The Jeff Oravits Show Podcast

#1329: Bob Thorpe: Gas card stimulus, Ducey conservative rankings, woke-ness and open lines

Former 4 term AZ Rep. Bob Thorpe joins Jeff and Olivia for open line Wednesday covering topics such as:
Gas Stimulus Checks?
Article at www.TalkWithJeff.com
Is it possible to avoid corporate woke-ness?
Ducey selected as top Governor by conservative ALEC organization 
Will FUSD bring back masks after November election?
Inflation: Americans struggling. Politicians clueless to fix. How do you fix the inflation crisis?

#1328: Devonna McLaughlin talks rental prices skyrocketing + Jeff and Olivia on selfie stick stupidity and ending early voting

#1328: Devonna McLaughlin talks rental prices skyrocketing + Jeff and Olivia on selfie stick stupidity and ending early voting 
 
0:00-43:31 
$1500 1 bedroom rentals in Flagstaff! Devonna McLaughlin talks rental rates spiking!
 
Devonna McLaughlin is CEO of Housing Solutions of Northern Arizona breaks down their recent Rental Attainability Report that shows big year over year increases in the cost of housing in NAZ. 
 
43:32-74:26 
Jeff and Olivia tackle forest fire forecast, eliminating early voting, Harry Potter, selfie stick stupidity and a bunch of comments from listeners. 
 
 
This weeks giveaway! 
2 tickets to Friends of the NRA banquet 
Brought to you by 
The Blind Brothers
 
TheBlindBrothers.com is giving away a pair of tickets to The Verde Valley Friends of the NRA annual event banquet on Saturday, March 26 at the Verde Valley Fairgrounds.
 
Join other champions of the Second Amendment for dinner, raffles, auctions and fun with a chance to win exclusive guns, gear, decor and collectibles!
 
The event is this Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 4:30PM

#1327: End of daylight savings? Councilwoman Salas discusses a “sustainable” housing initiative she voted against that’ll cost you big. + Red Dawn? Not so fast according to survey.

#1327: Monday, March 21, 2022
End of daylight savings? Councilwoman Salas discusses a “sustainable” housing initiative she voted against that’ll cost you big. + Red Dawn? Not so fast according to survey.
 
0:00-20:11 Inflation, murder, botox and daylight savings!
Inflation rages, politicians clueless as to cause. Fed losing control? Jeff explains.
 
+ Jeff’s News Picks including a murder at a Flagstaff bar, Congressman O’Halleran positive, politicians want to eliminate taxes (because of oil spikes). US friends with Venezuelan oil? Ducey signs some bills. 
 
Plus, time to eliminate daylight savings nationally? Not so fast says some politicians. 
 
20:12-43:21 Flagstaff Councilmember Salas on B.A.N.A.N.A.’s and job training. 
Councilwoman Regina Salas talks B.A.N.A.N.A.’s and why she voted against a new “sustainable” housing initiative that’ll add thousands to the cost of housing in an already expensive city. Plus Salas on a new work initiative to get people real world training and high paying jobs in the trades.
https://www.reginasalasforflg.com
 
43:22-58:52 Inflation and supply chain issues mount.
Jeff talks about the Covid (government caused) inflation numbers but wait until you see the “oil spike inflation” numbers yet come!
 
Red Dawn in America? Not so fast! According to a new Quinnipiac University poll that asked “What would you do if you were in the same position as Ukrainians are now, stay and fight or leave the country?" 
 
The response? 68% of Republicans say they’d stay and fight while 52% of Democrats say they’d flee.
 
58:52-74:13 Give it up! Open air buses with mask mandates
Olivia shares an email comment about Covid never ending. Jeff and Olivia share their experience with TSA rules at an Arizona national monument. 

Pastor Daniel Williamson discusses running for Flagstaff Mayor. Goldwater Institutes Matt Beienburg discuss curriculum transparency.

Pastor Daniel Williamson discusses running for Flagstaff Mayor. Goldwater Institutes Matt Beienburg discuss curriculum transparency.
#1321 Friday, March 11, 2022
 
0:00-14:45 Jeff recaps a few of the weeks biggest news items.
 
14:46-43:22 Pastor Daniel Williamson, Candidate for Flagstaff Mayor. 
 
43:23-58:09 Jeff and Olivia pick this weeks $40 Nimarco’s Pizza winner. 
 
58:10-74:14 Goldwater Institute Director of Education Policy Matt Beienburg joins us to discuss curriculum transparency and a bill at the legislature that would require teachers to post the curriculum online. 

Glenn Leest on inflation spiraling out of control. Monique Whitney on prescription costs that could be lower. Cathi Herrod on pro family bills at the legislature.

Glenn Leest on inflation spiraling out of control. Monique Whitney on prescription costs that could be lower. Cathi Herrod on pro family bills at the legislature.#1320: Thursday, March 10, 2022
 
0:00-20:25 Glenn Leest discusses another 40 year record high for inflation. And this data was taken before the recent oil and gas prices skyrocketing! Inflation heading to 10% (government numbers), 20% (actual inflation)? Leest discusses the impacts on the economy, your wallet and investments. Will people start stockpiling (hoarding) supplies? Is the back yard garden becoming cool again? www.WTWealthManagment.com
 
20:26-43:36 Monique Whitney, executive director of Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency (PUTT) talks about how Pharmacy Benefit Managers are driving up the costs of prescription medications and how we can change this system and stop the massive markup in prices.  https://www.truthrx.org
 
43:37-63:03 Cathi Herrod is the President for the Center for Arizona Policy, CAP, a nonprofit advocacy group whose mission is to promote and defend the foundational values of life, marriage and family, and religious freedom. 
 
SB 1138  child gender surgery prohibition 
SB 1165 – save women’s sports 
SB 1164 15-week abortion limit 
HB 2161 parental rights 
HB 2449.  Clergy visits 
HB 2507  religion is essential
SB1399 – keep kids first
Learn more at AZPolicy.org
 
63:04-74:24 TSA extends mask mandate on planes (big surprise), what if interest rates go up 10%?, Senators propose a new bureaucracy, the Office of Rural Prosperity to cut down on bureaucracy (you can’t make this stuff up) and Jeff answers an email on rent control.

#1319: Haughwout, Wilson: Pain at pump, EV car pipe dream + Olivia with open lines

#1319: Haughwout, Wilson: Pain at pump, EV car pipe dream + Olivia with open lines
Mark Haughwout and Rob Wilson of Timberline Firearms and Training join Jeff and Olivia for open lines. Topics include: save money by spending $40,000 on an EV, cost of everything going up, the Rogers/Townsend race for Senate. 

Show #1318: Senator Townsend on why she entered LD7 race against Sen. Rogers + Russian oil ban + Olivia’s unicorn give away!

Show #1318: Senator Townsend on why she entered LD7 race against Sen. Rogers + Russian oil ban + Olivia’s unicorn give away!
 
0:00-15:41
Jeff’s NEWS Picks:
Biden Bans Russian oil, Jeff gives some oil stats.
Senator Kelly Townsend challenges Senator Wendy Rogers.
Senator Ugenti-Ritas bill on using force during property crimes
AZ Board of Regents divests of Russia
15:42-27:38
“No Sleep til Brooklyn”: Olivia shares a hiking story.
Jeff recaps todays markets and oil prices
Olivia shares listener comments
 
27:39-43:24
Jeff shares a border story from Tiffany Shedd and Paris Dennard on Bidens Supreme Court Pick.
 
43:25-62:55
Senator Kelly Townsend talks to Jeff about why she jumped in LD7 race against Senator Wendy Rogers.
 
62:56-74:14
Olivia shares listener comments and announces a Unicorn giveaway! 
 
Enter this weeks Nimarco’s Pizza Give Away HERE!
 
Join us tomorrow for Open Line Wednesday with Rob Wilson. Jeff and Olivia will take two hours of live listener comments at 877-971-3971 starting at 4:06 on 97.1FM in NAZ and www.TalkWithJeff.com

Show #1317: Gas spikes, tone deaf DC politicians to Americans, save $, buy a $40K EV! + Paris Dennard, on Bidens SCOTUS pick + Matt Salmon: Wendy Rogers should resign.

Show #1317: Gas spikes, tone deaf DC politicians to Americans, save $, buy a $40K EV!  + Paris Dennard, on Bidens SCOTUS pick + Matt Salmon: Wendy Rogers should resign. 
 
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0:00-11:55 Inflation rages, AZ gas $4+ shortages and bad decisions mount.
Drill baby drill! AZ gas prices sore to over $4 per gallon! Food inflation over 20% according to UN. Russia and Ukraine wheat and barley supplies in question.
 
11:56-25:29 Paris Dennard, who is Bidens Supreme Court Pick?
Paris Dennard, National Spokesperson and Director of Black Media Affairs sheds some light on KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, Bidens Supreme Court pick. Who is she? Paris fills us in. Paris also talks inflation and Bidens 
disastrous energy policies. 
 
“It’s really embarrassing that we went from being energy independent to energy dependent in such a short while under the failed leadership of Joe Biden and the Democrats.”
 
25:30-43:19 Matt salmon wants Senator Wendy Rogers to resign.
Arizona Gubernatorial Candidate Matt Salmon returns to the program and tells Jeff why he thinks Senator Wendy Rogers should resign after her comments and actions that recently got her censured by her Senate colleagues. Matt also addresses inflation and how the states need to band together against federal overreach and bad policy. 
 
43:19-74:02 Gas tops $4 in AZ, Buttigieg: save money by buying a $40,000 EV! Huh?
Olivia gives away some pizza. Buttigieg says get an electric car to save money…huh? Inflation hits America big, yes it’s the war in Russia but it was already at record levels due to politicians bad policies! Congressman O’Halleran says, stop buying oil from Russia….where should we get it, Iran? AAA puts AZ at $4.12 per gallon!

#1316: Jeff’s weekly roundup: Mandates finally ending, Ukraine updates, VP Myron Lizer, Senator Rogers censured, Glenn Leest on the markets and Tiffany Shedd on the border “invasion”

Jeff’s weekly roundup: Mandates finally ending, Ukraine updates, VP Myron Lizer, Senator Rogers censured, Glenn Leest on the markets and Tiffany Shedd on the border “invasion” #1316: Friday, March 4, 2022
 
0:00-12:42 A week of mask mandates finally ending for the governments still hanging on to this failed covid protocol. 
 
12:43-23:19 A Congressional update including a resolution supporting Ukraine and a new candidate, Myron Lizer, Vice President of the Navajo Nation, enters the race for the Republican nomination in CD2
 
23:20-43:23 Senator Wendy Rogers gets censured. Representative Jake Hoffman gives a legislative update. 
 
23:21-66:43 Glenn Leest discusses the economics of it all with oil at $100+ a barrel, inflation raging and markets up and down. 
 
66:44-74:17 Border talk with AG Candidate Tiffany Shedd who calls the crisis nothing short of an invasion.

Mayor of Flagstaff Paul Deasy talks housing, flooding, traffic, bike lanes and more.

Mayor of Flagstaff Paul Deasy talks housing, flooding, traffic, bike lanes and more. 
#1315: Thursday, March 2, 2022
https://youtu.be/_xaSmQPSWIM
Affordable Housing?
Mayor of Flagstaff Paul Deasy returned to the Jeff Oravits Show to discuss a host of issues. Affordable housing was an issue Deasy spoke about at length. Flagstaff, like many Arizona communities has seen a large increase in the cost of rentals and the median home price of homes. Several proposals are on the table to address affordable housing but Deasy asked, in Flagstaff, “what does that actually (affordable) mean?” 
 
Housing Regulations
One area of housing Deasy would like to see more strictly regulated is tougher regulations on vacation and short term rentals? He is though, when it comes to owner occupied homes, in favor of allowing property owners more flexibility to add accessory dwelling units to their property which could be used as rentals or in-law quarters. 
 
Borrowing for Housing?
With regard to a push by some of his colleagues to borrow money to address housing issues Mayor Deasy is not convinced this is the way to go. “We gotta be practical with it”. We’ve got public safety issues to deal with and houses that are actually flooding. 
 
Flood Control
Deasy is frustrated with the speed of the Federal Government when It comes to a local flood control project, “let me tell you about bureaucracy” he said. He says the City has ponied up constantly but continues to run into a lot of “headwinds” and that it’s a “constant 2 steps forward 1 step” backwards situation. But Mayor Deasy felt progress being made and hopes that projects like the Rio De Flag project, which when complete wil take most of the South Side and NAU areas out of the flood plane, are getting closer to reality. 
 
Roads and Bridges
Is there an attempt to make it tough to drive on Flagstaff’s roads with reduced lane sizes and a push towards public transportation? “Sometimes it feels like people want to punish cars” he said. When asked about a proposed Flagstaff overpass in the downtown area, Deasy says it’s coming but design ideas continue to change.
 
Bike Safety
As for bike safety, Mayor Deasy discussed a pilot program on Butler Avenue and Beaver Street.  The city placed curbs on the street to separate bike traffic from other vehicles. The problem has been snowplowing and the limitation of lane widths. 
 
Up for Re-Election
Deasy is up for re-election and with three other declared candidates there will be a primary in August. Deasy, who participated in a mayoral forum on the Jeff Oravits Show last election cycle, would like to participate in a future one saying that he is “absolutely game” to doing that and hoped his challengers would participate as well. 
 
The Jeff Oravits Show will coordinate a Flagstaff Mayoral forum sometime in late spring of 2022.