Guests – Dave Smith, Daniel Butierez, Dr. Gilda Carle, Rodney Glassman & Tom Horne
Wildcats Advance to Sweet 16 Amid March Madness Excitement
Kathleen Winn opens the show celebrating the Arizona Wildcats' thrilling run to the Sweet 16. She notes the team's dominance throughout the season and their strong performance in the tournament, despite some frustrating officiating in recent games. Winn emphasizes the joy of watching a competitive team succeed, declaring, "Who doesn't like winning?" The conversation highlights how the Wildcats' success has energized fans across Tucson and beyond.
Dave Smith on Pima County Politics, Sheriff Chris Nanos, and the Upcoming Supervisors Meeting
Dave Smith joins to discuss the heated local political landscape in Pima County. He praises the Wildcats' resilience but criticizes inconsistent foul calls in recent games: "I keep wondering sometime, am I the jinx? ... I just don't know what a foul is anymore." The discussion quickly shifts to tomorrow's Pima County Board of Supervisors meeting, where a special action item will examine Sheriff Chris Nanos's original application and potential background falsification.
Smith stresses that Arizona law treats falsifying a public record with no statute of limitations, alongside homicide. He details the recall effort led by Daniel Butierez, noting over 122,000 signatures collected through drive-through events and volunteer stations. Smith reports a vote of no confidence from Pima County deputies: "Two hundred and forty nine maybe did a vote of no confidence ... zero percent of the people working there came out in favor of keeping the sheriff." He ties this to the Nancy Guthrie case, criticizing Nanos for scaring elderly residents with irresponsible statements about potential future attacks and for compromising investigations early on.
Smith highlights broad community frustration: "The people signing the petitions are not Republicans. They're independents. They're Democrats. They're everybody. Democrats are fed up." He urges attendance at the supervisors meeting: "Be there. Be square right there. Everybody knows it's like 1:05 ... Go there. Park underground. Get in there." Smith connects the sheriff's issues to broader failures in leadership and public safety, including the handling of Heather Lappin's campaign harassment.
Daniel Butierez on Leading the Nanos Recall and His CD7 Congressional Campaign
Daniel Butierez, driving to Phoenix to file his signatures, updates on the recall and his congressional bid. He confirms exceeding the required signatures for CD7: "I had all my signatures actually prior to the special election, but we've been running around getting some extra ones just to be sure." Butierez reports 122,000 signatures on the Nanos recall, with strong cross-party support: "The people signing the petitions are not Republicans ... Democrats are fed up."
He describes organizing drive-through events and volunteer stations across the county, including in Corona de Tucson and Rita Ranch. Butierez notes community feedback, such as a man who refused to sign initially but approached to shake his hand: "I wasn't getting out of the truck to sign that. But I am getting out of the truck to shake your hand, sir ... I haven't seen the city this fired up since Trump was running for president." He commits to continuing the effort: "I may have to temporarily slow down on my campaign to make sure this succeeds."
In CD7, Butierez criticizes incumbent Adelita Grijalva for neglecting district needs: "She's not doing anything for our district." He highlights the district's border challenges, six ports of entry, and economic struggles, promising to secure the border, stop drug trafficking, and create jobs. Butierez emphasizes his focus on competence over partisanship and plans a press conference after reaching 50,000 signatures.
Dr. Gilda Carle on National Reckoning with Historical Abuse and Trafficking Horrors
Dr. Gilda Carle addresses the exposure of long-hidden abuses, linking the Cesar Chavez name-change push to recent claims of sexual abuse emerging after decades. She connects this to the broader Epstein revelations: "All of a sudden, people who you never heard from ... their names are being dragged through the mud." Dr. Carle describes Epstein's network of powerful men exploiting young girls, with Ghislaine Maxwell imprisoned for her role.
She recounts horrific trafficking cases, including children surgically opened to conceal drugs and stitched shut, found with no medical reason. Dr. Carle notes a young toddler discovered this way and shares a personal connection to one victim who died by suicide but had warned others it was murder. She criticizes how powerful figures evaded accountability for years: "Many of them have said ... I'm dropping out ... their names are being dragged through the mud."
Dr. Carle stresses a cultural shift: "This is not unusual ... the cheering squad is paid to cheer." She calls for accountability, noting victims' courage in coming forward: "People in the street are asking ... why is this not solved?" Dr. Carle ties this to broader societal failures, including inaction on missing persons cases like Nancy Guthrie.
Rodney Glassman and Tom Horne on Arizona's Critical Races, Education Reform, and Protecting Kids
Rodney Glassman and Tom Horne discuss their campaigns and key issues. Glassman highlights his experience as a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force JAG Corps running Luke Air Force Base's legal office, contrasting it with his opponent's limited background: "He's 50 years old and got his law license 25 months ago ... He's never had a client." Glassman promises to withdraw Arizona from 39 lawsuits against the Trump administration on day one and rescind political indictments.
On education, Horne emphasizes raising academics: "Ninety percent of my time and effort ... go into helping the schools improve academically." He criticizes the current focus on "racist stuff like DEI" and cell phone distractions in classrooms, noting his bill banning them passed after a veto. Horne vows to fight "the normal against the crazy," including boys in girls' sports and bathrooms.
Both stress the need for experienced leadership. Glassman connects it to protecting families: "My whole campaign is about protecting our law enforcement and protecting our kids." Horne adds: "We need me and Rodney and officials ... to help in that fight for the normal against the crazy." They urge support for Republican victories in the AG and superintendent races to counter Chris Mays and advance school choice, including ESAs, which Horne defends as having under 2% issues (mostly administrative, with fraud at 0.3%).
Glassman criticizes Mays for prioritizing resistance over enforcement: "She's more busy building her resistance resume against President Trump than protecting Arizonans." The pair emphasize election integrity and rejecting Democrat policies that harm families and public safety.