OTTOS KANSAS COFFEE BAR

Program Summary 23 March 2015

Hear Rep. Bill Otto during the 2nd hour discuss the latest statehouse news.  Today's guest is Pine Bluff resident and community activist Frank Smith who made news last week in Kansas exposing the fracking industry induced earthquakes to the Kansas Corporate Commission regulators.

Naomi Fowler's Taxcast with the Tax Justice Network (30 min. ca.)

Description: In the March 2015 Taxcast: Democracy for sale: how our politics are heavily reliant on tax haven-friendly donors. Also, we ask: why is HSBC shutting down offshore accounts in Jersey? Are we in the final few years of the corporate income tax? Is Australia's exempting of big companies from new transparency rules a joke? Plus more scandal and analysis you won't find anywhere else.

Free Speech Radio News (30 min.)

Description:

• Netanyahu back peddles; U.S. still to reevaluate backing Israel at UN
• Netanyahu reelection raises concerns in Gaza and renews calls for unity among Palestinans
• Regional elections in Spain will be first test for anti-austerity Podemos
• House Oversight Committee grills FCC regarding internet rule change
• Wrongful arrest leads TV producer to become law enforcement reform advocate
• Top Mexican journalist fired on heels of whistleblower platform’s launch

Co-hosted during the second hour with Rep. Bill Otto, formerly of the 9th district, in the Kansas legislature.