Keeler Show Notes for Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014

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Today’s Topics

6:10-6:20:

- A Blossvale man has been charged with the disappearance of his mother, who has since been found and is doing well.

- This is a very weird case and we still don't have a number of key details.

6:20-6:35:

- Instead of adding the Designated Hitter to the National League, they should end Road games. They are too long as it is so the West Coast games go late.

- Bill explains the VIP Club and ways you can win.

- A guy in Virginia was arrested after he left his twins in the a car so he could go around the corner to meet up with a prostitute.

- We discuss the topic of Hobby Lobby again and the Pickett that will take place today.

6:35-6:45:

- We dig in to the Hobby Lobby story and express our questions still about that and we'll talk to someone at 8:35 for that info.

- Unemployment numbers are down lately and it's slowly crawling.

- Bill shares two studies with us, one being the laziest state in America and the 10 best small cities in America.

- When Bill joked that Rome made the list he thinks back and readdresses the fact that Rome is one of the top cities to live in New York.

Ray Stagich - The Weather Channel

- Ray gives us his forecast and talks about the science behind humidity and how it sticks close to you and causes problems. That's the sticky feeling of the humidity.

Peter Franklin - The Gabby Cabby

- Peter is the last English speaking cab drive and delivers his True Tales every week. We cover the sad fact that Taxi Drivers have nowhere to use the bathroom when going into one of the major airports.

7:10-7:20:

- We continue to talk about this case of the 83-year-old woman who was missing and recently found is a strange and sad story.

- We discuss the various possible plots and plot twists and act out what it would be like if this story was an old-timey radio play. Some impressions came out.

Mark Vivacqua - BOCES Superintendent

- Before we speak to Mark, we talk about the unemployment numbers.

- Ken talks about his concerns and Rob Astorino brought up in the conversation.

- We open up discussion with Mark about the Governor and his views on education and fiscal conservatism.

- We talk Cos Tangorra and his new job and The Commissioner of Education's views on Herkimer County, and common core.

- Mark talks about the process of Gary Tutty getting named the Interim Superintendent of Schools at Central Valley.

- We get Mark's thoughts on the extended school day and we talk about BOCES and Assemblyman Brindisi's plan to give special technical training and degrees.

Laura Speer - Annie E. Casey Foundation

- Before we talk to Laura, we discuss hot dogs and all the different types you can get across the country.

- The conversation was brought about by Voss's.

- Laura is the Associate Director of the Annie E. Casey foundation.

7:50-8:00:

- We talk with Jim Piccola about the progress of the Arterial Project. Jim is from the NYS DOT and he talks about the latest traffic advisories.

8:10-8:20:

- We discuss two of the big stories from yesterday including the missing woman case and Ryan Nobles' kids paint fiasco video.

- The video had to be taken down by Ryan because of the negative feedback he was getting because the video just got too big for them to handle as well.