Coming up at 4 pm today on the Rod Arquette Show on Talk Radio 105.9 KNRS, Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs joins the show to discuss a referendum being launched by opponents to the controversial Olympia Hills development after it was approved by the Salt Lake County Council yesterday, as well as his decision to run for County Mayor. Plus, Vicki Varela, Managing Director of the Utah Office of Tourism and Film, joins the program to discuss how the coronavirus and Chinese travel restrictions are affecting tourism in the state. See below for a full rundown of today’s program.
Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Thursday, March 5, 2020
4:20 pm: Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs joins the show to discuss a referendum being launched by opponents to the controversial Olympia Hills development after it was approved by the Salt Lake County Council yesterday, as well as his decision to run for County Mayor
4:35 pm: Hal Boyd, Associate Professor of Family Law and Policy at Brigham Young University, joins the show to discuss his recent Deseret News op-ed in which he says conservatism was the actual winner on Super Tuesday
5:05 pm:Vicki Varela, Managing Director of the Utah Office of Tourism and Film, joins the program to discuss how the coronavirus and Chinese travel restrictions are affecting tourism in the state
6:05 pm: Ronald Fraser, a Public Policy Issues writer with the DKT Liberty Project, joins the show for a conversation about Utah’s probation and parole system that is placing people back in jail at an annual cost to taxpayers of $75 million dollars
6:20 pm: Jeffrey Clayton, Executive Director of the American Bail Coalition, joins the show to discuss a bill in front of Utah lawmakers that deals with the bail system and he says is likely to lead to increased crime in the state
6:35 pm: Steve Moore, Chief Economist at the Heritage Foundation, joins the program for his weekly visit with Rod about politics and the nation’s economy