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Monday, February 16th, 2015

Today we have Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi in for Kristine. We'll speak with tax expert Sanday Botkin and we discuss the 'Saturday Night Live' 40th Anniversary Special.

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***Today’s Topics***

6:10-6:20:

- Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi is in for Kristine as our guest host. She will be out all week and we will have a different guest host every morning. The 'SNL' 40 year anniversary special was last night as well.

6:20-6:30:

- 'The Celebrity Apprentice' finale is tonight and we re-air the interview we did with Geraldo Rivera who is one of the finalists.

6:40-6:50:

- Waterville School District is under a spending freeze due to concerns over the budget. We also discuss Cuomo's education reform. Ray Stagich from the Weather Channel gives us bad news in his forecast.

6:50-7:00:

- Jim Cantore was in Massachusetts reporting on the storm and freaked out about thundersnow. Also, we discuss Ruth Ginsburg and her bout of falling asleep at the State of the Union address.

7:10-7:20:

- The Sweater Ball is coming up at Vernon Downs on February 27th! We give you the chance to win a prize and get in the running for a pair of tickets. Remember the old "Help I've Fallen and I can't get up" commercial? Bill could have used a life alert when a Q-Tip broke in his ear.

Sandy Botkin

- Sandy Botkin is a regular guest on our show and he is an expert when it comes to all things tax related. Can you really write off your swimming pool as a medical expense?

Truth or Bull

- We play one of our favorite trivia games for someone to win dinner for 2 at Carmella's and get in the running for those Sweater Ball tickets. Scott is the contestant today.

7:50-8:00:

- We talk a little bit more about education with Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi. David calls up to give his thoughts on common core.

Ron Moshier - Utica OD

- Ron is with the Utica OD and he gives us our weekly high school basketball and wrestling review. Ron talks also about what he thought of the 'SNL' special.

8:20-8:30:

- Tomorrow is Fat Tuesday and Bill has a special booking request for Bill! It has to do with Cheesecakes! We also talk about ISIS and some news stories.

8:40-8:50:

- We talk with the Assemblyman about gas prices and how the prices are affected. We also talk more about the 'SNL' 40th anniversary special with emphasis on Sarah Palin.

Stump Rondenelli

- We are going to play our new favorite contest, "Stump Rondenelli." Before we get to that, we discuss the issue of gas prices and Rondo weighs in with his thoughts on the 'SNL' Anniversary show. Gary from New York Mills is the contestant and he wins the tickets to Craig Ferguson at the Turning Stone Wednesday, February 5th, 2015.

- We also get some final thoughts from Brindisi on Utica NANO.

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