CITIZEN WATCH

I DISCUSS SOME OF THE EVENTS OF THE LAST WEEK THAT HAPPENED IN OUR VALLEY. COVER SOME OF THE LAST ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD 02-27-23.

I DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ALSO COVER THE IMPENDINDING DEPARTURE OF MERCED CITY MANAGER STEPHANIE DIETZ AND WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR MERCED.

I COVER THE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON FOOD WASTE RECYCLING EFFORTS AND ENFORCEMENT HERE IN THE CITY OF MERCED.

I DISCUSS SOME OF THE TOPICS FROM THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL STARTEGIC PLANNING MEETING AND THE LAST TOWN HALL.

I CONTINUE MY COVERAGE OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION OF THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL HELD 02-11-23. RENT CONTROL, RENTAL REGISTRIES, ITS ALL ON THE TABLE NOW.

I COVER SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL TOWN HALL. GREAT NEWS ABOUT MEASURE C BEING BROUGHT BACK BEFORE THE VOTERS.

I COVER THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL TOWN HALL HELD 01-31-2023 AT CRUIKSHANK SCHOOL. DISCUSS SOME OF THE WEEKS EVENTS AND NEWS STORIES.

I COVER SOME OF THE PUBLIC  COMMENTS AND COUNCIL DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ISSUE OF WHICH  FLAGS TO FLY IN BOB HART SQUARE. THIS WAS AT THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 01-17-2023.

I DISCUSS SOME OF THE TOPICS THE PUBLIC BROUGHT UP TO THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL AT THE FIRST OF THREE TOWN HALLS. THIS WAS HELD 01-25-2023 AT THE MAC DOWNTOWN.

I DISCUSS SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT RESIDENTS PRESENTED AT THE FIRST OF THREE MERCED CITY COUNCIL TOWN HALLS. THIS ONE WAS HELD ON 01-25-2023 AT THE MAC.

I DISCUSS THE LAST ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ALSO COVER SOME OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED AT THE FIRST OF THREE MERCED TOWN HALLS.

I COVER THE EVENTS OF THE LAST WEEK INCLUDING THE FLOOD OF MERCED. COVER SOME OF THE ITEMS DISCUSSED AT THE LAST ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD 01-09-23. I COVER SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON 01-17-23.

I DISCUSS SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON 01-17-23.

I COVER SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED THIS PAST WEEK IN THE COUNTY. ALSO COVER THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE DISBANDING OF THE DART TEAM. I ALSO TALK ABOUT THE REQUEST TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL BEING MADE BY OUR CITY COUNCIL TO INVESTIGATE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.  

I CONTINUE THE COVERAGE OF THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE COUNCILS ATTACK ON OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE DISCUSSW SOME OF THE RECENT HAPPENINGS HERE IN THE CITY OF MERCED AND THE COUNTY. I ALSO COVER A FEW OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL AND SOME THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED THIS UPCOMING TUESDAY NIGHT.

WE COVER SOME OF THE ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING. TO BE HELD ON 01-03-23 AT 6PM.

I DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL HELD ON 12-19-22 AND SOME OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED. I COVER OUR COMPANY CHRISTMAS PARTY AND THE CASA KIDS CHRISTMAS PARTY.

WE DISCUSS THE LAST ELECTION AND SOME OF THE INCOMMING MERCED CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS. ALSO COVER SOME OF THE COMMENTS OF THE NEW ATWATER CITY MAYOR AND THE RETURNING CITY COUNCIL MEMEBERS AT THIER MEETING HELD 12-12-22.

WE DISCUSS THE PAST NOVEMBER ELECTION AND SOME OF THE LATE RESULTS. WE DISCUSS THE WATER NEEDS OF OUR VALLEY. DISCUSS AND PLAY SOME OF THE OUTGOING MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS MADE DURING THE 12-05-22 MEETING.

I DISCUSS THE MERCED CHRISTMAS PARADE TODAY AND OTHER COMMUNOITY EVENTS. ALSO RECAP SOME OF THE ELECTION RESULTS AT THE STATE AND CONGRESSIONAL LEVEL.

I COVER SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON 12-05-22 AT 6PM.

WE ARE BACK IN THE SADDLE. I RECAP A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE COMMUNITY DURING MY HIATUS.

I COVER SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE UPCOMING CITY OF MERCED COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 21ST 2022 AT 6PM.

CASEY STEED IA A CANDIDATE FOR MERCED CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR. CASEY SHARES HIS VISION AND PLANS FOR THE FUTURE OF MERCED AND WHY THIS ELECTION IS SO CRITICAL.

FORMER MAYOR MIKE MURPHY INTERVIEWS CURRENT MERCED CITY COUNCILMAN DEL RAY SHELTON.  HE IS RUNNING TO RETAIN HIS SEAT ON THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTING DISTRICT 6.

FORMER SHERIFF MARK PAZIN AND ROGER WOOD TALK ABOUT HIS CANDIDACY FOR THE NEWLY FORMED CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 27.

DEL RAY SHELTON IS RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION FOR MERCED CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 6.

CANDIDATE MARK PAZIN RUNNING FOR CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 27. THE INTERVIEW IS CONDUCTED BY ROGER WOOD. THIS THE SECOND CANDIDATE CORNER FOR MARK PAZIN.

SHANE SMITH IS RUNNING FOR MERCED CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR.

CANDIDATE MARK PAZIN RUNNING FOR CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 27. THE INTERVIEW IS CONDUCTED BY ROGER WOOD.

I AM RUNNING FOR ELECTION TO THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR. THIS IS AN INTERVIEW I DID WITH MERCED COUNTY SHERIFF VERN WARNKE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

I COVER SOME OF THE RECENT HAPPENINGS IN THE LOCAL NEWS, THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS AND WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN FOR THE NEXT 9 WEEKS.

I RECAP THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING FROM LAST WEEK, 09-06-22 AND THE DISCUSSION ABOUT CREATING A NEW  FIRST RESPONDER FEE FOR EMS SERVICES.

I COVER SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON 09-06-22. ALSO WE GO OVER SOME OF THE LOCAL RACES AND CANDIDATES IN THE UPCOMING GENERAL ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER.

I DISCUSS SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE RECENTLY IN MERCED. SPECIAL GUEST IN THE FIRST SEGMENT, MARK PAZIN FORMER CAL-OES LAW ENFORCEMENT CHIEF.

I COVER THE MERCED COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS LAST MEETING AND SOME OF THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT OF DOCTOR SALVADOR SANDOVAL AS THE PERMANENT PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER FOR THE COUNTY.

I COVER THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 08-15-22 AND SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT. ALSO DISCUSSION REGARDING THE UC VILLAGES PROJECT PRE ANNEXATION APPLICATION. DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ON THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE CITY SERVICES TO THESE NEW AREAS OF THE CITY.

WE CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE OF THE SPECIAL MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 08-08-22 TO DISCUSS PUTTING MEASURE C BACK ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

I COVER THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING HELD 08-08-22 TO DISCUSS PLACING THE VITAL CITY SERVICES TAX MEASURE ON THE NOVEMBER 2022 BALLOT.

I COVER THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 08-01-22 AND THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERFUNDING AND THE POTENTIAL OF A PUBLIC SAFETY SALES TAX EXTENSION ON THIS YEARS BALLOT.

I DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE OPINSKI PRE-ANNEXATION APPLICATION. i ALSO DISCUSS SOME OTHER LOCAL ISSUES.

I DISCUSS THE EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AROUND MERCED COUNTY.

I COVER THE LAST CITY OF ATWATER COUNCIL MEETING HELD 07-11-22 AND THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY TAX ON THIS NOVEMBERS BALLOT.

I DISCUSS THE RECENT WEEK IN MERCED AND SOME OF THE UPCOMING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON 07-18-22.

I DISUSS THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING HELD IN ATWATER LAST SATURDAY 07-02-22. I PLAY SOME OF THE COUNCIL AND PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE NEED FOR A PUBLIC SAFETY TAX EXTENSION.

I DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND PLAY SOME OF THE COUNCIL COMMENTS REGARDING PUTTING A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY TAX ON THE BALLOT THIS NOVEMBER.

I DISCUSS SOME OF THE RECENT HAPPENINGS IN THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON JUNE 21ST AND THE DISCUSSION ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ALSO COVER THE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON JULY 5TH.

I CONTINUE COVERAGE OF THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON JUNE 21ST AND THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BUDGET. WE PLAY CLIPS OF SOME OF THE PUBLIC AND COUNCIL COMMENTS REGARDING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND

I CATCH UP WITH THE LISTENERS ON SOME OF THE THINGS GOING ON IN THE AREA THE LAST THREE WEEKS.

DISCUSS THE RECENT ELECTIONS AND SOME OF THE RESULTS AND THE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY. REMEBER JAMES FAGUNDES WHO PASSED AWAY RECENTLY.

I DISCUSS MY OBSERVATIONS AT THIS WEEKS MERCED COUNTY FAIR. I ALSO COVER SOME OF THE ELECTION RESULTS IN THE COUNTY.

WE INTERVIEW CANDIDATE MARK PAZIN RUNNING FOR THE OPEN SEAT IN CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 27.

WE DISCUSS THE UPCOMING ELECTION AND REVISIT OUR INTERVIEW WITH DAVID GIGLOIO FROM LAST WEEKS CANDIDATE CORNER SEGMENT.

I DISCUSS THE LAST ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND SOME OF THE ITEMS DISCUSSED INCLUDING MEASURE H THE PUBLIC SAFETY TAX.

WE COVER THE ELECTION AND YOUR MERCED COUNTY BALLOT. I TALK ABOUT THE EVENTS GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY,  MEMORIAL DAY AND WHAT IT MEANS.

DAVID GIGLIO CANDIDATE FOR THE 13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OPEN SEAT TELLS HIS STORY TO THE VOTERS.

I DISCUSS THE UPCOMING ELECTION AND THE FIGHTS AT HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE AREA. I PLAY A SNIPPET OF TWO OF OUR CANDIDATES CORNER INTERVIEW. ONE WITH DIEGO MARTINEZ RUNNING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 13 AND ALSO STEVE TIETJEN RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION FOR MERCED COUNTY SUPERINTENDANT OF SCHOOLS.

WE DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 05-16-22 AND SOME OF THE BUDGET ISSUES. ALSO COVER THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS AND SOME OF THE CANDIDATES RUNNING.

WE HEAR FROM DR. STEVE TIETJEN RUNNING FOR RE-ELCTION FOR MERCED COUNTY SUPERINTENDANT OF SCHOOLS

HEAR FROM DIEGO MARTINEZ RUNNING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 13.

WE CATCH UP IN THE FIRST SEGMENT ON SOME CURRENT EVENTS HAPPENING AROUND THE AREA. ALSO PLAY TWO LITTLE SNIPPETS OF LAST WEEKS CANDIDATES CORNER INTERVIEW WITH THE MERCED COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS RACE CANDIDATES NICOLE SILVEIRA AND KIMBERLY HELMS LEWIS. 

WE COVER THE LAST TWO ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND SOME OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED. THE MEETING DATES WERE 04-25-2022 AND 05-09-2022.

NICOLE SILVIERA IN HER OWN WORDS LETS THE VOTERS KNOW WHY SHE SHOULD BE ELECTED TO BE MERCED COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

KIMBERLY HELMS LEWIS IN HER OWN WORDS LETS THE VOTERS KNOW WHY SHE SHOULD BE RE-ELECTED TO BE MERCED COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

DISCUSS RECENT CAMPAIGN EVENTS AROUND THE AREA. ALSO COVER SOME OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED AT THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 04-18-22. ALSO DISCUSS SOME ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON 05-02-22.

WE FINISH OUR COVERAGE OF THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 04-18-22 AND THE ADVANCE PEACE DISCUSSION ALONG WITH OTHER AGENDA ITEMS.

WE DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 04-18-22 AND SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS.

WE COVER THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 04-18-22 INCLUDING THE ADVANCE PEACE PILOT PROGRAM DISCUSSION.

I COVER THE LAST ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND SOME OF THE MORE INTERESTING ITEMS. ALSO DISCUSS THE ATWATER MAYORS RACE AND SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES.

I DISCUSS THE CURRENT EVENTS GOING ON IN THE COUNTY. COVER THE LATEST CANDIDATE ENTRY INTO THE ATWATER CITY MAYORAL RACE, MIKE NELSON.

WE CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE OF THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING INCLUDING INCLUSIONARY ZONING AND THE YOSEMITE LAKE VILLAGES PROJECT.

WE COVER SOME OF THE ITEMS DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 04-04-22. WITH SELECTED SOUND BITES.

I CONTINUE MY COVERAGE OF SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON APRIL 4, 2022. ALSO COVER SOME OF THE ITEMS DISCUSSED AT THE LAST ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 03-28-22. 

I DISCUSS SOME OF THE RECENT LOCAL CANDIDATE EVENTS AND FUNDRAISERS FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS THIS YEAR. DISCUSS NEW HOMELESS HOUSING ASSISTANCE THE CITY OF MERCED RECEIVED. WE REVIEW SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

I DISCUSS SOME OF THE LOCAL AND STATE RACES AND CANDIDATES THAT WILL BE ON THE JUNE BALLOT. WE ALSO COVER THE MERCED COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS RACE AND CANDIDATE NICOLE SILVEIRA AND HER STANCE ON SOME OF THE ISSUES.

I INTERVIEW ERIC EARLY CANDIDATE FOR CALIFORNIA STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL. WE GET TO KNOW THE CANDIDATE AND THE ISSUES HE THINKS ARE IMPORTANT TO GET CALIFORNIA BACK ON THE RIGHT TRACK

SPECIAL IN-STUDIO GUEST MERCED COUNTY SHERIFF VERN WARNKE GIVES OUR LISTENERS AN UPDATE ON JUST SOME OF THE THINGS HAPPENING IN THE COUNTY.

WE CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE OF THE VOTER REDISTRICTING PROCESS BY THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL AT THIER LAST MEETING HELD ON 03-07-22. 

I DISCUSS THE LOCAL WATER SCENE FROM MID, THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS AND CANDIDATES WHO ARE IN THE RACE. ALSO COVER SOME OF THE DISCUSSION SURROUNDING THE CITY OF MERCED VOTING REDISTRICTING PROCESS THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

I DISCUSS THE RECENT MERCED CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION AND SOME OF THE COMMENTS MADE BY THE COUNCIL TO EACH OTHER ON WHAT CITYPRIORITIES SHOULD BE. 

WE REVIEW SOME OF THE CANDIDATES RUNNING IN THE UPCOMING POLITICAL RACES, THE RECENT REPORT ON EDUCATION FROM MCOE AND SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

I DISCUSS THE DISMAL MATH AND ENGLISH TEST RESULTS FROM THE MERCED CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SOME RECENT COMMENTS FROM OUR SHERIFF VERN WARNKE ON THE STATE OF THE COUNTY AND OTHER CURRENT EVENTS.

SPECIAL IN-STUDIO GUEST CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER ADAM GRAY REPRESENTING DISTRICT 21. ADAM STOPS BY AND TALKS TO OUR LISTENERS ABOUT HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FUTURE PLANS.

PART TWO OF TWO PARTS. I RECAP SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE MERCED CITY TOWN HALL HELD ON 02-17-22. TOPICS INCLUDE THE HOMELESS SITUATION AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WHO SHOULD PAY FOR IT. 8AM SHOW IS PART ONE.

I RECAP SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE MERCED CITY TOWN HALL HELD ON 02-17-22. TOPICS INCLUDE THE HOMELESS SITUATION AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WHO SHOULD PAY FOR IT.

FORMER SHERIFF MARK PAZIN GIVES THE LISTENERS A OVERVIEW OF SUPERBOWL 56 SECURITY PREPARATIONS THAT WILL BE HELD THIS WEEKEND.

I CATCH UP WITH YOU ON MY VISIT TO THE WORLD AG SHOW. COVER THIS WEEKS FIREWORKS AT THE LAST MERCED COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 02-07-22.

WE DISCUSS SOME OF THE ITEMS VOTED ON AT THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 01-18-22.

GUEST MARK PAZIN, FORMER MERCED COUNTY SHERIFF, COMES IN AND CATCHES UP WITH OUR LISTENERS. WE SHARE FOUND MEMORIES OF HIS PARENTS, JOHN AND NADA PAZIN, AND HOW THEY LOVED THIER COMMUNITY. SERVICES FOR JOHN PAZIN WILL BE NEXT FRIDAY OLM CHURCH AT 10AM

IN STUDIO GUEST JERIMIAH GREGGINS, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BEAR CREEK YACHT CLUB, DISCUSSES WHAT THE GROUP IS ALL ABOUT. WE HAVE HIM THE WHOLE HOUR.

I COVER SOME OF THE ITEMS DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 01-03-22. WE PLAY SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM THEIR DELIBERATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC, CITY STAFF AND THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS. 

WE DISCUSS SOME OF THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS OVER THE HOLIDAY. COVER THE PASSING OF JOHN PAZIN. DISCUSS SOME OF THE UPCOMING POLITICAL RACES AND THE STILL ONGOING PROCESS OF REDRAWING COUNCIL DISTRICTS HERE IN THE CITY OF MERCED.

I DISCUSS SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON 01-03-2022. SOME THOUGHTS ON LAST YEAR.

WE COVER SOME OF THE MANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AT THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD MONDAY 12-20-21 AT 6PM.

SPECIAL IN STUDIO GUESTS MERCED COUNTY SHERIFF VERN WARNKE AND UNDERSHERIFF COREY GIBSON STOP BY TO DISCUSS THE STATE OF POLICING IN CALIFORNIA. THERE ARE SOME POSITIVE SIGNS ON THE POLITICAL HORIZON THAT ELECTED LEADERS ARE NOW REALIZING LAW ENFORCENMENT NEEDS MORE RESOURCES NOT LESS TO FIGHT THE RISING TIDE OF CRIME. DEFUND THE POLICE IS NOW DEFUNCT.

RECAP THE CITY OF MERCED BACKWARD CHRISTMAS PARADE HELD LAST WEEKEND. DISCUSS OTHER HAPPENINGS IN THE VALLEY.

SPECIAL IN-STUDIO GUEST MIKE MURPHY.  THE FORMER MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MERCED STOPS BY TO GIVE US A UPDATE ON HIS LIFE AND SOME OBSERVATIONS SINCE HE LEFT OFFICE. WE HAVE HIM FOR THE FULL SHOW.

I DISCUSS THE VALUE OF IN PERSON EVENTS, HOW MUCH FUN THEY ARE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT INTERACTION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. I TALK ABOUT THE ATTACK ON A CHILD AT RAHILLY PARK THIS PAST WEEK IN THE CITY OF MERCED AND HOW THIS INCIDENT IS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. 

WE CALL MERCED COUNTY SUPERVISOR DARON MCDANIEL AND WAKE HIM UP TO DISCUSS THE RECENT ATWATER CHRISTMAS PARADE AND OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN DISTRICT THREE AND THE COUNTY OF MERCED.

WE DISCUSS THE URGENT REPAIR NEEDED ON THE BIKE PATH ALONG BEAR CREEK AND HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET WORK DONE, ALSO OPINE ON THE REVERSE CHRISTMAS PARADE AND HOW MUCH FUN THAT WILL BE. ALSO COVER THE LAST ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 11-15-21 AND SOME OF THE ISSUES DISCUSSED.

WE COVER THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR A OPEN SEAT ON THE MERCED CITY PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION SURROUNDING THE CHOICE OF CANDIDATES. THIS WAS DONE AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 11-15-21. SPOILER ALERT, I WAS NOT CHOSEN.

WE DISCUSS THE VACCINE MANDATES FOR LOCAL SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN THAT ARE ON THE HORIZON AND WHAT PUSHBACK IS HAPPENING.  LOCALLY  DR. STEVE TIETJEN, MERCED COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION  AND ADAM GRAY, STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER POTENTIALLY COULD FORWARD NEW LEGISLATION, BUT WILL THEY.

WE COVER THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 11-20-21 AND THE DISCUSSION SURROUNDING SOME OF THE MORE INTERESTING ITEMS. PART ONE OF TWO.

WE CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE OF THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 11-15-21 AND SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND PRESENTATIONS.

WE COVER THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 11-01-21 AND THE PUBLIC AND COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON ITEM K1, THE POTENTIAL CENSURE OF COUNCILWOMAN BERTHA PEREZ. PART ONE OF TWO. CONTINUED IN THE 9AM SHOW.

WE CONTINUE THE COVERAGE OF THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 11-01-21 AND THE DISCUSSION OVER THE POTENTIAL CENSURE OF COUNCILWOMAN BERTHA PEREZ FROM DISTRICT THREE.

WE COVER THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION SURROUNDING HOW TO SPEND $27 MILLION IN FEDERAL ASSISTANCE MONEY (ARPA). ALSO COVER SOME OTHER LOCAL AND NATIONAL ISSUES IN THE FIRST SEGMENT OF THE SHOW.

WE CONTINUE THE COVERAGE OF THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD 11-01-21 AND THE COUNCILS DISCUSSION REGARDING HOW TO SPEND $27 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS.

I DISCUSS SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT WILL BE COVERED AT THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON 11-01-21.

I COVER SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON 11-01-21.

I DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 10-18-21 ABOUT HOW TO BEST SPEND $27 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDS AND PLAY SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

THE BONUS HALF HOUR, PART TWO OF OUR INTERVIEW WITH SPECIAL IN STUDIO GUEST MERCED COUNTY SHERIFF VERN WARNKE. HE CATCHES UP WITH OUR LISTENERS. HE IS OUR SHERIFF. THE BEST ONE OUT OF 58 COUNTIES.

SPECIAL IN STUDIO GUEST MERCED COUNTY SHERIFF VERN WARNKE CATCHES UP WITH OUR LISTENERS. HE IS OUR SHERIFF. THE BEST ONE OUT OF 58 COUNTIES.

I COVER SOME OF THE ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON 10-18-21. ALSO COVER SOME RECENT EVENTS AND OBSERVATIONS.

WE CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION OF SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS TO BE COVERED AT THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON 10-04-2021.

I DISCUSS RECENT EVENTS HERE IN THE COUNTY AND SOME OF THE ITEMS ON THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA OF 10-04-2021.

I DISCUSS RECENT EVENTS IN THE PAST WEEK. ALSO COVER SOME OF THE ITEMS DISCUSSED AT THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD  ON 09-20-21.

SPECIAL IN-STUDIO GUEST, MERCED COUNTY SUPERVISOR LLOYD PAREIRA DISTRICT FOUR, DISCUSSES HIS FAMILY AND SOME OF THE IMPORTANT ISSUES GOING ON AT THE COUNTY.

THE SUDDEN PASSING OF FORMER MECED COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY LARRY MORSE II WAS A SHOCK TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS A INTERVIEW FROM 2017 WITH LARRY, MYSELF AND INCLUDES FORMER CO-HOST ROBERT "THE VELVET SLEDGEHAMMER" TOMESETI.

THE UNEXPECTED PASSING OF FORMER MERCED COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY LARRY MORSE II WAS A SHOCK TO THE VALLEY COMMUNITY. I REPLAY A INTERVIEW I HAD WITH LARRY AND VERN WARNKE, OUR SHERIFF. THIS WAS RECORDED IN 2016. 

I COVER THE RECENT SURVEY SENT TO MERCED CITY RESIDENTS ON WHAT TO SPEND THE $27 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDS ON . ALSO DISCUSS THE RECENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DISCUSSION ON INCLUSIONARY ZONING AND SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS.

SPECIAL IN STUDIO GUEST DARON MCDANIEL, MERCED COUNTY SUPERVISOR DISTRICT THREE GIVES US A UPDATE AT WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE COUNTY. PART TWO OF TWO

SPECIAL IN STUDIO GUEST DARON MCDANIEL, MERCED COUNTY SUPERVISOR DISTRICT THREE GIVES US A UPDATE AT WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE COUNTY. PART ONE OF TWO

DISCUSS THE EVENTS THIS PAST WEEK IN KABUL AND THE LOSS OF LIFE THAT OCCURED.

SPECIAL IN STUDIO GUEST BRIAN RAYMOND, ATWATER CITY COUNCILMAN AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNER CATCHES UP WITH OUR LISTENERS.

I OFFER MY THOUGHTS ON THE AFGHANISTAN ISSUE. ALSO DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 08-16-21 AND SOME OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND CLEANING UP CAL-TRANS RIGHT OF WAY IN THE CITY.

WE DISCUSS SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS ON THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD 08-16-21. ALSO DISCUSS THE PANDEMIC AND WHAT EFFECT THAT MAY HAVE ON THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

WE DISCUSS THE COUNTY OF MERCED EFFORTS TO SPEND $54 MILLION IN FEDERAL STIMULAS MONEY AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WOULD LIKE TO DO.

WE COVER THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD 08-02-21 AND THE DISCUSSION ABOUT PUBLIC OUTREACH ON HOW TO SPEND $27 MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. COUNCILMEMBERS AND STAFF HAVE MANY DIFFERENT IDEAS AND METHODS OF CONTACTING PUBLIC FOR THEIR INPUT AND OPINION ON PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. ALSO INCLUDE PUBLIC TESTIMONY OFFERING PRELIMINARY SUGGESTIONS FOR THESE FUNDS AND EARLY PUSHBACK FROM OTHERS TO SOME OF THEM.

THE SECOND OF THREE SHOWS THIS WEEKEND. WE RECAP THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY GIVEN AT THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 08-02-21 CONCERNING THE PROPOSED RENTAL REGISTRY AND INSPECTION ORDINANCE. THE COUNCIL DELIBERATIONS ARE COVERED IN THE 9AM HOUR.

THE FIRST OF THREE SHOWS THIS WEEKEND. WE RECAP THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY GIVEN AT THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 08-02-21 CONCERNING THE PROPOSED RENTAL REGISTRY AND INSPECTION ORDINANCE. THIS IS CONTINUED IN THE 8AM SHOW AND THE COUNCIL DELIBERATIONS ARE COVERED IN THE 9AM HOUR. 

WE CONCLUDE OUR RECAP OF THE PROPOSED RENTAL REGISTRY ORDINANCE AND ITS DEFEAT AT THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THIS SEGMENT IS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS DELIBERATING AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT AND ULTIMATELY VOTING TO COMPLETELY SCRAP THE TEXT IN A 5-0 VOTE WITH MAYOR SERRATTO AND COUNCILMAN ORNALES WANTING TO CONTINUE THE PROPOSED FLEECING.

IN DEPTH DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED RENTAL REGISTRY HERE IN THE CITY OF MERCED. TO BE VOTED ON MONDAY AUGUST 2ND 2021 AT THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING. REVIEW THE LATEST STAFF REPORTS AND FAQ'S. 

I DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED CITY COUCIL MEETING AND SOME OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED. OVER SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE MERCED CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AREA THREE BOARD MEMBER.

I DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND SOME OF THE ISSUES DISCUSSED INCLUDING HOW TO SPEND $27,000,00.00 IN FEDERAL STIMULUS MONEY.

I DISCUSS SOME OF THE EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS HERE IN MERCED OVER THE LAST WEEK. TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED RENTAL REGISTRY/INSPECTION ORDINANCE IN THE CITY OF MERCED AND MICHEAL BELLUOMINI'S EDITORIAL IN THE MERCED COUNTY TIMES ABOUT IT'S IMPLICATIONS. 

I DISCUSS SOME OF THE TOPICS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON 07-19-21 AT 6PM.

DISCUSS SOME OF LATEST CHANGES REGARDING DACA, VACCINATION HESITANCY AND OTHER HAPPENINGS OF THE PAST WEEK 

I INTERVIEW SPECIAL IN-STUDIO GUEST CONGRESSMAN JIM COSTA FROM THE 16TH DISTRICT. WE DISCUSS ITEMS HE IS WORKING ON IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

I DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON JULY 6TH AND SOME OF THE TOPICS INCLUDING FIREWORKS ENFORCEMENT AND THE PROPOSED RENTAL REGISTRY PROGRAM.

I DISCUSS THE DROUGHT, PROPOSED PROCESS FOR PRE-ANNEXATIONS INTO THE CITY OF MERCED, LOW VACCINATION RATES AND SOME OF THE RECENT NEWS EVENTS HERE IN THE COUNTY.

SPECIAL INSTUDIO GUEST HICHAM ELTAL DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER OF WATER RIGHTS AND WATER LAW WITH THE MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT. WE DISCUSS IT ALL, WATER RIGHTS, THE DROUGHT, STORAGE, CONSERVATION AND WHATS ON THE HORIZON FOR WATER IN THE VALLEY. PART 2 OF 2.

SPECIAL INSTUDIO GUEST HICHAM ELTAL DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER OF WATER RIGHTS AND WATER LAW WITH THE MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT. WE DISCUSS IT ALL, WATER RIGHTS, THE DROUGHT, STORAGE, CONSERVATION AND WHATS ON THE HORIZON FOR WATER IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY. PART 1 OF 2.

SPECIAL IN-STUDIO GUEST DR. STEVE TIETJEN MERCED COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION SUPERINTENDANT OF SCHOOLS DISCUSSES THE CHALLENGES FACED IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS. ALSO TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THE FUTURE DEVELOPEMENT OF THE VIRGINIA SMITH TRUST BY MCOE AND SOME OF THE GREAT BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY IT WILL BRING.

I DISCUSS THE EVENTS AT THE MERCED COUNTY FAIR THIS PAST WEEK. ALSO COVER THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND SOME OF THE ISSUES DISUSSED.

I COVER SOME OF THE ISSUES DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MERCED COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING HELD ON 06-08-21.

I REVIEW SOME OF THE MORE INTERESTING AGENDA ITEMS SET FOR THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON 06-07-21.

SPECIAL IN STUDIO GUESTS, DARON McDANIEL MERCED COUNTY SUPERVISOR DISTRICT THREE AND SCOTT SILVIERA MERCED COUNTY SUPERVISOR DISTRICT FIVE DISCUSS THE UNPRECEDENTED EVENTS OF THE LAST YEAR AND WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS HERE IN MERCED COUNTY.

I REVIEW THE LAST ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN ATWATER HELD 05-24-21. DISCUSS WHATS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS IN MERCED COUNTY.

I DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 05-17-21 AND SOME OF THE ISSUES COVERED. ALSO PLAY SOME COMMENTS FROM THE LAST MERCED COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING HELD 05-18-21.

I DISCUSS THE MAKE A WISH FUNDRAISER EVENT COMING UP TONIGHT. THE ONGOING PROGRESS OF SOME OF THE PUBLIC WORKS PORJECTS GOING ON IN MERCED. ALSO DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 0517-22 AND TOPICS COVERED.

I DISCUSS THE CHANGES HAPPENING AT MERCED COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ONE STOP PERMITTING CENTER. ALSO DISCUSS SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, MAY 17, 2021.

THE BALANCE OF THE INTERVIEW OF SPECIAL IN-STUDIO GUEST LOREN GONELLA. WE DISCUSS ALL THINGS REAL ESTATE.

SPECIAL IN-STUDIO GUEST LOREN GONELLA DISCUSSES EVERYTHING REAL ESTATE HERE IN THE VALLEY. WE COVER IT ALL, INCLUSIONARY ZONING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AG LAND, RENTALS, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, OTHER ECONOMIC AND EDUCATION ISSUES. 

I DISCUSS LAST WEEKS CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION IN DOWNTOWN MERCED AND THE FANTASTIC TURNOUT THEY HAD. ALSO DISCUSS OTHER HAPPENINGS IN MERCED THIS PAST WEEK AND SOME EVENTS GOING ON NEXT WEEK HERE LOCALLY.

I DISCUSS THE EVENTS OF THE LAST WEEK INCLUDING THE LAST ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE CONDUCT DISPLAYED BY THE PUBLIC AND A ELECTED LEADER FROM THE CITY OF MERCED. ALSO WILL START DISCUSS SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE UPCOMING MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON 05-03-2021. AGENDA ITEMS NOT COVERED IN THIS HOUR WILL BE IN THE 9AM SHOW.

I DISCUSS MORE OF THE ISSUES ON THE AGENDA FOR MONDAY NIGHTS MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ALSO DISCUSS EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS GOING ON IN MERCED.

I DISCUSS THE WATER ISSUE AND STORAGE PROBLEM. ALSO TALK ABOUT THE ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT WAS HELD ON 04-26-21. I SHARE SOME AUDIO CLIPS FROM THAT MEETING.

I DISCUSS SOME OF THEAGENDA ITEMS FOR THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON 04-19-21. ALSO TALK ABOUT THE WEEK IN MERCED AND SOME NATIONAL NEWS ITEMS.

SPCIAL IN STUDIO GUEST ROB BAPTIE OF THE HATE DUST PROJECT GIVES OUR LISTENERS AN UPDATE ON HIS GROUPS CHARITY EFFORTS HERE IN THE VALLEY.

I DISCUSS THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEEING AND SOME OF THE TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED. COVER OTHER RECENT HAPPENINGS IN THE AREA.

DISCUSS TOPICS AT THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY 04-05-21 AND OTHER EVENTS AND HAPPENING IN THE AREA.

DISCUSS CURRENT EVENTS IN MERCED, OPENING OF THE NAVIGATION CENTERTHE EL CAPITAN HOTEL AND SOME OF THE TOPICS AT THE UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEEETING IN MERCED.

I DISCUSS THE FIRST PUBLIC PRESS COMFERENCE OF THE NEW ADMINISTRAQTION IN WASHINGTON DC. ALSO REVIEW THE LAST ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 03-22-21 AND THE BIG CHANGES AT CITY HALL.

I DISCUSS THE RIBBON CUTTING OF THE NEW HOMELESS NAVIGATION CENTER HERE IN MERCED AND WHAT THAT WILL ACHIEVE FOR THE  RESIDENTS OF MERCED. DISCUSS THE LAST ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD 03-23-21 AND SOME OF THE CHANGES TO CITY HALL.

I DISCUSS THE UPCOMING ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND SOME OF THE TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED. ALSO REVIEW A COUPLE ARTICLES FROM THE MERCED COUNTY TIMES MOST RECENT EDITION.

I DISCUSS THE WEEK IN REVIEW HERE IN MERCED AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

I DISCUSS RECENT EVENTS IN THE COUNTY AND SOME NATIONAL NEWS. DISCUSS SOME OF THE ITEM TO BE BROUGHT UP AT THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEEETING ON 03-15-21.

I DISCUSS SOME OF THE TOPICS TO BE DISUSSED AT THE UPCOMING MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD 03-15-21. 

SPECIAL IN-STUDIO GUEST MERCED COUNTY SHERIFF VERN WARNKE CATCHES UP WITH OUR LISTENERS ON COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE SHERIFF SHARES SOME BIG NEWS ABOUT THE FUTURE.

I DISCUSS THE NEW IRRIGATION SEASON IN THE COUNTY AND THE CONCERN ABOUT WATER. ALSO COVER THE RECENT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD 03-01-21 AND SOME OF THE  TOPICS INCLUDING ALLOWING ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNITS ON EXISTING LOTS WITHIN CITY LIMITS.

I DISCUSS SOME OF THE TOPICS BROUGHT UP AT LAST WEEKS CITY OF MERCED STATEGIC PLANNING SESSION HELD 02-27-21.

I READ JERRY OBANIONS OBITUARY AND DISCUSS OTHER HAPPENINGS IN THE COUNTY AND CITY OF MERCED.

I DISCUSS THE LAST ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 02-22-20 AND SOME OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED.

WE DISCUSS THE TOPICS DISCUSSED AT THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL TOWN HALL HELD ON 02-18-21.

WE COVER THE TOPICS DISCUSSED AT THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL TOWN HALLS AND THE RESPONSE BY THE COUNCIL AND OUR OBSERVATIONS.

DISCUSS THE DEATH OF RUSH LIMBAUGH AND THE INFLUENCE HE HAD ON TALK RADIO. DISCUSS HOPE HAVEN WEST AND THEIR WHEELCHAIR PROGRAM THAT HELPS THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES. DISCUSS WHEN IN PERSON LEARNING AT OUR LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL COME BACK FULL TIME.

I DISCUSS SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS UP FOR DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THE ANNEXATION OF UC MERCED INTO THE CITY. 

I DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING AND THE FRUSTRATION VOICED IN VACCINE DISTRIBUTION AND COVID19 RELIEF FUNDING. ALSO DISCUSS THE MOST RECENT MCSD BOARD MEETING AND THE STRUGGLES TO GET THE CHILDREN BACK IN SCHOOL.

I DISCUSS THE SOUTH MERCED CLEANUP PROJECT GOING ON TODAY AND SOME OF THE ITEMS COVERED AT THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD 02-01-21.

I DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING AND THE NEW AUTO TOPIA PROJECT AT CASTLE AIR FORCE BASE THAT WAS PRESENTED. WE DISCUSS SOME OF THE EXPECTATIONS AND COSTS.

SPECIAL IN STUDIO GUEST DELRAY SHELTON, MERCED CITY COUNCILMAN DISTRICT SIX, TALKS ABOUT HIS PROJECT UNITY AND OTHER ISSUES HE IS WORKING ON. WE HAVE HIM FOR THE WHOLE HOUR.

I DISCUSS THE HOMELESS SITUATION AND THE POINT IN TIME COUNT DONE RECENTLY. ALSO DISCUSS THE PATHETIC RESPONSE FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON THIER COVID-19 VACCINE ROLL OUT IN MERCED COUNTY.

I DISCUSS SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS FROM THE LAST MERCED COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING HELD ON 01-26-2021. 

I DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 01-19-21 AND SOME OF THE MORE INTERESTING TOPICS.

I DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED CO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING HELD 01-05-21. ALSO DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 01-19-21.

I DISCUSS SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY 01-19-21.

SPECIAL INSTUDIO GUEST MERCED CITY MAYOR MATT SERRATTO DISCUSSES THE IMPORTANT ISSUES FACING THE CITY OF MERCED AND HIS PLANS TO ADDRESS THEM.

I DISCUSS THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 01-04-21 AND SOME ITEMS NOT COVERED IN LAST WEEKS SHOW.

I DISCUSS ISSUES COVERED AT THE LAST CITY OF MERCED COUNCIL MEETING AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS.

I DISCUSS THE UPCOMING ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA AND THE LAST CITY OF MERCED COUNCIL MEETING AND SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED.

I DISCUSS THE VALLEY WATER ISSUE. ARE WE IN A DROUGHT? I REVIEW A SITUATION WITH THE COST OF GROUNDWATER AND DRAFTING IN THE CHINA LAKE AREA OF KERN COUNTY.

DISCUSS SOME OF THE RECENT LOCAL NEWS STORIES THIS WEEK. DISCUSS THE CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE WITH THE INNAGURATION COMING UP. DISCUSS SOME OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD MONDAY 01-04-2021

I DISCUSS THE LAST ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD 12-14-20. TRIBUTE TO JIM HELLER FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY.

I DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING AND THE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL HARRASMENT AT THE DISTRICT. I DISCUSS THE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE UPCOMING MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON 12-21-20.

I DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING HELD ON 12-15-20 AND THE DEPARTURE OF SUPERVISOR LEE LOR FROM DISTRICT TWO.

I DISCUSS THE CITY OF MERCED CHRISTMAS PARADE HELD LAST SATURDAY AND THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING HELD ON 12-08-20 AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS TO HELP PEOPLE DURING THE PANDEMIC.

I INTERVIEW CITY OF MERCED MAYOR MIKE MURPHY ABOUT HIS TIME ON THE COUNCIL AND AS MAYOR. PART TWO OF TWO.

SPECIAL IN STUDIO GUEST, MERCED MAYOR MIKE MURPHY. WE DISCUSS HIS NINE YEAR TENURE ON THE DIAS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS GOING FORWARD. PART ONE OF TWO.

I DISCUSS THE PENDING STAY AT HOME ORDERS FROM THE GOVERNOR AND THE IMPACT THIS IS HAVING ON SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY. ALSO DISCUSS THE ISSUE OF THE MERCED COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SITTING ON $14,000,000 MILLION DOLLARS OF FEDERAL STIMULUS MONEY AND NOT SPENDING IT ON THE TAXPAYING CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY TO HELP THEM DURING THIS PANDEMIC.

I DISCUSS THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 11-16-20 AND THE TOPICS DISCUSSED.

I DISCUSS THE CURRENT ECONOMIC SHUTDOWN AND THE COUNTY RESPONSE TO GOING INTO THE PURPLE TIER AGAIN. ALSO DISCUSS THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 11-16-20 AND THE TOPICS DICUSSED.

I DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING HELD ON 11-16-20  AND THE CURFEWS AND SHUTDOWNS FROM THE GOVERNORS OFFICE. I PLAY COMMENTS FROM THE INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS AND THEIR FEELINGS ON WHAT TO DO NEXT.

I DISCUSS SOME OF THE TOPICS TO BE HEARD AT THE UPCOMING MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD MONDAY 11-16-20.

I DISCUSS THE LAST ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 11-09-20 AND SOME OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. START TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE TOPICS FOR THE UPCOMING MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS COMING MONDAY 11-16-20.

I DISCUSS THE RECENT PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTION AND SOME OF THE LOCAL RESULTS.

DISCUSS THE UPCOMING MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MONDAY 11-04-20. DISCUSS THE LAST ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD 10-26-20 AND THE RETIREMENT OF PART OF THEIR OUTSTANDING DEBT.

DISCUSS THE UPCOMING MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON MONDAY NOV 2ND 2020 AND SOME OF THE MORE INTERESTING ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED.

I DISCUSS THE RECENT CLEANUP OF THE MERCED CITY HWY 99 FREEWAY RAMPS OF HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS. DISCUSS THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD MONDAY NOVEMBER 2ND 2020 AND SOME OF THE ISSUES. DISCUSS OTHER NEWS OF THE WEEK AND THE UPCOMING ELECTION.

I DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 10-19-20. COVER THE NORTH MERCED ANNEXATION STUDY AND RECENT LEGISLATION, SB 3312, THAT ALLOWS THE CITY OF MERCED TO ANNEX THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CAMPUS INTO THE CITY..

WE DISCUSS THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE HELD THIS PAST WEEK. DISCUSS HOMELESS HOUSING AND CRIME PREVENTION. DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 10-19-20 AND SOME OF THE TOPICS COVERED IN IT.

DISCUSS THE UPCOMING MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON MONDAY 10-19-2020 AND SOME OF THE MORE INTERESTING ITEMS.

DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF A PERMANENT HOMELESS CAMP HERE IN MERCED. ALSO REVIEW THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY 10-19-20 AND SOME OF THE MORE INTERESTING ITEMS.

WE DISCUSS THE MERCED COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CANDIDATE FORUM HELD EARLIER THIS PAST WEEK. THREE OF THE FOUR CANDIDATES FOR MERCED CITY DISTRICT THREE AND FIVE PARTICIPATED.

I DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 10-05-2020 AND SOME OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED.

I DISCUSS THE BALANCE OF THE MERCED COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY REPORT FOR 2019-2020. I REVIEW THE RESPONSE FROM THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS, BARBARA LEVEY, ABOUT THE OBSERVATIONS OF THE MARCH 2020 ELECTION. DISCUSS THE RESPONSE FROM VARIOUS ENTITIES FROM LAST YEARS REPORT. 

INTERVIEW WITH KEVIN KANDALAFT CEO OF UNITED HEALTHCARE AND A UNIQUE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT IN MADERA THAT THEY ARE INVOLVED WITH.  DISCUSS THE COUNTY AND CITY OF MERCED EFFORTS TO ADDRESS HOMELESS ISSUES. 

WE DISCUSS THE UPCOMING ELECTION AND THE CANDIDATES FORUM THE ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS WILL HAVE ON OCTOBER 13TH AND 20TH. ALSO DISCUSS MERCED CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE CANDIDATE JOEL KNOX AND THE WAL-MART DISTRIBUTION CENTER THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BUILT IN MERCED A DECADE AGO..

WE DISCUSS THE ATWATER CITY COUNCIL METING HELD ON 09-28-20.

WE DISCUSS THE MERCED COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY REPORT ISSUED RECENTLY AND A COUPLE OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED.  COVER THE REPORT ON THE JOHN LATTORACA DETENTION FACILITY AND CITY OF MERCED DEEP WELL 3C AND POTENTIAL WATER WASTE.

WIDE RANGING DISCUSSION ON LOCAL AND NATIONAL NEWS.

WE DISCUSS MERCED CITY MAYORAL CANDIDATE MATT SERRATTO AND HIS PART ONE PLAN ON HOMLESSNESS IN THE CITY.

I DISCUSS SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS ON THE UPCOMING MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD MODAY SEPTEMBER 21ST AT 6PM VIA ZOOM. ALSO DISCUSS SOME OF THE COMMENTS SCOTUS RBG HAS MADE IN THE PAST OF THE CURRENT POTUS.

I DISCUSS THE PASSING OF SCOTUS RBG AND THE PROCESS FOR HER REPLACEMENT. WE VISIT HER PAST COMMENTS ABOUT THE CURRENT POTUS AND HOW BIAS AFFECTS DECISIONS ON THE HIGH COURT.

BARBARA LEVEY, MERCED COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER-ASSESSOR AND REGISTRAR OF VOTERS, DISCUSSES THE UPCOMING ELECTION AND THE DUTIES OF HER OFFICE IN ENSURING THAT EVERY VOTE COUNTS.

I DISCUSS THE RECENT WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA AND THE WEST.  EXPLORE  SOME OF THE CAUSES THAT HAVE LEAD TO THIS SITUATION.

TRIBUTE TO VICTIMS OF 9-11-2001 ATTACK. AUDIO OF THAT DAY.

I DISCUSS THE NEW HOMELESS NAVIGATION CENTER OPENING SOON IN SOUTH MERCED. ALSO DISCUSS THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, NANCY PELOSI, AND HER WASH AND BLOW INCIDENT. DISCUSS THE NEW PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY AND THE POSITIVE IMPACT THEY ARE HAVING DOWNTOWN WITH THE HOMELESS PROBLEM. 

I DISCUSS THE RNC CONVENTION THIS PAST WEEK, ALSO DISCUSS A PARENTS FRUSTRATION WITH THE MCSWAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT AND DISTANCE LEARNING.

DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL CLOSURE OF FOSTER FARM AND THE ONGOING COVID PANDEMIC RESPONSE IN THE COUNTY.

I DISCUSS THE COUNTY OF MERCED HEALTH DEPARTMENT ORDER FOR FOSTER FARMS TO CLOSE IN LIVINGSTON IN 48 HOURS. PLAY MARTIN LUTHER KINGS "I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH" FROM AUGUST 28TH 1963.

I DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 08-17-20.  SOME OF ITEMS WERE A PROPOSED APARTMENT /MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AT THE CORNER OF YOSEMITE AVE AND MCKEE RD, THE NORTH MERCED ANNEXATION STUDY REPORT UPDATE FROM STAFF, AND THE OUTCOME OF THE "BLACK LIVES MATTER" MURAL REQUEST.

SPECIAL GUEST DARRON MCDANIEL COUNTY SUPERVISOR DISTRICT THREE GIVES US A UPDATE ON THE EXPENDITURE OF SOME OF THE CARES ACT MONEY RECEIVED BY THE COUNTY. ALSO DISCUSS THE ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE UPCOMING MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD VIRTUALLY ON LINE MONDAY 08-17-20 AT 6PM.

DISCUSS THE UPCOMING ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE NEXT MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD 08-17-20.

I DISCUSS THE LACK OF PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE SALES TAX MEASURES THAT WERE FLOATED BY THE COUNTY OF MERCED AND ATWATER THIS PAST WEEK. DISCUSS THE REALITIES OF THE CURRENT NEEDS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AT BOTH THE CITY AND COUNTY LEVELS AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.

I INTERVIEW DISTRICT 16 CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE KEVIN COOKINGHAM. HE IS A REPUBLICAN RUNNING FOR HIS FIRST TIME AGAINST JIM COSTA. WE DISCUSS WATER , LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HIS IDEAS OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL ONCE ELECTED. THE ELECTION IS NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020. 

DISCUSS UPCOMING MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON MONDAY 08-03-20 AND SOME OF THE ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED.

DISCUSS THE DEATH OF THE GREAT AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICIAN THIS WEEK, HERMAN CAIN. DISCUSS THE PROPOSED TAX MEASURES THAT MAY BE ON THE BALLOT LOCALLY IN NOVEMBER.

DISCUSS LAST WEEKS MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE CENSURE OF COUNCILMAN ECHEVARRIA AND THE DISMISSAL OF STEVE CARRIGAN AS CITY MANAGER. ALSO DISCUSS THE UPCOMING ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY JULY 27TH AND A PROPOSED SALES TAX INCREASE AND THE STATE LETTER ON SANCTUARY STATUS.

DISCUSS THE UPCOMING MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON 07-20-20 AND THE POTENTIAL CENSURE OF COUNCILMAN FERNANDO ECHEVARRIA.

I INTERVIEW LOCAL REALTOR AND POLITICAL GURU ANDY KROTIK ABOUT THE STATE OF THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY HERE IN THE VALLEY. PAST AND PRESENT HISTORY OF ECONOMIC BOOM AND BUSTS AND HOW THEY AFFECT US. TALK ABOUT THE RECENT PANDEMIC AND HOW THE INDUSTRY HAS REACTED TO IT. ALSO DELVE INTO SOME OF THE LOCAL ISSUES FACING THE COMMUNITY.

I INTERVIEW CALIFORNIA STATE SENATOR ANDREAS BORGESS FROM THE 8TH DISTRICT AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JIM COSTA. WE COVER A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS WITH BOTH POLITICIANS DEALING WITH THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. 

DISCUSS THE PAST WEEKS EVENTS AND WHAT HAPPENED AT THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 07-06-20.

DISCUSS THE PAST WEEKS MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING. TALK ABOUT THE UPCOMING ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED. REMEMBER THOUGHTS ABOUT NADA PAZIN AND HER LEGACY.

DISCUSS THE UPCOMING ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. THE PATHETIC LOCAL ATTEMPT AT ENFORCEMENT OF THE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS THIS PAST FOURTH OF JULY AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT IF THERE WAS POLITICAL WILLPOWER. DISCUSS THE PRESIDENTS PARDON OF ROGER STONE AND OTHER PRESIDENTS WHO PARDONED PEOPLE TOO.

DISCUSS SCHOOL BOARD COMMENTS AND WHAT OUR CHILDREN ARE BEING TAUGHT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ALSO GO OVER SOME OF THE TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON 07-06-20.

DISCUSS AND REVIEW THE MERCED CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEETING HELD ON JUNE 09, 2020. REVIEW THE COMMENTS BY BOARD MEMBERS COX, SMITH. LEMMING AND KAZAKOS REGARDING THE SYSTEMIC RACISM WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND THE LACK OF READING COMPREHENSION AT GRADE LEVEL OF A LARGE PART OF THE STUDENT BODY.   

DISCUSS THE UPCOMING SPECIAL MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE CENSURE OF COUNCILMAN ECHEVARRIA. DISCUSS THE NEW CIVILIAN ADVISORY BOARD TO REVIEW THE MERCED POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICIES TO BE DONE IN THE NEXT 90 DAYS.

DISCUSS THE UPCOMING ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND SPECIAL MEETING TO BE HELD 05-22-20. DISCUSS THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 06-15-20 AND TOPICS OF PROTEST. DISCUSS THE LATEST WATER GRAB BY THE STATE AND A OPINION PIECE ASSEMBLYMAN ADAM GRAY WROTE ADDRESSING IT.

I DISCUSS THE UPCOMING ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE PAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING. DISCUSS THE NEED FOR A SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS EXAM PROGRAM IN THE COUNTY OF MERCED.  THIS IS LONG OVERDUE.

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR'S SPEECH "I'VE BEEN TO THE MOUNTAINTOP" DELIVERED APRIL 3 1968 AT THE BISHOP CHARLES MASON TEMPLE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE. 

DISCUSS UPCOMING TOPICS AT THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT WILL BE HELD ON 06-15-20 AT 6PM.

DISCUSS CURRENT EVENTS IN THE CITY AND ALSO RECAP THE ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 06-08-20.

DISCUSS LOCAL PROTESTS AND SOME OF THE ELECTEDS RESPONSE. READ PRESS RELEASE FROM MCOE ABOUT TEACHING CHILDREN INJUSTICE.

DISCUSS THIS PAST WEEKS MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE CONTROVERSY WITH THE CITY MANAGE AND THE MAYOR. DISCUSS BUDGET AS PROPOSED AND THE FUTURE CHALLENGES TO MAINTAIN PROGRAMS.

DISCUSS CURRENT EVENTS, PROTESTS IN MERCED AND THE UPCOMING ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING NEXT MONDAY 06-08-20.

I DISCUSS THE RECENT NATIONAL RACIAL UNREST AND THE LOCAL ANGLE OR LACK OF ONE. TALK ABOUT GRADUATION PLANS AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EDUCATION.

DISCUSS STATE BUDGET SHORTFALL, ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 05-26-20. DISCUSS STATE ASSEMBLYMAN ADAM GRAYS PROPOSAL FOR SPORTS BOOK GAMBLING TO OFFSET STATE BUDGET SHORTFALLS.

REVIEW THE UCM LETTER WRITTEN IN RESPONSE TO SHERIFF VERN WARNKES LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR LAST WEEK. 

SPECIAL GUEST MERCED COUNTY SHERIFF VERN WARNKE DISCUSSES HIS RECENT LETTER TO GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOME AND THE COVID 19 SITUATION HERE IN MERCED COUNTY.

DISCUSS THE REVOLT AGAINST DRACONIAN REGULATIONS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE PUSHBACK FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES. DISCUSS THE STONERIDGE CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION AT THE CASTLE AIR FOR BASE FOOTBALL FIELD THIS PAST THURSDAY.

I DISCUSS THE COVID 19 STAY AT HOME ORDER AND THE UPCOMING MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY NIGHT.

I DISCUSS THE COVID 19 STAY AT HOME ORDER AND HOW IT IS TIME TO END IT. DISCUSS UPCOMING MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY MAY, 18TH, 2020.

SPECIAL GUEST DARRON MCDANIEL MERCED COUNTY SUPERVISOR FOR DISTRICT THREE. HE WILL REPORT ON THE SPECIAL EMERGENCY BOARD SESSION HELD FRIDAY MAY 8TH AND ABOUT HOW TO OPEN BUSINESSES BACK UP AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IN MERCED COUNTY. DISCUSS OTHER COUNTY ISSUES ON THE HORIZON.

PART TWO OF MY MICHAEL BELLUOMINI INTERVIEW, FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND CURRENT MAYORAL CANDIDATE.

SPECIAL GUEST MICHEAL BELLUOMINI, FORMER MERCED CITY COUNCILMEMBER AND CURRENT MAYORAL CANDIDATE IN THE UPCOMING NOVEMBER ELECTION. WE DISCUSS HIS RECENT EDITORIAL IN THE MERCED COUNTY TIMES APRIL 30TH EDITION ABOUT A PROJECT COMING BEFORE THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL AT THEIR NEXT MEETING MONDAY NIGHT. DISCUSS LAND USE , YOUTH SERVICES, PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES AND SO MUCH MORE. PART ONE OF TWO PARTS.

I TALK ABOUT A PROTEST THAT TURNED INTO A UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY IN SACRAMENTO ON FRIDAY 05-01-20.  I DISCUSS THE NEED FOR ALL BUSINESSES IN MERCED COUNTY AND ELSEWHERE TO BE ABLE TO REOPEN WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. IT IS ALL ABOUT THE ECONOMY.

I DISCUSS THE VERY REAL PROBABILITY THAT THE UPCOMING NOVEMBER 2020 ELECTION IN MERCED COUNTY WILL BE ALL VOTE BY MAIL, NO ELECTION DAY VOTING. LOTS OF ISSUES TO BE FLESHED OUT BEFOREHAND. TALK ABOUT MERCED MAYOR MIKE MURPHY'S PROPOSED ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN AND SOME DIFFERING SUGGESTIONS BY OTHERS HOW TO SPEND THE MONEY.

I TALK ABOUT RECENT LOS BANOS POLICE PRESS RELEASE ABOUT STAY AT HOME ORDER, THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 04-20-20 AND THE CHANGES TO CALIFORNIA WORKERS COMP. PREMIUMS DUE TO COVID 19. THIS IS ONLY A TWO SEGMENT SHOW.

I INTERVIEW MERCED MAYOR MIKE MURPHY FOR THE WHOLE HOUR ABOUT THE LATEST COUNCIL MEETING AND THE STIMULUS PLAN THAT WAS ROLLED OUT. ALSO TALK ABOUT OTHER PROJECTS THE MAYOR IS WORKING ON BEFORE HIS TERM ENDS. 

THIS IS A BEST OF SHOW

THIS IS A REPEAT OF A INTERVIEW WITH VERN WARNKE WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR SHERIFF. THIS INTERVIEW WAS IN THE TIME SLOT THAT JACQUE MACDONALD USED TO HAVE WITH HER VICTIMS VOICE SHOW. JACQUE PASSED AWAY LAST MONTH.

I DISCUSS AND DISSECT DISTRICT 5 SUPERVISOR SCOTT SILVEIRAS COMMENTS ABOUT HSA WORKERS AT THE LAST MERCED COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING HELD ON 04-14-20. 

I DISCUSS THE MERCED CO ASSESSOR TAX PENALTY FORGIVENESS PLAN, THE PASSING OF JACQUE MACDONALD FORMER HOST OF VICTIMS VOICE HEARD ON THIS STATION FOR MANY YEARS. ALSO DISCUSS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INTERACTION DURING CRISIS.

DISCUSS AND RECOUNT THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE NEWHALL INCIDENT WHERE FOUR CHP OFFICERS WERE KILLED AND THE LOCAL CONNECTION TO THIS STORY.

I DISCUSS LOCAL COVID 19 ISSUES, PUBLIC MEETING PARTICIPATION AND HOW IT IS IMPACTED. DISCUSS CALLS BY COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS FOR RENT RELIEF FUNDS FROM COUNTY AND CITY COFFERS.

I DISCUSS THE $30,000 PAY RAISE THE MARIPOSA BOARD OF SUPERVISORS GAVE THEMSELVES AND THE COMMUNITY OUTRAGE THAT FOLLOWED.  DISCUSS A REFERENDUM THAT MAY BE PUT ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT TO RESCIND IT IF THE SUPERVISORS DO NOT AT. DISCUSS HOW AMERICA WILL BE FOREVER CHANGED BY THIS PANDEMIC.

I DISCUSS ONGOING ISSUES WITH THE LACK OF SOCIAL ISOLATION AND HOW GOVERNMENT MEETINGS AND BUSINESS WILL BE CONDUCTED DURING THIS TIME. 

SPECIAL GUEST INTERVIEW WITH LOS BANOS MAYOR MIKE VIALTA GIVING LISTENERS AN UPDATE ON WHAT IS GOING ON DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME. A LOT OF GOOD RESOURCE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED BY THE MAYOR.

DISCUSS LOCAL EVENTS AND CLOSURES, UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. RECAP PART OF LAST ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD 03-23-20

I DISCUSS LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS AND THE LATEST UPDATE FROM MERCED COUNTY ELECTIONS AND BARBARA LEVEY. DISCUSS SOME ITEMS FROM THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 03-16-20.

WE HAVE SPECIAL GUEST, CURRENT OES CHIEF AND FORMER MERCED COUNTY SHERIFF MARK PAZIN DISCUSSING THE CURRENT ISSUES GOING ON IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WITH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. SOLID INFORMATION ON HOW THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS AND WILL BE RESPONDING TO THIS ISSUE.

DISCUSS LATEST ELECTION RESULTS FROM COUNTY REGISTRAR. COVER ITEMS FROM THE LAST MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE EXTENSION OF MEASURE C AND HOW TO TAX TO BUILD NEW PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES THAT ARE NEEDED IN MERCED.

TALK ABOUT COVID 19 AND IMPACTS LOCALLY. LATEST ELECTION RESULTS FROM MARCH 3RD, 2020 PRIMARY.

I DISCUSS LOCAL ISSUES AND EVENTS AND WHERE WE GO FROM HERE ON FUTURE BALLOT MEASURES AND TAXES IN UPCOMING ELECTIONS. REVIEW PLAYHOUSE MERCED PRODUCTION OF "MATILDA". READ OBITUARY OF GARY INGRAHAM.

IDISCUSS ELECTION RESULTS IN LAST TUESDAY'S PRIMARY ELECTION.

DISCUSS THE MERCED COLLEGE FOUNDATION AND THE KRAFT RANCH LEASE AGREEMENT.

I DISCUSS THE UPCOMING ELECTION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING.  

I TALK ABOUT LOCAL EVENTS THE PAST WEEK, UPCOMING POLITICAL DEBATE, AND A RECAP OF THE MERCED COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS DEBATE HELD ON THE 11TH OF THIS MONTH FOR MERCED COUNTY SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 1,2 AND 4.

SPECIAL IN STUDIO GUEST JOE SCOTO A 3RD GENERATION VALLEY FARMER, MID CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER, MCSWAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE MERCED COUNTY FARM BUREAU. WE DISCUSS THE UPCOMING ELECTION AND MERCED COMMUNITY COLLEGE BALLOT MEASURE J AND STATE PROP 13 AND THE EVER INCREASING TAX BURDENS PLACED ON BUSINESS AND PROPERTY OWNERS. WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH?

I DISCUSS MEASURE J OPPOSITION LETTERS IN THE MERCED COUNTY VOTER INFO BOOK THAT FINALLY ARRIVED IN AREA MAILBOXES. I GIVE AN EXPLANATION OF PROP. 13 ON THE MARCH BALLOT AND A SEPARATE MEASURE ON THE NOVEMBER 2020 BALLOT ATTACKING EXISTING PROP. 13 PROTECTIONS ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. LOTS OF CONFUSION AMONG VOTERS OUT THERE ON THIS ONE.

MERCED COUNTY SHERIFF VERN WARNKE IN STUDIO TO TALK ABOUT ALL THINGS LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE COUNTY AS WELL AS SOME OF THE DETAILS OF A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY TAX POTENTIALLY COMING ON THE UPCOMING NOVEMBER 2020 BALLOT.

SPECIAL GUEST LOS BANOS MAYOR MIKE VIALTA  AND FORMER MERCED COUNTY SUPERVISOR TONY WHITEHURST AND I DISCUSS WESTSIDE ISSUES AND THE MERCED COMMUNITY COLLEGE BALLOT MEASURE J AND TAXATION. 

I DISCUSS MERCED COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOND MEASURE J, NORTH MERCED ANNEXATION STUDY MEETING HELD ON JAN 27TH AT MERCED CITY HALL AND THE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS.

DISCUSSION WITH FORMER ATWATER MAYOR JIM PRICE AND LOCAL ATWATER BUSINESSMAN ERIC LEE ABOUT THE UPCOMING ELECTION AND SALES TAX MEASURE "O" FOR THE CITY OF ATWATER PUBLIC SAFETY.

CITIZEN WATCH VIEWS ON UPCOMING TAX AND BOND MEASURES ON THE MARCH AND NOVEMBER 2020 BALLOTS.  NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION ATTACK ON PROP. 13 PROPERTY TAX PROTECTIONS. ATWATER CITY 123TCP SETTLEMENT FUNDS AND WHAT TO DO WITH THE MONEY.

DISCUSS UPCOMING, 01-27, AND PAST, 01-13, ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. DISCUSS MERCED CITY PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING JAN 22ND 2020.

DISCUSS UPCOMING MERCED CITY PLANNING COMMISION MEETING TO BE HELD THIS NEXT WEDNESDAY, 01-22-19, AND A PROJECT THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED.

DISCUSS MERCED CITY CP42 SOCCER FIELD COMMUNITY MEETING, LAURA FOUNTAIN AND APPLEGATE PARK HOMELESS ENFORCEMENT, HOMELESS HOUSING PLANS FROM COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. UPCOMING ELECTIONS.

BONUS HALF HOUR WITH MY SPECIAL GUEST ROBERT "THE VELVET SLEDGEHAMMER" TOMASETTI. HE AND I CATCH UP AND DISCUSS CURRENT EVENTS IN THE WORLD AND THE CITY.  TALK ABOUT CITY OF THE MERCED COUNCIL MEETING HELD 01-06-20 AND LIMITING SALES OF "SAFE AND SANE" FIREWORKS. ADVISE COMMUNITY OF TWO MEETINGS TO BE HELD ON 01-14-20, 3PM AND 6PM, AT YOSEMITE CHURCH FOR A PROPOSED NEW MULTI-USE PROJECT AT THE CORNER OF MCKEE RD. AND YOSEMITE AVE.  IN MERCED

SPECIAL GUEST ROBERT "THE VELVET SLEDGEHAMMER" TOMASETTI AND I CATCH UP AND DISCUSS CURRENT EVENTS IN THE WORLD AND THE CITY. COVER CITY OF MERCED COUNCIL MEETING HELD 01-06-20.

TALK ABOUT EVENTS IN IRAQ AND MIDDLE EAST, TOPICS UNDER CONSIDERATION AT NEXT UPCOMING MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MONDAY 01-06-2020. HAPPY NEW YEAR.

DISCUSS UPCOMING MERCED CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE RAILROAD QUIET ZONE STUDY.

DISCUSS FUTURE OF CALIFORNIA HSR PROJECT, REVIEW FORMER ATWATER POLICE CHIEF SAM JOSEPH COURT HEARING EARLIER IN THE MONTH, ATWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING HOMELESS ISSUES AND TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORT INFORMATION.

FREE WHEELING RANT ON THE LAST YEAR AND EVENTS, SOME OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES. HAPPY NEW YEAR

DISCUSS PROPOSED CHANGES TO CITY OF MERCED REFUSE RATES AND THE FUNDING OF NON PROFIT SELF HELP PROGRAMS WITH INCREASED COMMERCIAL RATES, SHOOTING OF THE MERCED COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY THIS WEEK AND THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF SUSPECT AND RECENT SIMILAR ASSAULTS ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY IN THE AREA. 

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

DISCUSS MID GROWERS MEETING AND NEW SYGMA RULES NEXT YEAR, PROPOSED CHANGES TO CITY OF MERCED REFUSE RATES AND THE FUNDING OF NON PROFIT SELF HELP PROGRAMS WITH INCREASED COMMERCIAL RATES. 

INTERVIEW WITH SPECIAL GUESTS IN STUDIO, SCOTT MCBRIDE, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR AND MICHAEL HREN, PRINCIPAL PLANNER, BOTH WITH THE CITY OF MERCED. WE TALK ABOUT "AFFORDABLE" HOUSING AND NEW REQUIREMENTS TO STREAMLINE APPROVAL PROCESSES AND WHAT THAT WILL MEAN TO COMMUNITIES IN THE FUTURE. PART TWO

PART TWO OF MY INTERVIEW WITH SPECIAL GUESTS IN STUDIO, SCOTT MCBRIDE, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR AND MICHAEL HREN, PRINCIPAL PLANNER, BOTH WITH THE CITY OF MERCED. WE TALK ABOUT "AFFORDABLE" HOUSING AND NEW REQUIREMENTS TO STREAMLINE APPROVAL PROCESSES AND WHAT THAT WILL MEAN TO COMMUNITIES IN THE FUTURE. PART TWO

I TALK ABOUT POTENTIALLY THE CITY OF MERCED REFUSE RATES PAYING FOR PRIVATE NON PROFIT PROGRAMS, OCTOBER 24TH 2019 MCAG BOARD MEETING AND LEGAL ISSUES AND CONCERNS, CITY OF ATWATER FIRST CANNABIS DISPENSARY ASKING FOR FINANCIAL RELIEF AFTER ONLY ONE MONTH IN OPERATION.

GREAT FAST PACED INTERVIEW WITH MERCED CITY MAYOR MIKE MURPHY. WE DISCUSS LAST WEEKS CITY COUNCIL MEETING INCLUDING,  CITY TRASH RATES AND WHAT THEY MAY PAY FOR, NEW PARK HOURS, CITY FIVE YEAR FISCAL OUTLOOK

EXCERPT OF 10-24-19 MCAG BOARD MEETING DISCUSSING VALIDITY OF JPA AGREEMENT WITH LEGAL COUNCIL. ACRIMONIOUS MEETING.

DISCUSS MID 100TH ANNIVERSARY, NATIONAL IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY, MCAG DISCUSSION ON JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY.