Podcast appearances and mentions of Phoenix City Council

Phoenix City Councilman Kevin Robinson joined the Mike Broomhead show in studio today to talk about photo radar, the new use of force policy in the Phoenix PD and more.

What’s the Why? Why could we all see this coming a mile away?

The Phoenix City Council is considering increasing the city’s sales tax from 2.3% to 2.8%.

Mike discusses the changes that Phoenix City Council voted to implement into the Phoenix Police Department.

Phoenix City Councilman Kevin Robinson details last night's officer-involved shooting and the latest updates on the suspect. 

On June 13, the U.S. Department of Justice released a long-anticipated report on its investigation into the city of Phoenix and its Police Department.  Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division laid out the results of the 126-page report after a nearly three-year investigation. Thus far, the reaction from the majority of Phoenix City Council has been fairly muted. Police union officials categorically denied those allegations. In this episode of The Gaggle, hosts Ron Hansen and Mary Jo Pitzl sit down with The Republic's criminal justice reporter Miguel Torres and Phoenix reporter Taylor Seely to dig further into the report and what the political reaction has been so far. Read the full story on the DOJ report on The Arizona Republic at azcentral.com. Episode transcript can be found here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As we learnmore about the DOJ's findings on the Phoenix Police Department, Broomhead questions how the Phoenix City Council will react to a consent decree. 

The Phoenix City Council has passed an urban camping ban that would block camping outside of schools and shelters. 

The Phoenix City Council is set to vote on a potential urban camping ban near schools and homeless shelters today.

Homelessness – and the provision of related services – has evolved into a substantial economic sector. While services are primarily provided by nonprofits, funding starts at the federal level and flows from federal, state, and local grantors into the nonprofit space. The funding and services are distributed through a vast national network of local nonprofit organizations, with Arizona alone hosting as many as 167 such entities. CSI estimates that the total nonprofit workforce dedicated to alleviating homelessness in Arizona is as high as 51,000 employees and volunteers. For context, the state's largest private organization employs about 45,000 people. CSI estimates that statewide spending in Arizona is approximately $933 million to $1.1 billion annually on shelter, treatment, food, and other support services for people experiencing homelessness. According to the latest Point-in-Time counts, today there are more than 14,000 (Estimate 1, Appendix B) people experiencing homelessness in Arizona, and another 9,600 estimated to be in Permanent Supportive Housing. You can find our full report on the topic, titled Homelessness Spending Tops $1 Billion in Arizona here. On this episode of Common Sense Digest, our Chairman and Host Earl Wright welcomes Tim Simplot, former director of the Arizona Department of Housing unpack the issues many complexities ranging from a myopic focus on "housing first" to challenges for law enforcement. Homelessness is a prominent issue in Arizona, and the causes of and solutions to it are varied and hotly debated. This episode aims to bring some clarity to the issue.  Thank you for listening to Common Sense Digest. Please rate, review, and subscribe on your favorite podcatcher. All of our podcasts can be found here. Tom Simplot is former director of the Arizona Department of Housing and a longtime member of the Phoenix City Council. Tom's career in housing has spanned several decades as an attorney, former real estate agent and former owner of affordable rental properties in Arizona. Tom is also past president of the Maricopa County Board of Health and the Maricopa County Industrial Development Authority. 

The Phoenix City Council approved $1 million in stopgap funding to keep Arizona's largest homeless services program running. But the number of people experiencing homelessness in our community continues to climb. Plus, this Midwest transplant looks at Phoenix with fresh eyes — and draws it.

Sam Stone, host of Breaking Battlegrounds, heard every Saturday at 3 PM right here on 960 The Patriot, joins Seth in studio for the full hour to talk about pajamas, the infantilization of society, recent testimony by Ivy League university presidents before the House Education Committee which failed to sufficiently condemn protests calling for Jewish genocide, and the need of the Phoenix City Council to push back against a Department of Justice (DOJ) consent decree on police reform.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Friday, July 7th, 2023. Samaritan Ministries How are you paying for your health care, and how’s it working out? If it’s working perfectly, great! If not, then listen closely, because I have a solution for you. A Biblical solution. Samaritan Ministries is a community of Christians who pay one another’s medical bills. Here’s how it works. When a medical need arises, you choose the provider that’s right for you, and have a say in the treatment you receive, even if it’s a non-conventional approach. Your medical bills are shared with fellow members, and your need is covered in prayer. It’s affordable, and you can join anytime, even today. Learn more at samaritan ministries dot org slash cross politic. We start today off with world news as Ukraine and Russia are playing a game of he did it - he did it. https://www.foxnews.com/world/ukraine-russia-accuse-each-other-planning-imminent-attack-europes-largest-nuclear-plant Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of planning imminent attack against Europe's largest nuclear plant Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of planning an imminent attack against one of the world's largest nuclear plants. In a video address Tuesday night, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alleged that information from Ukrainian intelligence officials shows the "Russian military has placed objects resembling explosives on the roof of several power units" of the Za-po-ree-zia Nuclear Power Plant – located in southeastern Ukraine and occupied by Russian troops. The "foreign objects" were placed on the roof of the plant's third and fourth power units, according to a statement from the General Staff of Ukraine’s armed forces. "Their detonation should not damage power units but may create a picture of shelling from Ukraine," the statement said. In Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov raised the specter of a potentially "catastrophic" provocation by the Ukrainian army at the nuclear plant, which is Europe’s largest but has its six reactors shut down. It still needs power and qualified staff to operate crucial cooling systems and other safety features. Over the last year, the U.N.'s atomic watchdog repeatedly expressed alarm over the possibility of a radiation catastrophe like the one at Chernobyl, where a reactor exploded in 1986. While Russia and Ukraine regularly traded blame over shelling near the plant that caused power outages, Ukraine has alleged more recently that Moscow might try to cause a deliberate leak in an attempt to derail Kyiv’s ongoing counteroffensive in the surrounding Za-po-ree-zia region. Moscow, meanwhile, had accused the Ukrainians of "deliberate sabotage" of the Ka-hove-ka hydroelectric power plant, claiming Kyiv was "pursuing the goal of depriving Crimea of water." The International Atomic Energy Agency has officials stationed at the Russian-held plant, which is still run by its Ukrainian staff. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said his agency's most recent inspection of the plant found no mining activities, "but we remain extremely alert." We now go to California. https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-bills-keep-pride-marching-long-past-june California Bills Keep Pride Marching Long Past June The infernal provocation that is Pride Month might be over, but the marches continue through the legislature in California. They are here, they are queer, and they are coming for your children — legally. Multiple bills at various stages in the California legislative process proclaim who ultimately has authority of your kids, and it’s not you. Some have understandably garnered much media attention, but SB 407 is working its way through the Assembly without much fanfare or discussion. SB 407 would require all potential foster families to demonstrate their capacity and willingness to facilitate pharmaceutical and surgical interventions for “gender-expansive” children. Even if the child seems to give no indication of such inclinations at the time, the resource family must be assessed with the understanding that need for such care could arise at any stage of development. Sen. Scott Weiner (D-San Francisco) in introducing the bill, claimed it would protect children from being placed in “hostile foster homes.” Hostile homes are the homes of any foster families who are unwilling to commit to actively supporting gender transition interventions for minors. SB 407 effectively institutionalizes a prohibition against orthodox Christians as well as other religious believers. It effectively prohibits foster parents who think it unwise to allow the mutilation of perfectly healthy body parts on minors. Current and historic data give us insight into the demographics of those most prone to foster non-related babies and minors. Barna Group’s research shows that Christians engage in adoption, foster care, and other ways of aiding vulnerable children more than the average. “Practicing Christians (5%) are more than twice as likely to adopt than the general population (2%). Catholics are three times as likely. And evangelicals are five times as likely to adopt as the average adult.” Practicing Christians are also nearly three times more likely to have seriously considered foster care, and 65% of non-kin foster parents attend religious services weekly — compared to 39%for the general population. In any just world such families willing to stretch themselves to help kids would be sought after, not precluded from the foster system. However, the only families fit to foster, according to the supporters of this bill, are those who give full assent to the most radical tenets of gender theory. What is obvious to most everyone (except the bill’s authors) is that such ideological assent signals a willingness to reject sexual boundaries. It is that rejection that makes sexual chaos far more likely in the home, not less. Is that the goal? If minors can consent to invasive transitioning interventions, what can they not consent to? There is also the reality that SB407 is hardly the only bill in California attacking parental rights. SB 107, passed and was signed into law in September of last year, allowing minors to be brought to the Golden State against the will of a parent if it is for the sake of seeking gender transitioning. In-state parents are not really calling any shots either, according to AB 957 which puts parental custody in jeopardy absent the guardian’s support of their child’s “gender identity.” Absent full support, which is not defined in the bill, a parent can be charged by a court with child abuse. The age at which the child’s desires to begin transitioning must be accommodated is not mentioned, but the bill’s author, Assemblywoman Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City) used an example of a seven-year old in arguing the merits of this bill. Now this is the author of the article talking here: At a recent speaking event I attended for the Awake Americans launch, some protestors carried a sign that read, “We don’t co-parent with hate groups.” Bemused, a few of us commented that obviously we don’t want them to co-parent with us either, so…no problem. But their meaning was more sinister. It was not that they would not co-parent our kids with us, it was that we are unfit to co-parent our own kids with them. They see our kids as theirs to parent and ours to lose. Biden said as much out loud recently, “There’s no such things as someone else’s child. Our nation’s children are all our children.” There’s no such thing as someone else’s child. In no situation do normal people act as though that were true. I do not decide when to speak to other people’s children about sex, nor take them home with me at will. I don’t even know their food allergies much less make pivotal decisions for them. Someone could dismiss Biden’s words as an empty platitude or incoherent ramblings except that they reflect a real perspective that is incrementally creeping into policy. https://www.dailywire.com/news/governor-vetoes-bipartisan-bill-protecting-womens-sports Governor Vetoes Bipartisan Bill Protecting Women’s Sports North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper vetoed a bipartisan bill that would protect women’s sports on Wednesday. HB 574, which is titled the “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” and passed with bipartisan supermajorities, would prohibit men from playing in women’s sports in middle schools, high schools, and universities. “We don’t need politicians inflaming their political culture wars by making broad, uninformed decisions about an extremely small number of vulnerable children that are already handled by a robust system that relies on parents, schools and sports organizations,” the Democratic governor stated. “Republican governors in other states have vetoed similar bills because they hurt their states’ reputation and economy and because they are neither fair nor needed.” The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act was passed with the support of two Democrats in the state legislature — Rep. Michael Wray in the House, and Sen. Val Applewhite in the Senate. If Cooper’s veto is overridden, the bill would apply to all public schools and any private school that competes against public schools. Applewhite said that her vote was “a tough decision to make” and was based on conversations with coaches and other constituents in her district. One umpire told the Democrat that changes in strength levels between boys and girls can start as soon as seven years old. According to the Fayetteville Observer, Applewhite received “bad threats” after her vote. When approached by The News & Observer, Wray declined to comment on why he supported the bill. Cooper also vetoed SB 49, named the “Parents’ Bill of Rights,” and HB 808, which would ban sex change treatments for minors. Unlike the women’s sports bill, these two bills passed with no Democratic support. Cooper’s vetoes of HB 574 and HB 808 are likely to be overridden by the North Carolina General Assembly, since the GOP holds supermajorities in both houses, thanks in part to Rep. Tricia Cotham, who switched parties from Democrat to Republican in April and voted for all three bills. However, the path forward for the Parents’ Bill of Rights is less certain, since one Republican, Rep. Hugh Blackwell, voted against the bill, leaving Republicans one vote short of overriding the governor’s veto on that bill. Cooper is not the only Democratic governor to veto bipartisan bills surrounding protecting womens’ sports, banning sex change treatments for minors, and strengthening parental rights in education. Governor John Bel Edwards of Louisiana vetoed three similar bills Friday, all of which saw multiple Democrats join Republicans to support them in the state legislature. In a press conference, Edwards compared the bills’ supporters to segregationists during the Civil Rights Movement. We now go to Phoenix… https://thepostmillennial.com/phoenix-city-council-votes-to-send-unclaimed-firearms-to-national-police-of-ukraine?utm_campaign=64487 Phoenix City Council votes to send 'unclaimed' firearms to National Police of Ukraine The Phoenix City Council passed a vote last week that allows up to 600 unclaimed guns from Phoenix to be donated to the National Police of Ukraine. The plan is going through a contract with a company, DT Gruelle, that is specially approved for overseas arms trading. Around $200,000 worth of firearms will be handed over to the company for shipment, according to the Arizona Daily Independent. Under Arizona City law, unclaimed arms need to be resold within one year after they have been obtained by the city. The arms are disposed of or sold "to any business that is authorized to receive and dispose of the article under federal and state law." In the June 28 City Council report, the city "selected approximately 500-600 unclaimed firearms to transfer through Gruelle, a private company which provides export and import services." The plan passed with unanimous support. The report stated that "firearms are unclaimed when there has been no owner contact after a thirty day notice, in which case the City can dispose of them." The Phoenix Police Department states that the firearms are "lost, unclaimed, or found in possession of the Phoenix Police Department." KJZZ said of unclaimed firearms, "essentially they end up in the police department’s lost and found" "Only 9mm, 45mm, 39mm and 12 gauge firearms will be sent," according to the notes. The council promoted the "two year" contract with the private company and, according to the meeting notes, no taxpayer money will be "expended by the City." However, questions about the transfer of arms have been raised. The law in Arizona states that firearms that are authorized to be sold by the city need to be sold "to the public" by the business. The company's website says, "We have a breadth of experience due to 40 years of continuous support to the United States and over 150 other countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, and Ukraine." "We comply with all required procedures which permeate through our ongoing operations," it goes on. The company has a history of working in Ukraine. In April of 2022 last year, a report showed that a township in Pennsylvania worked with DT Gruelle to raise funds for the Ukrainian war effort, according to the Tribune-Democrat. Now this! Is it time to boycott Ben & Jerry’s? https://www.newsweek.com/ben-jerry-boycott-calls-july-4th-message-1810991 Ben & Jerry's Faces Boycott Calls Over 4th of July Message Ben & Jerry's is facing a boycott after calling on the United States to "commit to returning" stolen Indigenous land in its 4th of July message. On Independence Day, the iconic American ice cream brand sparked outrage on social media by publishing a Twitter post with an image reading: "The United States was founded on stolen Indigenous land. This Fourth of July, let's commit to returning it." In the caption, the company added: "It's high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it." Ben & Jerry's message generated a flood of negative responses on social media, with some calling it the company's "Bud Light moment," referring to controversy and subsequent boycott after the beer brand partnered with a transgender activist in April. Other Twitter users called on the company to be the first to give up its profits and properties, including factories, buildings and stores. Others said that the company should be returning its factory land to the Abenaki people. "Ok you start. Relinquish your headquarters," one Twitter user wrote. "This should be easy then," wrote another. "Shut down and donate all of your land, facilities, and assets to indigenous people." Others accused the company of virtue-signaling—the practice of expressing opinions or sentiments intended to demonstrate one's good character, social conscience and awareness of a certain issue, just for the sake of appearing good in people's eyes. Scrutiny has continued to escalate over the company's support of the LGBTQ+ community and the Black Lives Matter movement, among other polarizing issues.

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Friday, July 7th, 2023. Samaritan Ministries How are you paying for your health care, and how’s it working out? If it’s working perfectly, great! If not, then listen closely, because I have a solution for you. A Biblical solution. Samaritan Ministries is a community of Christians who pay one another’s medical bills. Here’s how it works. When a medical need arises, you choose the provider that’s right for you, and have a say in the treatment you receive, even if it’s a non-conventional approach. Your medical bills are shared with fellow members, and your need is covered in prayer. It’s affordable, and you can join anytime, even today. Learn more at samaritan ministries dot org slash cross politic. We start today off with world news as Ukraine and Russia are playing a game of he did it - he did it. https://www.foxnews.com/world/ukraine-russia-accuse-each-other-planning-imminent-attack-europes-largest-nuclear-plant Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of planning imminent attack against Europe's largest nuclear plant Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of planning an imminent attack against one of the world's largest nuclear plants. In a video address Tuesday night, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alleged that information from Ukrainian intelligence officials shows the "Russian military has placed objects resembling explosives on the roof of several power units" of the Za-po-ree-zia Nuclear Power Plant – located in southeastern Ukraine and occupied by Russian troops. The "foreign objects" were placed on the roof of the plant's third and fourth power units, according to a statement from the General Staff of Ukraine’s armed forces. "Their detonation should not damage power units but may create a picture of shelling from Ukraine," the statement said. In Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov raised the specter of a potentially "catastrophic" provocation by the Ukrainian army at the nuclear plant, which is Europe’s largest but has its six reactors shut down. It still needs power and qualified staff to operate crucial cooling systems and other safety features. Over the last year, the U.N.'s atomic watchdog repeatedly expressed alarm over the possibility of a radiation catastrophe like the one at Chernobyl, where a reactor exploded in 1986. While Russia and Ukraine regularly traded blame over shelling near the plant that caused power outages, Ukraine has alleged more recently that Moscow might try to cause a deliberate leak in an attempt to derail Kyiv’s ongoing counteroffensive in the surrounding Za-po-ree-zia region. Moscow, meanwhile, had accused the Ukrainians of "deliberate sabotage" of the Ka-hove-ka hydroelectric power plant, claiming Kyiv was "pursuing the goal of depriving Crimea of water." The International Atomic Energy Agency has officials stationed at the Russian-held plant, which is still run by its Ukrainian staff. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said his agency's most recent inspection of the plant found no mining activities, "but we remain extremely alert." We now go to California. https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-bills-keep-pride-marching-long-past-june California Bills Keep Pride Marching Long Past June The infernal provocation that is Pride Month might be over, but the marches continue through the legislature in California. They are here, they are queer, and they are coming for your children — legally. Multiple bills at various stages in the California legislative process proclaim who ultimately has authority of your kids, and it’s not you. Some have understandably garnered much media attention, but SB 407 is working its way through the Assembly without much fanfare or discussion. SB 407 would require all potential foster families to demonstrate their capacity and willingness to facilitate pharmaceutical and surgical interventions for “gender-expansive” children. Even if the child seems to give no indication of such inclinations at the time, the resource family must be assessed with the understanding that need for such care could arise at any stage of development. Sen. Scott Weiner (D-San Francisco) in introducing the bill, claimed it would protect children from being placed in “hostile foster homes.” Hostile homes are the homes of any foster families who are unwilling to commit to actively supporting gender transition interventions for minors. SB 407 effectively institutionalizes a prohibition against orthodox Christians as well as other religious believers. It effectively prohibits foster parents who think it unwise to allow the mutilation of perfectly healthy body parts on minors. Current and historic data give us insight into the demographics of those most prone to foster non-related babies and minors. Barna Group’s research shows that Christians engage in adoption, foster care, and other ways of aiding vulnerable children more than the average. “Practicing Christians (5%) are more than twice as likely to adopt than the general population (2%). Catholics are three times as likely. And evangelicals are five times as likely to adopt as the average adult.” Practicing Christians are also nearly three times more likely to have seriously considered foster care, and 65% of non-kin foster parents attend religious services weekly — compared to 39%for the general population. In any just world such families willing to stretch themselves to help kids would be sought after, not precluded from the foster system. However, the only families fit to foster, according to the supporters of this bill, are those who give full assent to the most radical tenets of gender theory. What is obvious to most everyone (except the bill’s authors) is that such ideological assent signals a willingness to reject sexual boundaries. It is that rejection that makes sexual chaos far more likely in the home, not less. Is that the goal? If minors can consent to invasive transitioning interventions, what can they not consent to? There is also the reality that SB407 is hardly the only bill in California attacking parental rights. SB 107, passed and was signed into law in September of last year, allowing minors to be brought to the Golden State against the will of a parent if it is for the sake of seeking gender transitioning. In-state parents are not really calling any shots either, according to AB 957 which puts parental custody in jeopardy absent the guardian’s support of their child’s “gender identity.” Absent full support, which is not defined in the bill, a parent can be charged by a court with child abuse. The age at which the child’s desires to begin transitioning must be accommodated is not mentioned, but the bill’s author, Assemblywoman Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City) used an example of a seven-year old in arguing the merits of this bill. Now this is the author of the article talking here: At a recent speaking event I attended for the Awake Americans launch, some protestors carried a sign that read, “We don’t co-parent with hate groups.” Bemused, a few of us commented that obviously we don’t want them to co-parent with us either, so…no problem. But their meaning was more sinister. It was not that they would not co-parent our kids with us, it was that we are unfit to co-parent our own kids with them. They see our kids as theirs to parent and ours to lose. Biden said as much out loud recently, “There’s no such things as someone else’s child. Our nation’s children are all our children.” There’s no such thing as someone else’s child. In no situation do normal people act as though that were true. I do not decide when to speak to other people’s children about sex, nor take them home with me at will. I don’t even know their food allergies much less make pivotal decisions for them. Someone could dismiss Biden’s words as an empty platitude or incoherent ramblings except that they reflect a real perspective that is incrementally creeping into policy. https://www.dailywire.com/news/governor-vetoes-bipartisan-bill-protecting-womens-sports Governor Vetoes Bipartisan Bill Protecting Women’s Sports North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper vetoed a bipartisan bill that would protect women’s sports on Wednesday. HB 574, which is titled the “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” and passed with bipartisan supermajorities, would prohibit men from playing in women’s sports in middle schools, high schools, and universities. “We don’t need politicians inflaming their political culture wars by making broad, uninformed decisions about an extremely small number of vulnerable children that are already handled by a robust system that relies on parents, schools and sports organizations,” the Democratic governor stated. “Republican governors in other states have vetoed similar bills because they hurt their states’ reputation and economy and because they are neither fair nor needed.” The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act was passed with the support of two Democrats in the state legislature — Rep. Michael Wray in the House, and Sen. Val Applewhite in the Senate. If Cooper’s veto is overridden, the bill would apply to all public schools and any private school that competes against public schools. Applewhite said that her vote was “a tough decision to make” and was based on conversations with coaches and other constituents in her district. One umpire told the Democrat that changes in strength levels between boys and girls can start as soon as seven years old. According to the Fayetteville Observer, Applewhite received “bad threats” after her vote. When approached by The News & Observer, Wray declined to comment on why he supported the bill. Cooper also vetoed SB 49, named the “Parents’ Bill of Rights,” and HB 808, which would ban sex change treatments for minors. Unlike the women’s sports bill, these two bills passed with no Democratic support. Cooper’s vetoes of HB 574 and HB 808 are likely to be overridden by the North Carolina General Assembly, since the GOP holds supermajorities in both houses, thanks in part to Rep. Tricia Cotham, who switched parties from Democrat to Republican in April and voted for all three bills. However, the path forward for the Parents’ Bill of Rights is less certain, since one Republican, Rep. Hugh Blackwell, voted against the bill, leaving Republicans one vote short of overriding the governor’s veto on that bill. Cooper is not the only Democratic governor to veto bipartisan bills surrounding protecting womens’ sports, banning sex change treatments for minors, and strengthening parental rights in education. Governor John Bel Edwards of Louisiana vetoed three similar bills Friday, all of which saw multiple Democrats join Republicans to support them in the state legislature. In a press conference, Edwards compared the bills’ supporters to segregationists during the Civil Rights Movement. We now go to Phoenix… https://thepostmillennial.com/phoenix-city-council-votes-to-send-unclaimed-firearms-to-national-police-of-ukraine?utm_campaign=64487 Phoenix City Council votes to send 'unclaimed' firearms to National Police of Ukraine The Phoenix City Council passed a vote last week that allows up to 600 unclaimed guns from Phoenix to be donated to the National Police of Ukraine. The plan is going through a contract with a company, DT Gruelle, that is specially approved for overseas arms trading. Around $200,000 worth of firearms will be handed over to the company for shipment, according to the Arizona Daily Independent. Under Arizona City law, unclaimed arms need to be resold within one year after they have been obtained by the city. The arms are disposed of or sold "to any business that is authorized to receive and dispose of the article under federal and state law." In the June 28 City Council report, the city "selected approximately 500-600 unclaimed firearms to transfer through Gruelle, a private company which provides export and import services." The plan passed with unanimous support. The report stated that "firearms are unclaimed when there has been no owner contact after a thirty day notice, in which case the City can dispose of them." The Phoenix Police Department states that the firearms are "lost, unclaimed, or found in possession of the Phoenix Police Department." KJZZ said of unclaimed firearms, "essentially they end up in the police department’s lost and found" "Only 9mm, 45mm, 39mm and 12 gauge firearms will be sent," according to the notes. The council promoted the "two year" contract with the private company and, according to the meeting notes, no taxpayer money will be "expended by the City." However, questions about the transfer of arms have been raised. The law in Arizona states that firearms that are authorized to be sold by the city need to be sold "to the public" by the business. The company's website says, "We have a breadth of experience due to 40 years of continuous support to the United States and over 150 other countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, and Ukraine." "We comply with all required procedures which permeate through our ongoing operations," it goes on. The company has a history of working in Ukraine. In April of 2022 last year, a report showed that a township in Pennsylvania worked with DT Gruelle to raise funds for the Ukrainian war effort, according to the Tribune-Democrat. Now this! Is it time to boycott Ben & Jerry’s? https://www.newsweek.com/ben-jerry-boycott-calls-july-4th-message-1810991 Ben & Jerry's Faces Boycott Calls Over 4th of July Message Ben & Jerry's is facing a boycott after calling on the United States to "commit to returning" stolen Indigenous land in its 4th of July message. On Independence Day, the iconic American ice cream brand sparked outrage on social media by publishing a Twitter post with an image reading: "The United States was founded on stolen Indigenous land. This Fourth of July, let's commit to returning it." In the caption, the company added: "It's high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it." Ben & Jerry's message generated a flood of negative responses on social media, with some calling it the company's "Bud Light moment," referring to controversy and subsequent boycott after the beer brand partnered with a transgender activist in April. Other Twitter users called on the company to be the first to give up its profits and properties, including factories, buildings and stores. Others said that the company should be returning its factory land to the Abenaki people. "Ok you start. Relinquish your headquarters," one Twitter user wrote. "This should be easy then," wrote another. "Shut down and donate all of your land, facilities, and assets to indigenous people." Others accused the company of virtue-signaling—the practice of expressing opinions or sentiments intended to demonstrate one's good character, social conscience and awareness of a certain issue, just for the sake of appearing good in people's eyes. Scrutiny has continued to escalate over the company's support of the LGBTQ+ community and the Black Lives Matter movement, among other polarizing issues.

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Friday, July 7th, 2023. Samaritan Ministries How are you paying for your health care, and how’s it working out? If it’s working perfectly, great! If not, then listen closely, because I have a solution for you. A Biblical solution. Samaritan Ministries is a community of Christians who pay one another’s medical bills. Here’s how it works. When a medical need arises, you choose the provider that’s right for you, and have a say in the treatment you receive, even if it’s a non-conventional approach. Your medical bills are shared with fellow members, and your need is covered in prayer. It’s affordable, and you can join anytime, even today. Learn more at samaritan ministries dot org slash cross politic. We start today off with world news as Ukraine and Russia are playing a game of he did it - he did it. https://www.foxnews.com/world/ukraine-russia-accuse-each-other-planning-imminent-attack-europes-largest-nuclear-plant Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of planning imminent attack against Europe's largest nuclear plant Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of planning an imminent attack against one of the world's largest nuclear plants. In a video address Tuesday night, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alleged that information from Ukrainian intelligence officials shows the "Russian military has placed objects resembling explosives on the roof of several power units" of the Za-po-ree-zia Nuclear Power Plant – located in southeastern Ukraine and occupied by Russian troops. The "foreign objects" were placed on the roof of the plant's third and fourth power units, according to a statement from the General Staff of Ukraine’s armed forces. "Their detonation should not damage power units but may create a picture of shelling from Ukraine," the statement said. In Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov raised the specter of a potentially "catastrophic" provocation by the Ukrainian army at the nuclear plant, which is Europe’s largest but has its six reactors shut down. It still needs power and qualified staff to operate crucial cooling systems and other safety features. Over the last year, the U.N.'s atomic watchdog repeatedly expressed alarm over the possibility of a radiation catastrophe like the one at Chernobyl, where a reactor exploded in 1986. While Russia and Ukraine regularly traded blame over shelling near the plant that caused power outages, Ukraine has alleged more recently that Moscow might try to cause a deliberate leak in an attempt to derail Kyiv’s ongoing counteroffensive in the surrounding Za-po-ree-zia region. Moscow, meanwhile, had accused the Ukrainians of "deliberate sabotage" of the Ka-hove-ka hydroelectric power plant, claiming Kyiv was "pursuing the goal of depriving Crimea of water." The International Atomic Energy Agency has officials stationed at the Russian-held plant, which is still run by its Ukrainian staff. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said his agency's most recent inspection of the plant found no mining activities, "but we remain extremely alert." We now go to California. https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-bills-keep-pride-marching-long-past-june California Bills Keep Pride Marching Long Past June The infernal provocation that is Pride Month might be over, but the marches continue through the legislature in California. They are here, they are queer, and they are coming for your children — legally. Multiple bills at various stages in the California legislative process proclaim who ultimately has authority of your kids, and it’s not you. Some have understandably garnered much media attention, but SB 407 is working its way through the Assembly without much fanfare or discussion. SB 407 would require all potential foster families to demonstrate their capacity and willingness to facilitate pharmaceutical and surgical interventions for “gender-expansive” children. Even if the child seems to give no indication of such inclinations at the time, the resource family must be assessed with the understanding that need for such care could arise at any stage of development. Sen. Scott Weiner (D-San Francisco) in introducing the bill, claimed it would protect children from being placed in “hostile foster homes.” Hostile homes are the homes of any foster families who are unwilling to commit to actively supporting gender transition interventions for minors. SB 407 effectively institutionalizes a prohibition against orthodox Christians as well as other religious believers. It effectively prohibits foster parents who think it unwise to allow the mutilation of perfectly healthy body parts on minors. Current and historic data give us insight into the demographics of those most prone to foster non-related babies and minors. Barna Group’s research shows that Christians engage in adoption, foster care, and other ways of aiding vulnerable children more than the average. “Practicing Christians (5%) are more than twice as likely to adopt than the general population (2%). Catholics are three times as likely. And evangelicals are five times as likely to adopt as the average adult.” Practicing Christians are also nearly three times more likely to have seriously considered foster care, and 65% of non-kin foster parents attend religious services weekly — compared to 39%for the general population. In any just world such families willing to stretch themselves to help kids would be sought after, not precluded from the foster system. However, the only families fit to foster, according to the supporters of this bill, are those who give full assent to the most radical tenets of gender theory. What is obvious to most everyone (except the bill’s authors) is that such ideological assent signals a willingness to reject sexual boundaries. It is that rejection that makes sexual chaos far more likely in the home, not less. Is that the goal? If minors can consent to invasive transitioning interventions, what can they not consent to? There is also the reality that SB407 is hardly the only bill in California attacking parental rights. SB 107, passed and was signed into law in September of last year, allowing minors to be brought to the Golden State against the will of a parent if it is for the sake of seeking gender transitioning. In-state parents are not really calling any shots either, according to AB 957 which puts parental custody in jeopardy absent the guardian’s support of their child’s “gender identity.” Absent full support, which is not defined in the bill, a parent can be charged by a court with child abuse. The age at which the child’s desires to begin transitioning must be accommodated is not mentioned, but the bill’s author, Assemblywoman Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City) used an example of a seven-year old in arguing the merits of this bill. Now this is the author of the article talking here: At a recent speaking event I attended for the Awake Americans launch, some protestors carried a sign that read, “We don’t co-parent with hate groups.” Bemused, a few of us commented that obviously we don’t want them to co-parent with us either, so…no problem. But their meaning was more sinister. It was not that they would not co-parent our kids with us, it was that we are unfit to co-parent our own kids with them. They see our kids as theirs to parent and ours to lose. Biden said as much out loud recently, “There’s no such things as someone else’s child. Our nation’s children are all our children.” There’s no such thing as someone else’s child. In no situation do normal people act as though that were true. I do not decide when to speak to other people’s children about sex, nor take them home with me at will. I don’t even know their food allergies much less make pivotal decisions for them. Someone could dismiss Biden’s words as an empty platitude or incoherent ramblings except that they reflect a real perspective that is incrementally creeping into policy. https://www.dailywire.com/news/governor-vetoes-bipartisan-bill-protecting-womens-sports Governor Vetoes Bipartisan Bill Protecting Women’s Sports North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper vetoed a bipartisan bill that would protect women’s sports on Wednesday. HB 574, which is titled the “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” and passed with bipartisan supermajorities, would prohibit men from playing in women’s sports in middle schools, high schools, and universities. “We don’t need politicians inflaming their political culture wars by making broad, uninformed decisions about an extremely small number of vulnerable children that are already handled by a robust system that relies on parents, schools and sports organizations,” the Democratic governor stated. “Republican governors in other states have vetoed similar bills because they hurt their states’ reputation and economy and because they are neither fair nor needed.” The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act was passed with the support of two Democrats in the state legislature — Rep. Michael Wray in the House, and Sen. Val Applewhite in the Senate. If Cooper’s veto is overridden, the bill would apply to all public schools and any private school that competes against public schools. Applewhite said that her vote was “a tough decision to make” and was based on conversations with coaches and other constituents in her district. One umpire told the Democrat that changes in strength levels between boys and girls can start as soon as seven years old. According to the Fayetteville Observer, Applewhite received “bad threats” after her vote. When approached by The News & Observer, Wray declined to comment on why he supported the bill. Cooper also vetoed SB 49, named the “Parents’ Bill of Rights,” and HB 808, which would ban sex change treatments for minors. Unlike the women’s sports bill, these two bills passed with no Democratic support. Cooper’s vetoes of HB 574 and HB 808 are likely to be overridden by the North Carolina General Assembly, since the GOP holds supermajorities in both houses, thanks in part to Rep. Tricia Cotham, who switched parties from Democrat to Republican in April and voted for all three bills. However, the path forward for the Parents’ Bill of Rights is less certain, since one Republican, Rep. Hugh Blackwell, voted against the bill, leaving Republicans one vote short of overriding the governor’s veto on that bill. Cooper is not the only Democratic governor to veto bipartisan bills surrounding protecting womens’ sports, banning sex change treatments for minors, and strengthening parental rights in education. Governor John Bel Edwards of Louisiana vetoed three similar bills Friday, all of which saw multiple Democrats join Republicans to support them in the state legislature. In a press conference, Edwards compared the bills’ supporters to segregationists during the Civil Rights Movement. We now go to Phoenix… https://thepostmillennial.com/phoenix-city-council-votes-to-send-unclaimed-firearms-to-national-police-of-ukraine?utm_campaign=64487 Phoenix City Council votes to send 'unclaimed' firearms to National Police of Ukraine The Phoenix City Council passed a vote last week that allows up to 600 unclaimed guns from Phoenix to be donated to the National Police of Ukraine. The plan is going through a contract with a company, DT Gruelle, that is specially approved for overseas arms trading. Around $200,000 worth of firearms will be handed over to the company for shipment, according to the Arizona Daily Independent. Under Arizona City law, unclaimed arms need to be resold within one year after they have been obtained by the city. The arms are disposed of or sold "to any business that is authorized to receive and dispose of the article under federal and state law." In the June 28 City Council report, the city "selected approximately 500-600 unclaimed firearms to transfer through Gruelle, a private company which provides export and import services." The plan passed with unanimous support. The report stated that "firearms are unclaimed when there has been no owner contact after a thirty day notice, in which case the City can dispose of them." The Phoenix Police Department states that the firearms are "lost, unclaimed, or found in possession of the Phoenix Police Department." KJZZ said of unclaimed firearms, "essentially they end up in the police department’s lost and found" "Only 9mm, 45mm, 39mm and 12 gauge firearms will be sent," according to the notes. The council promoted the "two year" contract with the private company and, according to the meeting notes, no taxpayer money will be "expended by the City." However, questions about the transfer of arms have been raised. The law in Arizona states that firearms that are authorized to be sold by the city need to be sold "to the public" by the business. The company's website says, "We have a breadth of experience due to 40 years of continuous support to the United States and over 150 other countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, and Ukraine." "We comply with all required procedures which permeate through our ongoing operations," it goes on. The company has a history of working in Ukraine. In April of 2022 last year, a report showed that a township in Pennsylvania worked with DT Gruelle to raise funds for the Ukrainian war effort, according to the Tribune-Democrat. Now this! Is it time to boycott Ben & Jerry’s? https://www.newsweek.com/ben-jerry-boycott-calls-july-4th-message-1810991 Ben & Jerry's Faces Boycott Calls Over 4th of July Message Ben & Jerry's is facing a boycott after calling on the United States to "commit to returning" stolen Indigenous land in its 4th of July message. On Independence Day, the iconic American ice cream brand sparked outrage on social media by publishing a Twitter post with an image reading: "The United States was founded on stolen Indigenous land. This Fourth of July, let's commit to returning it." In the caption, the company added: "It's high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it." Ben & Jerry's message generated a flood of negative responses on social media, with some calling it the company's "Bud Light moment," referring to controversy and subsequent boycott after the beer brand partnered with a transgender activist in April. Other Twitter users called on the company to be the first to give up its profits and properties, including factories, buildings and stores. Others said that the company should be returning its factory land to the Abenaki people. "Ok you start. Relinquish your headquarters," one Twitter user wrote. "This should be easy then," wrote another. "Shut down and donate all of your land, facilities, and assets to indigenous people." Others accused the company of virtue-signaling—the practice of expressing opinions or sentiments intended to demonstrate one's good character, social conscience and awareness of a certain issue, just for the sake of appearing good in people's eyes. Scrutiny has continued to escalate over the company's support of the LGBTQ+ community and the Black Lives Matter movement, among other polarizing issues.

Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne says public schools that allow English language learners to use the 50/50 dual language model are violating state law and risk losing state funding. The Phoenix City Council was asked to approve more than $2 million to create a new court for people experiencing homelessness. When the new fiscal year begins on July 1, the Arizona Department of Housing will begin working with the largest budget it's ever had for the state's Housing Trust Fund. Plus the latest in metro Phoenix, science, tribal resources and Fronteras Desk news.

How much more will Phoenix residents be paying for water after a city council decision last night? We talk about the new water rate hike, take a listen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the Phoenix City Council approving a new, supervised homeless camp, Jim Sharpe hopes the homeless there won't face a new version of "The Zone."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

During the second segment, Mike talks about how Arizona has had a history of preserving its water supply.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today is the second episode on our two-part series looking at Black representation on the Phoenix City Council. Morrison F. Warren was the first Black man to ever sit on the Phoenix City Council. But he wasn't a politician. Rather Warren spent his life building bridges through education and advocating for equality. He grew up at a time when Phoenix was segregated. It was something that struck him deeply. He graduated valedictorian of his high school and attended Phoenix College before serving in the Army during World War II. He survived and came back to Phoenix to earn his bachelor's degree from Arizona State University, then called Arizona State College. He was a star player on the football team there and even had a short stint in the NFL. Later, Warren moved on to get his master's and PhD, all in education from ASU. In this episode, we hear from his son, Kevin Warren, and from Morrison Warren himself from an archived interview. The audio of Morrison Warren is provided by the Arizona Historical Society. You can watch the interview with him here. The video was directed and written by Chris Wooley. The director of photography was Wayne Dickmann. The video was produced by the Historical League, and narrated by Pat McMahon. It was made possible by a financial grant from Dr. Edward B. Diethrich. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When you think of Arizona, the images and people that come to mind are very stereotypical. Wide desert vistas and mountains, cactus and clear skies, cowboys and Native Tribes, Latinos and snowbirds…who have lived here for generations.  What you probably don't think of is the rich history of African Americans who also settled this state. At present, the Black population makes up 5.4% of Arizona's census. That might not seem like much, but African Americas are the third largest demographic in our state. When looking at Phoenix alone, the percentage jumps up to 7.4% of the population identifying as Black or African American. The number is growing. The Arizona Republic has found that 800,000 African Americans have moved to the Valley since 2010. And that expansion hasn't stopped, even with the pandemic. In this two-part series, we are taking a closer look at African American representation on the Phoenix City Council. We're starting with two winners that have made history. Then, next week in episode two, we'll go back in time to explore the first Black man to sit on the City's council. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The two newest Phoenix City Council members will be sworn in Monday. We'll hear what that means for the council's direction moving forward. Plus, looking at the border through a century of films about it. That and more on The Show.

Phoenix City Council approved an ordinance to collaborate with other cities on an advanced water purification facility for recycling wastewater. Will Gaydos be convinced that drinking waste water isn't as bad as it sounds?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a subcommittee meeting, the Phoenix City Council discussed help for people experiencing homelessness in "the Zone" encampment. Lifesaving medications and heat relief are coming, but no overall solution is on the table. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kesha Hodge Washington joins Mike to discuss her new role on the Phoenix City Council.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin Robinson, a member of the Phoenix City Council, explains to Jim and Jayme how he thinks "the Zone," an encampment of people experiencing homelessness, should be cleared. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dawn Penich-Thacker of Agave Strategy and Barrett Marson of Marson Media joined The Show to talk about the defeat of a measure supporters say would have helped alleviate the affordable housing crisis in the state, the results from this week's runoff elections for Phoenix City Council and more.

Newly elected Phoenix City Council member for District 6, Kevin Robinson joined the show and as a former assistant police chief for the city, we asked him what he'd like to see done about Phoenix's big number of officer-involved shootings. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tuesday's Phoenix City Council election shows Jim Sharpe that even if some Phoenix voters don't trust the police -- many more don't trust anti-police politicians.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike discusses the Phoenix City Council runoff election.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last November, no candidate in Phoenix City Council District 6 or District 8 received enough votes to win the election outright. Residents now get a second chance to try to put their favored candidate onto the council in a runoff March 14. Candidates are Kevin Robinson and Sam Stone in District 6 and incumbent Carlos Garcia and Kesha Hodge Washington in District 8. This week on The Gaggle, a podcast by The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, host Mary Jo Pitzl is joined by Arizona Republic reporter Taylor Seely, who covers Phoenix City Hall. Together they discuss the candidates, the issues, and the mechanics of voting in the election. They also go through the details of who will be on the ballot, what they stand for, and what you need to know to vote in the election. Follow The Gaggle and all azcentral.com podcasts on Twitter here. We're looking to hear from you! Send us a note or a voice memo via email here. Reach the reporter at aluberto@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @amandaluberto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chicago has a “strong mayor” system, and during the pandemic, Mayor Lightfoot gained additional emergency powers. Things work differently in Phoenix, Ariz., which operates under a “weak mayor” or “council-manager” system. Reset examines the benefits and drawbacks of how things work in Phoenix, and what lessons Chicago can learn with David Swindell, associate professor and director for the Center for Urban Innovation at Arizona State University and Rick Naimark, former deputy city manager at Phoenix City Council.

FRANCES EMMA BARWOOD - Anonymous Operation Unidentified Flying Object - Retired Phoenix Vice Mayor and Councilwoman. Frances Barwood was elected to Phoenix City Council in January 1992 and was re-elected to a second term January 1994. In January 1997 she was elected Vice-Mayor. Ufologists, Arizonians and eyewitnesses to the huge crafts that flew over the Arizona skies back in March of 1997 are all familiar with the name "Frances Emma Barwood." Her name is synonymous with the events; her solitary voice pierced the silence of the restrained politically correct and demanded answers! The airspace of her city and state was repeatedly violated by a huge unidentified crafts, (and smaller ones), which maneuvered through the skies without impedance; people wanted to know what it was-she was the one to ask! Frances Barwood did not duck & run; she did not pass the buck; she did not ignore the situation, nor make light of it (as other government officials would later do) - she did what she was elected to do, i.e., represent her constituents and the best interests of the city of Phoenix.The XZBN Network Programming is brought to you by BEAUTIFUL MIND COFFEE - For the coffee that your brain will love, visit Beautiful Mind Coffee, www.beautifulmindcoffee.ca.

Greg Discusses with Sam the aftermath of the 2022 Elections and Sam's run for Phoenix City Council

With inflation affecting our Thanksgiving prep by a whopping 11% increase from last year, Heather and Jamison are intrigued to dive into the possible outcome of this high-price market. Keeping in line with upcoming news, the two also bring attention to the plans of a new Taiwanese semiconductor coming to Northern Phoenix to begin production of a major technology demand to be purchased by Apple.  Speaking of Northern Phoenix, tune in to this episode for more insight into the plans freshly approved by the Phoenix City Council to revive the Metrocenter Mall and its surrounding areas to serve a further maturated environment in the valley. Articles mentioned in the podcast below: https://apple.news/Air4maT8qSPiuLT16cz8v6g  https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-prepares-source-chips-arizona-plant-bloomberg-news-2022-11-15/  https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2022/11/16/metrocenter-mall-phoenix-redevelopment-final-ok.html?utm_source=st&utm_medium=en&utm_campaign=me&utm_content=PH&ana=e_PH_me&j=29727263&senddate=2022-11-17  https://apple.news/AnmHVc0PtRTmd7iUtRDvwYA  https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2022/11/18/phoenix-construction-costs-labor-challenges.html?utm_source=st&utm_medium=en&utm_campaign=me&utm_content=PH&ana=e_PH_me&j=29739528&senddate=2022-11-18  https://azbigmedia.com/real-estate/residential-real-estate/heres-why-analysts-say-phoenix-housing-market-favors-buyers/  https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/jobs/2022/11/16/arizona-minimum-wage-increase-already-among-highest-will-rise-again-in-2023/10672592002/  Check out our YouTube channel to watch clips from this episode and many more from our Kiss My Assets podcast! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbglON5k8i-bRS6fSsSno_A/ 

A run-off election is happening for Phoenix City Council. The city needs to know what is at stake.

It looks like Phoenix Rising FC will have a new home next season. Today, the Phoenix City Council unanimously backed plans for the USL team to move to the site of the old greyhound track, just off of the light rail. So what did we learn today? Join Ramon, Owain and Max for the full breakdown. BUY RISING TICKETS HERE: https://gametime.hnyj8s.net/c/3442941/1441547/10874   SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube: https://bit.ly/phnx_youtube ALL THINGS PHNX: http://linktr.ee/phnxsports  PHNX: The holiday season is around the corner. Head to https://phnxlocker.com/ to give the gift of some sweet merch. Your favorite PHNX t-shirt, hat, even gift cards are all available to purchase. Better yet, purchase an annual PHNX membership and receive a free PHNX tee for free!  DraftKings: Download the DraftKings Sportsbook app now (https://bit.ly/3Jl1dMX), use promo code PHNX and make your first deposit of FIVE DOLLARS and get TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS in FREE BETS INSTANTLY! For every leg you add you can boost your winnings up to ONE HUNDRED percent! If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (IL/IN/MI/NJ/PA/WV/WY), 1-800-NEXT STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (CO/NH), 888-789-7777/visit http://ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-BETS OFF (IA), 1-877-770-STOP (7867) (LA), 877-8-HOPENY/text HOPENY (467369) (NY), visit OPGR.org (OR), call/text TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN), or 1-888-532-3500 (VA). 21+ (18+ WY). Physically present in AZ/CO/CT/IL/IN/IA/LA/MI/NJ/NY/PA/TN/VA/WV/WY only. Min. $5 deposit required. Eligibility restrictions apply. See http://draftkings.com/sportsbook for details. OGeez!: Enter the “Flavoring Life” sweepstakes. One winner will receive 3 bags of OGeez, an OGeez! Hat, a PHNX shirt of your choice, and a PHNX annual membership. Sign up at gophnx.com or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfIplqDYsxYeiotn5Zc6hRahaX0a5qG99eHVzkhOlGZDRdgUA/viewform. Must be 21 years or older to purchase. Four Peaks: We are teaming up with Four Peaks to host all US and Mexico World Cup matches at their 8th Street Pub. Enjoy beer specials, giveaways, guest appearances, and more while watching on their 22' jumbo screen. Click here to register for free: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/phnx-2022-world-cup-watch-parties-1329339 Enter to win the “Toast of the Month” sweepstakes to win a $50 Four Peaks gift card, a PHNX shirt of your choice, and a PHNX annual membership. Go to goPHNX.Com or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfOabxo8KQxOWwn9wTilMBuTMAJdrL0CaH9lzfuJqgKN9vfSg/viewform Must be 21 or older. Enjoy responsibly.  Bad Birdie: use code “PHNXSPORTS” to take 15% off your next Bad Birdie order! https://glnk.io/7qnq/phnx-sports Mor Furniture: Sit in the same seats we do! Check out https://morfurniture.com Underdog Fantasy: Sign up for Underdog Fantasy today! Go to the link https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-phnx and use promo code “PHNX” to receive a deposit match up to $100 Liquid Death: Get free shipping on all water and merch at https://LiquidDeath.com/PHNX   When you shop through links in the description, we may earn affiliate commissions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FRANCES EMMA BARWOOD - Anonymous Operation Unidentified Flying Object - Retired Phoenix Vice Mayor and Councilwoman. Frances Barwood was elected to Phoenix City Council in January 1992 and was re-elected to a second term January 1994. In January 1997 she was elected Vice-Mayor. Ufologists, Arizonians and eyewitnesses to the huge crafts that flew over the Arizona skies back in March of 1997 are all familiar with the name "Frances Emma Barwood." Her name is synonymous with the events; her solitary voice pierced the silence of the restrained politically correct and demanded answers! The airspace of her city and state was repeatedly violated by a huge unidentified crafts, (and smaller ones), which maneuvered through the skies without impedance; people wanted to know what it was-she was the one to ask! Frances Barwood did not duck & run; she did not pass the buck; she did not ignore the situation, nor make light of it (as other government officials would later do) - she did what she was elected to do, i.e., represent her constituents and the best interests of the city of Phoenix.*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Zone TV Channel Radio Feed (Free - No Subscription Required) - https://www.spreaker.com/show/xztv-the-x-zone-tv-show-audio The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com (Free)To contact Rob McConnell - misterx@xzoneradiotv.com

A fight for city council in Ahwatukee has made it all the way to the Arizona Supreme Court. If you love drama, you'll want to hear why. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Sharpe has a follow-up to his commentary on the Phoenix City Council race where one candidate accuses the other of not even living in Phoenix.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Should you be allowed to run for the Phoenix City Council if you don't live in Phoenix? And what constitutes "living" there? The answers to those questions may motivate Jim Sharpe's wife to run for office. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

FRANCES EMMA BARWOOD - Anonymous Operation Unidentified Flying Object - Retired Phoenix Vice Mayor and Councilwoman. Frances Barwood was elected to Phoenix City Council in January 1992 and was re-elected to a second term January 1994. In January 1997 she was elected Vice-Mayor. Ufologists, Arizonians and eyewitnesses to the huge crafts that flew over the Arizona skies back in March of 1997 are all familiar with the name "Frances Emma Barwood." Her name is synonymous with the events; her solitary voice pierced the silence of the restrained politically correct and demanded answers! The airspace of her city and state was repeatedly violated by a huge unidentified crafts, (and smaller ones), which maneuvered through the skies without impedance; people wanted to know what it was-she was the one to ask! Frances Barwood did not duck & run; she did not pass the buck; she did not ignore the situation, nor make light of it (as other government officials would later do) - she did what she was elected to do, i.e., represent her constituents and the best interests of the city of Phoenix.*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Zone TV Channel Radio Feed (Free - No Subscription Required) - https://www.spreaker.com/show/xztv-the-x-zone-tv-show-audio The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com (Free)To contact Rob McConnell - misterx@xzoneradiotv.com

In this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Kevin Robinson. Kevin is running for Phoenix City Council to represent District 6 which encompasses my home area, Awhatukee, but also the Biltmore and Arcadia communities.  His background includes serving as a City of Phoenix police officer for over thirty-six years. After retiring, Kevin has taught full time for the past five years and is now looking to expand his public service to the Phoenix City Council. He knows our communities, understands the challenges we face as such a rapidly growing metropolitan area, and he's a consensus-builder. In other words, he can help us get things done. I hope you enjoy learning about his background and what makes him our best candidate for Phoenix City Council District 6. 

The Phoenix City Council voted 8-1 to raise police salaries. Jim discusses the dangers of the job and if the raise is enough to incentivize people to choose law enforcement as a career path.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

FRANCES EMMA BARWOOD - Anonymous Operation Unidentified Flying Object - Retired Phoenix Vice Mayor and Councilwoman. Frances Barwood was elected to Phoenix City Council in January 1992 and was re-elected to a second term January 1994. In January 1997 she was elected Vice-Mayor. Ufologists, Arizonians and eyewitnesses to the huge crafts that flew over the Arizona skies back in March of 1997 are all familiar with the name "Frances Emma Barwood." Her name is synonymous with the events; her solitary voice pierced the silence of the restrained politically correct and demanded answers! The airspace of her city and state was repeatedly violated by a huge unidentified crafts, (and smaller ones), which maneuvered through the skies without impedance; people wanted to know what it was-she was the one to ask! Frances Barwood did not duck & run; she did not pass the buck; she did not ignore the situation, nor make light of it (as other government officials would later do) - she did what she was elected to do, i.e., represent her constituents and the best interests of the city of Phoenix.*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Zone TV Channel Radio Feed (Free - No Subscription Required) - https://www.spreaker.com/show/xztv-the-x-zone-tv-show-audio The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com (Free)To contact Rob McConnell - misterx@xzoneradiotv.com

FRANCES EMMA BARWOOD - Anonymous Operation Unidentified Flying Object - Retired Phoenix Vice Mayor and Councilwoman. Frances Barwood was elected to Phoenix City Council in January 1992 and was re-elected to a second term January 1994. In January 1997 she was elected Vice-Mayor. Ufologists, Arizonians and eyewitnesses to the huge crafts that flew over the Arizona skies back in March of 1997 are all familiar with the name "Frances Emma Barwood." Her name is synonymous with the events; her solitary voice pierced the silence of the restrained politically correct and demanded answers! The airspace of her city and state was repeatedly violated by a huge unidentified crafts, (and smaller ones), which maneuvered through the skies without impedance; people wanted to know what it was-she was the one to ask! Frances Barwood did not duck & run; she did not pass the buck; she did not ignore the situation, nor make light of it (as other government officials would later do) - she did what she was elected to do, i.e., represent her constituents and the best interests of the city of Phoenix. *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Zone TV Channel Radio Feed (Free - No Subscription Required) - https://www.spreaker.com/show/xztv-the-x-zone-tv-show-audio The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com (Free) To contact Rob McConnell - misterx@xzoneradiotv.com

FRANCES EMMA BARWOOD - Anonymous Operation Unidentified Flying Object - Retired Phoenix Vice Mayor and Councilwoman. Frances Barwood was elected to Phoenix City Council in January 1992 and was re-elected to a second term January 1994. In January 1997 she was elected Vice-Mayor. Ufologists, Arizonians and eyewitnesses to the huge crafts that flew over the Arizona skies back in March of 1997 are all familiar with the name "Frances Emma Barwood." Her name is synonymous with the events; her solitary voice pierced the silence of the restrained politically correct and demanded answers! The airspace of her city and state was repeatedly violated by a huge unidentified crafts, (and smaller ones), which maneuvered through the skies without impedance; people wanted to know what it was-she was the one to ask! Frances Barwood did not duck & run; she did not pass the buck; she did not ignore the situation, nor make light of it (as other government officials would later do) - she did what she was elected to do, i.e., represent her constituents and the best interests of the city of Phoenix.*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Zone TV Channel Radio Feed (Free - No Subscription Required) - https://www.spreaker.com/show/xztv-the-x-zone-tv-show-audio The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com (Free)To contact Rob McConnell - misterx@xzoneradiotv.com

Plans for the former Metrocenter Mall in Phoenix have grown since KJZZ first reported the deal last December. The Phoenix City Council recently approved a heat response plan for this summer. The fires burning near Flagstaff and Bisbee signals the start of the Arizona wildfire season.  Plus the latest education, Fronteras Desk and metro Phoenix news.

Some members of the Phoenix City Council want the city to rethink its relationship with the Maricopa County Attorney's Office. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Phoenix City Council voted to move forward with a plan for the police department to buy and use drones. It's been six months since the U.S. began evacuating tens of thousands in Afghanistan after the country's government fell and U.S. troops withdrew. School leaders and teachers had been on edge as a spending cap rule threatened to stop money flowing to schools.  Plus the latest in science, business and metro Phoenix news.

Homelessness, crime, and city government.  Phoenix City Council candidate Sam Stone's family moved to Arizona 30 years ago, and he's been a resident of District 6  in Phoenix for the last 4. He is a small business owner, sports nut, and a policy geek. For the last four and a half years, he served as current Councilman Sal DiCiccio's chief-of-staff, helping craft and guide policy for the office – serving Phoenix and its residents to the best of his ability. He had previously served as the Director of the Civics Education Initiative at the Joe Foss Institute, and had run a number of local and federal candidate campaigns. Currently, he is the host of the Broken Potholes radio show and podcast.Follow Sam and donate to his campaign at SamStone.vote.***Follow the Greg Krino Show here...GregKrino.comYouTubeInstagramFacebookTwitterLinkedInIf you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5-star rating and friendly comment on your podcast app. It takes only a minute, and it really helps convince popular guests to join me.If you have comments or ideas for the show, please contact me at gregkrinoshow@gmail.com.

#Arizona #Republican #Candidate Tonight, I will have Sam Stone in the studio. He is currently running for Phoenix City Council in District 6. http://samstone.vote Our Sponsors --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnsmithshow/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/johnsmithshow/support

Greg Medford talks policy and issues with political advisor and Phoenix City Council Candidate Sam Stone

#Arizona #Republican #Candidate Tonight, I will have Sam Stone in the studio. He is currently running for Phoenix City Council in District 6. http://samstone.vote Our Sponsors --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnsmithshow/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/johnsmithshow/support

Phoenix-area-raised Yassamin Ansari worked on climate issues as a policy advisor at the United Nations before she became the youngest woman ever elected to the Phoenix City Council in 2021. InHospitable host Anthony Wallace spoke with her at the Hear Arizona studios about how she got involved in climate action through a desire to help refugees, how Phoenix’s reputation among some as the “world’s least sustainable city” has shifted, and how she and other leaders are looking to make a cooler and carbon-neutral Phoenix through planting trees and promoting biking, public transit, and electric vehicles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Phoenix-area-raised Yassamin Ansari worked on climate issues as a policy advisor at the United Nations before she became the youngest woman ever elected to the Phoenix City Council in 2021. InHospitable host Anthony Wallace spoke with her at the Hear Arizona studios about how she got involved in climate action through a desire to help refugees, how Phoenix's reputation among some as the “world's least sustainable city” has shifted, and how she and other leaders are looking to make a cooler and carbon-neutral Phoenix through planting trees and promoting biking, public transit, and electric vehicles.

FRANCES EMMA BARWOOD - Anonymous Operation Unidentified Flying Object - Retired Phoenix Vice Mayor and Councilwoman. Frances Barwood was elected to Phoenix City Council in January 1992 and was re-elected to a second term January 1994. In January 1997 she was elected Vice-Mayor. Ufologists, Arizonians and eyewitnesses to the huge crafts that flew over the Arizona skies back in March of 1997 are all familiar with the name "Frances Emma Barwood." Her name is synonymous with the events; her solitary voice pierced the silence of the restrained politically correct and demanded answers! The airspace of her city and state was repeatedly violated by a huge unidentified crafts, (and smaller ones), which maneuvered through the skies without impedance; people wanted to know what it was-she was the one to ask! Frances Barwood did not duck & run; she did not pass the buck; she did not ignore the situation, nor make light of it (as other government officials would later do) - she did what she was elected to do, i.e., represent her constituents and the best interests of the city of Phoenix.*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Zone TV Channel Radio Feed (Free - No Subscription Required) - https://www.spreaker.com/show/xztv-the-x-zone-tv-show-audio The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com (Free)To contact Rob McConnell - misterx@xzoneradiotv.com

FRANCES EMMA BARWOOD - Anonymous Operation Unidentified Flying Object - Retired Phoenix Vice Mayor and Councilwoman. Frances Barwood was elected to Phoenix City Council in January 1992 and was re-elected to a second term January 1994. In January 1997 she was elected Vice-Mayor. Ufologists, Arizonians and eyewitnesses to the huge crafts that flew over the Arizona skies back in March of 1997 are all familiar with the name "Frances Emma Barwood." Her name is synonymous with the events; her solitary voice pierced the silence of the restrained politically correct and demanded answers! The airspace of her city and state was repeatedly violated by a huge unidentified crafts, (and smaller ones), which maneuvered through the skies without impedance; people wanted to know what it was-she was the one to ask! Frances Barwood did not duck & run; she did not pass the buck; she did not ignore the situation, nor make light of it (as other government officials would later do) - she did what she was elected to do, i.e., represent her constituents and the best interests of the city of Phoenix.*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Zone TV Channel Radio Feed (Free - No Subscription Required) - https://www.spreaker.com/show/xztv-the-x-zone-tv-show-audio The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com (Free)To contact Rob McConnell - misterx@xzoneradiotv.com

Where most Kingdom Culture Conversation episodes are intended for the communities of Northwest Christian School, our Frameworks students and families, and the various church communities that both of these ministries are pleased to serve, today's special Saturday episode is primarily directed to the students and families that Northwest Christian serves on-the-ground.Northwest Christian is attempting to intervene in a rezoning request that is going in front of the Phoenix City Council.  (If you missed those earlier communications, they are available here and also available here.)  The issue is a request before the city of Phoenix (Z-66-20-1), in which Asura Healthcare, LLC is seeking to rezone the 3.12 acres located at the southeast corner of 43rd Ave. and Juniper from C-O (Commercial Office) to C-1 (Neighborhood Retail), allowing the space to be used as a 54-bed "Community Residence Center" for drug and alcohol rehabilitation.On Thursday evening, October 28th, Northwest Christian's Rezoning Opposition Committee updated the Crusader community on the substantive reasons that the school needs your help in opposing a local rezoning application.  In this unique episode, we have taken the audio from the video recording of that virtual meeting and uploaded it here.If you prefer to watch the video, simply click here.Once you have listened/watched, if you agree that the risks in this situation are greater than the potential gains, please click here to learn about three ways in which you could help.If you have any questions, concerns, or thoughts, please don't hesitate to reach out to Geoff Brown directly at either his personal cell phone, (623)225-5573, via email:  gbrown@ncsaz.org.

Retired Phoenix Vice Mayor and Councilwoman. Frances Barwood was elected to Phoenix City Council in January 1992 and was re-elected to a second term January 1994. In January 1997 she was elected Vice-Mayor. Ufologists, Arizonians and eyewitnesses to the huge crafts that flew over the Arizona skies back in March of 1997 are all familiar with the name "Frances Emma Barwood." Her name is synonymous with the events; her solitary voice pierced the silence of the restrained politically correct and demanded answers! The airspace of her city and state was repeatedly violated by a huge unidentified crafts, (and smaller ones), which maneuvered through the skies without impedance; people wanted to know what it was-she was the one to ask! Frances Barwood did not duck & run; she did not pass the buck; she did not ignore the situation, nor make light of it (as other government officials would later do) - she did what she was elected to do, i.e., represent her constituents and the best interests of the city of Phoenix.******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewpaper.com

Chad Benson talks to Jim & Jayme about the Phoenix City Council vote to eliminate the city-wide mask mandate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Sharpe discusses some important votes on mask mandates and police funding. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The image of a 15-year-old girl jammed into a dog crate so small her knees were forced against her chest and then was forced into prostitution was pivotal in Peggy Bilsten's fight against sex trafficking. She was a teacher before being elected to the Phoenix City Council, and three years later elected vice mayor. She used that cultural capital to fight against domestic violence in Arizona and advocate for people with disabilities. She played a role in opening StreetLightUSA in Phoenix, a Christ-centered program to help survivors of child sex trafficking heal and dream again. She led seven humanitarian aid trips to Indonesia following the 2004 tsunami. She traveled to DRC Congo – the rape epicenter of the world – five times as part of a team to provide trauma counseling to survivors of rape. She participated in humanitarian missions into Sudan to rescue child soldiers and sex slaves. She has helped equip church planters, leaders, and pastors around the world. The power of one. Prepare to be inspired as to how you can change the world in the story of Peggy Bilsten. Click here learn more about some of the ministries Peggy has participated with:  StreetLightUSA  https://www.streetlightusa.org/ Arizona Sexual Assault Networkhttp://www.arizonasexualassaultnetwork.org/ Mending the Soulhttps://mendingthesoul.org/ Food for the Hungryhttps://www.fh.org/ Arizona Sexual Assault Networkhttp://www.arizonasexualassaultnetwork.org/ Original air date: May 6, 2021 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chicago has a “strong mayor” system, and during the pandemic, Mayor Lightfoot gained additional emergency powers. Things work differently in Phoenix, Ariz., which operates under a “weak mayor” or “council-manager” system. Reset examines the benefits and drawbacks of how things work in Phoenix, and what lessons Chicago can learn. GUESTS: David Swindell, associate professor and director for the Center for Urban Innovation at Arizona State University Rick Naimark, former deputy city manager at Phoenix City Council

Retired Phoenix Vice Mayor and Councilwoman. Frances Barwood was elected to Phoenix City Council in January 1992 and was re-elected to a second term January 1994. In January 1997 she was elected Vice-Mayor. Ufologists, Arizonians and eyewitnesses to the huge crafts that flew over the Arizona skies back in March of 1997 are all familiar with the name "Frances Emma Barwood." Her name is synonymous with the events; her solitary voice pierced the silence of the restrained politically correct and demanded answers! The airspace of her city and state was repeatedly violated by a huge unidentified crafts, (and smaller ones), which maneuvered through the skies without impedance; people wanted to know what it was-she was the one to ask! Frances Barwood did not duck & run; she did not pass the buck; she did not ignore the situation, nor make light of it (as other government officials would later do) - she did what she was elected to do, i.e., represent her constituents and the best interests of the city of Phoenix.For Your Listening Pleasure for these Lockdown / Stay-At-Home COVID and Variants Times - For all the radio shows available on The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network visit - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv.Our radio shows archives and programming include: A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle; Alien Cosmic Expo Lecture Series; Alien Worlds Radio Show; America's Soul Doctor with Ken Unger; Back in Control Radio Show with Dr. David Hanscom, MD; Connecting with Coincidence with Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD; Dick Tracy; Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow Radio Show; Flash Gordon; Imagine More Success Radio Show with Syndee Hendricks and Thomas Hydes; Jet Jungle Radio Show; Journey Into Space; Know the Name with Sharon Lynn Wyeth; Lux Radio Theatre - Classic Old Time Radio; Mission Evolution with Gwilda Wiyaka; Paranormal StakeOut with Larry Lawson; Ray Bradbury - Tales Of The Bizarre; Sci Fi Radio Show; Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes; Space Patrol; Stairway to Heaven with Gwilda Wiyaka; The 'X' Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnell; Two Good To Be True with Justina Marsh and Peter Marsh; and many other!That's The ‘X' Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv

In this week's episode we present the conversation that we had with Tony Valdovinos and Andrea Sanchez on on El Cafecito Podcast Live! Tony Valdovinos has been hard at work on the Yassamin for Phoenix City Council race that is to be decided on the March 9th runoff election. Tony talks to us about the current challenges of campaigning during a pandemic and how dark money tactics have affected the City Council race. Andrea Sanchez is a Phoenix influencer who specializes in Thrifting and finding the best restaurant/bars in Phoenix. We talk to Andrea about her daily content creation and what are the hottest spots in Phoenix to visit right now. All of this and more in a brand new episode of El Cafecito Podcast!

The Valentines-week episode of one of the best shows on Blaze Radio opened up with commentary on the return of a platform beloved and despised by many: Parler. In keeping with the theme of one thing coming in and ruining many people's good times, our hosts also discuss the snow in Texas and the Phoenix City Council's many shenanigans. Wrapping up the news segment is a story about one North Carolina sheriff's office offering a special Valentine's Day gift to people scorned by ex-partners who are still wanted -- just not by their exes. This episode's entertainment segment is on the more philosophical side, as we discuss the upcoming Snyder cut of Justice League, WandaVision fan theories, and the fact that we do, indeed, live in a society. As always, sports brings us out as Nicole and Vaughan discuss the Daytona 500, the Suns (finally) seeing some success, ASU basketball, and some notable anniversaries. Don't forget to follow us on Twitter @hypoth_speaking. You can also find us on Anchor! This episode was recorded on February 16, 2021.

Barry Goldwater was a businessman, a Phoenix city councilman, and a prominent U.S. Senator from Arizona. He loved flying his plane across the state's diverse landscapes, and most would say he was a pretty good photographer. In the biggest race of his life, the 1964 presidential election, Goldwater lost significantly to Democrat Lyndon Baines Johnson. LBJ walked away with 61.1% of the popular vote and 486 electoral votes, leaving Goldwater with 52.   So why has Goldwater been called the face of modern conservatism? Why have some historians credited him for paving the way for Republican Party icon Ronald Reagan?  That's the subject of this week's episode of Valley 101, a podcast from The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, that answers questions you ask about metro Phoenix. Producer Taylor Seely journeys through Goldwater's life with historians Michael Rubinoff and Brooks Simpson, stopping in at key moments in Goldwater's timeline that help explain his impact on contemporary U.S. politics.  In this episode you'll hear: How growing up in Arizona and taking over the family business amid President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal programs shaped Goldwater's political ideology.  Why Goldwater got involved in politics in the first place, starting with Phoenix City Council.  What made Goldwater unique for his time, and how his political brand redirected the Republican Party's ideological trajectory.  How Goldwater's conservatism compares to the conservatism of today. 

Gaydos and Chad talk about the Phoenix City Council's latest move to shut down organized sports at parks and fields.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on the Podcast I interview Nicole Garcia who is running for Phoenix City council in District 3. Nicole is a political outsider who will stand for individuals rights, restoring our economy in district 3 and will be a voice for the people of District 3. We currently have a  councilwoman Debra Stark who has forgotten about the people and does not have the citizens best interests at heart. A vote for Nicole and she will stand up for you the individual not the special interest groups. It is crucial to the future of District 3 and Phoenix that we get Nicole elected on the City Council. Your constitutional, common sense councilwoman, who cares about the community and its people.

We get this salacious Hour 4 rolling with Sarah Kezele at the helm for Social Studies! Then Dan and Vince dig into Twitter drama, set off by former Suns GM Ryan McDonough accusation about Phoenix City Council member Sal DiCiccio. Then Jarrett delivers the Sports Kabob and we close out the show with the End of the Week Montage. Have a safe weekend, all! See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

On Heroes & History: Seth celebrates Juneteenth, and runs us through our history and why it matters, and why those who want to distort it and eradicate matter, too. The Phoenix City Council votes 7-2 to force Phoenix residents to wear masks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Councilman Sal DiCiccio gives his thoughts on police funding ahead of today's Phoenix City Council meeting on the issue. 

Kate's executive order - already over and illegal? Terry Baker quits the Phoenix City Council, we talk about that, and Art Robinson wants your vote for State Senator.

Legalease Podcast, in partnership with Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law's Academy for Justice, interviewed Councilman Carlos Garcia, Assemblyman Pat Nolan, Public Defender Joel Feinman, Khalil Rushdan of the ACLU, and Attorney Kurt Altman for our upcoming episode on COVID-19 & our criminal justice system.  We’re joined by organizers and public officials, all concerned about our unprecedented crisis: a spreading virus and how it affects our courts, our jails, and our prisons. If we’re going to talk about flattening the curve, then prisons, jails, and detention centers have to be part of the conversation.  Pat Nolan is the Director of the American Conservative Union Foundation’s Center for Criminal Justice Reform, and he served in the California State Assembly for 15 years, ultimately serving as California State Assembly Republican Leader. Carlos Garcia serves on the Phoenix City Council as representative for District 8, and was elected to his position in 2019. Joel Feinman is the Public Defender for Pima County. Khalil Rushdan is the Smart Justice Community Partnerships Coordinator for ACLU of Arizona, and Kurt Altman is an attorney and state director of Right on Crime in Arizona & New Mexico.

The way government officials respond to COVID-19, from Washington down to City Hall, will impact our state for years to come.  There is a wrenching debate between those who are most focused on the public health aspects of the pandemic and those who are trying to balance that with concerns of profound economic damage, as well as weighing civil liberties. In Arizona, those competing concerns have been on public display for more than a week as Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has openly urged Republican Gov. Doug Ducey to more aggressively respond to the threat of coronavirus. Similar battles have played out in the Phoenix City Council and the state Legislature.  In this week's episode of The Gaggle: An Arizona politics podcasts, hosts Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Ronald J. Hansen are joined by state government and politics reporters Maria Polletta and Andrew Oxford. The reporters discuss how Ducey, the state legislature and our congressional delegation are reacting to the pandemic and what that means for Arizonans.

In a controversial 5-4 vote, the Phoenix City Council voted to establish a Civilian Review Board to investigate cases of potential police misconduct. The issue is polarizing. One side says the police are out of control and need to be reigned in by civilian oversight. The other side says the police cannot be fairly judged by civilians. And neither side seems ready to compromise. Our guests take on this challenging topic. Samuel Stone is Chief of Staff to Phoenix City Councilman Sal DiCiccio and a longtime political consultant. Julie Erfle is a former journalist and a columnist for the Arizona Mirror. Julie also speaks with unique moral authority on police topics; her husband was a Phoenix police officer killed in the line of duty.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. -Franklin Delano Roosevelt Most of us enjoy tackling challenges, especially creative people like architects.  Now combine a creative design challenge along with surpassing a HERS 30 score and other stringent criteria and things get interesting. And then beat the target score with a Net Zero achievement and have the winning plans freely shared to the public; now that’s joy in achievement!   In 2016 Mark Hartman, Chief Sustainability Officer for the City of Phoenix created a competition for Arizona architects to encourage the construction of ultra-low energy use homes. This is in support of the ambitious 2050 Sustainability Goals adopted by the Mayor of Phoenix and the Phoenix City Council.   Mark worked in partnership with Caroline Lobo, formerly leader of the American Institute of Architects, Arizona (AIA), to hold a Sustainable Home Design Competition. The goal was for a “near net-zero energy” single-family home with the best potential for wide-spread adoption in the region.    Marlene Imirzian of Imirzian Architects created the winning design of an affordable, three-bedroom home, that went beyond and achieved a HERS rating of zero.   She calls is HOME nz.   Lend your ears to this interesting story and feel the energy and joy that I sensed recording this podcast live at the RESNET 2020 Home Performance Conference.   Join over 5000 others and download the free plans at this link: https://www.phoenix.gov/sustainability/home   If you would like to learn more, please contact:   Mark Hartman, Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Phoenix: mark.hartman@phoenix.gov   Marlene Imirzian, Imirzian Architects: mimirzian@imirzian-architects.com   Caroline Lobo, American Institute of Architects, Arizona: info@suoll.com     RESTalk: To the RESNET community, we hear you and want to engage.   Pros can learn more at www.RESNET.us/professional  Consumers can learn more at www.RESNET.us Or for more info on this topic contact RESNET at INFO@RESNET.US

The Phoenix City Council has caved when it comes to their new rideshare fees at the airport.... sort of.

How have Latinos shaped Phoenix's development? Who are the Latinos that led the fight for civil rights in the Valley? It's a broad question, and an essential one: About one third of the people living in Maricopa County are Hispanic or Latino, according to U.S. Census data. We're looking at three stories that illustrate the impact Latinos had in the Valley and continue to have. We take a look into what Phoenix was like before it was developed and during the civil rights movement. September 15th is the start of Hispanic Heritage Month. Celebrate by learning more about Latino history in Arizona with this episode of Valley 101, a podcast from The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com. NOTE: Valley 101 is intended to be heard. But we also offer a transcript of the episode script. There may be slight deviations from the podcast audio. In this episode, you'll hear:The History of the "Mother of Phoenix," Trinidad Escalante SwillingRay Martinez, a co-founder of the American Legion Post 41 and WWII U.S. Navy veteranMary Rose Wilcox, the first Latina to serve on the Phoenix City Council

Phoenix City Council's two newest members, Betty Guardado and Carlos Garcia, were sworn in June 6. The two represent districts 5 and 8 respectively, some of the lowest-income neighborhoods in parts of west, south and downtown Phoenix. Guardado and Garcia come from nontraditional backgrounds; Guardado has a background in union organizing, and Garcia led an immigrants rights activist group called Puente Arizona. Both also defeated their more traditional, experienced opponents.  What does this surprising election say about how Phoenix is changing? And how will residents feel the effects? The Gaggle podcast hosts Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Ron Hansen break it down with Phoenix City Hall reporter Jessica Boehm.

On this episode of Law and Profits we talk about what happens when Planned Parenthood elects a mayor. Mayor Kate Gallego, the newest mayor of Phoenix showed up dressed in pink and changed the rules of city council to let us know she is in charge. Problem is she is not. CORRECTION: On this episode I mention that the owner had a liquor store and it was not renewed. However, I called him on the phone afterwards and told me he was applying for a liquor license for the first time. What the city council did is still wicked and I stand by the heart of what happened.

To talk about a proposal to ask Arizonans to raise our taxes to pay for education, the Phoenix City Council approving a renovation deal for the Suns' home arena and more, Julie Erfle of Erfle Uncuffed and Paul Bentz of Highground joined The Show.

Breakdown (50 Minutes) Ralph Amsden talks about the Phoenix City Council meeting that saw a man convicted of attempted murder speak out against a tax to help remodel Talking Stick Arena in partnership with the Phoenix Suns, a tax that ended up passing by a vote of 6-2. The Hot List (15:20) Is Memphis Grizzlies PG Mike Conley a good fit for the Phoenix Suns? James Harden tied the record for most points scored by a visiting player at Madison Square Garden (24:13) Could the Arizona Diamondbacks experience with Zack Grienke help them develop another once-promising pitcher who has dealt with anxiety issues? (27:00) NFL Free Agency is around the corner- could Brett Hundley or Davis Webb be good backup options for Josh Rosen? (30:50) Five Good Minutes (37:10) AZCentral photojournalist Michael Chow tweeted a photo (along with dismissive comments) of high school basketball players kneeling in prayer during the national anthem. Ralph Amsden explains why this was an awful decision. Tweet of the Day (46:20)

For our 400th episode extravaganza, we give you our foolproof 100 percent correct no doubt about it plans to fix the Suns. From hiring a general manager to signing a point guard, we break it all down.Then, a recap of the $230 million proposal that was passed by Phoenix City Council on Wednesday night to renovate Talking Stick Resort Arena. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For our 400th episode extravaganza, we give you our foolproof 100 percent correct no doubt about it plans to fix the Suns. From hiring a general manager to signing a point guard, we break it all down. Then, a recap of the $230 million proposal that was passed by Phoenix City Council on Wednesday night to renovate Talking Stick Resort Arena. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sharron L. Sauls graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse while competing on the Universities Women’s Track and Field Team. Sharron also earned a Masters of Legal Studies from the Sandra Day O'Connor Law School at Arizona State University while raising her two young children and is a certified Mediator with credentials from the Arizona State Attorney General’s Office.   Sharron has over 20 years of Social Service and Government experience ranging from several states such as; Milwaukee Wisconsin, Tarrant County Texas, Arlington Texas, Maricopa County, the City of Chandler Housing and Human Services Commission, and the City of Phoenix. Most recently, she was the Administrative Assistant II for the City of Phoenix Housing Department; where she served as Landlord Liaison, Staff Training Coordinator and Assistant to the Housing Manager.   Sharron was an experienced Landlord and Tenant Counselor for 13 years at the City of Phoenix, where she served as Lead Counselor for over 5 years. Sharron was the go to for media coverage and was personally requested by Media Experts such as Dave Cherry and Joe Ducey. Sharron has also provided guidance to the State Legislature on Senate Bills, the City of Phoenix City Council, and Mayors Office.   In her spare time, she has volunteered for Girl Scouts of America, the Kyrene School Districts Parent Teacher Organization, Phoenix Rescue Mission, City of Phoenix Domestic Violence Committee, Cultural Diversity Committee Chair, City of Chandler Housing and Human Service Commission Board Member and Cornerstone Christian Churches Men and Women Ministries.   http://saulsforjustice.com/

Helping us move from awareness to action this week is Kevin Patterson. Kevin is the Executive Development Director for Banner Health as well as a candidate for Phoenix City Council. We covered leadership development, adoption and his candidacy for City Council. You can find out more about Kevin and what he’s working on at PattersonForPhoenix.com and Facebook. For templates of letters/emails and or talking points referenced in the show, or simply to say “hi” click here.

Helping us move from awareness to action this week is Kate Gallego. Kate represents District 8 on the Phoenix City Council. You can find out more about Kate and what she’s working on at www.phoenix.gov/district8, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. For templates of letters/emails and or talking points referenced in the show, or simply to say “hi” click here.

Theme: What’s Law Got To Do With It? Hour #1 Guests: - Maggie Mordaunt – Maggie Mordaunt – Known in the industry as “CCW Maggie”. Maggie is the Owner and Lead Instructor for Homeland Personal Protection Firearms Training Co. Maggie is an NRA Training Counselor currently teaching Instructors how to become Instructors, and in the past 8 years has taught over 7,000 students. - Sal Diciccio – Councilman Sal DiCiccio represents District 6 on the Phoenix City Council. Sal has been described as being on a one-man crusade to uncover waste at the City of Phoenix.”Sal also has been on the frontlines of the immigration issue in Phoenix.

Alejandro Rojas with UFO Updates, former Phoenix City Council member during the Phoenix Lights Incident, Frances Barwood talks about her struggles just trying to speak to 700 witnesses who called in, she looked for answers and got into trouble.

#11 Jim Waring Helping us move from awareness to action this week is Jim Waring. Jim represents District 2 on the Phoenix City Council. You can find out more about Jim and what he’s working on at JimWaring.com, Facebook, and Twitter.

Be afraid! The Satanists are taking over the world. Or at least that's what they would like you to believe. Actually, you'd be surprised to learn what the Satanic Temple is all about. Virgin sacrifices and devil worship. No, not so much. Learn more by listening to episode 3 of On the Grid, your source for long form Valley of the Sun discussion.The Satanic Temple has been in the news lately after they put in a request to say the prayer at a Phoenix City Council  meeting in February. Since then, opposition has ensued, debates over First Amendment rights have erupted and storylines went viral. And the story has yet to come to a conclusion, but On the Grid is about to fill you in.

In Episode 10 of our "Haunted Talks" podcast we chat with international newsmaker Stu De Haan, of The Satanic Temple. He shares common misconceptions about his beliefs and why Phoenix City Council did everything in their power to try to stop his group from speaking at a recent meeting. This is a must-listen episode!

Recorded February 8th, 2016 We welcome Walter Bosley for his third time on the show. Walter joins us to discuss his latest book: Origin: The 19th Century Emergence of the 20th Century Breakaway Civilizations Walter describes the two different groups involved in the history and development in a potential breakaway civilization: The Sonora Aero club backed by the mysterious NYMZA and what he dubs as the American group. We also get into the 1897 Airship Mystery and whether someone went to Mars in 1903! In the intro Rob and Adam discuss Satanists trying to take over the Phoenix City Council. You can check in on Walter to find out his latest goings on: http://empireofthewheel.blogspot.com/ and as usual: Conspirinormal@gmail.com Itunes Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/conspirinormal-podcast/id608065959 Please like our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Conspirinormal/445112635502740