grants managers and some processors. They knowingly did this. And they've knowingly disobeyed an executive order from the president of the United States. They absolutely deserve to be fired. So if that's true, good on them. But it's almost like the Trump administration is dangling the bait. And these idiots are outing.
themselves. They're taking it. You know what I mean? They're taking it. It's clearly going to expose who is not. Willing to follow the orders of the President of the United States. I mean, they're kind of making it too easy for them. I mean, honestly, this is...
If you're smart, you lay back and you let things happen. But that's not what they're doing because they're rabid libs and they can't help themselves. They're deep staters who think they're the ones who can control the government no matter what the president says. And now I will tell you, the FBI is going to be front and center. But this highlights the reason Kash Patel is going to be so important to this whole dynamic.
is you've got to stop the weaponization of the FBI, but you also have to stop their illegal actions. And I think you'll get there. All right, that does it for Daryl and I today. We will see you tomorrow morning at 6 a.m. Until then, stay safe. God bless. When I grow up, I want to be a new pair of blue jeans. When I grow up, I want to be a kid's first computer. When I grow up, I want to be a glass countertop in a new home.
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