What does the new year for Pierce County? Are taxes going up? Are county services being cut?

In the segment, County Council Member Stan Flemming talks about the state of the county, as well as news that affects shoreline property owners.

London Couture is an exciting concept in retail and very active in the community. Erica Cooley joins the conversation to talk about the shop and special holiday events.

Sue Evans manages the historic Blue Mouse Theatre in Tacoma's Proctor District. Changes in projection technology are putting the future of the theater in peril, but Sue and the community are hard at work to keep the Blue Mouse a place for movie fun and community gatherings.

Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy joins the conversation on the KLAY Radio Morning Show to discuss the state of the county budget and prospects for the coming biennium.

City manager T.C. Broadnax returns to the KLAY Morning Show to talk about his proposed City budget for 2013-2014. With a projected $60 million gap looming, there are important decisions to be made. Get the word directly from the City Manager himself.

From 9/14/12 - program host Craig Thorne draws on his years as a college professor of Economics to explain why the Federal Reserve does not have the answers to the problem of job growth.

Paula Becker and Alan Stein are Seattle-area historians and authors of "The Future Remembered - the 1962 Seattle World's Fair". On this June 6, 2012 broadcast, they join the KLAY Morning Show to talk about the world's fair that propelled the USA into the 21st Century.

Interview recorded August 2, 2012 with Pierce County Council Member Roger Bush.

Mayor Harper joins host Craig Thorne to talk about the struggle to maintain public services in a small town with limited (and diminishing) resources.

Shannon Campion is Executive Director of Stand for Children, WA. This organization is leading the state ballot initiative for charter schools.