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Former Mayor Mayra Peña Lindsay joins us to share her insights about the search for the next Key Biscayne Village manager. She talks about the fine line between "national level professionalism" and "home grown" knowledge.

Then Thom and Tony debate the effort by Texas and 17 other states to overturn the presidential election. 

And -- we talk about how and why you can help local journalism by supporting the Key Biscayne Independent. 

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COVID FINES? With cases surging again, Mayor Mike Davey joins us to talk about the reinstitution of Key Biscayne's mask mandate.  We'll talk about how that will be enforced, who gets fined, and if any of it could actually stand up.
WILL PEOPLE TAKE THEIR SHOT? Also, Sarah Kreps from Cornell Tech Policy Lab joins us to discuss her ongoing research regarding public opinion about taking a vaccine. Will people do so willingly, or will the government or corporations have to force the issue. 

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THE ELECTION IS OVER, but can different factions on Key Biscayne's Council work together on issues like sea level rise, burying power lines, and collective bargaining with police and fire unions?

Our Guests are Council Members Ed London and Allison McCormick. We'll put them to the civility test. 

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TROPICAL STORM ETA is threatening with nearly a foot of rain, storm surge, and sustained winds of 65 mph - and the barrier island of Key Biscayne is in the warning area. Our guest is Village Fire Chief Eric Lang, who talks about the threat and how residents should prepare before Eta arrives late Sunday

THE OTHER POLITICAL STORM -- is the election. Now that Joe Biden has been called the winner, does that mean storm clouds are clearing? And what about fierce contest on Key Biscayne? Will the opposing sides play nice? 

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TRICK OR TREAT -- - Key Biscayne Police Chief Charles Press joins us to talk about how his team took down a group of suspected  car thieves, his recommendations for Halloween safety, and what is being done to gear up for election day security. Also

• We discuss a case of a candidate demanding a retraction for a letter to the editor and the use of a bullhorn in politics
• And we attempt to do a Halloween radio costume party that, predictably, gets silly. 

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SINKING FEELING
Author, reporter and climate change expert Mario Ariza joins us to talk about his new book "Disposable City: Miami's Future On The Shores of a Climate Catastrophe.  Can Key Biscayne escape the rising tides, and what will that cost?
STATE OF THE RACE
Plus, we thought Republican strategist, Adam Belmar and Democratic strategist, Fernand Amandi would give us very different views on how the presidential election would turn out. We were wrong. Find out why both are predicting that one party will dominate both nationally and locally in Miami and Key Biscayne elections.

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HAVE  WHATSAPP CHATS GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL? Join us with former Key Biscayne Council Member Luis de la Cruz to discuss the vitriol going on in the "4LTX" discussion group and other social media forums. How do the online conversations and attitudes bleed into real life? And how does that impact politics, policy, and to civility?
We also talk about the recent meltdown in the collective bargaining process with the fire and police departments, COVID protocol  in our schools, and what we can learn about the election from diving into the data on mail-in ballots. 

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WILL SHE BE MIAMI-DADE's FIRST WOMAN MAYOR? Daniella Levine Cava stops by the studio to tell us why she should be elected to the most powerful position in South Florida. Also, the Miami Herald's Mary Ellen Klass makes sense of the sometimes confusing Florida constitutional amendments on this year's ballot. Plus, learn about the dark money tactics that helped get some of those amendments on the ballot, while keeping other amendments off. 

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ARE SCARY THINGS HAPPENING BOTH NATIONALLY AND LOCALLY?

AUTHOR INTERVIEW  Rhetoric professor Jennifer Mercieca, Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump a joins us to talk about the last Presidential debate.
Also joining us: Sunny Isles Beach commissioner and expert on homeowners association law, Dana Goldman comes to save Tony and Thom from being sued. She also clarifies the role condo associations can and should play in local politics with Key Biscayne being an exampl. 

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WHO SHOULD HOLD THE MOST POWERFUL POSITION IN Miami-Dade County? Current commissioner and candidate for mayor Steve Bovo joins us to talk about why he's just the man for the job. Also Key Biscayne Village Manager Andrea Agha put in her resignation. Now she's joining us to talk about why, what's next, and what are the issues Key Biscayne is going to need to face... without her. And, of course, no show can go without some controversy over the resilency bond question on the ballot.  

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