Don and Roy visit with Roger Figard, Executive Director of RTSD (Railroad Transportation District and Kris Humphrey RTSD Project Manager for the 33rd & Cornhusker Hwy. Project. Good insight on this project and what the RTSD is and does.
Kris and Matt visit with Jessica Kolterman, Director of Corporate & External Affairs for Lincoln Premium Poultry. This conversation brings in the other side of the planned poultry operation in western Lancaster County.
Matt and Kris wrap up the show with a few thoughts about other topics for the day.
Kris and Don visit with Attorney and Policy Adviser for The Lancaster Hills Alliance, Jon Leo. The Alliance has concerns about the development of a large chicken operation in western Lancaster County which is proposed to be 4-Barns and would process 190,000 chickens every six weeks.
Matt visits with Dr. & Rev. Chip Anderson, President and CEO of Christ for the City International. An interesting discussion about the Immigration challenges that our country is facing and a perspective from the Immigrant. What is the challenge in Central America? Why are so many fleeing?
Matt visits with Lancaster County Commissioner, Roma Amundson about consideration of a Wheel Tax for Lancaster County. An Infrastructure Financing Task Force has been considering ways to finance roads and bridges. Including how JPAs (Joint Public Agency) may come into play.
Roy and Don visit with Camille and Melody who both served on the Safe Storage Task Force, concerning the storage and access to personal firearms. A number of callers shared their thoughts as well.
Matt and Kris talk about some of the current issues and news on their radar. The recent murder in Lincoln, Matt has some fun with the Muller hearing, 380,000 Chickens, Taxes going up? (County) and Local Business Spreetail layoffs...
Kris and Matt talk about how Matt was recently interviewed by some of the National Media and then visit with Congressman Fortenberry about the Muller hearings that took place today and a Security Resolution for Northern Iraq.
Roy and Don visit with Antonio Marino about this years Veterans Parade and how a non-profit organization has been formed to support and develop the effort. There are some exciting plans to grow the Parade with both elements and participation.
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About Drive Time Lincoln
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Drive Time Lincoln is hosted by Jack Mitchell, who has also served as KLIN's morning show host since 2006. Since it's nearly impossible to follow the news all day long, Jack will spend the first half of each show, from 5-5:30 p.m. on the 'Whiparound', a segment designed to get you up to speed on what you missed during your busy day. Whatever that day's most impactful stories are, Jack will report, explain, discuss, and ask questions about them in a fast-moving daily breakdown that you'll be able to tune into at any time and during your drive or at home and get a lot of information in a short amount of time, all presented with Jack's brand of energy, humor knowledge of this city and area, its history, its culture, its people, its institutions, its disagreements, and its common experiences. The Whiparound will also feature the resources and work of the KLIN Newsroom, whether it be exclusive reporting, audio clips so you can hear what happened firsthand, breaking news alerts, and live hits with Mark Vail, Chase Porter, Tom Stanton, Chris Lofgreen and Nate Rohr. Every day isn't the same, and every day's most important news isn't the same. While local government and politics are often the story of the day, sometimes your world is most affected by whether a storm is coming, what's happening with your kids in school, when that road is going open, what there is to do this weekend, what that new business in town is, or what that app everyone is using does. Jack will cover it all, and will do so with resources, people and reporting of the KLIN newsroom.
For the second half of the show, just after 5:30 p.m., Jack will be joined by an interview guest every day. These discussions with local elected officials, agency heads, community leaders, newsmakers, interesting people, weathermen and women, experts on issues and subjects we're not experts on, media members, coaches, athletes, people from the world of local entertainment and fine art and beyond will take you further in-depth into the local news, issues, and events that you care about.
Finally, as he does on the morning show, Jack will interact with listeners throughout the show on the Summit Lawns Text line, which you can use to communicate directly to Jack at 402-479-1400. In the final segment Jack will share reaction from listeners to the day's topics.
Listen to Drive Time Lincoln every weekday afternoon from 5-6 p.m. on 1400 & 99.3 KLIN.