KLAY Radio Morning Show Archives

Interview with Rep. Hans Zeiger 4/2/2013

Hans Zeiger represents the 25 District in the WA State Legislature.

Rep. J.T. Wilcox March 25, 2013

J.T. Wilcox (R-Yelm) represents the 2nd District in the WA State House.

Rachel Alexander 3.21.13

Rachel Alexander is the Editor for Western Shooting Journal. Listen for the low-down on lawmakers seeking to make changes to the Second Amendment.

Interview with Rep. Steve O'Ban 3.18.13

Enjoy a pretty frank discussion of the budget battles in Olympia with Representative Steve O'Ban. (R-28th District)

Rep. Gary Alexander 3.11.2013

Gary Alexander represents the 2nd District in the WA State Legislature.

Rep. Cathy Dahlquist 3.4.2013

Cathy Dahlquist represents voters in the 31st District of the Washington State Legislature.

Bill Lemke - NW Furniture Bank

Bill Lemke is co-founder and Executive Director of NW Furniture Bank, a not-for-profit organization in Tacoma.

Interview with Rep. Hans Zeiger 2/24/13

Hans is serving in his first term as State Representative for the 25th District (Puyallup, South Hill, Summit, Midland, Fife, Edgewood, and Milton). He serves on the Transportation, Higher Education, and Capital Budget Committees, and he was appointed to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee. He is an alternate member of the Community Economic Revitalization Board.

Interview with Mike Lonergan 2.22.2013

Mike Lonergan is the Assessor-Treasurer for Pierce County. He called the KLAY Morning Show to answer some questions that have come up about this year's mailing of property tax bills.

Interview with Peggy Williams 1.20.2013

Is there Fracking in Washington's Future? Peggy Williams is the Editorial Director for Hart Energy, and an expert on developments in the Oil and Gas industry.

Interview with Rep. J.T. Wilcox - February 17, 2013

J.T. Wilcox represents the 2nd District in the Washington State Legislature. He returns to the KLAY Morning Show to talk about new taxes being discussed in the state capitol.

Shannon Campion interview 2-15-2013

Shannon Campion and Stand For Children led the ballot initiative to bring charter schools to the state of Washington. Today, three months after voter approval, what lies ahead?

Bill Baarsma talks the history and rebirth of the Murray Morgan Bridge

Interview with Rep. Jan Angel February 11, 2013

Jan Angel represents the 26th District in the WA State House of Representatives. We discuss Narrows bridge tolls, land-use planning and Veteran's affairs.

Interview with Rep. Cathy Dahlquist

Rep. Cathy Dahlquist is the deputy Republican whip. She serves as the assistant ranking Republican on the House Education Committee and is a member of the House Education Appropriations and Oversight, Rules and Technology, Energy and Communications committees. She was appointed to serve on the Quality Education Council, which is working on early learning and other education reforms.

Interview with Rep. Gary Alexander 2.04.2013

Rep. Alexander serves the 2nd Legislative District. Rep. Alexander is from Olympia. He is the ranking Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, which is the committee that crafts the state operating budget. During this interview we talked about the state budget, the projected deficit, and education funding – since he was on the task force on education that met over the interim to address the state Supreme Court mandates on education. He is also a co-sponsor of House Joint...

Interview with Rep. Steve O'Ban 1.28.2013

Steve O'Ban represents the 28th District in the Washington state legislature.

Interview with Rep. J.T. Wilcox - January 21, 2013

J.T. Wilcox is our House Republican floor leader. He represents the 2nd Legislative District, which takes in a large portion of Pierce County

Save The Blue Mouse Theatre - Update Dec. 18, 2012

Manager Sue Evans returns to the KLAY Morning Show with an update on the community effort to generate the needed money to install digital projection equipment.

Stan Flemming - Pierce County Council Member - Part 2

Stan Flemming draws on his career as a Family Physician, WA State Representative, and Brigadier General to provide a true "insider" look at the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) in the interview recorded November 28, 2012.

Stan Flemming - Pierce County Council Member - Part 1

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 - a visit with Erica Cooley

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 visits the KLAY Morning Show 11-20-2012

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 10/17/2012

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.

Tacoma City Manager T.C. Broadnax 10.10.12

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.

Why pumping money into banks isn't creating jobs

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.

The Future Remembered - the 1962 Seattle World's Fair

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.

Roger Bush - Pierce County Council

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

Eatonville Mayor Ray Harper

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 - Stand for Children WA

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

Brad Upton Interview

Brad Upton has headlined nearly every comedy club from Anchorage to Miami but his club appearances are becoming increasingly rare because of his busy schedule. Brad has made numerous television appearances and was heard around the nation for several years as a regular guest on National Public Radio's "REWIND" program.