Good morning! It is finally Friday! We have made it through yet another week. It looks like it's gonna be a relatively nice weekend. Sun is shining. It's all chilly, Daryl. I stepped out on my porch. 34.1. That's where we're sitting at in Palmer. And it is wide ranging here in Anchorage. I've got 34 over in Spenard. I've got 31 here at the Diamond Center. And if you're over up against the mountains over there, it's scattered in the low 30s. It's chilly out here today. Oh. Who's got
Guys! Blue skies and blue skies! Yeah, I was going to say, it's not bad. We have that cool, like, mist fog sitting right over the Kinect River. And the mountains are peeking out and the sun's trying to peek out behind them. It's actually really nice. That was the picture I sent you with all the mists going across there and the bridges and stuff. I love that section.
I sent you the reversed image of that. Yours was beautiful because yours was all sunshine, couldn't even hardly see the mist. It was just like, all right, we see things from different perspectives. It looks really cool. It looks really cool. It's actually quite chilly, though. Kenai's checking in at 35. Big Lake, 37. Fairbanks, 34. I was looking at Fairbanks for today. They were supposed to hit 60.
It's clear. Blue skies. It looks pretty nice. Right now I'm looking at Big Lake's temperature. Today a high in Big Lake 58. Tomorrow 60. Sunday 63. 63 is like full-on summer weather. Yeah, that's flat-out sweating weather. Yeah, I know, I know. I gotta break out the air conditioners. That's what time it is. I'm putting fanglers in the nose. I don't have the fancy of them air-fangled air conditioner thing in the nose.
Sometimes it makes the swamp cooler, otherwise I just got fans in the windows, you know. Not me. Not me. I was going to say, I don't like being hot at all. My mother and I always laugh because I go downstairs to their little apartment. Like, my mother-in-law keeps it at 73. I go down there and it's like, I know, tropical. My house, a nice, perfect 62, 63, always. You got me because I used to live in a house that had a really nice basement in it.
And I literally thought you were going to because we always escape to the basement for the cool in the wintertime. The concrete and everything was like, oh, it's cool down there. We'll go down into the basement. When you said it was hotter, I'm literally like, that defeats the purpose of a basement.
Oh, I know. Well, technically, it's not. We don't really have a basement, but when we built the house, it's two stories, so she's on the ground floor. It's not really a basement. Okay. But it's, and we have dual zones, so she can control her thermostat and stuff. I'm telling you, I go down there.
Go down there and I'm like, oh my word. I feel like I'm in Hawaii. It's so warm. I know what you mean. I go visit my mother and I immediately burst into sweat. I mean, literally, I walk in and my coat has to come off or any hoodies. And I immediately start sweating. And it's just like... Well, welcome to, you know... Menopause? It's not... Well, that's why I'm always hot. I'm just telling you. But that's... It's, it's not unusual.
As you get older, it's almost like you feel like your skin gets thinner. It's not unusual to feel colder. I know my skin has gotten skinner. My skin has gotten thinner out there just because I can't take insults near as well as I use. No, I get it. I get it. Well, I will say it's looking like it's going to be a nice day. There's very few announcements for local community government meetings today. Fridays tend to be a slower day.
I do want to remind you, though, if you live in the Matsuboro, you have until the end of the month to fill out your landfill coupon if you want a free trip to the dump. It's good for a year. All you have to do is go to their website matsugov.us and Once you get there, you'll see this big widget that says landfill coupon. Just click on it. It'll ask for your name, your address, and your email address, and then they will email you your landfill coupon. It's super easy. One per household.
You have to sign up before the end of May, and then it'll be good for you. Easy peasy. Don't forget, this is fire season. I know we've been getting a little bit of rain here, which is great. We needed it desperately. But all it takes is a couple of hot days, and then all of a sudden, here you are, back in the thick of it. So, the Mat-Su Borough has some great information on their website about being firewise, you know, what to do.
around your house, how to prepare, all of that kind of stuff. You can also go to the Division of Forestry on the state's website. If you just type in Alaska Firewise, It'll give you, into Google, it'll give you a ton of information, but I think the Matsubara has a really good website. It's right on the homepage. Just click on it where it says Firewise, click on it, and it brings you right into... All the good stuff. Remember, if you're in a first-class city like the municipality of Anchorage,
They could have different rules and they do have different rules than other parts of the state. So local governments can be more restrictive. They can never be less restrictive, but they can be more restrictive. And for example, out here in the valley, it's not unusual to see burn barrels, right? But burn barrels are actually illegal in Anchorage. You can't use them in Anchorage. So there's just little nuance differences, but the Municipality of Anchorage itself
They have a fire line. Hang on, I just gotta type it in here. And right when you go to their home page, they have a widget right on the top and it tells you what the fire danger is for the day. So if you go to muni.org Right at the very front, what I'm looking at right now, it says moderate fire danger. The municipality of Anchorage is currently experiencing moderate fire danger conditions. Open fires are currently allowed. So you can have like a little campfire, that kind of stuff.
But they do have all the, if you click on that widget, it will tell you all the rules. So it says, for example, ground-based fire, so like a little camping fire. are authorized today with the following limitations. They can't be more than three feet in diameter and no more than two feet high. Fires must be located at least 25 feet from structures, including power poles, decks, trees, brush, dry grass.
and it says you have to clear the area on the ground around it like six feet. You have to have a way to put it out. All of these things. So there's all kinds of restrictions on it. But, for example, like I said, burn barrels are not allowed in the municipality of Anchorage. They are banned.
You can't burn trash. You can't burn construction material. These things are not allowed to be burned. So everybody kind of has their different rules. But for Anchorage, they do have a burn hotline. It's 267-5020. So you have dialed 907, obviously, but 267-5020, every day you can call it, and it will tell you what the burn is. provisions are for that day. So, anyway, it's just my little PSA. You'll hear me say this a lot as the summer goes on. I am very, very focused on Firewise, Jeff.
What happens is, each summer, you see the fur start growing on her, and she's smoking the bear's, like, long-lost sister is what happens, and so she gets out there being fire-wise. All it takes is one fire to go through, and I remember the Willow Fire. That sucker was, it was... it was legit oh yeah that up there up north definitely was legit I got a question so all those things are banned the way we can't do it what about campfire
Well, you could do that. So that would be considered an open fire. And, again, it would be, or, like, you would call it, like, a ground fire. Like, it's basically a campfire. You can have that. But you have to have, you know, the area six feet around it cleared down to bare ground, right? Most of the homeless camps aren't going to be able to meet those requirements because they've just got so much around them. In fact, I've got a picture I've got to send you.
And then, of course, the municipality did make a new ordinance in the fire code or change in the fire code just the other day, I do believe. I think they introduced it, I think. Did they only introduce it? I thought they'd pass it, but okay. Well, Jared's, I think, I know there is one relating to campfires that Jared's a co-sponsor on and his first meeting was Tuesday, so I'm assuming.
Okay. I'm assuming it was for introduction. But you'll have to tell me because I haven't tracked their schedule. But him and I were just talking about it the other day. He told me he just co-sponsored one. So, you know, who knows? You can tell me. But, you know, when the fire danger is high, then they ban all campfires. They ban all outside fires. All of those types of things. I mean, you can still use your grill.
That's okay. But there's all these parameters around open fires. And so that's why I say, especially in the municipality of Anchorage, if you live in Anchorage, the rules are not the same as if you live in the Mat-Su. So if you live in the Mat-Su and you want information on Firewise, and if you need, like, burn permits, you go through the Division of Forestry. If you're in Anchorage and you need burn permits, you probably go through the Anchorage fire department.
Just a little bit of difference, but again, if you want the information and you live in the Matsu, you can go to matsugov.us. Right on their homepage, there's something that says Firewise. Just click on it. And it has all kinds of information about being prepared, how much brush and what type of things you should have around your house, how far around your house you should clear it, all that kind of stuff.
And if you live in Anchorage, you can just go to muni.org and right on the front page, right at the very top where it tells you what the fire danger is, click on it, and it brings you a whole bunch more information. As far as meetings out here, there's nothing for the city of Wasilla or the city of Palmer. Just a reminder, the city of Palmer is in the process right now. Early voting is open for their special election.
They are in the process of potentially recalling the mayor. That is what the election is all about. Should Steve Carrington be recalled? The question is yes or no. And if you want more information, you can go to PalmerAK.org. Just click on the election tab. Even on the calendar, if you see special election, early voting, just click on it and it will bring you to their landing pad for their special election.
And then early voting is through the 19th, and then the actual Election Day of Palmer is going to be the 20th. So right now you can vote early in Palmer Monday through Friday from 8 to 5. in the council chambers, which is located at 231 West Evergreen Avenue in Palmer. And then election day, of course, it's typical voting location and I think it's 7 in the morning to 8 p.m. I think is typically the voting hours. So again, for more information, just go to palmerak.org.
Alright, let's scooch on back to the Municipality of Anchorage. They're the only ones I see that have anything on their calendar for today. There is a work session for the Anchorage Assembly on 2025-56, amending Anchorage Municipal Code 12.10. to increase the amount of exemption on taxable business That'll be at 1 o'clock today, City Hall, Conference Room 155. And then at 2.10, they have a work session on AR. 2025-103 This is the Heritage Land Bank.
2025 annual work program and five-year management plan. So those are the two meetings that the Anchorage Assembly has today. If you need more information, you can go to muni.org and then click on the Assembly tab. All right, we're going to go ahead and take our first break of the morning. If you'd like to call in and be part of the show, the number is 522-0650. This is Freeform Friday, so whatever you want to talk about, that is what we will talk about.
We'll be right back. Looking at your Alaska Total Travel cameras on this beautiful Friday morning. Welcome back. I'm 622 on this. It's a glorious Friday morning. Yes, it's a tiny bit chilly outside, but it's going to be a great day. I don't see rain in the forecast. I see it, you know, upper 50s. It's going to be a great day.
You know, we could get the heat to ride, and we could just get more people to ride bicycles around Anchorage, you know, if we got, like, maybe 10,000 people riding bikes at the same time. I don't know about that. I don't know about that. I'll take the combustion engine. Let's put some more, you know, get carbon in the atmosphere. Hey, help the plants grow. I mean, honestly, trees and everybody else need that. Exactly. All right, let's go to the phones. And Ken is on. Good morning, Ken.
Hey, I've got two jokes. I just can't do one. Have you heard about the new McDonald's legislative value bill? No, I haven't. You order whatever you want and the person behind you has to pay for it. Oh, you know, I would laugh if it probably wasn't true. And you know, Ken, just to let you know, Ken. And then the coffee shop, the coffee shop in Juneau, having a drink. Yeah, what's that? And I'll pull a crappuccino.
And that actually was really funny. I was going to say, Ken, you realize that if you order online at McDonald's, you also have to pay extra tax, just so you know. Oh, that's right, yeah. And here's the disturbing part about that entire dialogue, and I got a story from the beacon I wanted to talk about if I might, but It is the ultimate gaslighting that we're subjected to here because I listen to a lot of the finance hearings and what they're doing is assuming that the general population does not
listen to or pay attention to what they're doing. Because if your own Listen to their dialogue right now. You think that we're down to bare bones and we're going to lose everything and nothing's going to be taken care of and that we're down to bare essentials that are constitutionally required and everything else. And we got to have taxes. I watched Willikowski's...
rant that he had live on. And it's just awful. It really is a communist manifesto that they're trying to spread. And it's more and more and more bigger and bigger states. And it's almost like the BSA thing. Let's just go get money and get more money. And this is the dirty part. I didn't even think about that to talk to you about on the air here.
He says, well, we get money and somebody asks him a question. And he says, well, what are you going to do for metrics that are tied to this money? And now he turns into the... great civics teacher, he says, well, they have local control over what they do. We honor that. They can do what they need to do, what they feel best need to do.
So, this is crazy town. Yeah, I was going to say, unless it comes to issues like, you know, you want to force DEI, all this crap down your throat, if they want to... If they want to force you to be indoctrinated with garbage, you know, it's unbelievable. It really is going higher.
Just 15 new administrators with that money if they chose to do so. They could do anything they want to do. Yeah, yeah. They could buy a whole bunch of rainbow flags. That's what we've been saying all along is what are we going to get for the money? You know, and that's why, you know, I have actually, in part, I will say, I kind of have been arguing the same thing that Walakowski has been arguing is,
You know, you have school districts like the Anchorage School District that is blaming the legislature saying, you know, oh, this is, oh, we're going to have to cut 300 teachers, you know, it's all your fault. Not really. The legislature appropriates a huge swath of money to them and it's up to the local school boards to decide how they appropriate that money. But, for the fact, let's not forget, Anchorage is sitting on millions and millions of dollars that they can afford
to keep every single one of those teachers they want to account for. But here, let me say the other thing. It's the other part of this whole discussion about teachers getting laid off. It's all nonsense because they're not taking into account their attrition rate. So they have hundreds of teachers, you know, they might have 150, 200 teachers almost annually that retire or move, right? And so they won't tell you that and they'll make it sound like all these people are getting fired. Not true.
So, to your point, I mean, to some degree, Wachowski is right in that there is local control and they can spend it. however they want, but also to your point, there's no accountability. No, they can do anything they want. And this is a disturbing thing I saw from the Alaska Beacon. They have five former lawmakers say they, it says, I'm going to read the tagline very quickly, former Alaska lawmakers, Leslie McGuire, Alan Osterman, Beth Kertula,
Charisse Mollett and Harry Crawford will write a commentary for the last weekend. Okay, first off, This is not somebody writing a commentary. This is a force de majeure. This is a special interest organized go grab money thing. And it's all about, they're upset because the Trump administration is crashing their renewable party that they had going on here. And they said, no, we need to have that money.
And so now, just about the whole topic, can you see now that you're being manipulated and you're having something forced down your throat? Isn't it a weird thing? Have you ever heard of five people getting together for a commentary editorial? Well, you know, I was just looking to see if I could find the editorial. Is it under maybe government and politics? Maybe it's under that tab. I'm looking for it. You know, it doesn't surprise me. Well, the names that you named all are liberal.
Sharice Millett technically is a Republican, but she works, or she did, I don't know if she still does, but she was working for one of the unions here in Anchorage. So, you know, here, look. Again, if politicians are talking generally, my dad's advice of hold on to your wallet is absolutely accurate. Well, for historical reference, if people don't understand, in a hearing the other day, they talked about, oh, this is a good thing. We've been working on this.
for 15 years when they started, I think it was SB306. And if you go look at the sponsorship letter, she's on there with Vegema. and what it says on the sponsorship ladder. This legislation was not written. It was written by the stakeholders. That's the first time I can recall seeing stakeholders mentioned because stakeholders is a filthy word. If you're a politician, you're stakeholders.
That means they're not talking about you. They're not talking about the citizen. They've got some imagined thing they brought here, like an NGO, like REAP, you know, in New Venture, Alaska, and all these people. They're not citizens. They're activists. They're paid to hire guns from a lot of money outside of Alaska. And they let...
special interest NGO right legislation, and they admitted it on the sponsorship letter. She did that. And now she's trying to tell you that we need to, that whole thing with the Green New Deal, the IRA, $1.7 trillion that was passed along completely partisan line for the Democrats. And now we've got all these supposed Republicans embracing a lot of money to be had.
Well, I'm looking at it now. I'm looking at it now. I found it here. Liesl McGuire is on there. Come on. Please. I mean, Alan Osterman, Beth Curtula, Sharice Millett, and Harry Crawford. I wouldn't say... I gotta be honest with you, I wouldn't call any of them really conservative. Not in my mind. And look what she goes on to tell people, and I watched it when it happened, and we talked about it. but for the effect of the common listener on their wallet.
They have seminars and great big things to try to teach people how to grift. We're going to get you to learn how to write these things to go get money from the rest of the country. And I don't feel comfortable with that, that you're in a base so much of what Alaska is. off the federal grift because you can have administration change and crash it all. That's a risk. Is it ethical? Is it moral? Is it the right thing to do? No. No and no.
I hear you, brother. Like, I have to tell you, you know, when you start talking about, you know, administration changes, you are spot on because we cannot be dependent on the federal government. We have to find a way to be self-reliant and we have to be able to expand our economy so the private sector can flourish because
The reality is you just can't trust politicians from D.C. You can't trust D.C. to look out for what's in Alaska's best interest. I mean, I think you're exactly right. Hey, Ken, I'm hitting my brake. Very fragile. Yeah. All right. Have a good weekend. Thanks for the call. All right. We're going to go ahead and take a quick break. If you'd like to call in and be part of the show, 5-2-2-0-6-50. Reach out to Amy now. 0650. I'm Bosky on News Radio. 637.
This glorious Friday morning. Hopefully everybody's day is off to a good start. Let's go to the phones and Roland is with us. Good morning, sir. Good morning. You know, yesterday you were talking about the unions and how we're all after the... Liberal and everything else. No, it's not the union. It's not the membership itself. It's the leadership. Oh, yeah. Well, that's what I was... I don't think I made my point very well. In the last election...
When they surveyed, I mean, there's multiple surveys out there where they show you the stats. The United Auto Workers, the union membership overwhelmingly supported Trump. Teamsters released theirs. overwhelmingly their membership supported Trump. The one here in Alaska who won't release the results of their internal polling of their members is the AFL-CIO.
And this is my point, is Alaska, in Alaska, we seem to be 10 years behind everybody else. Like, there's no question in my mind that the membership of most of these unions were very Trump. But the leadership is controlled by a bunch of lefty Democrats. And so some of them won't come out and tell you what their membership actually voted or how they voted. But we know. When you're not saying it, we know. We know.
You know, I think the school people probably are because they went to school and got brainwashed. But us working people, we know where our bread is buttered, and it ain't from the Democrats. Yeah, I got to tell you, this is what's so amazing to me, is when you start to see some of these unions, like the AFL-CIO, Suzanne Downing had a couple good articles up.
about it and some of the messaging and what they're doing. And you think about the tariffs and you think about the trade imbalance that has been for the past 40 years here with the U.S.
and how we have just been locked all over like a doormat. And Trump is coming in, and he is attempting to repatriate a lot of American jobs, bring them back to the U.S., start building things back in the U.S. shore up the steel industry, shore up the auto manufacturing industry, all of these things, how in the world could any union come out and say, this is bad, we don't want this? Oh, sorry, we don't want more jobs? I mean, it doesn't make any sense.
And so then you have to say, if it doesn't make any sense, if this is going to be good for their membership, Why are they advocating against it? Well, it's because politics is in play. I think it has, you know, and at what point I would love to see at what point. the membership actually starts to change out their leadership. Because who votes for the leadership of the unions? The membership.
And I think you see this with public safety unions too. I think public safety unions overwhelmingly tend to be conservative members. But they elect liberal leadership. And so it's always weird to me. I don't get it, really. I sure wish we could spend our money the way we want to versus what the unions, they throw their... There's money behind these crazy people. It's just unreal.
Yeah, and I think we should probably, I think you differentiated it really well, but I think I want to just kind of build on it a little. I think there's a big difference between trade unions and the NEA. I mean, I would say probably...
The NEA union, I would be surprised if a majority of their, I know there's conservative teachers out there because I talk to them a lot. I have friends that are teachers that are very conservative. So I know there are conservative teachers out there. I'm not saying there's not. I would be surprised if the majority of the members of the NEA were conservative. That would surprise me. But you never know. Maybe. I don't know. I've never been a member of the NEA.
The thing of it is, the schools, they went through college, and college is nothing but a brainwashing of people. Toe our line, you're not going to get a good grade, you know, and I had some teachers when I went. I did some college, and if you didn't go there. you know, their way, you weren't getting a good grade. Oh, yeah, no doubt. Look, I think I had a different experience simply. I mean, I had the same experience where I heard a lot of Bravo Sierra when I was in college classes.
But I pushed back, and I think the difference was I was married with two children when I decided I was going to go back to college. So I already had life experience. I had already developed. I had already been in the real world with jobs, and I had already been in the military. And so when I went back to college,
Here I'm coming in as an adult and I'm hearing nonsense from some of these instructors. And, you know, some classes, depending on the class, some class I would sit there and I would just do my work. Other times I would challenge him. I remember one history professor at UAA. standing up in front of the class telling him, basically, Republicans have never done anything good for this country. Republicans, and he just bashed Republicans for like 15 minutes. It was back when, um...
George W. Bush was running for re-election, I think it was. I'm trying to think. It was probably early 2000s. And, oh my goodness. It was, you know, and I'm sitting there and I just kind of laugh because, you know, I'm thinking, well, Okay, I can name a Republican that's done something good for the country. How about Abraham Lincoln? I'm just throwing it out there. First one that pops in my mind.
I ended up having that professor four or five times. And I actually got, I actually, it was actually, I actually even, I think he liked people who actually talked back, though. Because, you know, I ended up getting great grades in his class, but I would challenge frequently because, you know, I was an adult, but I look around in a class of, you know, 30 plus students.
And some of us are just like making side eyes at each other. You know, the military guy that just got off work who's sitting next to me, him and I are looking at each other like, what in the holy tarnation are we listening to? But then you have all these wide-eyed kids that are just soaking it all in, Roland, and they're just listening every word he says like it's the gospel.
I mean, colleges are little indoctrination factories in my view. A lot of them are. Yeah. Well, I hope you have some good plans this weekend. Oh, yeah, you betcha. As a matter of fact, I might be going out to Palmer to that... Oh, the vintage market. Yeah, it's this weekend. It starts today, 2 o'clock.
It'll be going on. All right. If you see me there, make sure to say hi. All right. Talk to you later. Bye-bye. You know what I look like. That's it. We'll see you. All right. Bye-bye. All right. Bye-bye. I love Roland. He's so great. All right, let's go to Joe. Good morning, Joe. Thank you, Amy. A little Alaska history here. A lot of people probably already know this. Steve McQueen gets a DUI or a DWI in Anchorage popping wheelies on a motorcycle.
John Denver gets punched at the Chichaco bar for wearing a cowboy hat. Alaskans did not like... I didn't know that one. I knew about Steve McQueen. I did not know about John Denver. Yeah, true story. And Alaskans did not like... Texans because the oil pipeline brought up a lot of Texans up here and the adults just getting sick and tired of the accent.
You didn't want to go to a bar if you were a Texan. Because if you got caught wearing a cowboy hat, you would get punched in a bar. But here's the crux of my call. And this is a quote for Mother's Day, and I want to wish all the moms out there a happy Mother's Day. And it's Sunday, but you know, Amy, every day is Mother's Day. And this is my own quote. And listen to that quote.
In the morning at the kitchen, you can see her arrive. She stood five foot six and weighed 135, kind of narrow at the shoulder and medium at the hip. And nobody gave any lip. To my mom. Unquote. How about it, Amy? I love it. I love it. I like it. Also, can we send it to the musical Convoy C.W. McCall? Put Joe after it. That's my own quote. I was going to say, it's Monvoy. Yeah, I love it. That's a great quote. Joe, thank you for reminding us about Mother's Day, that is.
May 11th. So for those that aren't paying attention, Sunday is Mother's Day. Don't forget. Good reminder, Joe. Thank you so much for your call this morning. Don't get sunburned this weekend. No, sir. No, sir. Will not. All right. Take care. All right, we're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back. Welcome back, Current Time 651. Well, just a reminder, if you haven't got plans this weekend, or if you're thinking about something nice to do for one of the moms in your life,
You could bring them out to the Alaska Vintage Spring Market and Food Truck Fest. That's going to be at the Palmer Fairgrounds. It starts today. And it goes through Sunday. They'll have a ton of people selling all kinds of cool stuff, different types of crafts. It really, it's really fun. I've gotten multiple times over the years and it is a lot of fun. Shop some of Alaska's trendiest small businesses, upcyclers, designers, vintage collectors, and of course my favorite food trucks will be there.
This will be again Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at the Alaska State Fairgrounds in Palmer. Parking is free and kids under 12 are free. Otherwise, it's five bucks a person to get in. Friday is 2 to 7. Saturday is 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday is 10 to 4, and Sunday is actually free. on Mother's Day. So, if you don't have them,
Yeah, they have all kinds of stuff. I didn't realize they had live bands this year. That's really cool. And it says also line dancing. So for those of you who can't dance without a line, this is the perfect place. I'm kind of that way myself. Unless it's the two steps.
Well, like I said, I've been to this before. I have a couple of friends that sell at this market, and it is a lot of fun. It's pretty big, and they have lots of great stuff. I mean, I feel like I'm for sure going this weekend. I'm not sure which day I'm going. But I'm for sure going this weekend. For sure. Happening. With the weather that's going to be out there, it definitely sounds like a great pandemic. Again, if you haven't figured out what to do with mom or a gift for her,
Perfect thing to do. You take her out there, and then as you wander around, she goes, oh, that's lovely. Or I like that. You know, kind of sneak back around, pick it up, and oh, look. Just what you wanted. Perfect. See, there you go. There you go. Well, yesterday I knew it was going to happen. I was watching the Papal Conclave. I was watching the Smokestack, waiting for it to go off the whole show yesterday. I had it on.
And like 15, 20 minutes after we get off the air, of course, white smoke starts billowing from the chimney. And I'm like, of course I missed it, you know. But, you know, there you have it. We do have a new pope, and it is the first American pope in history. This is pretty exciting.
There's lots of articles. I did a lot of reading up on him yesterday. So here's what we know about the first American pope. The papal conclave, according to the Daily Caller, has elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new leader of the Catholic Church. According to the Daily Caller, it says, here's what we know. After just two votes, the College of Cardinals elected Prevost, who has taken the name Pope Leo XIV,
and is the first ever pope elected from the United States. Pope Leo succeeds Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21st. Originally from Chicago, The 69-year-old pontiff was ordained as a priest in 1982. He spent much of his time in Peru as a missionary before assuming the office of Bishop from 2015 to 2023, according to a Peruvian newspaper. Pope Francis then appointed Prevost to Prefect of the Discutary for bishops. I probably just killed that.
President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. I'm not Catholic, so clearly I'm killing all of this. In 2025, he was promoted to the Episcopal Order of the College of Cardinals. And there you have it, the new pope holds a dual citizenship in Peru. So he reportedly speaks five languages, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Italian. Portuguese is hard. That's impressive. Prior to his priesthood, Prevost attended Villanova University.
to study mathematics. He later received a Master of Divinity from the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. Popolio XIV is the first Augustian, how do I say that? I can't say that word. Augustian. That's the word I'm trying to say. A friar elected to the papacy. So it says in 1984, he got his doctorate degree in law from the Pontifical College of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome.
He's very learned. Oh, very, very. He's kind of like you, Amy. He gathers all the information and degrees he can. And I hear that he backs the blue also. Yeah, well, I was going to say he's definitely, in my view, more conservative than France was. So it's interesting. Turning Point. Did you see Turning Point's post yesterday? Charlie Kirk had a post up.
on Turning Point, and it said, Scoop, our Turning Point action team pulled the voting history of Pope Leo XIV. He's a registered Republican who has voted in Republican primaries when not Our data shows he's a strong Republican and he's pro-life. I knew he was going to back the blue also because he chose the name The papal jokes start. All right, we're going to go ahead and take a quick break. We are anticipating a call from one of our gubernatorial candidates this morning.
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All right, let's go to the phones. And Dr. Farr is with us. Good morning, Dr. Farr. Hey, good morning. So thanks. I'm really getting a lot of good information from your show. I agree with what Nick Baggage is doing. I'm really proud of him for sticking up for Alaska because we still don't have our lands either that we were promised to stay fit. Yep, that's right. So anyway, with regard to the legislature, people need to support SB 121, the 76th percentile rule, because basically once the...
Governor dropped the 80th percentile roll. Insurance companies are not paying us anymore. So a lot of patients are having to pay the entire bill out of pocket even when they have quote-unquote out-of-network doctors. that the insurance is supposed to pay for. And so people can actually file insurance complaints with the Alaska Division of Insurance.
And I think it's very important that we do this because right now they're totally oblivious to the negative impact it's having on practices here in the state. So anyway, they can file again with the Division of Insurance complaints because of the drop of the 80th percentile rule and then write to their legislatures asking for support of SB 121. There's also a Senate Bill 83. We need to support SamePay for telehealth because...
The insurance companies have been cutting our rates every year since 2010, and it's gotten to the point where a lot of us in private practice are no longer going to be able to stay in practice because they've cut us back so much. And so, you know, we need to get that reversed. So what this does is right now, You have the same overhead when you do a telehealth or when you see somebody in person in an office setting like mine.
And what they want to do is during COVID, we were paid at the same rate. They cut back that rate dramatically. And we want to get it reinstated so we can at least cover our office costs and stuff. SB 83 is also very important because I've got a lot of elderly patients that don't want to come into the office or people that are in the bush that want to be seen by telehealth.
And without this necessary service, especially with bad rows and stuff like that, they're not going to get the health care they need. So, you know, I think this is a very important bill for Alaska. And that one's SB 83. Yeah, SB 83. And then... Another thing that I think is kind of interesting that's going on is this renaming of all these different things. So now instead of the Persian Gulf, it's the Arabian Gulf.
And I guess there's just been a lot of nasty names called for President Trump in Iran. So it's kind of interesting the way that he is doing all of these things that are... the art of the deal, I guess, to bring them to the table. He did admit the COVID-19 lab leak at a press conference. I thought that was interesting, and there is going to be a revised vaccine schedule hopefully coming out later this fall, maybe in September.
because they're really looking into the autism, ADHD problem to see whether it's food or vaccines or combinations of vaccines. So I'm actually really looking forward to that because I do think that it needs to be revised because there's almost too many vaccines being too close together now, although I do think vaccines are important. So that's an exciting thing that's coming up, too.
We are doing fascial distortion model in our practice, treating long COVID and turbo cancer. So if people want appointments, They can call my office at 562-4045 and get appointments, and we are an Aetna-preferred provider. And yes, we are taking new patients. So I think that's really important for people to know, is there are some good studies, and I am getting some good results.
when using the ivermectinibendazole and other things in conjunction with, you know, the surgeons or the chemo or the radiation therapy that cancer patients are undergoing. And there's a lot of good studies that are coming out. supporting that now, and they're two of the world's safest medications. And then the wellness company, Dr. McCullough.
is actually selling those in combination that people can get. And then there's several compounding pharmacies that are now going to be selling those products too. we'll have a much more reliable source than people just having to go on the Internet and get them. You know, Dr. Farr, you just mentioned the wellness company and Dr. McCullough, and I had a request from a listener. who asks specifically, when Dr. Farr calls in, can you please ask her? They see a lot of advertisements for...
for, you know, preparedness, emergency preparedness cases that have different types of antibiotics and stuff like that in them. And I knew, I have seen the wellness company advertise them and I've seen another company called Jace. advertise these types of kits and the question I received is can you ask Dr. Farr if those cases are worth it should we should we have some sort of emergency medical you know case with different types of antibiotics and medicines in it
And how are they worth it? I think it's a really good idea. And what you do is fill out forms, and these guys, they do have telehealth licenses in all the different states. You have to, you know, because they want to make sure they're not shipping something that you're allergic to. But anyway, I think they're a really good idea. And some of them are reasonably priced.
But a lot of times you can ask your physician, too, and they can write prescriptions when you're in for your annual exam or other visits. to write you some emergency medicines too. And that's what we did frequently during COVID. We couldn't do it with Paxlovid because you have to have a positive test. before they dispensed that medication and that medication was not nearly as effective
You know, it's the ivermectin, Z-Pak, doxycycline, hydroxychloroquine. I mean, multiple other medicines and supplements. And just keeping people's vitamin D level helps turn high. you know, the rate of infection way down. So I always encourage people to have backup meds at home, especially now with the potential for the volcano going out. Make sure that they have the Albuterol inhalers and stuff at home too. So I think that's really, really important.
Yeah, that makes a lot of... That's what I thought you were going to say, and I said I've always thought it's a good idea to have those types of things. You never know, because... When an emergency happens and you need it, everybody's going to rush the pharmacy at the same time. So it's kind of like having a back stock of food, right? You should always have rice and beans and water and all of those things. I mean, I think an emergency medical kit.
is a smart idea to make sure that you're prepared because you don't want to wait until an emergency to think about it. You want it already to be there. I agree 100%. And, you know, having things like thermometers, oximeters, blood pressure cups. I'm actually encouraging a lot of people that are having palpitations
and other things to make sure that they have the Apple Watch. And the Apple Watch has a really nice feature on it where if you're elderly and you fall, it will ask you if you're okay. And if you don't respond, it will actually call 911. So it's a really nice safety feature for a lot of our elderly patients. There may be other watches that have it on, too. But anyway, that has saved many lives. And so I really think that that's a very important thing, too, nowadays.
Oh, fantastic. Well, Dr. Farr, as always, it's always educational when you call in. We appreciate it very much. And can you get out your phone number one more time so if people are looking for maybe a second opinion or if they're looking for a physician, they know where to call? Yeah, it's 907-562. 40-45, and it's Alaska Family Medical Care.
Perfect. Dr. Parr, thank you so much for your call. I appreciate it. Okay. All right. Thanks. Bye-bye. All right. We're going to take a quick break. If you'd like to call in, be part of the show, the number here is 522-0650. We'll be right back. I'm local and always Welcome back. Current time is 719. I don't know if you caught it, Daryl. Your favorite show, The View, had Joe and Joe Biden on yesterday. Did you see it?
Oh, yeah, I did. I mean, Joe, look, he was rested. He was able to say some sentences, but there was still... And at one point, when he was asked a question... Joe Biden jumped in and answered it for him. Oh, yeah, Joe. I gotta be honest. I'm just gonna say it. Like, in no world, in no world number one, would my husband have to sit next to me when I'm doing an interview and
Lord help him if he answered for me. I would never do that to him. He would never do that to me. To me, when I saw Joe Biden do that, I just thought... Yeah, look, and there was some sentence, I mean, just the way he talks, I'm like, some of the words, I couldn't even make them out. I was like, what?
What is... I don't know what that is. And they jumped on some of the other hosts, you know, the co-hosts, because they started asking pertinent questions. Yeah. And Jill Biden, boy, she came out with knives to flail and, like I said, it was quite humorous. But again... You don't, if you're the president, ex-president of the United States, you go... Why is your wife speaking for you? Exactly. Why is she holding your hand? I mean, this is... I gotta tell you, having her sitting next to him...
During this interview made him look weak and made him look like he needed a babysitter Validated everything everybody thought elder care when when he's asked a question And there's like a pause and he's not answering. And Jill jumps in and answers the question. I think you just made our point. You know, one of the greatest things in that whole interview was, is one of them asked them, you know, well, gosh,
You know, Joe Biden, did he really do that much work or something along those lines? And Joe is like, oh, my God. I would go to bed and Joe would. He would still be up and he'd be studying this and taking phone calls from first thing in the morning to late at night. Joe, I'm sorry, we know he at 10 a.m. would finally get in there. You're lying.
Yeah, he had to take his afternoon nap. He was done by four. He would start to have a meeting with somebody. He'd get too tired, and he'd go sit out by the pool. I mean, come on! Like, she's talking, and I was like, oh, she's lying. Like, look, again, lying, lying, lying. Oh, my gosh. He's attempting to... We should call her Leo Biden. We should change her name so she's not Jill. She's Leo Biden, because that's a lion's name. Well, I'll tell you she's...
Full of Bravo Sierra, that's what I'll say. All right, let's go to the phones. Larry is with us. Good morning, sir. Hey, Amy. I just wanted to relate a quick story. There was this little boy. With his dad, they went to the zoo and they were having a great time and they went and looked at the lions. And then all of a sudden, the boy had a concerned look on his face.
And the dad said, Son, what's the matter? You look worried? And the little boy said, If one of the lions escapes and eats you, what bus number do I take home? Smart kid. Anyway, I wanted to say that I appreciate when Dr. Farr calls in and I was thinking about buying some of those extra medications for emergencies. And I also wanted to... Joe called in the last hour, and I liked his poem, and I liked his comments back in the 60s and 70s. It's like I grew up in the 60s and 70s, and...
It's like, you didn't wear cowboy hats up here, and everybody wasn't playing banjos and all this bluegrass music, and I like that music fine and stuff, but it wasn't like... We're not an extension of Texas or Alabama or Tennessee. I mean, people were Alaskans and they still are. And I know some tough Alaskans that wear cowboy hats, but I just... I thought it was funny his comment down there. Some of the crazy stuff that happened there. some of those old stars.
when they came up to Alaska. Very funny stuff. So Larry, I thought it was just real hilarious when you're talking in there. He was talking about the Texans. You know who he left out? And they actually were the one group that was almost fully accepted was the Oklahomans.
Okay, the guys that came up from Oklahoma, they have that really weird draw that went with and they didn't get lumped in with the Texans, so I knew a lot of Oklahomans that got along just fine because none of them wore cowboy hats, but yeah. Yeah, it's so funny. The times change, but when we start grouping ourselves into, you know, groups of people, we succumb to being doing what the uh you know democrats do with the or this type of person so you gotta vote this way so
I try to not do that, but Joe's comments were quite funny. Anyway, great show. Have a good weekend. Thank you. Thank you, Larry. Have a great weekend. I appreciate the call this morning. Hey, Daryl, I had to search. You know, I don't have any Pope jokes for you. But I will tell you, I did find one. Okay, so, how do you have a party in space? I don't know. You plan it. Oh man, I was going to say you asked Elon Musk was going to be my one, but I laughed. I like that you plan it.
Okay, I've got a really bad one for you here. Okay, okay, okay. Okay, go. Why does the room always smell better after the Pope enters? Why? Because he brings potpourri with him. So bad. So bad. You know, we don't get out much and it clearly shows. It clearly shows. Well, you know, let's switch it back to Alaska topics a little bit. We are anticipating in this hour, I'm guessing it's going to be at the bottom of the hour,
A phone call from one of our gubernatorial candidates said that they reached out to me yesterday, said that they would be calling in today. So we're looking forward to the phone call. But, you know, the big question right now in Juneau is, will he or will he not veto HB 57? The governor is making the rounds. He was a teacher for many, many years in rural Alaska.
He was a superintendent. He served on the school board. Then he served in the state senate, all before he became governor. The guy knows a little bit about education. And the governor has been making his rounds meeting with superintendents, and he is saying flat out, if they don't pass my policy changes to improve educational outcomes, I will veto HB 57. So, that's where we're at. The governor must, no, it's Alaska Public Media has the article out.
It says, Governor Mike Dunleavy is once again threatening to veto a compromise bill legislators hammered out to boost funding for the state's public schools. and make a variety of policy changes. Okay, here's the truth. It's a spending bill with no accountability. Period. Anybody says anything else to you, they're gaslighting you. I know, even there's some Republicans out there putting out their little flyers saying, oh no, there's all these policy changes.
They're policy changes with no accountability. They're policy changes with no funding. So I don't know what to tell you. They're not actually substantive policy changes. When your policy says they may do this, it doesn't mean they have to. May? It's a key word. And we were shown this just a... couple of months
of months ago, it's key words. It's a may, not a shall. And if it's a may, you know what? They may, they may not. And we have faith in our local independent school districts, and we know they'll make right decisions for them. No, they won't. I mean, some of them will. The Mat-Su, I've got to tell you, the Mat-Su School Board, they are killing it. They are crushing it. They are doing a sensational job. They are, you know, I'm looking, I am a huge fan of the variety in the Mat-Su.
the involvement of the parents and the decisions of what their kids can learn, how they learn. The career technical education programs out here, look, the MATSU, their test scores are absolutely improving. So you have to look at those school districts and say, what are they doing? And can we do more of that? I'm telling you, the MATSU has become the leader in the state of Alaska. It is sensational what they're doing out here. So it's very exciting to see. Dunleavy has said that he is expecting
that his legislation gets heard and we actually have changes to policy that are going to be fruitful and actually produce better educational outcomes for kids. Without that, He is not interested in just throwing more money at the problem. So, here we go again. Now, will the legislature veto? Will they override his veto of HB 57 if he doesn't? Maybe.
But then you know what he's going to turn around and do. Big red pen. Exactly. He's going to pull out the big red pen, and when the budget comes across his desk, he's going to reduce it by line item veto, which is exactly what he should do, 100%. I totally agree that the governor should veto HB 57. And, you know, I'm just going to say it. And SB 113. This is just, yeah, and SB 113. And just look, here's the thing. When we're talking about education,
This, what we've seen this year, is laziness on behalf of legislators. That's right. Every single one of you that voted for HB 57, lazy. Instead of sitting down with the governor and saying, let's make a fruitful discussion, this was crammed down our throats by a bunch of Democrats that want to increase spending and a bunch of Republicans who didn't have the stomach to stand up to them.
So, I don't know. I'm just, I'm not a fan of throwing more money, good money after bad results. I'm a fan of accountability and responsible spending. And I know all of my words sometimes can sting. They can be a little harsh. I'm not meaning to be mean to you guys. But what I am saying is the average voter is sitting behind the radio right now saying, absolutely, this makes sense.
If we're going to spend money, if you're taking money out of my PFD, because that's exactly where you're taking the money from, if you're taking money out of my $3,800 PFD and you're cutting it down to $1,000, You're going to have one heck of an education system that's going to be like gold standard. All these kids coming out are ready for MIT. I'm just saying. You better be ready. They better be ready to work.
They better be ready to go into a trade. They better be ready to go into a meaningful college education program. And I'm not talking about gender studies. I mean, we're actually saying kids should be able to read, write, and do arithmetic. by the time they graduate high school. If they can't do that, you fail. So I will just say, I think the vast majority of Alaskans agree.
That way you can't just throw money at a problem and expect no results for it. If you're going to increase this level of spending, I want to see meaningful, meaningful, meaningful results. Along the lines of that, so we keep hearing that, you know, well, Don Levy didn't give us a decent budget and all this kind of stuff.
When you send me a bill that says $1,400 BSA increase with no attachments to it, anything, just we're going to give them that money, and I've already told you that that will never fly. So you send that to me. You've literally told me you don't care what I have to say. I nix that out. You pick another bill that has something possibly good in it related to schools.
And you stuff everything back into this one. But then you add the platitudes. Well, look, we added your line here, your line here, your line there. But they're all Mays. So it doesn't... actually do anything. That's like me walking up and telling somebody, I may take you to the dance on Friday night. Oh, I may not, you know. Well, this is exactly the point. It's like, if you think about the policy changes that they're actually advocating for, that they say are in this bill.
What is it actually going to do if somebody can apply for all year long to become a charter school? If you can have basically, you know, anytime or you have open enrollment anytime through the year, so you can apply. But it doesn't change the fact, like with charter school authorizers, it doesn't give new charter school authorizers
It just says you can submit your application anytime during the year. That doesn't change the outcome. At all. So you can apply anytime and they can refuse you anytime. Exactly. So I go back to... What are the actual policies that we see in this bill that are going to improve fourth grade reading? Now they'll say there's grants in there. Oh, when educational outcomes improve, When they improve, or if the kids are reading on grade level, then you'll get another $400 per child, K through 6.
So we're going to give you a bonus for doing your job. Like, I'm sorry, but the carrot hasn't been working. I think it's time for the stick. At this point, if you're not If a certain percentage of your students are not reading at grade level, I think you should lose funding. Well, and this whole program is read by three, so the whole goal of this is if a student is not reading at grade level by third grade,
they are going to have serious problems learning in the future. But why have we incentivized fourth, fifth, and sixth grade? If we're incentivizing And they've already We've already passed these things. Throwing money. Why are we throwing money? Look, they should be doing their job anyway. So now we're going to give them a bonus for actually getting kids.
to do their job and read on grade. I don't know. I don't know. I just, I have a hard time with this bill. I hope the governor does veto it because I think it'll force the legislature to do what they should have done from the beginning is actually sit down and talk to the governor.
and have a conversation about what he believes is really important about education to put it in the bill. Because, again, he has more educational experience in the legislature than probably anybody in the legislature right now. If you look at his resume... He has more experience than any of them when it comes to education, but he's the one guy they're not talking to. Unbelievable. And it's all Bush education.
Yeah, exactly. I think it's valuable. All right, let's take a quick break. We'll be right back. Amy Demboski. Welcome back. Current time, 742. Well, it is that season. It is... Look, as the legislative session winds down, we're going to start shifting gears because one of the most important decisions Alaskan voters are going to make is who is the next governor of the state of Alaska. We have a couple people who have declared
But we will start to have conversations with those people. And joining the show now is the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Alaska, Lieutenant Governor Nancy Dahlstrom. Good morning, ma'am. Good morning, Amy. How are you? I am fantastic, I will tell you. I don't want to say I was surprised. I wasn't really. You are currently the Lieutenant Governor of Alaska, so it would be really rational to say
It's time for me to take the next step. And that's exactly what you've done. You've now declared your candidacy for governor of the state of Alaska. Well, you know, I love this state, and I've been willing to show that by giving back in service to the state. And I... I would be honored if people felt that I could serve them in this manner.
And I'm willing to do that. And so I thought, you know what? I'm going to put myself out here again. I'm going to show people what I can do and what I have to offer. You know, we'll go from there. We have such a great state, so many good things going on. We also have so many challenges right now and critical things. We have some really tough decisions that have to be made.
And, you know, the only way we're going to get those decisions made is when we can bring people together and get some consensus and solve these problems and move forward. that even people that argue all day long together, if you really get down to what's in their heart, they really want to leave this place better for their kids and grandkids. than it was for us, and we can do that. We can do that. We just have to make some tough decisions right now.
You know, I think back to the time when you were in the legislature And I know there was a discussion for a constitutional amendment relating to a pro-life issue. And I remember not one Democrat got up and actually spoke against it. They may not have agreed with you, but you do command a lot of respect from both sides. And that is something that not every person who has served in public office can do or does do.
So I think when you talk about the ability to actually get people who disagree in a room and make a decision, I think you're one of those people that has the ability to at least talk to each side and see if you can find a path forward.
Let's talk a little bit about about your desire to run if people are just tuning in you know the lieutenant governor is one of those positions where it's very important but you don't necessarily a lot of people don't know you very well you know they'll say who is this person Can you tell listeners, like,
Who is Nancy Dahlstrom? What do you believe? What do you believe? If they start to look at you as a viable candidate and say, hey, this is somebody I want to get behind, they want to get to know you a little bit. So tell us just a little bit about... what they can expect when it comes to you, your beliefs, your policies, those type of things. Right. Well, you know, it is interesting because as Lieutenant Governor, you, especially when you run as a ticket, which happened this last time,
That's one of the changes that Ranked Choice Voting made is that Lieutenant Governor and Governor do not run independently. Now we run as a ticket.
You know, my job, on top of things that are assigned to this office, my job is to... support the governor in any way that he asked me to be involved and so therefore I have had the opportunity to help work with legislators on helping to get points across on maybe what he is trying to accomplish, maybe helping to resolve and bring down the temperature in the room a little bit so people can talk.
But, you know, I'm a pretty independent person that came to Alaska when I was 18. I came here on a vacation and for two weeks with a girlfriend. and said, you know what, I like it. And she liked it, and we decided to stay for the summer. And then we said, you know what, we really, really like it. We're going to live here. Well, here I am. I'm still here. Raised my family here. She was here until just about five years ago. Her husband passed away and she...
moved out to be closer to her kids. But this is home. It's my chosen home. And I've always loved everything that Alaska has to offer. And I like the way people think in Alaska. Very independent. but yet very willing to help others and not needing to have attention.
for it. And I think that that's a great quality. But I've always, you know, I'm very big on our Second Amendment rights. I'm big on, you know, people being able to stand up for what they believe and do it in a way that doesn't impinge on other people.
I'm pretty law and order. I mean, I say pretty. I'm very much for law and order. I'm also very much for looking at what improvements can be made in our prison system so that when people come out, they're better, and we don't just have a worse problem coming out. And I think that there have been a lot of changes made in the last few years, and I think that's an area we can continue to grow.
I think it's pretty sad that in our state we spend more in the prison system than we do in pretty much everything. And it's going to take a concerted effort with a lot of people coming together with the court.
everybody that runs the prisons with legislators, lawmakers, we're going to have to come up with some different solutions for things because In my opinion, we just have way, way, way too many people that we're funding, and it's almost a lifestyle for some to be in prison their whole life, and we really do need to look at that.
It is. That is a sad thing. We're talking with Lieutenant Governor Nancy Dahlstrom. She has declared her candidacy to run for governor. We need to take a quick break, but when we come back... We're going to ask her about a couple of her big policy initiatives. What is it she wants to accomplish if she gets to be governor? That'll be the next question. We'll be right back. This report is sponsored by Compassion International.
Welcome back. We're talking with Lieutenant Governor Nancy Dahlstrom, who has declared her intent to run for governor of the state of Alaska. The gubernatorial race is going to be 2026. So the race is on, as they say. Lieutenant Governor Dahlstrom, as you think about... your race for governor, your platform, what are the major ideas that you want to focus on should you become governor of the state of Alaska?
Well, right now, I mean, I believe everybody's aware our state budget, our financial situation is critical. It's bad. It's really bad. And for years, I mean, for the last 20 years, people have been saying, we don't have money this year. I'm not kidding. We don't have money this year. And we need to... get that in control. We need to fund the things that the Constitution commands us to.
And we need to look at everything else as an extra and really ask the question, even though this is a fantastic program, is it the state's responsibility? to pay for this program. We've been blessed over the years with all this oil money that kept coming in and coming in and coming in. And I think that we're going to get back to that way of living in a few years, but it's going to get worse before it gets better. and we have got to get our budget in control. You know, I love that.
I love that you say that because, you know, here's the thing. If we just look at how we take in more money versus our actual expenses, I think we're missing half of the conversation. I think the other question people are asking, we didn't say it on the show, but I'll just say it. I know you're a registered Republican.
I would like to know how you see yourself working with the Trump administration, because that's one of Alaskans' big fears. We have this great opportunity at the federal level. Our next governor... What is that relationship going to look like, and will it be beneficial to Alaskans? Well, I believe that the relationship with Trump and myself will be very beneficial for Alaskans. I have had support from him in the past.
He knows I care very, very much and I'm willing to put myself out there for the state of Alaska. I will have no hesitation to ask him for his assistance. to ask him to continue to allow us to move forward. I'm so grateful that we were the only state that had our own executive order on day one, allowing us to start opening up our lands and unleashing the resources that the previous. administration tied up. I mean, they wanted to shut us down. They literally wanted to shut our state down.
And it's not happening. We didn't let it happen with them. And Trump is allowing us to continue to move forward. Now we need to do our part. We've got to get all of our players and everything together on this end. But working with President Trump will be a good situation, and I know that that will benefit Alaskans. You know, as much as he cares about the economy of the United States, the economy here in Alaska.
critical to me because without a good strong economy you don't have good quality people that want to live here and raise their families here. And that's what we want here. And, you know, right along with that is education, which, again, that's forefront with what's happening in Juneau right now. I think I'm confident. In fact, I know that the governor... knows that it takes money to fund education, but you can't just throw money at nothing. We have to have policies. We have to demand results.
we have to be able to see that our money is going to good use. And if not, we need to spend it another way and make, you know, big changes. On one hand, it's so simple. If kids are graduating and they don't have these basic skills, so many people have failed. but it all comes back to the school system. I think parents need to step up and be more responsible. That's my personal philosophy. As a parent myself, I knew that it wasn't just all on the teachers. I had a responsibility.
But there is a group now that expects that teachers should be everything and anything to their child and basically take care of everything. And I don't agree with that. It's parents' rights. and the school is there to teach basic education. Public safety is something that will continue to be critical of importance to me. It always has been. you know, I'm, again, second right, second amendment right, but I Lieutenant Governors.
I think there's a lot of people that are hearing what you're saying, and they're saying, that makes sense to me. That makes a lot of sense to me. Unfortunately, we're here in the top of the hour, which is the end of the show, but this is the first, I'm sure, of many conversations about what politics you would like to see if you become governor. Thank you so much Governor for calling in this morning.
Thank you. We'll talk again. Thanks, Amy. All right. That's Lieutenant Governor Nancy Dahlstrom. She is a declared candidate for governor of the state of Alaska. We will have many, many more conversations with her as this election cycle kicks off. and as we go through the next year. So don't worry. We will get to lots more topics. That does it for Daryl and I today. We hope everybody has a wonderful weekend. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there.