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Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with University of Virginia Law School Professor Michael Gilbert about the role of Corruption and Bribery in American politics. Topics include: Loyalty oaths as a form of corruption and why Gilbert believes that transparency in government causes the very corruption it aims to prevent.
The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on Real Oldies 97.9 The WREN, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.
Alyson Ball spoke at the March 2021 meeting of the Senior Statesmen of Virginia about the basics of United States Immigration policy. Ms. Ball began with a brief history of US immigration from a time when all immigrants were accepted and it was easy to become a citizen, to the 14th amendment following the Civil War where being born “on soil” eventually leading, to citizenship to the 1965 Immigration and Naturalization Act.
According to Ball, there are currently about one million individuals seeking a pathway to United States citizenship. Of that group, three-fourths are family based, 140,000 are employment based and 130,000 are humanitarian. Other topics covered include: Detention centers and the Biden government’s recent role in reversing some of former President Trump’s immigration policies.
Ms. Ball spoke at the Wednesday March 10, 2021 meeting of the Senior Statesmen of Virginia. The meeting was held on Zoom. Following the presentation, questions were taken from the audience. The program was moderated by SSV board member Peyton Williams.
Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with University of Virginia Department of Politics Assistant Professor Rachel Potter about the role of Presidential Executive Actions in American politics. Topics include: The difference between Executive Orders and Executive Actions and the role of the United States Supreme Court in determining the legality of Executive Orders.
Rachel Potter is also the author of Bending the Rules: Procedural Politicking in the Bureaucracy.
The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on Real Oldies 97.9 The WREN, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.
Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with Hospice of the Piedmont’s Teresa Haase, Director, Center for Grief Healing and Rachael Palm, Marketing Specialist, about strategies for dealing with grief after the loss of a loved one. Topics include: Services offered by the Hospice of the Piedmont and grieving during COVID.
The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on Real Oldies 97.9 The WREN, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.
Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with Jim Duncan from Nest Realty and Matt Hodges from Presidential Bank Mortgage about the real estate market in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. Topics include: The effect of low interest rates on the real estate market and how broadband internet availability affects the value of your home.
The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on Real Oldies 97.9 The WREN, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.
Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with Dr. Catherine Bradshaw, Professor and the Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Virginia, about bullying in the classroom and elsewhere. Topics include: Is bullying behavior learned? Also, bullying in politics.
Dr. Bradshaw’s book, Preventing Bullying in Schools: A Social and Emotional Learning Approach to Prevention and Early Intervention, is available on Amazon.com.
The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on Real Oldies 97.9 The WREN, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.
K. Craig Kent, M.D., Executive Vice President for Health Affairs at the University of Virginia, talks about UVA Health and challenges during COVID and the future. UVA Health has four sections: the medical school, nursing school, physician organization and hospitals including three hospitals in Northern Virginia. It employs 14,000 people with a yearly revenue of $3 billion. One goal of the organization is to transition from single doctor care to care provided by a whole team. This new philosophy will be the focus of a new strategic plan being developed in the summer of 2021. COVID information and questions from the audience filled the remainder of the meeting. UVA early on developed a COVID test with a six-hour turnaround time to diagnose the disease. They built 84 negative pressure rooms to provide care for very ill COVID patients to decrease mortality.
Concerning the administration of the vaccine, Dr. Kent said that the Virginia Department of Health controls the supply distribution. Currently UVA has a location at the former Big Lots and has a capacity to deliver 3,000 shots per day. The supply has been 3,500 shots per week. Dr. Kent stressed that the recommendations for COVID and supply of vaccine are moving targets and change as more information becomes available. For those who have had the vaccine, the current plan is to “stay the course” with masking, social distancing and personal hygiene.
Dr Kent spoke at the Wednesday February 10, 2021 meeting of the Senior Statesmen of Virginia. The meeting was held on Zoom. Following the presentation, questions were taken from the audience. The program was moderated by SSV Past President Rich DeMong.
Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with University of Virginia Department of Media Studies Professor Lana Swartz about money and its journey from simple currency to social media. Topics include: The Biden Government’s plan to put Harriet Tubman on the US twenty dollar bill and Facebook’s new Libre currency.
Ms. Swartz’s most recent book is New Money: How Payment Became Social Media.
The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on Real Oldies 97.9 The WREN, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.
Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with University of Virginia Department of Media Studies Professor Bruce Williams about the continuing role of the media in American politics. Topics include: The differences in how the Trump and Biden administration handle the media and the battle over “fake” news.
The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on Real Oldies 97.9 The WREN, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.
Speaking at the January 2021 meeting of the Senior Statesmen of Virginia, Commonwealth’s Attorneys from Albemarle and Charlottesville, James Hingeley and Joe Platania discussed the recent changes in law as passed by the 2020 General Assembly and some of the proposals being put forward for the upcoming Session.
The men agreed that their backgrounds led them to better understand why crimes were committed and addressing those challenges would reduce criminal behavior. They see their roles as prosecutors as balancing the safety of the community with the rights of the defendants. They are both known as “progressive prosecutors” and hope that their philosophy will lead to criminal justice reform.
Hingeley and Platania reviewed new laws passed in the 2020 General Assembly including the banning of police from executing unannounced warrants, using choke holds, or conducting searches based on the smell of pot. Other new laws include empowering localities to form police civilian review boards with the power to subpoena and impose punishments. Juries will decide guilt or innocence, but no longer be imposing sentences. Judges will assume sentencing as they can have more knowledge and a better understanding of the law. Also, in certain categories, prisoners can earn good time credit and reduce their sentences.
In response to questions about the effect of the pandemic, both men agreed that trying to reduce jail population has been a goal. A collaborative group including attorneys, jail personnel, judges, OAR, and clerks as well as program services providers are working together to find alternatives to serving jail time. Other topics included: Prosecuting pot infractions, judges deciding sentences rather than mandatory sentencing for convictions.
The two spoke at the Wednesday January 13, 2021 meeting of the Senior Statesmen of Virginia. The meeting was held on Zoom. Following the presentation, questions were taken from the audience. The program was moderated by SSV President Jeff Gould.
Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with University of Virginia School of Law and Senior Fellow at the Miller Center, Richard Schragger about the role of elected officials. Topics include: the trade-off among the constitution, constituents preferences and the elected official’s personal belief. Also, a look at the roles of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and the Attorney General of Texas Ken Paxton in recent events.
The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on Real Oldies 97.9 The WREN, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.
Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with Central & Western VA Chapter Senior Executive Director, Marie Kolendo and Senior Director of Programs, Tina Thomas, about their work in helping families with Alzheimer’s Disease. Topics include: The warning signs of Alzheimer’s Disease and caring for Alzheimer’s patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, the Alzheimer’s Association 24/7 support hotline, 800-272-3900, is discussed.
The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on Real Oldies 97.9 The WREN, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.