The Amy Demboski Show 3_20-2026

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3:04This is the morning drive on UseRadio 650 KENI. Good morning. It is finally Friday. March 20th, current time, 606 AM. Hopefully your day is off to a good start. It is relatively mild temperatures are definitely increasing across South Central. I'm looking right now in Palmer. I'm seeing at 11 degrees. Anchorage isn't quite as warm, but I've seen single digits all over Anchorage. I was seeing two degrees, four degrees, six degrees. My app is saying eight degrees for Anchorage, but I did drill down into some of the different areas. And it looks like all in all single digits, but definitely the trend is warming. That's nice. KENI is checking in at 11, big lake, two fair banks, a balmy negative 18. So it does look like we are starting to hit the edge here

4:06of the really cold temperatures I'm hoping. We are expecting some wind out here in the Palmer area this weekend. There is a wind advisory that's in effect from Saturday morning through Saturday evening. High winds can move loose to breathe damage property, cause power outages. Right now they're predicting Northeast winds 25 to 45 miles per hour with gusts up to 75 miles per hour, starting on satter days. So and they're saying for the lower Matt Newska Valley area. So it does look like it's going to be a little bit breezy this weekend. So there you go. There's the weather for the weekend. But you know what, resistance is futile. It's a spring equinox. So that means bring on the sunshine. Bring it on. Speaking of bringing on the sunshine. Good morning, Mr. Dean. Good morning, Mr. Embosky. I'll run a little late behind on my stuff in here. So thank you for taking care of the weather there for me.

5:08Four degrees is the average here in Anchorage. Nice. It's not feeling too bad out there. It's better than 14 below. I'm just saying you guys had some cold temps the last two weeks. But then of course, we were supposed to have all that snow. So got expecting snow and happily surprised. There was no. I think everybody's like ready for spring. That's the sense I'm getting is we're ready for spring. You know, I don't mind winners where we have a lot of snow. It's the wind that I can't stand in the winter time because it just chills you to the bone. And I was born and raised in the valley. So you know, I learned you just hide in the garbage can until the wind stops and everything's all good. Unless the garbage can of course starts to blow away, then well, you're in for a ride. Houston, we have a problem. Houston, we have a problem. Yeah, no doubt. Well, I will say as I'm looking at these weather trends, you know, we're almost into April. We're so close. Can you believe it? March is like zipping by. It's almost in April. It is marching past a nice little pun there. I like it. Well, I suppose I'll do some announcements.

6:08There's only one right now for one community that I see it. That has anything going on in his Anchorage. Anchorage is a lot going on today. The Anchorage school board in assembly have a joint meeting. They do this every quarter and they go back and forth whether they meet at the ASD Education Center or whether they meet at City Hall. Today's meeting is going to be at the ASD Education Center boardroom, 5530 East Northern Lights in Anchorage. That will be again today. Friday, March 20, 10AM. Usually it's a couple hours long. Typically, is that meeting? And then they come back to City Hall. And at one o'clock, they have a work session on AO 2026-13, amending Anchorage Municipal Code to establish review and common procedures by an advisory commission for capital improvement projects within the Chugak State Park Access Service Area.

7:09So when they implemented that new Chugak State Park, tax assessment zone for all those different capital projects that they say they need, now they have an advisory commission and they're establishing their process to probably take public comment and rank those things. But that will be today at one o'clock if you're interested in that. And that will be a course at City Hall in room 155. The second work session that they're going to have today is at 210. And that'll be on AIM, that's assembly information memorandum, 22-2026, internal audit report on the Sullivan, Bokey, Dempsey contract compliance. This will be again in room 155 at 210 and then at 320. They will have a confirmation hearing for Lance Wilbur to be this CFO. So that will be at 320 in room 155.

8:12Lance is a good guy. I gotta tell you, he used to be a OMB tractor. He's had pretty much every position. I think he's run pretty much every department at the city at this point. I'm exaggerating, but he could do every department I guarantee it. So I don't see any challenges at all in his confirmation. He's great. So there you have it. That rounds it out for Anchorage today. Again, the assembly is going to be busy. They have a full day of hearings and meetings and whatnot. But if you do want to track their calendar, easy to do, all you have to do is go to muni.org, MUNI.org. And then you'll be able to click on the assembly tab. It'll bring you right to their landing page. And it goes through every single one of these meetings for today. If you just click on it, it'll bring you to more information. And that really is it for our public announcements for today. Everybody else is pretty much taken Friday off. It looks pretty light. It looks pretty light around the state. If you have any announcements that you'd like to plug, if you know of a particular meeting that's going on,

9:13or if it's something fun that's going on, we're always happy to plug it. All you have to do is give us call 522-0650. We're going to go ahead and take our first break of the morning. When we come back, we will jump into the headlines today and stay with us. Look at it, Chair Alaska, total traffic care. Compassion International. Compassion sponsorship means food, health care, education, and most of all, being known, loved, and protected. There are thousands of kids warming as we officially welcome in. Astronomical spring today will top out in the 20s and continue that climb into the 20s as we head into next week. For Alaska's news source, I'm meteorologist, Aaron Morrison. Amy Dimposky. Six to eight mornings on News Radio 650, K-E-N-I. Call out, 907-522-0650. Welcome back. Well, it is Friday. And if you'd like to call in and talk about anything, talk about this week or something else, we're always happy to do that. Number to call 522-0650. I am anticipating at seven that we will get a call

10:14from Representative Steve St. Clair. Give us kind of an update on what's going on in Juneau. There's a lot of moving pieces in Juneau right now. So it feels like every two, three days, there's some new twists to the stories that are coming out of Juneau. So we'll get a quick update on what's going on in Juneau. And hopefully, I'm sure it'll be entertaining. Steve's always entertaining. He's very direct, which I love. I got to love it. And he's informational. I mean, he actually has good information. He does. And that's what we're digging for. As we try to go to the source as much as possible, that's why we love having legislators call in. Well, there in Juneau, because they're in the back rooms, they're hearing the conversations part of the conversation. So we will have that conversation with him. We are starting to see more and more musher's cross the finish line for the I Didarad. Jesse Terry, according to the ADN, has earned the I Didarad's top rookie award this year. As he crossed the finish line in Nome yesterday,

11:16Terry is from Sue Lookout, Ontario, arrived in Nome at 336 AM in 14th place. It says right here, Ohio, Ontario, rather, musher, Jerry Terry, I can't talk, Jesse Terry, crossed under the rolled arch in Nome early Thursday morning to earn rookie of the year award in 2026. So that's fantastic. I mean, now they're up to about 20 people that have crossed the finish line. So they are, they're making haste. They are, it's coming to a close very soon. So we'll see who gets the red lantern award, but it looks like it's going to, it's going to happen pretty soon here. Largely, largely a very straightforward race this year. I didn't hear a lot about any drama on the trail this year. It just seemed like it was the, the bison and the young rookie. That was about the only drama I heard was the bison and the young rookie. The bison and the young rookie. I didn't hear about that.

12:17Oh, yes, stand off. I, you know, every year somebody runs into those out out on the burn out there. They run into one and yeah, that what little rookies found out, bison liked to block the road from their dogs. And so yeah, a bit of a standoff with them, but it all turned out good. No, no harm to the bison, no harm to the dogs, no harm to the musher. So hey, just one of those great memories, because if nothing else, what a memory that would be. Oh, what a story. Usually it's mousse, you know, it's not unusual that you'll hear about a mousse charging a dog team or, you know, them getting into a little tussle with a mousse. That does happen. But I hadn't heard about the bison. So yeah, it was just a little bit of a mess. I said it was a real calm. I mean, I expect a lot, but you know, almost every year where they go into the farewell burn, we got sleds being broken or it's all rough. Yeah. And as you said this year, it was like nothing. It was like peaches and cream out there, man. Oh, well, I was laughing when you said bison, I was waiting for the punchline. I thought it was a joke. Oh. That's why it looked at you funny. I'm like, I'm like already trying to figure it out.

13:17Oh, well, you know, well, no damage this year that I've heard about. So that's good. The arch stood. It did. Yeah, I didn't think about it. This is the first year I think that the run under the new arch, isn't it? It was last year the first year. I think it was last year. Was it? I don't know. I could be wrong. But nonetheless, it was up in everybody's being able to cross it. So that's good. Yeah, yeah, that's the ticket. I think they made to make the final challenge of the I did a rod to jump the arch, okay? Giving enough energy, enough speed, make a ramp, and let's have them jump the arch. Maybe Iron Dog. Maybe Iron Dog instead of a sled dog, right? Well, those guys could do it easy. You know what I'm saying? Pizzic egg, pizzic egg. Well, today is a day that will live in history. It will go down in history. It has happened. We all knew this day would eventually come. Though people doubted the possibility of it. But I am looking at two different articles here.

14:18I have one in variety. And I have one from a local station, but Chuck Norris has died at the age of 86. That is such sad news. Actually, to be honest, I don't think he's dead. I think he just took death, told him his job is done and he took over death's job. He's still rolling around out there. Because Chuck Norris had a disagreement with God in the very beginning, right? You know that. In the beginning, God said, let there be light. And Chuck said, say, please. And since then, you know, we all know. Since it's done, I was gonna say yesterday he was hospitalized in Hawaii. And this morning his family put out a statement that said, well, we'd like to keep circumstances private. Please know that he was surrounded by his family and was at peace. That was a statement that was put out by his family. So legendary action and martial artist action, action actor, I should say, and martial artist Chuck Norris

15:22it's being reported at a local stations in Hawaii too that Chuck Norris has passed away as of this morning. So sad news coming out of Hawaii. Sad news, but again, never ending jokes because we all know Chuck probably stopped the world and spun it backwards. I think my favorite one is that Chuck Norris counted to infinity twice. The Chuck Norris jokes are legendary. You know, I was going through doing the show prep for today and I kind of looked at this one local anchorage article and I just kind of looked at it and I just shook my head. This is coming from the Lasca News source. This is the title of the article. Anchorage man attempts to rob bank with authority of Jesus according to the affidavit. And I'm like, what real real real deal here? An Anchorage man robbed a credit union last month armed only with quote, the power and authority of Jesus and quote, according to the affidavit filed in the Alaska

16:25court system, Deschelon Jelkes 35 is being charged with first degree robbery and the use of a weapon, second degree robbery and the use of force to compel delivery, second degree theft and two counts of violating conditions of release. Around 5.50 a.m. on February 26th, the affidavit says that Jelkes approached the teller, a credit union one, on Debar, he gave them a note reading quote, I have a weapon and that weapon I am armed with the power and authority of Jesus Christ, empty the drawer into the envelope, do not set off an alarm. So then he said, Nickletty sent me, thank you. And quote, that's what the affidavit says. That's interesting, sounds like a guy you don't want to cross. Oh, there it is, there it is, Darryl. The teller emptied the teller money and handed it to Jelkes with an envelope, which included a tracker. Once the tracking device was removed from the teller, it activated a silent alarm, notifying APD dispatch,

17:27APD tracked Jelkes to Costco across the street from credit union one. Officers saw Jelkes at Costco with the same clothes worn by the suspect in security camera footage. Well, police approached Jelkes, a minor confrontation ensued and a quote, large amount and quote of money spilled onto the floor, including the tracking device. Officers later counted $1,701 taken from Jelkes. During his interview at APD headquarters, officers noticed Jelkes was wearing an ankle monitor and he claimed he had previous state charged Jelkes, claimed he did enter the credit union. He wanted to ask for money. He admitted he told the teller he was armed with the authority of Jesus Christ, but not denied. He had any literal weapon. Oh, I mean, I mean, come on. You're gonna, okay, you're on an ankle monitor. So number one, they're gonna be able to track locations anyway. But number two, really, we're gonna go back to prison for a 1,700 bucks.

18:29It's crazy. I don't understand it with the robbing of the banks because pretty much everybody knows. Well, not only are you gonna get caught, but there's never any real dollar bet. I mean, back in the day where we were kids, you watched them walk out with these big bags of money and all kinds of stuff. Nowadays, you're lucky if you're gonna get $1,000 from one of those tills. So, but of course, if you're gonna be robbing your stupid anyways, so play stupid games. What's the answer? When's stupid prizes? Exactly, exactly. Needless to say, he is back at Anchorage Correctional Complex. Yeah, he's gonna be spending some time behind bars. I mean, once you ratchet it up to federal charges and you rob a bank, he's not gonna be out for any time. So, I don't think he's gotten the memo from Jesus, which is that shall not steal. Just, I'm just putting it out there. I think he needs to continue reading scripture. Getting it back to the Old Testament, I didn't notice one thing from the picture. He's got his little light of his on his forehead,

19:30but he didn't have it lit, so he couldn't single this little light of mine song. So, that would've done the only thing extra there. You know, I just look at it and I'm like, this day and age, there's cameras everywhere and you're gonna get caught. It's just a matter of how long is it gonna take him to get you, but you're gonna get caught. That's for sure gonna happen. Well, it was also a busy week out here in the Mad 2. I don't remember the last time this has happened, but the Matto Assembly overrode Mayor Edna's veto. Did you see that? Yep, it happened. I did not. It didn't happen. Yep, this article's in the ADN. It's coming from the Matto Sentinel. Actually, it's just republished in the ADN. The Mat News Assistant in Burrow Assembly this week voted to override a mayoral veto and move forward with a plan to help a private company find a partner to build a large data center or a high tech facility on Burrow Oldland. The Assembly voted six to one during its regular assembly meeting to override Mayor Edna's veto

20:31with Assembly Member Stephanie Nour's being the only NOVO. The resolution was initially approved earlier this month in a five to two vote with Nour's and Bulls opposed. The override was requested by Assembly Member Dimitri Vanoff who co-sponsored the resolution with Assembly Member Ron Bruneer. Faunov represents District 6 and Bruneer 7. The Measure Directs Pro staff to work with Terra Energy Company to identify companies interested in developing a data center or high energy use facility on Burrow Oldland near Port McKenzie, Big Lake, or the proposed West Houston Access Road. The resolution establishes a two-year partnership between the Burrow and Terra allowing the company to use Burrow staff time and resources. It does not require the Burrow to sell or lease land or commit to allowing a data center. So this is really just an exploratory option. It says the effort to tend to support Terra Energy's

21:32parent company, Flatland Energy, and seeking investors for proposed cold-fired plant near Squintna, getting that project off the ground and securing funding also requires a large energy user to serve as an anchor customer. Mayor Edna said she vetoed the resolution because they could expose the Burrow to risk by allowing a private company that has not been fully vetted to represent the Burrow to outside entities. She said the Assembly should first review the properties involved and determine whether it's supported in data center development. Bull said he changed his mind after learning more about the proposal from project experts and supporters. He said he now backs the plan because it could encourage development without committing Burrow funds or harming salmon. He went on to say, quote, the data center is just a potential concept to help capture some of the energy and lower costs and lower the cost of energy for Matty residents. Two weeks ago, I was not educated, now I am, end quote. It takes a lot of courage for politicians to say,

22:34either I learned something more or I was wrong about something. You don't see this very often. So I commend him for doing his homework and doing his research. You know, when I saw this originally, I had a friend of mine text me and tell me that they overwrote her last this week. And I guess what it comes down to me is this is really an exploratory mission. There is a lot of talk and there's another story in the Alaska story actually about the Matty potentially getting the first coal-fired plant on the rail belt in a long time and over a decade. This would be a really big deal, especially if you're going to start expanding into the realm of data centers or anything like that. They're huge energy intensive operations. And so you have to be able to deal with the transmission issues, you have to be able to deal with the energy generation issues in order to support things like that. So this issue in the Matty as it's being reported, it doesn't necessarily commit the burrow

23:36to any particular parcel of land or it's just basically exploratory mission. That's how I see it. If somebody disagrees with me or they have more information, you're more than welcome to call in, share with all of us. But to me, I understood Edna's being extra cautious. The burrow assembly is saying, let's explore it. Let's go in and see what's happening and see what the options are. And I think that's fine. Like I said, the real proof is in the pudding. Will anybody from the private sector come in and say we want to be the anchor to fund this project, to make it go forward? That they don't know yet. So I would say getting to worked up about this early on, it's way, right way premature. There's no details yet. It's just really an exploratory mission. So there you have it, but that is the headlines in the Matty this off. It does not happen very often. We're married and it gets overwritten. Really not very often.

24:38I can't even think of a time before where she's been overwritten. Like I'm scratching my brain. I cannot think this may be the first time. I can't think of a time. But here we go, like I said, I know the concept of data centers is very controversial because they are big users of energy. But the reality is if we're going to expand into data center operation here in Alaska, you have to fix the transmission issue and you have to fix the capacity issue. Those two things, you have to generate more energy in order to support those operations. There's no data about it. And that's where President Trump has said a lot of these different things. They should be able to build their own little power plants, generate their own energy. I mean, that would be one solution. So we'll see what happens and how it translates into Alaska. But that's kind of what this is all centering around. And I think cutting off the possibility early on, I don't really think it's appropriate.

25:40I think whenever we're talking about any type of development project, whether we're talking resources or otherwise, I think you have to go through the motions and get all the facts and explore it. And so that's kind of how I see this issue. Right there with you, the one thing I'd never hear anybody talking about is the water usage because it takes a huge amount of water to cool those and then it's coming out as heated water, which of course you can chill it by putting it in pools. But we have a lot of resources of water in Alaska, but not that many if they're pulling from groundwater. You know, they need to locate this someplace where maybe wind turbines can cool it or something. I don't, some kind of a creative idea. Yeah, well, in the lower 48, I would say that's one of the biggest, one of the biggest challenges I hear about data centers is water consumption and potential environmental impacts. And that's why I say when you do get into these regions, you do have to think about all the uses, whether it's energy consumption, water consumption, whatever it is, all the uses and then the downstream impacts.

26:42And I think that's a fair critique and it's a fair, but I do think just like with coal plants, I think there's innovative technologies out there that mitigate those impacts. And we just have to educate ourselves on what those are and how that particular project is implementing them. All right, well, we're going to go ahead and take a quick break. If you'd like to call in, be part of the show 522-0650. We'll be right back. This is News Radio 650, K-E-N-R, Anchorage. An Anchorage man is facing charges after allegedly roping a bank while armed only with the power and authority of Jesus Christ. An affidavit filed in Alaska District Court says 35-year-old Shalyn Jelkes walked into a credit union won on February 26th and handed the teller a note. The note read, I have a weapon and the weapon I am armed with is the power and authority of Jesus Christ. The teller gave Jelkes the money in an envelope that included a tracker and police tracked him to a Costco across the street and arrested him. Police say he asked arresting officers

27:42if he'd be getting any of his stolen money back. New details coming to light regarding a two-alarm fire that displaced several people at a multi-family building in Anchorage. The red cross of Alaska says 10 people were displaced in the fire Wednesday afternoon near Mountain View Drive and North Lane Street. Seven units in all were damaged. I'm Monica Nelson. News Radio 650, K-E-N-R. You are pipeline to the world. Look at it, Cheryl Alaska, total traffic cameras on this Friday morning, track's moving well all around the Anchorage Bowl. No major stopgages of stepping to the world of power, loyalty and luck. I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse. With family, conoles, and spins mean everything. Now, you want to get mixed up in the family business. Introducing the Godfather at choppacacino.com. Test your luck in the shadowy world of the Godfather slot. Someday, I will call upon you to do a service for me. Play the Godfather. Now at choppacacino.com. Welcome to the family. No for just necessary VGW group void were prohibited by law 21 plus terms and conditions apply.

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30:45At 220650, it's Amy Depposky on NewsRadio 650, K-E-N-I. Welcome back, turn time 640. I follow Kevin the cave on some stack. I don't know where he gets time to write all these articles, he writes, but he writes them on all kinds of different topics and he has a really good one on data centers. And it was just put out this week, March 18th, actually. So it was just put out this week and it says, what is a data center and why does it matter to the Mat Zoo? I love his sub headline, Between Alarmism and Opportunity, we need more than headlines in hysteria. Only I can curve with that. So he gets in with basically what is a data center, like getting into the basics of it. A data center is a secure industrial facility packed with computer servers, storage systems, networking equipment, cooling systems, and backup power. Its purpose is to store process and deliver the data that powers our modern world 24 hours day, 365 days a year

31:48with almost no doubt of time. So he says in this, if you're reading this from a computer, which I am, it's likely past your data center. These facilities are the backbone behind cloud storage, streaming videos, online banking, remote work, the rapid growth of artificial intelligence, they power companies like Amazon, Meta, YouTube, Uber, AI systems require enormous computing power and he goes into the real need of it. And then he gets into why is Port McKenzie being discussed? He says Port McKenzie was not chosen by accident. The Matzu borough set aside thousands of acres there years ago for heavy industrial development, complete with deep water, pour, and potential rail connections. A data center fits that purpose. Alaska also has real advantages. Our cold climate allows for more efficient cooling, reducing both energy use and water demand compared to warmer states. The key issue is power.

32:49A large data center can require as much electricity as a small city with cook and let natural gas supplies tightening the potential shortages between 2027 and 2030. Concerns about impacts on real-belt grid and residential rates are valid. There is no shortage of noise online about projects like this. Most of it skips over the facts. Alaska are capable of making good decisions when they are giving accurate information and that is the discussion that needs to take place really. He goes on and says one practical option is a pair of data centers with a dedicated local power source, such as the proposed Wessosant and Biomassant Coal Facility, with carbon caps are studied by the University of Alaska Fairbanks. A portion of the power could be sold directly to the data center through long-term agreements. The developer would pay for the transmission and infrastructure needed protecting residential rate pairs. Access power could be sold to the broader grid. Other concerns he says could be addressed

33:49with proper design. Water use can be reduced through air cooling and closed loop systems, which work well in Alaska's climate. Noise can be managed through setbacks, equipment, design, and standard industrial controls. Data centers do not create large permanent workforces, but they do support construction jobs and generate a strong property tax base for local services. Environmental impacts are addressed through permitting, including stormwater controls, habitat protections, and full review. When paired with modern power source, using carbon capture emissions can be competitive with other generation options. He goes on and talks about the conversion, reached a turning point with Mayor Edna's veto of the resolution 26-019. The veto was not a rejection of data centers. It raised legitimate concerns about process, including moving too quickly, allowing a private company to represent the borough and limiting public review, all good reasons for the mayor to pump the brakes.

34:49The assembly has now overridden that veto. The decision moves the conversation forward, but it does not replace the need for clear information, honest conversation, and public understanding of what is actually being proposed. And then he goes on to talk about Port McKenzie being zone projects just like this. And he says there shouldn't be an automatic approval. There should be a fair evidence-based process. Developers should pay the full share of infrastructure. Standards for noise, water, and environment should be clear and enforceable. Power arrangements should be protect residential rate payers. And the public should have a real opportunity to review the details. That's what responsible development looks like, really. I mean, honestly, great article. I've told you this before, but if you don't follow Kevin McCabe on sub-stack, you should. He pumps out so many different topics that are relevant to the topics we're talking about today.

35:50I think it's helpful to digest what's being talked about, for sure. So I appreciate it seeing this data center topic pop up, because it's applicable to this week's to conversation. All right, I'm going to take another quick break. When we come back, we will go straight to the phones. The number to call 522-0650. Looking at your Alaska total traffic cameras on this Friday morning, traffic's moving well all around the anchored bowl. No major stoppages are slowed up. We need Dem Bosky called 9075-22-0650 and be a part of the show on NewsRadio 650, K-E-N-I. Welcome back, our time's 650. Let's go to the phones in Gary's with us. Good morning, sir. Good morning, Jamie. You know, looking at Iran and all that stuff and what's going on and seeing our fuel prices just explode like they have. This is the highest I've ever seen in Alaska right now.

36:51And so this is my issue. Why, if America is battling tyranny worldwide, and right now it's about oil, and our American oil companies are growing on public land that the taxpayers are in charge of. Why aren't we wholesale that oil to Americans and Americans only? Let, you know, if you look at the pharmaceuticals, America was paying for Europe's cheap pharmaceuticals and everybody else's. Let's switch that around and get the world to pay for cheap oil in America. So when we go to the pumps, we're paying a buck and a half a gallon and it stays there no matter what happens. And our nation will explode with industry. Yeah, I will tell you, Trump has said when it came to Venezuela

37:53that they were going to pay for any CSUS assets. And so I think he's going down that same route, which is, you know, we come in, we help you out. You're going to pay us back, he took that strategy anyway with Ukraine, you know, where he went from being a handout to you're going to be paying us back. I think that's probably true. You know, I will say, the gas prices right now, I do remember in 2022, diesel was over six bucks a gallon. So I don't think it's that high yet. And I think I'm looking at data prices right now from ArcGIS. And it's saying that in June of 2022, gas prices in Alaska were averaging 556. So, I mean, we're definitely getting up there. I mean, this is what happens when you have large scale military operations. It strains the supply for sure. I mean, you're seeing that with a straight-of-home use being closed effectively for the past couple of weeks.

38:54I think that you have to get it back open for sure. And then I think you're also going to see Venezuela coming back on the market in much larger scale. And I think you'll see the US benefit from it, just as what you're saying. I think that's exactly the direction they're going to go. Okay, let me switch subjects. And I agree with you to the data centers. You know, they're putting the cart before the horse. And I've been involved in building high power lines for the last 10 years, five years ago. I was all across America building the high power lines. And in Alaska, do you realize when you look at them high power lines that's going through the countryside here, we're at its limit right now. So the data centers they're putting the cart in front of the horse, you know, it's not going to work unless we upgrade our grid. And just for an example, do you realize that Google, Google alone to run its massive computers

39:58to gather all the information they need? They use 12.5 Carol Watts. That's an incredible amount of, and that's just one company. That's not Facebook, that's not banks, that's not governments, that's not universities. I mean, all of us are on these computers. And I believe in my heart that who's subsidizing it is the homeowner, with their electrical rates going up. And these big, massive companies are getting wholesale electricity. That's probably get a better price from the homeowners. So our system needs to be doubled or tripled. And now, before we start all this other spending money on building a data center, because data centers just eat electricity.

40:59Well, here's the cold hard truth. The data centers are coming online because the consumers are mandating it, right? It's our usage, everything's technology driven these days. And now with UC AI becoming more and more prevalent, AI is gobbling up more and more. And people are using more and more AI, and they're everyday work that they're using it. So the reality is, is consumers are driving this trend. And I think that's why when it comes back to, like I would encourage you to read Kevin McCabe's sub-stack article, because I think he lays it out really, really well. When he starts talking about the University of Alaska study, and he's showing that you can have a new type of model, a new type of power generation model, I agree. I started this conversation with saying, in here in Alaska, we have an issue, which is transmission, right? You have the issue of the transmission lines. And then, you know, so how the power is getting to and fro.

41:59I mean, let's just break it down for folks. And then you also have the issue of energy development. And that's why I think when I start looking at, when I start looking at the articles that are out there, I mean, one of them, that's in Suzanne's, Suzanne's must-real Alaska, coal-fired power plant planted for Railbelt would be the first and over a decade in the entire country. This is where we're talking. We have to deal with the transmission issue, and you've got to deal with the energy development issue. You deal with those two issues, and I don't think it has to be the way it's always been. If these data centers start building their own type of energy transmission power that is not feeding into the Railbelt, that's just generating their stuff, I think you potentially, that's kind of the concept I have heard President Trump talk about. I think there's other ways to do it than the traditional model. And I think that's what people are exploring because they realize our grid is insufficient. I mean, that's just a fact. All right, we're gonna go ahead and take a quick break

43:00when we come back on the other side. Representative Steve St. Clair is gonna join us. Stay with us. Here at the GED Peptalk Center, we've got a range of peptalkers standing by. Call 1877-38, your GED, or visit yourgED.org, and find free classes in your area. GED is a registered trademark of the American Council on Education, brought to you by College General Literacy Foundation in the Ed Council. If your frozen puppy poops are starting to thaw, three, three, seven poops, the number to call. Call Alaska Pettanyard Services today to find out about the field are those of the hopes and not of eye-heart media or to employees. Thank you for listening to News Radio 650, Katie and I.

44:03Welcome back to live, local and insightful morning drive radio on News Radio 650, K-E-N-I. Welcome back to our two of the A-B-Dibosque Show broadcasting live and local every weekday morning, Monday through Friday, right here on 650 AM, from 6 to 8 AM. I will tell you, I'm gonna be off next week, so actually next week, I'm sure it's the 30th. But you guys are gonna be entertained. You're gonna love it. We have better people that are coming in. I'm telling you, you're gonna love it. It's gonna be the greatest, it's gonna be the greatest morning show. You're gonna have Rick Whitbach. He will be on Monday Tuesday Wednesday. And then Thursday Friday, then the following Monday will be Glenn Beagle. So two people that I just adore will be in studio. They know way more about Alaska politics. They've been doing it a long time. They're very involved. And we are in the middle of an Anchorage Municipal Election.

45:03So it will be helpful to have two Anchorage politicals in Alaska politicals, really, that know a lot about energy. They know a lot about development. They know a lot about Alaska politics. They will be both sitting in for me while I'm out next week. And the show will go on as they say. All right, joining the show now, my dear friend and my representative Steve St. Clair. Good morning, sir. Good morning, Amy. How are you? Oh, I am fantastic. I will tell you, Representative St. Clair, it has been fun watching you. You have wasted no time. I've watched you in committees now and I've seen you on the floor. You're not shy at all. You jump right up. You're representing District 26 very well. I just wanna say thank you. Well, that's what I'm supposed to do. And I just, and the big thing is, I tell constituents District 26, if I'm doing something that you disagree with, call me. Text me, email me.

46:04I believe in transparency and accountability. There may be, I do a vote and you may disagree with it, call me. There may be something in the background you didn't know about that kind of justifies the vote. You know, and my experience with you too is we could have a conversation because maybe we see something differently and maybe I give you more information and you're like, hey, that's a good thing. I never thought of that. So the fact that you're willing to listen to people too, I think is helpful. Well, that's what, you know, that's what I'm here for on their voice in Juneau. Well, let's get to the sausage. Now I gotta tell you, now I haven't watched it the last two days because I've been busy working and stuff. You know, that happens. The job gets in the way of, you know, politics sometimes. But give me, can you give us an update on where we are with the supplemental budget? Oh, how many hours do we have to talk about? Not very many. Not very many. I'm kidding. What happened is last week, it came on the floor,

47:06everyone voted, but George, it was 40 to nothing to pass it. Then the CBR vote came, which is a funding mechanism and that vote failed. Now, let me digress just a little bit. When you go back to the bill itself, it was going to be funded by general funds to, you know, just under $400 million. But then they were going to take $400 million out of the CBR and put it back in to the general fund. And I can't do that. You know, we found out that we have enough money in the general fund to pay for it right here, right now. So what happened when we passed 40 to nothing in the Constitutional Budget Reserve vote failed, it was someone called for reconsideration, which means kind of like a mulligan or a doover. They wanted to re-vote. So we re-voted and actually, let me, I got ahead of myself again. When the CBR failed, they asked for a sanction to mulligan doover and then they sent it back to rules,

48:09which means we couldn't vote on it. We tried on earlier this week to pull it out of rules to discuss it and the majority wouldn't let us. And then come Wednesday. They made a motion to bring it out of rules and bring it back to the floor, voted on it. And the majority did not vote for it. So what was their own motion? That's crazy. What is the game? What is the game? Come on, tell me, tell us the inside scoop. What is the game? OK, the inside baseball on this is by them failing it. It would go to conference committee. Conference committee. Three members of each body, House and Senate, one minority and two majority. So basically, we've been ganged up on four to two. And they go in there and they do conference committee. And there are three different levels of conference committee. There's normal conference committee. We're basically just trying to get one to agree with or both to agree with the status quo in there now. Then you've got conference committee with limited free powers,

49:12which means they can go in there and they can tweak it a little bit, do a couple little things, which is what I believe is going to happen. And then the last one is conference committee free conference, which means they can do basically anything they want. Right now, it's in regular conference committee. I don't think anything's going to happen. So they'll write a letter to the Senate President and the Speaker of the House saying that we have not come to a conclusion and agreement. So they're going to request limited powers of free conference. And then with that, what I believe, what kind of the scuttle butt is, is they're going to change the language on the constitutional budget reserve. Instead of just a carte blanc drop in it in the general fund, they're going to use it as backstop language. Backstop means they're going to use the money in the general fund, which we've been telling the entire time they had the funds for. And then if, let's say that there's only 400 million

50:13in the earnings reserve account, if they need an additional $590 million because the whole girl was higher, then they would just use the CBR to backfill that little bit of that's needed as backstop. Well, okay, that's kind of what you guys have been arguing for this whole time. And when you say you have the money in there, with the new financial force cast that came out, clearly you guys are going to have enough money. So it should be a non-issue, but what are they gaining by this whole game? Because to me, I think they were trying to do a bait and switch and hope you guys didn't notice. But by forcing it to the conference committee, the conference committee can't make you vote for a CBR draw. I mean, they still, whatever comes out of the conference committee, don't you guys still have to vote on it again? Yes, it's a concurrence, non-concurrence. We can't amend it or fix it or make it better. But we're pretty adamant that we're not going to give a CBR vote because it's unnecessary.

51:14That is, you know, that's our savings. Our checkbook is the ERA and earnings reserve account and the money that we have right now. We have enough money. Why would you take out of your savings when you have enough in your checking account? Exactly, exactly. Well, you know, I got to tell you, as we're watching this debate, you know, I feel like they were, we covered this a great length earlier this week because I thought there was some good debate on the floor and the game, the jig was up. We were watching and all of a sudden, it was pretty obvious what they were doing. And when we look at the head space, and I'm using air quotes when I use that, when they look at the head space, they potentially were creating for themselves with dumping CBR money into the general fund. Obviously, we're looking at his 2027s operating budget and we start looking and saying, well, if they have all this extra head space, then you look at what's going on in the Senate and you say, a new education spending bill, a desire to return to refined benefits,

52:15then to me, it started making sense what they were doing. Yeah, they're trying to use it. I've heard that they wanted to use it for, you know, an OTI or one time increment for education. But it's unnecessary. If we look at the governor's budget and the fall or spring forecast and combine the two, if we follow the governor's statutory budget, we're still in debt to sit about $1.5 billion. And that's because there's a transfer from the earnings reserve to the corpus or the main fund of $1.5 billion, which is used for inflation proofing. We've been told time and time again, we do not need to inflation proof. However, it's in statute. The second thing is the governor wanted a, and I hate people saying super size dividend. No, a statutory dividend. And that's about $2.1 billion. Well, if you take everything in totality, if you follow all that,

53:16we still have a deficit of probably about a bill, well, actually, no, if you use, oh, you have a deficit of about $1.5 billion, which can be, you can argue that there's enough in the earnings reserve account, because it's supposed to be a $12 billion at the end of the year. Or we could tap into this TBR and use about half of it and pay for everything. Everything is statutory, though. I take that back. It comes down to when I ask the question, which law are you gonna break? Yeah. It's a bottom line. Well, and they just refused to go in and actually deal with the laws that appear to, they don't even conflict. They're two separate laws. Really, when we're talking about the PLMV, right? The percent of market value, and these are the two that are always juxtaposed against each other. It's the percent of market value. We're gonna cap ourselves at this percentage of spending. That's what we're gonna do. And then it is the permanent fund distribution, the statutory formula.

54:16They can coexist, but it would require them to shrink the size of government. Right? So significant, significant value reduced. And we're working, a couple of us in the minority working on a fiscal plan. We're trying to wait to a supplemental issue's done, and then do a bridging plan to get us through this year, and then come up with a three year plan. And in the three year plan, they are significant cuts. And they're not willing to only cut across the board. You go in there, okay, you've got 100 vacant positions. And there's a vacancy factor. We're out of those 100. We're gonna take 90 of them, still leave you with 10. And then those 90, we saved money right there. I can work in the end. Well, representative, Steve Sinclair just pointed out to us is what I lament about all the time. This is what in public budgeting, what we call adding your budget. This is their slush fund. They constantly, we see it in the Anchorage School District, you see it everywhere, where they will have, they call it a vacancy factor, but what it is, it's funded, but unfilled positions.

55:20And this is the squishy money that departments are able to use effectively to shift if there's more expense over here or less expense over here. They're able to take from those vacant positions to continue the budget. And that's not, that's kind of the antithesis of zero-based budgeting, honestly. It doesn't really tell you what their budgets really are because they're kind of padding them a year over year. Representative Sinclair, we need to take a quick break. But when we come back, I would love to ask you the last update I had when I was watching the finance committee and they were talking about the operating budget. They had a committee substitute in which the majority in the house is zeroed out the permanent fund dividend. I'd love to get an update if there's been any movement on that, if that has changed, where we are. We're talking with Representative Sinclair, we're going to take a quick commercial break, but we'll be right back. Looking at your Alaska total traffic cameras on this Friday morning, traffic's moving well all around the Anchorage Bowl. No major stoppages or slowdowns out there that I can see.

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59:25What is the chatter about the PFD in the House this week? Well, I agree that they're gonna make it something. They're probably gonna bump it up a little bit above probably about $1,700 to make it seem like they gave us extra instead of the $3,900 that they're supposed to give us. But I'm looking at House Committee substitute number two, which is their second document. The first one is usually just, they adjusted base. It's the basic stuff we have to pay, minus one time increments, et cetera. But House Committee substitute two shows that it's gonna put in about $111 million, which is not a very big dividend. That's less than a thousand. Okay, well, it is election year. So your theory might be right. They might have to bump it up over that thousand thing because it's an election year, right? It seems like every election year, we see them giving us something more. But it's never quite the statutory formula.

1:00:27That's the problem. Correct, and again, it goes back to my comment earlier is which law are we going to break? And how many of them are there that we're willing to break? I mean, I believe that we shouldn't break any of them. The POMV should either be changed or the other traditional methods should be used, but there's not a willingness. It's hard for a lot of people to understand. There isn't a willingness here in Juneau to mess with the formula. We're not gonna get any anti-abortion language. We're not gonna get second amendment stuff. It's just that the makeup down here in Juneau is not conducive to really conservative values. You know, that's gotta be frustrating because I think most people would say, look, there's a statute on the book for the PFD. So just follow the law, follow the statute. And the reason in my humble opinion, the reason the legislators don't wanna do that is because though they ignore it and they just don't follow the statute,

1:01:27they don't wanna go and change it because they don't wanna be the one saddling with changing and taking people's PFD necessarily changing the statute. I mean, I could be wrong about that, but that's exactly what I say. I think it's a political reason why they don't wanna change that statute. They just choose to ignore it year after year. Yeah, and part of that is, is the percent of market value is supposed to curb spending on how much money it's not. It's not doing what it was intended to do. And there's actually legislation to decrease the POMV from percent of market value, from 5% down to 4% and just keep reducing it. By continually reducing it, what's going to happen is we're going to have a revenue problem, which means we're going to have to do significant cuts which they're not gonna do. And that says, okay, we need new revenue, where's it coming from? The T word, taxation. That's always where it comes down to.

1:02:28And here's what's frustrating to, I think, most Alaskans is they keep hearing we have a revenue problem and we're broke, but on one hand, we're broke and we have a revenue problem. But on the other hand, they're introducing more an increased spending. These two things do not go together. I mean, if you're broke, why are you increasing spending? It makes no sense to me. Yeah, and they find it in the silliest places. I'd like to talk a little quick if we got a moment to talk about a house bill that was in state affairs, represented Galvin's, they called it an education tax. We got the education taken off. Basically, it's an income tax on anyone that makes over 150,000 or 300,000 as a couple. If you look at the numbers in Department of Labor, that's 27% of the population. Is the only one that's gonna pay that. And then they had an escort tax and there are over 11,000 escorps in the state,

1:03:29but we know which escort they were going after. Mm-hmm, absolutely targeting Hillcorp. Yep, I'll say it, you don't need to. Yep. Well, to your point, constantly, this is where they're constantly poking and poking and they're trying to make the argument that, hey, we have to go back to a defined benefit plan. Hey, last year, remember the big fight over the base student allocation. We have to spend this huge injection of money into the BSA to make it permanent, to lock it in. And this is what we're gonna need for education. Well, we all said that they would come back this year and do the same thing and here they are. Come and back this year, doing the same thing. Every year, it's gonna be the same because they haven't figured out how to actually control their spending, number one, but make those dollars the most impactful. And I think that's the frustration most Alaskans have because they see their permanent fund whittling away. They see government spending growing and they see no real return on investment for that spending. Correct, and they're doing a great job marketing

1:04:31because they market this as an education tax, which I've got on the record, Rep Galvin saying, it's not, we can't dedicate it. It's not, or it cannot specifically be used for education. It's basically another bucket that they can stick their hands in and pull it out. They may have the intent to spend it on education, but that doesn't guarantee that that's what it's gonna be used for. Of course, typical political stocking points, it reminds me of Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, which actually spurred inflation, you know, I mean, come on. Well, Representative St. Clair, as always, it's fun talking with you and catching up with you. We appreciate your time this morning. I know you're super busy down in Juneau, but these conversations we're able to have, it brings a lot of information to people, so we're super grateful for your time. Well, thanks for having me on, Amy, and I'm trying to make it so people can understand it. I know you and I are, I'm not gonna call you a nerd, but I am a nerd.

1:05:32I'm a hundred, I'm a hundred percent a nerd. And I'm often told that I get too far in the weeds, and people really don't care that far in the weeds, so I'm trying to get it so that people understand it and have a conversation. Well, I will tell you, the listeners of this show, they care about the permanent fund dividend, they care about spending, they understand the correlation between the more the government spends, the more they take from you. And I think that message is received loud and clear as people hear our conversation, so I'm very grateful for your time. Thank you so much, and we'll talk soon. Okay, thanks for having me, Amy. Yes, no problem. That's representative Steve St. Clair, he represents District 26. We're gonna take a quick commercial break when we come back, we will go straight to the phone and stay with us. Your morning expresso starts right here. It's the Sean Hannity morning minute. I think one of the main challenges is, when Steve Whitkopf told me they had 460 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium,

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1:09:36this is where the Republican, this is where the conservative and the cool kids hang out. Is that correct? No, I hope so. I don't know. I'm not that cool, but I am a Republican. I want to know what we're doing as a team to get rid of. Lisa Murkowski. Amen. I'm sick and tired of on the national stage. She's making it famous for all the bad things. And it makes me mad. The Democrats are way better politicians. They have no soul. Yeah. Well, I will tell you, there has been a movement. And yesterday we talked to Zach Oshall. He's running for the Alaska Republican Party chair. And he pointed out, I think he said, there's 12 districts now that have past censures on Lisa Murkowski. And we need a few more to be able to actually censure her here on the statewide level. It needs to happen, but there needs to be pressure put on from the party leadership. Really, we hear nothing. It's quiet. It's like, yeah, that's what I never knew anything. And the Democrats say they could elect Charles Manson,

1:10:37neighborhood watch captain, with one memo, it'd be on 100 to zero. And they would all walk in the next morning and round him and go, oh, he loves it. He legal aliens. He's a great guy. And the Republicans can't agree that water's wet. The sky is blue. We have all these fabrics. You're so right. I'm laughing only because you're nailing it. You're absolutely. Look, there is a guy that's running for federal office. I think it's either the Senate or Congress in Maine. I can't remember. But he literally on his chest has a Nazi tattoo. And he's running as a Democrat. Do you see Democrats disavowing him? No, not at all. Not at all to your point. They stay quiet when their people are crazy. And they actually circle the route. If you're a D, you're a D, and they're with you. The only time they are breaking from that is John Federman. When you start seeing John Federman like the only common sense Democrat out there, you know, when he says, no, we shouldn't defund the police.

1:11:40We shouldn't defund Homeland Security. Yes, we should have secure elections. You would have thought that is the worst sin he could have committed, which is agree with Republicans. But Republicans, back to your point, I'm starting to see all these articles on the national level about Nisra Murkowski and saying, Alaska, what are you doing? Well, some of us have been yelling this for years, right? Look, we already, we already, what happened to Joe Miller? You know, I know. I was a Joe Miller supporter. I voted Joe Miller. Yeah, I voted for Joe Miller both times. And I will tell you, from inside the party, I wasn't super involved in the party back then, but I was involved enough. Joe Miller was running for a Senate. He beat her in a Republican party, and you had a large chunk of the establishment GOP that were helping Lisa Murkowski behind the scenes. I mean, that's what happened. You know, in Miss McConnell, and those guys gave her five million or something, for losing. They didn't want to do blood. No, they don't want Joe Miller going, are you?

1:12:40They don't have the ring. Exactly, exactly. They don't have the ring. I'm with you. I'm with you. I got to tell you, this is why I've been advocating so hard to repeal ring choice voting, because I don't think lightning strikes twice. I don't think Lisa Murkowski survives another close Republican primary, which will force her to do one or two things. She's either going to have to leave the Republican party, so she can run as an independent or Democrat, which she really is Democrat, so she should run as Democrat, or she's going to have to retire. Because I do not think Lisa Murkowski survives a close Republican primary. That's the whole reason we have ring choice voting is to protect her. That's where it came from. And then she won't even vote for ID for everyone else. Here, we already have it in our state, and she's going to help the blue states get elected by the dead vote and the illegal aliens. You know, it's unconscionable. It's unconscionable to me that any, any legislator at my house, at my house, they probably get six ballots that every house in Anchorage is the same.

1:13:43And we don't clean up our roles. And somehow they all get Democrat votes on them in the state when I thought we were public, I've been here all my life. Yeah. I thought this was a conservative state. I know the people out there struggling to make living are conservative. Well, I will tell you, Donald Trump has won the state three times. I say it's still a conservative state, but boy, look what happens when we send him to Juno. You have people that get elected as Republicans, but as soon as they get to Juno, they make deals with the Democrats that benefit themselves to put themselves in positions of power and they vote like Democrats. I mean, this is the problem. That's why I say we have a fundamental problem beyond just Lisa Murkowski. We need to go back to the traditional system of voting. So we can, we need them out. Yep. Yeah. You know what buddy is, is Adam Schiff. He could have censored him. Adam Schiff is still committed chairman in like three or four committees if you can believe that. So it hates our country, hates everything. No, I agree. I agree.

1:14:43I know. This is why I say DC is a cesspool. And sometimes you can't tell the difference between Republicans and Democrats when you get down there because they're protecting their own bureaucratic power is what they're doing. No, great call this morning, Rodney. Thank you so much for calling in. I appreciate it. Have a good day. You too, sir. I love our callers. All right, let's go to Lady. Good morning, Lady. Well, good morning. Good morning. Did you get your poster? I, I, Darryl, I have to get into the diamond center to get it. But Darryl showed it to me already. Yes, I've seen it. Yeah, did you see the carrot? I was going to say those were some big carrots. I got to tell you. Yeah, it started out from anybody little carrot out of a plastic bag. And it turned into two carrots, grew in a box. Yeah, you know, they need to take that commercial off the air, the one about pick, click, and give.

1:15:45Because zero from zero is zero. That's true. Zero from zero is zero. If they're going to zero out your PFD, there's nothing that there's nothing to pick on to click to because there's nothing to give. I will tell you, I don't think the PFD is going to end up at zero this year, but I do think it's going to be. It's not going to be the, I guarantee it's not going to be the statutory PFD because even in, you know, the vast majority of legislators do not support a statutory PFD, but they don't have the courage to go in and actually change statute because they don't want that to be hung around their neck. Got a question for you. Sure. This is going to be silly. But do you think that if a bunch of us Republicans went and changed our ticket, vote as a demon rats? And when we go to vote, went through it to the Republicans, like they've been doing to us, you think that would work? You know, I don't, I don't know that it would because number one, I don't, in Alaska right now,

1:16:47you don't have to be a specific party to vote. So you don't have to change your party anyways, but they, you know, rush had this theory of basically, he called it Operation Chaos when he was on the air, which is Republicans do exactly that. And you saw it a little bit happen in Texas, it didn't work, but people in, Republicans in Texas were, in fact, crossing over to vote for AOC, or not AOC, what's the other one, Jasmine Crockett, Jasmine Crockett for that Senate race because they thought she'd be easier to beat in a general election. Now it didn't end up working. She did not win that primary, but this is not a new, this is not a new strategy. And in fact, I think Democrats sometimes do it with in Republican races, vote for the weakest Republicans, the weaker Republican, the one that they think they can be in a general. I think both sides do it. Well, it might work a little bit, you know, I mean, they've been playing that game on us, you know, like Lisa Murkowski, you know, saying the Republicans and they're really not.

1:17:48Right, exactly. Well, that's what I say. I start seeing these TikTokers in these videos right now, people say, Alaskans, what are you doing? Lisa Murkowski is the only Republican that voted against the state of that. Well, if this is the first time you're getting, and Lisa Murkowski is getting on your radar as being a fake Republican, they're like very slow to the game. Alaskans have been wise to this. Republicans have known this for a long time. The problem being is she's been able to game the system frankly, very effectively for 20 years. That's why she's still there. But we have got to repeal ranked choice voting. You know, there's multiple states across the country that have made ranked choice voting illegal and said, nope, we are not gonna allow this type of process. I think Alaskan needs to follow suit. Not only do we need to go back, but we need to absolutely ban this type of vote shifting because this is all it is, it's like a show game. They keep moving around, keep moving it around until they get an outcome. It totally destroys one person, one vote. So we absolutely, there will be a proposition

1:18:49in front of voters this year to repeal ranked choice voting in its entirety and that needs to happen. We need to get that thing repealed. Yep, the word rank, it means it stinks. Yeah, I like it. I like it. Well, lady, thank you for calling in today. It's great hearing your voice. Thank you, honey. Bye, bye. All right, bye, bye. We're going to take a quick commercial break if you'd like to call in 522-0650. We'll be right back. Looking at your Alaskan total traffic cameras on this Friday. Tyler Reddick here from 2311 Racing, another checkered flag for the votes. Time to celebrate with Jamba. Jump in at JambaCasino.com. Let's Jamba. Don't purchase necessary. VTW Group. Boy, we're prohibited by law. CCNC, 21 plus. Sponsored by JambaCasino. Run a business and not thinking about podcasting? Think again. More Americans listen to podcasts than add supported streaming music from Spotify and Pandora. And as the number one podcaster, IHART's twice as large as the next two combined. So whatever your customers are into, true crime, sports, comedy, culture,

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1:21:53Good morning, William. Oh, good morning. Good morning. What's on your mind this morning? I just want to talk about the situation the president got us in. And what situation is that? It's the one I ran. OK. Got us in a situation where we don't need to be. Of a relationship. OK, now it's OK that we disagree a little here. Because I would say I ran the one who actually started it. They've been killing Americans for 40 years. And at some point, I think we have two different philosophies that kind of look at this. Even if you're in the conservative mind frame, I think I have friends that totally support the president but do not support a military action in Iran. And then I have friends on the other side of it who say, you know what, Iran can't become a nuclear power. They've caused so much havoc with their funding

1:22:56of terrorism, not just over in the Middle East, but now in Europe, they had to be dealt with. So I have friends on both sides of it. And other people that say, you know, that say, nope, we shouldn't get involved in any other foreign conflicts ever, you know, only on our homeland. So where do you kind of fall in that? Well, I fall in that for 40 years, you saying that it was a threat. OK, how about direct war? Was that a threat also? Oh, that's a thing. Yeah. No, no, that's a whole different thing. The president took us in Iraq war. It was a war that was based on life. And it was, yeah, based on life. I think they're totally different issues. No, no, no, no, no, no, yes, yes, yes, here's the reality. Who was it that bombed our embassy and killed over 200

1:24:00Marines? Who was that? Who was that? I already talked to you. Radio station, right? No, you got to look at some facts, though, as well. The president said it was like two weeks before they could build a weapon and shoot at everybody. That's a lie. I don't know that that's a lie. They're lying. Hold on, hold on. He's been lying. Every since he came down there, it's a little. See, and we all know that this war is going to cause a lot of death in the stretch. We know that. And what is he going to do? Is he going to come out there and fight with us? No, he's going to be protected in a bunker like a coward. That's just be real. Well, William, I think if we're going to have a real conversation, you have to address the attacks I ran has done many, many times over the years on Americans.

1:25:04What about the Beirut embassy in 1983? What about the 66 American hostages they took for 444 days? What about, you know, we have the bombing of the Kobar towers in Saudi Arabia in 1996? The ship. You know, what's that there? The ship, remember they bombed the ship? Absolutely. They have killed hundreds of Americans directly in terrorist attacks directly attributed to Iran. Iran has a hit squad out that has tried to assassinate not just this president, but other US diplomats. I mean, the reality is Iran has been the number one state sponsor of terrorism since 1947. And it's direct links and direct attacks on US military, on US military assets, and on Americans. And if you're saying that that doesn't make sense, there's a big difference in my view between Iran and Iraq. So we start to conflate arguments when we don't want to deal with the reality.

1:26:04And the reality is that Iranian regime has killed 30,000 of their own citizens simply for protesting against the regime. So this is a bloodthirsty regime that, frankly, whether they, however long they were going to be to it, getting a new would be a problem, for sure. The Iranians themselves told US negotiators that they had 60% enriched uranium. That's a problem. You only get that if you're going to put weapons great uranium. There is no way you can let some regimes like this get a nuclear weapon, because if they can, they will kill us. And Donald Trump took them out first. So I appreciate your call in. All right, everybody, I gotta go, but I will be back with you in about a week, but the rest is history. Stay safe, God bless. As veterans, we committed to protect our country. Sometimes we forget that the biggest challenge can be asking for support. Call the Veterans Crisis Line at 1-800-273-8255

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