The Jeff Oravits Show Podcast

Welcome to the Jeff Oravits Show where I discuss local, state & national issues, often times from an Arizona perspective, all while sharing my conservative views, experiences and opinions. I have interviewed thousands of guests during the shows eight year run and you’ll often hear from regular contributors as well as my family.

The Jeff Oravits Show Podcast is a news podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 100 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 82.

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  Episode #2329

  Nancy Baca: The Flagstaff Affordability Crunch

  Oct 4, 202636 min

  Flagstaff City Council candidate Nancy Baca joins me to talk about her campaign, her Flagstaff roots and what she’s hearing from voters as Election Day approaches. Baca has called Flagstaff home for more than four decades, attended Flagstaff High School and brings a background in business, higher education and economic research to her run for City Council. We talk about some of the biggest issues facing Flagstaff: housing and affordability, the city’s rising minimum wage, water, economic development and the debate over data centers. What is making it harder to live and do business in Flagstaff — and what can City Council actually do about it? Nancy also shares what has surprised her most about running for office, what she's hearing from voters and why she decided to jump into local politics. Plus, we discuss the two Flagstaff propositions on the November ballot dealing with public safety: a proposed 0.5% sales tax and a separate $40 million bond measure for public safety facilities, vehicles and equipment.

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  Episode #2328

  Sen. Wendy Rogers: Elections, the Baltics & Terror at 30,000 ft

  Oct 4, 20261h 10m

  Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers joins me for a wide-ranging conversation that starts with politics and ends thousands of miles away in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. With Election Day approaching, Rogers explains why she believes Republicans will maintain control of the Arizona Legislature — and why she’s optimistic about Republican prospects in the U.S. House and Senate. We also dig into several of the statewide propositions Arizona voters will decide this November. Then we shift gears. Rogers, a retired U.S. Air Force pilot, shares stories from her recent travels through the Baltic states, including their experiences during World War II and decades under Soviet domination. We talk about what she saw and heard there, and what life is like today in countries sitting on the front line between Western Europe and Russia. Finally, we discuss the extraordinary recent incident aboard a FlyDubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, where authorities say the co-pilot attacked the captain in the cockpit and the aircraft plunged before passengers and crew helped regain control. Arizona politics, history, Russia, Europe and aviation — a lot of ground covered in this extended conversation with Senator Wendy Rogers.

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  Episode #2327

  Arizona’s Overlooked Statewide Office: Mine Inspector Les Presmyk

  Oct 4, 202638 min

  What exactly does Arizona’s State Mine Inspector do? Republican nominee and current State Mine Inspector Les Presmyk joins me to talk about one of Arizona’s most overlooked statewide elected offices — and an industry that remains enormously important to the Copper State. Presmyk shares his more than four decades of experience in Arizona mining and explains what the Mine Inspector actually does, from inspecting active mines and investigating accidents to miner safety training, abandoned mines and reclamation. We also discuss Arizona’s mining industry today: Are we still living up to our reputation as the Copper State? How difficult is it to open a new mine? Why is the Mine Inspector an elected partisan office when mine safety itself isn’t partisan? And we finish with one of Arizona’s more controversial mining issues — uranium mining near the Grand Canyon and the Pinyon Plain Mine.

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  Episode #2326

  Sine Kerr: What Would Arizona’s First Lieutenant Governor Actually Do?

  Sep 24, 202623 min

  Sine Kerr, Republican nominee for Arizona’s newly created office of lieutenant governor and Andy Biggs’ running mate, joins me to discuss what the job would actually look like and the role she hopes to play in a Biggs administration. We talk about Arizona’s rapid growth and whether the state has gone too far in courting massive data centers, the increasing pressure on Arizona’s water supplies, housing affordability and whether the Legislature has a role in bringing down housing costs. Kerr also discusses several of the Biggs-Kerr campaign’s policy proposals and how her background in agriculture, water policy and the Arizona Legislature would shape her approach to becoming Arizona’s first lieutenant governor.

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  Episode #2325

  Flagstaff’s Housing Is Already Expensive — Are New Building Codes About to Make It Worse?

  Sep 24, 202640 min

  Local builder and contractor Mark Haughwout joins me to sound the alarm over Flagstaff’s move toward the latest International Building, Energy and Fire Codes — and what he says they could mean for the cost of building a home. Mark breaks down his estimates of how much the new requirements could add to construction costs and discusses snow-load standards, energy efficiency, sustainability mandates and the growing list of requirements builders face in Flagstaff. The city argues the updated codes will improve safety, wildfire resilience and energy efficiency while potentially reducing long-term costs. But Mark raises the other side of the equation: How much more can we add to the upfront price of a home in a city already struggling with housing affordability? We dig into the tradeoff between sustainability, safety and affordability — and whether Flagstaff is making it increasingly difficult to build housing ordinary people can afford.

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