December 22, 2003
TOPIC: Arnold’s Budget Deal
GUEST: Jamie Court, Executive Director of the Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights, author of “Corporateering…
California governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders agreed recently on an agreement that paves the way for a record $15 billion bond measure to fund the state's debt and a constitutional spending cap to help prevent future budget train wrecks for California's struggling economy. The plan goes to the public for approval in a March ballot.
Website: www.arnoldwatch.org
TOPIC: What’s happening in Afghanistan’s Loya Jirga?
GUEST: Rangeena Hamidi, Afghans for a Civil Society
The devastated nation of Afghanistan and the first target in the “war on terror”, is undergoing what seems to be a transition to democracy. 500 delegates have gathered in Kabul to debate a draft constitution for the country. I spoke at 7:40 am this morning, with a woman delegate from the Loya Jirga about women’s rights in the constitution.
Website: www.afghansforcivilsociety.org
TOPIC: Domestic Violence and Islam
GUEST: Summer Hathout-Blackshire, Prosecutor in Los Angeles
This weekend, the Muslim Public Affairs Council Conference in Long Beach featured many speakers and topics and today we bring you an excerpt of one of the panels called Women: Struggles and Solutions. Summer Hathout-Blackshire, a prosecutor in Los Angeles, spoke on the topic of domestic violence – specifically that part of the Koran used by men to justify domestic violence.
Website: www.mpac.org
TOPIC: Resurrecting Prop 187?
GUEST: Cindy Cho, Korean Immigrant Workers Association
Ten years after the anti-immigrant Proposition 187 was passed in California and then declared unconstitutional, there are attempts by a group of people to qualify a new measure for the ballot in November of 2004 that strongly resembles the old proposition that denied public services to undocumented workers.
Website: www.kiwa.org
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