News Radio 6 J-E-N-I. The opinions expressed on this show Not a bad day. We got some rain yesterday which was really needed. My allergies are doing better myself. I'm very happy about that. I'm not complaining whatsoever. But I will say, I'm ready for the sunshine to come out. I'm ready for the gloominess to go away.
Well, I'm glad to hear that. I know my allergies, knock on wood, backed off a little bit over the last couple of days, so I've been happy about that. But I've also been noticing that the lilacs are threatening, so. Poor Daryl. Tough time of year for him. Poor Daryl. Plants and me. I never had a problem with plants before and all of a sudden plants have decided to attack me, assault me.
And they win. They absolutely win. Well, it looks like, as I'm looking at the weather report right now, for Palmer, we're sitting at 37.8. Actually, 37.4. It just dropped a little bit.
But it's supposed to rain today. It's supposed to be cloudy and rainy today. But with a high of 50, so that's not bad. But as I look through the weekend, weekend looks like it's going to be relatively nice. I mean... uh... it's calling right now i had about sixty one and i think about the sunshine in my in my forecast so i'm not sad about that you know what i call those what great balls of fire there we go There you go. Did you by chance look at Anchorage?
Well, I am looking at Anchorage right now. It says it's 39 with, it doesn't say rainy, but it says partly cloudy. Well, 49, well, no, yeah, today's Wednesday with a high of 49. So the question is 39 where? Because you've got to look at the map kind of a bit here. It's 39 out at the airport, excuse me, at Fort Hood. It's 39 degrees. And along the ocean, it's 39 degrees. But as you head inland, like Diamond Center, I'm reporting 31 degrees. Up on the sides of my east anchorage and the hillside.
They were actually down. There's one that's 28 degrees. We were actually cold over here. We got a little cold front moving in through Anchorage. Well, I will say, you know, it's relatively nice out here. It's mild, I mean. It's not raining right now. It's just overcast. But it's, you know, I walked outside with a dog and it seemed relatively nice this morning. You know.
I'm just under 40, so it's not bad. It's not bad at all. Speaking of that rain, by chance, did you like that video I sent you yesterday, last night? Oh, my word. I was going to say, that was That's crazy. That's done by your brother, yeah? Yeah, that literally, what I sent you was him on his back part.
So you have to describe for people what you sent me. Torrential downpour. And I mean torrential with hail about the size of your thumb. You can see chunks of hail bouncing around about the size of your thumb.
And when I say torrential downpour, their news, I caught a little clip of their news also. The pictures I was sent, the video I was sent was my brother's backyard, and he has a pool back there, but you couldn't tell, because everything back there was just pure water flying and pure just roaring sound. A picture from the news there showed their streak.
And it was literally garbage cans floating down their streets. That's crazy. And that's a town in Arizona. Yeah, Fort Mojave, Arizona. And like I said, they got hit just out of nowhere. Because I checked the areas around them. Just out of nowhere with this, I don't know what to call it, monsoon? I mean...
It's some of the heaviest rain I've ever seen come down. It was amazing. Yeah, I was going to say, it was amazing. I mean, I kind of laughed because when I saw it, I was like, holy buckets, I mean... They're going through it. It was raining. It was raining. It was a desert, man. My mother was afraid to go walk in his front yard because he never had that much water on it. And he was like, I don't know if I'm going to sink in or what. Or what's going to come out of that mud.
No, that was an epic video. That was impressive, there's no doubt about it. Let's kind of rain, we need just one batch up. Just a little bit. Just a little bit. Well, there's no doubt there will be sporadic showers across South Central today, but it's not going to be anything like what they had down there in Arizona yesterday. I mean, that was crazy.
But it is relatively mild. Like I said, right now, Palmer's sitting at 37.4. Your temperatures are all over the board in Anchorage, you know, ranging from 28 to 39, it says. Well, you know, eventually, look, we've turned the corner, spring is here, there's no doubt. Spring is here. There's just some last ventures. Yeah, Mother Nature, she can hold on, but it's futile. Resistance is futile.
Kenai sitting at 35, Big Lake 36, Fairbanks 35. So around the state it is relatively mild. It's not cold, it's not hot, but it's relatively mild. This time of year it's not too bad. Goldilocks weather. Yeah, that's it. That's it. Well, let's get into some of our community announcements because we have a few of them today. So for today, Wednesday, May 7th. The Board of Equalization has an appeal hearing today in the Mat-Su borough at 1 o'clock.
It's going to be, I believe this one is going to be, let me just see here. This one's going to be in person in the lower level conference room over there at the borough building. They do have a Teams link, so if somebody wants to attend online, they can certainly do that. The Taukena Sewer and Water Service Area Board of Supervisors has a meeting today at 6 p.m. at the Taukena Public Library. They also have a Teams ID for that one, so if you want to attend virtually, you can.
And last for the Mat-Su Borough, the Willow Area Community Organization has a meeting at 7 p.m. tonight. That's going to be over there at the Willow Community Center. Don't forget, if you live in the Mat-Su Borough, you have until the end of May to get your landfill coupon. every it's from one per household so it's not husband and wife or you know whomever can get more than one only one per household
It's really easy. Just go to matzugub.us. Right in the middle of the front page, they have something that says landfill coupons. Click on it. All you have to do is put in your name, your address, and your email address, and they will email you a coupon. And it's good for the whole year. So you can get basically one free dump.
anytime, but look, you pay a lot of property taxes, you might as well get your landfill coupon. Even if you're not going to use it, just get it just in case, because you never know. You never know. All right, so that's it for the Matsu. If you want to follow up on any of the meetings that I mentioned, if you need more information, just go to matsugov.us. There's no announcement that I saw for the city of Wasilla for today, so we'll sneak on over to the city of Palmer.
Remember, they have a special election that's going on right now. Early voting is open through May 19th, and Election Day will be on May 20th. This is the recall election for Mayor Steve Carrington. If you want more information, just go to palmerak.org, and then click on the election tab, and what you'll see is there's a place where you can get more information, including the sample ballot.
The sample ballot has two things on it. One, it's a statement of why he should be recalled. The second is a statement from the mayor of why he shouldn't be recalled. And then the question is simple. Shall he be recalled? That will be up to you. Let's see which side made their best pitch, and it will be up to you. All right, so again, palmerak.org is where you go for more information on that.
Skipping over to the Municipality of Anchorage, there's four meetings for boards and commissions today. We have the AWWU Board of Directors meeting. That's going to be at noon today. That's going to be over there at their headquarters, 3000 Arctic Boulevard. At 4 p.m. today, the Hand Commission has their monthly meeting. That's going to be at the Anchorage Health Department building at 4 p.m., and that will be at A25L Street.
Then at 4 p.m. today, there's also an updated public naming commission meeting. That's going to be at City Hall, room 632, or I'm sorry, room 240. City Hall. City Hall, of course, is located at 632 West 6th Avenue. They also have a Microsoft Teams link, so if you need more information on that, just go to muni.org.
Click on the Mayor's tab, then click on the Events tab, and that brings you to Boards and Commissions. Then last for the Municipality Boards and Commissions, we have a planning board meeting tonight at 6.30. That'll be at the Lusack Library in the Assembly Chambers. As far as the Anchorage Assembly goes, the only thing I saw on their calendar for today was a Public Health and Safety Committee meeting that's going to be at 11 a.m. today at City Hall, room 155.
And then as we skip on down, I didn't see anything for the Canine Peninsula borough, but I did see... The city of Kenai has a city council meeting tonight at 6 p.m. That'll be at the council chambers located at 210 Fidalgo Avenue in Kenai. and if you want more information you can just go to Kenai.city and then from there you'll be able to find their agenda. As far as the City of Soldotna goes, I'm looking at meetings for today and I see CHU. There's a Planning and Zoning Commission work session.
I have to click on these because it doesn't really tell me what time yet. Alright, the planning and zoning work session starts at 3.30 today, and then that will be followed by their actual meeting, which will be right after that, which starts at 5.30 today. But again, their 3.30 work session is going to be discussing building a strong foundation, essential knowledge for planning and zoning commissioners. So it seems like a training commission, a training meeting, this isn't unusual.
With boards and commissions, especially when they have new members, A lot of times they'll have like a training session to explain to them, this is your role as a commissioner. This is the type of issues. These are what you should be thinking about. So it seems like a training session. But then their regular meeting will be at 530. That'll be, of course, at the council chamber. Chambers in Saldana.
If you need more information, all you have to do is go to celdotna.org and look at the calendar and just click through the links. You'll find it there. Last but not least, our friends down in Homer, they have a planning commission regular meeting tonight at 6.30. Homers are always really, really good at getting multiple options to participate.
So you can participate in person. And the meeting again is at 6.30 tonight in the CALS Council Chamber located at Homer City Hall, 491 East Pioneer Avenue. or you can attend via Zoom or phone. So they have links to all of those digital platforms if you want to attend, you know, virtually some other way. All you have to do is go to cityofhomer-ak.gov, look to the right,
And when you see the meeting you're interested on, just click on it and it brings you right to a landing page that has all the links to it. So it's super easy. And that does it for local governments as far as other fun things to do. I want to remind you tonight in Palmer. Thank you, James, for reminding us. The Alaska Filmmakers Meetup is going to be tonight at 7 p.m. at Pizza Delphi in Palmer. So that will be this evening.
And then on the weekend, this weekend, May 9th through the 11th, the Alaska Spring Market and Food Truck Festival. is hosting the Alaska Vintage Market this weekend. So it's the Alaska Vintage Spring Market and Food Truck Fest, Alaska State Fairgrounds in Palmer, May 9th through the 11th.
Admissions, $5.00. If you want to get early purchase and get, like, you know, to get in free all weekend, or to get in all weekend, you can buy your ticket in advance for $10.00. But Friday, it's going to be from 2 to 7. Five bucks for admission. Saturday, 10 to 6. Five bucks for admission. Sunday, 10 to 4.
And it's free. And of course, any time you go, parking is free and kids under the age of 12 are free. So you can shop some of Alaska's trendiest small businesses, upcyclers, designers, and vintage collectibles. As well as, you know, partake in some of the food that is being sold by some of our awesome food trucks out here. So hopefully people will get a chance to get out and enjoy.
What is going to be, I'm willing it, it is going to be a gorgeous weekend. We're gonna love it. It's gonna be sensational. It's gonna be the greatest weekend ever. You can't see people as the hand motions that go with it. She was doing her best Trump imitation, and that was actually pretty good. It was not bad. It was not bad. This is Amy before coffee, so, you know, we're going to go ahead and take our first break. I'm going to go make myself a cup of coffee.
We will be back. We will get into the headlines today. Stay with us. on this glorious Wednesday morning. You know, Suzanne had so many good stories out yesterday, I can't even keep up. Oh, I know what you mean. I almost got backlogged on the stories. I don't know how she does it. That woman has, like, the stamina. I talked to her last week. Was it last week? It must have been Friday. Thursday and Friday. Oh my gosh, she sounded terrible. Okay, good. Wasn't just me that.
No, she has laryngitis, so I told her, you know, she's living in Skagway, and I told her, I said, I'm going to send you some throat coat, and she's like, don't worry, bother, it'll get here in three weeks. Oh, that is so funny, because I said the same, literally the same thing. The same thing. Well, actually, it was first up. Check your local stores for it. If not, we'll ship it to you. Did she tell you the same thing as me, as don't bother? No, she said she was going down to, I guess, get some.
I don't know where her local place was. Like I said, it's pretty small in that area. But yeah, we both thought of the same thing, that throat coat, get that throat in there. That's what I told her. You know, I've never been to Skagway. I need to make it to Skagway. I think, you know, there's some of these Alaska places where I've never been to. I was a little kid. The only time I've been there, I was a little tiny kid, and literally the only thing I can remember is a train and a hill.
Honestly, that's all I can remember. I'm just like, Skagway, Skagway. I gotta tell you, I think... I think this year, I need to make it to Homer. Homer, I've been saying this, Homer's like my favorite place. It's so beautiful down there. And I have so many friends that live down there now, and so I... I need to make it to Homer this summer. I really like Homer.
Well, I know I always go to Bear Creek Winery. It's like the go-to place for me. Like if I'm going, I'm for sure coming back with wine. And you can buy it here. It's just such a sweet little place. I love Bear Creek Winery. If you've never been down there, it's fantastic. Now, it's been a number of years since I go, but whenever I send family down there, that's a touristy.
I would say, yeah, do your thing. You know, you want to go out on the spit and you want to go fishing, of course. I mean, who goes to Homer without going fishing? Come on. And so you're going to go fishing. You're going to go out on the spit. stop by Bear Creek Winery because they have this whole free like a little thing where you can belly up to the bar and they run you through their samples and if you know we would bring the kids with us and they give them like a little juice pouch.
While the adults were sampling, and this is before I even really drank wine, but it was always just a fun little experience. I enjoyed it, and of course, you know, I had to support local business. You know, what's funny is this, 50 years ago, my dad was bringing huge amounts of wine back up from Homer and the peninsula also.
Because we'd go down there and do like these week-long or two-week-long camping trips. I mean, literally military tents set up for the families, like three and four family gatherings. So there's probably 30 people. And my dad always seemed to end up getting all the kids in his suburban or large vehicle. And so when we left, none of us was happy about leaving the beach and the fishing and all the fun and sun. So we would whine the whole. All the way back. Here we go! Here it is!
Thank you so much. You got me. You got me. 100% hook, line, and sinker. See, I haven't had my coffee yet, Daryl, so I didn't have time for it. Yeah, exactly, exactly. Alright, well, I was going to say how I go from Suzanne Downing to being impressed with her fortitude and cranking out the number of stories to discussing wine and falling for one of Daryl's jokes. I don't know.
But it did happen. But she had a story out, yes. And I think timing is, I promise I am not going to keep on HP 57 forever. I'm not going to do it. I'm not going to keep on SB 113 forever. HP 57, obviously, the education bill. But it is fitting based on what is happening today in the legislature. So today I expect in the House they're going to be voting on the digital tax.
Right, the online, what's being called the Amazon tax. Vote no, vote no, vote no, vote no. Exactly. But they're going to be voting on that. And remember, that was a component of HP 57 basically predicating much of their... quote, policy. It was really just a spending bill with no accountability in Amy's opinion, but It was predicated on this digital tax, which is an SB 113. And so yesterday, the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce came out, and Suzanne calls it the SD tax.
But it's SB 113. It's this digital online tax. But the chamber came out yesterday just very adamantly opposing SB 113, according to Mystery Alaska's article. The Alaska Chamber of Commerce has issued a strong letter of opposition to Senate Bill 113, warning state lawmakers of what it calls harmful and unclear provisions in the proposed legislation to bill. is designed to alter how Alaska apportions corporate income
and to impose taxes on what it describes as highly digitized businesses. In the letter to members of the Alaska House of Representatives, Chamber President and CEO Katie Capozzi expressed concern over both the content of the bill and the legislative process behind it. According to the letter, the House Finance Committee moved SB 113 forward without public testimony, which is highly unusual, especially for a bill with an intermediate
and significant implications for the state's tax structure. The chamber, which represents over 700 businesses employing over 58,000 workers statewide, warned that the bill creates new burdens for companies operating in Alaska, especially those engaged in digital commerce. It could increase costs for both consumers and the local businesses.
Here's a quote from the letter. It says, quote, in the sections addressing highly digitized commerce, The bill throws away the long-held tenets of apportionment when it comes to corporate income tax for some companies while appearing to exempt others." The chamber pointed to last-minute changes that exempt public utilities and telecommunication companies as evidence of the bill's vague language and poor vetting.
While proponents of SB 113 have suggested it targets large e-commerce corporations, the chamber contends the bill would have far-reaching consequences beyond its intended scope. I think they're right. Look, here's the thing with politics, with legislation, You always have to be very pragmatic and you have to be very thoughtful as you go through this because what you're not only guarding against is what you...
It's the unintended consequences you have to be careful with. And that's what this has a lot of, in my opinion, this is, again, personal opinion, a lot of unintended consequences What's his name? they have not spent enough time. A tax bill of this size and what it's attempting to do needs a lot of vetting, a lot of fine-tuning. I mean, just as a thought here, Anchorage legislators Amazon one of the main ones you're targeting built a distribution facility here in Anchorage
for us and our residents to make things smoother. They've got a huge, out at the airport, a facility to bring packages through and everything. They also, and one of the things I've seen is, well, they're using our roads and our mail systems to get this out there, and they're not paying. most of us are on crime and that comes free to us they actually allow Allow us to wait.
so we can get things shipped to us. Previous to this and previous to Amazon, one in 30 companies would ship to Alaska. And I'm not exaggerating. You would literally have to fight. And then, oh my gosh, the rates they charge you, they charge you $100 in shipping on something that costs $20. Now you can get Amazon Prime and you can get it delivered to you for free. And I think the chamber made...
They made a really compelling argument, and in Susanna's article, she says over 60%. Again, what they're focusing on is we want to get our fair share, basically. We want to get our cut. Yeah, we want to get our cut of corporate income taxes, what they're saying. But again, this is going to be passed on to the consumer. And they're saying it's not fair to Alaskans. They're competing with Alaska businesses.
how many Alaska businesses actually rely on online purchases and Suzanne covers that in her article. She says over 60% of vendors using Amazon are small businesses. With the platform Etsy, I always said that wrong, 88% of Etsy sellers run their businesses by themselves, and only 5% hire helpers, some 95% of Etsy sellers.
run their businesses from home, and 89% of sole proprietors, both hallmarks of small business, So over 90% it says of eBay sellers are independent small businesses, owners, or individuals. So, again, I think what they're talking about is they're saying they don't want to compete with small businesses, but what I think they're going to do in the process, not only are they going to hurt small businesses, but they're going to hurt consumers.
because ultimately any costs that are going to be incurred are going to be passed on to the consumers. And so, you know, Not only does this have what I think is going to be massive unintended consequences by some. I think there are some. Look, I just absolutely believe that. And I've said this, and I will always preface my comment this way. I really like Rabia.
But I think he is being used by the Democrats, Zach Fields and Wolakowski this year. And he, I mean, I don't even think, like, he's too proud to even acknowledge that he's being used. He will argue otherwise, I'm sure. But I think they're using him. And I think they're like, because he wants to go down there. He wants to make a deal. He wants to break the logjam in Juneau. I'm sure that's where he's coming from. But at what cost?
Right? And I think sometimes people get very set and they get set into their position and they're too proud to change it. I think that's what we're seeing. And I think this is a bad bill. I don't think it should be passed by the House. Do I think it's going to get passed? Probably. I think it's, again, like everything else that's major this session, it's going to end up in the governor's lap, and the question's going to be, will the governor veto it? And then the second question is,
Will there be enough legislators to uphold the governor's veto? And I hope the answer to both is yes. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back. Time is 639. All right, Daryl. The day can start now. I forget the name of this. It's called Kodiak something. My husband got it. It's Black Rifle Coffee Company. Clearly, I'm a fan.
But it's like, it has a picture of a bear on it, and they call it Kodiak something. I'm trying to figure out what your cup is. Your cup is not coming through to me. It's just kind of like... Oh, it's a little faded. It says, uh, Amy, the woman, the warrior, the legend. I love it. I love it. Yeah. It's so faded, it does not come through. Here, let me hold it up a little. Oh, there it is. It's a little faded. I like that. I like that. We need to get that removed for you.
This was a gift, and I will tell you, I've used it well. I've used it so much. It's been washed so many times. The letters are fading from it. That is, like I said, that is awesome. We need to get that on a t-shirt also. Well, I've been called a lot of things, but these things are good, so, you know, I'm not so sad about it. You know, we were just kind of finishing up this discussion about SB 113. Again, the House is set to vote on it today. and
In this article to the chamber, you know, the chamber wrote to the house, you know, they started pointing out the unintended consequences. You're calling this. You're saying it's only going to impact Amazon, but that's really just patently false. There's a lot of other businesses that are going to be significantly impacted on this. And in Suzanne's article...
She says one of the most pressing concerns raised is the potential for the bill to drive up costs across the state, imposing corporate income taxes on out-of-state businesses that deliver goods to Alaska. businesses which may now fall under Alaska's jurisdiction. Under the proposed rules, the chamber argues the law would effectively raise prices on consumer goods and services. It's what we've been saying all along. It's common sense.
If you create a new tax, and I don't care what you say, what you're doing is you're expanding a tax. And you're implementing it on businesses that don't pay it now. That makes it new. New to those people makes it new to them. That is a new tax. So the chamber goes on to say, to say this has no impact on Alaskans is untrue and disingenuous. These businesses will pass on the increased tax to both Alaskan consumers. and Alaska businesses, end quote. I think they're right. They're absolutely right.
Well, I don't know. I mean, but it's not defined in there. And that's the point. I think when you start talking about eBay, when you start talking about Etsy, when you start talking about all these other primarily online businesses. the cost of goods being shipped to Alaska could significantly increase. Significantly increasing. Not even including the park tariffs that were just added recently, so.
Yeah, well, I will tell you, one of my friends brought up another concern is potentially, you know, the cost of concrete. And can you imagine, I mean, that's what I was just saying. I mean, if the price of concrete goes up, the price of everything goes up, especially when we start talking about major construction projects, it's going to be an issue. Look, you know, I'm gonna be, I'm gonna, I said this before, look.
You tend to get, like, just sometimes... Sometimes you just get the candid Amy. Most times you get the candid Amy when I start analyzing these. And, you know... You know, I'm not kidding. After HB57, I printed off the board of who voted for that stupid bill. I printed it because I want to remember. I want to remember. I'm going to remember. But I've said this, there's always a road to redemption. And I think there are some legislators
that are good people, that, you know, I just disagree with on this bill, and some I knew I was going to disagree with, okay? Others, I expect you to be the staunch conservatives you say you are. and the fact that they voted for this nonsense, and now they have to vote for a new tax bill in order to fund their nonsense.
I think the road to redemption is you vote down SB 113, and then hopefully the governor vetoes HB 57, and then guess what that will force you to do? Uphold his veto and then actually go back and sit down and work out a deal with the governor. Because that's what didn't happen, right? There's this whole debate, because it's all linked. You can't unlink SB 113 and this HB 57. They're linked. One of them is a new tax to fund the other.
And the fact is, you can't vote for the bill and then say, oh, well, I'm not voting for the tax, too, because, I mean, frankly, That's exactly what you should do because it gives you an opportunity to say, I made a mistake. You know what? You're right.
There should be some accountability measures in here. And what they didn't do, and Lyman Hoffman said it, I mean, the audio clip is very clear. Lyman Hoffman, when he was asked in Senate Finance, You know, if they talked to the governor about this, if they worked with the governor, his response was we talked to the other body. In other words, no. Exactly.
So again, you know, they're trying to manhandle the situation, if you will. They're trying to go around the governor. They're trying to avoid any accountability. And they're trying to just line the pockets of these big school districts. And I'm sorry, it's, and of the, frankly, their masters, the NEA. And I'm just, I'm not about it. So that's why I say there's always a road to redemption. And I think people can make mistakes.
It's what you do after you make that mistake, right? Right. That's my view. So, We'll see what happens with SB 113, but I do expect that online digital tax bill to be heard today on the floor. I think they're going to vote on it today. That's what my indications are from people that... are in the know that they're supposed to be voting on that today. So we'll see how it goes. But again, like I said, I fully expect the bill's going to pass.
then the question becomes, which I think he will, I think the governor will veto it, because, you know, the one thing Governor Dunleavy has never been, is really pro-taxes. I've never seen him take the position where he's advocating for a bunch of new taxes. And so I expect he's going to veto it. I hope he vetoes it. I would encourage him to veto it. And then these legislators have a chance to redeem themselves and uphold his veto.
So, look, this is why the 2026 race is going to be so important for governor. It's because without a check in the governor's office, It is going to be taxes, spending, absolutely no PFD. That's gone. Anchorage Assembly on a statewide scale. Oh, good Lord, help us. So we'll see. We'll see what happens. All right.
When we come back, we have to get into some of these national headlines. Trump is Trump. What can we say? We got to love him. Got to love him. All right. We're going to take a quick break. If you'd like to call in 522-0650. Now. How's my mic volume, Daryl? I played with it a little bit. Is it still the same, or does it sound okay? It's still okay. We're trying to get rid of that fuzziness to it, what they call the overmodulation on it.
So I watched it on here and played with it on mine also. If you needed more sound, though, if you let me know, I think you have a headset one on there also. I do. Well, no, I'm fine with the sound. It's just I was playing with it during the break, so I didn't know. Of course, I'm pretty clean on my end. Like I said, I've got it pumped up in my ears, so. All right, all right. We're good, we're good. All right, well, back to the actual work at hand here.
Bright Bar has this article out, and I meant to cover it the other day, and I'm just laughing because I'm watching the left. They're just losing their ever-loving mind. First, there's the Kristi Noem commercials that you've probably seen where she's encouraging illegal aliens to self-deport. Trump came out and said, look, He's incentivizing self-deportation. Good. Breitbart has the article out. Trump promises illegals beautiful flight out of the U.S. if they self-deport. Absolutely.
Yeah, illegal aliens will get a beautiful flight out of the US. if they voluntarily self-deported a new program spearheaded by the Department of Homeland Security on Monday. It said the incentive program was rolled out. It would provide illegal aliens with $1,000 only after they verify that they have self-deported to their home country using the CBP Home mobile app.
Several European countries such as Germany and Denmark have imposed similar policies that have been very successful, actually, relating to illegal immigration. And so Trump said, what we thought we'd do is a self-deport where we're going to pay each one a certain amount of money and we're going to get them a beautiful flight back to where they came from. It's called self-deportation, end quote. So, in there, you know, I was watching Fox a couple days ago.
And they had a discussion about that, and they said the actual average cost if we were going to do this. because, you know, they could end up self-supporting on commercial airlines. It would basically be about $1,000 for the, basically, here's your fee for leaving. And then the flight. So that could work out, too. I think the number I saw was about $4,700 in total.
But if we keep that, now think about this though, if we keep them here and we have to keep them secured and all of that, so a $4,700 price tag, let's just say that's the number, $1,000 plus the flight home. versus $17,000 if we deport them ourselves. As you go through all the hoops and everything you've got to jump through, by the time we're done, the average cost per illegal $17,000. Now think about this. Biden let in...
The numbers are all over the board. Some, I think, on the lower saying 15 million. I think it's closer to 20. Can you imagine 20 million people times times seventeen thousand dollars. I mean, that's a lot of money. I got the time. And all of that includes court cases, too. Well, and come on, does any one of us believe all 20 million are going to be deported? Not possible. I mean, we just don't have the manpower to do it. So the best thing you can do...
frankly, is have multiple avenues and mechanisms to be able to get them out that aren't supposed to be here. And one of them, look, if people find it too hard to stay, if we're cracking down and stop giving you benefits, If you know you're going to be a subject if you come across ICE for them to nab you and send you away, wouldn't you rather go out on your own terms and get money for it? I mean...
I gotta be honest. I mean, I think there are, I don't know how many, but I think there will be people that do take advantage of it. We'll see. Gotta love Trump. I was going to say just a quick thought with that. Remember that when Biden let them in, We gave them debit cards with thousands of dollars on them. We gave them housing, food. I know. I know.
We already spent on these people bringing them in illegally tens of thousands of dollars. Come on. Let us get rid of them, please. Well, and that's the problem we have is the Biden administration. They incentivized them coming here.
If you're going to show up, we're going to give you thousands of dollars. We're going to give you three hots and a cot. I mean, some of them were in very palatial, you know, I mean, they were in nice hotel rooms in New York City. I mean, this is ridiculous. But Trump's had a good week.
He also, the Supreme Court, came out with a decision saying that, yes, he can ban transgender people from serving in the military. Anybody who's served in the military, this is a no-brainer. If you have a mental health issue... If you have a medical issue and you're not deployable, that's a major issue in the military. So, I mean, the reality is whether you blow out your knees Fixed but it takes time okay
That's one thing. But if you have a significant issue, like you're transgender and you clearly have a mental health issue, you're clearly going through a mental health crisis, Then you have surgeries that constantly have to tend to your parameters and you can't be in the field This is a no-brainer, but the Supreme Court has ruled administration can in fact ban transgenders from the military. Duh. Common sense. But that's a win for Trump.
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Well, legislators are listening. I know they're listening. And so I've been told by multiple legislators that they appreciate hearing from the callers because they can kind of get a sense of what's happening back in their district and what people are thinking. All right, let's go to the phone. Scott is with us. Oh, hang on one second, Daryl. My phone is going crazy. Okay, I got it. There we go. Scott, good morning, sir.
Good morning. What's on your mind this morning? Oh, about the proposed bill for the permanent fund. Ah, Zach Field's bill. It's HB 209. Yeah, so what gives these politicians the right to just keep taking money from our people? I think they get emboldened. I think what happens is they get down there, they get reelected a couple of times, and they feel like they're untouchable.
And I think they get emboldened. You know what Scott's talking about? If you haven't heard, HB 209 is a bill from Zach Fields that I personally don't even think is constitutional. But what he's trying to do is say basically he's going to change it so anybody who makes more than $50,000 or if you're a married couple and you make more than $100,000 together, you're no longer eligible for the PFD.
So he's trying to basically put an income litmus test on there. You know, we've had discussions a little bit about this bill, but I don't think it's constitutional. Well, how about if you get any form of... Assistant, then you shouldn't get a permanent fund. Well, I think that's the opposite of what he's trying to accomplish. I know. I think that's the opposite of what he's trying to accomplish. I think that would also probably be unconstitutional, right?
Well, you don't have it both ways. Well, exactly, exactly. No, I hear what you're saying, but my point is when you go back to the Zobel case, And we start talking about, like, residency requirements. Like, oh, if you've lived here, if you're an Alaska resident and you've been here for more than a year, Should it matter that you've been here only two years or 20 years?
And I think as we start having these conversations, I think the challenge is when you start putting these arbitrary litmus tests on there, I think it's going to get smacked down by the Supreme Court, whether it is... hey, anybody who lives in a pink house can't have the permanent fund, or anybody who gets assistance can't have a permanent fund, or anybody who makes a little too much money can't get a permanent fund. I think all of those type of erroneous,
metrics are unconstitutional. It is either an asset that everybody owns as a collective, all Alaskans together or we don't. And the fact that they're trying to put arbitrary data points on there to say, well, you get it, but you don't, I just don't think it's constitutional. Well, it seems like Every year these checks get smaller and smaller and they don't want to give it to us.
Then why don't they just give us a one lump sum and then just be done with it. Be done with it. Be done with it. Look, I agree with you. They're greedy. Yep. They're greedy. You know, you're going to get me going on a rant again, Scott. I mean, look, I'm agreeing with you because remember when Mackie had the idea?
You know, they called it the Mackie plan back in the day where it was basically a cash out. And I can't remember what everybody was going to get. $20,000, $25,000. I don't remember what it was. Yeah, $25,000. So let's just say, back in the day, that was the idea. It was, let's just do a cash out and let's be done with it. And, you know, the reality is, When you start looking at what they're, look, this is where they, this is the slippery slope. To this day, I blame Bill Walker.
For this particular issue, I disagreed with the Supreme Court's decision that it was an appropriation because there was a point that the Alaska... Alaska Permanent Fund was a transfer. It just got paid out. It took no action by the Alaska legislature to pay it out. To me, that's a transfer. It's not an appropriation. But what happened over history... is the legislators wanted to pat themselves on the back and say, look, we're appropriating your permanent fund dividend.
And then all of a sudden, governors started, remember, they started having the press conference where they would open up, this is how much your permanent fund is this year. Everybody used to watch, right, the Channel 2 News. I did. I did, too. to see how much it was going to be, but there's been this perversion of wanting to take credit for the permanent funds.
And then it went from being just a transfer that just happened and took no legislative action to all of a sudden now being an appropriation. And that's why Governor Walker, the Supreme Court, said he was able to veto it, because they're like, nope, it's something that's appropriated by the legislature. so he can veto it. I go back to history and say, well, originally it wasn't an appropriation, it was just a transfer, so there was no legislative action needed, but that's
Oh, I lost on that point. Let's just say that. I lost on that point because the Supreme Court didn't agree. So now we're at the point where Walker bastardized it, basically. He went in and he said, let's just gut this statue. and now it's an appropriation subject to the whim of the governor to be able to cut it down however much he wanted to cut it down. And the legislature can't increase, I mean, let me back up.
The governor can't increase an appropriation. He can only reduce it. So Walker cut it down significantly. And ever since then, it has become a political football that they argue about every year. And then it went from, okay, we get the full statutory amount. So then it's like, well, you get 75% of the statutory amount, and then we'll use 25% for government spending. And then we were clawing back and arguing.
okay, well, how about a 50-50 split? Because they could see the writing on the wall and they could say, okay, at least 50% is better than nothing of the statutory amount. Well, then that wasn't enough. Now, they're at the point where government's taking 75%, and they're going to give you 25%, but even this year, it's even less than that.
So they're not going to stop until it's gone and they take it all for government spending. I mean, that's how politicians work. I mean, look what they've done to Social Security. The moment they realize they can tap into it. and steal that money for their own pet projects and their own spending, that's what they do. Politicians need an absolute box that they have to stay within because they can't control spending. Okay, rant over. Now it's your turn, Sagat. Go ahead. I'll let you finish out.
Maybe we need somebody to come up here and look at where all this money is actually going. Because... I don't know. The base checks just get smaller and smaller. Can I say something? Last night, I had a thought, Scott, literally along what you're saying. I sat last night and thought, is there any way Governor Dunleavy could ask Donald Trump to send Elon Musk up for a month? and pull a doge on Alaska. Oh, oh, oh, the Democrats in Juneau would let her... You can see their brains exploding.
in towel. That's how bad it would actually be. I'll send Amazon orders of paper towels and wipe-ups. Yeah, yeah, Kleenex. Lots of Kleenex. Lots of Kleenex. You're gonna need more than that. Yeah, no doubt. Scott, thank you for the call. Good topic this morning. All right, we're going to go ahead and take a quick break. We have a couple calls lining up, so if you'd like to call in, 522-0650. We'll be right back. insightful morning drive radio. On News Radio. Calling 9-0-7
Welcome back. Current time is 7.20 on this Wednesday morning. Alright, we're going to go to the phones and we'll go to Lee first. I'm attempting to pick it up. There we go. There's Lee. Good morning. Good morning, Amy. I love listening to you in the mornings. Oh, thanks. Daryl kind of stole my thunder. I was also about to come up here and take a look. But oh well.
You know what I was going to tell him? I said to him during the break, I said, we did attempt the first round of Doge before Doge happened. Her name was Donna Arduin. She was the first OMB director under the governor, and if you remember the governor's first budget, I will tell you. it was a lot leaner than the budgets that have actually been passed. But that's just neither here nor there. But what was your second point? Well, my question was,
Maybe somebody could look and see how much money, how many billions of dollars have been put into the permanent fund check since its inception. And exactly what do we have to show for it? Oh, that's a good question. You know, the other day I was looking at a payout. I didn't add it up, but I was looking at Suzanne Downing in Mustard, Alaska, had an article listing all of the PFD checks.
You can go to the Alaska State website, and I know they have a list of it up as well, but I didn't tally it up. But you know what I was just looking at? I was just looking at the 2024 annual report for the Alaska Permanent Fund itself. And, I mean, when we start talking about how much money, I mean, the total fund value as of March 31st this year, $80 billion with a B. $80 billion. I didn't realize it was that much. I wasn't sure what was in there.
Yeah, yeah, so as I'm looking at it, so the mix of the assets they hold, it's actually, they try to diversify their strategy. The rate of return actually hasn't, It's been over the past five years, rate of return has been about 10.4%. Yeah, that's not bad at all. Rate of return as of March 31st this year is 4.55%, but it's a mix of stocks, bonds, real assets. Believe it or not, if you actually, the Permanent Fund Corporation owns about 54 properties
And if you've ever gone shopping at a mall in Hawaii, you've probably shopped at a mall that's actually owned by the permanent fund corporation. I have no clue. Yeah, so they do own a lot of stocks and bonds, but they do diversify. They invest in, I mean, they have an ownership stock in the port of Seattle, believe it or not. And also things that are funding cancer research, different cancer treatments. So they're pretty diversified, to be honest.
It is a huge, huge fund. And this is part of where... Donald Trump, you might have heard him talking about creating a sovereign wealth fund for the United States. In part, I think he's looking at that because of conversations he's had with our governor. And I've heard him remark about Alaska's sovereign wealth fund, and he's talking about the permanent fund. Ah, I hadn't heard that. Yeah, yeah, I mean, it's not, I mean, look, and the theory behind it,
which is we can all collectively, look, it's socialism at its best, really, is what this is. We all collectively own this resource, right? But that's how Alaska was set up. You had to convince the feds we could be self-sustaining. and we could fend for ourselves. So what ends up happening is our mineral resources, everything is owned collectively, and those royalties and others go back into the fund. But the theory behind having a sovereign wealth fund
that you don't touch the corpus of, and that you can only touch, you know, some of the earnings that come off the corpus. Right. To fund government is not a bad idea, right, when you start looking at it. And you say, okay, if you have an $80 billion fund and then some of the earnings helps pay for some of the essential services of government, that concept, I think, is a reasonable, rational concept.
Because if they don't do it that way, they're going to take the money directly out of our pockets through property taxes, through income taxes, through sales taxes, right? Yeah, so why don't they? But the problem you have is the legislature can't control their spending. And if they can find a way, and there are discussions within the legislature right now,
of reorganizing kind of how the fun can be spent. And I'm telling you right now, you get the camel's nose under the tent, and they will blow it. And I just don't trust them, to be honest with you. I don't know how anybody could. I know, and maybe I'm biased because I grew up with a dad who...
Even when he agreed with me, he would take the counterpoint just to argue with me to make me critically think. But he has always said to me, you know, if a politician's lips are moving, you better hold on to your wallet. And I don't think he's wrong. I don't think he's wrong. My only good point, the only other thing I want to say is the NEA, what does that stand for?
Uh, the National Education Association, I think is, I think the acronym. Oh, I guess I was, I was misinformed. I thought it stood for no education allowed. Well, that's what it feels like. I go back to this. The job of the NEA is not to advocate for students and student outcomes. The job of the NEA is to advocate for its members and get as much as they can for their membership. That's it.
Right. Yeah, that's what I say. No education allowed. Well, you have a nice day. Thanks for taking my call. All right. Thanks for the conversation, Lee. I appreciate it. Oh, I got to tell you, we have the best callers. We have the best callers. He got me on that one. Daryl, that's twice I've fallen for a joke this morning. My Black Rifle coffee is starting to kick in, though, so I'm starting to get a little spicy. Let's see how Randy does. All right. Good morning, Randy.
Good morning, my son John and Daryl. I'll start off with a quick joke and then a question. Okay. The joke is, how do you count church teeth? How do I count? What? Say that one more time. Shark. Shark teeth. How do you count shark teeth? I don't know how. Not by hand. I was in very carefully. Not by hand. Okay, Randy, I got one for you. Alright? Okay. Why are so many movies starring turkeys rated R? Because of their foul language.
I don't get out much and it shows. I know, I know. All right, Randy, what is on your mind this morning? I have a big question about SB 209. How do we attach our first year? You normally file or ask for the PFD in January, February or March. And you file your income taxes around April. How do you attach those income tax forms or, you know, the schedules to your PIPD request? I don't know that I completely understand your question. Okay, how do you prove you're within that $50,000?
Oh, I see what you're saying. My guess would be it will be for the year before. So, for example, when you're qualifying for the PFD, so when you go to apply for the PFD, right, it asks you. about the year previous and says, were you here in Alaska for all of, you know, this year for 2025, it asked us, were you in Alaska for all of 2024? Were you gone for a last...
from Alaska for more than 90 days. Were you in the military in 2020? So it asks you for the year prior. So my estimation would be that would be the same. So if they're trying to income qualify you. going forward for the PFD, which is in House Bill 209, my guess would be it would be based on the previous year's taxes. Does that make sense? Uh, kind of. In other words, the previous year, sorry, if you've fallen for the past day for 25, you'd be active, but, uh,
The data of 23. Of 24, yes. No, of 24, we found out for the income tax is of 24. Well, what I'm saying is right now, that's how they do it, is you're right. Oh, I see what you're saying. What you're saying is you don't file your income taxes. until after you file for your PFD.
So you may not, yeah, no, I see what you're saying. So you're going to have a no man's land. You're going to have like a gray zone where you may not have filed your taxes yet, but you may have to certify your income level. Oh, good question. You stumbled upon something that I hadn't considered. Well, they may have to adjust the application period for the PFD to after taxes have been filed. I mean, that would be like the easiest solution, frankly.
But I think actually, I think HB 209, I don't think it's constitutional, and I don't think it's certainly... will not pass the governor's veto pen. Certainly will not. And I don't think there's any expectation in the legislature that Zach Field's bill to income-qualify people for the permanent fund. I don't think there's any expectation in the legislature it's going to pass, but this is the thing we see with the legislature over and over. I don't think it's about passing this year.
I think he's priming the well for future conversations and future legislative sessions. So this is what he's doing is he's introducing it. Look, he comes from a hard blue district, downtown Anchorage. He knows he's safe. He's never going to have anybody who takes him out in his district. There's just too many Democrats in this district. He's starting to float the idea. Look, how many times will Likowski introduce the Hillcorp tax?
Right? And it hasn't taken shape. He hasn't gotten it to go anywhere until, enter Rabian. And then they convince Rob that this isn't fair and that we should go after this. Basically, it's easy money sitting there. And then you get a couple Republicans that say, yeah, we'll do this, and then it starts to snowball. I think you're seeing the same thing with the digital tax.
And I think this is yet another strategy of the left. It's incrementalism. It's the same thing they've done with taking your permanent fund dividend. They introduced just a little bit through a VTEL, right? And they take part of your affirmative fund through a veto. And then the next year, then they start to institutionalize that take, 75-25 split. And then they take a little bit more. Now it's, you know, we just have all these crucial needs. Now it's a 50-50 split.
Then they institutionalize it a little bit more, and they're like, you know, what they're doing is they're really desensitizing you to taking your money. That's what they're doing. But I think... I think that's what this bill is about. I don't think there's any expectation it's going to pass this year. It's certainly not going to pass while Mike Dunleavy is governor.
Because he will veto it. And I am confident there's enough legislators to uphold the veto of HB 209 should it pass. I don't think it will. They only have 15 days left or so in session. So... But I think your question is a very good one because it took me a little while to walk through it, but I think your question is a very good one.
Because you're right, if they're basing it on the previous year's taxes, you may be filing for your PFD before you've even done your taxes. So, I don't know. That's a great question to bring up. Last law statement. Those individuals who voted for HB 57 and SB 113 Do not have any, um, don't think about running for go. Yeah, I think you're right.
I will tell you, it's going to be a big hill for them to overcome. You know, I absolutely agree. I agree. Huge spending bill. One of them was a huge spending bill, in Amy's opinion, with no accountability. The other is a new online tax bill. I'm not thinking that's going to inspire a lot of people to vote for them. Randy, thank you for the call today. I really appreciate it.
Have a good day, young lady. All right, sir, you too. All right, we're going to go ahead and take a quick break. If you'd like to call in, be part of the show, 522-0650. Mornings on News Radio 650. Nine zero seven. Oh, it's a glorious day. It is, isn't it?
We're Alaskans. We live in the greatest country on the face of the earth. And we have Donald Trump as president. I'm just saying it's a pretty good day to be an American. I agree. I agree. Now I have an interesting question for you about the legislature. Sure. I'll give it my best. Can they appropriate money that is not in the general fund? Technically, the answer for that would be yes, because let me put it to you this way. Only if and with a caveat.
So they can't spend money they don't have. I think that's the question you're going for. They can't spend money they don't have. But they can appropriate from the earnings reserve account. and they can't appropriate from the Constitutional Budget Reserve with the caveat they need enough votes to do it. So it takes a supermajority to pull money out of the Constitutional Budget Reserve. It takes just a simple majority to pull it out of the earnings reserve account.
Okay. Okay, because my thought was... They did this with Social Security. They put it from the trust fund. They put it into the general fund so that they could pull money out of it. And when they did that, they made a real mistake when they did that because now it's going broke. The same thing, that's my thought with the state legislature.
Well, be careful because, you know, the idea that you were just talking about, this is exactly a move that is attempted by a couple. Daryl's been bringing it up to me for the last couple of months that there is a move by a legislator to reorganize how they can pull money from the public. the permanent fund, but it's the same kind of concept. They want to loosen the rules so they can spend more of the money.
You gotta watch these people. I'm just saying. Oh, very much so. My other thought about the legislature... Oh, shoot, and I forgot what it was. Oh, never mind. That's all right. That's all right. No, I think you are right on track exactly where I was thinking, too. And I think, again... You know, we used to say trust but verify, right? I don't say that anymore. Now I say verify, then I'll decide if I can trust. Very, very true. Yeah, my thought just reoccurred to me here. Okay.
When we violate a statute, we get in a lot of trouble and our fines are thrown in jail, correct? Yes. Okay. Well, then why doesn't the legislature do this? I don't trust them because they violate the statutes and they don't have any repercussions, so they're above the law. Rules for thee, but not for me. That's what it appears to be in Juneau some days, you know. You know, I've been saying this for a long time.
Why haven't they got it? Look, if you don't agree with a permanent fund dividend statute, then there is a legal mechanism to change that statute so then you can comply. But until you do that, I think you have a legal obligation to comply with it. Exactly. And quite personally, maybe lose their per diem if they don't.
Yeah. Very good point. Very good point. Carl, thank you for your call this morning. That's all I had. Thank you very much for taking it. All right. Thank you so much. All right. Well, we're going with Carl number two this morning. Good morning, sir. Good morning, Carl. Good morning, Amy. Thank you. See, I'd like to beg your indulgence for about a minute here. Yes, sir. I'm talking again about the Captain Root. Now, when you think about it, Not enough.
There are 21 legislatures, if I counted correctly, from Anchorage, three from Eagle River, and I think seven from the Valley. Just imagine all the per diem that could be saved. to get that cap removed. I was at a meeting down at the Anchorage Senior Center with Loki Tobin, and when I mentioned the cap removed, she said it's going to cost too much money. Well, if you save all that for them, I think they get $300 a day for them, and then you could save that money to build a capital move.
Yes. When you move the capital to the road system where you get the majority of the people right now, Then when they come out of their session, you're going to look at your constituents eyeball to eyeball. Not like right now where the only people that have access to the Capitol are the lobbyists. and special interest groups. You and I can't go downhill. We can't afford the money. Exactly. You're exactly right now. Carl, you may remember this because you have a couple years on me.
And your historical knowledge, I just pulled an article up from Alaska Public Media from 2013, and they say, In 1974, Alaska voters passed an initiative to move the capital to the road system. A measure to fund the move failed, as did four other capital vote move votes in 1960, 62, 94, and 2002. So again, Alaskans have absolutely expressed consistency. that they want to see the capital on the road system, but the legislature refuses to fund the move.
You know, one of the things that goes back in history again, there was a senator in Juneau named Bill Ray. He voted against the capital move, and the reason was he owned some liquor stores in Juneau. Naturally, he was looking to put money in his own pocket. So there's a long history about this, and no one will ever convince me that it's going to cost too much money to move the capital. Like I said, when you consider the per diem,
from 21 legislators in Anchorage, three from Eagle River, I think there's seven from the Valley. Think of all the program you can save. They would go to building the capital and moving to the road system where when legislators come out of their session, they're going to have to meet their constituents eyeball to eyeball on the way they voted. Yeah, well, I will tell you. Yep. I agree. I agree, sir. And I will take it a step further. I think...
If you move the capital to the road system where legislators have to interact with their constituents while these things are being debated and while they are ripe, I will think it's a lot more than just the birdam you would say. These ridiculous, unfunded spending bills would not, I think it would be in the multi-millions of dollars. that you would, hundreds of millions of dollars you would save. Because look,
I'm looking at the poll results of Mystery Alaska right now. And Suzanne's poll this week is, should the governor veto HB 57, the massive education spending bill with no accountability? Should he veto it? As of now, 88% of people are saying yes governor veto this bill so I think it's beyond just the per diem that we would save I think by seeing those legislators eyeball to eyeball I think it would reaffirm to them
You better not waste our money. I think you could save hundreds of millions of dollars. That's just my thought. I'd like to leave you with one last thought. Yes, sir. The state is not going anywhere until that capital is moved out of Juneau. Yeah, I will agree with you. I said this the other day.
I think we, you know, Alaskans have overwhelmingly voted for Donald Trump. We want the Trump policies. We want leadership. We want accountability. And what we got in the Alaska legislature was a bunch of Liz Cheney's. instead of Donald Trump's. And I think a product of that is is based on the fact that they are in Juno. They're in the Juno bubble. They're isolated. and they don't feel accountable to their constituents.
And I think that's a problem. And I think you're right. I think that is a major piece of the puzzle that has to be done if we're ever going to ever... and get some sanity back. Carl, thank you as always for your call. I appreciate it, sir. I'm a little bit late for a break, so I'm going to take a quick break. When I come back, I'm going to go straight to your calls. Don't go anywhere. Drunk and drug driving, our grief is unique. But you are not alone. You always have a place. At mad.
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I'm going to go to the phone. Bud is with us. Good morning, sir. Good morning, Miss Amy. Good morning, Daryl. So I've got a great idea. Since they want to do an income... letting us on our PFD. As a retired Marine, I'm a big one on leadership by example. So I think it would be only fair that they should put a litmus, an income litmus, on their per diem as well. Any legislature in their personal jobs that make over
over $50,000 a year when they're out of session, they shouldn't get per diem. That's just my personal opinion. Well, what's good for the goose is good for the gander, right? I gotta tell you, that's brilliant. That is brilliant. Yeah, that is. That is. All right.
I think it should be you know we should have if we had if Rob Young was Actually, the legislator that we thought he was when we elected him, we should have some of our conservative valley... politicians maybe bring that up and uh introduce that bill if nothing else for for showing effect uh you know let the people see, you know, hey,
If we're going to take your money, we're willing to give up some of ours. I'm sure that'll happen. Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly, right? I'm sure it'll happen. No, great idea, bud. Hey, thanks for calling in this morning. I appreciate it. Have a great day, Amy. You too. We have the smartest callers. I'm telling you, we are on a roll this morning. All right, let's go to Don. Good morning, sir. Good morning. So as far as moving the Capitol, we've got lots of... a few schools that they could move into.
Oh yeah, look, Anchorage, if they're running at 60 per consent capacity, they could do a little consolidation. We'd have plenty of room for them to meet, right? No problem. I would bet you. that you can do a cooperative partnership with the Matsuburo.
is very inventive, and I would bet if they're willing to move the legislative session, I don't even think you have to actually move the Capitol. You could just move the legislative sessions to the Matthew Borough. Think about the business that that would drum up throughout the years. We had a caller talk about
about, you know, somebody who owns liquor licenses and liquor stores in Juneau and how much money they made. Look, for the restaurants, for the hotels, for the business, that could be. I would bet you the Matsu a really good deal onto property or a meeting location. to the borough for the legislative staff. I was advocating all of that for the whole jail out here to be legislative location I think it would be finished Thank you for the call this morning.
I gotta tell you This makes my show way more entertaining. Y'all, that's us and for Daryl and I today, believe it or not. That's it. That's it. That's done for the show. Maybe Darryl by tomorrow. we'll have a new pope. The conclave has been sealed. They are now evaluating who is going to be the next pope. We will watch that. But, you know, that does it for us for today. So hopefully everybody has an awesome day. We will be back with you tomorrow morning. Until then, stay safe.