Tom Anderson Show Podcast (11-16-23) Hours 1 & 2

Tom Anderson Show

HOUR 1

• Tom & Tom overview of this week's weather
• Except for O'Malley Elementary schools are open Thu (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2023/11/15/anchorage-school-district-on-track-to-reopen-schools-thursday/
• Former Georgia Rep. Doug Collins joined 'FOX & Friends First' to discuss an anti-Israel rally near the DNC and new polling indicating Trump is leading the GOP nomination by 48 points. / (FOX News) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_ArFUlA2gA
• "President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged opening remarks in Woodside, Calif., for a high-stakes summit to discuss U.S.-China relations." / (NBC News) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVDBdyBLzcEIsrael update - congressional members see footage and are horrified / (FOX News) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE69ti5XEaA
• A long-running effort to permanently boost pay for thousands of federal wildland firefighters appears to be gaining some traction in Congress. But fire managers warn it could be too little too late to prevent mass resignations in the coming weeks. / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/11/16/1213184246/a-massive-pay-cut-for-federal-wildland-firefighters-may-be-averted-but-not-for-
• Strikes surfacing across the nation / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/11/16/hot-strike-summer-may-not-be-over-yet?
  

HOUR 2

• "Days after two heavy winter storms walloped Anchorage, some elected leaders are questioning an informal deal that sent municipal snow removal equipment to clear the city’s state-owned roads as many residential streets remained barely navigable." / ( ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2023/11/15/in-an-informal-deal-anchorage-mayor-sent-equipment-to-clear-rutted-state-roads-leaving-many-neighborhoods-unplowed/
• Joe from Midtown Anchorage with snowplowing strategies
• "Digging out and clearing the snow off of fire hydrants has kept Buck Voeller, a member of the hydro team at Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility, very busy this month" / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/11/16/clearing-fire-hydrants-snow-helps-first-responders-before-an-emergency-occurs/
• Mayor Dave Bronson with an Anchorage snow removal update