Female employee refuses to serve a pair of Seattle Police officers at a chocolate shop, new survey from Seattle U. shows Seattleites like police a lot more than the Seattle city council would have you believe, most notable the Seattle U. survey says Black Seattleites have a more positive view of SPD than whites do, the survey contacted 11K Seattle residents to arrive at these conclusions, Pres. Biden bad timing on $200 billion more for teachers, the first Black woman elected to Oregon's Legislature is angry at the destruction wrought in Portland by Antifa, WA Democrats decry anti-Asian hate crimes and call press conferences but balk when it comes to honoring Asian history in WA, GUEST: director of Washington Asians For Equality, Linda Yang, tells KVI the sordid tale behind this hypocrisy that just occurred in the WA Legislature; the Boeing 747 global supertanker may not fight any more US wildfires. An important point about last week's US Senate vote on anti-Asian hate legislation, every Democrat voted no on an Amendment offered by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, the only victory for conservatives during the WA Legislative session was the defeat of an estate tax, GUEST: Dick Patten Pres. American Business Defense Council, the National Black Chamber of Commerce is opposed to higher estate taxes, Patten says no taxation without respiration!, 17 dead people voted in King County in last November's general election. GUEST: Seattle City Attorney candidate, Steve Fortney is challenging incumbent Pete Holmes; Fortney says somebody needs to "step up" to serve Seattle because residents aren't being served by Holmes, Fortney has worked for a federal judge in Seattle before working for Microsoft, the "new guard" versus the "old guard" in Seattle is incompatible with a vibrant city, the social compact of living in a (more) dense city and what happens when a down-on-their-luck person comes to Seattle to panhandle or receive services, Fortney actually supplies a worthy answer to the $640 million question in Seattle: what do you do with the homeless drug addict who doesn't want to go to shelter and abide by rules to stay clean/sober?, says Kentucky has a successful program that Seattle doesn't to deal with chronic drug addicts. Some reaction to the Seattle City Attorney candidate interview last hour, why the candidate should get to know one of Seattle's prior city attorneys, how the Seattle mayoral election of Greg Nickels was the watershed moment that sent the city (and region) into descent, a notable Seattle politician complains about transactional politics and the irony isn't lost on KVI, the vaccine/double-mask lunacy of an MSNBC show host vs. the logic of a former Planned Parenthood president, KVI's Ari Hoffman breaks a story about discrimination against police in Seattle, new stats show police are a lot more popular in Seattle than they're being treated by the Seattle City Council and the council's cronies, why WA is listed as the worst place for people to die and what the WA Legislature almost did to cement the state's status at the top of that list.

Another example of news media (ABC News this time) mis-portraying what occurred in a fatal police shooting, the new state law regarding high school's using Native Americans as mascots, the KVI Kirby Wilbur in Texas Update, some important observations and comparisons from Texas to Puget Sound, Tik Tok video of a young man trolling police officers goes viral when police officer verbally burns the heckling man recording the video, new census data means several Democratic states (like NY, CA and Illinois) are all losing Congressional representation to more conservative (Sun Belt) states, GUEST : St. Sen. Mark Schoesler lists some losers (and winners) of the just completed WA Legislative session, Gov. Jay Inslee makes astonishingly false statement about new capital gains tax and Republicans, back in December Inslee suggested far lower thresholds for capital gains tax than what Democrats finally passes ($250,000 minimum now compared to $50,000 min. that Inslee wanted), how the political left is getting more sophisticated about imposing fees and taxes. Congratulations to KVI's newest talk show host: Ari Hoffman!, new polling says a growing amount of Millennials want to abolish (not just defund) police, the talk show host boldly pushing back against naiive Millennials, the Oscar Awards telecast tops last year by getting even worse ratings than last year's all-time worst rating(s), will this finally be a wake-up call, a high school track athlete's finish line collapse in Bend OR prompts the state's sports health officials to end mask mandate for some athletes. GUEST: Yakima hospital ER doctor, Raul Garcia M.D. assess latest reports that younger people are getting hospitalized with COVID, Whitman Co. COVID rates are up but the local hospitalization rate is very low, the "avarice" coming out of WA Legislature. The spin game on Pres. Biden's approval rating at 100 days, the non-sensical WaPo/Seattle Times story about wearing a mask outdoors while vaccinated, a new challenger steps up against the King County Executive, why the WA Legislature "compromise" on the simple drug possession law is going to fail, the new fix to the drug possession law that was invalidated by the St. Supreme Court ruling will now be a misdemeanor instead of previously being a felony, laws generally don't work if there's not some sort of consequence for committing the act, how the homeless industrial complex impacted this "compromise", Bill Maher two-fer the arrogance an naivete of Millennials, how Gov. Jay Inslee has now officially become the most liberal/big government governor in state history.

producer Phil Vandervort in for John Carlson -- Gov. Inslee and Democrats justify capital gains tax as need to "rebuild unfair tax code" but Democrats have been making it unfair with their Legislative majority for 20+ years, will AG Bob Ferguson better defend capital gains than he did $30 car tabs?, Inslee orders his own investigation into Pierce Co. Sheriff, Ed Troyer. Meet the African-American and Democratic Party U.S. Congresswoman who talks candidly about the Columbus OH police shooting that fatally wounded Ma'Khia Bryant, the nation now knows Ma'Khia Bryant's name but they'll never know the name of 13-year Ohio girl Nyaira Givens, HBO's Bill Maher speaks to Millennials about their lack of experience and perspective, will Washington spend this $98 million from the Biden Administration effectively...?

GUEST: Legislative wrap up/rewind: St. Rep. Peter Abbarno (R-Centralia), the ironic and pathetic justification WA Democrats give for passing a capital gains tax, the legal questions surrounding the constitutionality of the Democrats' capital gains tax, the ability of AG Bob Ferguson to defend the capital gains tax after he failed to defend $30 car tabs, why the Dems two bills--Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) and Cap and Trade--will make cost of living much more expensive for WA families, an aspiring high school cheerleader's free speech case goes to the US Supreme Court this week, the cheerleader's social media post after being cut from the varsity squad could become a landmark decision, the Supreme Court decision--expected in June--could alter a precedent on schools punishing students that dates back to 1969, no arrests in two high profile Seattle shootings in the last week, imagine if Republicans in the US House passed a bill giving statehood to a reliably Republican voting jurisdiction and how Democrats would react if they did that.

your first chance to win $500 today, how WA Democrats and Gov. Jay Inslee just made states like Nevada more appealing to start-ups and investors, GUEST: Northshore School District parent, Dominique France, joins KVI to explain her group's effort to recall the entire school board, France and a group of about 1000 parents are asking a King Co. judge to allow a recall petition against 5 school board members to go forward, the judge releases a ruling later today if the recall petition can go forward; a Seattle mom perfectly describes school district's failure to move homeless campers off of a K-8 school property, a good news story about how artist Andy Warhol influenced what might be the most unique skate board park in WA, GUEST: KVI's new afternoon talk show host, Ari Hoffman, shares his focus and motivation about local politics, why conservatives need to get involved to push back against Seattle's socialists, the failure to investigate Gov. Inslee over COVID positive nursing home patients with Medicaid money.

double shooting at a south Seattle homeless camp and the suspect is still on the loose, Seattle mayor's reax to latest double shooting doesn't provide much hope for serious solutions, let's re-examine several Seattle murders and shootings in the last year that haven't had arrests or are unsolved, GUEST: Olympia Legislative watch-dog Randy Pepple tracks the last 3 days of the session that ends Sunday, Democrats will pass the biggest budget in state history and want to add more taxes to that spending, the latest back-and-forth on several fossil fuel/transportation taxes, the LCFS bill could be a bargaining point for the Senate, the seemingly indefensible response to the Columbus OH fatal police shooting of Ma'Khia Bryant, notice the news media don't describe the case as an armed black teenager attacking an un-armed black teenager.

new video (and audio) emerges of Columbus OH fatal police shooting of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant, the African-American and media elites that continue to criticize the police officer for shooting differ from the neighbor who supports the officer's difficult decision, will this tragic shooting be the moment that BLM and its supporters realize how short-sighted their anti-police campaign is?,

On the lighter side today: T-Rex dinosaur not as dangerous as Hollywood and movies depicts it, the Indy 500 will allow more fans than any other pandemic era sporting event.

The battle on the Seattle Pacific U. campus over religious liberty and LGBTQ, the battle shows the difference between a public university and a Christian university, GUEST: Sharyl Attkisson examines the latest example of left-wing media spin to benefit the Pres. Biden Administration and the border "crisis".

your first chance today to win $500 on KVI, GUEST: economist, Steve Moore, tackles the Biden announcement of raising the capital gains tax to 39.6% which would virtually double the current 20% rate, the real world cases of generating more tax revenue when tax rates are cut versus raised, an egregious double-standard from the Washington Post,

mom tears into her local school board urging them to end mask mandate for school children, the remarkable life from Korea to Utah to Mukilteo WA of a Democratic Party politician who died this week, the lead singer of the Bay City Rollers passes away at age 65.

the strange appearance in Puget Sound skies yesterday..., NBA's LeBron James deletes a tweet related to a Columbus OH police shooting of a teen girl with a knife, the strange substantiations the anti-police activists made after armed teen was shot, the BLM activist tweet, the Obama White House advisor tweet, consider the OH police officer possibly saved the life of the unarmed black teenager being attacked, the 911 call audio clearly shows there is an intense verbal argument and one person says "give me that knife". a former Seattle Seahawk shares an awkward moment about race (race relations) in 21st century America,

medical experts weigh in on the necessity of a mask while exercising outdoors (spoiler alert: you don't), the outdoor chance of virus transmission is "miniscule", the NYT claims vaccinated people should keep wearing masks to maintain "culture", the governor signs a new anti-rioting bill (spoiler alert: its not WA's governor), KVI's Lars Larson is crunching the numbers on converting your diesel transit bus fleet to all electric.

GUEST: St. Sen. Mark Schoesler (R-Ritzville) says an emergency clause related to a newly passed capital gains tax is key, debating the honest phrasing of a ballot measure for voters related to a capital gains tax, the Democrats preferred 'cap and tax' plan on carbon fuel is all of a sudden on shaky ground in Olympia, did you notice that Gov. Inslee was not invited to Pres. Biden's big event on climate change today?, King County voters will be asked to hike their property taxes in August even higher to help "kids".

Loren Culp will run for Congress against incumbent Republican Dan Newhouse, the geographic element to Culp's candidacy, GUEST: WPC's Todd Myers talks about Earth Day and real solutions to improve the earth's environment, for instance: why do most liberals/enviros live in big cities with no nature/ecology but conservatives live in the rural/forested areas, look at how Tribal governments manage forests compared to state and federal governments do, Myers says politicians use the environment for political gain not for environmental quality, points out the peculiarity that all the climate activists goals for climate relate to reduction percentages that are in round numbers, the new anti-rioting law that should (keyword: should) be adopted in WA.

utter "dismay" at the "repulsive" substantiations for a black teenager ostensibly about to stab another black teenager in Columbus OH, the omissions and partial reporting about the knife in most news stories involving the fatal OH police shooting, the excuses about a police officer opening fire during a "knife fight", the 911 call in the OH case clearly showed verbal hostilities at the house and someone on the 911 call mentions a knife, some responses to the LeBron James tweet that was deleted and replaced regarding the OH police shooting,.

mask etiquette vs. mask "culture"--especially outdoors, listen to the African-American man who is Columbus OH Public Safety Director assessing the fatal police officer shooting of a teenage girl with a stabbing, GUEST: KVI's Mark Christopher laments and examines cancellation of Sea Fair hydros and Blue Angels air show this summer, Christopher reports Moses Lake will hold an air show this summer as Seattle cancels, a KVI caller disagrees with Carlson about mask wearing.

Jury convicts former cop Derek Chauvin on 2nd degree murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minneapolis remained mostly peaceful the night following the verdict, Pres. Biden's first public comments dont do much to reduce racial tensions, Biden ignores the violence/damage connected to much of last summer's anti-police protests, one Seattle 'Black Bloc' marcher was arrested last night for another case of bullying, things still got violent in Portland. GUEST: civil rights attorney, Yvonne Ward, analyzes the legal limbo of the WA simple drug possession law, how federal law covers possession of larger drug amounts, how does the current drug law status affect this developing story from Pt. Angeles with an 8-year-old rushed to the hospital after taking LSD that belonged to the mom, Ward says she expects an appeal in the Derek Chauvin conviction but expects an uphill battle for any appellate reversal, KVI's Lars Larson addresses the BLM implications of a fatal police shooting of a teenage girl allegedly involved in a knife attack in a neighborhood driveway. GUEST: criminal law attorney, Anne Bremner, points out the importance of deciding a case (Derek Chauvin murder of George Floyd) in the courtroom and not in the news media or public arena, Bremner says prosecutors could seek an exceptional sentence above the 40 years Chauvin is facing for the 2nd degree murder conviction, Bremner says two factors could fuel Chauvin's almost certain appeal of the guilty verdicts, 28-year-old MN man arrested for drive-by shooting of National Guard troops in Minneapolis this week, some blunt talk about WA Democrats pushing a capital gains income tax for children's programs. GUEST: Auburn mayor, Nancy Backus, explains why the city council decided to criminalize what had been a civil infraction regarding homeless people, why Backus feels this is about "compassionate accountability" but adds this law is meant to be a last resort, the story of a woman who died of drug OD in Auburn, the double standard of homeless people encroaching and littering on sensitive wetlands and greenbelts, Backus says what works regarding homelessness in Auburn may not work in Seattle (and vice-versa). Biden's first public comments about guilty verdict, anti-racism and the concept of disparity/disproportionality, realize America is the most successful multi-racial and integrated country ever--a fact that doesn't get celebrated, a phone recording has emerged of a high profile NYC private school director admitting that 'anti-racism' orthodoxy is about "demonizing" white people/white students in the name of equity, WA needs to adopt this anti-rioting law that Florida just approved, Seattle and Olympia are destined for more of the same protests without a law like Florida's, RIP to two notable Democratic Party politicians--one national and one local.

A territorial battle is emerging over homelessness and suburban King County cities (like Redmond, Kent and Auburn), Auburn's mayor is pushing back against the Seattle-centric King County Regional Housing Authority, Auburn has just voted to reinstate a city ordinance allowing fines or jail time for homeless who refuse the city's offer of shelter, Bide Administration orders an end to the term "illegal alien" and some others by immigration officials, a Seattle mayoral candidate issued an ultimatum to other candidates in the field to "defund or drop out", that Seattle political candidate struggles to answer a basic question about defunding police when asked by KVI's John Carlson. GUEST: Affordable Fuel WA spokesman & ShiftWa.org co-founder, Randy Pepple, updates the last 140 hours of the WA Legislative session, "Democrats are desperate" to pass a de-facto gas tax known as an LCFS, how three Democratic supported taxes could raise the price of gas by $1 a gallon over the next 8 years, why Democrats see a win-win in the current loophole regarding simple drug possession. A tale of two school boards: in Coeur d'Alene ID they vote 4-1 to end a mask mandate for students, meanwhile a King County judge has refused to allow a Seattle School Board recall petition to move forward preventing parents from redress over delays in returning to in-class learning, why did it take over 3 months for an accurate cause of death for DC Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, Sicknick's death was pre-maturely reported as a murder in initial reporting (by the likes of NYT and other anti-Trump media outlets), more double-talk from NIH Dr. Anthony Fauci. CA Congresswoman's inflammatory comments regarding possible Derek Chauvin murder trial verdict clearly irritate the trial judge, the trial judge admonishes Rep. Maxine Waters for her comments, Rep. Waters' hateful attitude, Minneapolis high school students walk out of class and yell "National Guard go Home", two new scientific discoveries prompt Producer Phil to wonder how scientists can be so certain about climate change when newest discoveries up-end prior knowledge, Auburn (WA) city council re-instates a homeless trespassing law they abolished last year, the new law allows homeless to be fined/jailed if they refuse the offer of shelter while trespassing on public property, Auburn's new version of its old law is comparable to a trespassing ordinance in Redmond, the bogus spin of an Auburn city councilwoman who opposed this re-instated ordinance, GUEST: criminal law attorney, Anne Bremner, evaluates some of the possible verdicts from the jury in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, the jury selection didn't reveal any immediate influences on a verdict, examining the criteria for the three possible murder charges the jury could uphold, the one item of contention throughout Chauvin's trial.

the current stretch of sunny Puget Sound weather was the longest in 5 years, HBO's Bill Maher drops some science on Democrats/liberals who can't comprehend COVID, Maher's broader point is how FL and TX have handled COVID better than Democratically governed states (like NY/CA), an Oregon bureaucrat might permanently extend a mask mandate with no oversight from the state Legislature, a CA Congresswoman goes to Minnesota to protest the Daunte Wright/George Floyd police involved killings and appears to foment mob "confrontation", should the CA Congresswoman face Congressional rebuke for her inflammatory statement?, a riot that didn't happen in Portland after a police shooting because the suspect that was shot is white.

Jason Whitlock address his Twitter suspension from last week, Twitter's lame justification for blocking his account, we're now discovering that Indiana's "red flag" gun law(s) didn't prevent a 19yr old mass killer from legally buying 2 rifles before last week's Indianapolis/Fed Ex warehouse shooting, why Democrats appear to be handing Republicans several winning issues in the 2022 election, WA Legislature (ahem, Democrats) passes bill banning sale of new gas-powered cars by 2030, GUEST: WPC's Todd Myers, says Democrats pass these type of (enviro/climate) laws only to find out that future reality didn't meet their political expectations, so how much better can EV cars (battery range, sale price) get in the next 8-9 years? to make them the only new vehicles available for sale?, why the WA Legislature is acting without any scientific basis to install this law by 2030, "the arrogance of politicians believing they can predict the future".

your first chance today to win $500 on KVI, the only honest liberal left in opinion media makes a brilliant point about Democrats claiming to be the party of science, why 70% of Democrats are wrong about one of the basic elements of COVID science, it showcases blind political partisanship, parents and some faculty rebelled to the 'woke' headmaster at expensive NYC private school.

Seattle mayoral candidate issues ultimatum to opponents to "defund (police) or drop out", GUEST: Andrew Grant Houston is that candidate who wants to defund police, Houston says his ultimatum stems from the Chicago Police officer fatal shooting of a 13-year-old carrying a gun earlier this year, Houston is asked to provide a city that defunded police in the last year (or more) and actually enjoyed crime going down, Houston's preference would be to hire officers that don't carry guns, Houston is asked what to do with drug addicts who won't stop consuming drugs and suggests making that decision on a case-by-case basis; GW Bush chimes in on immigration issues, why GW Bush is out of touch on the larger immigration issues.

mass shooting at Fed Ex building next to Indianapolis airport, COVID infection perspective for today as Pierce County (and 2 other counties) are forced back to Phase 2, a split second life or death decision by a Chicago Police officer is dominating news coverage this morning, a San Antonio cop praised for saving lives as the officer stops an armed gun man at the city's airport terminal, record breaking high temperature yesterday for SeaTac/Seattle, King County Councilman shares his story of addiction in effort to address dual crisis of pandemic isolation and local homeless drug addiction, a retired cop in Kirkland calls KVI because he used to work with the now indicted Minnesota officer, Kim Potter, and the retired cop says the traffic stop was flawed from the beginning because of where Daunte Wright was being handcuffed.

the irony of how WA Senate Democrats are updating the simple drug possession law after it was ruled unconstitutional by the State Supreme Court, the co-inventor of Taser stun guns says in 10 years police won't need their service hand guns anymore, Eddie Van Halen's custom made 'Frankenstrat' guitar going to auction and could fetch $600k-$800k, GUEST: economist, Steve Moore, says the economy is like a rocket ship in the regions/states where the economy is actually open, GUEST: host of Full Measure, Sharyl Attkisson, she airs a report this Sunday asking Minneapolis residents if they feel safer after the city defunded police.

WA lawmakers are considering a change in sentencing laws that just allowed a convicted murder in CA to be released last month and that released prisoner has just been arrested again for a new murder, Democrats in the WA Legislature seem to be intent on freeing so many convicted criminals, a KVI caller from a small town shares why he'll wait for a vaccination, Gov. Science exchanges his 2020 slogan "hunker down" for "take it outside"...

GUEST: health care policy analyst, Sally Pipes, explains he latest column about Sen. Bernie Sanders' proposal to lower the Medicare eligibility age, the $14,000 a year in hidden taxes that Canadian's pay to be on waiting lists for health care services, GUEST: Republican US Senate candidate from Pasco WA, Tiffany Smiley, talks about challenging 28 year incumbent Patty Murray, Smiley says that she pushed Murray to actually install reforms that helped military vets get medical help during the Trump presidency, the current US Senator that inspires Smiley, why Murray has been failing WA families, how Biden's border crisis could be a winning issue for Smiley vs. Murray.

Carlson got his first COVID vaccine shot yesterday but his sign-up saga to get vaxxed was a frustrating experience, the link you can use to help get signed up for your vaccination shot, a NY private school teacher posts an excellent essay about the negative effects of "anti-racist" training and curriculum, Seattle hoops legend Donald "Slick" Watts suffered a stroke last week but his condition has stabilized, Seattle graffiti getting worse, shuttered businesses and buildings are a target for taggers, the onus is on property owners/businesses to paint over the graffiti but the city does nothing to police/arrest taggers. GUEST: St. Sen. Mark Schoesler (R-Ritzville) says prepare for a brand new tax on your smart phone bill to pay for mental health services, new WA Auditor report says hacking scam of Employment Security Department last year may total more than $1 billion, Project Veritas video captures CNN technical director bragging that CNN was reporting "propaganda" stories to get Trump voted out of office, Medicare and Medicaid funding problems coming to light, King County officials tried to prevent ICE from deporting an illegal alien previously convicted child sex-assault in 1997, ICE ultimately deported the convicted sex-offender who is an El Salvadoran national. Seattle protesters gather for Daunte Wright's murder in Minnesota but conduct no such protest for a quadruple shooting this week at a Central District business parking lot, GUEST: Victoria Beach African-American Community Advisory Council chair, she suspects that the Seattle quadruple shooting is gang related, why aren't any locally-led groups speaking out about a quadruple shooting that almost killed a 2-year-old girl?, Beach says "if our lives don't matter to each other" how can we say our lives matter to society at large, Beach says none of the city council's people of color are speaking out about this. Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream virtue signals about policing in America. For the first time in 35 years I-5 in Seattle will be expanded by one northbound lane for drivers, GUEST: UW's Washington State Transportation Center director, Mark Hallenbeck, tells KVI what you can expect from this additional lane if you commute on I-5, gives his suggestions for truly reducing commute times in Puget Sound, the Mick Jagger and Dave Grohl new jam about the pandemic.