Mass transit

Scope and Contents Mofford Set Up Package, George Cunningham Interview (Shelton); Career Ladder Package, Louann Bierlein Interview, Bev Hermon Interview (Bloom); Rick Tompkins Commentary (Tompkins). Segments on issues facing the Mofford Administration (leadership changes in the Legislature, prison overcrowding, the budget deficit, and loss of the supercollider project), an interview with Governor Mofford's Chief of Staff regarding state issues, a program rewarding teacher excellence (Career Ladder), and Rick...

Scope and Contents RPTA Package, Keno Hawker Interview (Shelton); Smoking Package, Pat Cantelme Interview, Louis Rhodes Interview (Miller); Robert Robb Commentary #56 (Robb). Segments on a televised event concerning the Arizona Supreme Court Justice selection process, the future of mass transit in the Valley, a new non-smoking policy for firefighters, and Robert Robb's commentary (the political prosperity of the Republican Party). There is a silent pre-show take for the first 50 seconds; the title card is then...

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Pre-recorded segments on major issues faced by Arizona during the past year and how those issues will be treated during the next year (transportation), and Burton Barr's guest commentary (the proposed mass transit plan).

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Pre-recorded. Segments on next week's opening of the 39th Arizona Legislature and issues that will be addressed (overcrowding in the prison system, increasing enrollment in the AHCCCS program, a proposal to double mental health funding, and an effort to revoke property tax breaks for ranchers and farmers), Hattie Babbitt's guest commentary (a sales tax-funded mass transit project), and the economic impact of the 1989 Fiesta Bowl.

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Valtrans Package, Jana Bommersbach Interview, Earl DeBerge Interview (Shelton); Small Business Package, Lois Yates Interview, Kirby Garrett Interview (Miller). Segments on the beginning of a series of weekly reports on ValTrans and the concerns of small businesses. There is a post-show take for the last 3 minutes of the video.

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Pre-recorded Friday Edition. Panelists discuss the ValTrans vote, the Arizona Legislature's large number of bills, and Governor Mofford's first year in office. Panelists include Jana Bommersbach, Associate Editor, New Times; Don Harris, Political Writer, Arizona Republic; Jack Lavelle, Legislative Reporter, Phoenix Gazette.

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Valtrans Package, Rosendo Gutierrez Interview, Ross Dean Interview (Shelton); Bommersbach's Byline #129 Package (Bommersbach). Segments on the ValTrans vote (costs and routes of the proposed system) and Bommersbach's Byline #129: Navajo Tribal Chairman Peter McDonald's controversy.

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Valtrans Package, Alan Wulkan Interview, George Chasse Interview (Shelton); Nurse Shortage Package, Denise Hallfors Interview, Mitzi Jobes Interview (Bloom). Segments on an update concerning the mass transit campaign (ValTrans) and the beginning of a special series of reports concerning the nursing shortage in Arizona. There is a pre-show take for the first 1:30; the title card is then shown and the episode continues normally.

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Valtrans Package, Mayor George Renner Interview, Sen. Pete Corpstein Interview (Shelton); Bommersbach's Byline #130 Package (Bommersbach); Archaeology Package (Taylor). Segments on the ValTrans vote, Bommersbach's Byline #130: how the Phoenix City Council has been conducting business lately, and Archaeology Week's Pot Hunters program. There is a silent pre-show take for the first 55 seconds; the title card is then shown and the episode continues normally.

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Pre-recorded Friday Edition. Panelists discuss automobile insurance cost controls, an upcoming ASU visit from former president Ronald Reagan, and the ValTrans debate. Panelists include Jack Lavelle, Legislative Reporter, Phoenix Gazette; Don Harris, Political Writer, Arizona Republic; Howard Fischer, Political Reporter, New Times.