EPISODE · Oct 9, 2025 · 1H 28M
Guests - Betsy Smith, Jared Knott
from Winn Tucson · host Kathleen Winn
Guests - Betsy Smith, Jared Knott Kathleen Winn, producer Matt Neely, and special guest Betsy Brantner Smith, spokesperson for the National Police Association began the show with a conversation that quickly turned to Tucson City Council's recent meeting, where priorities seemed misaligned with the city's pressing issues. Matt Neely observed, "They're working all the big issues, Kathleen. They voted to condemn Trump and crafted some resolution they pontificated on for quite some time." Betsy Smith added context: "That resolution is pretty funny because basically what they voted to speak out against was a tuition freeze. In other words, they voted to stop the Trump administration's request that they admit students on academics, not on their DEI. Once again, they're finding the wrong side of an 80-20 issue or a 90-10 issue." Meanwhile, Tucson continues to struggle with fentanyl and crime issues. Winn noted, "The blue in Tucson, it's not ocean, it's not water, it's a sea of fentanyl we are floating on and they're wasting time on this." In the second half of the program, Kathleen Winn welcomed historian and author Jared Knott to discuss the breaking news of Hamas accepting a peace plan brokered by President Trump.
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Guests - Betsy Smith, Jared Knott Kathleen Winn, producer Matt Neely, and special guest Betsy Brantner Smith, spokesperson for the National Police Association began the show with a conversation that quickly turned to Tucson City Council's recent meeting, where priorities seemed misaligned with the city's pressing issues. Matt Neely observed, "They're working all the big issues, Kathleen. They voted to condemn Trump and crafted some resolution they pontificated on for quite some time." Betsy Smith added context: "That resolution is pretty funny because basically what they voted to speak out against was a tuition freeze. In other words, they voted to stop the Trump administration's request that they admit students on academics, not on their DEI. Once again, they're finding the wrong side of an 80-20 issue or a 90-10 issue." Meanwhile, Tucson continues to struggle with fentanyl and crime issues. Winn noted, "The blue in Tucson, it's not ocean, it's not water, it's a sea of fentanyl we are floating on and they're wasting time on this." In the second half of the program, Kathleen Winn welcomed historian and author Jared Knott to discuss the breaking news of Hamas accepting a peace plan brokered by President Trump.
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