It is official. The Alaska legislature gabbled out last night. Legislative session over. Absolute, utter failure for the Republicans this year. Concur, concur, concur. Utter failure. There's no other way to sum up this legislative session. It was a dumpster fire. Complete and utter chaos. And you know what? It all comes down to poor leadership. It was absolutely a dumpster fire. Dumpster fire.
Fire, fire, fire. It was terrible. And it is ironic. It is funny to watch some of these Republicans take a victory lap. Ah, failure. Failure. Failure. All right. I will hold that comment. Because, you know, Daryl, you know how I get. I'm in there with my cheerleading outfit on. I mean, well, the pantsuit. I will tell you, I had a few great conversations last night with some legislators. And, look.
Nobody can claim victory here. This was a victory for the Democrats. There's no question. They got what they wanted. And they made Republicans look stupid. I mean, that's really where we are this year. Well, yeah, they literally got everything. Well, I shouldn't say everything they wanted because I'm sure there's a couple of things they wanted more that they didn't get.
But they got pretty much everything that they were looking for, and everything that they, quote, gave to the Republicans was a paper tiger. There really wasn't anything there. It looked like it, but when you look behind the picture, it was a picture. It wasn't the real thing. Yeah, exactly. So, uh, we will see. We will see. We will see. We will see. It's going to be... It's going to be...
It's going to be interesting to hear. I would love to hear, I mean, I could be wrong, but any legislator who wants to call in to give me a recap of what they think of this legislative session, their kind of afterthoughts. Maybe I went too fast and I said my opinion before, you know, I don't want to scare them off, but... It'll be interesting to see. What about interns? Can we invite interns? Anybody. Anybody.
Anybody who wants to call in, whether it's a staffer, whether it's a legislator, most staffers won't call in because their bosses are listening. But anybody who wants to call in, be part of the show, 522-0650. We'd love to hear your... Your takeaway from this Alaska legislative session. First, let's get into some public announcements. You know, Daryl, I was looking around at the weather. Not too shabby.
I was looking at the Memorial Day forecast, basically, and it looks like it's going to be relatively nice for the weekend. Fairbanks is supposed to hit 65 tomorrow. So I need to bring my smoker and family up to Fairbanks?
I'm telling you, do something. I mean, I think it's going to be a relatively decent Memorial Day weekend. Always remember fire safety, everybody. Don't forget, be fire wise as you go out and you... participate in the wilds of Alaska you know don't don't don't be foolish make sure you if you have a fire make sure when you're done you extinguish it fully it's very important to do
And you might even get a bear hug from a smoky bear. Yeah, yeah, exactly. You never can tell, but All in all, it looks like it's going to be a decent Memorial Day weekend from the weather reports thus far. You know, all I can tell you, they can change on a dime. Like, we did the show on Friday.
It looked like in the morning, Saturday was going to be a decent day. You know, cloudy, but no rain. And it rained, like, all of Saturday. So, you know, you never know. You never know. But all in all, it looks like it's not going to be too bad. I only have a few public announcements. There's not a ton today, but there are a few. If you live in the Mat-Su Borough, at 4.30 today, there's an Agriculture Advisory Board meeting.
It looks like it's going to be the lower level conference room of the borough building, which of course is located at 350 East Dahlia Avenue. And then at 6.30, we have a Connect Fairview Community Council Board meeting. That'll be at Settlers Bay Lodge. So hopefully... If you live out there, you get a chance to participate. If you need more information on those meetings, all you have to do is go to matugov.us.
And that's also where you can get your landfill coupon. Remember, you only have until the end of the month to get your free landfill coupon. I say free. Come on, let's be honest with you. I'll pay for it. But the landfill coupon is good for $25. So, one normal load. It's good for $25, and it's good for one year. So one person... per household so you know you can't
Get four of them, one for you and each of your kids. You can only get one per person. And all you have to do is go to matsugov.us, fill in your name, your address, and your email. And once you do that, then they'll email you the coupon. So it's pretty easy to use. Like I said, it's good for a year. And then once you apply, I mean, it's easy peasy, lemon squeezy. So there you have it.
All right, let's move on to the city of Rosilla. The city of Rosilla has a special city council meeting today from 6 to 9 p.m. This subject of the meeting is its continued deliberation of possible action on Ordinance 25-14, which is a repeal and reenactment of the Land Development Code.
If you want more information, you can go to cityofwastella.gov and find the information there. Just click on the links through the calendar. But of course, the City Council Chambers is the location of the meeting. and the City of Palmer doesn't have any announcements for today. It's really strange. I was looking at their City of Palmer unofficial special election results, And we can see number of registered voters in Palmer, 5068, Election Day information.
It has, you know, basically percentages right now. It's saying right now regular poll ballots 196. Early voting ballots. Total issued ballots 193. Combined absentee special needs early question ballots. Total number of ballots issued total number is 389. But, right now, right now, It doesn't tell. I was going to say it's Precinct 25-320 has voted 53 yes for recall, 67 no. And, well, actually, let me show you. The way they have it broken out, it's weird. Okay, so far, for the repeal mayor of...
It's too close to call, let's put it that way. Because these are unofficial results, and so I'm looking. 196 people so far. That's how many ballots they have tallied, right? But remember, they have total number of ballots issued, 389. But they have poll total. So those who went in for each precinct yesterday. Now the question is, do they allow absentee? Is there any absentee? Well, they have right here special needs early day voting. So they have.
And one of their, usually they just give you a total. They're not doing that today. They have it really broken down in these different categories. And I know I'm confusing everybody, so let me just take a pause and start back. Total number of percentage of voters. Combined election day and early voting. Total number of ballots issued 389 for the city of Palmer. This is for the recall election of their mayor.
And then it has a breakout, and it doesn't give me any of the totals yet. I scroll all the way down, and it has a breakout. Recall of Mayor Carrington. Yes. 99. No, 97. Wow, that is close. I know, but it's only 196 votes of the 389 total so far. So about 191 votes left. So it is way, it's two votes different, and they're updating. It says the preliminary election results are expected to be updated Friday, May 23rd, late afternoon.
The election results are scheduled for certification at the May 27, 2025 regular council meeting. So we are not going to know. the results of this election. Until Friday afternoon of Memorial Day weekend. Okay, I gotta be honest with you, this is just not appropriate. I mean, they have, they've only had 389 votes total. If that's really their number, you can literally count that in an hour.
And that's why I'm looking at this going, that's why I was asking about the absentees is because, I mean, the whole point of them getting rid of the machines out in the valley and stuff like that was to speed up the voting, get it done so that literally on the night of election, you can know what it is. This with only $389 to start with? Yeah. Well, anyway, I have to look it up because I don't know the answer to this, but my guess is
Like, I know the Matuborough has gone to hand counting. I don't know if the city of Palmer has. Okay, good point, good point. I don't know. But come on. I mean, it would take more time to pull out the machine, to do all the checks on the machine, and to, like, verify the machine. I mean, 389 votes. I probably could count that. 20 minutes? I mean... Especially when there's only one question.
Exactly. I mean, this is not complicated. So this was posted at 9, 10 p.m. last night. Again, 389 votes, and they have a special note on here. that they're expected to put up their election results Friday, May 23rd. So, you know, here we are sitting on Wednesday. I don't know if they're taking a cue from the municipality of Anchorage, but I'm hoping they actually come out with an update today. Maybe an unofficial update.
You know what I mean? But an update. I'm hoping to come up with an update today, but now this race is too close to call. Whether the mayor gets recalled or not, it's just way too close to call. So... We'll see but that's the city of Palmer. There's no other announcements for Palmer. Let's move on to Anchorage
There's only a couple meetings today in Anchorage. There's a quarter one 2025 pre-funding investment board meeting. That's going to be at 11 a.m. today, 632 West 6th Avenue. So City Hall, room 330. And then also tonight at 5.30, there is a library advisory board meeting at the LUSAC Library. That's for the municipality of Anchorage. For the Anchorage Assembly, there's a Housing and Homelessness Committee at noon today. That's going to be in conference room 155 at City Hall.
And that's really the only meeting for the rest of the week. So that's all they're going to do before Memorial Day. When we skip down to the Kenai Peninsula Borough, there's nothing on their calendar for today. But there is a council meeting at 6 p.m. today for the city of Kenai. So that will be happening today in the city of Kenai. as I load up their agenda. Kenai City Council regular meeting, May 21st, 2025, 6 p.m. at the Kenai City Council Chambers to 10 Fidalgo Avenue.
in Kenai, they do have a way that you can attend virtually or by phone. It's on the agenda, so if you need that, just go to Kenai.city. click through the calendar where it says, you know, assembly meeting, and then click for the agenda, and then go to page three of the agenda, and you'll be able to find that virtual information there. As far as the city of Soldotna goes, they do have a city council work session scheduled for today. That's going to be starting at 3 p.m.
If you need information, you can either attend in person at the City Council Chambers or you can watch it online. The link is on their calendar, so just click on City Council Work Sessions. and then it'll bring you to their link for the virtual if you need that. Again, so.na.org is where you go for that information.
As far as the City of Homer goes, the only thing on their calendar today is they have a Planning Commission work session at 5.30 followed by their Planning Commission regular meeting. At 6-3, that of course will be in the Cal's Council Chamber located at Homer City Hall, 491 East Pioneer Avenue in Homer. You can attend via Zoom or by phone. If you need more information, cityofhomer-ak.gov.
That does it for our public announcements for today. We're going to go ahead and take our first break of the morning. If you'd like to call in, be part of the show, 522-0650. Looking at your Alaska Total Traffic cameras on a Wednesday morning. Currently light traffic inbound on the Glen Highway. Roads are in good shape out there. Around town traffic is looking good also.
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at iHeartAdvertising.com. Hi, this is Mike Piccaro. Crash and I have been driving you home for the past 10 years. And during that time, we worked for 50s with peaks of sunshine returning later this week. For Alaska's weather source, I'm meteorologist. Well, it happened yesterday. Alaska legislature. and join session at 9 a.m. And you saw who the actual conservatives were. You actually saw who they were. And I will say there's not a lot of them. In the House, I think the number was 11.
And in the Senate, there was three. I mean, the reality is, is the Alaska legislature voted to override the governor, 46 of them out of 60, 46 of them. voted to override the governor. You know, the biggest on HB 57, I should say that part, you know, the biggest takeaway from this legislative session For me, I mean, and this is the inside wonky spot, but I will tell you, the biggest surprise to me was the absolute lack of leadership and complete failure of Mia Costello.
She was an absolute disaster as minority leader. And there's no way to sugarcoat this. Look. I used to like Mia Costello. I will be honest with you. She completely lost me when she teamed up with Chuck Kopp and then she was helping Bryce Edgeman ride the scenes. She has lost my respect. Completely lost it. I think she came on this show, and I think she lied. I know she lied, actually.
when she said she didn't know from all the legislators that I've talked to. But here's the thing that didn't get reported anywhere. When the legislature goes down there, they caucus, right? So you decide, am I going to be on Democrat team or Republican team? And then they join up, and behind the scenes, they talk about
They talk about bills. They talk about whatever. They come up with a team plan on how they move forward through each of these issues, whether it be the budget, whether it be specific legislation, whatever, right? and What we saw this year that wasn't even reported anywhere was it happened early on where a number of the Republican caucus members just stopped going to their caucus meetings because they didn't trust their leader.
I mean, this is a story that is a big deal that never... When you have caucus meetings and you only have a handful, you have 19 members in your caucus and maybe half of them show up to the meeting, Maybe. That's a problem. They don't even show up to talk to you anymore. That tells you everything. And what I'm being told is Mia was so bad as a caucus leader. that Mike Schauer was having to come over from the Senate.
and basically, like, not even mentor her, like, coddle and be like, okay, do this, okay, do that. Like, literally, he had to be effectively the caucus leader of both caucuses. Wow. You know something I noticed here looking at the votes on it? When you look at all the reds, which is the no votes, that is the minority caucus. Except.
for a couple of members, particularly the leadership, Costello and Cologne. I mean, these are two that should have been complete red on there, but no. Let's not give them a pass. Okay, so let's get into it. Who voted from the Republican caucus? to override the governor. Think about this. We went through this last year when Kathy Tilton was the minority leader. It was the last, you know, I think it was like 114 or something like that last year.
And, you know, they passed the House, and a lot of Republicans voted for it. And then when the governor vetoed it, you go into leadership mode, which is the leader of our party, the governor of Alaska, vetoed this. Us Republicans are standing behind him. And Kathy Tilton whipped the votes to uphold it. That's what she did, uphold his veto. This year, this is who voted.
to override the... Look, all the Democrats voted to override the governor, so that's just a given, right? But for the Republicans, here we go. Let's go down the list. Bynum doesn't surprise me at all, right? He's from the Ketchikan area. I told you he was going to do it. Then you have Costello, the minority leader. Voted to override the governor. Merck? Wait, wait, wait, wait. You're skipping the... You're jumping the... Oh, sorry, I did jump the... Yep. Cologne?
I told you she was weak. Didn't I tell you? I told you she was going to waffle. Cologne, and I'm just going to sidebar here for a second. Julie Cologne, hilarious. Right after the vote, she puts up on Facebook this video of, oh, I voted support education, da-da-da-da. And she's not talking. It's just like a graphic that says, has some quotes on it, but she's turned off all her comments on Facebook. Of course she did. Okay, so we have Bynum, Costello, Cologne.
Elam from Kenai. Then we have, let's get into it. I'm going down the list. We have Kopp, of course. We expected that. He's caucusing with Democrats. David Nelson, Justin Ruffridge, DAN SADDLER FROM EAGLE RIVER VOTED TO OVERRIDE THE GOVERNOR. WHAT THE HECK, DAN? Then you have Will Stapp from Fairbanks. Not really a shocker there. So that didn't shock me. So that was in the House. Just out of context, Holland?
Holland's a Democrat. Oh. Kai Holland. Oh, I get confused. Yeah, it's a different Holland this year. It's a different Holland this year. So Kai Holland's a Democrat. But you're thinking of the senator. And he's a good guy. That's why I was so shocked when I saw that name. All right, Roger's still good. Okay, let's get over to the Senate. Bjorkman, we expected that. He's a Republican that caucuses with Democrats. He's a huge NEA supporter. CRUNK!
I was disappointed in Kronk, to be honest with you. It was a surprise. I was disappointed. Giesel, I expected it. She caucuses with Democrats. Then we have Kaufman. I was disappointed. I kind of expected it, honestly, from James Kaufman. I expected him to go this way because he's super tight with Loki Tobin. So I was like, I figured it, but look, I know what I'm getting with Kaufman.
Merrick, we expected it. She's a big union shill. And she also caucuses with Democrats. And then Stedman, Stevens, and Yunt. So those are the Republicans. that voted to override the governor. I will tell you, you know, like I said, some of these, you know, I look at and I'm like, okay, I expected it. There's a couple of them that I'm just flat out disappointed in. I'm disappointed in Dan Sadler. Doesn't entirely surprise me because he can be wishy-washy sometimes.
But I'm disappointed. I'm very disappointed in Dan. So, I don't know. I'm sure we'll have a conversation about it at some point in the future. And I'm disappointed in Kronk. But he's a teacher. And sometimes, there's a couple issues. I've watched him. He's a little bit more moderate than I am. I fully expected Kauffman to go that way. So I wasn't even mad at Kauffman, to be honest with you, because I expected it.
I'm very, I'm very disappointed in some of these, but I will tell you, to me the biggest takeaway of this legislative session is how absolutely terrible Mia Costello was in a leadership role. I mean, there's just no way around it, you know, and I look at it and I think, you know, we can pretend it didn't happen. We cannot say it, but it's the truth.
So the vote was 46 to 14 with several Republicans joining Democrats to oppose the governor's veto. I'm giving 200 plus million dollars to the NEA with no strings attached. Minority leader leading the charge, Representative Mia Costello. In the Senate, Republican Yunt was the one obviously leading the charge. Republican women's clubs around the state.
You know, I had issued a very strong statement yesterday, and I'll be honest with you, from the conversations that I had last night, it scared some of them into voting. Look, we flipped Alexi Moore. There's no question. The conversations that were happening publicly yesterday flipped Alexi Moore, which, look, I said it on the show yesterday, I will leave the door open for people to come back to our side.
And that's what we did. And so I'm glad that she listened to her constituents. She accepted the feedback and she voted the way they wanted her to vote. I appreciate that. I'm glad she did. And there were a couple other no votes that I got to be honest with you that I know for a fact were flipped by other legislators that were going to override the governor, and they chickened out, basically. They got flipped. So, look.
Even though you see the names that were no votes, it doesn't mean they were all from no votes. And I know of at least one that voted no, knowing the votes were there already. So it was similar, because what they did it for. Yeah, exactly. But, you know, here's the thing. This is why we do what we do.
You have to hold their feet to the fire because if you don't, if they're left to their own devices, some of these people just don't make good choices. All right, let's go ahead and take a quick break. When we come back, we will go to the phones, 522-0650.
The Anchorage Police Department is expected to hold a press conference today on the police killing of a man during a traffic stop for a broken headlight. The department says Officer Carter Mays killed 41-year-old Utuva Ala'ilua last week. Police say officers had pulled Ala'ilua over in the 300 block of Braggaw Street when one of the officers
when one of the officers claims to have seen a gun in Ala'ilua's lap. Mays responded by opening fire killing Ala'ilua. APD Chief Sean Case says verbal commands were issued before shots were fired. A witness tells Alaska's news source he did not hear the officer issue any verbal commands to the driver before shooting.
The Juneau School Board District of Education has a new member. Former school board member Steve Whitney was appointed following Will Muldoon's resignation last month. And Beans Cafe plans to deliver meals to the Mountain View Community Center in Anchorage this summer. Development and Community Relations Director Kate Matheson says the non-profit will deliver meals. around 100 meals a day and they'll be served between 4 and 5 p.m. That's the latest. I'm John Fink.
Looking at your last control traffic cameras on a Wednesday morning. Currently light traffic inbound on the Glen Highway. Roads are in good shape. Reach out. 21. No, it's online. Totally lying. 640. Sorry, I was looking at the date. Today is May 21st. It's 640 in the morning. As people panic out there. Yeah, I know, I know, I know. It's totally laughing. I was going to say, it is 521.
That's the day. That's the day. Alright, let's go to the phones. We'll start with Randy. Give me one second. I have to redo my phone here. Alright, there we go. Good morning, Randy. Good morning. Have your hump day. And to you and Dale. I don't have a joke today. I'm kind of depressed about that. But one thing I can say. Two things I can say. I really want to do a shout out. Allard. Yeah, Jamie Allard. Yeah, Jamie Allard. Those people, always, their whole process starts strong. Their whole...
Now that being said, those people in the bush are kind of upset in regards to respect. They've been really disrespected in regards to their representative-proof trolls, you know, take the weekend off, no doubt. when they come up here and deal with what they have to deal with. Then they have Lolo, which ties to that. And those people, you actually get the corporate pension. I mean, not pension, but... from the native corporations to get money from there, but they also really need to have the PFD.
Everybody needs a PFD. Oh, I gotta tell you, in this economy, like when the Alaska Legislature passed their budget, they did not get the CBR draw. So effectively, what does that mean? It means they passed a budget with a $1,000 PFD in it. So they passed this huge education spending bill. That's all it is. It's a massive spending bill to funnel money right through the NEA. So they passed this huge bill, no accountability, no real teeth in it, you know, metrics.
And then they passed the budget, and the budget, they did not get the Constitutional Budget Reserve draw that they wanted to pull it out as savings. So then the money's going to either, they put a contingency language in there that the governor has to either, he has to pull it from the higher education fund or $100 million from ADA.
So, you know, we'll see how the governor chooses to do it. I suspect the governor is going to line item veto down. Now, the next step is, do they call themselves back into special session to override the governor's line item veto? We'll see about that. You know, just if you're joining us just now, I need to do a quick recap because I think I might have missed one of these legislators.
The Alaska legislature yesterday, in dramatic fashion, 46 to 14, overrode the governor's veto of their massive spending bill, HB 57. And in that, you have a lot of Republicans that jumped ship and teamed up with the Democrats to override the governor's veto. And here's the list of Republicans. Bynum, no surprise there. Costello, Cologne, Elam. Then we have, let's see here, Cop, Nelson, Ruffridge. I think I might have missed Ruffridge in my first go-round. Sadler.
Those are all the ones in the House that voted to override the governor. And then in the Senate, we have Bjorkman, Kronk, Giesel, Kaufman, Merrick. Steadman, Stevens, and Young. Those are all the ones that I see here that voted to override the governor. And I will tell you, it's just... It's very disappointing for a lot of people. And to your point, Randy, about the permanent fund, look, your permanent fund this year by statute should have been about $3,800.
But these legislators chose to take your money and throw it at education system that already gets $1.2 billion with a B a year. They added another $200 million plus to that. So they took your money to throw it at this education system with no significant changes, no appreciable changes that are going to actually improve educational outcomes. I mean, it's really, that's a choice. They chose to cut your PFD by $2,800. And also talking to regional Democrats.
Like I said, disrespecting a disenfranchised, because they say what type of the National Party will just turn against their basic ideology. They don't want to maintain the people who are illegal aliens who are named and killed. American. I'm told against that. And the welfare owned that. So we, the Republican Party here in Alaska, Missed a golden opportunity. They kind of helped persuade some of the Democrats in Alaska that really changed parties.
Yeah, thank you so much for the call. I really appreciate it. I will tell you, given the opportunity to screw up the golden opportunity, front and center Alaska politicians. I mean, that's just, it's, nothing surprises me at this point. I gotta tell you, nothing surprises me at this point. Representative McKay put out a good video yesterday. I didn't pull the audio clip for it, but it's, It effectively mimics what he put out as a press release.
Representative McCabe's press release yesterday says standing for real education reform My vote to sustain the governor's veto of HB 57. He says, today I voted to sustain Governor Dunley's veto of HB 57. And I want Alaska to understand why, despite the headlines and political spin from some legislators and special interests, HB 57 was not a serious attempt to education reform.
It was a massive spending package with little accountability and no meaningful policy changes to improve the student outcomes. Here's what the bill actually did. Class size limitations. The bill included only non-binding target class sizes, not enforceable limits. That's not reform. That's optics, he says.
Charter school expansion. HB 57 failed to expand charter opportunities. It added no new authorizers, created no new avenue for innovation, and offered no meaningful increase to parental choice. Cell phone policy. The bill's much-touted cell phone policy was riddled with loopholes and lacked any enforcement mechanism and amounted to little more than a suggestion. Education Task Force, the bill proposed yet another task force nearly identical to the 2014 Sustainable Education Task Force.
That task force's recommendations were ignored, and there's no reason to believe the outcome would be any different this time. He says, let's be honest, this bill was about one thing, adding $200 million to the $1.2 billion. billion we already spend each year in K-12 education and yet Only a small fraction of that money would ever reach the classroom. Our excellent teachers, our students, the rest would feed the same. broken education industrial complex that has failed too many Alaskan families.
Every Republican in this building, he says, whether they support it or oppose the override is committed to improving education, pumping more money into a system built on one-size-fits-all union-backed model isn't the answer. We need bold reform, strong accountability, and real school choice. Our kids deserve an education system that prepares them to thrive whenever they attend public-private charter homeschool or hybrid schools.
So, you know, I've got to be honest with you. I think Kevin McCabe is right. You know, I was glad to hear it. I had a couple legislators who disagreed with me on my analysis of HB 57. Who, after all was said and done, reached out to me yesterday and said, Amy, you know what? You were right.
Yeah, read the bill. I'm just quoting other people. I know, I know, because what did we do? We read the bill, and it really wasn't all that complicated. It was a very simple bill to understand, and it was pretty obvious. There was nothing in it. It was a spending bill. That's what it was. That's why the governor vetoed it. So, I don't know. It's just frustrating. All right, let's take a quick break. When we come back, we will continue with your calls, 522-0650.
Looking at your Alaska toes. Four isolated to scattered showers with some gusty conditions continuing across South Central with winds up to 30 miles per hour. Those temperatures warming into the low to mid 50s with peaks of sunshine returning later this week. For Alaska's weather source, I'm meteorologist. We're going to go straight to... And Roland is with us. Good morning, sir. Good morning. First of all, we finally have a Republican leader that is actually a leader.
versus what we've had for as long as I can remember almost. that from the top, we have not had a leader. We have a leader at the National Party, but we don't have a leadership at all here. And you notice that when a bill comes up, Democrats are basically lockstep. How many craters do they have to their party? To me, these people have turned their back on us.
And that's exactly what we should do to them is we should turn our back on them and we should kick them out of the party. They don't belong in our party if they're not going to vote. They're supposed to be a representative. I gotta tell you, you know, I couldn't agree with you more, and I will tell you, though, look, Our party chair, she's worthless in my opinion. I mean, I've tried to be nice.
And I think she's a nice lady, but she's doing a terrible job as chair. The governor, where is he? I mean, like, he vetoed this bill. Yes, he showed up, but I will tell you, I mean, this... What we are experiencing this legislative session is a lack of leadership in the Republican Party on every single level. Where we're seeing it is we're seeing pathetic leadership coming from the Republican Party chair.
We're seeing pathetic leadership from the House Minority Leader. We're not seeing leadership. I'm sorry. And I know, look, I'm a supporter of the governor. I'm glad the governor vetoed it. But, you know, he's not aggressive. He's kind of a little bit of a wallflower, to be honest. I know he's been back in D.C. and he's been working with Trump and all this kind of stuff. But the reality is, is the legislators don't fear him at all.
And they clearly don't respect him because even Republicans, even the minority leader herself voted to override him. And so this tells me, I mean, this is, you are putting your finger right on the pulse of what happened. This is an absolute lack of leadership from the Republicans this year.
But I'm not just saying her as a leader. I'm talking about our party itself. I'm talking about the state party. We need to stop this coddling. I mean, Murkowski should have been kicked out of the party a long time ago. There's no reason for her to be us allowing her to call herself a Republican.
Well, you know, this has been part of the discussion in the Republican Party. And believe it or not, this is the excuse we get. We don't own the R label. Anybody who wants to call themselves a Republican can register with the state of Alaska. because we don't own the R. And so anybody can register. That's what they say. Hold on here. You know, I don't know how to put this other than this. You want me to swear don't you? Don't do it! No swearing!
It's BS. I really own that label. Well, that's what they tell you. It's our moniker. That's what they tell you. I know. I know. I'm hitting the heart rate. I gotta go to break. But look, I feel your pain, brother. about the Central Committee. We're going to talk about this when we come back. Stay with us. We'll be right back.
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overrode the governor's veto of HB 57. They only did it. Remember, we have elected more Republicans than Democrats, but you have turncoat Republicans that caucus with Democrats to give them control of both the House and the Senate. And then you had a ton. I mean, the vote was 46 to 14. I mean, you had a ton of Republicans, including Republican leadership, Leah Costello. She voted to override the governor's... What? pathetic, pathetic excuse for leadership this year in the Howalaska House.
I mean, just, it was just, I've never seen, I actually, I was, I don't want to be mean, I'm not trying to be mean, but I actually can't think of somebody who I've seen do as bad at leadership as Mia Costello has this year. And it pains me to say it because I've liked Mia this whole time, but you know where she lost Mia is when she came on my show and she lied to us.
And I knew she was lying, because I had already heard from five different people of what she had said in the morning, and then she comes on the show and she basically denied it. But I knew she was lying. So, I mean, but there you go. But you give people enough rope, and I'm going to tell you. They're either going to swing or hang. And I got to tell you, she completely lost credibility to me. Completely. Never trust her again.
That's just where I'm at. What I notice is it seems to be, in the first part of the session, you didn't hear anything from her or anything from the leadership. Second part of it, it always seemed like everything from the leadership was leaning towards, well, the Democrats want to do this. It's not about minority leadership. How can I position myself
to get maybe in a better position next year or in the next go-round. I mean, this is all self-serving. It's, oh, we have to protect ourselves in the 2026 election. Oh, we have, you know, I've got to be honest with you. Now they've got to protect themselves from Republicans. Roland's very frustrated. I'm with Roland. You're not the only Republican that's frustrated. We're all there. Okay, so going back to the conversation, look, there's a lot of us that have pushed and pushed and pushed.
to get Lisa Murkowski out of the party, to get her, you know, this is what's going to drive you crazy. And this is why I say we have a failure of Republican leadership on every level. We're seeing it.
You know, the governor is not a forceful guy by nature. He is just not. And you really start to see when you surround yourself by weak-kneed individuals. Look, with HP 57, Rather than the governor going and sitting down with legislators and the governor, you know, holding their hand and telling them, hey, Republicans, you should act like Republicans, you know, that largely didn't happen.
Now, did he have conversations with legislators? I'm sure he did. I'm sure he did. I mean, you don't get a level of defection this big in this level of spending. If they respected or feared the governor. I mean, that's just a fact. And then you look at the party leadership. Carmela, I mean, come on. Completely worthless, in my opinion. What did she do to actually get these Republicans in line? Nothing.
And then you look at the House leadership. The only leadership we saw down there was from Mike Schauer. Mike Schauer was having to go over to the House. And basically... fill in the void because Mia Costello was a terrible minority leader. Terrible. And so this is where we have it. We have a lot of Republicans that voted to override the governor's veto last night. Massive spending. They cut your PFD by $2,800.
And then they went to pass the budget and they didn't even have the votes. They couldn't even get the votes in order to get the CBR draw. So they passed a budget that's relying on now robbing. basically money from the higher education fund and from ADA, like $100 million. Now, imagine when we talk about ADA, we start talking about what? The gas line?
we start talking about resource development projects. And this is why I say Alaska legislators have absolutely lost their way completely because we have all this movement that's happening on the federal level. Give Alaska politicians the opportunity to screw away an advantage, and they will do it. And that's exactly what they have done. They have absolutely done it pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic.
And that's what you see. And so then we just turn around and say, okay, what can we do about it? I will tell you, this is exactly the direct result of rank choice voting. Rank choice voting has done exactly what it was designed to do. Was it meant to abolish the Republican Party primary?
It was meant to do that. And that's exactly what you see. I think that's the reason, frankly, Dan Sadler voted for this massive spending bill in HB 57, because he saw what happened in Eagle River. Eagle River, you re-elected Kelly Merrick. You knew exactly what you were getting. You had an alternative that was head-to-head, and you chose to go a different direction. And I will be honest with you, anybody who passed that vote, I blame you.
Anybody who voted for Chuck Kopp, I blame you. Anybody who voted for Louis Stutz, I blame you. I mean, the reality is Republicans do it to themselves. Now, Roland, I mean, thank goodness you're not on the air now because you might need a bleep button. But when I go into the Republican Party Central Committee meetings, I will tell you.
And, you know, I was irritated. I was disgusted in the beginning when I had to fight just against Stedman and Stevens off the Central Committee when they're caucusing with Democrats. And you know what? I was effectively outvoted. More than half of the state's central committee. These are Republican leaders from every district around the state. You voted with Carmella, basically, to keep him on last year.
I mean, this is what you have. This is what you've elected. You've elected milquetoast, a bunch of weak-kneed people to lead you in these days. We'll see what happens in the Central Committee this meeting. We have a Central Committee meeting. It's made up of all district office. It's made up of the district chair, the bonus votes for each Republican Party district.
And then there's some elected officials and people that are on the committee, too. So we have a meeting in June. And I can't wait to see what it's going to be like. Because I will tell you right now, I'm in chat groups with multiple district chairs from across the mat, too. and district chairs, out in the Matsu anyways, are not having it. Now there will be one. I expect District 25 is going to be perfectly fine with what's going on.
But other than that, I suspect the district chairs in the Matu are probably going to team up with some from Kenai and some from Fairbanks. And, you know, there's going to want to be some accountability here. And so I don't know what's going to come of the Central Committee, but I've got to be honest with you, I have very, very, very little faith that anything of substance will result. What has to happen is you have to turn around and you have to actually have
How do I say this? You have to have accountability at elections. Because, you know, you have these candidates who ran for office, who told you one thing and did the absolute other. And then what? And then what? What's the outcome going to be? what in fact is the outcome going to be? I mean, are we going to replace these people? Some districts, I will tell you some of the representatives got a little gun shy.
And they absolutely switched their vote to uphold the governor's veto, but they weren't going to. It wasn't until... their district, and publicly, they started to elicit a little bit of pressure. That's when they started to jump on and say, oh, okay, and then they ended up voting no to override the governor's veto. But I will tell you, my friend, Michael Tabalero, I put a post up and it made me laugh last night. It's pretty long, so I'm not going to read the whole thing.
But I will tell you, he put up a post. Help wanted 17 state senators and 29 House members. The following districts require incumbent replacement for the 2026 state election. House districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 31, 32, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40. I mean, that's a lot of districts, right?
That's pretty much he missed a couple. Yeah, he missed a couple. That's because a couple of them have good people. Oh, that's what I mean, though, that only a few. Yeah, District 26 wasn't in there. But then he goes on and he says job title, Alaska Legislature, State House and Senate. And then he kind of describes that. And then he said the mission, to restore sanity, sovereignty, and self-reliance to a state currently held hostage by big government dependency, bureaucratic inertia.
and the ghost of Karl Marx hiding in the BSA formula. This means reforming health and welfare programs that trap Alaska families in cycles of managed poverty instead of lifting them into independence. It means unleashing Alaska's energy potential for the benefit of its citizens, not regulators, lobbyists, or outside interests.
And it means protecting the permanent fund dividend as the people's rightful share, not a slush fund for bureaucrats. Every dollar spent, every policy passed must serve the Alaskan people, not the system. Required qualifications, this is my best part, my favorite part. IQ above room temperature, bonus points for triple digits in a backbone. Can read the Alaska Constitution without weeping, Googling, or calling a union lobbyist for clarification.
Understands that the permanent fund dividend belongs to the people, not bureaucracies, boards, or budget band-aids. will not accept special interest money from unions, green energy, grifters, healthcare monopolies, education bureaucrats, or ranked choice dark money groups. And then, you know, as he goes on, like I said, this is really funny. I can't read the whole thing because it's super long. But, you know, it's just people are paying attention.
And it gets to the point where people are frustrated. But this is why I started the show by saying, you know, what we see here... is a result of lack of leadership by Republicans on every level. This was a disaster of a session for the Republicans. The only good thing that came out of the session. is they were able to block a bad election bill from the Democrats.
They were able to block a bill that effectively would have made it easier to cheat, let's be honest. But that was the biggest win out of this session. was the block of that particular bill. That was Senate Bill 64. Among other things, they wanted to remove the signature requirements from absentee ballots. Oh, you don't see anything nefarious there, do you, Daryl? They wanted to put ballot drop boxes everywhere. They wanted to put no limit on ballot harvesting for special needs ballot changes.
They wanted to hire rural liaisons to help rural voters. Somehow people who live in rural Alaska aren't as smart as the rest of us. Like, what the hell is that about? Yeah, that's weird. And then they wanted permanent absentee voting. Once you register to vote absentee, you can get a ballot in perpetuity forever. You'll just keep getting them. Like, what? I mean, this is prepaid postage on all mail-in ballots, use of electronic signatures. on voter registration documents. I mean, look.
This bill? Make no mistake about it. They make these moves because they want to be easier to cheat. I mean, that's Amy's view on this. I mean, so this is the good thing that happened. The one good thing is they blocked a very bad election bill. So, good on them for that, but all in all, this legislation was an absolute disaster for the Republicans, and it comes down to a very clear reason why. It's leadership.
That's what it comes down to. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back. Looking at your Alaska Total Traffic cameras on this Wednesday morning. Currently steady traffic around the Anchorage Wall. Still a bit of a slowdown on Tudor Road right now. Starting right about Tudor Center Drive. That traffic is starting to back up towards Boniface.
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Let's look at the background of some of these legislators that gave the middle finger to the governor. Mia Costello, what was she before she came into the legislature the first time? A teacher. A teacher. School board member. Yeah, she was also a teacher. Yeah, she was also a teacher. Yeah. And then if you look at... Now, David Nelson... He only won his election by 10 votes last time. But his district, you gotta look at the real history of that one. His district.
pretty much is in the old Lisa Murkowski house district that went from Gumbahill all the way to Hoover at one point. Yeah, it didn't surprise me. His vote actually didn't surprise me either because I know his district. So I was like, okay, that one didn't surprise me. But, you know, I got to get to the point. Look, all Anchorage Republicans, all of them, except for Jamie Allard.
And yes, I know Chugack Eagle River, but all of them voted to override, all the Republicans, all Anchorage Republicans voted to override the governor. Now, contrast that. to the mat suit. And the only Republican in the mat suit to override the governor is Rob Young. And as I said yesterday, Rob Young is the only person who doesn't realize he was used like a little female dog by Willikowski and Zach Fields this year. He's the only one, I think, that doesn't see it.
I think what Rob Yon and then you've got to look at also Elam and Kenai because I remember When I was looking at the results back in November, I'm like, okay, let's look at this Bill Elam guy. And he totally was like, I'm going to be your conservative choice. on the Kenai, and I think we have a resolution for that one, and I think we somehow need to put Gillum back in there. The only reason Ron Gillum even got in that district is because the incumbent died in the process. Yeah.
Well, I will tell you, you know, there's no doubt about it. People in the keynote are paying attention. They're very upset with Elam. Now, I know, look, I expected some of these guys to flip. I expected Ruffridge to fold. I expected David Nelson to vote that way. Frankly, I expected Kaufman to vote this way. I expected some of these Republicans
to vote this way, just simply knowing who they were. And I was like, okay, sometimes you get people and you just know where they're coming from and you say, okay, we don't agree on every issue, but maybe we agree on 90% of the issues. but the ones that really chapped me. That really trap me. are the ones that tell you there's something else and then they do exactly this, i.e. Mia Costello.
She's the minority leader, and she led her caucus to override the Republican governor. And Mark, your analysis of basically giving the governor the middle finger is perfectly accurate. That's exactly what happened. And, you know, you don't do that. Do you think they would have done that to Trump if you had somebody like Trump in the governor's mansion? Not a chance. They clearly don't respect him. They clearly don't fear him.
And I think, you know, if you're going to be governor, you need a healthy dose of both. But when your own party, you have more Republicans elected to the Alaska legislature than Democrats, but yet the Democrats control it. That tells me you have to, to Roland's point, You have a systemic problem here with the Alaska Republican Party, and you've got to look deeper than just the governor, and you've got to look at the party and say, what are we doing to fix this?
And I think this is going to be a big part of the SEC meeting, the Central Committee meeting that's happening in June. Just a couple weeks, I got to go to one of these things. And these are conversations I know district chairs are already starting to have. So what is going to change? And I know she's going to get the message. I want to hear the party chair tell me what the hell she's going to do to fix this mess because she didn't do crap. This whole session, I didn't see it.
I see weakness permeating, and it's really starting to get under my skin. All right, let's go to Bruce. Good morning, Bruce. Hey, morning, Damon. Morning, Darryl. I got two things. I went hard on the paint. I went hard in the paint against Rep Moore, but she came out and made the right decision, so I've got to give her kudos for that. And I hope she comes back to her district and she's going to take some arrows.
But it's up to her now to rebuild that relationship with her constituents, and I hope she does. Now the bigger point that I'm calling in. Democrats were amazing this legislative session. They got enough Democrats in Juneau, enough squishy Republicans. to make themselves veto-proof without even having the seat of the governor. And if that is not a wake-up call to the Alaska GOP, I don't know what is. Exactly.
No, you're exactly right. And I will tell you, look, I've got to tell you, I'm hearing a lot of excuses. Already these conversations are happening behind the scenes. I'm hearing a lot of excuses. I'm hearing a lot of, well, you know, what are we going to do? We wrote letters and it's really, what are we going to do? You had one of the members of the executive committee. of the Alaska GOP, literally liking comments. He's Rob Yun's chief of staff.
And he's literally liking comments and supporting the override of the Republican governor's visa. He's on the executive committee for the Alaska GOP. I mean, this is where we're at. What? I don't even know what to say to that, Bruce. I don't even know what to say. That's what I said. It's going to be an interesting SEC meeting. I typically leave these meetings irritated. So we'll see how it goes. I'll keep you posted. Yeah, I know you will. Bye.
I really want the GOP here in Alaska and the ones that are elected to really think about that. What I just said, the Democrats now have a veto-proof majority without having the governor's seat. And guess what's coming up? The governor's election. So what happens when they get that seat? The state's already down the road to be broke now, so what's going to happen next?
Yeah, no, you're exactly right, and I will tell you, you know, I look at the governor's election, and I have no doubt we're going to have some good candidates to choose from on the Republican side. But ranked choice voting, I personally think Click Bishop very well might be in this race to be a spoiler to split the Republican vote to ensure that a Democrat gets elected. We'll see. And there's lots of rumors out there. Mary Paltola is running.
There's some rumors floating around on Facebook that potentially Savannah Fletcher from Fairbanks That hard leftist lawyer could be potentially her running mate. We'll see if that's true. I have no idea if that's true or not. I think it's too early to sell. There's been other discussions about what would happen if Murkowski and Peltola teamed up.
There's been discussions about that. So, you know, look, Tom Begich has been rumored to be interested in running. We'll see. You know, it's way too early, but what we do know is people are starting to file. They can't campaign while they're in the legislative session. But Louise Stutes has already filed last night as soon as they gaveled out. She filed to run for Senate because Gary Stevens is retiring.
So, we will see. We will see. I mean, look, they're on the move, and this is where they're going to come back to their districts, and they're going to start filing for office, and they're going to start coming to you and asking you for your money, and they're going to come to you and start asking you for their support. And I got to tell you, I got my...
I got my list printed out of people that I've donated to in the past or that I've supported that I will never support again. And then I also have my list of people that, you know what, I'm just watching for a candidate to pop up against them because you can bet I'm going to be throwing money their way and support their way. So, you know, look, elections have the consequences, but so do your votes. I used to tell legislators all the time, one bad vote, one bad vote.
vote can be the end of it. And some of you guys, you've got to pass with SB 91. You know, the bad crime reform bill. But when it comes to this, when it comes to this, and you, like, fiscally responsibility, fiscal responsibility is like my big big thing. Like, I am a dog on a bone when it comes to taxes and spending. And this session feels like a massive betrayal to me. Yeah. It feels like...
It's a big disappointment, the lack of leadership, which you talked about. I've been talking about that for a while. I feel like we've just got walloped. It's a football game, and you look at the scoreboard, and it's 50-7. That's what I feel like. But your senator has taken a victory lap. Like, somehow he won something. Oh, yeah, I know. I know he is. Well, remember, we're all stupid.
in his eyes. So don't worry. I hope he had a good time in Juneau, and I hope he had a great experience, but he ain't going back, I can tell you that. I'm telling you, I mean, look, Wasilla's not happy. Not happy at all. At all. And, yeah, I don't know, Bruce. I just look at it and I sit back and I say, you know, what are we going to do about it? And that's going to be the question at the SEC meeting for the Republicans is what are we going to do?
about it. And if I don't have a good answer, if I don't get a good answer, like, you can bet there will be other people that are going to have a plan, and I think it's going to start with replacing a whole lot of people. I think that's going to, I think you're going to see that happen. All right, Bruce, thank you.
Thank you so much for the call this morning. I appreciate it. As always, we're going to take a quick break. When we come back, Carl, you are on deck. Stay with us. Your Morning Cop of Shaw. This is the show. The President went to the Capitol today to urge Republicans to stop complaining. and pass the budget bill. And nobody's going to get everything they want, but this is what we are getting. The tax cuts will be made permanent. Otherwise, we get the largest tax increase.
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days that a moose has attacked a woman with a dog in Anchorage and Alaska lawmakers are adjourning for the year passing a state budget with a $1,000 permanent fund dividend. The state legislature adjourned its regular session one day early with no plans to call a special session later this year. That's the latest. I'm John Fink. What happens next, happens here. News Radio 650 KENI. Good morning. Welcome back. 743. There are some really great people.
that serve at the district levels in the Alaska Republican Party. And they inspire me to stay involved and to keep the pressure on. And at the end of the day, you know, what is so frustrating is we have to work so hard to get Republican lawmakers to act like Republicans. Now when it's campaign time, they want that check. They want you knocking those doors. They want you talking to your family. But then they go down in Juneau and they act like Democrats. And it is incredibly frustrating.
But I always say this. Look, you have two choices in life. You can lay down and take it, or you can stand up and fight back. I choose the latter. I'm going to fight back. You know, I was listening yesterday. We had something that should have been non-issue, but we're dealing with a bunch of little pantyweights down there, people that have hurt feelings, people that are very sensitive.
And then, so what do we have going on? H.J.R. 14. It was the House Joint Resolution to basically say we should finish the Port McKenzie Rail Project, right? And pass the House. 40 to nothing. 40 to nothing. It's over in the Senate. It gets stalled in the Senate. And this is what's so funny. And this is why I say, you know, Rob Dillon, what are you doing, brother? I said it yesterday, I like Rob, but he was absolutely used this year, and it is embarrassing to the level he was used by Willikowski.
And by Zach Field. And he, I think, is the only one who doesn't see it. But so, you get massive spending, you carry Wilkowski's Hill Corporeal Tax Bill, You get massive spending for education. You carry their digital tax for them, the Amazon tax for them. And when I say carry it, you're doing a lot of pushing for it, brother. A lot of pushing for it. A lot of deal making. What did you get for it?
Rolikowski basically pulled the Port Mack Rail Extension joint resolution, refused to let it come to the floor. This is Jesse Bjorkman on the floor. talking about why it's not going forward. Go ahead, Daryl. Thank you very much, Mr. President. I appreciate the opportunity to speak on the resolution. I support the resolution as chairman of the Transportation Committee. I quickly put it on our schedule when it came over to us. We heard it and we passed it out.
I think that's a good idea. Unfortunately, what we have playing out here today is what I believe What happens when personalities and things that get said outside of this building on the internet Family members get involved and say things one way or another about members of this body or other people in the building and people take that personally
People take things personally when they get attacked about decisions that they make. And in the majority caucus, we have the rule of 11 that we all abide by. That says if you want something to come to the floor you have to have 11 members in the caucus To have something come to the floor and be voted on this is the exact reason why I am in the majority caucus, Mr. President. So that I can have a say to represent the will of my constituents
in a better way. And I wish that more of my Republican colleagues would have joined me. And this is an exact reason why it is so valuable to have more people in a majority caucus so that we can get things done in a common sense fashion. with voices from both sides of the aisle. Should this be an issue? I don't think so. I think we should hear this resolution, and I don't think it should be a big deal, and I think the board should be all green, and we should move on.
But the point is, because of politics and things that get said, sometimes some pretty awful, hurtful things, and people get ripped apart for one reason or another by... family members of legislators or others. And that doesn't go over very well. And so people have big feelings about that. I'm willing to set those feelings aside so that we can do what's right for the state of Alaska. We have the rule of 11 in the majority caucus. If we had more members of the caucus, we could count to 11 easier.
But here we are. Thank you. I gotta be honest with you. I really want to send some of these people some feminine supplies because I think they need it. If you want Amy's candid view, just ask me one day when we're not on air, because, you know, we're trying to keep it clean here. But, like, seriously? H-J-R! H-J-R 14! A joint resolution that says, hey, it's huge for resource development, it's huge for infrastructure, and pass the House 40 to nothing.
We're not going to put it to the floor because Bill Wilkowski's feelings were hurt because somebody's wife probably said something about him on social media. Are you kidding me? I gotta do it, Daryl. I gotta dig out a box of tampons and send it to these people. Like, seriously. Like, I'm like, you cannot be that much of a wuss. Like, but they are! They are! And look, Kenai, what the heck is going on in Kenai? You got Ruffridge, Elam, and you have Bjorkman.
People in Kenai, y'all gotta get it together. Like, we got young, right? We gotta put a leash on that dog, but that's one. When Bjorkman says the rule of 11, I wish more Republicans would join with me and the Democrats so we have more of you. I want to remind you, Jesse Bjorkman, who I've invited on the show multiple times and won't come, I want to remind you, you have 11 elected Republicans and 9 elected Democrats in the Senate. You choose to be a traitor and go over to the Democratic side.
You choose to do that! If you wanted to actually work with Republicans, you would be in the Republican caucus. But you're not. You're in the Democrat caucus, the majority Democrat caucus. I want to remind you, there are nine Democrats in the majority caucus, and there are one, two, three, four, five Republicans. And those five Republicans are Giesel, Stevens, Stedman, Bjorkman, and Kelly Merrick from Eagle River. So again, I say to you, if you want to act like a Republican, be a Republican.
But the fact is, this joint resolution that passed the House unanimously It didn't go to the floor of the Senate because Wolakowski's feelings got hurt. Because somebody's family member said something about him on social media. What a wuss. We're gonna take a quick break. We'll be right back. This report is sponsored by Mothers Against Drunk Driving. For victims of drunk and drug driving, you always have a place At MAD, call our 24-hour victim helpline at 877-MAD-HELP Or visit mad.org.
hour. Those temperatures warming into the low to mid 50s with peaks of sunshine returning later this week. For Alaska's weather source, I'm meteorologist. local and insightful Radio. Sexcraft Inc. Well, we have to turn to the voice of reason and wisdom. Carl is joining the show. Good morning, sir. Good morning, Andy. Thank you. You know, I've been listening to your program, and also I read this morning's paper.
I'm extremely disappointed what our legislature did in Juneau. If there was ever a reason to move that capital to the road system, this would be it. Exactly. Exactly, you know. We've had discussions about that. Look, if the legislative session even was held on the road system, A lot of legislators will say to you, you just don't understand how it is in Juneau. Well, that's part of the problem, right? It's not that we don't understand, but that it is.
is so different in judo and that you're so isolated and the lobbyists have so much influence. So maybe, just maybe, you should realign yourself with the people in your own district. Maybe that's part of the problem. I think you're absolutely spot on, Carl. Well, you know, 21 of the legislators are from Juneau, 3 from Eagle River, and I believe 7 from the Valley. Just think of all the per diem they could say.
by having those people here in Anchorage. Yeah. And that money would pay for moving the capital. I remember years ago, I've been here since 62. The reason that Bill Ray voted against the captain move is he owns liquor stores in Juneau. Mm-hmm. So naturally he was making money.
Well, look, if it wasn't for self-interest, a lot of these people wouldn't be motivated to be in the legislature, I think. And, you know, I get to the point. I know there's good legislators. I know there's good people that serve in the legislature. And frankly, I know good people on both sides.
I look at it and I understand I have different worldviews than some, but where my frustration really comes in is when I have eye-to-eye conversations with somebody. They tell me, this is who I am, this is what I believe.
and then they go down there and they put their interests above what they told you, and they put their interests above what the interests are of their constituents. I mean, I don't know about you, Carl, but I think $2,800 per Alaskan... could have made a huge difference in a lot of people's lives if they would have actually just given us the PFD that is in law. You're absolutely right. And if the legislature was moved to the road system, it would be difficult.
for the legislators to meet their constituents eyeball to eyeball and explain their justification for doing something. You're exactly right, sir. I couldn't have said it any better. Carl, as always, I appreciate it when you call in and you share your wisdom. You always have clarity, and I appreciate that. Thank you. All right, well, see, my show completely went off the rails today. I did not mean to just lament. legislature. We can weave in a couple stories.
It only went off the rails because we didn't That extension. Oh my goodness. Well, that does it for Daryl and I today. And, you know, the Senate, a surprising vote in the U.S., No tax on tips. It's going to be a real thing. going to be good, but there's lots of news that's popping, so I do want to invite any legislator who wants to come
and talk about the legislative session anytime this week. You're more than welcome to. We're always happy to have you. All right, that does it for Daryl and I today. We will be back with you tomorrow morning at 6 a.m. Until then, my friends. He's back and he's got even more to say. update with Bella Only on News Radio 650 KENI. My name is Ariel. I moved to the U.S. at 19.