The Record: Monday, October 22
The “grocery tax” might not be all that it seems.
On today's show:
Ballot Initiative Debate 1634 - Soda Tax
A “yes” vote on ballot initiative 1634 is a vote against the power of local governments to levy taxes on distributors for retail food and drink items. That dry language masks a passionate debate that wraps in public health, grocery bills, regressive taxation, and Big Soda. Pete Lamb of Teamsters Local 174 argued in favor of I-1634, while Jim Krieger from Healthy Food America argued against. And KUOW's Ruby DeLuna provided context.
Ben Fountain: Beautiful Country, Burn Again
The country is heading toward its third existential crisis, says Texas novelist Ben Fountain. He encapsulates the reasons why in a series of essays written on the 2016 campaign trail called Beautiful Country Burn Again: Democracy, Rebellion and Revolution.
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Bill Radke
Host
Bill hosts Week In Review and Words in Review. After starting with KUOW as a University of Washington student in 1985, Bill was KUOW's morning host in the '90s and the creator of past show, Rewind, a news-satire show heard on KUOW and nationwide on NPR. Bill moved away to Southern California to host American Public Media's Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report and returned to KUOW in 2012.
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