The Pete Kaliner Show

The Pete Kaliner Show

A daily podcast covering local, state, & national issues from Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte looking to extend data center moratorium | Hour 3
October 02, 202600:33:14

Charlotte looking to extend data center moratorium | Hour 3

This episode is presented by Create A Video –  As I feared, the City of Charlotte appears to be using it's 5-month data center moratorium to segue into a long-term ban on development. A public hearing is scheduled before City Council votes on extending the moratorium for another 11 months. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-kaliner-show--6946691/support . Subscribe to the free podcast My preferred podcast platform...

You people have lots of thoughts on the death penalty discussion! | Hour 2
October 02, 202600:32:33

You people have lots of thoughts on the death penalty discussion! | Hour 2

This episode is sponsored by Revelation Gold Group –  I was planning to move on from the first hour topic about the botched execution in Tennessee, but a lot of listeners have thoughts on the matter and it would be rude of me not to read from the multitude of text messages! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-kaliner-show--6946691/support . Subscribe to the free podcast My preferred podcast platform: Spreaker Check...

About that botched death penalty in Tennessee | Hour 1
October 02, 202600:37:36

About that botched death penalty in Tennessee | Hour 1

This episode is presented by Create A Video –  The botched death penalty of Christa Pike in Tennessee is raising questions about whether the government should go back to older forms of execution. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-kaliner-show--6946691/support . Subscribe to the free podcast My preferred podcast platform: Spreaker Check out my preferred gold & silver company: Revelation Gold Group Help support Pet...

Did a SC police chief help conceal Murdaugh murder weapons?! | Hour 3
October 01, 202600:36:28

Did a SC police chief help conceal Murdaugh murder weapons?! | Hour 3

This episode is sponsored by Revelation Gold Group –  Matt Harris, the co-host of Impact of Influence , joins me to give an update on the latest developments in the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh - including explosive allegations against a local police chief who is rumored to have helped dispose of the murder weapons. Plus, Senate Democrats block two bipartisan bills that would've banned insider stock trading by Congress and protected ratepayers from any in...

Some people aren't happy unless they're miserable | Hour 2
October 01, 202600:33:32

Some people aren't happy unless they're miserable | Hour 2

This episode is presented by Create A Video –  Most of the people complaining about gas prices appear to be doing so because of an underlying motivation that is unrelated to gas prices -whether it's defeating Trump and the Republicans, getting the US to abandon the Iran War, weakening the West, or a general nihilistic attitude.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-kaliner-show--6946691/support . Subscribe to the fr...

Dear Abby: Scott Jennings is correct, refining capacity impacts gas prices | Hour 1
October 01, 202600:34:43

Dear Abby: Scott Jennings is correct, refining capacity impacts gas prices | Hour 1

This episode is sponsored by Revelation Gold Group –  In a profoundly stupid segment on CNN, host Abby Philip argues that refinery capacity has nothing to do with the price of gas or diesel. Her profoundly stupid comment came when Republican Scott Jennings asked his fellow panelists whether any of the would support building a single new refinery in America. Nobody said they would. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pet...

If we're losing, why is oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz? | Hour 3
September 30, 202600:31:45

If we're losing, why is oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz? | Hour 3

This episode is presented by Create A Video – The "Hormuz Shuttle" has been running for three months now, and millions of barrels of oil are being exported out of the Persian Gulf. So, why do people think the US is losing the Iran War? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-kaliner-show--6946691/support . Subscribe to the free podcast My preferred podcast platform: Spreaker Check out my preferred gold & silver company...

"Icky" and "shocking" | Hour 2
September 30, 202600:32:54

"Icky" and "shocking" | Hour 2

This episode is sponsored by Revelation Gold Group –  The former Mecklenburg County Manager says the couple running consulting firms awarded hundreds of thousands of local tax dollars got aggressive and combative in a meeting when she told them the county was not renewing the contracts. Raki and Kim McGregor are at the center of a corruption scandal that erupted when the CMS Board of Education fired the Superintendent last week after she documented financi...

New CMS Board Chair is apparently a convicted felon | Hour 1
September 30, 202600:31:42

New CMS Board Chair is apparently a convicted felon | Hour 1

This episode is presented by  Create A Video –  The newly-installed CHairman of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board is reportedly a convicted felon. According to multiple local new outlets, including WBT, Raymond "Dee" Rankin was convicted of wire fraud nearly 20 years ago, but this information has not been public knowledge until now. Rankin will be leading the formation of a search committee for a new superintendent of CMS, after he joined with four of...

Sneed & McGregor were apparently business partners, too | Hour 3
September 29, 202600:32:25

Sneed & McGregor were apparently business partners, too | Hour 3

This episode is sponsored by Revelation Gold Group –  The now-former Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board Chair, Stephanie Sneed, and a consultant at the center of a corruption scandal, Raki McGregor, apparently pitched consulting services to the Sheriff's office. According to an explosive report in the Charlotte Ledger , the Sheriff declined the $400,000 proposal, but it shows that the two figures at the center of the CMS scandal were more than just friends...