Murdered WA woman's family asking public to stand up for tougher sentence on killer

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GUEST: Sherrie Jones is the grieving aunt of Wendi Traynor who was murdered by an ex-boyfriend in Milton WA, Jones and Wendi's family members are urging the public to tell the judge handling the murder plea to give Joshua Ellis the maximum sentence allowable next month in Pierce County court. In addition to Jones's interview, KVI's John Carlson interviews attorney Anne Bremner about how the conviction of ex-boyfriend Joshua Ellis and his subsequent appeal that over-turned the case has now resulted in a plea deal by the Pierce County Prosecutor, Mary Robnett.

 

August 23, 2023 show

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6am hour -- the musical and political odyssey of Oliver Anthony continues as his song hits the Billboard charts, Carlson's Legendary Lyrics contest today, two Seattle juveniles are arrested in connection with possessing 5 guns in Capitol Hill neighborhood, GUEST: Bellevue Police spokesman, Meeghan Black, updates the medical progress of a Bellevue PD motorcycle officer injured during VP Kamala Harris motorcade in Seattle a week ago, "nothing short of a miracle" for officer Kevin Barretta's condition, BellevuePoliceFoundation.org is coordinating monetary relief for Barretta's wife and family for a recovery fund.

7am hour -- GUEST: Sherrie Jones is the grieving aunt of Wendi Traynor who was murdered by an ex-boyfriend in Milton WA, Jones and Wendi's family members are urging the public to tell the judge handling the murder plea to give Joshua Ellis the maximum sentence allowable next month in Pierce County court; unscientific poll by KOMO blames elected officials for WA awful crime problems, Pres. Biden's Maui visit after horrific wildfire carnage ranges from shaky to downright embarrassing, compare the favorable media coverage of Biden's Maui visit to how the press corps pilloried Pres. G.W. Bush over a picture from Hurricane Katrina,

8am hour -- the unique history of how today's Legendary Lyrics contest song became a hit 2 years after it was originally released, one WA county will now pay government employees full time pay for a 32 hour work week, the inexplicable math that accompanies this switch to a 32-hour work week, AG Bob Ferguson is ironically warning Spokane area residents about price gouging amid wildfire damage there, how KVI listeners can help support a Bellevue PD officer badly injured as a motorcycle officer in motorcade last week for VP Kamala Harris in Seattle, the selective memory of woke activists trying to cancel one of Queen's most famous rock songs.

 

Badly injured BPD motorcycle officer “has a guardian angel”

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GUEST: Bellevue Police spokeswoman, Meeghan Black, updates the medical progress of a Bellevue PD motorcycle officer injured during VP Kamala Harris motorcade in Seattle a week ago, "very long recovery ahead of him" after falling 50 feet off his motorcycle from the freeway on-ramp on to I-5,

"he has a guardian angel" for him to survive that fall, "nothing short of a miracle" for officer Kevin Barretta's (check spelling) condition, the officer has 3 sons under the age of 5, the BellevuePoliceFoundation.org is coordinating monetary relief for Barretta's wife and family for a recovery fund.

 

32 hour work week arrives in one WA county

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Washington's San Juan County, encompassing the major islands of the Salish Sea, will now pay government employees full time pay for a 32 hour work week. KVI's John Carlson examines this new employment policy after a union contract is finalized for county workers. The inexplicable math that accompanies this switch to a 32-hour work week.

 

Pres. Biden tone deaf during Maui wildfire visit

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Pres. Biden's Maui visit after horrific wildfire carnage ranges from shaky to downright embarrassing. KVI's John Carlson compares the favorable media coverage of Biden's Maui visit to how the press corps pilloried Pres. George W. Bush over a picture from Hurricane Katrina.

 

August 22, 2023 show

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6am hour -- guerilla journalist exposing Anti-fa proclivities in Portland OR (and beyond) just won a $300,000 judgement against defendants who beat and attacked him, the Thurston Co. Sheriff candidly criticizes the judge for the no-bail decision on the 18-yr-old suspect, Insleenomics: Seattle-area residents are facing the steepest increases in electricity bills and a spike in natural gas prices in the last 10 years, NE Seattle Little League team wins again--now into the quarter finals.

7am hour -- the two whole sale changes Vivek Ramaswamy would make to federal bureaucracy if he wins the 2024 US Presidential election, how the 38-year-old Ramaswamy will shape the 2024 campaign even though he most likely won't win the nomination, how Ramaswamy's predilection for the Monroe Doctrine (foreign policy) will be impossible to uphold, more legal and political scrutiny for WA AG Bob Ferguson after he sued Value Village, a California librarian tries to shut down a former college athlete speaking about biological born males competing in women's or girls sports.

8am hour -- GUEST: digital journalist and homeless industrial complex watchdog, Jonathan Choe, tracks the court case today of a stabbing suspect on Seattle light rail who stabbed an Asian passenger 20 times in unprovoked attack, passengers had to intervene to stop the stabbing on the light rail train near Beacon Hill, "streets have become the new (mental health) asylums", ferry staffing problems and the legacy of Gov. Inslee's sever over-reach on his COVID vaccine mandate, the Seattle Firefighters union endorses two challengers in key city council races putting tougher scrutiny on to two crime-and-drug-addicted-homelessness enabling incumbents, we're now learning that the plea deal for Hunter Biden that just got scraped was even more lenient than previously reported.

 

Thurston Co. Sheriff questions 'no bail' for accused 18 yr old car thief

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An 18-yr-old stolen car and high speed chase suspect is given no bail by a Thurston County judge after two chases just outside Olympia. The Thurston Co. Sheriff candidly criticizes the judge for the no bail decision on the 18-yr-old suspect from Puyallup. The one thing KING 5 omitted from this story about the 18-yr-old suspected stolen car thief.

 

Seattle “streets have become the new asylums”

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GUEST: digital journalist and homeless industrial complex watchdog, Jonathan Choe, tracks the court case today of a stabbing suspect on Seattle light rail who stabbed an Asian passenger 20 times in unprovoked attack, passengers had to intervene to stop the stabbing on the light rail train near Beacon Hill, how Seattle "streets have become the new (mental health) asylums".

 

Vivek Ramaswamy's Presidential chances

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The two whole sale changes Vivek Ramaswamy would make to federal bureaucracy if he wins the 2024 US Presidential election, how the 38-year-old Ramaswamy will shape the 2024 campaign even though he most likely won't win the nomination, how Ramaswamy's predilection for the Monroe Doctrine (foreign policy) will be impossible to uphold.