OTTOS KANSAS COFFEE BAR

OTTOS KANSAS COFFEE BAR

Program Summary Jan. 25, 2016

Hear Rep. Bill Otto and "the Lineball Sisters" discuss during the 2nd hour all manner of Kansas small town life after these news stories.

Free Speech Radio News (30 min.)   See: http://fsrn.org/

Description: 

• Questions of accountability and long term effects loom over Flint water crisis
• Massive gas leak continues to spew methane into Southern California skies
• DOI to assess coal mining on federal lands for first time in three decades
• U.S. Supreme Court due to hear potential landmark case on abortion access in Texas
• U.S.-Iran prisoner swap, sanctions and more: a conversation with Sarah Shourd

Naomi Fowler released last weekend her latest production of "Taxcast" for the Tax Justice Network.

Descripton: What's Scotland got to do with the plunder of Moldova? We take a look at the 'Wild West' of Scottish Limited Partnerships. Also, we discuss the tensions in the EU; is the net finally closing on multinational companies, the tax minimisation deals they've been getting from various European countries and the big four accountancy firms who advised them? Just how bad was the sell off of one of Colombia's most profitable power generation companies? What's former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair got to do with it? 

Co-hosted during the second hour with Rep. Bill Otto, formerly of the 9th district, in the Kansas legislature listen in to conversations with "Traditional Republicans" who have lived small town life in Kansas across the generations.