CITIZEN WATCH

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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