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 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 Tuesday, March 11th. I can't even believe it. Where is the time going?
Like the sands through the hourglass. Oh, wait, no. So are the days of our lives. See, I got it. I got it. Morning TV, man, that used to be the thing. My grandmother used to, she used to record her soaps. Her shows. That's what she would call her, her shows. She was fancy. I'm telling you, we got to the point. She would record her shows because she never missed the drama between Hope and Bo.
And what was the old guy's name, like the mobster guy? Stefano. Stefano, that's what it was. Yeah, I can't believe I remember this. I mean, I was like six. I can't even believe I remember this. But it was every day. I mean, it was every day. I used to watch it a lot. Yeah, I used to watch it with my grandma. Yes, I did. Well, how was your Tuesday morning, Mr. Daryl Dean? You know, so far, so good, as they say as you come out the building. Everything's been good.
you know like 28 29 degrees in here even though i saw one temperature gauge on the way here that said 31. I think it's just messing with me because it... Yeah, I was going to say on my app for you guys, it says 31. So they were fibbing. They were being optimistic. Okay. I was going to say, yeah, because my car and the rest of the signs were all 28. It's just like, yeah, okay. Which is weird because...
It's not really feeling cold anymore at 28 because, you know, the way everything's been, but it's not warm yet. Yeah, I'm hearing you, brother. I mean, I will tell you, we're going to see temperatures anywhere 36 to 38 this afternoon. But, you know, starting off at 6 a.m. You know, around 30, let's just say that isn't such a bad place to be in March. You are absolutely right. On your gauge in there, does it say anything about any precipitation coming down?
Hmm, let me just see. Anchorage, I'm going to turn it around here. Anchorage, 29 degrees. It says. Now it says 29. It does not say anything about. Let me look. Hang on. Today. You know what that tells me? You know what that tells me? National Weather Service is listening to us. Why is that?
Well, because they dropped the temperature to 29. They're like, oh, those guys. Yeah. I was going to say, because when I checked this morning, I wrote down 31. So, yeah. And that was only like 20 minutes ago. So, yeah, I was going to say, but now they're saying 29. with a high today. Well, see, and they've changed it a little bit because earlier today the high in Anchorage was going to be 38. Now it's 34, it says. We'll see. That's a big drop.
I know. I feel like they're kind of being these negative Nancy's. I feel like it's going to be good. They just don't want to make it look too good for us, you know. Yeah, that's it, that's it. Well, right now in Palmer, we're sitting at 32 degrees, Kenai's 27, Big Lake 28, Fairbanks 13. So, you know, the day is shaping up just fine so far.
Oh, my goodness. I've got to tell you, it's a Tuesday, which means, you know, oftentimes there's city council meetings. Not in Anchorage today, though. Thank goodness. The less they meet, the better, I've got to just tell you. The less they meet, the better. The less stress I have in my life, so...
Well, I suppose I should do some community announcements. Let's get to it. All right, let's start with the Matthew Borough. We're going to start with today is Tuesday, March 11th. The library board meeting for today has been canceled, so that will not be happening. But tonight there is a Joint Assembly Planning Commission meeting. That will be at 6 o'clock.
My guess is, let's just double check here. It's probably at the Assembly Chambers, which is located at 350 East Dahlia Avenue in Palmer. Also tonight, there is a Big Lake Community Council meeting. meet over there at the Big Lake Lions Club. If you'd like more information on either of these meetings, just go to matzugov.us, look over the calendar, and you can click on the link, and it will give you more information.
As far as the city of Wasilla goes, there is a planning commission meeting tonight. That's going to be from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Wasilla City Hall Council Chambers, located at 290 East Turning Avenue in Wasilla. For more information on their meeting, just go to cityofwesilla.gov. All right, for the city of Palmer. We have a Palmer City Council meeting tonight, March 11th at 6 p.m. It's going to be at the City of Palmer's Council Chambers, located at 231 West Evergreen Avenue in Palmer.
And they have their agenda up. It looks like actually a relatively short agenda. They haven't publicly noticed that I've seen. Maybe I've missed it. I know who they picked for the city manager. I think I know. But I haven't seen it published anywhere, so I'm not going to say it because, you know, how that goes. But that may be revealed tonight at the assembly meeting. So if you're interested, again, that's going to be tonight at... at 6 p.m. at the city council chambers over there in Palmer.
There we have it. If you want more information, you can just go to palmerak.org, and you'll be able to find it there. The Municipality of Anchorage does have a couple different board and commission meetings tonight. We have the GAC 2024 IB. local amendment review Committee. Okay, what the world is that? I know what those acronyms are. Come on, you can get it. Okay, the GAC 2024 IBC Local Amendment Review Committee. Okay, so it would be Jesus Arthur Christ. That would be the
first part of that. I didn't know his middle name was Arthur, but I just learned that. If it's G, it's like Gary, maybe. I don't know. Oh, you're right. It doesn't spell it that way. Oh, my spelling's... Okay, I'll give you a lifeline. It's the Geotechnical Advisory Commission. There we go. And they're reviewing... the International Building Code, IBC, amendments.
There you go. I know. I mean, how would a normal person know what that means? No clue whatsoever what that would be. I mean, yeah, even with your help and lifeline, I still was like going, well. Well, see, this tells me you don't always listen to all my announcements because I have defined this for you before. You have, but it's not that I don't listen. But there's been so many. I have that disease called CRS.
Can't remember stuff. I suffer from that severely. So, you know, it's not that I don't listen. It's just it doesn't stick. I get it. I get it. I get it. So if you're interested in the Geotechnical Advisory Commission's review of the International Building Codes, that will be today, March 11th. 12 p.m. It's going to be a hybrid in-person meeting. You can attend virtually via Microsoft Teams or go to the WSP Pingo Conference Room, located at...
1400 West Benson Boulevard. I don't know what WSP stands for. It's a business of some sort. I was just wondering, you said PINGO? P-I-N-G-O? P-I-N-G-O? P-I-N-G-O? P, yes. Yeah, yeah, Pingo, yes. It's a new game we play out there. Yeah, exactly. If you want more information, including their Teams link, you can go to muni.org, click on the Mayor's tab, and then click on the Events tab, and it'll bring you to board.
and commissions. The other meeting that's on the calendar for today at 6 p.m. is the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report Public Hearing. This is going to be at the Wildemarsen Theater at 6 p.m. tonight. And that's really... That's all I really see on the calendar today for the municipality of Anchorage. But as I look over at the Kenai Peninsula Borough, we do have a couple meetings here at the Kenai.
Service Area Board has their meeting. They're going to be meeting at Station 1, which is at 15727 Kingsley Road in Nilchick. The other thing that I see on the calendar here is a road service area board meeting that's going to be The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly Chambers from 7 to 9 p.m. And I should have said the Western Emergency Service Area Board's meetings at 6. It's scheduled from 6 to 8. So if you need more information on those meetings in the Kenai, just go to kpb.us.
and you'll be able to find the information there. I didn't see anything on the calendar for Kenai or the city of Kenai or... But the Homer has one meeting. The Economic Development Advisory Commission has their meeting today, Tuesday, March 11th, 6 p.m. That will be held at the city council chambers in person and via Zoom. So if you need more information, including the link, just go to cityofhomer-ak.gov and you'll be able to find the information there.
And, of course, for my Matt Sue PSA fun things to do this weekend, I do want to plug the Valley Republican Women's Club of Alaska has their annual Lincoln Day dinner. That's going to be... This Saturday, March 15th at 6.30 p.m. at Settlers Bay Lodge, there's going to be a great meal, prime rib, chicken marsala.
Potatoes, vegetables, great desserts. But the best part will be the keynote speaker, which is Nick Begich, Congressman Nick Begich. So if you haven't gotten your tickets, they're going very fast now. They're starting to heat up. I recommend you get your tickets. to vrwak.com, and you'll be able to get your tickets there. Again, that's Valley Republican Women of Alaska. And that does it for our community announcements. We're going to go ahead and take our first break of the morning.
We will get into the headlines of the day. Welcome back. I've got to turn on my mic for you there, Daryl. Welcome back. It is currently 6.20 on this Tuesday morning. Well, you know, it's interesting as you start to see the escalations in... Rebalancing geopolitics. Instead of saying trade wars, rebalancing geopolitics. I like that better. That's what Amy's saying. I do like that. What you see is you see some puffery going on. You see some people.
you know, puffing up their chests. And we've seen some of these potential retaliatory type movements, right? Look, right now there's a massive game of chicken going on. And I will tell you, I just got to be honest with you, I'd much rather be in Donald Trump's corner than anybody else's corner. So as I watch what's coming down, you know, I thought it's interesting. And I've seen the headlines over the last couple days, and I thought, hmm, I have to learn more about this.
But you see the periphery coming on from Canada, how they're going to throw away American booze, and they're going to do this, and they're potentially going to levy basically a toll. On truckers coming through Canada from the U.S. to Alaska and all these different things. They're going to tax electricity down in the New York area. Now they say 25% tax on electricity going to the U.S. And he's willing to bring it up more. He's telling you.
You know, I've got to be honest with you. You don't want Urkel going up and punching Mike Tyson in the nose. You know, because at the end of the day, Urkel's going to be a smudge. That's what's going to happen. This is not going to end well for Canada. I was watching a Canadian economist yesterday, and he was talking about the moves that Canada is making. And rather than just becoming a really close partner with the U.S. and doing what needs to be done in order to stop it.
Yeah, stop fentanyl from flowing into the U.S. They're trying to get into this tit-for-tat for the U.S. It's not going to work. And it was interesting to me because what nobody's really talking about is last year Canada levied 100%. tariff on EVs coming from China. A hundred percent tariff, right? So now China, in response, has slapped a bunch of tariffs on
on Canada. Nobody's really talking about this. There's an article in Bloomberg. China sets retaliatory tariffs on Canada, rap seed oil, and pork. According to this Bloomberg article, It says, China said it will impose retaliatory tariffs on imports of rap seed oil, pork, and seafood from Canada. There will be 100% tariff on rap seed oil, rap seed meal, and pea products, and a 25% levy on pork and some seafood imports, according to the Ministry of Finance. This was...
released on Saturday. Canada last year imposed 100% levy on electric cars and 25% on steel and aluminum from China. That led the Chinese government to launch anti-dumping probe into rap seed imports. from Canada in large complaint with the World Trade Organization to challenge the decision. So Canada is one of the largest producers of rap seed.
a crop also known as canola. Yeah, it's canola oil, in case you're wondering. Yep, yep, exactly. Shipments of rap seed to China stood at 6.39 million tons a year, almost all of which was from Canada. So we'll see. Right now it says, now they're looking, Canada's looking at, Alternates for that. But this isn't a new thing. But, you know, it's interesting because Trump just posted on social, choose social here just a few minutes ago.
Based on Ontario, Canada placing a 25% tariff on electricity coming into the United States, I have instructed my Secretary of Commerce to see an additional 25% tariff to 50% on all... all steel and aluminum coming into the United States from Canada, one of the highest tariffing nations anywhere in the world. This will go into effect tomorrow morning, March 12th. Also, Canada must immediately drop their anti-American farmer tariff, listen to this, of 250% to 390% on various U.S. dairy products.
which is long been considered outrageous. I will shortly be declaring a national emergency on electricity within the threatened area. This will allow U.S. to quickly do what has to be done to alleviate this abusive threat from Canada. If other egregious long-time tariffs are not likewise dropped by Canada, I will substantially increase on April 2nd the tariff on cars coming into the U.S., which will essentially permanently shut down the automobile manufacturing business in Canada.
Those cars can all easily be made in the U.S. Also, Canada pays very little for national security, relying on the United States for military protection. We are subsidizing Canada to the tune of more than $200 billion a year. Why? This cannot continue. The only thing that makes sense for Canada is to become the cherished...
51st state. This would make all tariffs and everything else totally disappear. Canadian taxes will be very substantially reduced. They will be more secure militarily and otherwise than they have ever been before. There are no longer be a northern border problem and the greatest, most powerful nation in the world would be bigger.
Better and stronger than ever. And Canada will be part of that. The artificial line and the separation drawn many years ago will finally disappear. And we will have the safest, most beautiful nation anywhere in the world. And your brilliant anthem of...
Canada will continue to play, but now representing a great and powerful state within the greatest nation the world has ever seen. There we go. Well, he's really trolling the prime minister because their new prime minister. I know. One of the first things out of his mouth, we will not. be the 51st state. My friend, bring me some fresh fries. Yeah, I gotta be honest with you. But here's the point. When you hear about those agricultural tariffs that Canada imposes on U.S.
Look, Trump has talked about reciprocal tariffs, meaning for years and years and years the U.S. has taken it in the shorts. I'm trying to find a nice way to not sound vulgar before 7 a.m. in the morning. We have taken it in the shorts. We've gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to a lot of these tariffs where foreign countries are tariffing us.
Over 100% on American products going into their country. And how is that fair? Do we do that to them? So, you know, the memes are hilarious, I've got to tell you. Like, last night I was just, like, blowing up. people's phones with some of these different names like the canada one where this canadian he's like i'm taking everything out of my house from america and he goes out and he he bags all this stuff up you go back in his house and the only thing left on his
counter is a bottle of maple syrup. It was really funny. It was really funny. But, you know, to have this discussion about tariffs and what's happening is, look, for years and years and years, we have sucked on trade policy. Sucked. I don't care. Republican, Democrat, have you looked administration after administration after administration? We have let the United States be taken advantage of. over and over and over again. And Donald Trump is saying no more.
We're done being the handout for everybody. We're done, you know, our trade partners, people who are supposed to be our allies, abusing us, taking advantage of our kindness. And Donald Trump's saying no more. So, again. This is the art of the deal. I mean, they're dealing with the guy who wrote the book. And I think I'm not surprised when I see this going back and forth, but just know the reason I wanted to highlight China, what was happening with China, this all started.
Frankly from Canada over like last year right Canada started it with China and now China's saying you know what if you're gonna do that to us
well, then we're going to do something to you that's going to impact you. And they certainly have. And this is the thing about Canada. When you think about China, and you think about their trade relationship with Canada, and then you think about Canada and their trade relationship with the U.S., they're literally picking with the two biggest, baddest dudes on the block. And you can't fight two trade battles with the two biggest, baddest guys on the block at the same time. I mean, it doesn't...
It's not very smart. The two biggest powers on the globe, the two biggest economies that you have out there, and Canada is like... Yeah, I'm going to punch China in the nose, and at the same time, I'm going to stomp on America's foot. I don't know if that's a good idea. No, no, I agree, and you know...
Trump needs to also possibly think about this, because when Ford started saying that he's going to put the tax on the electricity and the energy and stuff, my very first thought was, is why are we relying on Canada for energy? Cut off that electricity. Build our own ones there. Do not allow our country to take... Oil or any of these things from other countries we can be self-sufficient We have all the oil all the gas everything we need in our country the only thing that is stopping us
is environmentalists and green people out there. Oh, you can't do that. No, we need to do that. I'm sorry. We cannot rely on our allies, really, the allies who aren't protecting our border.
I mean, come on, it's a two-sided border. They're supposed to stop things from coming up to the border. We're supposed to stop them when they try to come across. They are not doing it. That is a major failure of a, quote, ally well and what is this whole tariff discussion about it's really about securing our borders and stopping illegals and fentanyl from coming across the border
That's all they've got to do is just make sure that, you know, the fentanyl production, which I didn't realize how substantial it actually is in Canada, the issue they have in Canada. I didn't realize how bad it was. we always hear about mexico we talk about mexico all the time but the reality is
That's what Donald Trump cares about is real change to secure our northern border. And if Canada wanted to be an actual good ally and a partner to make sure that happens, they have to make it a priority. And that's the reality. They have to make it a priority. and not just a passing thought. And I think that's the whole point of it. Because, again, you know, when you look at this from a holistic standpoint, all you're going to hear in the media is Donald Trump is sparking a trade war. Look.
If they're taxing our agriculture, our dairy, 200%, 300%, okay, so what do we tax if there's 200% or 300%? As far as I know, nothing. You know why they tax the dairy, right?
That is to protect their farmers. They've been doing this for umpteen years. It used to always be a joke because you could cross the border. And this is the other thing that I think Trump needs to do is he needs to change our border procedures. So. our borders are not secure, what he needs to do is require anyone crossing the Canadian border to cross with a passport.
and do the whole routine with it. You're going to cross into our border? Do you have a passport? You do. Do you have a, what's the little sticker that you get when they stamp it and then you come in? I'm forgetting the name of it. It's slipping. A visa? A visa, thank you. Do you have a current visa?
You don't? No, you cannot cross to get your cigarettes. No, you cannot cross to get your milk. Oh, Canadians literally, anyone that live within 25 miles of the border, almost always shop exclusively in the United States. Better prices? better quality, everything else. So let's stop them. Now you Canadians are only going to get to buy Canadian products. It makes a lot of sense when I was listening to that.
a Canadian economist, I mean, he said he had very clarity of impact. This is really going to significantly impact Canadian residents. You know, the lack of supply and whatnot and... the increased prices, look, it'll stabilize. It'll stabilize out, but it's going to be interesting to watch. But it's also going to be interesting to watch the media, because is the media going to report?
that really Canada started by punching China in the nose, metaphorically, of course. No, they won't. Are they going to report that? Have you seen that anywhere else? And so now you hear it, and you're like, wait a minute. Last year, Canada imposed 100% tariff on China, and now China is going back after that. I kind of feel like Canada started it between them and China. So, you know, we'll see. Time will tell. All right, we're going to take a quick break. If you'd like to call in, 522-0650.
Reach out to Amy now. 907-522-0650. That's 907-522-0650. It's Amy DeVosky on NewsRadio 650. KENI. Welcome back, Current Time 638. You know, Daryl, sometimes my best shows are the ones where I go off script. I didn't even have this China-Canadian tariff war.
on my outline today but yet you know and for some reason it just got my attention i thought i gotta get into it and a friend of mine just sent me a post from representative sarah vance brilliant by the way thank you very much uh... representative sarah vance posted a couple days on X this is what she posted dear Canada you may want to refresh your memory
about the shockwalk agreement with Alaska concerning our highway and think twice about charging truckers. The shockwalk agreement outlines specific conditions for the highway's use and maintenance funded largely by the U.S. strategic access to Alaska, one critical provision states that Canada agrees to quote, not impose a highway toll or permit any such toll to be charged for the use of such highways by vehicles or persons, end quote.
Here's another quote. Not levy or assess directly or indirectly any fee, tax, or other charge for the use of such highways by vehicles or persons from the United States that does not apply equally to vehicles or persons of Canada. End quote. Bingo. clauses ensure the Alaska Highway remains toll-free corridor for U.S. traffic, reflecting its original purpose as a military and economic lifeline to Alaska.
So clearly they can't do it. It's a violation of the agreement. So just like the Panama Canal, take it back. Basically, that's what I mean. We're going to have a corridor right on through, an American corridor. Good Lord. Good Lord. All right, let's go to the phones. And Roland is with us. Good morning, sir. Well, it's kind of like we've been the rich guy that's been...
you know, buying all his friends, and suddenly the rich guy realizes that his friends aren't his, the only reason they're his friends is because all the money. You know, so many of these, you know, friends like our... French friends and our English friends and stuff, they don't like us. But they like our money. They like our money. They like our military. They love our military. They love our money.
But, you know, as far as, you know, buying friends, you know, we're sending money to all these people that really, really hate us and thinking that it's going to do us some good. All they do is, you know, that one country, all they do is send terrorists to us, you know. And they don't, you know, these Democrats don't realize that you can't buy these people. They're not for sale. You know, you could give them...
Every bit of our money. And they still hate us. And I don't know how to put it. It just upsets me how they think they're going to make our friends. We have no idea. idea how these people feel. They hate us at the core of their soul. I'm not talking about the French or anything like that, but these... and stuff like that, they hate us to their soul. They would rather spit on us than do anything. But they'll take our money and be very happy about it. Yeah.
I will tell you, you know, that's what we're seeing. We're seeing these, you know, when Trump says reciprocal tariffs and he has that conversation, what it means is we're going to treat you the way you treat us. And guess what? Now all of a sudden they're having a meltdown. because they have not been treating us well. They don't want to be treated the way that they treat us. What does that tell you? Right from the get-go, you think, okay, wait a second. You mean you don't like...
us treating you the same way you treat us? I mean, what's the problem here? Well, it's because they've been taking advantage of us for a long time, and we've let it happen. We've let it happen over the years. And now Trump says, you know what? He's going to use his leverage to rebalance it. Will we see tariffs that are exactly the same in every single country? Probably not.
You know, but it depends on what is it they can do for us in order to, you know, maybe allow some of their tariffs to stand, you know, maybe at a higher rate than ours or whatever. But this is all a negotiation for Trump. It's not about just the money. It's about bringing back jobs to the U.S., making sure the U.S. is independent and dominant when it comes to energy and self-reliance and national security.
But it also means, you know, at the end of the day, he's taking care of America first, and I think that's what he's elected to do. So I'm not sad to see it. I mean, we've been giving away our factories for years and years and years. trying to bring up the rest of the world. Years and years ago, there was an iron factory, the kind that you do clothes with.
They said they were going to send the factory overseas. Well, the people that ran the factory and everything else said, well, we're going to buy the factory and keep it in America. And they said, no, no, you don't understand. We're going to make more money. by sending it overseas tax-wise than you guys could ever pay us. So we're sending it overseas. That's how stupid we've been for so long. We've been trying to help out other countries.
And they don't care. They don't like us. And they never will. Yeah, it reminds me back of that whole one world, global world, you know, endeavor. And at the end of the day, we've had so many willing American politicians to... watch and oversee the American decline in an effort to, you know, bring about this whole one world, whole idea. And, you know, Trump comes in and the American people have said, no, not interested, we're done with this nonsense.
And so, you know, look, I think it's going to get way more entertaining. then, you know, before this is all over, there's no doubt. Will there be some pain? No doubt, right? We're going to have to spool up. We're going to have to, you know, we're going to have to really get on our game in order to get some manufacturing.
get the resources here and available to our population. So that will take a little bit of time. But once we do it, I think we'll be all the stronger for it and more stable, really. So I think it will be a good thing. Thank you for the call this morning, as always. One more quick thing. Sure. Years ago, we decided a factory that was back from the, I mean, a smelting plant. mine that was mining lead since America was around. They shut it down by the EPA.
Part of it was to get rid of bullets, make bullets more expensive. But they don't just go at – these people have been so smart about how they do things. It's not – If they can't do it one way, they'll do it another. And they're very smart. But the thing of it is, right now, we've got the chess master at the helm. We don't have a guy that plays tiddlywinks.
You know, a brain-dead guy that doesn't, you know, can't talk to himself even. You know, so we got the guy that we needed for years running the country. Yeah. I agree with you, and I think he has that. He understands the whole chessboard. You know, he understands the short-term game, the long-term game, and how to get where he wants to go, ultimately. I think you're exactly right, and I think he's watching on multiple fronts. You know, you make a good game.
good point with ammo because, you know, they realized gun control is difficult for them. So they started going after ammo, ammo production, importing ammo. We all know how difficult it was at different points to get different kinds of ammo and so that was one of their ways because okay we'll make sure they can have guns but we can take away their ammo so I I think I think after it'll be interesting to see where America is after four years of Trump because I suspect we're going to be far
better off than we were after four years of biden roland thank you so much i appreciate you sir all right bye All right, we're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back. Call 907-522-0650 and be a part of the show on News Radio 650. KENI. Welcome back. Current time, 6.50 on this Tuesday morning. Coming up at the 7 o'clock hour. I'm going to do it, Daryl. I don't know how often I can convince him to do it, but I've been thinking about this for the last two weeks.
Kevin McCabe. Representative Kevin McCabe. I've heard of him. I know, I know, I know. I love it. He's just so blunt. I enjoy the heck out of him. Monday's with McCabe. Oh, that's actually... Come on! Isn't that catchy? When he's in session, I've got to get him to do this. I don't know, every Monday he may not be wanting to do that, but I've got to get him to do Mondays with McCabe. That would be...
You know, I just love the whole, I used to do wacky Wednesdays where I would come up with, like, the wackiest stories I could find on Wednesday. And I get into my ideas of things I want to do. It's the execution that I struggle with because I'm busy. And so I'm like, yeah, yeah, don't go.
How about this? Do it as the monthly Monday with McCabe. Oh, look at that. The triple M threat. There we go. And you've got it. That way it's once a month you can come through and just hit us what's going on in the Valley. I don't know if that's enough McCabe, though. I don't know if that's enough.
Well, we're going to get him to 7 o'clock hour because he's going to call in this morning and we're going to talk about some stuff. There's a lot of bills we've talked about. We've talked about education. We've talked about energy. We've talked about all kinds of stuff. But there's a couple bills. I know there's at least one that he wrote an op-ed about this.
a few days ago, within the last few days, that we really need to talk about because it's one that's not getting a lot of play, but it could potentially have, we're talking about bullets and guns and whatnot, it could have some impact on your liberty.
shall we say so we'll get into that conversation with him but it's you know there's just I gotta say there's a lot going on in the in the legislature and typically speaking this happens every legislative session where there's like just a few bills that are the ones that are talked about but all these other things kind of happen and they start to slip in and they start to move and we don't get an opportunity to
to really jump in you know i wanted to talk about this uh very briefly because it was on my show prep for yesterday but i didn't get a chance to really talk about it but If we're talking about some good things that are happening, Fairbanks North Star Borough, their assembly recently, just last week, voted not to renew the Dominion voting machine contract. Did you see that, Daryl? I did. I thought that was awesome. Yeah. He says the assembly.
will have to adopt its final budget on May 8th and may still renew the contract between now and then, but as of now, they have not. It says on Thursday, the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly chose not to renew the contract with the Dominion. voting systems, the maker of the voting and vote tabulation machines widely used in several locations in the US. The company that was widely criticized, the contract extension was for five years, but many in the community want the borough.
to use a more secure method. I'm just saying, here in the MATSU, we hand count our ballots. I'm just throwing it out there. It's possible to be done. So we'll see what happens ultimately. But as of now, you know, this could be a negotiating tactic. has happened and some other good news I like to praise the anchor school board whenever possible which is very rare this may be the first time I've done it frankly in a very long time
But Alaska Public Media had an article out, Anchorage School Board passes cell phone restrictions. I've got to tell you, it would drive me crazy if I was a teacher and I'm trying to teach students and they're sitting there playing on their damn phones. It would drive me nuts.
Good for them. I would do the thing that you're not supposed to do, and that would be I'd have a cell phone jammer in my class. But you're not supposed to. So you gave kudos to Fairbanks, North Star, Baroque, right, for what they did? Yeah. And the Dominions. How about we give a... to the Anchorage Assembly because on the 11th, that was just last week, February 11th, excuse me, last month, almost exactly one month ago, they approved...
An amendment to their contract with Dominion Voting Systems for software use and licenses and hardware to add ballot marking devices for the municipality of Anchorage at a cost of around $228,351. I'm not surprised at all. Look, here's the thing. With Anchorage, there's also another story up. Suzanne has Anchorage Assembly's own operating budget has exploded from 2015. to 2024, it's basically changed 234%. It's gone in 2015 to a budget of $1.3 million to $4.3 million. That's...
That's a significant jump. You know they're trying to be a little Juneau. That's what they are. They've created their own little law department. They've created their own little legislative office department. I mean, it's ridiculous. But, you know, in Anchorage oftentimes we don't.
have an opportunity to kudos the anchorage school board but i do want to say it look Nationwide, in this article from the Alaska Public Media, nationwide, many districts are moving to limit cell phone use by students, citing negative impacts to student learning and mental health.
It says the policy prohibits the use of portable electronic devices for the entire school day for elementary and middle school students and allows high schoolers to use their phones during passing periods and lunch only. That's just reasonable. Totally makes sense to me. Like, keep your phone in your pocket. Keep your phone in your purse. Keep your phone in your locker. Whatever you want to do. But you don't need to be sitting there playing on your phone during class.
Like, it's rude, number one. Number two, you're not going to learn anything if you're playing on TikTok. You need to be paying attention to your teacher. It's a distraction. See, I say it. Every now and then, even a blind squirrel can find a nut. And the Anchorage School District finally...
did something that made sense to me. So, you know, sometimes you got to give an attaboy. You got to encourage more of this type of behavior. So I think this is the kind of stuff, this is common sense to me. So I'm glad, I'm frankly glad they did.
And it's surprising me it's taken this long for them to do something like this. But there we are. There we are. All right. We're going to go ahead and take a quick break. When we come back, Representative Kevin McCabe is going to be joining the show. Stay with us. A cancer diagnosis is becoming more and more common, but so too are your options to fight cancer. The host and not of iHeartMedia or its employees. Thank you for listening to NewsRadio 650 KENI.
Welcome back to live, local, and insightful Morning Drive Radio on NewsRadio 650 KENI. Welcome back to Hour 2 of the Amy DeBosca Show broadcast. Casting live and local every weekday morning from 6 to 8 a.m. right here from Palmer, Alaska. I'm in Palmer. Daryl's in Anchorage. Between the two of us, we do our best to cover the whole state. It's always a pleasure to be with you every morning.
listen to us live you can listen to us on the radio at 6 50 a.m. or you can always stream us at our website 650
650keni.iheart.com. 650keni.iheart.com. Or you can download the iHeart Media app. And you hit that iHeart Media app, and there's going to be new buttons on the top of it called Presets. The easiest and... fastest way to get your most listened to podcast right at the tip of your fingers I know people who use that right now since they came out they love it they did find one thing that was interesting though if you just bring a podcast up to it and drop it into it it'll play you the podcast
But if you bring the actual show when it's on up and dropping into it. Every time you hit it, it'll actually bring you the live show. That's all. So it was a neat little trick. But yeah, the presets are a great, easy way. No longer trying to type it in or remember any of that information. It's just right there on the iHeartMedia app. Fantastic. Well, lots of ways you can listen to us, whether you listen to us live or you listen to us.
on repeat, which is on podcast. You can find us on the iHeartMedia app, Spotify, the Amazon app. There's lots of places you can find us. So we appreciate everybody who listens, whether you're live or whether you are listening to us on repeat. to go to the phones now and joining us this morning is none other than representative kevin mccabe good morning sir well good morning amy how are you and daryl good to talk to you folks this morning
Well, we are doing well. I've got to tell you, you're doing better now that you're on. I have to tell you, you're always, you know, I always laugh because I'll see an article that pops up that you talk about, and I've been meaning to talk about this, Bill. uh... for a little while and i just haven't gotten into it i didn't really see it moving yet
But, you know, we talk about education. That has taken a lot of oxygen out of the room this year every session, right? We talk about oil and gas. We tend to talk about taxes and the PFD. But there's another little thing that's popping up that you've highlighted for us this week in Must Read Alaska, which is HB House Bill 89. Can you explain to people what this is?
Yeah, well, HB 89 is a bill that Representative Josephson has carried pretty much the whole time I've been down there, maybe even before that he started. It's a red flag law bill. It does a number of things. But the most concerning thing is... It allows your neighbor, who might be angry at you because your dog pooped in their yard or something, and they know you're a hunter, and they know you have a $5,000 rifle. They've seen it loaded into your car.
and they decide that they're angry at you and they're worried that they don't want to go over and talk to you about your dog in their yard. So they can file for what's called a gun violence protective order, a red flag law. And they can file it with the troopers, a law enforcement officer, with the courts. You don't even have to know about it. And they can file what's called an ex parte law.
And the troopers then can, or the APD, can come to your house, say, at 6.30 in the morning, like the FBI did at Homer. and confiscate your gun. Knock on the door and say, hey, we have this gun violence protective order against you. You might not even be a pistol owner. You might not even own any other guns other than your $5,000 hunting rifle.
And the cops can come confiscated just based on the word that your next-door neighbor is afraid of you. And, you know, in the lower 48, many of these where the guns are confiscated, they never get them back. They disappear to this black hole that's the police department, and Alaska doesn't have any means for tracking those or storing those or any of that kind of thing.
Not only is this bill going to be unconstitutional, it's going to be horribly expensive. We're going to have to fund more state troopers, fund an area to store guns. It's a ridiculous grab, and it's a ridiculous red flag law. I think I said it last night on Mike Procaro's show, we just need to shoot it down. Well, you know, as we talk about these red flag laws, there's a lot of constitutional issues. In my mind, I think they have...
They've been able to squeak by in some jurisdictions, but I do think there's a due process issue here, because especially if these hearings are held, these emergency hearings are held, and you don't even have the ability to be there to defend yourself. to say, wait a second, I'm a rational individual. It's just this person's mad at me for X, Y, Z reason. I think I...
It really worries me. And then you think about the administrative cost, and I think you highlighted that a little bit in your op-ed that you wrote. But how do you, I mean, for example, now the troopers, the state of Alaska, is going to have to come up with a system in order to not only confiscate the gun, right, but then to hold it, to track it.
to protect it, to make sure it gets back to the rightful owner once they can get it back, if they can get it back? And if not, how does it then get disposed of? I mean, that's just basically seizing property. And some of these properties can be very expensive. The example you used is a $5,000 gun, which is not outside of the realm of possibility in Alaska.
So, you know, if, in fact, the government decides, like, I can't own a gun anymore, why can't that gun then go to my son or somebody else who can lawfully possess a firearm in my family? So, again, I think there's a lot of constitutional issues.
it's due process, whether it's the right to keep and bear arms, or whether it's depriving me of my property without without cause i didn't commit a crime you know if you just feel like it's unsafe for me to have a gun i don't think that passes constitutional muster in my opinion right yeah and it's uh
It's frustrating. In fact, in the lower 48, many of these guns, the cops have just cut them up on a bandsaw. You don't get a chance to sell them and recoup your cost or anything like that. It's almost like they're saying you're automatically criminal. Yeah, I know, right? I mean, that's immediately, that's taking my property of value and depriving me of, I mean, that's theft, in my opinion. I mean, that's terrible.
Sure, and it's all because your neighbor or your family member or somebody, it doesn't have to be an LEO or a policeman or anybody else that has this clear and convincing evidence that you're... Let's see, it says, even when a hearing is convened, the clear and convincing evidence standard falls short of the beyond reasonable doubt. So they don't even really have to prove that you are a danger. You might be the calmest guy in the world. You might be a...
You know, just a retired hiker and hunter and fisherman. But this woman saw a gun or man, you know, Karen or Ken or whoever. And they're anti-gun. They're convinced that guns are dangerous, not for hunting. And they have decided that they don't want to go confront you about your dog when you have this hunting rifle, which we all know is not a...
Not something you can whip out and do a snapshot, right, real quick. Right, exactly. But they're afraid of it. So they're afraid of things they don't understand, so they go to law enforcement or they petition the court to have this gun violence protective order. It's the most, you know, for those of us with a little bit of common sense,
This is ridiculous. Absolutely. But here it has, it only has two committees of referral in the House, so state affairs and judiciary, right? And I think this week you guys have a hearing on this bill. Is it in state affairs this week? It's in state affairs this week, Thursday afternoon, and hopefully we won't be tied up on the floor with education, so we'll actually have the hearing, and I'll be able to ask some questions.
Some pointed questions, which hopefully Alaskans will want. I would say that I probably have a couple hundred emails from folks saying to oppose this law. I'd love to have a couple thousand. Send them. I can handle them. I'll put them in the file on this bill. And it doesn't have to say anything other than please oppose HB 89. It would be beautiful if you can.
mash that out on your phone and send it to me or send it to the state affairs committee that would be fabulous we need to stop this once and for all in Alaska we're the most gun friendly you know, constitutional friendly state in the union, and here we are trying to shut down our ability to hunt and protect ourselves.
You know, it's just so frustrating sometimes. Oh, my gosh. I'm glad you highlighted this one because, for me, you know, this was one that I kind of saw it, but I've seen it from Josephson before, so I didn't get too, you know, worked up about it.
But as you see it start to move, that's when you're like, okay, now we've got to pay attention to it. So this is HB 89. And, again, it's going to be in state affairs on Thursday afternoon. So if you want to oppose it, you can e-mail Representative McCabe.
you can email the State Affairs Committee, and we'll share those email addresses with you here in just a little bit. Representative McCabe, can I keep you for one more segment? Because I'd love to talk to you about some other stuff that's going on in the legislature. Sure. All right, we're talking with Representative Kevin McCabe. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back.
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 907-5220. 650. Welcome back. We're speaking with Representative Kevin McCabe. He represents District 30, which is out here in the Mat-Su. And we're talking about all things Juneau. So, Representative McCabe, how is this legislative session?
gearing up, how are we working out compared to other sessions? Is it going to be the same thing, you know, a battle to the last minute on how much of our PFD they're going to take, how much they're going to spend on education? Are we going to see new taxes proposed? What are your thoughts on any or all of those topics?
Yeah, so it's sort of interesting. If you have a spare eight hours, watching yesterday's floor session might be instructive. So at some point, many of us who are pro-PFD, Sarah Vance started it, and we stood up and started talking about juxtaposing. this mega, mega BSA bill against our PFD and where's the money going to come from and talking about we think it's going to come from the PFD.
And the rules chair, students stood up and declared a point of order and said, hey, look, we don't see PFD anywhere in there. Notwithstanding the fact that it says revenue and appropriations and talks about money and the PFD is all about money. So anyway, she said, point of order, you can't talk about the PFD. So they're running from the PFD idea as hard as they can and as fast as they can. And every time we said PFD, they shut us down. If it wasn't...
specifically in the bill as PFD. I don't think Alaskans are that unsmart. I think Alaskans know exactly where this mega BSA funding is going to come from. It's going to come from your PFD first. Then it's going to come from the young tax if it passes. And then that's going to come from per barrel oil tax credits. And then they're going to ask for us to dip into the CBR, which...
I think you probably know that the minority is not interested in that, especially not the way we were treated yesterday. Even some of the bills that we know they wanted. such as limiting class size. So we put in a bill yesterday specifically to see if we could get them to vote on it. We know they want to limit class size. They talk about it incessantly about class size, and we put in a bill to limit class sizes.
which we shouldn't have to do. The school district should be doing that, not the state. We shouldn't have to mandate that. I mean, any school district worth their salt understands that larger classes mean more stressed teachers. But we put the bill in. And they voted it down. What? What? Yeah, they voted it down. I thought they cared about kids. I thought they wanted smaller class sizes. I know. I know.
So they're not serious. This bill is not a serious bill. In fact, it's a jobs bill, frankly. They don't want any policy changes in there. They just want money. And all that money is designed to do is give the school districts money. A small fraction will go to the teachers, which is disappointing, but it will go money to administration and, you know, to the, I call it the education industrial complex.
You know, the Anchorage School District Administrator goes into the sort of general fund that he has to manage, and they'll use it where they want. They don't want policy change. They don't care about our kids. If they cared about our kids, they would be interested in some of the policy changes that we have tried to institute, whether it be charter schools. You should hear them run away from charter schools, too. They are so petrified.
that a charter school is going to get one extra penny or one extra ability to manage themselves. Charter schools are the ultimate in local control, which is why they are doing so good. Parents must be involved in a charter school, and they are involved. They're dropping their kids off. They're going to the school board meetings. It's like a family over most of them. The three in the match are doing fabulous. And parents are involved. That's local control.
Local control is not necessarily even a school board or certainly not the Department of Education in Juneau. You know, I don't understand the hypocrisy of what they did yesterday. And in fact, it's beyond ridiculous. At some point, you just have to shake your head and laugh. What is going on here? It's all about the money.
It's all about the money. Well, you know, and my theory has been watching the legislature, the little bit that I've watched this year, what I see happening is a setup for the 2026 election. And, you know, they... They were trying to put, I think, Republicans in a position to say, look, they hate our kids. They refuse to vote for this massive increase. And when we're talking about the education bill, look, there's no way around it, to your point.
Over a three-year period, I thought I saw a number of about $1.4 billion in increased spending over the next three years. And that doesn't even include years out. I mean, let's go years out where they're building in inflation now. and a CPI increase in that formula, how are you going to pay for it? There's only so many buckets of money you can go to. You have to go to the permanent fund dividend. You have to raise taxes. It's either going to be on companies, on people, sales tax.
tax, income tax, whatever. The reality is we don't have a population to sustain this level of increased spending. And when you're looking at a budget that's over $500 million in the deficit, and they're complaining about that, and then they double down with stupid legislation, like adding, you know,
millions and millions of dollars annually to the budget for education spending without educational reform, so you're not going to get a better product. And then let's double down and go back to a defined benefits retirement plan that they have no way to pay. pay for. I mean, it lacks common sense, but back to your comment about Stutes saying you can't say PFD on the floor. I remember, I believe it was Stutes was the speaker when she banned the word slush fund from being used on the floor.
floor too. Yeah, that's what they do. So, you know, if they don't like what you're saying, then you just can't say it. Yes, the uniformed rules say that we're supposed to confine ourselves to the subject we're discussing, but the subject is, where's the money going to come from? And it's certainly going to come from your PFD. I get that the NEA and all the school district administrators, they just don't like us juxtaposing school funding against the PFD. They've told me that. They've said, look.
Why do you constantly have to run this up against the PFD? I'm like, because it's the only slush fund. It's the only pot of money that we have that is easily available to take the money. that you want you know here's the deal i've said this every year since i've been down there all these school district folks all these uh alaska association of school boards they all come into my office and they talk about
inflation and how it's impacting teachers and how it's impacting the school districts, well, guess what? It's impacting the state as well. So whether it be culverts or guardrails or gravel or fuel for the operating equipment or pay for the operators, inflation is affecting the state of Alaska as well. And we don't have the money. to spend this kind of mega BSA on this kind of mega BSA increase. We just don't. And, oh, by the way, Matt Sue has said they're doing fabulous.
They're the only ones that come into my office and talk about kids' outcomes and how great their kids are doing and how this READS Act has benefited the kids and how many of them are qualifying now to go to college. how many kids have been touched by CTE in the Matsu, how their attendance rates are through the roof because of CTE, because of kids that are interested. We have teachers out there that are just amazing.
They are focused on teaching kids and let Dr. Traney and the others manage the money, and they're doing a fabulous job. I mean, if you really, really want an interesting conversation, you ought to call up Mayor Dial in Ketchikan and talk to him about what the Ketchikan School Board did and how their mismanagement has created this issue, and now they're begging the state to bail them out.
Oh, I will give Rodney a call. Yeah, I was going to say that. I haven't been tracking what's happening in Ketchikan. But, you know, to your point, I mean, there comes a point where we have to talk about what is the point and the goal of... education in Alaska it's if it's to educate our kids and to improve the outcomes and the chance they have maybe we should focus that on rather than talking about how inflation is impacting the school district and just throw more money at it
Maybe we should focus on outcomes. And I will say the part of the conversation that they're missing, yes, inflation has an impact on school districts. Yes, inflation has an impact on the state. But it also has an impact on every single one of us that has to go to the grocery store. store and now they want to come to us for more money everybody's impacted by by inflation there's no question yeah i know 100 and you know the other thing to keep in mind is
We, the legislature, whether it be Republican or Democrat, but frankly, it's most of the time Democrats. I mean, sorry, it's most of the time Republicans. The school boards have created an issue like this. Anytime they have come to us and said, look, we are really desperate, we need more money, we have never failed to step up. And I think the Republicans, the minority, are more than willing.
to sign on to a BSA increase, you know, $300 maybe, $400 somewhere in there, maybe even $500, who knows. But it has to have policy changes for our kids. It's just so frustrating that clearly our kids are doing not great, and money is not going to solve it. In fact, money is going to make it worse. Everything that we have seen, all the data that we have seen. have said that just throwing money at this problem makes it worse. We need to fix the policies.
Exactly. And clearly what we've learned in this legislative session is the Democrats in the House aren't interested in smaller class sizes, which is shocking to me. I don't know why they would vote that way unless, let's see, it has to do with politics. Interesting. Well, Representative McCabe, I will let you have the last word, sir. Yeah, well, thanks, Amy. I appreciate it.
It's interesting to follow what's going on in the house, and it's interesting to see it from the inside. I can't imagine how it looks from the outside, but I am more than happy to talk to anybody. at any time about this and about, I mean, defined benefits. And, you know, Representative Ruffer just got a fabulous handle on this. He has spent hours and hours studying it. Same with Sarah Vance, hours and hours studying it.
I think all the Democrats study is dollar signs. We actually study what's wrong with our education system and how we can fix it. It includes charter schools. We have the best charter schools in the nation. They're a gem. Why don't we support them? Why are we always going after them? Why are we always worried about them? You know, we have homeschool. Our homeschools are fabulous.
You know, the Denali Borough School District has three times the number of homeschoolers as they do brick and mortar schoolers. And, you know, so why aren't we supporting homeschoolers? Well, instead we say, well, they're not a complete. They're just .9 of a child. for the purpose of money. That's crazy. It's absolutely crazy. To me, it sounds like there's a lot more power and control and politics at play than there is focus on outcomes for kids. Can I make one other comment about that?
Yeah, go ahead. Just real quick, Mr. McCabe, or Representative McCabe, I also heard one of the other representatives down there, I do believe, who said that the homeschoolers need more accountability. You know, they don't get tested enough before we can give them more money. They need to be held accountable. Oh, yeah. Well, that's a dog whistle, that accountability thing. You know, I think the accountability you look at is the number of our homeschoolers that go to UAA and do not need.
remedial math and remedial English. I agree. Where's the accountability for the rest of it? Like Anchorage School District. I'm sorry, but they are 40%. That's failing. That's just wrong. Yeah, no doubt about it. Well, I'm glad you're all over this issue. We will definitely keep in touch with you during this legislative session. I'm not giving up hope on Mondays with McCabe. I'm just saying. I think it has a catchy tune to it.
Kate, thank you so much for joining us this morning. All right, Amy and Daryl, thanks so much. I appreciate it. All right, you too. All right, we're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back. Demboski, 6 to 8 mornings on News Radio 650, KENI. Call now, 907-522-0650. Welcome back, Current Time 741. Well, you know, Daryl, we have this discussion about Alaska issues and about, you know, how do I say this?
about the teachers unions and about this this this this poll and it tells you it's all political when the republicans in the house run a bill to limit class size which the left is constantly talking about Democrats in the House voted down.
It tells you it's all about politics. Oh, absolutely. This isn't about children when it comes down to it, because that's not what they're focusing on. If they were focusing on the actual education your kid was getting, they would want to say, what is working and let's duplicate it.
But they don't want to do that because what is working is actually choice. What is working is actually competition. When you look at the Mad Sioux, if you live in the Mad Sioux, you can pick any school and bring your kids to any school.
It doesn't matter. You can put them in a charter school. You could put them in a different neighborhood school. You could drive them over to a Spanish immersion school. You can choose what school your kid goes in. It's all about competition. And what do we see happening in the Matsui? You see results that are taking off. It's really funny because I saw an article nationally that popped out late last night. This is a Fox News article. It says, Randy Weingarten says the quiet part out loud.
closure will boost school choice funds. See, it's all about money and power. The teachers union boss, Randy Weingartner, said during a recent podcast appearance that she is fearful President Donald Trump's plans to terminate the Department of Education will mean more funding for school choice vouchers.
which she decried as a tax credit for wealthy families already sending their kids to private schools. Not true. Most charter schools, all charter schools in Alaska are public schools, number one. But number two, the reality is we've seen many many schools in low economic type depressed areas like Harlem like those types of places that have amazing charter schools that have amazing schools where kids are getting a great education
and they're doing some of the best work in their entire region. And so the reality is when it comes to the teachers union, they don't care about kids. They care about their membership and retaining their power. That's it. You're spot on. That's what it's about. And anybody who says different, they're either ignorant or lying to you. Because if they cared about children's outcomes, why would they not encourage these schools that are doing great things like the charter schools?
I mean, it's obvious what's going on here. This is politics at the greatest. So when somebody says, oh, it's all about the children, and then they vote against a bill that would have limited class sizes, is it really about the children?
Why didn't you vote for that bill then? I don't want to hear one word out of your lion mouth about you care about the children in limiting class sizes if you vote against a bill that would have limited class sizes. Well, and see, it's funny you say that because we have the smartest listeners, as you always say.
Always. Always. A few minutes ago, one of our listeners, Bill, called in. He wasn't able to stay on the phone lines because he was heading for work and just getting in there. But his comment was, is back in the day.
It was about competition. Competition made things better, made things stronger, which is what you were just saying. And they were saying, if we had competition in these schools, the ones that do better, that's what we need to go to. So, like I said, your listeners are right there with you. I'm telling you.
I know, I know. Michelle always gets me worked up when she calls in and talks about, you know, the school education that, you know, her kids are getting. But the reality is, if you want to see your traditional brick-and-mortar neighborhood schools improve...
I'm telling you right now, if you allow school choice, if you allow the monies to follow the kids, you will see the quality and the outcomes in all schools, in my opinion, rise to the top. Absolutely. Because what will happen is those that fail, they will lose.
students, which means they will lose funding, which means they will have to adapt in order to survive. And typically what we have seen in many of these areas, as you see these charter schools take off and they're doing really well, you see the competition level. rise in the neighborhood schools, the neighborhood schools will as well. You know, Daryl, I have to ask you, have you ever heard of quiet tennis? No.
I just heard about quiet tennis. It's just like regular tennis, except for there's no racket. I thought you were going to say they wore sneakers. That's good. That's actually really good, Amy. I like that one. I crack myself up. I can't turn it off. I just can't turn it off. All right, we're going to take one final break. Then when we come back, we will go to your calls. If you'd like to call in, 522-0650.
There are thousands of kids who've been waiting over a year. End their wait. Sponsor a child with compassion today. Just text the word radio to 83393. Welcome back to live, local, and insightful Morning Drive Radio on NewsRadio 650 KENI. Okay, I'm dying right now. One of my friends just texted me, somebody that I trust completely, just texted me and said, do you know the head of the NEA in Alaska has his kids in private school? Well, of course. How else would they get in?
to the good colleges. Well, you know, they probably make enough. They can afford that private school without much issue. But I will tell you, you know, when it comes down to these conversations, and I've been saying this over and over again, just wait. This legislative session is really a game. It's a setup for the 2026 election. That's what it's all about. They're trying to make it like, oh.
Republicans don't like children. No, you know what? We don't like sucky schools. We don't like sucky outcomes. What we want is kids to actually learn something so then they can be productive members of society whenever they choose to do, whether it's they want to be a a mechanic or whether they want to become a doctor. We want to make sure that they're set up for success so they can do what they want to do and be successful. And at the end of the day, being successful is not
for children is not the goal of the NEA. The goal of the NEA is to get as much as they can for their membership as possible, right? The goal of the NEA is to preserve their power and to, frankly, block out any potential perceived competition. So I have to tell you, this whole conversation drives me crazy because it's so obvious what's happening. But I want to switch gears a little bit because Representative McCabe brought up HB 89, which we were talking about earlier in the
7 o'clock hour here. And HB 89 is a red flag bill. It's a gun confiscation bill is really what it is. And if you want to weigh in, they're going to have testimony in state affairs in the House. on Thursday, I think around 3 p.m. So I recommend that you email either State Affairs Committee or you can email Representative McCabe.
It doesn't have to be long. You could just send him an e-mail and say, I oppose HB 89, and that would be very helpful for him to be able to make an argument. So if you'd like to e-mail him, you can go representative.kevin.McKay. Gabe at akleg.gov. akleg.gov so again if you are looking for how to find legislators just go to akleg.gov and when you get to their main landing page you can click on the house and then
And you can find all the legislators from there. But again, look, all it takes is five minutes. Not even five minutes. It'll probably take you 60 seconds to type out a one-sentence email saying you oppose it.
would be helpful as he tries to make the argument to help people protect their gun rights here in Alaska. All right, we're going to go to the phones, and Mr. Randy is with us. Good morning, sir. Good morning. Quick joke and comment about the... what uh representing the cape said uh joke is why how has fences uh become a very popular on uh facebook oh i don't know how Of the post? Very nice. Hey, Randy, how many years does Captain Kirk have? I'm already laughing at the punchline.
He has three ears. He has three ears. He has the left ear, the right ear, and the last frontier. You're welcome, everyone. It's a Tuesday. What can I say? You're welcome. All right, what's your comment on HB89? On your phone, if you can just have all the good representatives in your phone. All you do is just type in, just punch them in, 2222, and say in the subject line, oppose HB59, 89. There you go.
There you go. You know, it takes just a couple minutes. Yeah, it just takes a minute to send out a message. And it does get helpful when they have ammunition, so to speak. to shoot down these bad bills. Because at the end of the day, I do think there's lots of constitutional issues with a lot of these red flag laws.
You know, from a practical standpoint, you know, I was horrified when Representative McCabe said in the lower 48, sometimes what the sheriff's office will do is they will take the gun and then take a bandsaw and cut it in half. I'm like thinking, I'm just seeing. and money go out the door you know when i see that i'm like
Man, you come to my house, you're going to have to bring a few sauce because it would take a while. But, you know, I think about it. It's not only just seizing your right to keep and bear arms and not giving you adequate due process, in my opinion. I think there's constitutional issues around all of that. But it's depriving you of your property. You know, it's literally taking money out of your hands. Unbelievable to me that these things are even allowed to happen in this country.
Well, you see what happened to the principal up here of the Colony Middle School. His sister turned her in, and the cops... Yeah, that was a while ago. Yeah. And that's the same thing. If you got upset and you turned somebody in, you have no recourse. The police have got to follow it off by taking it in. Can you imagine? We've all heard about it. We've all seen it. Many people have gone through it.
You know, you're going through a divorce and one spouse is going to accuse the other spouse to get an advantage in the divorce. I mean, you can see a lot of places where this potentially could be abused. And the fact that the person being accused doesn't even get the right to... be in that hearing to even defend themselves to me is it's just it's egregious and I just think it's it's wrong and so I'm glad that they're pushing back against this I hope it doesn't pass the house so we don't
have to deal with it in the Senate, and then we don't have to rely on the governor to veto it. I hope that this just goes away, as in past legislative sessions. But the reason 589 why you don't put Democrats in charge. Just saying. Just saying. All right, Randy. Well, thank you for your call this morning. I appreciate it.
Bye. All right, bye-bye. You know, Daryl, we haven't done, we're going to have to do it this week because we've skipped it the last couple weeks, but we have to do the Daryl story of the week. You know, the things that we miss, that we don't get a chance. to cover. We have to do that this week. I will try to get one set up for you and ready for this Friday.
All right, all right. I've got to give you a little leeway so you can think about what story it is you want to cover because there are so many good ones out there. I mean, you like following Whoopi Goldberg, so I don't know. Maybe there will be a Whoopi story out there. I saw a Whoopi story this week where she says she thinks that people that oppose men being in women's sports just don't know anything about female anatomy.
Oh, oh, see, yeah, see, like I said, what happens with me a lot of times is I'll have something all set and ready to go, and then I'll get triggered on Friday morning with something else. I know, I know. Whoopi often triggers me, but, you know, this is the woman who's on. Dr. Joe Biden should be served in general. So I don't know that any of us should really take her advice on anything. I'm just...
I had not heard that one before. She's not the brightest bulb in the drawer. Let's just put it that way. All right. Well, that does it for Daryl and I for today. We will be back with your bright eye to Bush and tail tomorrow morning at 6 a.m. Stay tuned. Travis and Sexton are on deck, followed by Sean Hannity and, of course, Mike Piccaro from 4 to 6. We will see you tomorrow morning. Until then, stay safe. God bless.
Here at the GED Pep Talk Center, we've got a range of pep talkers standing by. Call 1-877-38-YOUR-GED or visit yourged.org and find free classes in your area. GED is a registered trademark of the American Council on Education. Brought to you by Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the... Hey, it's big. Rob Schmidt recently beat CNN in key ratings.