COVID-19

How will some businesses in Charlotte and North Carolina be affected by COVID-19 as we enter the flu season? David Mildenberg of Business North Carolina Magazine stops by with Pete for the final hour of the show...

In the first hour of the show, Pete talks about Mecklenburg County's decision to keep the mask mandate ongoing in Charlotte. 

Gaston County Sheriff Alan Cloninger talks about how vaccine mandates are affecting law enforcement staffing, and how police and fire departments are having to compensate for shortages of personnel.

In Hour 1 of the program, Vince talks about Joe Manchin's reasons for the opposing Joe Biden's spending bill as well as criticizing the President for not calling out Democratic voters - aka African Americans - for not getting vaccinated.

Former CMPD Chief Kerr Putney joins Bo Thompson with his opinion about police departments subjecting their officers to Covid-19 vaccine mandates under threat of losing their careers, new evidence in the Beatties Ford road killings from 16 months ago, a new virtual reality simulator custom made for police de-escalation training, and the Alec Baldwin movie set fatal shooting.

"If you think you've got it, then stay home!"

Beth Troutman joins Bo Thompson and Jim Szoke in studio for a very special taste test of peanuts that are still in the shell and takes calls from listeners who are talking about the one pre-Covid-19 thing that they will never do again.

Vince Coakley gets frustrated over the continued parading of Dr. Anthony Fauci during the midst of the pandemic. 

Does vaccination status indicate one's level of patriotism?

The heated debate over Covid-19 vaccine mandates is escalating, and concerns about the legalities of government and corporate force versus the civil liberties of American citizens are leading to hard choices, and lawsuits.