That was diagnosed Louisiana. On to jailbreak history of the state. News Radio 6. Good morning on this beautiful Tuesday morning. A little overcast. We're expecting a tiny bit of rain. But you know what? It's a great day. Why? Because Donald Trump's our president. I'm just saying. You know, 47 is still there. Very happy about that. We're winning all over the place.
Yesterday job approval ratings for Trump actually came out and his job approval ratings have gone up since his Middle East tour. 55% of all Americans now are saying he is doing a good job. Yep. Solid. Solid. You know, Tampon's him is so crazy. You know? So crazy. You know, it's funny, Daryl, because I watch all kinds of news, and
Sometimes I do it with a cringe. Like, I have a hard time with a view. Daryl has to do that for me because I just can't. Like, that level is stupid. It's too hard for my brain to comprehend. It's something compounded with so many levels of stupid in the same room. That's what it is. Yes. So painful. But, you know, I watch Tim Walls, and I'm like, you know, he's just...
He's an idiot, to be honest. He's not a very smart man. And he just regurgitates talking points, and it sounds like to me it's just for shock value. Well, the thing about Tim Walz is you get exactly what you see. I mean, there's no strings attached. He's just, he's just Tim Walz. He's, he's an idiot. IDIOT!
Well, I will say, today is going to be an interesting show. You know, Daryl, I've got to be honest with you. I'm doing my best to wake up. I mean, I'm working on, like, three hours at most of sleep i just i i couldn't stop myself last night i had issues with my audio and so I just kept doing these audio clips, and I had to keep re-recording them to get the audio to work, and finally it was a very simple fix. What people don't understand is if she sends me video without audio,
You guys get a lot of silence and I watch a video in here like a silent movie. So, I mean, it really doesn't work for radio. We must have that audio in there. It doesn't. It doesn't. I was going to say, yeah, it's important on radio to have the audio portion. So I was messing with that, messing with that, messing with that. But I will tell you, I was a little spicy last night. I mean, I got off work pretty late.
And so by the time I get home to do my show prep and my phone, I got to be honest with you, yesterday yesterday late afternoon my phone started going lots of people texting me hey did you see this and I'm like you know I like I had to get home to actually you know start looking into it And last night, man, the longer it went on, the madder and madder I was getting. And I'm like, oh boy. Oh boy.
Like, Spicy Amy's gonna come out. It's gonna happen. I was trying to find a way to extend the show till 9.30 this morning, you know, just so we can have a little bit of fun. It's gonna happen. I put a Facebook post up last night, and... I, uh, I invited any legislator who wants to defend their veto override of HB 57 on the show, of course I said I'd be respectful. But I would love to hear their opinion if they dare to call in. Challenge and throne.
But, and I ended the post, though. Tonight I'll pray for peace, but I'm not sure it'll work. Was that doe skin? Those were really beautiful. Those gloves you just threw out there. Those were beautiful. I'm telling you. Let's see. Let's see. I've had legislators before that were going to call in to justify their position only to, uh, only to... to bail and send a surrogate. It didn't work out so well that time. But, you know, look, and I will start the show by saying this.
I may be this only female that actually likes Rabian. I actually genuinely like Rabian. I do. I can't help myself. I like the guy. I really do like him. But it doesn't mean we can't disagree. And look, here's the thing. If you know me, if you're friends with me, you know when I disagree with you, I have no problem throwing trash talk your way. Zero. Zero problem. I'm very competitive. And, look, I can take it. You know, I have fixed skin, but boy, can I dish it out.
I was going to say, those overalls look really good on you today. I almost thought you were wearing the garbage uniform that Trump had on during campaign. I don't know. It's about trash talking, you know? I'm feeling more WWE. Is it WWE or WWF? You know, there's been so many of them, you could use just about any combination with a W in it, and you'd have one of them. I'm telling you. I'm feeling a little like Hulk Hogan today. I'm thinking WWE Raw. Yeah, that's it, that's it.
Oh, well, anyways, as we get started today, let's go through our typical roundout, because, you know, for me, the reason I do the show is so it's a community show, so you know what's going on in your communities. I think it's really important that we cover local governments. as well as the state and federal things that are going on that impact your lives.
So we'll start with our public announcements as we typically do. Today in the Mat-Su borough, there is a special assembly meeting. It's regarding the annual evaluation of the manager, Mike Brown, who I'm a big fan of. That's going to be at 4 p.m. today at the Matthewboro Assembly Chambers. Then at 6 p.m. they have a regular assembly meeting. Typically, when they do a personnel review, just so you know, they typically go into executive session.
and then they'll do it in there. But anyways, it starts at 4, and then the regular assembly meeting is at 6 p.m. If you need the agenda, for the regular meeting, just go to matzugov.us. I want to remind you, if you live in the Mat-Su borough, You have until the end of the month to get your free dump coupon. All you have to do is go to matsugov.us. There's a tab that says landfill coupon. Click on it.
It'll ask you your name, your address, and your email address, and then they'll email you a coupon, one coupon for household. Once you get it, it's good for a year. So you don't have a specific day. You have to use it. But it'll be good for a year. And it'll give you one coupon for one dump load. There you go. And as Daryl likes to remind us, don't forget to cover your load. It's majorly important because they still hit you with buys, even if you got that cupid.
All right, so let's move on to the city of Wasilla. There's no meeting today, but they do have a council meeting, a special meeting tomorrow. May 21st from 6 to 9 p.m. If you'd like the agenda, if you want more information, just go to cityofwesilla.gov. Today is Election Day in Palmer. This is a special election. The question before Palmer voters... Shall Mayor Steve Carrington be recalled? It's either a yes or no question.
There's a couple polling locations. You can vote district precinct. It's 25-320 votes at the Matzuborough building in the assembly chambers. Matu School or 25-325 votes at the Matu Borough School District Building. So either at the Borough Building or School District Building. Again, if you have questions, You can call the clerk's office. Or, you know, you can go to palmerak.org. And when you see the little tab that says election, just click it through.
and it'll bring you to a home landing page that has all kinds of information about how to vote, polling locations. You can see a sample ballot. There's two statements on the ballot. One statement that's pro for recall, and one statement from the mayor that's pro for recall. That's obviously not pro-recall. So that's it for the City of Palmer. For the City of Anchorage, the Geotechnical Advisory Commission meeting that was scheduled for today has been canceled.
There is a regular assembly meeting tonight that's going to kick off at 5 o'clock. followed by all the items for public hearing. So remember, anything that the assembly is going to take action on that has public hearing attached to it starts at 6 o'clock.
So that is going on today. If you'd like the Anchorage Assembly's agenda, just go to muni.org, click on the Assembly tab, and it brings you to their home landing page. From there, you should be able to find it. As far as the Kenai Peninsula Borough goes, they also have an Assembly meeting today that's publicly noticed. from 6 to 8 p.m.
It'll be at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Admin Building, 144 North Binkley Street in Saldotna. Again, if you want their agenda, just go to kpb.us. That stands for Kenai Peninsula Borough. So, kpb.us. We're going to sneak on over to the cityofcell.net. I did not see anything in Kenai today. So, we're just going to skip on over to the cityofcell.net. Today for Tuesday, May 20th, there is a city council work session that's going to be happening today starting at 3 p.m. in the council chambers.
Again, if you need more information, just go to soldotna.org and you'll be able to find it there. I'm looking at it right now. It does look like they also have a link where you can watch it online. But again, just go to the website and click through to the agenda. And you'll be able to find the link. So you can watch it online as well if you'd like to do that. And again, that's just saw.net.org. And last but not least, our friends down in Homer.
Don't have anything for today, but they do have a planning commission regular meeting tomorrow. So if you'd like to see the agenda for that, just go to cityofhomer-ak.gov, and that'll bring you in to the City of Homer's website. Just look to the right on the calendar when you click it. It brings you to a landing page for each meeting that you click on. It's really, really easy to use. And that really does it for our public announcements for today.
We're going to go ahead and take our first break of the day. If you have an announcement or something fun that you know that's going on that you want people to know about, we're always happy to plug it. All you have to do is give us a call, 522-0650. We'll be right back. Looking at the Alaska total traffic cameras on this Tuesday morning. Currently, the traffic is moving well inbound on the Glen Highway. No stoppages or slowdowns out there around town. Traffic's looking good also.
if you see traffic problems on the road. dot pound 250 on your cell. Say total traffic. From the Swickard Chevrolet Anchorage Traffic Studios, I'm Daryl Dean. This report is sponsored by Compassion International. Every day a child in poverty waits for a sponsor as another day of hopelessness.
There are thousands of kids who've been waiting over a year. End their weight. Sponsored afternoon and evening hours with those temperatures expected to warm into the 50s. Gusty conditions possible. For Alaska's weather source, I'm a meteorologist. 621 on this Tuesday morning. Before we get into the stories today, we're going to go to the phones and we're going to start with Terry. Good morning, Terry. Good morning.
Hey, I was listening to your radio show this morning like I try to always do, and I have one of those coupons, too. They are only worth $25. Oh, good reminder. Yeah, if you've got a bigger load than that, you better bring a little cash. Yeah, that's a really good reminder. I just glanced right over that. You are absolutely right, but you know, I gotta tell you, I've already applied for my coupon. and you know we pay enough property taxes
I can't say it's really free because I feel like I paid for it, but I do appreciate the fact that the borough puts them out, and I appreciate the fact that we can use them now throughout the year. We don't have to do it on a specific day. Yeah, I like that too. In fact, I didn't use one for a couple years because I used to mail them out. And then I saw somebody post it that you have to go online and actually apply for it now. So, yep, I've already got mine.
Oh, good. See, early bird. I got to tell you. Well, thank you for the reminder. Yeah, Terry's exactly right. that they are worth $25. So if you have a massive load that's going to be more than that, you obviously need to bring a little extra. But it's just a good reminder. You pay for it. You might as well. You might as well reap the benefit of it. Terry, thank you so much. much and have a great morning
We have the greatest listeners. Just the greatest listeners. And it's amazing. They actually pay attention at this time in the morning. I mean, I'm impressed. I know. I know. Look. I got my black rifle coffee. I pulled out the skull crusher this morning because I need it. I absolutely need it. I've already chugged almost my first cup. During the next break, I'm getting a second cup. Because, you know, not that.
I probably shouldn't do the second cup, but we're doing it because today I need the energy. We're fixing to get into it, Daryl. We're fixing to get into it. A little bit of cinnamon in that coffee. Make it spicy. There you go. There you go. All right, let's go to Randy. Good morning, sir. Good morning, Ms. Sunshine and Dale. Happy pre-Camel Day. Yes! Happy pre-Hump Day! Alright, sir, what's on your mind this morning? Well, a joke and a little, um...
political announcement. The joke is, why did Humpty Dumpty fall off the wall? Why did Humpty Dumpty fall off the wall? I don't know. He had really spiked eggnog. He had spiked eggnog. He got dizzy and squirreled up there, did he? All right, so I got to tell you, Randy, I don't know if you know what, have you ever watched Harry Potter? Do you know what Harry Potter is? Okay, okay. I'm a Harry Potter fan. It's one of those things. I had a little boy.
As he was growing up, we were at Harry Potter. We were Harry Potter fans, right? It was a mom-son bonding thing. So I'm a Harry Potter fan. Anybody who knows me knows I like Harry Potter. So I got a Harry Potter joke for you. Okay, what did Harry Potter say at the gas station? Expensive petroleum! For those that don't know Harry Potter, you're not going to get the joke. But for those that do know Harry Potter, you'll get it. If you can see the video, she did the hand motions with that also.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't get out much. What can I say? Well, um, the political announcement at the meeting at, um, that, um, Robert, um, most of the hand, Ken Hockover announced his running today, um, NEA Board Chairman. Yes, he is. Ken is going to be running for the MEA board. That's right. I love it. You hear me say it all the time, Randy. I love the fact when, look, we can sit and complain all the time, but what are we going to do? What are we going to do about it?
And Ken is very passionate. He's spent a lifetime working in the energy sector. He's very passionate about it. He knows a ton about it. So I'm very excited to see him run for the MEA board. So when that election gets closer, we will definitely be talking about it. And there's no doubt, I'm an MEA customer. I can tell you right now, I'm voting for Ken. That's happening. It is absolutely happening. I love the fact that he's willing to put his time and effort in.
to serve on that board, and I think he'll do a very good job. Okay, and he also attends the board meetings and points out different Yeah, like, look, I think he's going to do a very good job. And Bill Kendick, who's been on that board for a long time now, I think Bill's the chair of it. Isn't he the chair of the MEA board? I think he is. He's really done a good job of recruiting people and finding people to serve that have some common sense and some long-term
thinking I really like the CEO they have over there, Tony Izzo. I've had a chance over the years to get to engage with him multiple times in different capacities that I've been in. And Tony is just, man, he's just so smart. He is a wicked sharp guy. And he's just. You know, he knows energy. He knows the rail belt. He understands it. And he's really very reasonable. I'm a big fan of Tony Izzo's.
And he also responds to your mail when you do send it in, having good questions. As long as a good question and good a little bottle in there, but it's a joke. Yeah, no, I get it. I get it. No, good comments this morning. Like I said, I think this is one of the reasons, Randy, that I'm a big fan, too. Look, I remember the day when I did not know one politician.
Never met one. Never engaged with them. I didn't know anything, you know, when it came to politics. But what I did know is common sense. I knew budgeting. I knew finance. And I would watch assembly meetings all the time. And I started going to my community council meetings. That's how I actually got involved, is I just started going to community council meetings.
And then from there, I got appointed to a couple boards and commissions. I didn't know anybody. I just went online to the state's website and I applied for some. And Governor Parnell, believe it or not, they interviewed me.
He appointed me to the Judicial Conduct Commission. And then from there, I joined a Republican Women's Club, the Anchorage Republican Women's Club, actually. That was the first club that I joined. And then from there, I met a few people. And then from there, next thing you know,
I'm on the Budget Advisory Commission. Next thing you know, I'm running for assembly. And it wasn't because I really... I really wanted to be in political office, but one thing leads to another, and you realize that common sense people... aren't always so prevalent in some of these conversations when it comes to political circles.
I'm a huge fan of going to meetings because not only do you learn what's going on, but you have an opportunity to meet these people and potentially kind of redirect them with a little bit of common sense, plant some seeds of some good ideas. You know, the rest they say is history, but... But I'm a huge fan. So when we have meetings like the Valley Republican Women's Club or your district meetings, if you're a Republican, you have district meetings.
where people from your community that vote in your district get together and they talk about the issues. I think these are all good breeding grounds to help influence political policy. for the better. So I'm a huge fan of people going to meet and greets and just starting the conversation because from there you never know where it's going to lead but hopefully it leads to common sense policies.
I think it was a good meeting on Saturday. There was a lot of interesting things that were talked about. Obviously, Bernadette was the keynote speaker. But there will be a lot more like that. And I am absolutely sure the other gubernatorial candidates will have a chance to come out. And talk to Valley residents, too. And I hope people take the opportunity to listen to all of them.
Yeah, no worries. You too, sir. We'll talk to you soon. All right, well, we are hitting the bottom of the hour. We're going to go ahead and take a break. I'm going to get a second cup of coffee, and then when we come back... Hold on your britches because it's about to get a little spicy, I think. Stay with us. Anchorage police are releasing the identity of an officer who shot and killed a man during a traffic stop for a broken headlight.
The Anchorage Police Department says Officer Carter Mays killed 41-year-old Utuva Ala'ilua last week Monday. Police say officers had pulled Ala'ilua over in the 300 block of Braggaw Street when one of the officers claims to have seen a gun in Ala'ilua's lap. Mays responded by opening fire killing Ala'ilua. A woman and her dog are recovering after they were trampled by a moose.
Anchorage police say it happened Friday evening at Kincade Park where they were injured by the animal on an unpaved trail. Officers helped them to the parking lot where they were evaluated for non-life-threatening injuries. There's no word on what led the moose to trample the victims. and country superstar Dwight Yoakam will play at this year's Alaska State Fair
He's set to perform August 31st as part of the 2025 ConocoPhillips Alaska Concert Series. All concert tickets include admission to the fair. They'll go on sale this Friday at alaskastatefair.org. That's the latest. I'm John Fink. News Radio 650. K-E-N-I. Depend on it. Looking at the Alaska total traffic cameras on this Tuesday morning. Still light traffic on the Anchorage Bowl. No major stoppages out there. Rows look to be in good condition also.
If you see traffic problems on the road, dial pound 250 on your cell. Say total traffic. From the Swickard Chevrolet Anchorage Traffic Studios, I'm Daryl Dean. This report is sponsored by Compassion International. Every day a child in poverty waits for a sponsor is another day of hopelessness. There are thousands of kids who've been waiting over a year Welcome back, current time, 6.36 on this Tuesday morning. We are closing in in the closing hours.
Within 48 hours, actually, of the legislature gaveling out. They might gavel out tonight. They have to gavel out by midnight tomorrow. Any actions that they take after midnight tomorrow don't count, because guess what? They have to mandatorily gavel out. Pursuant to the Alaska Constitution, they're limited to a 120-day session. So there you have it. We will see. There's lots going on. You know, last night...
You know, I just sit there, and this has happened to me before, where at the end of the legislative session, sometimes, sometimes my mouth gets away with me. It happens. It does happen. and sometimes there's no filter. This is the reason I don't drink in public. I don't drink hardly at all. I really don't drink hardly at all, but I will just tell you this. One or two margaritas in, Amy has absolutely no filter. And so it's just not a good thing. So I'm like, eh, I just don't drink.
You know, but I can tell you it can be entertaining. You get me on the right day when I'm in a mood, no filter whatsoever. Could be fun, could be fun. No, yeah, no filter. But this is a time of year where, you know, I really think about it, and I'm like, I really shouldn't get on social media, and it's very dangerous that I have a radio show because...
I'm just going to tell you exactly what I think. And I've said this when we started this show at 6 a.m. There are people that I like that I am still critical of their actions. And you know what? I think that's called integrity, and that's called honesty. You know, so that's why people listen to the show is because they know I'm going to tell you exactly what I think.
There are times when I know a thing and I don't say it because somebody's told me something in confidence and sometimes it's just not my secret to tell, right? But there's other times where I'm like, you take a public vote. You better expect you're going to have public conversations about that vote. Pro and con.
And look, today is going to be one of those shows. I started this show by saying I actually may be one of the only females that actually really likes Zorabian. Because, I don't know, I just like the guy. I really do like him. But it's not going to change my commentary. on how I think he has fared in his first legislative session. I have wildly disagreed with him on some of the policies that he's put forward. And that is going to come out exponentially today.
But before I get to that, let's just get into some of the legislation that the Alaska legislator is considering. So, first up, before we get into the education bill... Let's talk about this new one. Suzanne has an article up on Mustardee, Alaska. House passes more entitlements for state workers.
Making the argument it's impossible to find people to work for the state of Alaska, Democrats and their allies passed a bill Monday that gives special privileges to state workers and public school teachers. that other Alaskans just don't get, House Bill 28, we haven't talked about that very much, it'd offer up to $24,000 in student loan forgiveness to former Alaskan students. who return to the state to work in government jobs.
It passed the Alaska House in spite of arguments made about fairness to other Alaskans, like police officers, health care workers, veterans, and other people in the trades. HB 28 was sponsored by Representative Andy Storey, a Democrat from Juneau. It establishes a three-year pilot program to reimburse student loan payments for individuals who work as teachers or state employees.
The program would grant up to $8,000 per year in student loan repayment for qualifying Alaskans who left the state for education or were out of state for at least a year after earning their degree. The pilot program is funded through the Higher Education Investment Fund.
a merit and need-based aid program for Alaska students pursuing post-secondary education in-state, redirecting the money from this fund to support a narrowly tailored forgiveness program has raised concerns about eroding existing more inclusive programs like the Alaska the APS it's the you know and so when we start looking at this program you have to ask yourself
How can we afford this? I mean, this is, I've got to be honest with you, I'm not a fan of education basically wiping the debt clean, forgiveness. And because I know, look, I went to a lot of college. And I paid for it myself. I did not ask other residents to pay for my education. If you want to go get a degree in gender studies and then come back and work at the state of Alaska, in any one of these departments.
I got to tell you, that's on you, brother. You should be paying for it yourself. I don't think it's fair for me, Daryl, because I choose to go to college to make you pay for my college. That's effectively what you're doing is you're making your neighbor pay for it. Why should we make the operator? Why should we make the welder? Why should we make the hairdresser? Why should we make anybody else? pay for your college when you're the one who chose to go to college and incur that debt.
I fundamentally disagree with it. I think it's a life lesson and it's a character builder. If you take out a loan, you should be responsible to pay that loan back. Well, absolutely. And the other side of that coin also is the fact that
You're literally, we're in a budget crunch, we have no money, and you're like going, you know what, not only do we want to try to give them defined benefits, and we want to give, you know what, let's give them college free also. Oh, man. Sorry. This is my, this is my point. With this, you know, this spastic legislature. They come in telling you they're broke, they're broke, they're broke, they're broke, they're broke. They have no money.
But what did they do? They passed massive spending bills. This bill, HP 28, passed the House on a vote of 23 to 17, which tells me some Republicans crossed over and voted for it. I mean, here's the thing. I expect ridiculous fiscal policy from Democrats. Frankly, I'm not sure. I go back to this. I think legislators should have to show their credit score before they go to the legislature. I believe that because why? I think most of them don't realize how to balance a dang checkbook. Number one.
But when you look at this, okay, they start the year by saying, the governor gave us an unfunded budget. The governor gave us a budget with a hole in it. Okay, look, I agree. Yes, he did. But why has Dunleavy done that? Because this is the seventh budget he's put forward. Every single time he puts forward budgets with cuts in it, what do they do? They disregard it and they spend like they're drunk. Absolutely.
You know, and so the governor year after year after year after year puts forward budget after budget after budget with recommended cuts, recommended cuts, recommended cuts. He knows the legislature doesn't know how to cut. The only thing they know how to do is spend.
And so he comes to a point where he's like, well, you know what, they're going to do what they're going to do anyways. This year, you know, no. Did he hand them off a balanced budget? No. But would it have mattered? That's my question to you. Would it have mattered? Now, do I agree that he should have given a balanced budget? Yes, I do. But can you blame the guy after seven years? There comes a point where you have to say,
See, I almost called him a bat. I'm trying not to name call today, but I don't think I'm going to succeed. I don't think I'm going to succeed, Daryl. But so you have these people who tell you on one hand, we broke. We're so broke, we have to take $2,800 out of every single one of your pockets. Oh, and on top of it, we need new revenue measures, which is code speak for taxes. And then they pass massive spending bills. HB 57, the increase to the base student allocation, massive spending bill.
Then they pass a return to defined benefits. Remember, defined benefits for public workers, the past defined benefits program, the past one, is $7 billion in the hole. With a B. And what do they do? They double down on stupid. They're like, let's go back to define benefits. And so they're passing these massive spending bills, taking money out of your pocket, passing new taxes, saying, we're so busy. Let's spend more money. I gotta be honest with you, it's indefensible at this point.
Indefensible. And then when you question them, they treat you like you're stupid. So here we have yet another spending bill. Well, I will tell you this. There are a lot of Alaskans that just are not having it anymore. And I will tell you, the grassroots efforts, you're seeing it from the Alaska Republican Women's Clubs, the grassroots efforts.
that are pushing back saying, we are done with your nonsense. See, this is where if Amy actually just had a podcast and it wasn't on the radio, you'd get the full version. We're done with your nonsense. We are going to push back. Not only are we going to push back, but we're going to actively work to get rid of you. We're going to actively work to unelect you. I will tell you.
Last night it hit, and it was late. It might have been about 10 o'clock last night, because you know I was working on my show prep until like 1 this morning. But it was like 10 o'clock last night. Suzanne came out with another article, and I've got to tell you, it is already sending shockwaves.
through the Alaska Republican Party. Rightfully so. We'll get to that when I come back. Looking at the Alaska total traffic cameras on this Tuesday morning. Still light traffic around the Anchorage Bowl. No major stoppages out there. Rows look to be in good condition also. If you see traffic problems on the road down to warm into the 50s, gusty conditions possible. For Alaska's weather source, I'm a meteorologist.
Well, I will tell you, it was the message that has sent shockwaves through the Alaska Republican Party. Really, the heart of the grassroots has always been the women's clubs in the Republican Party. They're the ones that door knock. They're the ones that fundraise. They're the ones that go and do phone banking for candidates. Last night Mustard Alaska released the article, you've lost us. Alaska's Republican women's clubs vow to withdraw support from veto overriders.
Four prominent Alaska Republican women's organizations in Alaska have announced they are withdrawing support from legislators who vote to override Governor Dunleavy's veto of House Bill 57. This is the huge education spending bill. The announcement was made in a joint statement by the Anchorage Republicans Women's Club, the Valley Republicans Women's Club of Alaska, the Republican Women of Kenai, and the Kenai Peninsula Republican Women.
These groups have long been active in conservative grassroots efforts across the state, playing key roles in mobilizing voters and supporting Republican candidates. IN THE STATEMENT It says, today the women's conservative leadership across Alaska is making one thing clear to members of the Alaska legislature. If you vote to override the Governor Dunleavy's veto of HB 57, it is a failure of both principle and leadership, and we will not stand behind it or behind you.
The women's conservative clubs and grassroots leaders Who have fueled Republican victories in this state? Who have knocked the doors, made the calls, and rallied the support? You have officially lost us. We are the moms. grandmothers and community leaders who have powered Republican victories for years. We've knocked on doors, made phone calls, raised money, and rallied voters. But today, we say enough.
What the governor is fighting for does matter to your family. Stronger early interventions so every child has the foundation to succeed in school. expanded school choice to bring transparency, accountability, and open enrollment options to every parent. Greater accountability for how education dollars are spent and the results they produce.
These are the kinds of changes that put your child's future first. Let us be perfectly clear. We will not endorse. We will not volunteer. We will not fundraise. We will not campaign, not for any legislator, who sides with the union-backed politics and the broken education status quo of the real solutions for our kids." I'm telling ya! People have had it. They are watching. You know, you get to Juneau and you think you're smarter than everybody else.
You get to Juneau, and you lie to your constituents about what you're going to do when you get there, and people have had it. They have absolutely had it. And when these powerful Republican women clubs get together, and they come out with a statement like this, I'm telling you, people are done, and they're paying attention. All right, we're going to go to my friend Cindy. She's calling in from the Kenai. Good morning, Cindy.
Hi, Amy. Good morning. How are you? I am great. It's been a long time since I've gotten a chance to talk to you. What's on your mind this morning? Well, I actually spurred this call because of your post last night. And I just, as a constituent, Representative Bill Elam for District 8 and a representative of Kenna Peninsula Republican Women. We are extremely, extremely disappointed. This is not the person that we voted. I voted.
campaigned for I supported before he went down there and honestly this is exactly what happened someone Someone or whatever was dangled in front of him obviously worked because this is not who I voted to support me and several constituents here on the peninsula. Yeah, I will tell you, you know, I've never gotten a chance to meet Elam
But when I see your name on somebody's fundraiser, when I see you behind them, I'm like, all right, they're going to be a good egg. And here's what's so frustrating to me. I know people that looked me in the face that I personally gave money to, and then I watch how they go down to Juneau, and all of a sudden I'm like, who is this person? And that is the absolute frustration many of us, I think, are feeling.
And, you know, what I hope to do today is shine light on it, but I want to give them a path to come back. And that path to come back is vote no to override the governor's veto. And Amy, I can tell you that I have had those conversations with Bill. I consider Bill a friend, so we separate that. However, this vote... if he chooses to veto or override the governor's veto.
I'm putting it out there right now that he will no longer have my support, and I will absolutely work to not get him re-elected. This is not the person... I've had conversations and texts with that. that stood for fiscal responsibility and accountability and education. You know, Cindy, we expect this kind of behavior from Bjorkman on the Kenai. We expect it from him. We don't expect it from Bill.
And we expect him to do what he told you he was going to do when he got down there. And look, we all understand education needs funding, and we've been funding it, but now we're throwing
million dollars more at it with no real accountability measures, no real policy changes. And so I think your message is absolutely spot on and I guarantee there's thousands of Alaskans that are right in line with you on this one Cindy thank you so much for calling in this morning I appreciate it more than you know have a great day Amy I appreciate you and all right take care all right we're gonna take a quick break when we come back we're gonna get into the nuts and bolts of it we have the
governor's announcement that he vetoed HB 57 well you'll hear directly from him we have that recording we'll be right I'm Eddie P and I was injured in a car accident in Anchorage Any needed knee surgery I've been in television and radio for over 35 Jailbreak History of the State News Radio. Welcome back to Hour 2 of the Amy DeVosky Show. Today is going to be a big day in the Alaska legislature. Last night, Governor Dunleavy vetoed House Bill 57, which is the massive education spending bill.
with no substantive policy changes or accountability in it. It would just increase the base student allocation. That's the amount of money paid per child from $5,960 as the base number $6,660 per child. Now, I want to remind you, that base number is without the escalators in it. We know, like for example, on top of that in HB 57,
They add in $450 per child in K through 6 if they're reading on grade level or if they show improvement. So we're going to give you an extra $450 per child if you do your job. And then on top of that, then they're increasing the money for transportation per pupil. And then on top of that, if there's a special needs child, there's a 13 times escalator in this bill. We're talking a physical The fiscal note at its base of $180 million per year.
in the foundation formula. Now, you'll hear arguments, oh, this is only, you know, 20 million or 10 million more than last year, but you have to remember, for the past many, many years, decade, the additional one-time funding that the legislature gives, they give outside the funding formula. Why? Because a big portion of our budget is based on oil revenue and it fluctuates. So it gives the legislature the opportunity to evaluate the fiscal situation and then approach
accordingly. This changes that dynamic. It takes all the money and it puts it inside of the base student allocation. And with that, you're locked in. You're never clawing that money back. So the governor issues issues his veto and this is his rationale.
He says there is no evidence that a permanent increase in the base student allocation will improve educational outcomes. Therefore, this bill in its current form does not serve the best interests of Alaskans. So the governor is telling you right there, this is a massive spending bill. That's what it is. There's no real educational reforms in this bill. What has Alaska lawmakers done for the past 20 years? They've thrown money at education in Alaska. We pay some of the highest rates to educators
our kids in the nation per capita and we get some of the worst results. So they're doubling down. on doing exactly what doesn't work. Throwing money at the... Money is not the problem here. And that's where we're at. So today at 9 a.m., the legislature is going to meet in joint session, and they're going to consider overriding the governor's veto of HB 57. Now, I want to play you, this is a little flashback.
I want to play you a clip of Mike Piccaro's show because I invited them to come on my show, but they canceled. So Rob Young was one of the senators that was going to come on my show and talk about this issue, but he canceled and instead went on Piccaro's show, which is fine.
Fine. I love Mike. I think it's great. Because we can still pull the audio, and that's what I'm going to do. So, you know, when I start telling you there's no real policy reforms, what you start getting and you start hearing from people like Rob, who, again, I started the show by saying... But in this situation, he is absolutely being used by Zach Fields and Bill Wolikowski as a little female dog. That's literally how they've been using him. They've been pulling around by his little dog.
You guys will call her! All session. And I think he's the only one that doesn't see it. But there we are. But this is Rob Young on Mike Porcaro's show talking about HB57. Go ahead, Daryl. Nope. And we got to run this.
state government like a darn business. You know, the one-time money we've been doing this forever, that's a blank check. They came with no accountability whatsoever. There was no structure in place to make sure kids would do better. There was no cell phone stuff. There was no charging.
school stuff there was no classroom size limitations none of that's just give them like money every year give them like money right now we're actually giving them the money and we get all of the policy so if uh yeah i think this bill was this bill is unbelievable anybody that thinks any different has not read the bill or doesn't know how to read them.
Okay, so basically Rob Young is telling us all we're stupid. And I will just tell you this. Look, I think I can read. So now we're going to do a little Education 101 on HB 57. I actually have the bill up in front of me. So let's just dissect a little bit what he talks about. He talks about first, he talks about
multiple pieces of policy that are unbelievable, that are just going to revolutionize and change things, obviously, right? He talks about the cell phones in classrooms. He talks about charter schools and class size. He talks about
reading, right? So let's get to the brass tacks of it. So when they start talking about class sizes, limiting class sizes, does HB 57 actually do that? The answer is no. And I'm going to read you from the bill. Each school school district shall establish and make available to the public a target average class size policy for each grade level.
The target average class size for pre-cut kindergarten may not exceed 23, and the target class size average class for grades 7 through 12 may not exceed 30. Now, anybody who does legislative work The key word here is... May. Thank you, Daryl. It doesn't say shall not. May is subjective, which means they don't have to follow it. All this bill does is say that school districts need to pass their own policy on targeted class size. It doesn't mandate class size.
So, okay, let's put that to the side. So if anybody tells you it band-aids it, that is not true. That is not what the legislation says. Then let's move on. to the whole part that a lot of people are up in arms about, which is the Department of Labor. It says we'll, right here, The Department shall collaborate with the Department of Labor, so the Department of Education, shall collaborate with the Department of Labor and Workforce Development under AS 4431-020 to gather data.
on the progress of each high school graduating class in the district by collecting career post-secondary education and residency data. On each student in the graduating class, the department shall gather the data every five years for 20 years after high school graduation date of the class. Now, a lot of people are like, wait a minute, what about privacy here? So a lot of people are very concerned about that one. So we'll just skip over that for just a second.
But then we start talking about charter schools because he's claiming there's so many charter school changes in here. Bravo, Sierra. Bravo, Sierra. There are no additional charter school authorizers. What does that mean? It means the current school districts get to say whether or not you have a charter school. So Anchorage School District, for example, if they don't want competition in their brick-and-mortar everyday neighborhood schools,
They still are the ones who get to say who is and is not a charter school. The only thing they've done in this bill... is they've allowed for you to apply for a charter school any time during the year. It doesn't change the authorizers. The other thing this does for charter schools, it says the state board shall issue a written decision within 45 days after the state board receives an appeal. So, for example, If somebody gets denied a charter school.
Now the state board, instead of 90 days to make a decision, they have 45 days. Whipty-flippin' do! Whipty-do! How is that going to change the educational outcome of our children? It's not. Again, then we have massive spending on transportation, blah, blah, blah. But then when we get to wireless communications, they say, well, this is going to ban cell phones in school. Really? Is it really? Is that what the bill says? what the bill actually says.
is each school district shall adopt a policy that regulates the possession and use of non-school issued wireless telecommunication devices during the regular school hours, including lunch and passing periods. Each school district shall share this policy with parents or guardians, students, volunteers, and school employees if the school district's policy prohibits
the use of non-school issued wireless telecommunications devices. The policy must allow exceptions for students to use a wireless telecommunication device for medical or translation purposes in the event of an emergency, or when a teacher or administrator of the school grants permission to a student to use a wireless telecommunication device for educational purposes.
In there, is there any mandate? Actually, the last two caveats, literally, that'd be, you know, my class, everybody can use it. If, you know, so again, it does not mandate. It does not mandate it. So again, we've destroyed their cell phone argument. We've destroyed their charter school argument. We've destroyed their class size argument.
And they're like, oh, but we're going to incentivize reading, improve reading. So you want to pay people millions of dollars in order to do their job to get kids reading on grade level. And in order to do that, You're going to institute an Amazon tax, a new online digital tax. So, I don't know how this is really fiscally conservative. The governor last night put out a message.
And this was his veto message that the governor issued last night. Are you ready, Doug? All right, here we go. Here's clip two. So, good day. This is Governor Dunlady. And I just want to report to the people of Alaska that today and I vetoed the education bill, HB 57. The reason for that veto is the bill, although it contains funding for schools, and we all agree that our schools need some funding, It did not contain the other half, as we say in the coin, and that was policies.
We worked hard on trying to get policies in there that we believe would help kids, would help families, and would help teachers, especially when it came to reading. charter schools and neighborhood schools. Being able to attend neighborhood schools possibly outside your district. It fell short. We couldn't get agreement on those policies.
So in essence, in the end, it just became a spending bill that we believe we could have done a lot better with. Okay, so clearly, Rob Young thinks the governor can't read either. So, a guy who has spent his entire career as an educator as a principal, as a superintendent, and then as a Matthew Borough school board member, then a state senator, and then the governor of the state of Alaska for now seven years.
He clearly can't read because him and I are seeing the same lack of policy. I've been saying this since the day they passed this bill, before they passed it. This is a massive spending bill. with no accountability, no teeth to it, no policy changes. And I'm saying right now, right now,
Bravo Sierra! When they start telling you there's educational changes in here that are going to improve outcomes, they're gaslighting you. They're lying to you. It is the biggest bunch of bahooky that I've ever heard. And the fact that they keep saying it to you, it means they think you're stupid. We're going to take a break. I'll be right back.
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I will tell you, this topic is one that I saw light up social media yesterday. Today, the Alaska legislature will be taking up the governor's veto of HB 57 and considering overriding it. And it has sparked some fire within the Alaska GOP because we have a bunch of turncoats that have no damn backbone that are sitting there saying, oh, we need to do this. Alright, I got it. Okay, I'm not going to say anymore. I'm just going to go to the phones. Let's welcome to the phone Todd. Good morning, Todd.
Hey, good morning, Amy. I'm really enjoying the conversation this morning. This is what I work on almost all day long in my day job. Well, you are a lifelong educator. So, look, Todd, I've got to tell you, I have some meatheads that are sitting out there in public saying, oh, there's so much policy in here. It's amazing. There's so much policy. This is unbelievable. This is sensational.
Now, Todd, as an educator, as somebody who works on education policy, I'm missing it because everything I see in here has squishy, squirrely language. I don't see the policy reforms in here. I'm on the governor's side on this one. Yeah, first of all, I'm going to start by saying that I really like, like you, I like Senator Yant.
I think as an assembly member, he kind of led some policy changes at the local level that will significantly impact elections and policy at the Matsui borough level for decades. whether that's changing voting to to the same time as the state and national elections, you know, first Tuesday in November, and there are other things. So I don't think he is a dumb guy. I think that he has been... captured by some progressive leftists in Juneau, and that he thinks that somehow he is smart enough
to make a person like Senator Loki Tobin move to the right. And that's never going to happen. It's never going to happen. So, Rob, if you're listening, or if you have a staff member who's listening, and I'm sure you do, you're never going to get the left to move in your direction. And if you give up everything in order to make that happen, you're definitely not going to. people like or groups like NEA and this education cabal congratulating you on social media?
Because you're going to vote to override the governor, you might want to do a little self-reflecting. because I mean, I spend a lot of my time... making sure that those groups don't congratulate me. Because I've been there. The governor's been there. We know who they are. They don't care about students. They don't care about parents.
They are there designed to get as much money for the status quo as they possibly can. And I would just say that any Republican, it doesn't matter whether you're from the Matsu, wherever you're from. If you vote in a way where NEA congratulates you, You just really need to reconsider what you're doing. I agree with you wholeheartedly. The other part that I kind of laugh about in HB 57, Todd, is they're setting up a task force. And on this task force, it's...
It's a task force on education funding, but when you actually read the bill, as I have multiple times, the task force is going to be consistent of three members from the Senate. three members from the House, and in the bill it says the President of the Senate shall select one of the members to serve as co-chair of the task force, but it's going to be at least
one member who is from the minority in each body. So what are we going to have? We're going to have more of the same. The only outcome of this task force is going to say we need more money for education. Yeah, Amy, is this going to be kind of like the fiscal working group task force that the governor, you know, and I'm glad you brought this up earlier. You know, the governor, since the beginning of his first term, and you were there, you were in the office.
constitutional amendments to create a long-term fiscal plan. Then he called multiple special sessions for a long-term fiscal plan. And they met. Remember that fiscal plan working group that met where Senator Schauer and Senator Keel actually came to an agreement on a... I remember. Yeah, and then that packet of information that they put together was, like, stuffed, you know, underneath, I don't know, Senate Finance's desk or something and then completely ignored. I mean, it's...
This is ridiculous. You don't need a task force. The governor laid it out for you. He has over 30 years experience in education in both urban and rural Alaska. You know, I got to tell you, Todd, you know, I get to the point where one of my greatest pet peeves, is when politicians act like they're just so much smarter than their constituents, than their voters. Don't come to me.
Ask me for money and tell me when you're running for office. I'm fiscally responsible. We're going to cut spending. We're going to add educational policy reforms to actually improve educational outcomes. And then you go to Juneau and you pass a massive spending bill with no accountability and no policy reforms in it. Like, do you think we're stupid? I think they think we're stupid. And that's...
I'm losing it. I'm going to lose it. I've got to be honest with you. I'm hanging on by a thread here. Oh, my word. Yeah, with a pat on the back from the NEA. Yeah, right. I've been called a lot of things, Amy, a lot of things. but dumb is not really one of them. I'm sure somebody's called me dumb, but that's not usually what people
you know, what they call me. But, you know, I'm not dumb. I don't need somebody to tell me that I'm dumb if I don't understand, you know, if I think that may actually means shall because it doesn't. It does not. Exactly. It doesn't mean you have to. It does not mean you have to. It's a suggestion. It's a politely worded suggestion. Tell me what is wrong with this, why you wouldn't agree to this compromise. Any student can go to any public school in a district.
Charter school applications should be easier for parents and public educators to file and to get through the process. And we should incentivize reading growth by rewarding schools and school districts that have high growth in reading. How can you? I don't think the governor I don't think the governor is asking for anything unreasonable. I really don't.
And when I look at this, he's not even asking for that much, to be honest with you. He's not fundamentally changing the status quo. What he's saying is, we have some of the best performing charter schools in the nation. Why don't we have more access to have more of those? And he's not saying let's get away from neighborhood schools. He's not saying that. But when you have an educator who spends his entire life
working in the system, managing the system, understanding what works and what doesn't work. Why don't you actually sit down and even have a conversation with him? And they didn't do that. Instead, what they're doing is they're using useful idiots who think they're smarter than everybody else to manipulate the situation. And here's the thing that drives me crazy.
I think some of these Republican lawmakers that are down there, oh, look at all this great stuff we got. Like, you're literally the only ones who don't realize you're being used. And it's unbelievable to me. Todd, thank you so much for calling in this morning. I appreciate your expertise as always. Yeah, one last thing real quick, Amy, because I know you've got to go. But I'm hearing from some Republican lawmakers.
that, oh, if the governor just would have kind of held my hand or given me a phone call or had a better relationship with me, maybe I wouldn't vote to override. Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? You need the governor to hold your hand. I can't do it. I can't do it. I can't do it. Here's the thing. We need people with a constitution. We need people with a backbone. You know, I got... I gotta be honest with you. We need people with a backbone.
All right, Todd, I got to go. Thank you so much for the call this morning. I appreciate it. You too, sir. All right, we're going to take a quick break. When we come back, we will go back to the phone. Stay with us. This is the Sean Hannity Morning Minute. Tim Walz is delivering the commencement address at the University of Minnesota Law School.
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legislature's new education funding bill. Dunleavy formally vetoed House Bill 57 yesterday just before a midnight deadline to either sign it into law or veto it. Dunleavy had threatened to veto the legislation earlier this month unless lawmakers approved several of his proposals including provisions to to expand charter schools. The governor added he would use his line-item veto power to reduce school funding if lawmakers override his veto. And the first Ship Creek
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in it, we are not only going to sit by quietly, but we're not going to support you moving forward. And joining me now is one of these women who jumped in on this conversation. Her name is Pam Moline. She's the president of of the Valley Republican Women's Club. Pam, good morning. Good morning, Amy. How are you? I got to tell you, Pam, you've been around Alaska politics longer than I have, much longer than I have. You've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. People are entirely fed up.
about people who run for office, they take our money, we knock on doors for them, we phone bank for them, they tell us they're going to do one thing, and then they go down to Juneau and they act like this. People are fed up! They're fed up! Uh, we're more than fed up. Uh, let's just say our BS leaders are absolutely pegged. Um, I, you know, I mean, the article says it all or the statement says it all. Um,
And I'm proud of these women's groups and our leaders standing up and saying, look, we work too flippin' hard. And if you don't think that we know, we know what is going on down there. And that's part of the problem is that I'm sure that's their mantra continually is that you don't know how hard, you don't know what we're dealing with. Oh, yes, we do. And it is not, I want them to hear this very clearly. It is not all about it. Okay.
are endorsing you, raising money for you, campaigning for you. We're up late at night. You know, some of us have jobs, like hard, hard jobs. I'm actually taking time off just to call in this morning. We have jobs that we're up, I work six hours And we spend our time at night online doing our due service for you. And, you know, all of the things that we do, it's a multitude of things. And I'm telling you, Amy, we're done. We're done. I gotta tell you, you know, this morning we've heard from...
a member of the Kenai Republican Women's Club. We've heard from the Valley Republican Women's Club now. People are paying attention. And when legislators pat us on the head and they just tell us we just don't understand, here's the thing. We can read. We know.
And look, we see it for what it is. This is a massive spending bill with no policy reforms that are going to actually improve educational outcomes. And let's not forget, it takes $2,800 from every man, woman, and child age in Alaska out of your PFD and oh, by the way, it also relies on a new digital online sales tax.
I mean, they're not calling it a sales tax, but effectively what it is, right? Young refers to it as the Amazon tax. Suzanne Downing is referring to it as the Etsy tax, but it's an online and digital tax. So again, so you're taking not only money from from my right pocket, you're taking money from my left pocket too, and you're shoving it down my throat telling me I should be happy about it. No, I'm not. I'm not happy about it.
You can see where the alignment is. You can see it. We're not stupid. I'm looking for, you know, bipartisan relations when it's necessary. But you damn well better hold the line, and you better... look at your values personally like you promised to do. Exactly. And by the way, I am tired of being told, hey, we don't hear from you. We don't... Thank you.
It is your job as a legislator to pick up your freaking phone and call us. We're not going to be chasing you down all the time. If you want to hear from us, you're going to hear from us. And it might not be the words you want to hear. Exactly. Exactly, Pam. I agree with you 100%. I so thank you for calling in this morning. Thank you for weighing in. I appreciate it. You know, Pam's sentiment is exactly the sentiment of a lot of Alaskans that I'm hearing from.
Look, here's the thing. I'm proud of the fact I never have to worry about how my legislator is going to vote. Kathy Tilton, rock solid. Rock solid. I never have to worry about how she's going to vote. But I've got to be honest with you. People like Alexi Moore, she's a first-time legislator from Wasilla. You know, it's ironic. I saw her Facebook post last night. I went to her Facebook page and I was looking.
And back in March, she posted yesterday, I voted against House Bill 69 and I want to share why. The bill will increase education funding up to $250 million. However, there is no direct plan for improving student outcomes despite efforts by House Republicans to introduce policies that would have made meaningful improvements to Alaska's struggling educational system. The majority rejected nearly all of them. Our students deserve effective resources, not just more money.
thrown into a broken system without accountability or clear revise. Okay, that's what she said back in March, right? But what did she do? She voted for HB 57. And last night she posted that she was going to turn around. and override the governor's veto of it. So in March, she's telling us, I'm not going to vote for a bill that's a massive spending bill with no policy reforms. And then she turns around and says she's going to override the governor's veto.
She's following Rob Yunch around like a little puppy dog. That's what's happening. Think for your dang self. Think for yourself. I hate mindless lack of critical thinking. Think for yourself. And then you know what? When she started to get pushback from her own constituents, she deleted the post. She deleted it. But don't worry, I have receipts. I have a copy of the post. So again, legislators who don't know their own foundation
When they get to Juno and they drink the water and they can't think for themselves, you guys look like a bunch of... Are you the only ones that recognize you look like morons? You guys are being used. You're being used by Zach Fields. You're being used by Volokowski. You look like a bunch of idiots. But somehow they've convinced you that you've scored a win when you've done everything they've wanted and you've gotten nothing of what we need.
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Hey, morning, Amy. Morning, Daryl. Obviously, I'm calling in about this whole veto override, but before I say that, I just want to let you know one of my favorite people in the world is Fired Up Amy. I love Fired Up Amy. Here, here, I agree.
Oh, it may be too much. I know I lose friends over it. But, you know, here's the thing. If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. You shouldn't be in politics. Yeah, I agree. And before I got to say what I got to say, I just want to let people know. Senator Yunt and Representative Moore, those are the two that represent me. And it seems like they're a team because they want to vote to override the governor's veto, which is the wrong choice.
And obviously my senator called anybody who doesn't agree with him stupid. So apparently me and my wife are stupid. but I can tell them this from their stupid constituent. Then I go to my district meetings, and those two have zero support. Everybody wants them replaced.
That social media post that Representative Moore put up that she deleted, which I'm pretty sure is a violation because she's in public office. I'm pretty sure that's a record that you can't just delete, but I could be wrong about that. I've been sharing that all over social media, and guess what? Nobody agrees with them. The only people that agree with them on social media are people that are NEA, people that are teachers, administrators, or people that don't live in their district.
So I get it. I'm just a stupid guy, right? I'm one of your stupid constituents. But I'm going to make it my mission that... You'll get replayed. I'm sorry. I love it. The thing is, I like them both personally, I do. But you guys are insulting me. And yesterday I was talking to Representative Moore via text. And I was explaining my displeasure that she was going to override the veto. And she said she was going to get back to me. Guess what she didn't do? Guess what, Amy? Guess what she didn't do?
Oh, no. Isn't that amazing? I get it because I'm stupid. You know, if they want support, there's two people that they should follow, these Republicans that get on Matt and Juneau. How about you follow how Jamie Allard votes and Kathy Tilton votes, those two representatives? Follow how they vote, you'll get support. And you want to fix our education? The problem is, it's very simple, this is what you've got to do. Get rid of Common Core, implement Saxon math and phonetic reading.
And you fire bad teachers and you get rid of all these administrators. You get rid of buildings that you aren't using Anchorage School District. That's all you have to do. It's very simple because this House Bill 57, all it does is it takes more of our money. It adds a new internet sales tax. It destroys your PFD. It creates more bureaucrats. It creates more administrators. And we will have the same failure of test scores from our students. That's all it does.
You said it great, Bruce. I couldn't have said it any better. Thank you so much for calling in this morning. I appreciate it. All right, John, you're up. I'll give you the last minute and a half of the show, sir. Go ahead. Good morning, Amy. Hey. regarding your comment and Pam's comment that we're not stupid. Well, I have to disagree with that comment because we keep sending the same people down to Juneau. Well, I will say this though, John.
In my defense a little bit here, Rob Yunt was great on the Matsuboro Assembly. He got rid of the Dominion machines. They brought elections to November. He instituted term limits. But he's a first-time senator, and so is Alexi Moore. She's a first-time representative. And all we have to go on is how they either acted in the beginning, before they went there, or what they tell us they're going to do. They lied to us. They lied to us. is what I'll ask.
They don't want you looking over their shoulder. We have the legislative system on the right. that things would be different. You are 100% right. prayer call this morning. your legislators will be voting today and not They win the governor or against the governor. Are they for taking $2,800 of your PFD and instituting a new I gotta tell you, I'm keeping notes. I'm keeping track. We are watching, every one of us. That does it for Daryl and I today. tomorrow morning at 6 a.m.
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