6.06 a.m. on April 25th. We've almost made it. We've almost. We're so close. We've almost made it through April. Welcome back. Current time 619 on this free form Friday. If you'd like to call in, be part of the show, whatever's on your mind. If it's something we talked about earlier in the week, happy to talk about it. If it's something new, happy to talk about it.
This is an opportunity to hear just what people are thinking about. So 522-0650 if you'd like to call in. We'll start with Gary. Good morning, sir. Good morning. I've noticed something. about Lisa Murkowski which when she brought it to the state, I noticed she was talking the same words that the Democrats were talking. Not surprising. Did you notice that? Not surprising. Look, this has been Lisa Murkowski for years. It doesn't surprise me at all.
Right. So this is my point. When you look at our Constitution, it says that article and section says we're not supposed to... pay for secular organizations. That's why we can't give churches a whole bunch of money because that's separation of church and state. It's a 503C. Which I want to remind everyone is not in the Constitution. Separation of church and state is not a phrase that's in the Constitution anywhere. No, it's not. But what is in our Constitution, the state of Alaska,
is secular organizations. That's in there. Read it. It says we cannot. What's your point, Gary? Get your point with Lisa, because I'm very interested to see where you're going to go here. My point is with Lisa, when she was coming up here talking to her organization's 503Cs, she was freaked out that Trump was cutting those fundings to those 503Cs. So what that has done, what that made me think of is that's her power. That's where she gets all her power.
The 503Cs. So 501C3s are traditionally for those, yeah, just for people who might not know what that means. So what we're talking about is traditionally nonprofits. Now, full disclosure, I work for a nonprofit now. I've never worked for a nonprofit before, but last year I stepped in because it's an organization that I believe in, which is the Chudiak Eagle River Senior Center. That's technically... It's run by a nonprofit. But the nonprofit industry, we have everything from churches to...
You know, I'm trying to think of other nonprofits out there, 501c3s that are out there. I mean, everything from... I don't know. Homeless. Homeless. Well, yeah, Habitat to Humanity, the Boys and Girls Club is a non-profit. The Red Cross, I'm sure, is a nonprofit. You know, I mean, there's everything under the Senate, right to left. It's not all liberal organizations. A lot of political organizations like.
probably Republican women's clubs. All of those are, a lot of them, some of them are 504s, but You know, it just depends what you're talking about. But historically, you are absolutely right. A lot of nonprofits are very well known to be more social service oriented. And that tends to bring forward a lot of more left ideology. And to your point with Lisa Murkowski, Suzanne had a good article out there. in West Street, Alaska, on the 21st.
Murkowski told a group of NGOs that we are all afraid of Trump. Who is the we she's referring to? And I kind of laugh because I referenced this story when it came up. But I didn't really get into it because I have attended, again, I'm working in now the nonprofit world, which I've never worked in before. And there's clearly a shift on the left.
vast majority of people I would say that are in this these type of organizations But what I see is certain people in these groups that are trying to scare everybody to tell them basically Doge is going to cut off all the funding. And your programs that are going to serve seniors and your programs are going to be decimated. And I'm not saying Lisa Murkowski said that, but I'm saying I've seen this kind of rhetoric. And I was at a meeting not too long ago.
And the head of a very well-known group, nonprofit here in Alaska, made a comment to me about what kind of hit have you taken with your senior services. I said, none, zero. I don't expect any either. Because Trump is not targeting senior services. He's targeting fraud, waste, and abuse. He's targeting DEI. He's targeting things that are not the core mission and things we shouldn't be funding anyway.
So the Meals on Wheels are not going to get impacted. Transportation services for seniors, we have not seen any impact for it. Nutrition transportation services grants have seen no impact. But to your point, Gary, I mean, she's talking to her base because a lot of these social service organizations. are liberal. A lot of them are. not all of them but a lot right
But my point is, this is Amy, I love 503 or 501, you know, what we're talking about, the nonprofits. I love them. They're great organizations. They bring people together. They have a point and a purpose. But what I'm against is taxpayer money funding them. If they want to do these things, they're more welcome to do it. Go out there and earn the money like we all do, like sell Girl Scout cookies and do things like that to raise funds for your...
For your point of view. And I'll tell you this. I understand where you're coming from. I have a little different take. I would say this. I think there are certain things the government can do that it's much cheaper for them to give out a grant than to set up a new government organization or bureaucracy to do it. I think the private sector can do it more efficiently and faster. and, frankly, cheaper. And so when you have different types of organizations, like, for example, the Salvation Army,
We are seeing the government go into their realm. Before, the Salvation Army doesn't rely just on... on government subsidies. They do do their own fundraising. We've seen them all out there with the little bell at Christmas time ringing it, you know. So a lot of these organizations, the government funding is not. I'm not saying all, but I'm thinking about my organization and the Salvation Army.
We get some grant funding, absolutely, but we generate our own income, too. We have rental income. We do fundraising. We do a lot of these different things in order to solicit money to run the operations. Government grants are a small part of it, but they're not the largest part. If the government were to step in and do these things, it would be far more expensive in a lot of these areas. But we're seeing, for example, with the Salvation Army, they serve people that are homeless.
They have some drug treatment and rehabilitation and faith-based services that they are engaged with, and I think they do it well. But now we see the government stepping into that role and having way more impact on it. And I will say this. The government, when they get involved, I think it's going to cost you a lot more money, and I think a lot of the programs become less efficient. So I have a little bit different take on it, but I think to your point.
I think there's a lot of things that the government funds that I don't think taxpayer money should be going to. Abortion is one of them. I don't think we should be paying for that. A lot of these schools, higher education, I don't know why we're giving any of them. frankly, money, especially you look at like Harvard or Yale or any of these big schools that have multi-billion dollar endowments, why are we funding them at all? At all?
I mean, it's different if it's a public school, you know, K through 12. I'm all for fine. We have public education. We fund that. But why in the world is the government funding higher education. I don't think there's any reason for that. I think you look at Alaska, UAA for example. It's a land bank basically. They've been given a ton of resources. They saved money. They've been given land.
They should be generating their own money. I don't think we should be funding them. That's my opinion. I think they should be self-sufficient. I think once you get to higher education, there's a lot of private institutions out there that provide very good education. Look at Hillsdale College, for example. I don't think they take any federal subsidies. Not that I've heard. And so, you know, you look at it and you think, I mean, the legit conversation is.
what is it the government should be funding? And so I think when it comes to some of these, and I saw it at the state, and I can't think of a good example of one, but I know there are a lot of different grants that are issued. that if the state can give out, I don't know, say the state gives out $200,000 in grants to feed low-income seniors, for example. If they give out $200,000 to do that to a nonprofit, Imagine what it would actually cost if the state stepped in and tried to do it themselves.
Oh, that's crazy. It would cost ten times that. Because they would have the personnel, they'd have the union contracts, they'd have the retirement, then they'd have the overhead, they'd buy all the equipment, they'd buy, you know, all those things, but it's cheaper. for the state to say instead, through the Department of Health and Human Services, we're going to give out grants.
So nonprofits can apply, and it's a competitive process. It's open right now, actually. I just opened an application to do this, like, this week. I mean, so it's a competitive process. And different entities can apply, and through a competitive process, they're awarded a grant to provide specific services. And from the government's perspective, it's a lot cheaper to give out a grant to do it than for them to do it themselves. Now, the legit question is,
With a lot of these things, should the government be doing it at all? I mean, I think that's a legit question. Good topic, Gary. Thank you for calling in. I've got to take a quick break. When we come back, we'll continue to take your calls, 522-0650. That's 90752. Welcome back. Current Time 636 on this Friday morning. It is Freeform Friday.
So if you'd like to call in and be part of the show, 522-0650. I have to write that down so I don't mess it up. I always have to think about it because sometimes you get in the middle of a thought and you're like, wait a second. Did I say it right? I always get that wrong, which is why you have the fun of doing it.
You know, I'm a woman of limited talents, but that's one I can remember generally is the phone number. Generally. Not always, just generally. All right, let's go to the phones and see what Roland wants to talk about. Good morning, sir. Yes, the school that we're building in Anchorage that we don't need. In Live View. Yes. I love your saying, and I've thought of it years ago, too, also, follow the money. I'm wondering who's getting paid off for this school to be built.
Well, I'm sure it's being built with a lot of union jobs. Let's just start with there. I'm very confident that's the case. Well, I bet you there's even more than that. Because it's kind of like our homeless situation. Suddenly the lady that's been... spearheading the homeless thing decides to resign. Is there a reason for that? Oh, we just did an audit. And it didn't go very well. It didn't go very well, did it? She raked in the cash. She certainly raked in the cash during this.
New industry being popped up. She was spearheading it. And now they're doing the same thing in Anchorage with child care. And one of their own is getting these sweetheart, soul source, you know, contracts. to give executive leadership. Okay. That's what I love about this, these no-bid contracts. I want one of those.
Right, right? Look, I've got to be honest with you. I am very confident I could give some executive leadership for $175,000, too. I'm just telling you, I could give you some. You know what? Here's the thing. If the municipality of Anchorage wanted some pointers on executive leadership, I'd be willing to do it for free. Just saying. That's the thing is, you know, you were talking about nonprofits. There's nonprofits and there's nonprofits.
You know, it's like you mentioned the Red Cross. Well, the leader of the Red Cross is a million dollars. Good job. Yep. I don't donate to the Red Cross. I don't because I don't think their upper management is good. But I do think there's other good nonprofits, like Samaritan's Purse. That's one that's popping in my head right now. I think the Salvation Army is very good. I think the Boys and Girls Clubs have done good things here in Alaska.
Red Cross is one I don't donate to because I don't like how they funnel their money at the top. I think too much of it goes to administration and not enough goes into the services that I would want to donate for too. I mean, you know, most of the things you go for used stuff, you think it should be a fair price. You go to some of these places, you could buy a pair of jeans for the same price as they're putting them out for.
Yeah. Yeah. Ridiculous. And just another thought for you guys, another thought for you guys about that, that school in, let's get my tongue twisted back in. There we go. You got to remember the area Inlet View is in also. Remember, that is the literal core, central, progressive, left-leaning... You know, granola.
crew down that area it literally is and they're wealthy most of that area is also extremely wealthy bootleggers cove and all that the ones that funnel the children into that there's some serious money sitting down there but again it's the left leaners and of course they they found a way to keep their school Because otherwise they'd have to move them over where other kids are.
And we want our kids, you know. The unwashed. Basically, yes. Where the unwashed are. Well, I think we need to do the state so bad through the state government, through the local government. through it all because I think there's so much fraud and waste that you can't believe it. No, I think you're right. And I think we're seeing some.
prosecutions, but it's really coming down from the feds. Now it's going to take them years, but I don't think they're ever going to see the grift and the fraud and the waste and the abuse. The COVID dollars that funneled through these. I mean, we're talking probably billions of dollars. I mean, it's unbelievable. I know there's a prosecution going on right now. You know, the feds have one for some people that, you know, will say.
probably didn't spend the COVID money the way they were supposed to. But those are going to be few and far between, but you're exactly right. I mean... You really need to come through and do some serious house cleaning because the amount of waste that we see just on these stupid friend contracts. I mean, you pointed it out, you know, and it's just.
I don't know. I shake my head at it. I look at it, and it just doesn't pass a red face test for me. Well, it's like the Bidens, you know. We know that that money that he got for those paintings and everything he did was not. Oh, clearly. The left is going, oh, you know, Trump's family did something one time.
Oh, well, they actually had business, didn't they? They did. It's not a crackhead painting a picture getting hundreds of thousands of dollars for it. I'm just throwing it out there that it was clearly not legit. And he's upset now that nobody's buying his patents, by the way, and he's broke. Yeah, why? Because he doesn't have access to the president anymore, and he can't influence policy.
You know, the scariest part is the thought that, you know, Hunter Biden may have been, in fact, a de facto president and pulling the strings. I mean, come on. It was so crooked. It was obvious. But, you know, they will cover it up because it's their side. They will deny. They will... They will, you know, pivot. I mean, they did it for years and it was right in our face because they think American...
the American population is not paying attention or they're not smart enough to figure it out. And it's pretty obvious to the majority of us. Have either of you guys seen any of his artwork? Have you seen any of the actual Hunter Biden artwork? I have. Yep. Annabelle paints better than he does. Or did paint better than he did. In case you don't know, Annabelle was an elephant. I would buy artwork from an elephant. I'm just saying. I won't spend $100,000 for it.
You know, I'm just throwing it out there. My family has Annabelle artwork on their wall. I think it's awesome. I think it's awesome. Yeah, I need to teach my dog how to paint. I wonder if I could do it, if I could get him to hold a paintbrush in his mouth. The thoughts of Amy and Daryl on Friday. Well, Roland, thanks for calling in this morning. Great topic. You bet. Thank you. All right. Bye-bye.
Well, did you listen to the show yesterday? I'm sure some of you did. I know there was many of you did. I've been dying to, I've been wondering. I'm like, I didn't call him yesterday, but I was curious to see, you know, what Bruce or Ken's thoughts were because.
Look, I've got to be honest with you, Daryl. So we had this interesting exchange yesterday. If you haven't listened to yesterday's show, you really need to listen to the podcast because really what it exposes is the games that are played in Juneau. And it is a fascinating exchange because, you know, at the end of the day, what was the issue? The issue is the House passes. operating budget right out of the out of house finance but it has a full PFD in it So that happens on a Thursday night.
There's three members of the Republican caucus that are gone. Because one's brother died. Somebody else's kid had like a graduation or something going on. And then one of the others was getting a military award in Fairbanks. So those three had excused absences. And they're told, you know what, no worries. We're not going to take up any amendments to the budget until Monday. Well, then what happens is.
You know, they basically call them into session, and it was around 3-ish, right around there in the afternoon when... Then they take up one amendment to the budget. They actually take up one amendment to the budget, even though they weren't supposed to take it. And it's to cut your PFD from $3,800 to $1,400.
And the minority is like, what the heck? Because if our members would have been here, that amendment would have failed. But you guys told us we weren't going to take it up until Monday. Now, first of all, never trust them when you're in Juneau. I don't care who it is. You just don't. But that's what they were told. Turns out, the Speaker of the House told the minority leader in the morning, and she didn't tell anybody. Now.
She's refuting that. She's saying, well, I didn't know for sure. I didn't know for sure they were going to do it. So, anyway, I played the audio clips yesterday from the Speaker of the House, basically correcting her on the record, and she didn't refute him. Interesting, she called in yesterday, and... I got to be honest with you, Daryl. This is my take. I think she's lying. I don't believe her.
And I will say this. I've had many, many. When I come on air and I have these conversations, Amy hasn't talked to one person. I have like five sources. Not one. I have like five. And I am being told very directly what she said on the air yesterday was not what she said in caucus meeting. Oopsie! And I will say, with the audio, I've got to be honest, when she says we weren't given the chance in the Speaker of the House on the floor,
says, excuse me, I informed you many hours ago. And she just says, thank you. she doesn't refute him she's lying that's my perspective and here's the thing look i like mia i get along with mia When you screw up, just own it. But this is my point with politics. Assist the Democrats in hiding the fact that they're going to spring this amendment on the floor. You're complicit. You're an accessory to cutting the permanent fund. That's the reality.
It's a problem. It's a problem for me. But what do I think? Do I think this was really for her about cutting the permanent fund? No. I know. You know what I think it is? I think what we actually had going on here was I'm going to do Bryce Edgeman a favor. I'm politically maneuvering here. I think this is a play at potentially finessing a caucus to make her ways to the Speaker's chair. That's what I think.
I think this is a political chess game. Look, you have to put it all together. Remember the op-ed that came out with some Republicans and Chuck Kopp on it? Do you remember that? Yeah. So we have that move. So you're kissing up to Chuck Kopp over here, one of the Republicans that gave the Democrats control of the House. And then over here, you're kissing up to Bryce Edgeman, doing him a solid, keeping vital information from your own caucus. This is a political play. That's what it is.
And what it tells me is your interests, your personal interests are more important than telling your caucus the truth. And when we say caucus, it's the Republican minority. So when you know hours ahead of time, you know that, in fact, They're going to pull this stunt, and you don't tell anybody. You don't give your team the opportunity to maneuver to block it.
That's effectively what happened. I don't care what any of them are saying. That's what happened. And so, I mean, my big question is, who do you believe? Do you believe she knew or do you believe she didn't know? Who do you believe? I'm just going to keep watching in the future and see what amazing and miraculous things happen. And you're just like, wow.
How did that happen? Yeah, we'll see, we'll see. All right, let's go ahead and take a quick break. When we come back, we'll continue to take your calls, 522-0650. Looking at your Alaska total traffic cameras on this Friday morning. Currently light traffic inbound on the Glen Highway. Roads look to be in good shape. I'm not seeing any stoppages or slowdowns around the Anchorage Bowl. Now.
Welcome back for Time 654. I'm going to go straight to the phones, and Mary's with us. Good morning, Mary. Good morning, Amy, and good morning, everyone else. I need for you to do me a favor, please. Yes. The head of the homeless. spectacular. I wasn't going to say anything. I would just like to know what wonderful new job she's going to get. successful job. Would you keep in mind... You know, okay.
Just between me, you, and thousands of our friends that may be listening. I actually had a conversation with somebody this week, and this is really funny. So apparently she's bought a little condo, you know, down in Government Hill. But her daughter is turning about 13. She's about 13. And the rumor, Mill, is, from conversations that friends have had with her, is she's really thinking about moving to Seattle because her daughter really needs better schools.
That coming from a Democrat in Anchorage. What does that say to you? I cannot speak. Literally, I just had this conversation. Yeah, exactly. Later, I'm wondering which other ones we can ship out of here. That's the rumor that's going on in political circles. So if she does move, good luck to her. So there you have it. We have Gold Streak and we have FedEx and we have UPS. They have overnight service. I'm sorry. I love it. I love it, Mary. You've made my day. All right. Thank you. You're welcome.
Oh, Daryl. Oh, Daryl. I don't even know what to say. Is it bad of me to think about maybe filling out applications for her in the Seattle area for, you know, maybe a homeless director down there? Well, you know, it appears they have an issue with homelessness down there. We've been a one, yeah. Yeah, they do definitely have an issue with it down there. There's no doubt about it. We'll have to just wait and see what happens. Will it come to fruition? I don't know.
Do I, do I, do I, am I sad? Am I sad to see some of them go? Not, not really. Not, not particularly. But good on her. I hope, I hope she's very successful in a different state. Go for it. Later. All right, we're going to go ahead and take a quick break. We're hitting the top of the hour break. When we come back, we will peruse through the headlines of the day. And, of course, it is Free Forum Friday, so we will continue to take your calls if you'd like to call in, 522-0650.
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On podcasts, we do appreciate it. All right, let's go to the phones. And Father Randy is with us. Good morning, sir. Good morning, Miss Sunshine and Daryl. uh there's a lot to talk about but main thing i just wanted a couple things i want to say first is the joke and then attribute all right let's go for the joke How is a man able to get a boat? How is a man able to get a boat? Huh? I don't know how. He told his wife they had a sail.
Okay, I have one for you. Are you ready? Yes. What did the baby corn say to the mama corn? You're welcome. You're welcome. I don't get out much. I think Pop went and joined the army because he was a colonel. Ah, Dero. Oh, Dero doubled down. Well done, sir. Well done. All right, what's on your mind today? Well, I will do tribute to a good friend. To all of us, Dan Fager passed away. This weekend, I hope to go to Chippo's and have a beignet in honor for him, because I know he'd love to eat.
Well, I was going to say, you know, it is sad. He was an icon in Alaska. He started off as a reporter for Channel 2, and then when he got into talk radio, he really took off. And he was... He was very well-known and very well-loved by many, and he's definitely going to be a voice that is missed. I'm just really curious, Randy. You said you're going to go to Chepo's for beignets?
Well, yes, Beignet is a... I used to live not too far from him where he lived. I didn't know it at the time. But Beignet is a... They have sopapillas. They have sopapillas at Chappos. That's close. I was thinking churros. The first thing that came to my mind was churros, and I'm like, those are not. No, no, no. The sopapillas are very good at Chappos. I love it. I was going to say, it's kind of like a beignet, sort of. Yes, it is. It's a different way that it's made.
Same, you know, tastes the same, just the same. Yeah, yeah. I've got to tell you, Randy, my son just moved to Louisiana, and he's stationed down there in the military, and I can't wait to go down there because I'm excited about all the food I'm going to get to try. Oh, yeah. You've got to go to all those places. The one that's as tall as Amy?
See, there's a reason I don't drink in public, because I rarely have a filter on my mouth to begin with, and Amy in public... drinking don't mix because especially if I see certain politicians so yeah I don't know about the hurricane but I'm excited about the beignets I want to try those when I get down there. I think that'll be fun. I've had alligator before, so that's not anything new for me. I like alligator. Alligator's good. Tastes like chicken.
That's right. Yeah, the tail is really good. It's a little tough if you cook it right. You know, it's good. It's just everybody, you know, everything else. Yeah, for sure. Well, Randy, I... Sorry, go ahead. Go ahead, y'all. No, you first. Order yourself a ribeye because that was Dan's favorite cut of steak was the ribeye. Oh, there you go. He loves it. He would always eat a couple of them.
When we would get off air, we would always do food also. Me and him had a big time about food. And, oh, yeah, he would always tease me with, Well, I'm going to go get me a ribeye. And because I'm at eight o'clock in the morning here, he's at noon. So it's like, yeah, lunchtime ribeye. Yeah. And so, yeah. So grab yourself some nice good meat.
Well, Randy, have a great weekend. I hope you enjoy your outing and your ode to Dan Fagan. I think it will be a very sweet thing to do. Have a good day. You too. You and Dale. Yes, sir. I will do. Thank you so much for your call this morning. Well, you know, as we start talking about things to do. It has happened. You know summer is upon us when they start opening up the Denali Park Road. ADN has the article up, the first 30 miles of the Denali Park Road opening Friday to private vehicles.
As of today, the opening will open. It will go to the Teclanica rest area. It gives the public brief access to the window before transit buses return for the season. See, you can jump in there. You always know. You always know it's coming because. Once it starts to open it's like okay this is the beginning of the season.
It's very exciting. Beginning of the season. And I just had a horrible, the little devil was on my shoulder. And it told me I should go up there, but I should get a bunch of little four inch to six inch tall flags, American flags, and stick them all around my vehicle. So as I drive, all the flags will be going along.
You're going to trigger some of those parking employees, I think. It says right now, it says for now, officials say the Teclanica rest area is, quote, wet but accessible, end quote. The restrooms at Teclanica, Savage River, and Mountain Vista. will be available for public use. Campgrounds west of park headquarters are closed until May 20th. They're still working on a big landslide that happened up in that area, clearing that out. But up to that point, it's fine.
Again, if you're one that wants to go and traverse parts of Denali Park before all the tourists and the buses and everything gets crazy. You know, you'll have the opportunity to do that right now. But this is the beginning of the season. Once you start to see they start opening the road to Denali, I'm just saying, bring on the sunshine. And if you've never been to Savage River...
It is beautiful. The Savage River Campground is a phenomenal place to camp. I just don't know if you're really Alaskan if you've never taken the Denali Road, if you've never driven out there. I'm just saying, it's... It's beautiful, no doubt about it. I think we all remember. I mean... I know when we first moved up here, we went up there, we camped, and we did the whole bus ride and everything. It was a lot of fun, actually. But, yes, it is happening. There we have it.
All right, well, let's go ahead and take a quick break. When we come back, we'll continue to take your calls, 522-0650. This is Free Forum Friday. I do have some stories prepped up, so we'll get into those. We'll take your phone calls. We'll be right back. You're listening to live, local, and always insightful.
Time 718. I'm going to go straight to the phones. And Jerry is with us. Good morning, sir. Good morning, Jerry. Good morning. Now I can hear you. Yeah, well, everybody's complaining about Mercalli. But what are we going to be, how do we get rid of her? You know, there's an attempt. I will tell you, look, here's the first thing. You've got to get rid of ranked choice voting because she cannot survive a closed Republican primary. So you've got to get rid of rating choice voting.
So that effort is underway. I have already signed the repeal ranked choice voting petition. You know, you'll start to see them. I know the Matsu Republican Women's Club. There's multiple places and people that have these petitions. I'll have to get the website. That's step one. But I will tell you, I know there's multiple districts across the state that have censured her and they're moving forward to try to force the party, the state party.
to block her from every Republican event and block her from any Republican money. But it is a Herculean task, I will tell you. There's 40 districts across the state. And they're forcing the majority of the districts to individually hold special hearings. It's ridiculous. But that's the process we're going through right now. I will tell you, my district's already passed a censure. District 8 has.
There's multiple districts out in the valley. I know there's another district out here in the valley that's taken up the issue on Monday. So from the grassroots, local districts are trying to force the statewide party. to take to take a position and you only do that by by eliciting pressure so there's an effort under it's going to be a long-term effort but there is an effort underway Right. Well, I had one of them books everybody signed last year. I didn't know for sure.
where you're getting them. Well, I will get some information on where people can find them to sign, and I will put that out. You know, I'll start doing that a little bit more frequently. But I just happened to see it. I was at an event. Gosh, it was just recently I signed it. I'm trying to think of where I was, but they had petition books.
So you're starting to see them at different events, but I will see what information I can find, and I'll put out on the air a link where people can find where to sign them, okay? The way that was worded on the ballot was very misleading and confusing. That fellow that put that on there was wrong. Yeah, it was confusing. It did confuse a lot of people.
Well, hopefully this time it will be a little more clear. Jerry, thanks for the call this morning. Good topics. Thank you, ma'am. All right. Have a great weekend. All right. I feel like I need a drumroll, Daryl. I feel like I need a drumroll. Do we have a drumroll? Do we have one? Daryl's looking for a drumroll because I feel like we need one. Joining the show now is my friend Bruce. Good morning, sir. Good morning, Amy. Good morning, Amy. I'd love to know what's on your mind, Bruce.
Well, needless to say, you had a little Mia hot and bothered yesterday. I didn't call in because you had Senator Mike Chow, which is great, but then you had a great guest, Mia. Miss Mia Costello, so we could get her side of the story for the story you broke yesterday. And I agree, 100% agree. I think it's great she called in to get her side of the story because that story that you broke was... Well received, I think, by many conservative voters.
Not happy news, but it's upsetting. And it's upsetting because, you know, I'm just a regular guy, a regular voter. I try to be involved as much as I can. And I try to, you know, vote for Republicans, try to be on the team. But it's very disappointing right now, and it's hard to keep rooting for them. You know, I advocate for a lot of people to run and win office, and they go to Juneau, and what do we get? We get a bill for a new tax. We get Republicans who side with the Democrats.
to make us a minority then i get it it's an uphill battle for the minority it's a fight every day i get it but then you don't even let your own team know what's going on but i'm supposed to still support you Right. When you when when you come on an interview and I don't want to say the word, but, you know, when you ask somebody a question and they kind of pass by the question, they start blaming other people. My line of work, I call that a clue.
Well, you are in law enforcement. Let me just, look, for those that didn't realize, when I asked her, look. Twice. I played two because I think some of the best information is primary source information. So I just played the audio clips, two audio clips from the floor. in which Bryce Edgeman first interrupts Kathy Tilton, and it was clear Kathy Tilton didn't know. So interrupts Kathy Tilton and says, I'll inform the minority leader.
And then Mia Costello starts talking and says, Representative Costello, and I'm paraphrasing, I told you many hours ago. And she just says, thank you. And she moves on. So it was clear. I'm saying, when it comes down to it, who do you believe? Do you believe she didn't know? Or do you believe Bryce Edgman on the floor in front of 40 people was telling the truth? I'm sorry. I believe Bryce Edgman told her.
And what I'm hearing is she admitted in caucus that he told her, but she came on my show yesterday and said, well, if you listen to the words, well, I didn't know for sure that's what they were going to do.
And we have a podcast. Everybody can go listen to that podcast. Just double check. It was good radio. I was going to be honest with you. But here's the thing. I truly believe everybody has a chance to defend themselves. And if I'm going to be critical of you, I want you to be able to share with my listeners. What your position was so? When I got done with that conversation, my takeaway was I absolutely believe she knew in the morning. I believe she didn't tell her caucus.
And I believe she was doing Bryce Edgeman a solid. She assisted the Democrats in springing that amendment on the House minority. Now, if she would have. If she would have told them in the beginning, they could have done a whole lot of things. They could have not shown up. They could have forced a call in the House. They could have delayed in order to give their members time to get back. But the problem is...
She has put Lexi Moore in a very difficult position because she wasn't back, and she said if she would have known, she would have got back. But she didn't. And now you have a lot of people that are saying, well, why weren't those three there? And I explained why the three were gone. And I think they all had legitimate reasons. But the reality is, by Mia not telling them, she didn't give them a choice to even try.
Yep. And when you talk about Representative Moore, I talked to her that weekend after it happened, and she was apologizing. She said the same thing you did. If she would have known, she would have went back, and she got set up for failure. Not her, but the other one. They all got set up for failure because people are too worried about political ambitions rather than their constituents in Alaska. They keep disappointing us.
And it's so sad because you have somebody who used to be the speaker, who's the whip, Kathy, which I love. I think she's amazing. She's one of the sharpest but nicest people. And so you take a representative that hid in the bathroom for a vote, that's who you take? Really? Come on. Yep. Yep. Let's just explain this. tariff Canadian tariff resolution came up And you had the opportunity for people to either choose which way are you going to go.
Delaina didn't show, she left the floor so she didn't have to vote. But here's the other thing, and this is the interesting conversation I've had with many people. Like I said, I don't go public with things like this unless I absolutely am 100% sure. And so the reality is I've talked to multiple people that said when they elected Mia to be the minority leader, the rule was you never go talk to Bryce alone. You have to take Kathy with you. And Kathy, when she was in this position before,
Laddie Shaw was the whip, if you recall. She never talked to Edgeman without Laddie Shaw with her because you have two people there to verify what the conversation was, make sure you don't miss anything, you're a team. But the reality is she talked to Bryce Edgeman by herself in the morning to her own admission. Then she went and got Delaina Johnson, the one who hid and didn't vote on the floor. She went and got her instead of Kathy. So, again.
You know, there's many members of their caucus that are like, how can I even be part of a caucus with our leadership? Clearly. assisted the Democrats in cutting the PFD. They clearly lied to us. They clearly didn't tell us what was happening. It's a problem. And if they feel like that, imagine how the voters feel. I feel like I'm trying to support a team that's doing nothing but purposefully failing.
Like it's on purpose. Like I don't know how else to wrap my head around it or come up with a different phrase or word. It's like I'm just supposed to get used to failure. I can't accept that. It makes it really hard to support something. Now we got some great people down there. But I'm just talking in generalities. It feels like everybody's doing their own thing and there's no leadership like I know I've called them before in the past. We have no political leadership. None. Zero.
I'm going to go back to what Bernadette said, and she was 100% right. You know, when you start looking at it, you know, I've been critical of a lot of people in my lifetime, but the governor sets the tone, right? The governor is the highest elected state official here. serving he sets the tone we don't hear a whole lot we're not hearing a whole lot but when you look at the house leadership i gotta tell you what i'm seeing is i'm see look let me back up
Number one, it went to happen, first of all, because I would have immediately gone and I would have started rounding up the troops and been like, okay, strategists, how are we going to get them back? How are we going to defeat this, right? Because that's what I would have done. But if I was her now, The best thing you can do is just come out and say, you know what, I messed up. I messed up. I should have. Just own it. But the reality is, is when you screw up this badly,
Like I said, I'm not in the legislature. I'm not in their caucus. But if I was in their caucus, I would accept nothing less than new leadership. That's me. Yeah. That's Amy. Because how can you follow somebody you don't trust? Yeah, and your constituents. Let's not forget about them, the ones that support you guys and try to go to things and help raise money as much as we can.
And it's just very disappointing. Hey, your earlier caller talked about the RCB book. I want to throw it out there. Hey, I think point blank, they're having their big grand opening this weekend. I know for sure one of those rank choice voting books are going to be there. And I will tell you, Judy just texted me. She's listening. Thank you, Judy. I appreciate it. She just sent me the website, www.repealnowak.com.
So repealnowak.com is the website, and they'll tell you where the books are too. But a great reminder, Point Blank has their grand opening of their new indoor shooting facility. It's going to be awesome. It's going to be tomorrow morning from 10 to 4. And 6177 Mountain Heather Way. If you go to my Facebook page, I'll pin it at the top of my Facebook page, but I have their announcement. So L.D. Howard called in last week and was telling us all about it.
But, yeah, that will be a great place to sign one of those books. Thank you for that, Bruce. You're a man of so much information. Yeah, no worries. It's a great day. I don't know how close you're probably getting a break, but it's a great day. Get out there, support the business opening. It's great. And sign that, repeal the ranked choice voting.
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Hey, good morning, Amy. I'm glad you took my call first because I'm about ready to go into the shop with our Raptors. But just wanted to say, yeah, I listened to that interview of Mia yesterday morning. I mean, my Leo Gut told me she was lying at the end. It just didn't bode well. And, you know, I mean, I don't know what's going on. You know, if she's getting some kickbacks behind the scenes of the Democrats or what have you.
For sure. Well, you know, I'd love to hear your perspective because, again, My interview style is just let people talk because. Generally speaking, if I ask you a direct question, it takes you three minutes to answer it. But the question that wasn't answered, it was like when you listen to the answer, it sounded like, well, I wasn't absolutely sure they were going to answer it.
But if they kind of indicated to you, they might. Shouldn't you have told your membership? I think the answer is yes. Yeah, I got the sense that her lips are moving. She's lying as a politician. Yeah, that was my sense. I got to tell you, it didn't bode well, but I appreciate the perspective. Another thing I think you brought up, you wanted to know about what was going on with education funding. I was going to say really quickly.
The governor has signaled that he would be willing to use House Bill 57 as a vehicle. That is the no cell phones in schools bill to potentially increase funding and education there. But he says he would approve a 700 BSA increase if there's policy reform changes in it. So that's right now stalled in Senate finance, but we'll see what happens. But look, there's a month. going to make some sort of deal what that deal will look like i have no idea i hope to god they don't
BSA because the writing on the wall, they've been failing for the last decade. You look at other states, they got basically blueprints as our state, as homeschools, private schools, and the charter schools. We're the best in the world. do exactly and replicate what success is that's what we do in the military we win we win we win we take the best solution possible to win no matter what at all costs and that's exactly what the legislature should do absolutely
I couldn't agree with you more, 100%. Well, John, stay safe today. Thank you for all you do, and I appreciate it when you call in. of reason always thank you take care all right you take care have a great day i'm telling you this is this is the headline right now in mustard alaska dunleavy says he'll sign education funding legislators stuffed into a once minor bill, but only if...
And that only if is really if there's clear edits. He says in here, if legislators make a few key edits, including restoring the reading grants, adding open enrollment, ensuring full funding of correspondence for students. including the four charter school reforms. I will sign this bill. I look forward to working with lawmakers to make HB 57 a bill that strengthens outcomes, expands opportunity, and responsibly increases education funding, end quote.
I agree with John. I think if there's going to be a change, I think it should be outside of the BSA. I think if you look at the money right now that is being spent, you look at the revenues that are coming in, and you look at just the future. I mean, when they add to the base, and they know that in two years they're not going to be able to afford that, Right now they can't afford it. They'd have to pull it from savings.
So the reality is they have a budget imbalance. They're deficit spending, and they're not dealing with that. It drives me crazy. All right. Let's see. Let's go ahead and go to Dr. Farr. Good morning, Dr. Farr. Hey, good morning. Yeah. They need to start staying within their financial means down there. I mean, we have some of the poorest outcomes in the nation and in the world here, and there really needs to be some changes to improve.
you know, the learning. They need to go back and rethink some of these policies that they're doing. I mean, we used to have the SRA reading program, and I remember in elementary school, I was already reading at college level when I left the sixth grade. and because it allowed self-paced learning, and everybody in our class was. And so they really need to go back to some of these...
you know, kind of old-fashioned things rather than sticking with, like, common core and stuff like that. So our kids actually get educated and are prepared to face, you know, reality. in the world. So anyway, I think that's really important. I don't want to see the increase because, again, I'm really afraid of what's going to happen. We're already in a recession here in Alaska, and I'm just afraid that they're going to cause more problems with what they're doing.
You know, and the problem is a lot of parents are homeschooling now. I mean, up to 27% is here in Alaska now because they really got frustrated with what happened during COVID and they saw the indoctrination of their children. and so they've chosen to pull their kids out. So we really need to encourage more charter schools and things like that to give parents more options also, and so they have a little more control over what their kids learn.
Yeah, and I think to many people's points, you know, the reality is we have some of the best charter schools in the nation, and these are still public schools. But their outcomes are markedly better than traditional brick and mortar, what we're seeing. And so why would we not replicate what's working? It's ludicrous not to do that. I know. And so I think John hit the nail on the head with that one. Yeah, and I wanted to.
say also that I really enjoyed working with Dan Fagan, and calling into his show, he thought he was, I was crazy, he said, when I first started talking about COVID and what was going to happen. And then he wanted me on the program because I kept giving practical solutions. to helping people with the disease. And then when I came in and talked about the vaccine injuries, unfortunately he ended up with a serious one, and I think it did contribute to his early death.
We're still having a few patients that are coming in with vaccine injuries that we are, you know, most cases able to treat. So that's good. And if people need appointments, we do have new patient appointments available in the office. And they can just call our office at 5.
562-4045 if they're interested. We also have seen a tremendous outflow in our practice of people that are leaving the state because of job losses and different things that happened during COVID. You know, ill parents that they're going to take care of. and stuff like that. So anyway, we are definitely in a recession right now. And so we really need to kind of pull together, you know, during this time to support the businesses and stuff that are still here.
Yeah, definitely. Well, Dr. Farr, as always, we appreciate you calling in and giving people information on where they can go for stuff. When people talk about, you know, vaccine injuries, it's a topic that It's complicated for most of us. We don't know where to go to look for information, where to go to get help.
But if people do want to reach out to your office, if they want to make an appointment, can you give your phone number one more time? Yeah, it's 907-562-4045. And Drug Take Back Day is this weekend, too.
so people can go online and see where they can drop their old medications off and get them out of the house. Perfect. We appreciate the plug. Thank you so much. I hope you have a great weekend. Thank you. You too. Bye-bye. All right. Bye-bye. We're going to go ahead and take a quick break. We'll be right back. Look at the Alaska total traffic cameras Welcome back to on this Freeform Friday. Alright, so I was reading the Mustard Alaska article that was put up yesterday about how...
57 and originally it was that bill that said no cell phones in schools you know for the kids right so what what they effectively were going to do is since the governor vetoed the education bill that had a thousand dollar unfunded BSA in it based on allocation increase that's a thousand dollars per student remember
The current base student allocation is $5,960 per student. But most of these schools get escalators for a variety of different things. So you may be spending actually 13 times that per student, depending on the student's needs. So as you start, it could be 17 times. I mean, there's huge escalators in there.
The whole point is the governor vetoed it because he knew they didn't have the money to actually pay for it, and there were no policy changes in there. They just want to throw more money at it because the NEA wants it. So he said no, but he said he'd be willing to consider using HB 57, the cell phone in schools bill, as a vehicle to increase some school spending. to also get some policy changes when it comes to education.
And it was stalled yesterday in the Senate, but now I'm looking, and I had a friend text me a little assist. Thank you very much, dear friend. So HP 57 actually did pass out of Senate Finance yesterday. but they referred it out with no policy changes. So now when you look at the status of the bill, it says rules to calendar pending finance report referral.
So, again, it has passed out, and the only referral that I see here was finance in the Senate. So, again, you guys are going to go through the state. Let me just help legislators look. We all know you think your job is the hardest job in the world. And I know sometimes service, you don't feel very appreciated. But here, let me just help you.
If you pass a huge BSA increase bill, even if it's $700 to the BSA and there's no policy changes in it, I'm predicting the outcome is going to be the governor's going to veto it again. He's been very, very clear from the beginning. He's not going to just throw money at a problem without a solution and a return on the investment for Alaska's dollars. He is saying to you, these things are working. Charter schools, correspondence schools, these things are working. We should do more of it.
I will negotiate with you and increase some spending if we have policy changes that are going to do what? improve educational outcomes. This really isn't complicated. So I feel like this is Groundhog Day all over again. I feel like here we go again, passing a huge spending bill that you really can't afford, and there's no policy changes at it, so we're throwing good money after bad results.
I mean, the outcome is pretty obvious. So for all you legislators and staffers, like, here's the thing. The smart people down there already know this. They already know if they pass a bill with a huge increase and no policy changes, the governor is going to be to it. This is all about the 2026 election. I'm just telling you right now, this is what these. See, Daryl, I didn't even say a bad word. You did good. This is what these people are doing. They're setting up a narrative.
that Republicans hate children because you won't give the NEA and these huge administrative bureaucracies huge amounts of more cash. to fund a failing system. Look, the system is already funded. That's the reality. The legislature adequately funds education, and then half of your Anchorage property taxes or whatever borough you're living in, is going towards education. In Anchorage, half of the property taxes collected go to the Anchorage School District on top of
the money they get from the legislature. And we know they have millions and millions and millions of dollars in their slush fund. They're choosing not to spend. Instead, they're trying to blame the legislature because they're not doing their job, right? The reality is the outcome is predictable.
But this is what happens the last 30 days of session, and that's what we're in now. We're in the last leg of the session. They're trying to get scores, you know, points on the scoreboard, and they're trying to set people up for the 2026 election saying, see, they hate children. The reality is we hate sucky outcomes. That's what we hate. So how about we actually come to the table and do your damn job?
And one of the jobs is to educate kids. Great. But how about we do it better than we're doing it now? I'm just saying, I think that's something most Alaska voters could get behind. It seems reasonable to me. Oh, dear, dear, dear. Jesus give me strength oh my word don't forget point blank firearms and self-defense has their grand opening tomorrow from 10 to 4 it's at 6177 Mountain Heather Way out here in Palmer it's really cool they have
to our tactical range that's going to be open to the public. So you'll be able to check it out, the first of its kind in Alaska. I hope to see you there. Again, have an awesome weekend. Daryl and I will be back with you on Monday morning at 6 a.m. Until then, stay safe.