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When to stop buying family Christmas presents, Trump is Person of Year with UW-L political scientist Chergosky
A giant mix of politics and holidays on Friday’s La Crosse Talk PM with UW-L political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, that included why the mayor isn’t running for reelection, ending the tradition of buying family Christmas presents and politicians, off the last nine months, telling workers to return to the office.
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Began the show, though, on Donald Trump winning the Time Person of the Year — a list that didn’t include Joe Biden. Plus, how Trump runs on prices are too high and in the very same Person of the Year article, Trump said of grocery prices, “It’s hard to bring things down once they’re up.”
We then weaved that into why La Crosse Mayor Mitch Reynolds isn’t seeking reelection. And, as there are still only three on the list, could he get back in the race?
We bring that up, too, in discussing how anyone running for the spring election needs to announce now. The deadline is Jan. 7, but the window to get your name out there could close Feb. 20 — the last day of primary voting.
After that, speaking of running for reelection, does Rebecca Cooke need to get into the 2026 race for US House in the 3rd District against Derrick Van Orden now?
About halfway through the show, we completely changed gears and talked about if families should stop buying Christmas presents for each other, because it becomes just a “tell the other what to get” exchange.
We then highlighted the past two Yesterday In La Crosse articles, featuring when the Valley View Mall was essentially downtown La Crosse and how much Mt. La Crosse cost in 1959 — as it is the ski hill’s 65th year.
Ended the show with a bit about the cold and walking through La Crosse’s Rotary Lights in Riverside Park and capped it all off on how Wisconsin state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says workers need to return to the office. And that’s coming from a guy who hasn’t worked since March, as the Wisconsin state Legislature is out of session for the last nine months of 2024.
Bart
December 14, 2024 at 6:21 am
Great news, Ken mentioned WIZM working on morning show info to come. They need LG , Clyde, Ken,Walden,Roy, Kevin,Tom,Joe
Main Street ,EricMary Bob
Input on the show content format etc
Loyal listeners deserve a lot better program
LG
December 14, 2024 at 10:26 am
Hey Rick Solem,
It sounded like you took issue with Trump saying prices are too hard to get down once they are up. As is often in the case, Trump is right, and your sarcasm about it is wrong. Once Biden/Harris dumped millions of printed money into the economy, diluting the value of existing dollars, the only way to bring prices down is to collect all the money that they dumped into the economy. How would that work? and yes, I include Harris in my statement because she actually went on. Talk shows, stating that the money they dropped into the economy, was going to bring down inflation. That is the opposite of what a real economist would say further showing how incompetent and clueless she is.
BTW Bart. Thanks for the endorsement.
Roy
December 14, 2024 at 12:36 pm
I don’t think the show host understands simple economics-few people do. What Trump is observing is that he will not dump free money into the marketplace..more even that many municipalities could spend within the allotted time frame like Biden did. Add on Joe’s forgiven student loans, violating the Supreme Court order, and you have a man without principles, now slowly sinking into a mental trance without a memorable legacy. Pathetic.
If Solem thinks Robin Vos is loafing all year, does that description fit the Democrats in the Assembly, too? Like the newly elected one from La Crosse? I think I’ll tell Tara that Rick thinks she loafs all year.