KGAB 650AM » Wyoming Liberty Group http://kgab.com KGAB, Your source for Cheyenne news and talk Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:36:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Friday's Morning Zone http://kgab.com/fridays-morning-zone-6/ http://kgab.com/fridays-morning-zone-6/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:05:02 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=267907 Today on The Program:

7:07AM MDT: KIDS-AT-RISK...Child advocate, John Frentheway, joins host Dave Chaffin as they take a new look at the "Common Core Standards" accepted by The Wyoming Board of Education and being put in place, as we speak, in our Wyoming School Districts. (See today's  "Opinion" pa

]]> http://kgab.com/fridays-morning-zone-6/feed/ 0 Mario Villafuerte, Getty Images Tuesday On The Morning Zone: http://kgab.com/tuesday-on-the-morning-zone-6/ http://kgab.com/tuesday-on-the-morning-zone-6/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:38:52 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=265975 Today on The Zone:

7:07AM MDT: Law enforcement columnist Jim Kouri joins host Dave Chaffin to discuss the latest. Russia is reportedly planning to deliver at least 10 MiG fighter planes to the Syrian government as part of a $1 billion contract.Israeli intelligence reported that Sy

]]> http://kgab.com/tuesday-on-the-morning-zone-6/feed/ 0 The Morning Zone is the best way to start your day, weekdays 6AM to 10AM MDT on AM650 KGAB and www.kgab.com Fishy Proposals Leave Taxpayers Floundering http://kgab.com/fishy-proposals-leave-taxpayers-floundering/ http://kgab.com/fishy-proposals-leave-taxpayers-floundering/#comments Fri, 31 May 2013 12:02:31 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=265497 ~~by Maureen Bader~~

Bureaucrats at the Game and Fish department continue to ward off calls for budget cuts.

During a Travel, Recreation and Wildlife (TRW) committee meeting earlier this month, the department came on like a public-relations juggernaut with a 100-slide PowerPoint presentation apparently intended to convey all the wonderful things Game and Fish does on behalf of all wildlife and all people in all Wyoming.

Like bureaucracies ev

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]]> http://kgab.com/fishy-proposals-leave-taxpayers-floundering/feed/ 0 C'mon, it's just disclosure! (IRS Edition) http://kgab.com/cmon-its-just-disclosure-irs-edition/ http://kgab.com/cmon-its-just-disclosure-irs-edition/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 10:58:40 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=264791 ~~~ By Steve Klein ~~
(Steve serves as Staff Attorney and Research Counsel for the Wyoming Liberty Group and is heard frequently on The Morning Zone on AM650 KGAB and kgab.com).

Even before the Internal Revenue Service scandal broke two weeks ago, WyLiberty resolutely opposed the federal government’s requirement that groups register and regularly file complex forms for the First Amendment right to engage in politics. Contra

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]]> http://kgab.com/cmon-its-just-disclosure-irs-edition/feed/ 0 Time to Cut Bait at the Game and Fish Department http://kgab.com/time-to-cut-bait-at-the-game-and-fish-department/ http://kgab.com/time-to-cut-bait-at-the-game-and-fish-department/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 11:43:07 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=264141  ~~ By Maureen Bader, Wyoming Liberty Group~~

Mission creep: the gradual process by which a campaign or mission’s objectives change over time, esp. with undesirable consequences.

When the Game and Fish Commission was created by

]]> http://kgab.com/time-to-cut-bait-at-the-game-and-fish-department/feed/ 0 Vested Interests Block Healthcare Deregulation and Choice http://kgab.com/vested-interests-block-healthcare-deregulation-and-choice/ http://kgab.com/vested-interests-block-healthcare-deregulation-and-choice/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 11:41:04 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=260402 ~~ by Maureen Bader, Wyoming Liberty Group~~
Governor Mead will soon start a laudable effort to study business regulations. Why laudable? According to the 2011 Utah Business Regulation Review, overregu

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]]> http://kgab.com/vested-interests-block-healthcare-deregulation-and-choice/feed/ 0 Governor Mead, Wyo. Liberty and LCCC on The Morning Zone http://kgab.com/governor-mead-wyo-liberty-and-lccc-on-the-morning-zone/ http://kgab.com/governor-mead-wyo-liberty-and-lccc-on-the-morning-zone/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 10:58:19 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=260393 Today is a banner day on The Morning Zone! It's MUST LISTEN RADIO!

7:07AM MDT: The Governor of the great state of Wyoming, Matt Mead, joins host Dave Chaffin for the hour to update us on the latest issues confronting state government. Dave will be asking him abo

]]> http://kgab.com/governor-mead-wyo-liberty-and-lccc-on-the-morning-zone/feed/ 0 USDAgov, Flickr Friday On The Morning Zone http://kgab.com/friday-on-the-morning-zone-4/ http://kgab.com/friday-on-the-morning-zone-4/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 11:38:05 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=259696 7:07AM MDT: KIDS AT RISK...Child advocate John Frentheway and Licensed Professional Counselor, Renne' Hanson join host Dave Chaffin today to discuss a government agency's decision to allow over-the-counter purchases of a morning-after pill for anyone 15 and older.Some critic

]]> http://kgab.com/friday-on-the-morning-zone-4/feed/ 0 Friday's Morning Zone http://kgab.com/fridays-morning-zone-4/ http://kgab.com/fridays-morning-zone-4/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:47:36 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=252860 7;07AM MDT: Kids-At-Risk...Child Advocate, John Frentheway joins host Dave Chaffin in a thought provoking discussion a recent article on... How Abstinence-Only Sex Education is is actually driving up STD rates.

8:07AM MDT: "Wyoming

]]> http://kgab.com/fridays-morning-zone-4/feed/ 0 A Volunteer works to sort items at The Day Of Giving Tuesday In The Morning Zone http://kgab.com/tuesday-in-the-morning-zone-2/ http://kgab.com/tuesday-in-the-morning-zone-2/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:10:42 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=251894  

Today's Morning Zone features Wyoming Liberty Group and LCCC

7:07AM MDT: Early Bird Open Lines...Weigh in onyour topic of the day before you have the head off to work. Call into the programand talk live with host

]]> http://kgab.com/tuesday-in-the-morning-zone-2/feed/ 0 (Courtesy of Laramie County Community College) Sven Larson: "See I Told You So: Get Out of Europe!" http://kgab.com/250765/ http://kgab.com/250765/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:38:58 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=250765 03/26/2013

~~By Sven Larson, Economist wit Wyoming Liberty Group~~

Never bark at the big dog. The big dog is always right.

To begin with, I have said all the way that the European crisis is a welfare-state crisis, n

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]]> http://kgab.com/250765/feed/ 0 Economist Sven Larson from KGAB's Friday Morning Zone "Wyoming Perspectives" and with Wyo. Liberty Group A Note on Welfare Reform http://kgab.com/a-note-on-welfare-reform/ http://kgab.com/a-note-on-welfare-reform/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:53:22 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=249102 ~~~By Sven Larson~~
(Sven is an economist with the Cheyenne think tank, Wyoming Liberty Group and appears frequently on The Morning Zone's Wyoming Perspectives series on Fridays)

The more the federal deficit grows, the closer we get to an untenable situation where panic will drive policy and stabilizing, long-term solutions will fall of the political radar screen. We stil

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]]> http://kgab.com/a-note-on-welfare-reform/feed/ 0 Frequent guest on The Morning Zone, Economist with Wyoming Libery Group and columnist Sven Larson Friday Morning Zone: Kids At Risk http://kgab.com/friday-morning-zone-kids-at-risk/ http://kgab.com/friday-morning-zone-kids-at-risk/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:55:29 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=247953 Today on the Morning Zone:

6:45 AM MST: Day Weather will give us a live complete detailed look at the expected incoming storm for the weekend and talk more about the Blizzard Warning in effect for Southeast Wyoming and the Cheyenne, Burns, Albin, Carpenter, Pinebluffs area

7:07AM MST: John Frentheway, Child Advocate attorney and Renee Hanson, Licensed Professional Counselor, weigh in with host Dave Chaffin on the issues of the day effecting our children and families.

8:07AM MST: Wyoming Perspectives: A special series with the

]]> http://kgab.com/friday-morning-zone-kids-at-risk/feed/ 0 Wyoming Revenues: A Lesson in Transparency http://kgab.com/wyoming-revenues-a-lesson-in-transparency/ http://kgab.com/wyoming-revenues-a-lesson-in-transparency/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:03:41 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=247329 ~~ by Amy Edmonds~~~~
In 1974 the Wyoming Legislature created the Permanent Wyoming Mineral Trust Fund (PWMTF) by passing a constitutional amendment that was ratified by the people of Wyoming on November 5, 1974. This amendment made the PWMTF a constitutionally protected, inviolable fu

]]> http://kgab.com/wyoming-revenues-a-lesson-in-transparency/feed/ 0 Wyoming Legislator Amy Edmonds is on Wyoming Perspectives C'mon, it's just disclosure! (Again.) http://kgab.com/cmon-its-just-disclosure-again/ http://kgab.com/cmon-its-just-disclosure-again/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:04:29 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=245664  February 15, 2013 by Steve Klein

About Steve Klein
He serves as Staff Attorney and Research Counsel for the Wyoming Liberty Group and isa frequent guest on KGAB's Morning Zone Program
View all posts by Steve Klein →

Lawyers make mistakes.  Sarcastic readers may retort that merely attending law school proves the point, and I agree, but I digress.  Recently, in our brief for the

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]]> http://kgab.com/cmon-its-just-disclosure-again/feed/ 0 Stephen Klein Friday On The Morning Zone: http://kgab.com/friday-on-the-morning-zone-2/ http://kgab.com/friday-on-the-morning-zone-2/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:45:51 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=245437 Today's Morning Zone Schedule:

7:07AM MST: It's Kids-At-Risk day on The Morning Zone and host Dave Chaffin is joined by licensed professional counselor, Renee Hanson and Child Advocate, John Frentheway to discuss this week's news that teen substance abuse is declining in Wyoming, and, why parents should not dish about their past substance abuse when teaching kids about drug and alcohol abuse.

8:07AM MST: Wyoming Perspectives,

]]> http://kgab.com/friday-on-the-morning-zone-2/feed/ 0 jamescridland, Flickr It's Friday Again on the Morning Zone! http://kgab.com/its-friday-again-on-the-morning-zone/ http://kgab.com/its-friday-again-on-the-morning-zone/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:44:45 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=244006 Today, we will get back to our two special series, in The Morning Zone:

7:07AM MST: Kids-At-Risk...Today we will focus our discussion on two recent articles that caught our attention. First, There's no good evid

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]]> http://kgab.com/its-friday-again-on-the-morning-zone/feed/ 0 A Deaf Ear to The People http://kgab.com/a-deaf-ear-to-the-people/ http://kgab.com/a-deaf-ear-to-the-people/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:02:48 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=242307 ~~by Susan Gore-Wyoming Liberty Group~~
(Susan will be our guest in The Morning Zone, Friday, February 8, 2013 at 8:07AM MST)
~~February 5, 2013 ~~
This session the Wyoming Legislature passed, and Governor Matt Mead signed, SF104. This bill divests elected Superintendent o

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]]> http://kgab.com/a-deaf-ear-to-the-people/feed/ 0 Monday's Morning Zone: Frosty, http://kgab.com/mondays-morning-zone-frosty/ http://kgab.com/mondays-morning-zone-frosty/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:56:51 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=228010  

Today's Morning Zone will explore a myriad of topics in the news and of importance:

7:07AM MST: Author, Columnist, World Traveler Frosty Wooldridge is back. He will continue his latest seri

]]> http://kgab.com/mondays-morning-zone-frosty/feed/ 0 Tim Graham MRC’s Director of Media Analysis. Tax-Hiking Socialists Gain Ground in Lithuania http://kgab.com/tax-hiking-socialists-gain-ground-in-lithuania/ http://kgab.com/tax-hiking-socialists-gain-ground-in-lithuania/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:53:47 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=197959 By Sven Larson....(Sven is an economist with the Wyoming Liberty Group Think Tankand a regular co-host on KGAB's "Wyoming Perspectives" during Fridats' Morning Zone Program.)~~~

10/30/2012~~~

Keynes was right: you cannot fight a budget deficit with austerity. He neve

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]]> http://kgab.com/tax-hiking-socialists-gain-ground-in-lithuania/feed/ 0 Economist Sven Larson from KGAB's Friday Morning Zone "Wyoming Perspectives" and with Wyo. Liberty Group