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Guests:

• Maura Carabello – President and Owner of The Exoro Group
• Greg Hughes – Former Utah Speaker of the House- businessman and lobbyist

Gabby Petito Case brings up other missing person cases: Is there really a “missing white woman syndrome?”

High profile and diverse cases in Utah: 

• Elizabeth Salgado case in 2015: 26-year old’s body found 3 years later in Hobble Creek Canyon
• Hser Ner Moo in 2008: 7-year old girl missing from her South Salt Lake apartment. Her body was found at her neighbor’s apartment, also a Burmese refugee family.
• Rosie Tapia in August 1995: Her kidnapper was never tracked down. The 6 year-old was abducted, her body was later found in a canal off the Jordan River. 

TIPS: Salt Lake City Police at 801-799-3000.

Do the Elizabeth Smart, Mackenzie Lueck and Gabby Petito cases far outweigh coverage of all women?

Utah has many missing indigenous women and girls – Rep. Angela Romero heads task force.  

Monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 center opens

Senate President Stuart Adams has been pushing for more access

I continue to encourage vaccinations and still believe it is the best form of defense against the virus. However, we owe it to our healthcare workers to try every avenue to decrease their workload, including monoclonal antibody treatments. #utpol pic.twitter.com/eVx8rwXKRL

— President J. Stuart Adams (@JStuartAdams) September 22, 2021

State of Utah has given out 7K treatments since Nov. 2020.

The state has a scoring system to decide if you can get the treatment.

IRS Bank account access:

UT State Auditor John Dougal and treasurer oppose letting the IRS monitor middle class bank accounts. They join 21 other state financial officers in opposition to a proposed federal rule. If it happens, Utah leaders say the IRS could examine more than 100 million accounts when a deposit is made of $600+. They’re calling it an infringement of data privacy.

Utah Democratic Party Chair steps down:

Jeff Merchant “It has been among the greatest joys of my life to serve Utahns as your state party chair. While today I humbly offer my resignation in order to attend to my personal health, the work that must be done in our state and across our nation to protect our most vulnerable communities will continue on. I know that I leave the party in good hands with Diane Lewis, who will become acting Chair until confirmed by the Central Committee. Diane is a storied leader in our state’s labor movement and Democratic Party, and I believe that under Diane’s leadership, our party will continue to build on the gains that we have made in 2020. I’m excited for this new chapter for the party and will remain a staunch supporter of our mission and our organizing.”

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SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) – In this week’s Take 2 Podcast, host Heidi Hatch speaks to founder and resident of The Exoro Group, Maura Carabello, and former Utah Speaker of the House Greg Hughes.

They’ll talk about the initial rejection of the COVID-19 booster shot for all, and approval for older Americans and those at high risk.

They discuss the federal vaccine requirements announced by President Jo Biden, what that means for Utah, and attorney generals from several states threatening lawsuits against the plan.

A topic getting a lot of attention over the week was the arrival of thousands of Haitian immigrant staying under a border bridge acting as a temporary holding area in Del Rio, Texas.

Finally, Utah schools now under “Test to Stay” guidelines, Afghan refugees coming to the Beehive State, the weekend’s Justice for J6 rally in Washington, AOC at the Met Gala and fertilizing the dead.

Guests:

• Maura Carabello – President and Owner of The Exoro Group
• Greg Hughes – Former Utah Speaker of the House- businessman and lobbyist

FDA approves third COVID-19 booster shot, but only for elderly and high risk – After overwhelmingly rejecting a plan to give Pfizer booster shots against COVID-19 to most Americans, an influential federal advisory panel has approved the extra shots for those who are 65 or older or run a high risk of severe disease. 

Utah Legislative Meeting discusses vaccine mandates:

• Some people got nasty
• Rep. Paul Ray blamed mismanagement for capacity problems at local hospitals.
• AG Sean Reyes joins dozens of others threatening lawsuits against the White House over Biden’s  vaccine mandate.

Schools now starting Test to stay

• SLC votes to keep masks for another 30 days

9,000 + migrants staying under a bridge in Del Rio TX in temporary holding – The Biden administration plans the widescale expulsion of Haitian migrants from a small Texas border city by putting them on on flights to Haiti starting Sunday, an official said Friday, representing a swift and dramatic response to thousands who suddenly crossed the border from Mexico and gathered under and around a bridge.

“More than 200,000 people crossed last month, bringing the total this fiscal year to more than 1.5 million.” 

Utah will welcome 765 Afghan refugees starting in October

Romney pressed Sec. Blinken on SIV applicants left behind in Afghanistan

Justice for J6 Weekend rally planned in DC (Jan 6^th 2.0?) – Dozens of people gathered at Union Square near the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol building for the Justice for J6 rally Saturday afternoon.

AOC- tax the Rich – Did her Met GALA stunt work?

Fertilizing the dead – The Colorado legislature passed a bill that legalizes an alternative to burial or cremation – allowing instead for an accelerated process of biological decomposition, aka composting of human remains. 

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In this week’s Take 2 Podcast, host Heidi Hatch speaks to former Utah Speaker of the House Greg Hughes, and former Salt Lake mayoral candidate David Ibarra about the vaccine order President Joe Biden spoke about earlier in the week.

They’ll also talk about Utah County Attorney David Leavitt’s decision to no longer seek the death penalty in cases he prosecutes.

They discuss Utah Senate President Stuart Adams’ recent comments that came under fire about “educating” Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell and helping him to “understand” the state’s critical race theory resolution.

Finally, understand the problems with Utah’s homeless crisis and ideas to fix it.

Guests: Greg Hughes – Former Utah Speaker of the House- businessman and lobbyist
David Ibarra- Former SLC Mayoral Candidate President/CEO at eLeaderTech, Inc.

Vaccine Mandate President Biden: 2 Months after declaring the nations “independence” from the virus
July 25 White House: Vaccine mandates are “not the role of the federal government.”

• Employers with 100 + employees must require vaccine or test weekly (80 million people)
• All health care facilities
• All Federal Employees and contractors – no test out option
• $14k per violation

Is it legal?
Will states challenge?
Will the Supreme Court weigh in and how quickly?

Death Penalty off the table in Utah County
Utah County Attorney David Leavitt announced Wednesday that he’ll no longer seek the death penalty.

“Pretending that the death penalty will somehow curb crime is simply a lie,” Leavitt said in his video. “The answer to preventing these types of horrible crimes is in education and prevention before they occur. No family wants to hear, ‘My child is dead and that man got a long sentence.’ What they want to hear is, ‘My child was never killed.’”

• Ronnie Lee Gardner was the last state execution- 13 years ago by firing squad.
• 2022 Session will tackle the issue again.
• Senator Steve Urquhart bill failed in final hours in 2106
• 2018 the bill was pulled without support.

Utah Senate President Stuart Adams at ALEC says Donovan Mitchell did not “understand” state critical race theory resolution.

#utpol Sen. President Adams talking at an ALEC meeting about how they tried to copy a Critical Race Theory bill, but failed because the Donovan Mitchell wasn’t happy. Also says CRT isn’t something we’ve seen a lot of in Utah pic.twitter.com/l8NXEaq0hX

— Qualified Charters (@quietstreetsnow) September 8, 2021

“I hate to use names, but I will. Donovan Mitchell is not happy with us,” Adams says in the video from May 21 posted on social media. “And you start to get very popular sports stars like that that are pushing back. We’ve got work to do to try to educate them. My text back was, ‘Let’s get after him and let’s go tell him what we’re doing,’ because I don’t really think he understands what happened.”

Utah Homeless Crisis rears its ugly head again both Ibarra and Hughes have worked on the issue, understand the problems and have ideas to fix it.

• Are streets safe?
• Do we need an overflow shelter?
• Who’s problem is it?

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Heidi Hatch hosts Greg Hughes and Maura Carabello to talk politics and the state of Utah.

Topics include former Gov. Gary Herbert. He is joining Teton Sports, his official painting is unveiled and could he be planning a run against Sen. Mike Lee?

It’s fire season in Utah and combined with a drought could make for a scary fire year. Gov. Spencer Cox banned fireworks on state land but is an all-out ban needed this year? Salt Lake County council woman Aimee Winder Newton suggests banning all personal fireworks at the very least.

Other topics include concern over possible voter suppression

The Dixie College name change moving forward to focus on the words “Utah” and “polytech.” After a vote Dixie will be dumped, Deseret and Red Rock have been ruled out.

Also:

• No charges for a U of U police chief
• Sen. Mitt Romney in infrasturcture talks
•  Utah delegation requests meeting with President Biden to talk Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante