La Crosse Talk PM WIZM

Talked about the Trump rally and former La Crosse Talk PM host Mitch Reynolds called to discuss, of all things, Trump's attire in West Salem. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talked with Mandi McKinney, driver of the KQ98/Z93 No. 68 Late Model Eckelberg Family Racing team at the La Crosse Speedway. She was waiting to hear from the the Trump campaign on whether the president will deliver his speech while riding shotgun at 100 mph around the track Tuesday in West Salem to maintain proper social distancing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky joined to talk about Trump's visit coming up Tuesday, the Biden-Trump debate and the expectations Biden may or may not have if he wins the presidency. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Democratic state Rep. Steve Doyle joined to start, as he's in a three-way race to hold onto the 94th Assembly District seat in Wisconsin. We talked campaign finance reform, Foxconn and the idea of giving businesses tax subsidies to come/stay. After that, Rick tried to change the perception that when one group of workers has it great (which allegedly was teachers for some reason) that we need to cu...

After ranting a minute about the La Crosse County Republican Party Facebook page being sidelined for ads, 94th District Wisconsin state Assembly candidates Leroy Brown (Independent) and Kevin Hoyer (Republican) joined. Democratic incumbent Steve Doye will be on the next pod. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After wrapping up as a panelist in the 32nd District Senate debate between Democrat Brad Pfaff and Republican Dan Kapanke, spent most of the show breaking down some of the answers -- or non-answers -- they gave, including on Foxconn and campaign finance reform in the state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Badger Project's Peter Cameron joined to talk about how money can be thrown around to support candidates in Wisconsin, as we head into a debate debate Tuesday between Brad Pfaff and Dan Kapanke for the Wisconsin State Senate 32nd District. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky joined to talk about his moderating the three Assembly debates over the past week, what to expect in the Kapanke/Pfaff debate, the Kind/Van Orden debate. We also hit on the Supreme Court a bit, as well as the Trump and Biden dueling town halls. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Viterbo biology prof. Dr. Ted Wilson joined to talk about those "Lady Bugs" that aren't lady bugs, trying to get in our house. After that, La Crosse Schools superintendent, Dr. Aaron Engle, on students finally coming back to the classroom and what that looks like. Also, what he would ask a state legislature for, since they haven't met since mid-April in Wisconsin, despite a pandemic. See omnystudi...

Talked about some of the local debates going on this week, including Wednesday's for the 95th Assembly seat. Also discussed how we always need to blame someone for everything. Caller had the audacity (sarcasm) to complain about Hwy. 33 in La Crosse being fixed ... at 1 a.m. A city council member called to explain why that's happening.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Discussed the idea of a Citizens Oversight Board on policing with La Crosse County Board chair Monica Cruse. Also talked about the inevitable end to the School Resource Officer Program in the La Crosse School District. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Retired UW-L political science professor Joe Heim and WIZM's Brad Williams on the debate this afternoon between Jill Billings and Jerome Gundersen for the 95th Assembly District.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky joined to discuss the upcoming state Assembly, Senate, along with the US Congressional debates from candidates in our area. Also, what has the state legislature done for us. Lastly, we talked about Trump's rollercoaster ride the past two days on what the Senate should be working on -- stimulus or passing a Supreme Court judge. See omn...

Donald Trump and Mike Pence campaigns owe the city of La Crosse thousand of dollars in unpaid bills to police. Talked with La Crosse Police Capt. Jason Melby about how they go about charging campaigns for these bills. Booting their motorcade didn't appear to be an option. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's called Proposed Budgeting. The idea that a percentage of a city's budget is set aside and the community gets to vote on what that money is used for. Eric Timmons, from LaCrosseIndependent.com joined to talk about the idea, which has been successful in communities across the globe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talked about the unpaid bills some campaigns dating back to 2016 still have with the La Crosse Police Dept. Before that, Scott Neumeister, owner of Neuie's Vogue Bar and Grill on the north side talked about the new state orders limiting indoor public places to 25% capacity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

La Crosse Mayor Tim Kabat on whether he's running again in April, kicking the president out of La Crosse (Rick's words), and how we get something like a Popeyes Chicken or Chipotle downtown. Oh, and how he's coming along eating all the uneaten Oktoberfest brats. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mayo Dr. Joseph Poterucha joined to sort of forecast where Wisconsin is at with COVID-19, as the state is in its worst position since the pandemic began. While he said doctors are baffled as to why Wisconsin is being hit so hard, Rick solved the issue. Poterucha agreed. Before that, Democratic Party Chair of La Crosse County, Mike Smuksta joined to talk about the Trump rally fiasco and what the GO...

Not long before the show, news broke that the MAGA rally at the La Crosse airport was cancelled. Mayor Tim Kabat came on and spoke as to the reasoning for that. La Crosse County Republican Party chair Bill Feehan came on after, criticizing the mayor and denouncing the virus. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The worst debate in the past 60 years, declared UW-La Crosse's political science professor Dr. Anthony Chergosky. He and Rick brainstormed some ideas for the next debate. Also snuck in some Wisconsin news, as Republicans demand the Milwaukee Brewers sausages don't show up to vote. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talked mostly about the Trump-Biden debate. Will anything extraordinary happen, or even just interesting ... or are we hyping up a couple of 70-year-old senile men? Also talked with La Crosse Police Sgt. Tom Walsh on preparations they're going through with Trump's visit Saturday to a hangar at the La Crosse Airport. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Donald Trump taxes. Donald Trump coming to La Crosse. Bill Feehan, La Crosse County Party chair calls in. Talks Donald Trump rally.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

La Crosse Asst. Police Chief Rob Abraham joined. Biggest topic we hit was drugs, drug overdoses. Also talked about the community discussion around policing and hit on the 17-year-old that killed protesters in Kenosha.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A good mix of serious and fun with La Crosse FD's Pat Corran. We talked about drug overdoses and Pat's experience with those as a paramedic ... and how they are in no way similar to what happened in the movie Pulp Fiction. Also discussed La Crosse County's 3rd COVID-19 death and how the case count is lowering ... but we kind of move the goalposts on what's a lot of cases, it seems. See omnystudio....

Jessica Olson, running for mayor in La Crosse. Olson is a city council member, since 2017. Mayor Tim Kabat has been in office since 2013. After the interview, reaction ... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.