The Jeff Oravits Show Podcast

Valentine’s Day, marriage stats & more with Angela & Olivia. Ep. 2344

Angela and Olivia join me to talk Valentine’s Day, marriage stats, divorce stats and more!

The EV thing isn’t working out after all. Ep. 2343

Angela and Olivia join me with an EV update and news that Ford and others are cutting back after massive losses. We also update you on charges for the suspect in last weeks west Flag shootout and deaths of DPS helicopter pilots. 

Supervisor Tammy Ontiveros talks housing.

I sat down with Coconino County Supervisor Tammy Ontiveros for a wide ranging discussion on housing in Northern Arizona, infrastructure, energy and more. 

So it begins, initiative in AZ to “rein in ESA’s” Ep. 2342

Mark Haughwout joins me as we discuss a newly launched initiative to rein in ESA’s in AZ including an income test. What was going on with the airspace over El Paso today? Olivia with some Olympic updates. A beer maker cuts a bunch of workers due to AI productivity gains. 

Surprising welfare data on Puerto Rico Ep. 2341

Angela joins me as we share crazy welfare data on Puerto Rico, what those telephone poles were all about during the Super Bowl Halftime Show and should Puerto Rico just be its own country and not receive our tax dollars? Plus some Olympic updates including a new sport!

Tax CONFUSION in Arizona with Aimee Yentes of AZ Free Enterprise Club.

Aimee Yentes, Vice President of Arizona Free Enterprise Club joins me with a tax update. Governor Hobbs vetoed a bill that would have saved Arizonan’s millions. So what’s the next step? And what about the looming tax deadline? Plus, other states are attracting massive capital because they have eliminated their state income tax. Will Arizona follow suit?

Bad Bunny, Kid Rock & the escalation of culture wars. Ep. 2340

Angela and I watched the Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime show and we have some things to say about it. A history lesson on Puerto Rico and some civics 101. An update on the Nancy Guthrie disappearance. I discuss the SAVE Act and the push this week to make sure only those who are citizens actually vote. Olivia gives an Olympic update.

Matt Beienburg, HCR2044 and the push to stop DEI in Arizona.

There’s a hearing coming up in the House Government Committee about HCR2044, the proposed constitutional amendment that would prohibit government DEI mandates and racial preferences. Matt Beienburg, director of the Goldwater Institute’s Van Sittert Center for Constitutional Advocacy shares the details and why this amendment is needed in Arizona. 

Orville Wiseman talks Arizona aviation, training 1000’s, slurry bombers & more!

Orville Wiseman of Wiseman Aviation shares his decades of stories and experiences as Flagstaff’s fixed based operator (FBO) & flight school. I actually received my private pilots license from Orville’s flight school as have 1000’s over the decades. Orville shares some amazing stories of flying, Flagstaff challenging high elevation mountain airport, the history of aviation in Northern Arizona and the challenges airlines have in small rural communities. We also talk about the landing fee controversy and the potential for a new Arizona and federal law banning these fee’s for general aviation planes. Orville touches on fighting forest fires and the role his FBO has at the historic Lindberg Winslow Airport in fueling and providing a location for the firefighter pilots to load the slurry to put out wildfires throughout the region. He also shares some of the famous people he’s met over the years flying into Flagstaff (KFLG) Airport. 
 
NOTE: This interview was recorded prior to the tragic helicopter crash in Flagstaff that killed 2 DPS officers.

Gena Swoboda talks about running for AZ Secretary of State

Gina Swoboda joins us to discuss  running for Arizona Secretary of State, why she decided to not pursue the CD1 Congressional seat, a lay of the land politically and the challenges AZ faces with elections issues going forward.