Ep. 1584: Covid Remembrance Day (serious!) + getting public records with Parker Jackson of Goldwater + “pregnant persons” and Jeff’s Top News Picks.

Ep. 1584: Covid Remembrance Day (serious!) + getting public records with Parker Jackson of Goldwater + “pregnant persons” and Jeff’s Top News Picks. 

    Ep. 1584: Tuesday, March 7, 2023

 

Starting with Jeff’s Top News Picks (3:00) include rancher charged with murder pleads not guilty, Fed says interest rates may get higher + updates on NAZ snowfall totals and CA gets 42 feet of snow. Jeff also discusses Flagstaff city council failing to plow some roads while debating abortion resolution. 

 

Bill banning critical race theory, CRT, (24:00) passes the Arizona Legislature heading for Governor Hobbs desk and destined for a veto. Plus an update on four Americans kidnapped in Mexico. 

 

Olivia shares a suggestion from Joe (34:00) on ways to prevent forest fires in NAZ.

 

Parker Jackson of GoldWaterInstitute.org discusses a lawsuit against Phoenix (44:00) over contract negotiations done between the City of Phoenix and the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association and the city’s refusal to turn over records from the negotiations. Interested in keeping an eye on your government and trying to get public records? GoldWater has resources at https://www.openmygovernment.org.     

 

Hobbs declares March 6th Covid Remembrance Day and Jeff remembers all the stupid things government forced (65:00) on billions of people, generally making life miserable and in the end having little to no impact.