We find Florida Governor Ron Desantis right in the middle of the culture wars, and fight back in two fronts!
*We'll tell you what the Governor has to say about Tuesday's day long Disney walkout in protest of the Parental Rights in Education bill (a.k.a. the "Don't Say Gay" bill) he's about to sign into law.
By the way, it looks like the LGBTQ+ crowd failed to disrupt things at Disneyworld's four theme parks. Why did the big walkout fizzle out? We'll talk about it with you!
https://www.wesh.com/article/disney-walk-out/39495324#
https://www.newsweek.com/disney-dont-say-gay-bill-employee-walkouts-florida-ron-desantis-1690540
*We'll also hear Governor Desantis rip into the NCAA, which governs college sports, for their willingness to let transgendered male athletes compete against women. DeSantis has just declared a top female swimmer from Sarasota, Florida the winner of a national title, even though she lost to a transgendered male! Gotta love our Gov for standing up for what he and a lot of Floridians believe is right!
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ron-desantis-emma-weyant-winner-over-lia-thomas-ncaa-trans-athletes
Our Good Morning Orlando Florida File has 3 entries for you:
*Orange County Mayor Demings has upped his game, as he makes his pitch for putting a penny sales tax hike on the November ballot to pay for transportation projects.
A 1,000 page report has just been released detailing all the road, rail and bus improvements Demings wants. I'm opposed to the tax, and once again, we'll make the case against it. Please join us and let us know where you stand!
*We have new information on Florida's bizarre draw bridge death, in which a 79 year old woman suffered a fatal fall after the bridge tender failed to stop the bridge from going up with
the woman stuck on it.
*We also have one of those "only in Florida" stories about a couple of newlyweds who've been arrested after they got into a fight and started butting heads...literally!
Newsradio WFLA national correspondent Mike Bower joins us to talk about Tuesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for President Biden's Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson. As you'll hear, there were some fireworks ignited by angry Republicans like Senator Ted Cruz!
https://nypost.com/2022/03/22/scotus-confirmation-ketanji-brown-jackson-faces-gop-grilling/
Join us for a double dose of Newsradio WFLA national correspondent Rory O'Neill. First, Rory brings us the latest on the war in Ukraine. Then, Rory returns with space news, involving the
International Space Station and Ukraine, the Saturday Night Live star headed for space, and what Space X founder Elon Musk is saying about Vladimir Putin.
On a personal note, it turns out Wednesday at 8 AM will be my last hour hosting Good Morning Orlando for quite awhile. I'll be undergoing triple heart bypass surgery later this week, and it'll keep be off the air for a number of weeks. I'm hoping some of you who've been through a similar operation will give me some insights and advice on what it's like and how well you've recovered. Doctors predict I'll come through this in great shape and be as good as new, maybe even better, but it's going to be a rough go for awhile. I am blessed to have such strong support from my family, friends and co-workers and am optimistic that all will be well once I get this ol' ticker fixed.