Get Real With Rick Dancer

I saw on social media, I guy I know from Missouri, involved in an old fashioned barn building party. I watched the thing go up in just two days and thought what is that all about. Expect to learn why he did it? What it did for those involved? What we can learn about the value of connection and community from such an adventure and much more.

Outside money is funding a ballot measure in Montana that would change the constitution as it relates to abortion. But this measure is so much more than abortion, which is already legal in the Treasure State. Expect to see how outside money and the abortion issue are being used to get a democrat senator re-elected and parental rights diminishes plus more.

A ballot measure in Oregon is bringing some very unlikely ideologies together. Measure 118 sounds great on the surface....A 1,600 dollar check for every Oregonian...But wait, there's a catch....there's always a catch. Expect to learn what is behind the curtain and pulling at your wallet.

A law passed by Democrats in the Oregon Legislation is raising a lot stink from people all over the country. It gives 30k dollars to folks to help them buy a home. Problem is you have to be a certain color and can be here illegally, to qualify. Yeh, that's for real. Find out in this episode what some are doing to fight this.

In Cottage Grove, Oregon people are tired of transients and drug users taking over their community. They are compassionate people but the lawlessness was out of control. They recalled three of their city councilors because many thought they weren't listening. Now, they have to bring the community back together. Expect to learn what happened, why it got as bad as it did and what organizers have learned along the way.

A local expert on timber issues is mad as Hell at the Oregon Board of Forestry and she is not sitting still. In this interview expect to learn why you should be concerned, year round, about the condition of our forests and why forest fires don't have to happen.

In Cottage Grove, a group of people say a few of the city councilors failed to listen to the community when it came to how to handle the homeless issue so they recalled them. It wasn't easy and there's been backlash but the three councilors were recalled and the group has a plan to move forward. This is a story that shows a small group of people, willing to push ahead and get involved, can use it's voice for change.