KVI's John Carlson examines the Washington Legislative bill passed by Democrats and awaiting Gov. Jay Inslee's signature that will reduce the New Narrows Bridge toll between Gig Harbor and Tacoma by 75-cents starting in October. Carlson points out that the bill was sponsored by a Democratic State Senator from Bremerton, Emily Randall, who could be vulnerable to re-election in November. Democrats were ready to hand her a legislative victory by reducing tolls but notice Democrats weren't willing to reduce tolls on other Washington bridges or freeways like the 520 floating bridge or I-405 HOT lanes.

Hour 1 -- John Carlson returns from vacation, a felony warrant suspect is dead and two Pierce County Sheriff's deputies are wounded in Spanaway, the dead suspect was facing a possible 3rd strike charge, the dead suspect's wife says he was on drugs and should have been in jail, the US Senate passes a bill to allow WA to move to year round DST, why Seattle's repeat crime offenders should face at least a year in prison upon a 6th non-felony conviction, WA Democrats agreed to lower tolls on the New Narrows Bridge from Gig Harbor but refused to lower tolls on any other Puget Sound bridges/freeways, how the US can support Ukraine against Russia without getting involved directly with US military forces.

Hour 2 -- KVI callers sound off on the US going to war for Ukraine, how Ukraine's President has been strategically effective, are you for or against a gas tax holiday?, an update on a story about Seattle's 'war on women', Seattle feminists and political leaders are silent about the frequent and disturbing unprovoked attacks on women around the city, the latest is a repeat criminal now charged with throwing a woman who's a nurse at Harborview down multiple flights of stairs at a light rail station, reviewing the first day of masks optional at three Puget Sound schools, the blatantly false info one Kent school district educator tries to claim about a lack of vaccine availability.

Hour 3 -- GUEST: Maple Valley resident, Kelly Dowell Tarp, is urging people to oppose the early

release of her father's murderer who was convicted of double murder in the 1980 Barn Door Tavern killings in SeaTac WA, to make public comment on Pauley's release request, people can e-mail [email protected] and reference Pauley's DOC case #273053. (note: public input will be uploaded into Mr. Pauley?s file. If a public disclosure request is made, the e-mails including your name will be provided, but your contact information will be redacted.); a hearing scheduled for today will give the ISRB (aka the WA parole board) a chance to review the convicted killer's petition for early release, a 19-year-old anti-cop protester in Seattle is sentenced to 5 years in prison for arson at the police east precinct and attacking an officer in the head with a baseball bat.

An independent review of Seattle Police’s response to the 2020 protest continues, identifying an "erosion of trust" and "lack of awareness, responsiveness and communication" as inflaming tensions between officers and protesters. GUEST: Mike Solan, President of the Seattle Police Officers Guild joins Ari Hoffman to discuss the "Sentinel Event Review of Police Response to 2020 Protests in Seattle"

Hour 1 -- Ari Hoffman in for John Carlson: the puzzling rationale Pres. Biden gives for not supporting Polish Miig fighter jets to Ukrainian pilots, Biden facing the perception that he's weak when Pres. Trump wasn't perceived that way, a Fox News reporter is wounded in Ukraine after Russian military attack, Axios says Seattle is the #1 most desired location for post-college grads to live, the Axios survey results are confounding when you consider cost of living and public safety problems, speaking of public safety problems a repeat offender is now charged with attacking two women within minutes of each other in Seattle's CID. Hour 2 -- Ari Hoffman in for John Carlson: amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine Ari explains the military tactic known as the "OODA loop", eco-activists don't give a hoot about your indigenous tribe, the Clark County (WA) Sheriff warns 911 calls will take longer to respond to or may not be possible due to lack of staffing, a recent ruling in the OxyContin/Purdue Pharma opiod case undermines the Seattle homeless industrial complex talking point that the city suffers from a homeless (housing cost) crisis, are the Seahawks really serious about possibly signing Colin Kaepernick as their next QB? Hour 3 -- Ari Hoffman in for John Carlson: NBA great Kevin Durant calls foul over convoluted NBA/NYC vaccine rules that prevent teammate Kyrie Irving (unvaccinated) from playing in home games but not preventing him from playing road games outside NY, Sen. Rand Paul pushes for checks and balances after unelected public health officials (i.e. Dr. Anthony Fauci) exhibited too much control in uncertain circumstances, Gov. Jay Inslee won't do as Oregon's governor is with rehiring unvaccinated state workers, a Fred Hutchinson cancer researcher is getting 'canceled' after pictures surface of her as a 13 yr old dressed up as Michael Jackson, GUEST: SPOG president, Mike Solan, reacts to new report criticizing officer sarcastic comments during confrontations with George Floyd/anti-police protesters in 2020, police accountability.

Hour 1 -- Ari Hoffman in for John Carlson: early observations/trends of the WA/Gov. Inslee indoor mask mandate finally being lifted over the weekend, Seattle mayor sweeps out some downtown homeless tents on sidewalks just before...St. Patrick's Parade over the weekend, a Seattle shooting over a stolen smart phone, WSJ says Biden inflation appears to be hurting people of color more than white folks, stickers lampooning Pres. Biden on gas pumps across America have started appearing with the quick rise in gas prices, a pair of former Obama economic advisors says Biden is wrong about the source of inflation, Nancy Pelosi drops a series of whoppers about federal spending and the national debt. Hour 2 -- Ari Hoffman in for John Carlson: HBO host Bill Maher actually defends Florida law on preventing teachers from explanations about sexual orientation, Disney caught up in the vortex of Florida's new law but continue to be silent about Chinese human rights abuses, an audacious gas stealing scam involving the floor boards torn out of a mini-van, GUEST: Kelly Dowell Tarp joins KVI to talk about why she and her sister Angie are urging KVI listeners to oppose the early release of the convicted murderer who killed their father in SeaTac in 1980, if you want to oppose the early release of Timothy Pauley you can email the Washington Dept of Corrections ISRB at this e-mail address and reference Pauley's DOC #273053 case, [email protected]. (note: public input will be uploaded into Mr. Pauley’s file. If a public disclosure request is made, the e-mails including your name will be provided, but your contact information will be redacted.), Hour 3 -- Ari Hoffman in for John Carlson: the AP reports 12 Iranian missiles were fired at a US consulate in Irbil, Iraq; Ari asks how the Biden Administration can continue to engage Iran negotiations after this attempted attack, a CA Congressman makes a feeble attempt at pitching Medicare For All (MFA), an unexpected segue into the first CD you ever bought in your life, a Kamala Harris defender says its racist if you criticized her awkward laugh, a KVI caller who drives a school bus reports that about 85% of students were wearing masks on board this morning (after the Gov. Inslee mask mandate expired over the weekend).

KVI's Ari Hoffman sits in for John Carlson and interviews Maple Valley resident, Kelly Dowell Tarp, who is opposing the possible early release from prison of the man who murdered her father in 1980. Loren Dowell was one of two men murdered in a shooting at The Barn Door Tavern in SeaTac, WA in 1980. Along with the murders, two women were raped and tortured and left for dead but they managed to survive and those women testified against Timothy Pauley who was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. This week, on Wed. March 16th, the Washington Indeterminant Sentencing Review Board (ISRB) will review Pauley's petition for early release. Dowell Tarp is urging people to oppose his release. To make public comment on Pauley's release request, people can e-mail [email protected] and reference Pauley's DOC case #273053. (note: public input will be uploaded into Mr. Pauley’s file. If a public disclosure request is made, the e-mails including your name will be provided, but your contact information will be redacted.)

Hour 1 -- WA Legislative session finally wraps, some last minute surprises by Olympia lawmakers, actor

Jussie Smollett defiant after being sentenced to 150 days in jail for hoax anti-gay/racial hate crime scheme, as Federal mask requirements are extended another month for plane and train passengers the CDC simultaneously reports more than 98% of the U.S. population is in a location with low or medium COVID-19 risk, GUEST: House Republican Leader, JT Wilcox, calls the just concluded legislative session "strange" and it "wasted tax money", Democrats failed to pass any checks/balances on Gov. Inslee's emergency pandemic powers, Senate Democrats failed to pass a police pursuit bill that the House passed overwhelmingly with bi-partisan support, Wilcox says the House Speaker led a climate change bill that will make it harder to build affordable housing.

Hour 2 -- meet the Marysville man who's intuition prompted him to stake out a car sales lot and he ended up catching a catalytic converter thief, a Latina business woman in Seattle says police are helping her address crime problems near her auto-body shop, actor Jussie Smollett's defiant court room talk as he's sentenced to 150 days in jail for hoax attack case in Chicago, a look into the proverbial crystal ball about transportation and housing along the I-5 corridor in Western Washington, GUEST: economist, Steve Moore, analyzes the White House spin related to gas prices and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, why Biden is in Jimmy Carter territory with the current inflation problems and there doesn't appear to be any Biden plan to curb inflation, current inflation is result of "self-inflicted wounds" from spending trillions that US Treasury didn't have (i.e. American Rescue Plan).

Hour 3 -- the sanctions that aren't really sanctions against Russia's lucrative energy sector, GUEST: Marysville business owner, Sam Zagata, helped nab a suspected catalytic converter thief, Zagata tells KVI over the last year crime problems in his area of Marysville has grown decidedly worse, says criminals don't seem to have fear of getting caught (i.e. they know they'll get away with it); FL governor Ron DeSantis makes another ardent defense of new bill to prevent sexual orientation being taught/presented to the youngest school students.

Investigative reporter for DailyWire.com, Luke Rosiak, joins KVI's John Carlson to talk about his new book regarding political agendas in public schools, "Race To the Bottom: Uncovering the Secret Forces Destroying American Public Education". Rosiak describes the information he found out about a Seattle Public Schools director for ethnic studies, Traci Castro-Gill, after he interviewed her family.

Hour 1 -- emerging story of Iranians plotting the assassination of former US officials amid Iranian nuclear discussions with the Biden Administration, new information shows the legal and medical documents regarding mental health issues of a Bellevue man that was shot and killed by Seattle Police after firing a long gun repeatedly and ramming a vehicle into the downtown Federal Building, the ironic complaints from a homeless industrial complex group in Seattle after an unsanctioned homeless camp was cleared off a sidewalk in front of Seattle City Hall, Seattle school teachers cry foul over a mask-optional policy on campus starting after Gov. Inslee's mask-mandate expires, KVI's Lars Larson comments on another story that was deemed a conspiracy theory a few months ago and is now turning out to be accurate.

Hour 2 -- GUEST: Senate Republican Leader, John Braun, gives a "D" grade to the just concluded WA Legislative session and adds there were a number of missed opportunities to reach an "A" grade, how the Democrats refused to rebate state surpluses back to taxpayers, the irony of Legislative Democrats failing to pass their own sales tax holiday as the members continually complain about regressive sales taxes, new polling examines whether or not Americans would flee or fight if there were some sort of invasion a la Russia attacking Ukraine, the stunning story of a Seattle school district director of ethnic studies is part of a new book by GUEST: investigative reporter for DailyWire.com, Luke Rosiak, has written "Race To the Bottom: Uncovering the Secret Forces Destroying American Public Education", Rosiak says the ethnic studies director used her Latina heritage to foster a social justice agenda aimed at students.

Hour 3 -- GUEST: Pres. of the WA Association of Sheriff's and Police Chiefs, Steve Strachan, gives a law enforcement perspective to how the WA Legislature addressed the flaws in last year's police reform laws that were passed, Strachan says the State Senate failed to act on a significant bill that the House passed with strong bi-partisan support, Strachan says its unclear which State Senator(s) is/are blocking this important bill on the final day of the Legislative session, the emerging story about an Iranian assassination plot against two Trump cabinet officials related to the Trump Pentagon killing an Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in 2020, WA Democrats fail to address Gov. Inslee emergency/pandemic powers in the legislative session that ends today.

Seattle Seahawk ring of honor member, former NFL head coach, #10 on your roster but #1 in your heart, Jim Zorn, talks to KVI's John Carlson about the massive NFL trade sending QB Russell Wilson to the Denver Broncos. Zorn says the Wilson trade was probably set in motion when the Seahawks traded for SS Jamal Adams, Zorn doesn't seem to think newly acquired QB Drew Lock will be the guy to replace Wilson in Seattle, why Zorn thinks trust is the most important trait for an NFL QB.