Schwarzenegger Update; Mayoral Race Update; President Unveils New Energy Ideas; The Grand Canyon
Schwarzenegger Update
Larry Mantle gets an update on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s precipitous drop in popularity as he reportedly withdraws his redistricting plan and faces the unraveling of his deal with pharmaceutical companies to lower drug costs for Californians. Larry talks with Vince Solito, Deputy Press Secretary for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bob Salladay, LA Times staff writer covering State government, Bob Mulholland, campaign advisor to the CA Democratic Party, and Rick Keene, Republican State Assemblyman representing California’s 3rd District.
Mayoral Race Update
There are less than three weeks left until the Los Angeles mayoral election on May 17th. Larry talks with political experts Frank Stoltze, KPCC’s political reporter, Fernando Guerra, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles, and Kermin Maddox, managing partner for Dakota Communications about recent developments in the race between Mayor Hahn and Councilman Villaraigosa.
President Unveils New Energy Ideas
President Bush, under political pressure to address rising gas prices, unveiled a plan on Wednesday to get at “the root causes” of the high cost of energy. In his second energy speech of the week, Bush proposed the construction of oil refineries on closed military bases and to speed up construction of nuclear power plants, he called on Congress to provide the nuclear industry with “risk insurance.” Other proposals included giving final say to federal regulators over the location of liquefied natural gas plants and tax credits for energy-efficient vehicles. Larry Mantle talks with George Radanovich, U.S. Congressman representing California’s 19th district, Severin Borenstein, Director of the University of California Energy Institute and Henry Waxman , U.S Congressman form CA’s 30th District about the Bush energy proposals and the energy bills that Congress is currently debating.
The Grand Canyon
Larry Mantle talks with author James Lawrence Powell about his new book Grand Canyon: Solving Earth’s Grandest Puzzle, his account that dissects the mystery of how the Colorado River carved the Grand Canyon, a mystery that has eluded scientific minds for years.