Patt Morrison for Monday, 9/28/09

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Monday, September 28, 2009

1-3 p.m.

 

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1:06 – 1:30

OPEN

 

 

1:30 - 1:58:30

Fire in the Hands of Boys

Two juveniles have been arrested in two separate arson investigations in the southland; a 16-year-old boy is charged with setting the Yucaipa fire in the Inland Empire and is suspected by law enforcement to be involved in more than a dozen fires in the last three years.  The second juvenile, 13 years of age, is under arrest in the Morris fire, which burned across the San Gabriel Mountains in late August. According to the Department of Justice, in 2005, of nearly 1500 arson arrests in California, 52% involved juveniles.  What's behind this criminal behavior of the young, and how can it be prevented? 

 

Guests:

Steven Cuevas, KPCC reporter in the Inland Empire

 

TBD: Arson specialist

2:06 – 2:30

Recovery dot what?

After Congress approved the stimulus package, they set up www.recovery.gov to track stimulus funds across the country and promote transparency in government spending, but then came www.recovery.COM, which does a better job tracking the government’s spending than the government does. Why is the government dropping the ball and will the new Web site they launch today fix the problem?

 

Guests:

Mike Pickett, CEO of Onvia, which runs recovery.com

IN STUDIO

 

Ed Pound, spokesperson for the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, which runs recovery.gov; they re-launch their Web site today (Monday)

 

 

Laura Chick, California Inspector General; she’s been tracking the stimulus funds in the state

 

 

2:30 – 2:39

OPEN

 

 

2:41 – 2:58:30

Will this woman be the new consumer finance watchdog?

It’s tough to find a lobbyist who is universally respected in Washington D.C., but consumer advocate Joan Claybrook seemed to achieve that status when she stepped down from the public interested organization Public Citizen last year.  As a long time defender of consumer rights, dating back to her days at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Claybrook is now one of the leading candidates to head up the new Consumer Financial Protection Agency.  How does she plan to defend the financial producer consumer?

 

Guests:

Joan Claybrook, former president of consumer advocacy group Public Citizen; candidate for the director of the soon-to-be-created Consumer Financial Protection Agency

ON TAPE

 

 

 

Jonathan Serviss

Producer, Patt Morrison Program

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