Bush’s Speech & Press Conference; LA Animal Services Director Fired; Protecting New Orleans; Gadgets
Bush’s Speech & Press Conference
Larry Mantle talks with David Menefee-Libey, Professor of Politics at Pomona College, and Jack Pitney, Associate Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College about the President's speeches both last night this morning.
LA Animal Services Director Fired
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa fired the city’s Animal Services director Guerdon Stuckey last week and replaced him with a no-kill advocate, Ed Boks. Some 150 Animal Services Department employees subsequently sent a letter to the Mayor accusing him of rewarding the animal rights “terrorists” who have campaigned against him. Larry Mantle talks with Johnathan Diamond, Chief Deputy of the Criminal and Special Litigation branch at the Los Angeles City Attorneys office, Pamelyn Ferdin, President of Animal Defense League Los Angeles, Debra Knaam, Commissioner at the Los Angeles Department of Animal Services, and Scott Sorrentino, President and co-founder of Rescue and Humane Alliance Los Angeles.
Protecting New Orleans
Larry Mantle talks with experts about what’s being done, and what’s not being done, to protect New Orleans from another powerful hurricane. Larry talks with Walter Baumy, Chief of the Engineering Division, of the Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans, and the Deputy Chief of Task Force “Guardian,”created to rebuild the levees in New Orleans, Mike Tidwell, author of Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana’s Cajun Coast, and John McQuaid, Washington correspondent for the Times-Picayune in New Orleans.
Gadgets
Larry Mantle talks to computer expert Steve Bass about the newest gadgets, gizmos and toys for the holidays, and Mike McClusky, WIRED Products Editor. WIRED Magazine’s special bookazine, WIRED TEST is on newsstands now with reviews of more than 340 gadgets for the holidays.