CITIZEN WATCH

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

IDISCUSS ELECTION RESULTS IN LAST TUESDAY'S PRIMARY ELECTION.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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